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BEYOND The Burtonesque Dolls

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INTRODUCING.....
The new design team:  Beyond The Burtonesque Dolls!!!  Our first challenge for the "NEW" dolls was to create a project inspired by our favorite Halloween film, book or memory.  Mine is The Addams Family.  I grew up watching The Addams Family in the afternoons after school.  This show surely kick-started my interest in all things macabre and Halloweeny!!!

So my card is quite simple as I didn't want anything to detract from that AWESOME Moxxie paper from the Midnight Dreary line.  The stamped image is The Greeting Farm's Wednesday and the sentiment is from Tickled Pink Stamps' Halloween Sentiments.  To finish this one off, I added some Cuttlebug bats and sewing machine stitches.  This one is creepy, kooky and cute just like The Addams Family.

So what's YOUR inspiration?  Head over to Beyond The Burtonesque Dolls and check out what the rest of the design team turned out and to get the deets to participate in our first challenge.... and welcome to BEYOND The Burtonesque Dolls!

Comments

chilli pip saidā€¦
Great spooky card love those bats abd the signboard.
Julie Tucker-Wolek saidā€¦
This is AWESOME!!! Loveeeeeee that sentiment and the bats too! And I used to watch that show too! :):):):):):):):):):):)
TRACEY O saidā€¦
This is fantastic. The image is so cute...in a creepy kind a way.
Audrey Frelx saidā€¦
Awwwww, adorably cute! Love the 3-D bats!!!

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