Happy Halloween
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Thursday, October 31, 2024
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Spider, Spider in the Pot
I couldn't resist this spider who clearly fears for his life! Spiders are my most unfavorite creatures on earth - just looking at pictures of most spiders makes my stomach shudder and turn over. I don't even take down cobwebs until there are so filled with dust and grime that I'm sure no self-respecting spider would live there any more. So, seeing a spider about to be boiled bothers me not at all ! lol
This image is from a collection by Zigi Design Studio which I bought recently and many were used this Halloween, including this one on another card which I posted earlier. All the images come pre-colored but they can easily be printed in grayscale and colored with Ohuhu markers &/or colored pencils. Printing in grayscale means that you already have all the shadows and highlights and that allows you to shade in exactly the right spots.
The image was cut with a QuicKutz die, the edges were inked, and I matted it with a scrap of orange CS. The striped paper is from a Recollections stack. The sentiment was printed and then cut with an Avery Elle die. Simple, quick, and easy to mail.
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I should have two more Halloween cards between now and the start of November. I made so many cards this year, I had to mail Halloween greetings to everyone in my family and a few friends besides. :-D
Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Besties
I absolutely adore the image I used on this card today! I also love the idea of a cat and a mouse being besties. :-D The sentiment was printed along with the image, then the image was colored with Ohuhu alcohol markers. After coloring, I cut it using my Fiskars paper cutter. (Reminder to self - it's time to replace the blade. lol) I rounded the corners with a Uchida punch from Marvy.
I found a dark green CS in my stash and cut it to size for the card front, then added a wide strip of dp to the left hand side (scrap from a DCWV stack.) The bow is one of my hand sewn, butterfly-shape bows with a pearl. I spend an entire afternoon hand sewing those by the dozen and tossing them into my stash for future use, sometimes with a pearl, sometimes without. Over the years, I've learned to buy only white ribbon to make those because it's so easy to 'dye' them with markers to get the exact color I want, matching up one of the colors used on the image. This time, I kept the bow white.
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Monday, October 28, 2024
Pheasant Flight
We have a new theme starting today for our latest FarmQuest challenge and the theme is "Turkeys, Pheasants, Peacocks, &/or Feathers." Obviously, I opted for a pheasant. :-D
This clip art image was printed in grayscale onto pale blue CS, then colored with water color paints and pencils. Once dry, I ironed the image flat (it curled a bit with the water color paints), then cut it with a QuicKutz die. The plaid dp for the background came from a digital paper file which I sized to an A2 card size, then printed. The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die. I left it without embellishments because it's such a perfect masculine card.
Challenges:
Lil Patch of ...
Outlawz SAR (pheasant in the sky?)
Come play with us this fortnight. We love seeing what you create and being inspired by it. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Christmas Sparkle
Today I'm sharing a Christmas card, maybe the first one I've done since my few "Christmas in July" cards. This one is little different in that only three markers were used (yellow ProMarker on the glow of the candle flame, green ProMarker on the fir foliage, and light gray ProMarker for the shadow behind the swag), then the rest of the coloring was done by layering on sparkle gel pens over the greenery and the flame. It gives a very soft, sparkly, glow to the image. White gel pen was used for adding highlights to the ornaments, too.
Once colored, I cut the image with a Tonic Studios die, then inked the edges with a green ProMarker. The sentiment came from a scrap of Christmas CS, probably from K & Co., and I cut it with the smallest die from that same set of Tonic Studios rectangle dies, & again inked the edges with a ProMarker. The background dp is from a Recollections stack. I found the strip of holly & berries dp in the scrap basket. applied it across the top of the card, and trimmed it to size.
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Word Art Weds That's it for today. Happy Crafting.