Edna needs a martini!!

• Stamping bella-mason Edna needs a martini 
• Lawn fawn- large stitched rectangle stackables 
• Memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad 
• Neenahclassic crest cardstock 
• Copics- skin E50,51,21,93. hair YR21,E43,44,47. wings BV000,RV00,BG10. dress BG57,34,32,11. R56,85,83. shoes N9,7. martini R83,81,B41,BG70,YG63,67. ground W3,1,00.
• Wink of stella 'clear'
• Pink bakers twine

To make this card I diecut a matt of copic friendly cardstock. I stamped my image and matching sentiment. I coloured my image using copics and added sparkle to the wings. I glued the matt on to the front of a card blank. To finish my card, i wrapped bakers twine around the top fold of the card and tied it in a bow. 

Mx

Challenge I would like the enter:

Simon says stamp 'things with wings'

trick or treat!!

 

i bought these coloured pencil sets from wilkos, they have a kraft cardstock tube with a clear lid which doubles as the sharper, i thought they would be a fab gift for the kids ...i used some we are memory keepers Halloween 12x12" papers cut to size and simply glued around the tube to add some colour and decoration.

i made matching treat bags by putting toffee's into a clear plastic bag (used for packaging cards) and sealing them. i cut a piece of black cardstock to size and folded in half. i stapled the card bag to one half then glued them together to seal the bag inside. i added some paper, which i stamped with a Halloween greeting and icon. for this I used the stamp sets jack of all trades and wacky wishes from stampin' up! plus an archival ink pad in jet black.

 

 

i finished off by adding a ribbon around the top of the purple set, as i thought it would look nice for the girl it is going to, but i don't think it is needed... of course you could decorate yours however you liked.

hope you like my ideas for Halloween!!

 

Mx

tag it! & my new craft room...

 

I used mainly tim holtz products to make this tag, distress ink pads  (shabby shutter, scattered straw, dusty concord  dried marigold, gathered twigs & black soot) , distressing tool, shatter stencil, nostalgic kraft -core collection cardstock(core-dinations) and the Halloween shadows alteration sizzlit die (sizzix). I also use ranger manila tag, glossy accents and dreamweaver embossing paste in translucent.

 

to make this tag I inked my background using distress ink pads, I then distressed the edges and added more colour to them. i used embossing paste through the shatter stencil in the top corner. I  then die cut my embellishments. once the tag had dried I glued the shapes on to the tag where I wanted them. i cut the trick or treat icon twice using different colours and fussy cut the layers to add interest. I added extra detail at the bottom by using some glossy accents to the shape, I wanted this to stand out and be more of a focal point. it just needs some ribbon adding to the top then it will be finished.

 

Tag it!

 

 

this is a picture of my new craft room... I might add a shelf for my books, few pictures and decorations, but otherwise its done. I am so happy with the way it turned out. I have plenty of storage and finally know where everything is, which makes crafting so much easier. * the really cool knobs are from a little shop in scarborough called homebird house*

 

Mx

simple spooks!!

 

stamps: wacky wishes, jack of all trades & positively chevron from stamping up!

inks: archival ink pad (jet black), tim holtz distress (seedless preserves, spiced marmalade & shabby shutters)

cardstock: black plus a 6x4 card blank, craftwork cards digi cardstock

 

well I thought I would do the fab Friday challenge, even though I don't have the stampin up! ink pads I think I did a pretty good job at matching up the colour palette with the distress line.

I kept the card quite simple, keeping the pumpkin as the main focal point. the background was inked with distress then stamped using the large chevron pattern. I added the happy halloween in black to tie it in with the card and matt.

 

 keeping things simple, by letting the colours and patterns pop, gives the card a more funky, grown up edge for Halloween.

 

 

Mx

sale

well the craft sales will be coming to an end shortly but i hope you all got some lovely goodies. i picked up a few bits so although they may be a bit random projects for the time of year, i just couldn't wait to use my new stuff so here goes anyway...
 

first i got these dies from sizzix the movers & shapers by tim holtz. i got the pumpkin jack and the mini silly jack-o-lantern  and the scary jack-o-lantern faces. these are great because you can to put the faces in to the punkin or use the faces seperately with the base plate they sell or just have a faceless pumpkin...
the choice is yours!!

 

i have done a bit of everything and used the dies to cut the face out of all the layers of the card, so you will see the light through it. then added a pumkin with a matching face, i use grunge board and tim holtz distress crackle paint for more texture to my pumpkin but i think a nice weight of cardstock would look nice aswell if you were making a few.
 

 

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happy halloween!!

As you can see from the halloween bounty i have been busy this week, but i do love this season.

not sure what to do with all the cards,

had bit too much fun making them and

got carried away with numbers!!

 

these were using tim holtz distress inks, halloween silhouettes stamps, matching emboss folder, and alterations movers & shapers bat and skull die set

to make it into a birthday card for a friend

i added a birthday stamped message from stampin up! and used stampin up! punches to mat& layer

i also used stampin up! products to make this card for my little cousin's, 

i used tim holtz distress inks and stampin up! googly ghouls stamp set, for the background stamps i used inky antics halloween hijinx clear stamp set.

 

 

for these cards i used the inky antics halloween hijinx clear stamp set and tim holtz distress ink

 

little else was used to make all the cards other than basic pre-scored card blanks (black/white) black card and black ink and a few pro-markers

 

chocolate & vanilla pumpkin patch cupcakes

royal iced vanilla & almond cookies

today i had a little helper in the form of my cousin lucy (6), who came to the house to help decorate the cupcakes ready for the bun sale at her school.

she did very well at making the little pumpkins, but little hands make nice little balls i always say

so thumbs up lucy !!