Happy Halloween!

Whe ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!! (That's my spooky laugh!) Happy Halloween one & all! Thought I'd show you the cards I made for my boys & my niece. Boy did I have fun with these.

 This is also my entry for the ABC Challenge DT call.

I made this for Jack. He's Mini Dracula from Make It Crafty. He's coloured with Promarkers & the papers are MME - Boo to You.

This next one is for Ben.

This image is another from Make it Crafty. This time it's mini Headless Horseman. Agian he's cloured with Promarkers & the papers are MME Boo to You. The little bats are made with a CC Cutters die & the star with a Spellbinders die.

I used the fab sketch at The Sweet Shop for my layout for this card.

This final card I made for my 5yr old niece.

This final card I made for my 5yr old niece.

I coloured this WOJ cutie with Distress Inks & used Fancy Pants Oct 31 papers.

I am entering these at Stamping For the Weekend where this week, 'Anything Goes.'

I hope you can see the bats on them all & I'm hoping they are sufficient to enter into the Totally Gorjuss challenge, 'Things with Wings' this week.

So I finally got this posted & Halloween is almost over! Hope you've all had a Happy Halloween & had lots of fun. Ben & Jack are away at my parents for half term this week & I really missed treating them to their Halloween party. It's not been the same without them. But I think they had fun nonetheless. Have to make sure I don't miss out next year!

That's all from me for now. Thanks so much for looking. Enjoy the rest of the week. Can you believe it's November tomorrow. Xmas is just around the corner!

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Happy Halloween!

I know I'm a day early, but my boys have been having a Halloween party tonight. I thought I'd show you the card I made for Ben. (Jack's can be found here - Mr Punkinhead)

This oh so cute image is from Rick St Denis- I Brake for Stamps at Quixotic Paperie. I coloured him with Distress Inks & the papers are MME. 

I followed the fab sketch at Stamp With Fun for my layout on this card. The picket fence Doo Hickey, is no exactly spooky, but looks appropriate here.

Thought I'd also share some piccies of Jack & Ben having fun at our party. Their food when they had 'Dead Man's Fingers (sausages), with blood (ketchup), Monster Munch & Scotch Eggs (Monster's eyes). I made them goodie bags filled with sweets from a tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers. I will try & find the link.

Jack (above) was a werewolf. If you saw his mask it's easier to imagine. Ben (below) was a skeleton. Just see that scary face, LOL! They had Sparklers after tea too.

Thanks for sticking through with such a long post. Hope everyone has a Happy Halloween tomorrow. Have fun!

Thanks for looking. Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge #4 - Halloween

Do Do Do Do, Do Do Do Do... (think Twilight Zone music!). Halloween is nearly upon us & Michele has designed a fabulous series of digital images, available to download here, to use on your Spooky creations. This weeks challenge at Crafts 4 Eternity is, yes you guessed it, to make a Halloween card using the fab sketch Michele has created & the colours orange & black. Find the sketch here.
I struggled with this a bit as I do not have any Halloween papers & this looks a bit stark for my taste. I made this to give to my hubbie & really love this haunted house image Michele designed. It is ideal for a slightly more adult card. I tried to make it look as if it was bathed in moonlight. (If I'm honest, that is because I have not mastered colouring with black at all!). The sentiment, & the cute little pumpkin & ghost are all Michele's designs too. I scaled the images to suit my purposes. By the way, the sentiment is available as a freebie download at Michele's shop. Check out her other goodies whilst your there!
You should pop on over to the C4E blog to see the fabulous creations of my DT colleagues. This weeks winning entry will win this fab set of digi images.

So what are you waiting for? We can't to see your fabulous creations this week. Have fun!!

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Bizzy Bec's Creatalicious Challenge #3

It's time to get Bizzy again. This month at Creatalicious Challenges we want to see you using all those scraps you're loathe to throw away, but never get round to using. Additionally, we would like to se you make your own flowers & include them on your marvellous creations.

My project this month has drawn much inspiration from a fantastic tutorial over at the Belles & Whistles blog, see it here. When I saw it I knew this was what I was going to make for my boys for Halloween. Check out the tutorial, it is really easy to make. I embossed the stalk for a bit of texture & used a swirl punch to make the grass/stems. Both images are digi-images I won over at Louby-Loo's Digital Delights. This little fella is Billy. I coloured him with my Promarkers. If you click on the photos, you should be able to see him better.

My flowers were made with various punches. Those on the pumpkin are highlighted with jewels. The one on the card is made with retro punches. The black petals were tightly rolled & allowed to unravel, & the centre is two thin pieces of black & patterned paper & loosely rolled & glued in place.
Hope by now you are already planning your own cards. Remember, this is a monthly challenge, so you have loads of time to get your entries in. For more inspiration, see the fabulous cards of my DT colleagues here. Plus, there are fabulous prizes, provided by the lovely Bizzy Bec herself up for grabs. Thanks for looking. Hope you are all having a good week.

Hugs,

Andie xx

Recipe:

Stamps: Digi Delights by Louby Loo

Papers:Scraps of MME Bloom & Grow & Melissa Frances

Tools: EK Success Retro Punches & Large Swirl Punch, small flower punch make unknown, Cuttlebug swirl embossing folder.

Embellishments: Papermania jewels, Boo & Spider ribbon in October kit from Crafty Feeling