"Ghost 2" - Postcard

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The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Cemetery Dance" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Full Moon Ghoul" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Halloween Cake - Photograph

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I took that photograph of a Halloween cake. Happy Halloween!

"Moonglow" - Postcard

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The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Headless Horseman" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Witch's Familiar" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Witches".

This is my second entry. I recently found some Medieval images that I've been using for Halloween artwork.

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The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"(Halloween) Full Moon (SPA Guest Host)" - Postcard

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This week I have the honor of guest hosting Sunday Postcard Art, and I chose the challenge theme "Full Moon."

Although movies like to portray a Full Moon on Halloween, it only occurs on that date every 18 or 19 years. The previous Halloween Full Moon was in 2020. The next one will be in 2039. A full moon on Halloween is also a Blue Moon, because it is the second full moon in the same month.

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The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Teddy Holding Halloween Envelope Card From CJ - Photograph

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I received a wonderful surprise in the mail today. CJ, who does beautiful calligraphy work, sent me a stunning Halloween envelope and card. We both like cats, old cemeteries, Medieval topics, all things Halloween, etc. :-)

I should have realized something special was arriving in today's mail, because Teddy, who normally doesn't move when the mailman stops, knocked me over and ran outside to get the mail before I could. ;-)

Teddy is always thrilled when anyone mentions him, and says he loves CJ because she always does. ;-)

Earlier this year, I had started a Teddy Tales weekly blog post, but my creativity has not been what it was in the past. Receiving this Halloween treat brightened my day. Thank you again, CJ! And if anyone is unfamiliar with CJ's fantastic calligraphy and artwork, I encourage you to visit her blog.

"Ghost" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Ghosts".

This image has become my "go to" guy for ghosts, ghouls, and other things that go bump in the night. :-)

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Skeletons Danse Macabre" - Postcard

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"Halloween Ball" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Halloween Queen" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Orange and Black".

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The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Skeleton Call" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Pumpkin Procession" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Pumpkins".

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The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Skeletons Danse Macabre - Shirt - Transfer Failure - Photograph

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I took that photograph of the transfer failure result when I used an inkjet fabric transfers paper to iron my "Skeletons Danse Macabre" shirt design onto a 100% cotton black shirt. I know I have used that transfer paper successfully in the past, but I didn't recall how I did it, and the instructions were unclear about how long to iron for / when to remove the paper backing. So as I pulled up the paper backing, part of the ink remained adhered to the paper, which tore off of the shirt. Thus ends my attempts to make my own shirt designs. The juice ain't worth the squeeze, especially with the cost of everything skyrocketing due to inflation.

"Skeletons Danse Macabre ("wdl")" - Shirt 8" x 8"

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Dancers".

A close friend of mine had sent me a photo of a Halloween shirt with witches dancing on it, which inspired me to make my own shirt design, an 8" by 8" image that I will print onto 8.5 x 11 inches inkjet fabric transfers paper, to iron onto a black shirt. (My dancing witches design is still in progress, because as usually happens with me, one thing led to another, and I saw a movie that showed two Medieval images that I wanted to use: one for the witches, and this one with the skeletons.)

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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Important Printing Notes:

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To print it onto a fabric iron on transfer, it needs to be mirror image flipped:

Image - Horizontal Flip

*** The below steps are important to do before printing, otherwise it will get cutoff on one edge if it is done in Portrait!!! (for 8.5 x 11 inches paper size) ***

File - Print

Set it to Landscape (NOT Portrait!!!)

Set Print size to Original size (from image DPI)

Set Position on paper to Centered

Print Quality: High

"Autumn Owl" - Postcard

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"Dancing Skeletons" - Postcard

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This week's My Soul's Dark Imagination theme was "Dancing Skeletons".

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The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Cemetery Walk" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)