HALLOWEEN TAG

Hello all!

I have a Halloween tag to share with you all today.

I have been creating a tag every month for this whole year.

This months tag is a bit spooky (well not really spooky!)

I used the Tim Holtz Haunted House die, and made the paper for the house and the windows. 

Then I added a quick metal band word to the bottom, 

stamped the background with some bat stamps,

and voila, a fun little halloween house tag. 

I'm linking up with Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2015. 

Witch Parking Only

Good morning bloggy friends!

I had one day off from work this week, and I got my crafty on!

Yep, Two days ago I shared this canvas, 

and today I have a fun Halloween Card to share with you using Just For Fun Stamps. 

I have to be honest with you, I'm not a huge Halloween fan. 

I love fall (not that we get much of it here in Arizona,)

but Halloween has never been a big deal to me. 

However for this fun card I used two stamps, the witch parking only sentiment stamp,

and the witch broom stamp.

Both of these stamps give a really clear and clean line, and stamp fabulously!

If you're looking for any Halloween stamps hop on over to Just For Fun Stamps, they have a really really good selection of stamps, and they are a great quality (and a value for their money as well!)

Beachy canvas

This morning I got up early.

I wrote out a list of all the projects I wanted to work on.

This beachhead canvas was at the top of my list!

I've been watching YouTube tutorial videos for the last 5 days, 

and today I finally have the time to create! 

First and foremost I knew I wanted to use my Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays, and play along with the current challenge found here and this graphic:

So here's what I created!

Most all the background is Lindys sprays. I used:   pop rock purple, merry go round green, raspberry lemonade, time travel teal,  also used magical powders freaky franken-lime and witch potion purple, which are both part of the haunted Halloween pigment powder set. 

I started with layering on sprays and powders to make the background. 

I sprayed, and heat set, and sprayed and heat set until I had a background I loved!

I then layered some stencils and using distress inks added a bit more color and texture. 

Next I painted the chipboard pieces with gesso, and then sprayed them with the Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays and the magical powders. 

You can see I didn't use some of the pieces here, there are some great chipboard pieces in the set! 

Finally I started assembling the embellishments and picture on the canvas. 

Don't you just love that lighthouse??

I layered some dictionary paper, twine, an old doily, buttons and pearls to complete the photo area. 

I could use these sand dollars on hundreds of projects!  And all colored up with golden sleigh bells from the jingle bells spray set!

I love how I mixed and matched sprays from a number of different sets and they all look amazing together! 

Thanks for stopping by today.

Entering into: 

Lindy's Stamp Gang: October Color Challenge

Jff skeleton

Good morning!

My month of craziness has hopefully come to an end. 

To celebrate the coming of Halloween, I've created this fun skull tag! 

This was the beginning version, and it was finished about a week ago.

Then as I sat and looked at it more and more I thought that it needed something more.

So I added the bat stamps to the background. 

I think they give a finished look, and are that much more "Spooky"

If you are looking for some amazing stamps, go check them all out here. 

Thanks for dropping by!

Linking up with: 

Paper issues: Spooky Halloween

Just for Fun with alcohol inks

Good morning friends and fellow bloggers.

If you've come to my blog by way of Just for Fun Stamps

then welcome, and I'm so happy you hopped on over. 

I have a fun card and a mini-tutorial to share with you all today.

But first I am so happy to share with you all that I have been asked to join the design team at Just for Fun Stamps, and today is my first posting. 

I got a HUGE package of the most amazing stamps,

and after sorting through them all, I knew I'd be using this amazing and large peacock feather first! 

Wow right?? 

I love the crisp image that is produced, especially over my alcohol ink background.

Speaking of that background, here is a little mini-tutorial on how I made that background.

First I dropped a little bit of each color onto my glass work surface.

You could also use your craft mat,

but it wouldn't work on just paper because it will absorb into the paper.

Add some blending solution on top of these inks.

Then you swipe your gloss paper through the inks. 

Keep on swiping until you get the coverage you want. 

If your inks start to dry out add more of the blending solution and keep on picking up the ink onto your paper. 

Mmmmmm isn't that a beautiful background?

I then dropped (gently) some blending solution to the background to make some more detail.

Wanna know the best part of working with this product??

It dries so fast you won't believe it, and you can stamp it up immediately!

I used my archival ink to stamp the peacock feather onto the back ground. 

I hope you found my mini-tutorial helpful, and are inspired to maybe break out those alcohol inks you've had stashed in the back of your closet. 

Remember how fun and beautiful they are.  

Butterfly tag

Good morning friends!

I suppose I have been a bad blogger of late! 

I've been very busy in the other side of my life,

Or I have been making presents that couldn't be shared here until they were given!

However today I am sharing my tag for September....

Wow hard to believe it's September, and halfway through at that!

There was a major overhaul of the craft room that sent me into a bit of a spin this morning when I went looking for my alcohol inks!

Whew I found them! 

So this months tag is butterfly goodness. 

The background is alcohol inks, then stamped butter flies,

Then clear embossing through a stencil, then stamping and fussy cutting the butterflies from vellum (another hide and seek to find that in the craft room as well!)

But here is the end result, and I'm adoring it! 

Just such lovely colors and textures!

I'll of course be entering this into the 12 tags of 2015 that Tim holtz has on his blog. 

If you're getting your craft on, come join along here.

I'll be teaching this class as part of my 12 tags series tonight, and can't wait for the girls to get inky! 

Celebrate with anything but a card

Today's post is bittersweet.

This is our last challenge at anything but a card challenge 

We have decided to go out with a bang, and a CELEBRATION

So, that's our challenge, to share something that you celebrate. 

I made this art journal page.  

This background started it's life as a catch all for my left over bits and pieces.

Eventually I added some dictionary papers, and the flowers, 

and then the saying that I pulled off of pinterest.  

I think it's a great saying,

"When life is Sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is Bitter say thank you and Grow."

Shouldn't we all live by this?

On this side of the page I stamped some Dylusions flowers, then 

painted them with watered down dina wakley paints, then stamped over them with the alphabet letters, then hand cut them all out. 

I have to say that I am going to miss these fun "anything but a card" challenges. 

This was my first design team, and 50 challenges later I am happy I have been a part of the whole run!

All the design team members have been wonderful, and I have so enjoyed seeing 

all the amazing creations from all of you out there! 

I hope that I will see many of you in the future on other sites, or challenges.