31 Days of Halloween: Day 20

Wow, only 11 days till Halloween.

This month is just flying by! 

I have been getting back into my running the last few days, and so I haven't had as much time for crafting.

Don't despair, I have a fun offering for today! 

I appologize ahead of time for the  pictures,

this product is hard to photograph!  But it's one of my most favorite products and techniques to use!

That's right, you've all seen it before (and you'll see it again!)

It's the aluminum tape at work again!

This time I dry embossed it using Tim Holtz gears embossing folder.

I then put the tape on the tag.  Then I used my alcohol inks in plum and green

(sorry I forget which one I have)

to add some color to the tag... then I ran the tag lightly across my staz-on black ink pad

this just picks up parts of the gears and highlights them!

Ok, enough talk... here's the tag!

I used a pretty image from Dilly Beans, and I'm gonna play along with their Cute and Creepy challenge

I colored her up using my copics and prismacolor markers.

I then added some glossy accents to the hearts

Here's her close up...

Isn't she lovely?  The hearts were die cut using a Sizzix die cut that I rescently got.

I added a little doily behing for some interest, and I distressed that using my peeled paint distress ink pad.

I am also playing along with Cut it Up Challenges: Eek, boo, ahh  Halloween.

The BOO is grungeboard letters that I painted first, and then covered in the glitter! 

I LOVE glitter! Kitty even had some glitter on his face today from playing in the craft room with me!

I'm also playing along with Alphabet Challenge Blog: Anything Spooky (or not?)

And Anything Goes Challenges: Make your own embellishments (I think I've done quite a bit of that!)

Bearly Mine Challenges: #57 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenges: Halloween

Desert Island Crafts: Challenge 40 (Purple, punches, CASE (come back for my next post and

you'll see where!)

Diva's by Design: #57 Something Spooky

Simon Says Stamps challenge: Eerie inspiration

Simon Says Stamp and Show: Use your favorite (Can I say Aluminum tape any more???)

Tammy's scrapping cornerAnything Goes

Cute card Thursday: Got glitter?

Alright, I think maybe that's enough challenges to enter!  After all, I wanna be able to play along with some other challenges this week!  It's my long weekend (4 days) so I'm hoping to finish off some DT commitments, and get some fun posts up for you all! 

Have a great rest of the weekend! 

12 Tags of 2012 September

If you've wandered here from Tim Holtz blog, or from Tuesday Alchemy, Bearly Mine challenge,
or Simon Says Stamp and Show

 please feel free to enter

your creation into our challenge blog over at

http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.com

this is our very first challenge and it's been an exciting week, and you still have another week to enter!

And it's the super easy "anything goes"

Earlier in the week I shared this beauty with you all

It's from Tim Holtz and it's his September tag

I think personally that he's been hanging out at my blog and that's why he's used

the aluminum on his tag this month!

Ha ha ha I'm sure that's not the case...  but wouldn't that be fun??

This definitely is not a challenge I would be missing

Here's my tag

I used Angie Delarie's typewriter and also my typewrite (yep, that pretty blu typewriter WORKS!!)

I added the key I'd found at an antique shop a few months back, the sticker in the middle

(sorry for the bad pic)

It's a bird wearing a steam punk hat! ha I love it (from Jolee)

The film strip is from Tim's Ideology line the "D" charm I made all by my lonesome

with a quick stamp, some silver embossing, and covered it up with a good dose of glossy accents!

I might be done with the aluminum tape for a week or two!  I've got some great projects planned for the whole month of October!  Yeah for Halloween! 

Entering into:

Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2012: http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2012-september/

Tuesday Alchemy:  anything goes

Bearly mine: anything but a card
Simon Says Stamp and Show: Read all About it