NEWS Freebie – Jack-o-Lantern

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Welcome back and it’s time for another update to the NEWS Badge!  But first, let’s see who the lucky winner is of the last give-away … the Animal Crackers clear stamps collection!! So let’s get to it!  Using random.org on the comments, the winner is #2, who is …

Sue – bearhouse
She said: “Congrats to Leah, Thank you so much for the chance to win, that is so generous of you. I am going to add your blinkie to my side bar”

Congratulations Sue!!  Email me with your mailing address and I’ll get your loot shipped out to you sometime this week.  😀  Thank you to everyone who participated and I’m sure I’ll have another large loot in the future!

Now onto the next offering.  Let’s have a little bit of a Halloween fun this time around with a Jack-o-Lantern freebie!  This freebie can also be used in any Little Miss Muffet Challenge and qualifies as an “Anything Goes” entry!!  Let’s see what you can do with it.  😀

Here’s the regular details and how to participate in this blog candy.  As a huge thank you to my Followers, I’m going to regularly post freebies, blog candies and give-aways right here on this blog!!  I don’t know exactly when the next NEWS will be posted so your time limit will be variable and between posts.  For example, on this offer here, you will have until I randomly post the next offer.  So what do you have to do to take advantage of these offers??  All you have to do is …

Note: This offer has expired.  
You can click HERE to see the most recent News.
1. Be a Follower of this blog 
2. Leave a comment below
3. Email me with “Jack-o-Lantern Freebie” in the subject line

If you would like to post the NEWS Badge on your sidebar then that is optional, however, it is a great tool to be notified of the next freebie.  Sounds impossible?  Na, it’s simple and similar to the way I do the Little Miss Muffet NEWS Badge which has worked great!  (P.S. There’s freebie opportunities over there too so be sure to add that badge while you’re at it.)  Here is the code and details on this badge…

ForgottenScraps News
NOTE: This is important … make sure you use the code above when grabbing the blinkie as it’s the only way it will be will update automatically. Once it’s on your blog, the blinkie will change when I post another offer and you’ll get to see the latest news right from your sidebar!  It’s a great way to get alerted whenever there is another freebie, blog candy or giveaway posted!!  😀

For freebies, I’ll email out the image in a couple days and it will be in a PNG format.  For blog candies and give-aways, winners will be randomly selected and announced in the next NEWS post.  Then you can send me your mailing address and I’ll ship out your goodies as soon as possible.

I think that about sums it up and thank you for stopping by!  *Hugs
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Firefoot

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I thought I’ve put up one last project before posting a lucky winner for the NEWS Badge.  This project was simple to put together and I had fun coloring the image, which is Firefoot from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and drawn by Simply Sophia.  I love the three birds that are playing with the horse and it really sets up a great mini scene.  😀

I’ve been spending the week at High School this past week for intern hours and it was very interesting.  I had forgotten how much I had forgotten!!  LOL  So I kept getting distracted by the topics because this time around, I actually wanted to learn.  The classes I went to to observe had so many fun things that I wanted to raise my own hand and ask the teacher follow-up questions.  I’m sure I got more out of it than the HS students.  He he he

Undine

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gAre you ready for another poject from Little Miss Muffet Stamps?  I can’t believe how far this year has gone past already and I’m reminded of it with this fortnight’s theme… “Halloween Colors!”  I’m still a little busy with school so you get to see a project I made during the summer using a shabby chic style which counts toward the “Anything Goes” category when you use a LMMS image.  😀  How cool is that – we just love to see you’re projects!

This project features Undine from Little Miss Muffet Stamps which was inspired by my schooling with the “I love you” sign.  And she’s tip-toeing around in a pink skirt reminiscent of my little girls – give them a fancy skirt and it’s like magic! 

This was actually a card I had made for my Mom and tried ot use all the things she loves on a card especially the lace and little trinkests scatter around.  She’s one special lady and I wanted that to show through my project.  😀  She loved it!  (Of course, like any Mom, she loves everything I make.  He he he)  But I love it too.  Anyway, make sure you head on over to the Little Miss Muffet Challenge Blog and see all the wonderful Halloween inspired projects – you’re going to love what they made!!

Boon & Jitters

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Here’s a image I had colored a while ago and finally got it to a card this weekend.  The color scheme of the unicorns was inspired by my little jaunt to the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center where I saw a Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra with it’s beautiful brown stripes around it’s muzzle and carried the idea into these two unicorns.

This image is Boon & Jitters from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and drawn by Simply Sophia.  I also used the new Party Banner die also from Little MIss Muffet Stamps and used just a couple of the hearts that also get punched with the banner.
 

I love this release of horses, unicorns and Pegasus which were so fun to color.  There are so many ways and color combinations – at times I was tempted to give them a butt tatoo too.  LOL   Anyway, I just wanted to post something real quick and share this latest project.  Hope everyone’s week is off to a good start!

Bandit Boy Tom at Halloween

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Good morning (or evening)!  I’m excited to say that it’s a New Release day at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and I have put up six new images especially for Halloween plus a great Party Banner Diecut which is perfect for any occasion!!  These are items you don’t want to miss out on.  😀  And the good news is that I was able to make a card!  We got out of class 30 minutes early so I decided to take advantage of my time.  😀

The image is Bandit Boy Tom at Halloween from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and in the background I used the new Party Banner Diecut, also from Little Miss Muffet Stamps!  I used both layers plus the stars to decorate them and I couldn’t resit using my new spider punch to add a few spooky details.

The card layout is pretty simple but I found these googly eyes that are self sticking and I love them!  LOL  So this is just two of the new items and don’t forget to head on over to the LMM Challenge Blog to see all the great projects created by the DT – they’re awesome!!

Witchy Wanda

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Surprise!! For the Make it Crafty Store Blog I have a small coloring project that I have shamelessly back dated and posted for your enjoyment!!  Having two days a month to post projects you’d think that would be no problem – but alas sometimes they sneak up on me and I’m swamped with “life” that I just don’t get around to it.  However, the days are still there, blank with no post, empty and calling out to me, taunting and teasing my OCD urges that I try so hard to suppress!  Yes I’m afraid that is what has happened and for better or worse I just can’t resist the urge any longer and must fill the void!!  LOL

So “today” I have found an image that I had colored long ago which I haven’t shared yet… this is Witchy Wanda from Make it Crafty.  One of my main goals while coloring this image was to give her more color than the traditional black with black Halloween colors that are associated with witches.  So I started with giving her red hair then the green naturally followed as a complementary color.  Then for additional color I added the white to “accessories” and finished off her wardrobe with black. This gave me several colors to work with which was certain to achieve my goal.  However, with so many colors it is sometimes hard to determine where and what to color!!  That’s when I try to rely on a tricolor rule and hope it works out in the end.

I’m not sure if the Tricolor Rule is an official artsy term but it sure helps me a bunch especially for smaller images that I want to use many colors.  Here’s how I think of it… when looking at the image I try to pick out three areas of a triangle to use the same color on.  These would be features that are about the same size and would have the same level of focus drawn to them.  For example, in this I have the hat, bow and boots in black; another example would be the white and my triangle would be the peakos and her two gloves.   Some that are not so obvious is the green being the bow on the hat, the larger skirt area and the top part of her dress; and even her skin helps create another triangle with her two shoulders and her face.

It’s a mess to see the image with all those triangles but with the six triangles showing it helps to visualize the concept better.  When it works out, it’s a great way to disperse the colors around the image and it helps me decide what colors should go where.  Hopefully this gives you some ideas for when you’re stuck on your next image and can’t decide how to color it.  If so, I’m glad it worked out and that I could share this little tip.  😀  Good luck!