Haunted House Swap

Last fall I participated in a fabulous "Little Monsters" swap hosted by Alpha Stamps (one of my favorite places to buy mixed-media supplies!).  It started with a Masonite house blank book, which was turned into a haunted house.  Below are the pages I created for the swap, which have since been sent off and (hopefully!) enjoyed by other participants.  Some of the photos are only so-so - I took them as I was working - but this was one of my favorite collage projects, so I thought I'd share them.

Page 1, front (the house's "front door"):



Page 1, back:


Page 2, front:

(the poem on the front of page 2 was written by yours truly!)

Page 2, back:

 But the poem on the back (which is much better) is "The Haunted House" by Thomas Hood.

Page 3, front:


Page 3, back detail:


Page 4, front:

You can't really see, but the skeleton holding the lantern is saying "time to party!"  I like to imagine that most haunted houses just consist of a bunch of skeletons drinking absinthe and doing the Charleston.

Page 4, front detail:

Apparently I don't have a picture of the back of page 4.  Oh well!  I can't wait to see what this year's Halloween swap will be.  If you can't already tell, I love Halloween, and I always have fun with Alpha Stamps products & swaps.