ATC - Gothic Marie

I'm working on a set of ATCs for the theme: The Witches Ball. This is my first one in the series...

ATC - Annabelle Lee, by Edgar Allan Poe

Annabel Lee

by Edgar Allan Poe

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea:
But we loved with a love that was more than love--
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me--
Yes!--that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we--
Of many far wiser than we--
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling--my darling--my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Trick or Treat

Vintage image by Kelly Burton's Collagevision: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5945339

ATC - Nevermore II

#6 ATC in the Edgar Allan Poe Series...

ATC - The Fall of the House of Usher

#5 ATC of the Vintage Poe series...this time with creepy Madeline from The Fall of the House of Usher...

ATC - E.A.P.

Another Edgar for the swap I'm hosting in the Fall on VPI Yahoo...

Fall/Halloween Ephemera

Please feel free to save and use these with my complements!~

Sneak Peek! Martha Stewart Halloween, 2009

Totally fabulous as always Martha! Can't wait to see the whole line!

ATC - Ode to Poe

Happy Mail Today!

Here are the 3 cards I have published in the current issue of The Stamper's Sampler. VERY exciting!

Outside the window...

I took this picture outside our kitchen window this morning. This little squirrel was pearched in a cottoneaster bush eating berries. I've never seen a squirrel eat berries...I always thought they just ate seeds. Squirrels remind me of Fall and I hope he doesn't eat all the berries as this bush turns bright red/orange with black berries in the Fall.

ATC - Spells

I created this ATC for Kim Smith. She won this month's Winner Takes All Contest at VPI Yahoo Group......Congrats Kim!

ATC - Witchy Sisters

This trio doesn't look too terrifying...

ATC - The October Witch

Created By Hand Challenge - Inchies

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The Crescent Family Sisters

Vintage Witch Images by Kelly Burton's Collagevision: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5945339