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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Nutcrackers

Conie Fong has a new image set, released just this week and perfect for Christmas. It's a fabulous set of Nutcrackers which includes a King, a Soldier, and a Drummer. Click on the word "Nutcrackers" in the previous sentence and that will take you right to them in store. They are so perfect and I went a little crazy making DT projects with them. :-D

I started with this card, using the Nutcracker King image. He's colored with Sanjoki markers, then cut with a Tonic Studios die. I used a Sizzix embossing folder on a scrap of CS (Stampin' Up) to make the blue panel, then cut the snowflakes with dies from Impression Obsession. They have glitter added to them for a tiny bit of sparkle but it just doesn't show up in the photo. The Noel sentiment was cut with a Die-Versions die. The final touch was the hand-sewn, satin bow with a pearl.

Challenges:

Feeling that the other two Nutcracker images shouldn't be left out, and because my daughter collects nutcrackers as Christmas decorations and displays, I made a two-sided, tree ornament for her. Both images were colored with Sanjoki markers, then I cut each one with the same Spellbinders die.

After cutting the images with that die, I cut 7 more of that shape from plain white CS. I sandwiched all those layers together using double stick tape to make the ornament thick and heavy, and added a scrap of ribbon as the hanger. (Note: As an afterthought, after the photos had been taken, I applied Mod Podge to both sides and along the edges of the ornament, letting it dry between applications. It's now very sturdy and can be used year after year.)

These snowflakes were cut with a die from Cottage Cuts. Here are photos of both sides of the ornament.

Drummer

Soldier

Challenges:

Don't forget that we have a monthly challenge going over on the Conie Fong Facebook site with an Anything Goes theme. All you have to do is use a Conie Fong image (there are freebies available on the site which you can download and use.) Or, if you've fallen in love with the Nutcrackers, you can pick up all 3 of them in the set for only $4.00! Again, all you have to do is click on the word "Nutcrackers" in the first paragraph of this post and that link will take you right to them in the Etsy store. :-D

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Pumpkin Patch

If Linus (from the Peanuts cartoon) plans on sitting in his pumpkin patch this Halloween, waiting for the Great Pumpkin to arrive, he's apt to run into this adorable witch from Star Stampz. This is another of those images I had printed last fall which then ended up in a folder waiting to be colored.

So, I grabbed my Sanjoki markers, colored the image, and then cut it with a stitched die from Memory Box. The background haunted house dp (Paper Pizazz) was a scrap I had on hand, and I cut a crescent out of the image piece with a smaller die from that same Memory Box set of dies. I chose one which had a round shape because I wanted to cut away enough of the image so that the haunted house would show but not ruin the image. Cutting a crescent fit the bill perfectly.

The orange strip down the left side is actually a scrap of fall ribbon and the bats were cut with dies from Impression Obsession. The sentiment was printed and fussy cut.

Challenges:

Morgan's ArtWorld
Outside the Box

SheepSki Designs (Halloween is definitely a fav!)

Two Old Bats

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

All About the Boos

I'm so excited about something new going on in my life which is actually a return to something old. A few years back, I was a DT member at Through the Craft Room Door. Back then, they were a weekly challenge and now they have changed to a fortnightly (every 2 weeks) challenge but the theme is always Anything Goes. Recently, they had a DT call and I asked if it was possible for me to return to the team and they graciously said "Yes." :-D

So, this is my first DT card since returning to the DT at TTCRD (much easier to type!) and our sponsor this fortnight is Oddball Art. The prize is a $10 voucher to the store. The image I used is called "Penelope 3" but the sentiment and the spider actually came from a different Oddball Art set (which I can't find in the store so it may have been retired. ;-( ) I thought they were perfect for making the Penelope image into one for Halloween so I merged them before I printed the image.

I colored with ProMarkers, then cut the image with a QuicKutz die. The purple CS diamond shape and the orange CS were cut with another QuicKutz die. The purple piece was turned 1/4 turn and the corners were trimmed off at the edges of the card front. The pumpkins were cut with an Impression Obsession die, and the bats came from a Die-Versions die set. The black ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the bow was double loop bow was tied with my bow maker.

This is also my Day 11 entry into the

LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.

Challenges:

There's a Stamp ...

I hope we're going to see you playing in our challenge this time around. Remember, it's Anything Goes so how can you not have something to enter? Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Friday, October 7, 2022

Ghostly Halloween

Over at the Outlawz Progressive Challenge this month, we were given a Ghost image from Oddball Art and, at first, I envisioned a very CAS card featuring just the ghost against a dark background. But, as you can see, my creative muse led me off that path onto something completely different. :-D

I used ProMarkers to color the cute ghost, then fussy cut it with scissors. I pulled paper scraps from the Halloween box, cut strips from 3 of them, and used those for the background. I also gathered up all my scraps of black CS to start cutting the various bits and pieces which make up the overall Halloween scene.

The tree was cut with a die from Die-Versions. The haunted house was cut with a Cuts die, and the large bat above the tree was cut with an Impression Obsession die. The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die. The ghost was popped up on dimensional dots and tucked into the house to look like he was rising from one of the upstairs rooms.

Finally, I added one of my hand-sewn, signature bows with a pearl.

This is also my Day 7 entry into the

LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.

Challenges:

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Mummy Wants Candy

I've been digging through an old set of manila folders I found stashed in a box and one of them held Halloween images which were waiting to be colored. The one I used for this card had a notation on the back which said "Meljen's" so I'm assuming she was the artist. I know her store closed a few years back and, unfortunately, that's one of the artists whose images I lost when my thumb drive crashed 2 years ago. I'm heartbroken over losing her images.

I love this mummy with his jack-o-lantern candy bucket, trotting off for a night of Trick or Treat. Every kid knows that's the best way to celebrate the night on Halloween!

I colored him with ProMarkers, then cut him with a Tutti Designs stitched circle die. The spider webs were cut with a die from Memory Box. I hate to admit how many years I had that die and never used it, but it's been used now. The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die and the bat in the top corner was cut with an Impression Obsession die.

This is also my Day 4 entry into the

LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.

Challenges:

Taylormadecards ...

That's all I have for today but since I'm playing in a 31 Days of Halloween challenge or two, I think I may have a post each day this month. Feels like old times when I regularly posted every day. :-D Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

When Witches Fly

I'm a total fan of Beccy's Place images and love trying new things with them. I've used this fun flying witch silhouette (which may now be retired since I can't find it in the store) several times but this is the first time I've fussy cut it with scissors and used it with various Halloween die cuts.

I printed the silhouette on white CS, then cut it with small scissors, leaving a very narrow, white rim around the witch. That helped her to stand out from the background. The background was done with water colors. The moon and the two largest bats on the moon were cut with a die from Die-Versions. The smallest bat on the moon and the 2 in the sky were cut using an Impression Obsession die. The sentiment was cut with an Avery Elle die. I used a gray ProMarker to make the shadows on the moon.