Origami gift...

There is a new 613 Ave C  challenge starting Nov 6th:  "ATG or the optional Twist: "Scrap Your Stash".  You have the month of Nov. to show your creative talents!   For details of the challenge and for some very creative ideas from the DT's inspirational contributions - click HERE!





















I like to send money in my cards to the Grandkids... LOL, encourages them to call me!  I've started folding the bills into Origami that is specific to the person.  This one is a guitar because my granddaughter plays lead guitar in a band - I find videos on YouTube with tutorials on how to fold them.  I used an image [sent as a gift by my dear Canadian friend, Corina.  No source info available.] that appears to have her hand extended to hold the instrument.
The A2 Z-fold card base was decorated with scraps of DP from my stash to meet the optional twist of this challenge.             

Create wildly and color with abandon!

~ginny

CHALLENGES:
Gem of a Challenge - #21 – ATG Always
Through the Craft Room Door - ATG Always
Crafty Sentiments – Fancy Folds TOP 3
Penny's Challenge #454 – ATG Always
Simon Says Stamp Wed - ATG
AYLI: As You Like It – Fave DP & Why [I am drawn to Primary Colors & Bold designs - if I need something subtle I tend to make my own background so the color is spot on and the design is non-descriptive]
Sweet Stampin' - Celebrations
Catch the Bug - Bugaboo – ATG
Aud Sentiments - #238 – ATG + Sentiment
Crafty Creations - #401 – ATG Always
Crafty Hazelnut's DP Challenge – Always ATG
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #117 – ATG Always

Boo-frickity-hoo...

 This is without a doubt a favorite mummy image of mine from Mostly Animals.
It was stamped, shaded with a Copic grey & fussy-cut & then sculpted with a large ball tool. The image was mounted on the two layers of mats with foam tape to maintain the dimension.  The cat on the inside is from Stampendous.

Create wildly and color with abandon!
~ginny







CHALLENGES:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #116 – ATG Always
Sweet Stampin' - a Creature
Through the Craft Room Door - ATG Always
Crafty Sentiments – ATG
Aud Sentiments - #238 – For a Child + Sentiment
SheepSki Designs #31 –Autumn / Halloween
Get Creative Challenges – #85 – ATG
Crafty Hazelnut's DP Challenge – Always ATG
Crafty Creations - #401 – ATG Always
Shopping our Stash L:13 – SOS #407 – Halloween

Broomzelda...

This one is for a friend who's birthday is on Halloween and who LOves witches!  It sure makes the theme easy for me every year!



Process:

View of sculpted image

• The background was created using Distress Ink Oxides blended through a punched hole in a sheet of paper for the moon.  When I was happy with the moon I removed my "stencil" and changed colors to the blues, purples and just a tinge of black to get my sky the color I wanted.  The edge of that panel was distressed using the Tim Holtz distresser tool and then it was mounted on a black mat.

• The image of the witch, from Uptown Rubber Stamps, was stamped three times - once on the background overlapping the moon and twice more on 80 lb. Neenah - Classic Crest - Solar White for the paper sculpted image.  I used Copics to color the witches and then fussy cut them.  These were then "sculpted" [dry embossed with a large ball tool on the back of the individual parts of the image to round them & give them dimension.]  With these parts of both witches I then constructed the final image directly over the original stamped witch on the image panel.  I used glue and foam tape to help create or maintain the shape.

• The inside consists of the sentiment by Inkadinkadoo, a scary black cat from Stampendous [hand-lettered "Yikes!"] also stamped on the envelope and a hand-drawn border with faux stitching.

Create wildly and color with abandon!
~ginny









CHALLENGES:
Incy Wincy Designs – Fall Colors

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #115 – ATG Always
Through the Craft Room Door - ATG Always

Crafty Sentiments – ATG
Gem of a Challenge - #20 - ATG
Crafty Creations - #400 – ATG Always
Fab n Funky #453 – Feature a Creature Winner
Simon Says Stamp Wed - Halloween
Penny's Challenge #452 – ATG Always
AYLI: As You Like It – Fave Stitching Style [Faux or Real] & Why [I don't own a sewing machine so if I stitch it, is by hand - & that is my fave - love the texture & dimension it gives. TOP 3
Papercraft Challenge #48 – Fall TOP 3
SheepSki Designs #31 –Autumn / Halloween
Creative Playground – #10 – ATG