The Last of the Halloween Cards (Projects 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)

Woo Hoo!!! I'm more than half way to my goal of 50 cards.  I'm really going to have to get moving with posting if I want to meet my goal in time to do some crafty shopping on Black Friday.

The Raven

 

The image is a stamp by Stampendous.  I colored it with Distress Inks in Dusty Concord, Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade.   I then used Frantage (by Stampendous) embossing powder and mica chips, and some Martha Stewart glitter along the edge.  I’m not sure if I like how it came out.  I have a love-hate relationship with the Frantage embossing powders and elements.  I love the stuff I’ve seen it used on but I tend to hate how it turns out when I use it.  I think I just need to keep practicing with it.

 

Pumpkin Head Girl

 

This image is by Stampendous, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics.  I added stickles to her hat.  I inked the edges with Distress Ink in Dusty Concord.  I think it needs an embellishment but I can’t find one in my stash that I like how it looks with this.

 

Pumpkin Cat

 

This image is by Inkadinkado, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and Colored with Copics.  I added stickles to the collar.  I die cut the oval and the scallop oval mat with Spellbinder nesties dies.

Girl Dressed Like Pumpkin

 

The image is by Recollections and was RAKed to me after last year’s Stamptoberfest over at Two Peas.  She’s stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics.  I added stickles to her tights and the three corners.  The candy corn circle and mat were cut with Spellbinder nestites dies.  The candy corn is from the same stamp set as the girl.  After coloring them, I added glossy accents for some shine and dimension.  The background was made by repeatedly stamping on the diagonal a long sentiment stamp by Stampendous.  It is about 5 inches long. 

 

 

Witch

The image is from the same set as the girl dressed like a pumpkin by Recollections, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics.  I got a drip of ink on the top corner, so I covered it with the enamel pumpkin sticker.  The bow was made with my bow easy.  The sentiment is by Studio G.   

Owl

This is another fairly new stamp, by Outliners/ Hampton Art.  I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics.  I added liquid pearls to the hat, stickles to the spider’s thread, metallic pen to the buckle and Wink of Stella to the flower.  I created the bow with my bow-it-all.  I love that thing.

 

Copic List:

Pumpkin Head Girl:

Head & Body – YR15, YR16, YR12, Y02

Clothes & hat – V12, V15, V17, YG06, YG09, YR15, YR16

Cat – C1, C3, C7, 100

 

Pumpkin Cat:

Pumpkin – YR02, YR04, YR07, Y08 (for the face)

Cat – YG01, YG03, YG06, G02, G05

 

Girl Dressed Like Pumpkin:

Pumpkin – YR02, YR04, YR07

Face – E00

Hair – E11, E17, E19

Arms & Legs – V15, G07

 

Witch: (I forgot to make a list of the colors I used, so this is my best guess)

Dress & Hat – YR02, YR04, YG03, V01, V04, V06

Hair – YG03, YG06

Face & Hands – E000, RV10

Pumpkin – YG02, YG04, YG07

 

Owl:

Body – V04, V09, Y38

Wings – YR07, YG03

Hat – YR02, YR07, YR09, YG01, YG03, YG06

Flower Stem – YG03, YG06

Pumpkin – YR04, YR07

Gourd – Y15, Y17, YG17

Flower – Y06, V04, V09, YR16, Y08, Y17

Spider – YG06

Stars – Y06

Leaves – E08, YG95, Y38, Y17, YR23, E79, YR07, E08, YR16, Y28, Y38, Yr23, Yr18, E09, YR68, R17, R08 (that’s quite a lot of colors for such small leaves).

 

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Shopping Moratorium and Project 1 - Drac

I have too much crafting stuff and I'm a shopaholic. So I'm taking inspiration for an on-line crafting buddy, scrappymo (check out her blog: Scraps of Life by Scrappymo), and imposing a shopping moratorium until I finish and post on my blog 50 projects. Getting the projects completed shouldn't take too long. In fact, I just finished 40 different card designs for donating to Operation Write Home. I just seem to have difficulty posting regularly. So I hoping this moratorium will help me to post more often and to use some of my neglected stuff. Now there are 3 exceptions: 1) if I run out of white card stock, I can restock because it is hard to make cards if I don't have cardstock; 2) if I run out of adhesive, I can restock for the same reason; and 3) I'm not canceling my ribbon of the month club with Really ReasonableRibbon.

 

 

So here's my first project. I participated in a kit-in-an-envelope swap and this is one of my projects from my kept kit. If you aren't familiar with a KIAE swap, you create two identical kits, one you keep and one you swap. Then you have to make a project with items in your kept kit and in the kit you receive from your swap partner.

 

Drac and the skulls are by Recollections. They are part of set that was RAKed to me last years.   I colored him with Copics. I added Stickles to three of the corners.  The pattern paper is by Doodlebug Design.

 

 

I covered the skulls with glossy accents before fussy cutting them out.

 

The bat was created with air dry clay and a Martha Stewart mold. I used Distress Ink in Dusty Concord and Black Soot to color the bat.

Copic marker list:

Outside of Cape – BV23, BV25 and BV29

Inside of Cape – V12, V15 and V17

Pants - BV23, BV25 and BV29

Vest – YR04 and YR07

Shoes – Yr04 and YG03

Skull – W-0

Hair – C-7 and 100

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