Card #2 for Saturday's Class

Hey, all!  Did you make it past Hump Day?  Awesome, cuz that means we're steadily cruising closer to the weekend.  It's so close, I can almost touch it...lol!  I'm really looking forward to Saturday afternoon, because I will be spending it with 12 of my crafting buddies, making a  couple of creepy cool Dia de los Muertos cards.

I shared one of the cards with you yesterday and I'm back today with the second one.  I went with more traditional Halloween colors this time and added a line from a haunting poem called Death by Emily Dickinson.  The first verse reads...

Because I could not stop for Death, 

he kindly stopped for me; 

the carriage held but just ourselves 

and Immortality.

Isn't that wonderful.  Read the full poem here.  I became aware of this lovely bit of prose because of a fabulous painting created by my favorite artist, Brandon Maldonado.  The painting is called The Carriage and features the first verse of the poem written by hand at the bottom of the piece.  I'm really quite smitten by the imagery combined with these words.  Guess I'll have to add this print to my Brandon Maldonado collection.  

Ok, so those are the 2 cards I'll be teaching on Saturday.  I love this time of year because you have the One-Two Punch of Halloween followed immediately by Dia de los Muertos.  In fact, I LOVE this time of year SO MUCH, I'm thinking about having a giveaway.  I haven't got all the fine details worked out yet, but keep checking back and I should have it posted in a few days.  

Catch ya' later!  Until then, stay crafty!  

A Dia de los Muertos class at CP2 this Saturday!

Hey, everybody!  I want to thank each of you for your very kind comments and support regarding my first video tutorial.  My video making skills need to be honed, but it was fun to make, so you'll see me back here, same time next month, with a new one ;)

Today I am sharing one of 2 cards I'll be teaching this Saturday afternoon at China Phoenix 2.  Halloween and Dia de los Muertos seem to be pretty popular holidays in this part of the country and the folks who frequent CP2 really get into the festivities, myself included.  So, you can imagine my excitement when Third Coast released their new Halloween images complete with 2 exquisite designs featuring La Catrina.  I literally flipped!  Nancy ordered them as quickly as possible and then we waited for them to arrive.  Last Thursday I got the call...they were finally here!

Unfortunately, other commitments prevented me from getting them inky until yesterday.  Even though I had a late start preparing for this class, I finally finished my samples.  A quick check of the clock reveals that it is 3:00am here...*sigh*.  Well, no time for witty repartee, I'll just slap these photos up of the first card and tomorrow I'll share the second card.  Time to get some shut eye.  I have an early start tomorrow...I mean "today" ;D