Sparks

November 3, 2011March 8, 2020 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 6 Comments

It’s a New Release week at Little Miss Muffet Stamps this week and we have four new images that I’ve posted into the store already. I’m actually out of town until Sunday evening so this is a quick post to give you the nitty-gritty details. ;D

The best part… from now until Sunday evening (8:00 pm Central Time), anyone who places an order of $10.00 or more can pick out a FREE digi!! Just include you choice in the comments section of your order and I’ll include it with your purchase! 😀

You’ve seen this project before but I added two more characters for Christmas … Sparks! This digi includes the hamster ball, guinea pig and rat just for the boys in the house! For all the original details on this project click HERE and to see the inspiration from the rest of the DT then click HERE. Chao! 😀

12 Days of Halloween

October 31, 2011 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 16 Comments

Here are my final projects for the Simply Betty Stamps 12 Days of Halloween and it’s a good thing that a blog post doesn’t count toward the project! LOL I’ll be coming back in to add more pictures, descriptions and details. Until then… enjoy!

… okey, dokey, I’m back! I’ve put in a vampire movie, grabbed the kids’ Halloween candy and I’m ready to sit back and relax. ;D So let’s get to it…

Sixth day of Halloween
My true love gave to me…
Six goblins gobblings!

The Simply Betty characters I used are Raven & Rio, Max & Miller and Louie & Lola and they were colored green for good measure. The combination I used for the skin was YG91, Y28 and YG93 (maybe YG95).

I had originally planned to color all six Teen Scenes gobbling and place them on a journal page but time ran away from me. It was a good thing that these three brought along their pets to help gobble down that barbecue to count as six! The background is made up of images from Make it Crafty including Aussie BBQ and Urban Street elements; I also used Fine Swirls chippies on two of the cards.

Eighth day of Halloween
My true love gave to me…
Eight monsters shrieking!

Everyone knows that kids are monsters, right? So in this project I used Jude from Simply Betty Stamps jammin’ on his electrical guitar. The other seven monsters are in the Spooky House which is from Make it Crafty, peeking out the windows.

This scene actually reminds me Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends so I had to include Master Blooregard Q. Kazoo in the top window, also known as Bloo. (Love that cartoon!) The other monsters (imaginary friends) are just eyes peeking out of the darkest side of the house. The house was colored the same way Jane did as I loved how hers turned out.

Eleventh day of Halloween
My true love gave to me…
Eleven casks a-leaning!

I didn’t exactly have any casks on hand so I improvided and used a potion bottle plus ten glasses of leathal doses! Remember my plan to use all my Simply Betty Stamps to color with? Well, I was getting down to my last four to choose from (so I’ll have to get more now!) and none really worked so I used one of my first stamps instead, Lola.

I’m sure you’ve noticed that huge eye by now, which is from Inkadinkadoo, and something I’ve been wanting to incorporate into a project all week now. For inspiration I looked up eyeballs in Google… and did you know some people are getting them tattoed?! Nope, didn’t know that either! Lastly I used a left over tombstone from Epitaphs, also from Inkadinkadoo, and the potion and drinks are accessories from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps.

This completes the 12 Days of Halloween challenges. If you have a favorite of the 12, then I’d love to hear about it! 😀 I’ll lave you with a parting shot of Jude who will provide the music for the credits. Happy Halloween!!

Update: I’m the 2012 DT winner of the 12 Days of Halloween at Simply Betty Stamps!

12 Days of Halloween

October 29, 2011 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 5 Comments

Get ready for some more 12 Days of Halloween projects as I’ve got three more for you today! I worked on day five, ten and twelve which means I only have three more days left to finish for the ultimate prize. Whoohoo! For each of my projects I’m still using the same paper – Matilda from Cosmo Cricket.

On the fifth day of Halloween
My true love gave to me…
Five scary spooks!

Incorporating spooks in this project was an easy task – along with the main image, Freddie Kruger Boy from Simply Betty Stamps; I used a tombstone in Epitaphs, spiderweb and skull, all from Inkadinkado, and the fifth element is the scared kitty charm.

I’ve enjoyed using these tombstones today, and as far as sentiments go, they strike a chord in my funny bone. 😀 This one in particular says “The grass isn’t greener on the ‘under’ side.” As I was coloring Freddie, it was intriguing to discover little bits of details – for example, it took me a while to figure out hes belt was a personal knife sharpener complete with side pockets for more knives – well, at least that’s how I colored it. He he!

On the tenth day of Halloween
My true love gave to me…
Ten ghouls a-groaning

This one was a little more challenging to figure out how to fit ten ghouls onto a card but after some creative thinking and stretching of definitions, here’s how I counted them up… five are under the tombstones, both bats, the girl and yes, the crow AND spider!

On this card I used Miss Betty Burton Chibi from Simply Betty Stamp and I colored a few feature with the Atou Spica glitter pen. (Don’t we all wish glitter showed up better in the photograpsh!) I also used more tombstones (Epitaphs from Inkadinkado). These ones say “It was a bad day,” “Holy smokes it’s hot down here,” “Poor rover rolled over,” “Does anyone have a shovel,” and my favorite “dying to be here.”

On the twelfth day of Halloween
My true love gave to me…
Twelve bats a-flying

One bonus about these challenges is that I’m trying to use every Simply Betty Stamp that I have so I can officially declare them inked up! As a result, I’ve had to get a little creative with a few of my projects as I try to incorporate non-traditional Halloween images… this one included. This is Lilly Pie and to fit the them I have a baker’s dozen of bats that have burst out of that fresh hot pie!

This image was really fun to color and her hair really was a puzzle at first – however, I loved how it turned out to look like a ponytail – gosh I wish my hair was that thick! In this project, and the one before, the “moons” are really blank Halloween labels from Martha Stewert that I colored using T0, T1 and T3.

That’s all for today and hope you enjoyed them! 😀 Tomorrow is a busy Saturday but I hope to get a few more projects done – we’ll see. LOL

Update: I’m the 2012 DT winner of the 12 Days of Halloween at Simply Betty Stamps!

Drew & Angelica

October 28, 2011 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 12 Comments

It’s the start of another challenge at Make it Colourful and this time the theme is “Coloring Texture!” The basic idea is to stay away from all the smooth blending and rough if up. My main textures can be found in the brick and a little in the sidewalk and wall. However, others on the team say there is a lot more than that. ;D

For my project I used Drew and Angelica from Simply Betty Stamps and created a scene for them to go trick-or-treating in using Urban Objects and Urban Street elements from Make it Crafty. The chippies I used were Fine Swirls and a medallion from Filigree Jewels with sticker added in the center which was stolen from my daughter’s project today! LOL

I’m also entering this into the following challenges:

Flutter By Wednesday Challenge #177 – Halloween colors
Simply Betty Stamps 2nd Day of Halloween – Two Trick-or-Treaters
Lollipop Crafts Challenge #54 – Embellishments

Here’s a closeup of the colored image that I scanned in before doing anything with it. I can never get the colors to match up in my photos so the scans are sometimes a great alternative. I had colored the image as normal then went back in with some Warm grays to add more depth – I really liked how it turned out when compared to an earlier version. Lastly the white was added on Drew with acrylic paint and a brush to help her costume get a shiny look.

Update: I’m the 2012 DT winner of the 12 Days of Halloween at Simply Betty Stamps!

Abigail Apple

October 28, 2011 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 9 Comments

Here’s a card I made using the cute Abigail Apple from Kraftin’ Kimmy Stamps – I just discovered their “fruit” line and absolutely love these gals! Of course I could color her any which way but I wanted to choose an apple to inspire me so I picked a Golden Delicious. ;D

The sketch I used is for the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge #101 which I’d like to enter this card into. The clock face is a die from Tim Holz and I’ve shamlesly used the sample that was provided with the packaging! LOL

Lastly, here’s a closeup of Abigail in her Golden Delicious dress.

Megan

October 27, 2011 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 13 Comments

The challenge this round at Little Miss Muffet Stamps is to incorporate clouds into you project. That’s always a fun one and you can color your own or include clouds in your embellishments. Also, come on over to the challenge blog and make sure you see all the inspiration – there is a variety of ideas!! 😀

For my project I used Megan from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and combined her with Fern Log from Make it Crafty. I kept the card simple as I really liked how the colors on the images came out so I really wanted to draw all the attention into the center. So I minimized it to some chippes, rhinestone gems and two dragonfly brads to fill an empty spot up on the corner.