Crafts 4 Eternity - Happy Halloween

Hello friends - hope you have had a GREAT week! Ours has been...interesting! And not necessarily in a positive manner, but that's okay, the weekend is JUST around the corner! :D

This week at Crafts 4 Eternity we are celebrating with Halloween themed cards - I absolutely adore autumn, pumpkins, scarecrows, corn mazes, etc.! Hope you will join us with your Halloween themed cards and you have the chance to win 3 free digital images from Crafts 4 Eternity! Great images!!

I used a pumpkin from Repeat Impressions; stamped it once in the middle, masked it off and stamped it again on either side. I then colored the image with colored pencils & odorless mineral spirits. I tried channeling the incredible Kathy Racoosin - she does AMAZING things with her white gel pen. Me? Eh, not so much; it is NEVER EVER as smooth as hers...or as cool looking! :( In fact, it was just ugly, so I pulled out the white dimensional enamel to finish out the dots...

Inside

I traced around the Verve Visual die I used for the main panel and hand cut the same shape from PTI's Terracotta Tile; sponged on some Rusty Hinge Distress Ink, added a couple flags and mounted everything with dimensionals. The layout is Deconstructed Sketch #123 (DS123). Some fun Halloween paper from MME and some self-made enamel dots finish it off.

TFL; have a great weekend!!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Repeat Impressions Pumpkin, misc. alphabet individual stamps

Papers: PTI Black, Terracotta Tile and Kraft, DP by MME

Ink: Rusty Hinge distress ink, Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories: nesties, Verve Visual die, white and black dimensional enamel, MS border punch, white gel pen, self-made enamel dots, watercolor pencils, polka dot embossing folder

Challenges:
  DS123

  Robyn's Fetish - Fall
  Lacy Sunshine Stamps Challenge - Fall Colors
  Digi Haven - Orange and Black
  QKR Stampede - Seeing Orange
  Inky Impressions - Black and Orange
  Card Mania Challenges - Halloween

Halloween Spooks!

Welcome back to Crafty Creations - this week we're celebrating Halloween Spooks! I made witch's brooms with BLOW POP suckers - yum; love those suckers (although the flavor in the gum doesn't last much more than 5 minutes - HA)!

I used Suzanne's design...but mine didn't turn out as cute. I COULD NOT find kraft tissue paper, so I used kraft wrapping paper; it just doesn't bend quite as well as the tissue paper would have. :( Oh well, I still think they are cute!

I colored the "sticks" brown with a Copic to complete the broom effect.

I used a couple images from Repeat Impressions for the tags and tied them on with jute twine; I added the letters "boo" in VersaMagic orange - those "O's" look like silly eyes, don't you think?

Thanks for popping in; hope you'll show us your Halloween Spooks!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Repeat Impressions Pumpkin and Dracula
Papers: Kraft wrapping paper
Ink: PTI Chai Tea Dye ink
Accessories: nesties, copics, jute twine, blow pop suckers

Challenges:
  Milk Coffee

Hello Sunshine...

Hi friends,

I have a confession...are you ready? I have an addiction... An addiction to the Olympics - OH MY LORDY...!!!...

I started this card yesterday but just could not draw myself away from the TV - so many events we love - gymnastics, swimming - CAN YOU SAY MICHAEL PHELPS - sand volleyball, volleyball, tennis, diving, synchronized diving - you name it, we love it!  :D

But I forced myself to do some chores this morning, slip downstairs to finish this card, get it posted and then...yeah, back to my addiction I'm afraid. LOL

I used Jen's August Sketch For You To Try for this week's Cupcake Inspiration. Here's the fab inspiration photo:

And this week we are sponsored by:

I used an image I've had for quite some time from Repeat Impressions - beautiful sunflower (did you notice the center of the sunflowers above? OREO cookies - delightful!).

I stamped the image on Rustic White card stock, colored with Copics and added some clear Sakura sparkle to the center of the Sunflower; lots of layering with black and Summer Sunrise, some machine stitching and some black brads.

That's it - thanks for popping in!

... you are my sunshine ...

Hugs, ~M.

WHAT'S IT TAKE?
Stamps: Repeat Impressions Sunflower
Papers: PTI Rustic White, True Black,and Summer Sunrise, DP by MME
Ink:  VersaMagic Gingersnap, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: nesties, Copics, sakura clear glitter, misc. black brads, Janome Sew Mini, MS border punch (inside)

Challenges:
  Sketch For You To Try

Happy "Virtual" Birthday Wendy!

First my post doesn't load; then when I try to load it from my phone, I lose everything - plus I misspell a word and can't get back to correct it - OY!!!

But alas, before we walk out the door for an all-day volleyball tournament, here's the card I made for Wendy!! Hope your b-day was joy-filled!!

Hugs,

Ahhh....sweetness!

Just wanted to share with you an award which has been given to me by two of my lovely followers:

Diane

And after the week I've had, I cherish this!! Thanks sweet friend!

The idea of the Liebster Blog Award is to spread the love from one small blog (under 200 followers) to other small blogs. This helps to spread knowledge and readership.

"Liebster" in German means "favourite", so to carry on the Liebster tradition, I am going to pass the award on to 5 people who's blogs have been an inspiration to me and my crafting. 

To accept the award you must

- Link back to the person who gave the award to you and thank them for thinking of you

- Post the award on your blog

- Give the award to 5 bloggers with less than 200 followers that you appreciate and value

- Leave a comment on the blogs of your 5 chosen bloggers to let them know.

The 5 I have chosen in no particular order are:

Creating Impressions by Toni

My Stamping Addiction (Lynette)

Pami's Crafty Creations

Droplets in a Rusty Bucket

My Little Scrappy Owl (Zulma)

Hugs,