Ghosts: A Halloween Snippet Roll

The moon is hidden behind a cloud...

On the leaves is a sound of falling rain...

No other sounds than these I hear;

The hour of midnight must be near...

So many ghosts, and forms of fright,

have started from their graves to-night,

They have driven sleep from mine eyes away;

I will go down to the chapel and pray.

--HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW--

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Recently I purchased some Halloween digital images on Etsy, and decided to make something fun with them. There were seven cool ghost images on the sheet, and I didn't really have the time to make seven different art pieces with them, so decided to create my version of a snippet roll instead, using up bits and bobs of things that I had left over from other projects. Some time ago I had purchased a couple of rolls of burlap ribbon and never used them (what else is new?). Since it was about 5-1/2 inches wide, I decided that I would see what I could come up with. Below are some photos of the result.

Since this piece was a little more than

three feet long,

and I don't have a wide angle lens

for my camera,

this was the best that I could do

to capture the entire piece...

So below are some closeups of the

different sections.

I love these images which are from 

DigitalAntiques on Etsy,

and you can find them here.

I used the burlap ribbon as the background,

adding the images, lace,

old buttons, crinkled seam binding...

...black polka dot netting...

...and some vintage rhinestone bling, scrim,

and ribbon woven through an old

mother of pearl buckle.

After all, even ghosts deserve a little beauty...

More fabrics, laces, buttons,

crinkled seam binding,

and a black fabric flower...

...seen a little bit better in this photo...

At the bottom I sewed on a lovely piece 

of black floral lace,

and fringed the edge of the burlap...

Since it it not a snippet roll in the truest form,

as it is too bulky to wind up on a spool,

I created a hanger with this lovely 

black and tan twine...

I did not back this piece since the burlap

was so loosely woven and I wanted the light

to show through.

To give it a little pizzazz, though,

I used a circle punch to cut pretty

scrapbook paper into circles

which were glued on behind the buttons, 

buckle and flower to reinforce them...

The best part was that I completed this whole

project in less than a day's time,

and used up a lot of stuff that I just

had hanging around!

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Today I am linking with Wen's Simply Neutrals Tuesday Party,

and you can find the fun here.

Please be sure to check out the contributions by the 

rest of the folks who participated!

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By the way, do you believe in ghosts?