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Today I am thinking outside of the box.... actually this box is an ART BLOCK, a box without an opening...  wooden blocks are  available at Altered Pages !   I  have covered my box with one of my favorite Halloween personalities... POE, the Edgar Allen Poe collage sheet used is available at Altered Pages!!!   This will be on my desk at work every year at Halloween!       Start by painting the block with Black Gesso , let dry!   Supplies: Edgar Allen Poe collage sheet wooden blocks Black Gesso Gel medium All Hallows Eve pattern paper Heart Dew Drop & Black Dew Drops Other embellishments: bones,key, chess piece, skull  and raven.   Cut pieces of All Hallows Eve pattern paper  to fit each side of the block.  Use gel medium  to adhere them... add a layer of gel medium  over the paper.     Set aside to dry, preferably over night.   ...

I am anxiously waiting to see the new movie taken from Poe's poem "The Raven."  Poe has been an author whose works I have enjoyed for a long time and as I sit and wait to see it, I found that Altered Pages carries the amazing Poe Collage Sheet.  I just had to do my own project in honor of Poe, the poem and the new movie so I chose this great canvas book and the collage sheet from Altered Pages and started creating.  It is still my masterpiece in the works as I've been changing and rearranging what I want to do, but I was excited to share one of my favorite pages of the book with you so I decided not to wait.  Don't you just love the bird?  It's actually the gold bird from the German Scrap Embellishments Butterflies and Birds that Altered Pages sells.  I painted it black and then used the new Terri Sproul Mixers to fill in the eye to give it the infamous creepy look that Poe loved.  For the checkered background...