October already!

 Good morning blogland,

Well as you can tell I'm surprised (again) that this year is going past so fast - to the degree that we are in October already!

Which also leads me onto - this is the first Saturday in the month and so time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge.  This month the theme is 'Autumn/Halloween', so you could go either theme and, even though the DT have all made cards, you don't have to enter a card.  The only rules are : follow the theme, don't backlink and a maximum of 3 entries per person.

This is the card I made and, as you can see, I did go Halloween.

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Sweet November Stamps - Black Cat Bess

Sweet November Stamps - Digital Scene Builder: Spooky Full Moon and Forest stump and hollow log

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

taylored expressions: Simple Strips - Birthday

Dies:

taylored expressions: Simple Strips - Scalloped Edge

un-branded stitched rectangles

Anything else:

Distress Inks

blender brushes

green sparkle embossing powder

This could be the first of a couple of Halloween cards - unless I change my mind - and I really have no need of Halloween cards at all.  I had thought this year I wouldn't even bother, but it's the images that got me - I saw this one and my fingers itched to colour it!  I suppose it could be used for a birthday card? Maybe? I don't know!

Anyways, I will be looking forward to going round all the blogs and seeing how other people interpret the theme.

See you soon,

Sarah

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: Oct 26 Anything Goes Halloween

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers: ~279 - W is for Witch

Crafty Catz: #720 - ATG

I love ProMarkers (and other mediums) Challenge: #616 - Christmas or Anything Goes - as you can see I went Anything Goes  - I really don't do Christmas unless I am forced to or it's the 1st of December!

It's all Halloween-y right now

 Morning blogland,

I feel like I've done more Halloween cards this year than I normally do and here's another one to join the happy crew!

With it being Tuesday it's time for a new challenge over at Passion for Markers and, as you might have guessed, the theme chosen by our Teamie Sue is 'Halloween' and we are sponsored by All Dressed Up Stamps with a prize for one lucky winner.

Here's my card, made with an All Dressed Up digi image:

Supplies used:

Digi stamp:

All Dressed Up Stamps - Witch Hat

coloured with my Copics

The sentiment is also a digi stamp - it's from a set of sentiments I brought last year from an Etsy seller and I have enough to last me forever!

Paper:

echo park - Chillingsworth Manor

Dies:

un-named set of dies for the card base and matting

Spellbinders : Nestabilities - Labels eleven for the sentiment

That's about it folks - please pop along and join in at Passion for Markers, will be lovely to see you!  Just please remember it is a markers challenge, so you do have to use markers (any brand) and follow the theme,

See you all sooon,

Sarah

Halloween

 Morning blogland,

It's the start of a new month and so the start of a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge and, as you may have guessed from the title of the post, as it's October the theme this month is 'Halloween'.

We have the wonderful Lili of the Valley as our sponsor, with a prize for one lucky random winner.  To be in with the chance of winning, or being picked as our Top 3, you just need to follow the theme - we don't have any rules about what you can create but you must follow the theme.  The only restriction we have is a maximum of 3 entries per person.

Here's my card:

Supplies used:

Digital image:

etsy seller - PawsLetters

It's a pre-coloured image from a set called 'Witches in Black'

I also created the sentiment in Publisher

Dies:

Spellbinders: Nestabilities - Decorative Labels Eight

My Favorite Things - Fishtail Foundations

Creative Expressions - Noble Collection: Stitched Squares

Creative Expressions - Noble Collection: Stitched Rectangles

Paper:

BoBunny - Weekend Market Collection

Anything else:

Heavy black card for the card base

light black card

And that's it folks, we don't 'do' Halloween in our house and so this card will probably go to one of the TTT's friends who is more into the whole 'spooky season' thing.

Hope everyone is well.

Sarah

Boo to you too!

 Morning everyone,

A last minute post to remind anyone who might read this that, if you Facebook, there are a few more days to enter the Facebook only challenge for All Dressed Up Stamps.  It finishes on the last day of the month, as always!

The rules are not too much hassle - belong to the Group, follow the theme (which this month is 'Halloween or use Autumn colours') and use an ADU stamp - follow those and off you go!

This is my DT inspiration card:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

ADU - All Dressed Up for Mummy

coloured with my Copics

Dies used:

Die-namics - 'wavy edge'

unbranded stitched rectangles

unbranded alphabet

Papers:

echo park - Chillingsworth Manor

Anything else:

Copic fine liner to draw the spider and web

So you'd think I  would've gone for Autumn colours, but for some reason I went with Halloween. No need for the card, no one to give it to, but I fancied colouring in the image - so off I went!

Feel free to pop over to the Facebook Group and see the other lovely Inspiration makes my Teamies have made and if you don't 'do' Facebook there's always the blog and their challenges.

Off again now - see you later

Sarah

Ooooh how spooky - not!

Good morning blogland,

This post is all about my DT card for this month's new release from All Dressed Up - I am posting it a little late (but then when isn't that a recurring theme with me?!) as always life happens and I've only just found time to do this post.

So - the new release, and how adorable is this little witch!  As you probably know I don't properly 'do' Halloween, no big ethical reason why not, it just wasn't a thing when I was younger and now, living as we do in the middle of nowhere, we don't get Trick or Treaters.  The most we've ever done is carve a pumpkin and take TTT, when younger, to the nearest village so she could knock on a few doors.  Although I don't do cards or decorations or spooky film marathons - I can still appreciate a cute image to colour and this is just what that is!

So here you go, the October New Release from All Dressed Up - the digi I got to work with is called Magic Broomstick and is available from the Etsy shop.

Here's the card:

Supplies used:

Digi stamps:

All Dressed Up - Magic Broomstick

coloured with Copics

SVG printing / cutting file from an Etsy seller - for the sentiment

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangles

Sunny Studios - stitched circles small

Stencils:

Honey Doo Stencils Collection 

Home-made cloud stencil

Anything else:

flat backed gems

striped card

Distress Inks

blending brush

The Honey Doo stencil is difficult to describe, it's a stencil with lots of holes cut out but they also provide you with the cut outs.  Here's the link, which is probably more use than my mad ramblings! It's useful as you can use either the stencil itself or the solid cut outs to make negatives.  I used one of the cut-outs to create the moon up in the left hand corner.

To have a look at the rest of this month's releases - you can go here to the FaceBook Group: here to the Blog or. to purchase, go here to the Etsy shop.

And that's me done folks,

until the next time,

Sarah

Final Boo!

Afternoon blogland

Pretty sure this is going to be my final Halloween card - I now have three that I've enjoyed making but no-one to give them to! I'm wondering if some of my next cards might have the same colour combos but different themes.

So, this one was made for the All Dressed Up Facebook group monthly challenge - there is still a short while to enter a card / project. The challenge this month, yup you guessed it, Halloween / Autumn! I know I could've gone Autumn, but I'd already made one Halloween card and sort of got into the swing of it.

 This time the card went a bit cute:

Supplies used

Digital stamp

All Dressed Up - Boo did I scare you

I used Copics to colour the image.

Dies:

My Favorite Things - Die-namics circle

Creative Craft Products - scalloped DL background

Anything else:

Tim Holtz - Distress Oxide inks 

blending brush

fineliner to draw the cobwebs

That's it for now folks, 

see you again soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: #559 - Season's Greetings - I was feeling doubly ghoulish! Hope it qualifies

Gem of a Craft Challenge: Wk 22

Use Your Stuff: #469 Die cuts

Di's Digi Challenge: Spooky or Cute

Boo Two!

Morning Blogland

Well, this year does seem to be completely running away with me - I've just realised that I've not posted in over a week, but it only seems like yesterday that I did. I hadn't realised how quick time is passing!

This post is for the new challenge that started today over at Sweet Stampin' with the challenge of 'Halloween / colours of Halloween' - as always please remember this is a stamping challenge so there does need to be some element of stamping in your entry, whether digital or rubber.

I'm sure I might have mentioned (along with that I don't 'do' Christmas) I don't 'do' Halloween. I mean, I understand the concept and I understand the original reason for it, but I don't 'do' this commercialised version of it.  In all honesty it really just passes me by, TTT did use to go 'trick or treating' as she was desperate to do what her friends do, but other than the occasional pumpkin we don't decorate or make a fuss.

However, having said that - I was colouring something else, had this image on the desk and, following a WhatsApp conversation with TTT who was on a school trip to Iceland at the time, this image was coloured, and this card produced. I had great fun turning the doll into a zombie!

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Mo's Digital Pencil - Dolly

coloured with Copics

Dies:

Un-branded stitched rectangle dies

un-branded alphabet

Paper:

echo park - Chillingsworth Manor

Annnd that's about it folks,

I'll try my hardest not to leave it so long in-between posts next time,

See you all soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #634 CaS

Crafty Catz: #611 - Anything Goes (optional use twine or ribbon)

Cupcake Inspirations: #555 Halloween Fun

Boo!

 Morning blogworld,

This post is for the new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge, where the theme this month is 'Halloween'. We are sponsored by Oddball Art who allowed the DT their pick of an image and have supplied the Challenge with a lovely prize for this months' winner.

I believe I've said this before, but I'm not really into celebrating Halloween - it wasn't a thing when I was little.  As I've grown up to me Halloween has just been an inconvenience, mostly silly string on the letter box to be cleaned up and kids knocking over bins.  We tried when Emily was little but, nah not really our 'thing' as it were. 

Colour me surprised then when, somehow, this year I've made three Halloween cards! All for Design Teams and sharing over the next couple of weeks, but (count them) three!!! And enjoyed making them too - I'm sure wonders will never cease!

Card number one follows:

 Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

OddBall Art - Glitter Bones

coloured with my Copics

Patterned Paper:

echo park - Chillingsworth Manor

Dies:

un-branded alphabet set

un-branded stitched rectangle set

Die-namics - Wavy edge

I do hope you find time to pop over to the challenge and check out my Teamies work - there are some suitably wonderful spooky makes over there!

Be back soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #631 - Anything Goes

I'm soooo late!

 Hello Blogworld,

Abject apologies to my Teamies over at Sweet Stampin' for being so late with this post!

I've been to Stamperama at The Yorkshire Showground, in Harrogate - only just got back - and completely forgot it was the new challenge today!

So I won't waffle on, save that for another day, but will crack on with my inspiration card. Another week has passed at The Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog and now it's Team Wendy's turn to provide inspiration for the new challenge.  This time we'd like to see all your 'All Hallow's Eve' inspired makes.

Any make goes, but please remember we are a stamping challenge and so there must be some stamping on your project somewhere.

My card:

Supplies Used:

Digital Stamp:

Tiddly Inks - Wryn the Witch

coloured with Copics

Dies:

Un-branded alphabet

Memory Box - Modern Landscape Border

Anything else:

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Black card

Mica spray

What I did:

Re-sized and printed Wryn onto Copic friendly paper.

Coloured her in with my Copics and fussy cut her out.

Made my DL size card blank and cut a piece of card to fit the front.

Inked the panel with two shades of Distress Ink and then die-cut 'BOO!' from the panel.

Die-cute a further two 'BOO!'s and stacked both those and 'BOO!' from the panel.

Die-cut the landscape from black card.

Mounted the panel on the front of the card, then popped 'BOO!' back in to give and eclipse look.

Glued the landscape to the front of the panel and attached Wryn with 3d foam.

et, voila! Job done.

I have to go apologies to my Teamies now, for missing the deadline! Hope they forgive me!!

Signing off,

Sarah

Challenge / s:

Passion for Markers: Week 614 - Dies and/ or punches - dies for me.

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: Challenge #536 - Halloween

Gem of a Challenge: Challenge 22 - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles: Wk 43 - Anything Goes

My Time to Craft: Challenge 468 - Halloween or Fall Colours

Time to get spooky!

Good morning blogland,

Can you believe it's the first weekend in October already! As it is the first Saturday of the month I'm here to share my make for the new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge - and this month the theme is Halloween, so all your spooky makes if you please!

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

The Design Team were allowed to pick images from the shop and this is my make with two of the images that were chosen:

Supplies used:

Digital Stamps:

Creepy Cute Big Eye Zombie Girl

and

Creepy Cute Whimsical Haunted Halloween House

Coloured with Copics

What I did:

Re-sized and printed the digi stamps onto Copic friendly paper.

I drew around a lid to give me the outline of a moon, then coloured in the two images with my Copics. 

Next I coloured the sky and ground and used my white pen to create the stars (which Hubby thought was snow!).

Finally I mounted the panel onto some red card and then onto the card blank.

I'm not too unhappy with how it all turned out, although I feel I could've blended the colours around the moon a little better.  Even TTT was impressed when she saw it - she couldn't quite believe the her mother had created a whole scene!

So, why not pop over to the Challenge - have a look at what my Teamies have created and enter something yourself! We would love to see you!

Signing off,

Sarah 

Challenge /s:

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge: Week 39 - Anything Goes

Gem of A Craft Challenge: Challenge 20 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #579 - Week 5 (ATG)