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Ghosts (or Thoughts of Them)

Hello crafty friends - happy Friday (or whatever day it is when you read this).

I am so inspired to make art journal pages by the themes at **Art*Journal*Journey* and I am so glad I discovered that site.  I am still working on Erika's Favorite Things theme - still have 3 more ideas to create before the month is over. 

I do like to think about spooky things - the problem is I am not to sure that I really want them to be true or to experience them. I just like the concept of them.


I smeared my printed words when I used gesso over the top, but I kind of liked it and kept the panel.

The base pictures came from a ghost hunting magazine I bought before Halloween. I bought it at the store when hubby was going to be gone for a weekend.  When I bought it, I thought it would be fun to get a glass of wine and read it relaxed in the recliner. I remember placing it in the car and thinking about how fun it would be to read when I got home. When I unloaded my groceries, the magazine was not to be found. I tore my car apart, but did not find it.  I even had my daughter look for it but she didn't find it. Then a month ago, the magazine appeared on my back porch....

I am choosing to believe that God hid it from me knowing that reading a ghost magazine when hubby was out of town would be a VERY BAD idea! Looking back, He was right!

The ghosts are from Tim Holtz Frightful Things - I used the die cuts and then used the paper as a stencil to make the less distinct ghosts.  

Thanks for visiting!  Hugz,

Nancy




Comments

  1. cotnobJanuary 29, 2021 at 4:42 AM

    Two more super pages Nancy, your ghosts are rather scary,I certainly wouldn't like to meet them!
    Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
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  2. Valerie-JaelJanuary 29, 2021 at 7:56 AM

    How spooky. Where was that magazine all that time? Great journal pages! Have a wonderful weekend, hugs, Valerie

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    1. nwilliams6January 30, 2021 at 2:06 AM

      My husband swears my daughter had found it and was kidding around with me, but she swears she did not...interesting either way! You have a wonderful weekend as well, Valerie!

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  3. Elkes LebensglückJanuary 29, 2021 at 2:25 PM

    That is spooky. Great journal pages!
    Have a beautiful weekend, hugs, Elke

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  4. My name is Erika.January 29, 2021 at 3:12 PM

    I get your idea of ghosts. I'm the same way. I'm not sure I would want to see them. I did see a cat ghost once, one of my cats. I was putting laundry away and the cat strode in. I'm talking away to the cat thinking it was our other cat who was still alive, and then I wondered where he went to. I couldn't find him and he was outside at the door a bit later. Hmm. It had to have been our other cat. Clear as day. Kind of like your magazine story. That is a little scary. And maybe you think I am nuts now. (I was just happy the cat liked living with us so much she didn't want to go away after she passed from cancer.) I do love your ghost page. It is just enough scary and fun. Thanks so much for sharing! Hugs-Erika

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    1. nwilliams6January 30, 2021 at 2:04 AM

      I don't think you are crazy at all, Erika. That is a cool story! I have had to little on the verge of possibility encounters but mine could have other explanations - not sure what they could have been but... Glad you love my page - I love all your pages!

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  5. nwilliams6January 30, 2021 at 2:07 AM

    Thanks Laurie!

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  6. Christine AlexanderJanuary 30, 2021 at 7:56 PM

    Fun theme Nancy, I'm a bit of woos when it comes to ghosts, I have to have hubby around to watch a movie or read stuff :)
    Wonderful journal page XX

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  7. Bleubeard and ElizabethJanuary 31, 2021 at 4:43 AM

    I’m leaving this generic message so you don’t think I’m a flake. I didn’t feel good Friday, and when I woke, the entire area around the eye that got damaged last summer had swollen so badly, I couldn’t open it. After speaking with the vision specialist, the soonest I can get in is Monday morning. I am not to wear the eye patch I was given in case it might exacerbate the swelling, but I am to take the eyedrops I was given from before. Thanks for understanding why I haven’t been to visit you.

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  8. Let's Art JournalFebruary 8, 2021 at 11:10 AM

    Beautiful pages! I love the image that you used and those ghosts look such fun 😀. Happy and creative wishes! Hugs, Jo x

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