Halloween altered bag

I have not been crafting for a few days - Beth is poorly again with an ear infection. The GP has decided that she has a post viral dibility, caused by the viral infection she has in May and has a very suppressed immune system (a bit like ME) so hopefully she will pick up in the Spring, but until then we just have to take each illness as it comes.

This project has been on my craft bench for a few days in varying bits and peices.

So many Halloween based challenges and so few Halloween stamps! I have altered a paper bag for a Halloween gift for a friend.
It fits the following challenges:
Magnolia Down Under - Trick or Treat
roses on Paper- its nearly Halloween

Creative Inspirations - Halloween

My Time To Craft - Halloween Colours

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Things That Go Bump In The Night

Corrosive Challenge Blog - Spooky Times

One Stop Craft Challenge - Halloween

Cute Card Thursday - Spook Fest (bit late!!)

Stamp With Fun - Halloween

Pile It On - Ready For Halloween

Everybody Art - Halloween

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Spooktacular

Stampavie and More - Halloween
Papertake Weekly Challenge - sketch
Create4fun - sketch
A Spoonfull of Sugar - sketch

I have kept the layouts basic as it needs to go in the post and the gift is a bit bulky.
Here is the front. I used the Papertake Weekly Sketch.
The hat was a fab freebie from Robin and I used promarkers to colour the hat band in. The circle is distressed and inked using weathered wood distress inks and a glitter pen to look like the moon.

The inside uses the Spoonfull sketch, I just flipped it.

I coloured Tilda in using promarkers and the blueberries are now eyeballs (yeuk!!!). I simply matted the dp onto lime carstock - now flowers or ribbon on this - not sure an Tilda with eyeballs is deserving of flowers LOL!! The sentiment is from Robin.

The other inside bit followed the Create4Fun sketch.
Again Tilda is coloured with promarkers and I added the cauldron, again from Robin. Doesn't she look so innocent, waiting for those eyeballs!!! I stamped and embossed cobwebs to replace the flowers on the sketch.

So here's the full inside.
The back is really boring - just a full moon with a bat flying across so I haven't bothered to photograph that.

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Magnolia Tildas from the Yummy in your tummy collection
Colouring Media: Promarkers
Papers: Basic grey Eerie
Embellishments: from stash

DDCC challenge 63

This fortnight's challenge is a sketch by me!!

I have watercoloured Henry and used my square nesties to cut him out. I used some of my favourite masculine papers and matted them onto deep turquoise cardstock. I coloured the chipboard anchor and photo corner in using distress inks, and added buttons.

Do join in if you have time, and take a peek at the other DT's creations.
Recipe:
Stamp(s): Whiff of Joy Hnery Mouse with cake
Colouring Media: distress inks
Papers: K and Co Hopscotch
Embellishments: woodware chipboard pieces and buttons from stash

Pink

I've found a new challenge blog (yippee!) and it is dedicated to the Gorguss ones (yippee yippee!!). Its called Totally Gorguss (link in my challenges)
And the 1st challenge is PINK (boo :(!). I am not a big fan of the colour pink ... but I think I have risen to the challenge.
I coloured the image in and cut her out before matting her onto pink polka dot paper and then a white scalloped oval. The paper is from a DCWV Christmas stack believe it or not. I used my branch sizzix die and added a punched flower.

I am slowly recovering from the Princess Party - 20 girls dressed up as princesses and super charged on princess adrenalin - and cake ... I am going to take some paracetamol, and have a glass of wine and a bath later - should help to recover the nerves and ear drums.

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Sugar Nellie Party Princess
Colouring Media: Promarkers and copics
Papers: DCWV
Embellishments: sizzix branch, punched flowers

mistletoe box

A bit on the late side, but here is the box I have made for hubby to go with the anniversary card I showed you a few days ago.
Again the meeces are watercoloured and I have used Martine's fab papers. Just some punched snowflakes and somer stickles for decoration.

It's deep enough to put his favourite chocs in ... lots of them!!

Sorry for the short post ... off to a Princess party ... lucky me!!


Recipe:
Stamp(s): Stampavie mistletoe and mice
Colouring Media: distress inks
Papers: Martine
Embellishments:punched snowflakes

Christmas cards ... I'm on a roll!!!

I thought I would crack on with a few Christmas cards ... the New Year's resolution to make at least 1 a week has been on rocky ground for a while so a bit of a catch up is in order!

This card uses this week's Sketch Saturday sketch.
I watercoloured the image and then glossed the bauble. Once the gloss was dry I added the stickles. I have kept everything simple, using my deckled nesties for the scallop edge. The papers are DCWV, the smaller pattern comes from one of the borders papers. The sentiment came from somewhere ... still no Christmas sentiment stamps so I am going to have to resort to buying some :(

This card is for this week's Allsorts challenge ... a sketch and monochrome Christmas.
Snowy is a great stamp to use for monochrome!! I watercoloured him and stickled him. After cutting him out I matted him onto pearlised cardstock embossed using my snowflakes folder. The dp is DCWV and matted onto turquoise cardstock. I punched the snowflakes and added a bit of stickles. The sentiment is a vellum Papermania one found deep in my stash.

Finally I used the Stampin' for the Weekend sketch.
Not very Christmasy but I have someone in mind for it and they are very butch and not at all sparkly!! I watercoloured Henry and matted him using red and green cardstock. The dp is DCWV Christmas stack from a couple of years ago. I used my nesties to cut the diamonds out. It does need a sentiment ... might be resorting to the peel-offs I found at the bottom of my Christmas box!

A few challenges

This card is well out of my comfort zone ... not sure I do bright and zingy very well LOL!!! I have used the following challenges for it ...
Basic Grey Challenge - green, red, blue
Just Magnolia - Bright and Zingy
Friday Sketcher - sketch
Stamp Something - bling
I coloured Tilda in using promarkers (I got another lot and some copics today from Wendy at Secret Crafter - should have just bought them all at once and be done with it!!) and cut her out. She is sat on the tag, and I used my sizzix branch die for the bit at the bottom. I punched flowers to add to the branch and added some gems.
It is certainly bright, but not sure the branch works! Love those papers though - must invest in some more.

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Magnolia Love me Tilda
Colouring Media: promarkers
Papers: Basic Grey Romani
Embellishments: sizzix branch, punched flowers, ribbon and gems from stash

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #54

It's Mandy's turn to set the challenge this week, and she wants to see old or neglected stamps on your creations.
I found this cute Penny Black in my Christmas box ... not inked up for 2 years, poor thing!
I coloured the image in distress inks and then added 3d gloss to the baubles. I added some organza ribbon, punched snowflakes and gems. Still looking for the CHristmas sentiment stamps!! I know if I buy some more they will turn up!!

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Penny Black wishing
Colouring Media: distress inks
Papers: DCWV
Embellishments: punched snowflakes, gems and ribbon from stash

Kiss me!!

Well not really!!! I couldn't resist inking this little beauty up (available from the Secret Crafter) and whilst it looks veryt Christmasy I think I will be giving it to hubby for our Wedding Anniverary (we married 4 days before Christmas, and it snowed!).
I used the fab sketch over at Simon Says Stamp challenge, as it is a lovely simple, unfussy one, and there has been a bit of distressing so I am entering it into this week's Charisma Cardz challenge.
I watercoloured the image (how cute are those meeces!) and then stickled her dress and the mistletoe. I did some silver faux stitching round the image. The papers are by Martine and I added punched, stickled snowflakes and some spotty ribbon.

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Stampavie Mistletoe and Mice
Colouring Media: distress inks
Papers: Martine
Embellishments: punched snowflakes, ribbon from stash

Its nearly Christmas!!!

After making all the Halloween projects I thought I needed a bit of sparkle in my life (in more ways than one!!) so I made a couple of Christmas cards last night. I have used a great free download from Martine for the papers - it is really scrummy and I will be printing off more of it!.

I combined the A Spoonful of Sugar Sketch with My time to craft (Cute and quick - this was quick!!) for my first card.I adore this cute Gillian Roberts image and got it from Bunny Zoe's shop with my candy win. I have watercoloured him using distress inks and then stickled the dots on the stocking. I used snowflakes rather than bows and added a glue dot to the centre and then glitter. Sorry no sentiment .... those sentiments are being very elusive ... I am beginning they have gone to the great filing cabinet in the sky - eek!

For the next card I managed to combine a few challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - sketch by Domi
Whiff of Joy - die cuts
Everybody-Art-challenge - punches and shapes
Creative Card crew - scallopsI watercoloured Henry and cut him and the mat outr using my nesties. I glittered and glossed him. I punched snowflakes and stickled them. I stuck glue dots onto the buttons and dipped them in glitter - twice!!
Here's a close up of the glitter!My craft space is now a shimmer of glitter!!!
As both cards are CHristmas cards I am entering them into this week's Stampavie and more challenge.

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Gillian Roberts Stocking; Whiff of Joy Henry with Bauble
Colouring Media: Distress inks
Papers: Martine
Embellishments: punched snowflakes, ribbon from stash

The dark side

So I've been playing. Its been too long since I had my inks and masks out, so I have had a play tonight and combined a couple of challenges:
Passion for Promarkers - sketch
Papertake Weekly Challenge - the Dark Side

I coloured the image in using promarkers and then made my background. The panels are made using BG paper and shimmery lime green ribbon. I coloured some mulberry flowers and added lime green brads and a witches hat charm. The bracket replaces the text and was coloured using lime green promarker.

How I made the paper:
On my craft mat I mixed weathered wood and dusty concorde distress inks and covered the cardstock with it. I placed the masks and then used dusty concorde, weathered wood and black soot to distress the cardstock. Before removing the masks I spritzed it all using blue frost glimmer mist as I wanted to creat a moon shimmer.

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Sugar Nellie Gorguss girl
Colouring Media: Promarkers
Papers: Basic Grey eerie
Embellishments: flowers, ribbon and chipboard bracket from stash