Halloween Card 4

Todays card was made with the old (1995) Stitched Witch stamp set

from Stampin' Up! The greeting is from the All Around Argyle (2006)
hostess set from Stampin' Up!

The mini flag paper punch was also from Stampin' Up!

The papers are from an old Die Cuts With A View paper stack.

Paper punch button, ribbon scrap, hand cut banner, 

faux stitching to finish off the water colored image.

I have a few more Halloween cards to share the next few days.

Thanks for looking =)



I'm entering my card in the new challenge at Retro Rubber - Boo!
I don't have any "scary" rubber stamp images,
but plenty of old cutesie Halloween images.
This particular stamp is 22 years old ! Wow.......

also

Love To Scrap Challenge - Frightfully Fun
https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2017/10/ltscb-102-frightfully-fun.html


and

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Halloween Card 3

Rubber stamp images are oldies from Stampin' Up!

Papers are from an old Die Cuts With A View paper stack.

Thanks for looking =)

Halloween Card 2

Simple enough to make Halloween card.

Sentiment from Stampin' Up! was heat embossed black.

I ran a stylus on a scoring board around the edge of the stamped panel

to create a raised edge.

Papers are from an old Die Cuts With A View paper stack,

punched with a small flag paper punch from Stampin' Up! 

Thanks for looking =)

Halloween Card 1

Happy World Card Making Day !

Happy Digital Scrapbooking Day, too ! 

Today I'm sahring the first of several 

Halloween cards I made recently.

The images are from Stampin' Up!

The sentiment was heat embossed black then punched out

with the coordinating paper punch.

The hedgehog/mouse image was water colored.

The decorative papers are from a Die Cuts With A View paper stack.

Thanks for looking =) 

Repurposed Items Fall Decor

UPDATE 10/11/2017

I just discovered today that the 

Making Memories blog is gone from the internet

as are anything else related to the blog owner!

There was no notice given to the design team.

No explanation whatsoever at this point.

For those that like entering crafty challenges,

there are many more to be found in blogland.

I happen to DT for another Anything Goes

craft challenge, Love To Craft Challenge. 

Please visit us soon ! 

The October challenge at 

Making Memories Crafting 

is to be inspired by the photo below:

Autumn/Halloween Anything Goes.

More details about my project:

I created my own png word art with a gradient

using Photoshop Elements 14 software

and the font Sprightly.

I repurposed several items for this project:

wood "frame" from the window in a door,

chipboard from craft project packaging,

"silk" leaves previously sewn onto a scarf,

scrap of wide wired fabric craft ribbon.

Supplies:

Woodgrain background stamp with Crumb Cake ink

Itty Bitty Splatters stamp with Soft Suede ink

Smoky Slate and Creamy Caramel ink pads for swiping

across the Very Vanilla card stock

Stem Silhouette stamp with Ruby Red ink

Scoring board, stylus, Smoky Slate marker

and ruler were used to create the faux planks.

Just a little dab of low melt hot glue

was used to keep the leaves in place.

I flipped the piece over once they were all

glued down then trimmed the excess off.

The frame was well weathered from being

part of an exterior door originally.

I decided to keep it as is since the

art piece is kind of weathered, messy looking.

I did paint along the exterior side edges since they

were not stained.

I had to staple the finished piece,

glued to lightweight chipboard first,

into the frame since there wasn't enough

depth to use points.

The bow was hot glued in place on the front

and I added a saw tooth hanger to the back.

I also finished the back off, after stapling

the piece in, by covering it with a piece of

paper to fit. Doing this hid all of the

unfinished wood edges and staples.

A closeup to try to show the debossed lines

and inky details.

Thanks for looking ;)

Rt 66 Festival Scrapbook Pages

A simple enough two page spread.

The paper is unknown, more from an old set I bought

at Big Lots years ago. The city streets background paper

was near perfect for these pages as the car show the photos

were taken at are held on downtown streets !

The "green" letters and numbers were cut with a Cricut Create

using the Library Font cartridge.

At first I didn't think I was going to have the right shade of "green"

to coordinate. I totally forgot about the never used color 

Summer Starfruit by Stampin' Up! from years ago in my stash! 

It was the perfect odd shade I needed

and looked even better with the Basic Gray shadows.

I also used Baja Breeze for mats under the photos. 

Only one stamped portion on this page,

the word FESTIVAL.

It was made with Snap Stamps from about 2005.

A few home made faux screw head brads to finish it off.

Thanks for looking =)

I'm entering my pages into the current challenge at
Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
and
Use Your Stuff - shades of blue

Fairy Card

Stamp image, card stock, inks from Stampin' Up!

Stickles Diamonds glitter glue for accent on wings.

I made this card to somewhat coordinate with the

fairy lantern I made and posted two days ago.

Thanks for looking =) 

Halloween Computer Screen Calendar

Todays' project that I am sharing with you

was created for the new challenge at

Digitally Made:

create a 100% digital project with the colors

black, orange, purple, green and/or a Halloween theme.

I designed a computer  screen desktop background.

It was made with the My Memories Suite V8 software

and a digi kit by JMC Designs, Bewitching Hour. 

How to:
Create a "custom size" project in the software
and type in your computer screens resolution.
Mine is 1920x1800.

There is a neat calendar feature in the software
that makes it easy to add calendars
to your digital projects.
You can edit the calendars in various ways, too.

I added various elements and papers from the digital kit,
basically making a digital scrapbook page sized to fit
my computer screen - and with a calendar page on it !

If you like creating digital projects

(nothing handmade), we invite you to 

play along with our challenge.

You have until November 3rd to enter

your family friendly Halloween themed project
at Digitally Made !

Thanks for looking =) 

House of Cards Challenge October

House of Cards Challenge

for October is now live ! 

This month we are challenging you to 

create a hand made card using the theme

Halloween and/or colors in the photo below

I made a 

Stand Up Card

altered from basic instructions found in the book

Cards That Pop Up, Flip and Slide

by Michael Jacobs

Decorative papers, Die Cuts With A View

Stamp image, Stampin' Up!

Embellishments from my crafts stash

Folded flat for mailing

Opened, standing up

Side view, folded

Back

Thanks for looking =)

Be sure to visit the rest of the design team members' blogs for more inspiring ideas !

Fairy Lantern

Welcome ! 

Today as my design team project for 

Love To Craft

I'm sharing a project I've been wanting to make 

for quite some time: a fairy lantern !

Read on for more information

about how I made this particular lantern.

SUPPLIES:

Wide mouth empty jar (mine was from a jar candle)

Fairy silhouette laser cuts by Creative Embellishments on Amazon

Mod Podge 

Used dryer sheets (white tissue paper works)

Card stock, chipboard, paper doily, florals, ribbon, hot glue

Scissors

Wide paint brush

Glitter

Floral moss

Battery operated tea light candles, 2

The jar I used was a wide mouth jar that once held a candle.

I liked the really wide mouth on it and it was 

smooth all around the outside. 

A little bit of scrubbing and a final wipe down

with white vinegar to make sure it was good and clean,

and it was ready to "paint"on the Mod Podge.

While the glue was wet, I wrapped the jar with

used dryer sheets. I thought they might make a neat texture

and hoped they'd be transparent enough. 

Plus, I like to repurpose items that might

otherwise be trash ;)

I brushed a little more Mod Podge on top

and sprinkled on some chunky glitter. 

I have a feeling this may be a "dust collector", though ;) 

There was no lid to this jar,

but I had an idea I wanted to try

anyway, no matter what jar I used.

I wanted to make an easy to lift off top

rather than a screw off lid. 

It did take a bit of paper "engineering"

and work, but I do like the way it turned out.

Because I needed the top itself to be a bit wider

than the rim so once the side was attached it

would fit around the wider grooves from the 

old screw on lid, I traced the outside edge of

 a thin metal die that was the right size.

I then  cut it out with a pair of scissors.

The side was cut a bit wider than the width

of the ribbon so I could make tabs to glue

under the lid.

I used double stick tape to adhere the ribbon to the side.

The bow was hot glued in place.

I added a piece of chipboard inside the lid to make it 

more sturdy since I was gluing on several items.

I made a strip of card stock as a divider between the

moss and battery operated tea lights. 

DO NOT USE REAL TEA LIGHT CANDLES !!!!

Closeup of the goodies on top,

various supplies from my collected stash

and a doily. I also cut out and glued on a piece

of green card stock to the top of the white lid.

It looked too plain just white, especially once

I decided to add the doily. The green makes it pop. 

I mailed this off to a long time "pen pal"

as a birthday surprise.

My daughter saw it before it went out

and asked me to make her one, too.

I happen to have 7 leftover fairy die cuts to put to use.....

Thanks for looking =)

Be sure to visit the rest of the design team members' blogs 

for more inspiring ideas!

I'm entering my fairy lantern in the current challenge at Through The Craft Room Door.