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It's time for a new challenge at The East Wind and this time the theme is "Baby, it's Cold Outside". Pretty fitting, considering the cold wave that's sweeping the country (but not here in CA, it's been in the 70's. Yeah, I know, we're sooo spoiled). I had a hard time choosing an image for this one because there are so many fabulous ones appropriate for this theme at The East Wind Etsy Shop, but my new XCut Build a Scene die was just itching to be used and I thought the gorgeous Lucy Loo 'Cat Walk' was the perfect choice. I embossed the top layer with the Cuttlebug limited edition snowfall folder to add some softness to the cold frosty scene. The sentiment is a Starform peel off sticker in silver metallic to match the silvery moon. Lucy looks like she's missing someone, don't you think? It's so hard to be away from the ones you love at Christmas.
I've colored Lucy with Copics and kept the look monochromatic. She does look blue, but at least she's keeping warm in that fabulous fur coat and hat. My teamies have some fabulous inspiration so be sure to visit the Challenge Blog and see their fabulous makes and scroll down to see the winners of our Go Green Challenge while you're there. Can't wait to see how you all are keeping warm and cozy, so please join us.
I'm entering this in the Jingle Belles Great Outdoors Challenge, Sweet Pea Stampers Let Us Remember/Sympathy/Thinking of You, Addicted to Stamps and More ATG, Little Red Wagon 50 Shades of?, Stampavie and More Monochrome, Papertake Weekly 2 or 4 Legs, Through the Purple Haze Use Punch or Die, the Dies R Us Christmas challenge and Holly Jolly Christmas Color Choice (Blue,White,Silver).
Today I'm hanging with the Aurora Wings Showcase Team again and am very excited to introduce the adorable new release, Christmas Tree Sprite, debuting today at Aurora Wings on Etsy and the Aurora Wings Digi Shop. I just love all Mitzi's Sprites, they're so sweet and whimsical, and he is no exception. A must for Christmas, don'tcha think? I thought he'd make a great tag to go on a special present. The tag was cut with my trimmer and I've used a MS Gingerbread punch along the bottom.
Isn't he the sweetest? He's colored with Copics and I've used Card Candy and adhesive beads for his ornaments. The star on top is a glitter sticker from JoLee's.
I actually printed him 7 times to get the dimension I was going for. I don't scan my images for layering each layer was colored individually, fussy cut and popped. He's standing on some mini blocks (with a hug and a kiss) and I've added some buttons and ribbon to finish it off. For more inspiration, be sure to visit the Showcase Blog to see the gorgeous creations by the Showcase Team.
I'm entering this in the C.R.A.F.T. Christmas Challenge, the Outlawz Paper a la Mode Cute Christmas, the Divas by Design Photo Inspiration Challenge, the Holly Jolly Christmas Color Choice Challenge (red, green and white), Papertake Weekly 2 or 4 Legs, Sweet Stamps Lovely Layers, TTRCD ATG, Craftin Desert Diva's Tags Linky Party, the Simon Says Monday Ornaments Challenge, TTPH Use a Punch or Die Challenge (MS punch along the bottom), and last, but never least, 613 Avenue Create ATG/RAK Challenge.
It's the 13th of the month and you know what that means. We've a brand new Challenge at Delicious Darkness with the theme of ATG/Bloody Hell. I've changed all the digis I used to a bloody red in my PrintMaster Platinum Program. The base DP is the 666 paper from the Beastly Paper Pack. The next layer is the Pile o' Bones Paper and I cropped and added the terrifying Halloween Freebie from the Delicious Darkness FB group to opposing corners. (One was flipped) I cut a window in the center of that layer with my Spellbinders Deckle Rectangle, popped that layer and added Let Me Out!! recessed in the window. Finished it off with MS Drippy Goo (or should I say Drippy Blood) and there you have it. Bloody HELL!
I'm adding this to Left of Center using the LOC theme.
I was the lucky winner of the Freebie Challenge during the Outlawz Forum fabulous party last month and was introduced to Deedee's Digis. Among my winnings I chose the adorable Mix it Up set which is also the Digi of the Month for November. I also found out about their monthly Progressive Challenge in which you use the Digi of the Month, and after creating a project, you receive the next month's digi for free.
The cool thing abut Deedee's Digis is they come as a set with precolored images, papers, sentiments, as well as digi stamps to color yourself. I hadn't really planned on doing an all digital project, but when I started playing in my PrintMaster Platinum program, this was the result. It's a card and tag that will be great for the holiday gifty baked goods, don'tcha think? I plan on using it for my mailman. I may print out the recipe of whatever I finally decide to bake on a separate Checked Recipe card (a Freebie from Deedee's Digis) as well. WooHoo!
Besides Deedee's Digi's November Progressive challenge, I'm also entering this in Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Keep it Flat Challenge (can't get much flatter than this, LOL), the Eureka Stamps 4 Legged Friends Challenge, the Craft Your Passion Something Beginning with "B" (bowls and bow on tag spoon), the Incy Wincy Stripes Challenge and 613 Avenue Create ATC/or optional RAK Twist.
Our new challenge begins today at the Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog and with the theme of Harvest/Thanksgiving. Sweet Rory is one of my favorite Lacy Sunshine characters and this time I've used Rory's Giant Pumpkin. I've made and easel card and dug down deep in my stash for harvest and Thanksgiving theme DP's, most of these (including the frames and "Blessings" sentiment) are from the Debbie Mumm for JoAnn Fabrics Harvest and Holiday Stack (circa 2008). The antique Pumpkin Label is a Freebie from the Graphics Fairy and I've used a twig wreath die from Memory Box and leaves from "table confetti" that I've recycled.
I've colored Rory with Copics and fussy cut her to pop her on the printed frame. The added "grass" was cut with my MS icicles border die.
I've popped the frame and sentiment to capture the easel, some more leaves and some Card Candy for interest. Please visit the Challenge Blog for more inspiration and remember, if you used a Lacy Sunshine image in the last challenge, you may email Audrey for the loyalty program freebie for this one. Hope to see you there. Also, We're so excited that Heather has created some amazing new characters, so be sure to check out the New section of the Lacy Sunshine Crafter's Candy Shoppe.
I'm adding this to the TTRCD ATG Challenge Nov 4-10, 613 Avenue Create ATG, Crafty Hazelnut's November Patterned Paper Challenge, Great Impressions November Thankful Thoughts, Eureka Stamps Count Your Blessings, Word Art Wednesdays ATG, Milk Coffee Hand Colored Image Challenge, Di's Digi Designs Colors of Autumn, the Outlawz Monday Greeting Cards Fall Colors, the Fussy and Fancy Thankful Challenge, the Dragon's Lair November Autumn colors Challenge, Craft Hoarder's Anonymous For All That You do, Thank You Challenge and the Quick Quotes Friday Challenge #45 Gratitude.
Yeah, I know, when it rains it pours. LOL If you're looking for the Dia de los Muertos Blog Hop click HERE, or the TEW Go Green Challenge click HERE.
It's been awhile since I've done a CAS card and the Outlawz Sunday CAS Challenge this week is Going to the Pumpkin Patch. Yea! I'm still in Halloween mode and was dying to use this cute new stamp from ADFD. She's one of the Pumpkin Heads, but the regular shop is closed for a remodel until Nov. 14th and this image isn't available in the Etsy Shop for now. Anyway, she's colored with Copics and adhered to an A2 card embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. Sentiment is computer generated. Can't get much more CAS than that.
I'm also entering this in the Crafting by Designs It's Halloween Challenge, Tuesday Throwdown Dressed Up and Simon Says Wednesday ATG.
If you are looking for the Dia de los Muertos Blog Hop, please go HERE.
Our new challenge at The East Wind starts today and the DT is using the fabulous freebie you receive with the November newsletter. Visit the Challenge Blog and look for the big pink rectangle on the right to get yours. Our new challenge is "Go Green", giving you the option of doing some recycling, or just using a lot of the color GREEN. I've done both! the DP's are from the DCWV Green Stack (70% recycled paper), the tree is cut with an old Halloween Cuttlebug die from the corrugated lining they put in the display cartons for Starkist tuna pouches, the grass came with my sushi (and smells like fish LOL No, JK, I washed it first. Just wondering if you're still with me here), and the embellishments are strung on the ribbon by bread tags. WooHoo!
I've colored the beautiful Aurora 'Go Green" with Copics in many shades of green to go with her lovely red hair (and because the occasion called for it). Her stride and the scene I created made me think of the Thanksgiving song so I used the lyrics as my sentiment. Please visit the Challenge Blog for more inspiration from my wonderful teamies and don't forget to check out the Show Room Blog for fabulous coloring videos done by the artist Unky herself, and creative poems and stories using the gorgeous images from The East Wind. P.S. We have a FB Contest on our Group Page going on now too with the theme of Animals through November 17th.
I'm entering this in the Mema's Craft November ATG Challenge, the Outlawz Monday Greeting Cards ATG challenge, TTRCD Oct 27th -Nov 3 ATG, Party Time Tuesdays ATG, Polkadoodles Recycle it and Simon Says Wednesday ATG.
Welcome to the 5th annual Dia de los Muertos Blog Hop. Wow I can't believe it's been 5 years since this fabulous hop was started. You should have arrived from Julietta's Blog, or if you happened upon us this by chance and would like to start from the beginning, go to Patty's Blog HERE.
I've made a mini ofrenda (altar) using the adorable kneeling girl from the Llorona Rubber Stamp set, available as a past offering (July 2014) from Smeared Ink, some mini votives covered in card stock, a punched border and gold border stickers, traditional mini marigolds made from tissue paper and the smallest of the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die and a gorgeous cross from Spellbinders for Heartfelt Creations.
I've colored Her with Copics in bright colors to match my ofrenda. Too bad she looks so sad. She is either to young or perhaps didn't get the memo that Dia de los Muertos is a happy celebration of life, not death, and a day to remember our loved ones with smiles, not tears. This stamp set is available exclusively at Smeared Ink and is now available to the public outside the Rubber Club.
The layered cross is set in an arch cut with my Spellbinders Gothic Arches 1. The inset is a die cut sheet from my stash. I've added more mini marigolds to the top and jewels to the cross. OOPs! Sorry the pic is a little tipsy.
I'm adding this to One Sweet Challenge November Dia de los Muertos and Left of Center Happy Halloween.
I have several other projects that I recently completed and blogged prior to the Hop that I'd also like to share. One, a wall hanging using the gorgeous Dia de los Muertos Marie Antoinette from Aurora Wings. You can find the details of this project HERE.
And the other, a fun party invitation using Mr. and Mrs. Bones from SCACD. They are also available individually in both rubber and digital form. More details on this project HERE.
This year our fabulous prizes include 2 $15.00 Gift certificates to the new Snap Dragon Snippets Store and 6 mini Stamp sets from Dilo en Espanol, 3 for the USA and 3 Shipping worldwide. I hope you've enjoyed what you've seen here. Now it's time to Hop on to the fabulously talented Ruthie.
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WooHoo! It's finally here! Happy Halloween! I don't know what's happened this month. I had so many fab ideas, I guess my little pea brain couldn't process them all and I've not even started most of the Halloween projects I had planned. I do have something to share, however, that might trigger the gag reflex, but I think she's kinda cute. Meet Fang. Fang started out as a mini Jezebel that she insisted I make for her Daddy. She always squeals and squawks when Daddy picks her up to comb her but she secretly loves getting "boofy" and produces mountains of fur, so what to do? Needle felt that fur into a mini cat, of course. However, Daddy thinks saving cat hair is disgusting so I knew he would never appreciate Jezzy's and my efforts, so instead, here's Fang. No longer a sweet adorable kitten, Daddy's rejection has turned her into a Zombie, or Zombie slayer. Haven't quite figured that out yet. She's happily sitting on her rug playing with her skully.
I thought I might finish her for the HDH Ferocious Furrballs challenge which I'm embarrassed to say, I bailed on, but I couldn't find eyes for Fang and these still aren't the best. Where do you buy mini cat eyes, anyway. I do love her fangs, though, and little pink tongue. Nice collar, too. wish I could get Jezzy to wear one.
So I'd say this is epic recycling, don'tcha think? Here's Fang getting cozy with the as yet unused portion of fur stash I've collected. That would be one massive hairball to cough up, eh? Well, I hope I didn't put you off your feed for your Halloween treats. I just wanted to post something and again, say "Happy Halloween!
I'll be entering Fang in the Recycle, Re-Purpose and Reinvent Halloween Fall Challenge, Left of Center under the LOC theme, and Simon Says Wednesday ATG.
Of course I'm cutting it close, as usual, for the Gecko Galz Jeepers Creepers Customer Challenge. It happens often, but especially in October. I LOVE Halloween. My head fills with so many ideas that I'm overwhelmed and just don't know where to begin, so I just don't. Fortunately I rallied. I originally had a different plan for this challenge, but when I saw this cool tut for a popsicle stick puzzle HERE on Leslierahye's blog I thought it would be great with the Jeepers Creepers Collage Sheet from Gecko Galz, a cool and creepy diversion or gifty for the kid in all of us.
The tin started out like this. Yeah, chew much gum? Unfortunately, Altoids discontinued the cinnamon years ago (probably because if you chew too many of them, they burn the roof of your mouth out, guess how I know?) but I've held on to the tins and sniff them occasionally. LOL Finally got around to altering one. How about that? (I now chew Trident cinnamon. Thank God they reintroduced that flavor or I'd be one unhappy camper.) The top is another image from the Jeeper's Creepers Collage sheet with a computer generated sentiment, washi around the bottom and bit of Sharpie ink and border stickers.
Now, I said the puzzle was two sided so here's the other side. Inside the tin I've included the slightly stretched out versions of the puzzle because trust me, they aren't the easiest to put together with the vintage pix I chose, but aren't they fun?
But it all fits neatly in the tin so you can carry it in your purse and pull it out while waiting for an appointment or you're bored at work, or well, you get the picture. LOL So there ya have it, just in the nick of time. Yea me!
BTW, The Gecko Galz Blog Hop is going on now through November 2nd with gorgeous projects, loads of freebies and great prizes. Don't miss it!
I'm also entering this in the Recycle, Re-Purpose & Reinvent October Fall Harvest Halloween Part 2 Challenge, LOC Halloween, Simon Says Wednesday ATG and MAA Halloween or Fall Challenge.
WOW, only 5 more days 'til the Most Wonderful Night of the Year! This is our final challenge for 2014 at Haunted Design House and our second week of Hellacious Halloween. We minions will be going into hibernation until January to rest up and refuel. So it's your last chance to join us for some mayhem and debauchery. NO CUTE STUFF! We mean it! We know where you live.
I've made a bit of a hybrid using one of the pumpkins from new Pumpkin Pestilence the Delicious Darkness. He's chomping on a skull in the fab digi, but instead to make it more "Hadult" I used the little chickie from Smeared Ink's Pumpkin Head, one of the Hallocuties. Both images were selectively fussy cut and colored with Copics.
Did a bit of popping of the elements as you can see here. The fab body for this pestilent pumpkin was part of the Dp from ? (oh crap, I've got so many Hallowe'en pads on my table I can't figure it out). But anyway, I've added a die cut web border from Memory Box, "31" from Tim Holtz, a small spider border sticker across the top, and a sentiment sticker from JoLee's. The banner itself is DP from Authentique. Kinda has a vintage vibe, don'tcha think? So there ya go. Hope you can scare up a little fun and join us. It's gonna be a long cold two months.
I'm entering this in the Left of Center Halloween challenge and the Left of Center FB ATG Halloween contest.
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