Patches

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I made this card using Patches digi from InStyle Stamps. The challenge this week is to create a card or project based on the sketch provided. I colored Patches with a ghost face making him ready for any Halloween party! I initially colored in a skull face which looked creepy awesome but it was too much for the card’s demographic age.


Sketch: InStyle Stamps – Sketch Challenge
Main Stamp: Patches (ISS)
Patterned Paper: Halloween (K&C)
Copic Colors:
-skin: E000, E00, E11, R20, T0, T1, T3, T5, T7
-eyes: YG11, YG13, YG17
-hair: E43, E44, E47
-clothes: YG11, YG1, YG17, YR12, YR16, YR18

Did you know? Iwo Jima is now an uninhabited island of the Japanese Volcano Islands chain. In 1779, Captain Cook’s surveying crew, charting it as Sulphur Island, landed on a beach which is now 40 meters (131 ft) above sea level due to volcanic uplifting.
[Iwo Jima, Wikipedia.org]

Lil Haunts Lylah the Witch

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I made this card using Lil Haunts Lylah the Witch from Tickled Pink Stamps. Over at the Lil Lolita Boutique the challenge this week is to create a card or project using the colors black, purple and orange. With the new Lil Haunts stamp line coming out – working with this color combo was a cinch. Yes, that pumpkin is suppose to be a chocolate pumpkin! Yummy! 😀


Sketch: Mojo Monday – Sketch #159
Challenge: Lil Lolita Boutique – Challenge #18
Main Stamp: Lil Haunts Lylah the Witch (LL&L)
Patterned Paper: Blackbird (MME)
Copic Colors:
-skin/eyes: E00, E11, R20, G40, G82
-hair: W1, W3
-clothes: YR12, YR14, YR18, V91, V93, V95, V97, W3, W4, W6, W8
-other: E43, E44, E47

Did you know? Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 16 million articles (over 3.4 million in English) have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. It was launched in 2001 and is currently the largest and most popular genearl reference work on the Internet ranking 7th.
[Wikipedia, Wikipedia.org]

Fairy Rhiannon

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I made this card using the new Fairy Rhiannon from Wags ‘n Whiskers which will be available this weekend! This is just one of many previews you’ll find at the Wags ‘n Whiskers blog today. We will be having previews through Friday ending with a big Blog Hop! I just noticed I’m nearing 100 followers… in tradition, I better pull together some give-aways. ;D


Sneek Peak: Wags ‘n Whiskers Fairy Release
Main Stamp: Fairy Rhiannon (WnW)
Patterned Paper: Togetherness (CC)
Copic Colors:
-fairy: E00, E11, R13, R20, E50, E51
-hair: E55, E57, E59
-clothes: BG72, BG75, R11, R12, R14
-other: G24, G28, G29

Did you know? Captcha is a type of challenge-response test used in computing to ensure that the response is not generated by a computer. It is a contrived acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.” It is sometimes described as a reverse Turing test, because it is administered by a machine and targeted to a human.
[CAPTCHA, Wikipedia.org]

Lola Mummy

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I made this card using Lola Mummy from Simply Betty Stamps along with the digital stamp Halloween Haunted House from Make It Crafty. This project is for the Second Day of Halloween Challenge which is to create a card or project using two Trick-or-Treaters. With little tidbits inbetween all the home chaos, it took me all day to color it!


I doubled up Lola Mummy pairing as two sisters and put them out Trick-or-Treating in front of a spooky Haunted House. This was my first attempt at this type of accordion fold card and I think I guessed wrong. But at least it stands and can be used as a display.


Here’s a picture of just the background where I colored the sky in waves of purple. Because I knew Lola was going to be on the left side I tried to make plenty of room for them to walk and moved the house to the far right.


Challenge: Simply Betty – 2nd Day of Halloween
Main Stamp: Lola Mummy (SBS) and Haunted Halloween House (MIC)
Patterned Paper: Matilda (CC)
Copic Colors:
-mummy: E0000, E000, E00, R24, R27, Y32, Y35, YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97, E40, E41, E43
-hair: E55, E57, E59, E30, E31, E33, E35
-house: T1, T3, V91, V93, V95, V99, E57, E59, Y32, Y35, YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97, E40, E41, E43
-cauldron: T1, T3, T5, T7, T9, YR12, YR15, YR18, E40, E41, E43

Did you know? The Fabian strategy is a military strategy where pitched battles and frontal assaults are avoided in favor of wearing down an opponent through a war of attrition and indirection. While avoiding decisive battles, the side employing this strategy harasses its enemy through skirmishes to cause attrition, disrupt supply and affect morale.
[Fabian Strategy, Wikipedia.org]
“On the second day of Halloween my Ghoul love gave to me… 2 Trick or Treaters dancing down the street!”
Update: I made the top eleven at Simply Betty Stamps for this challenge!

Mushroom Mouse

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Our challenge over at Lollipop Crafts this week is to create a card or project with a Thank You theme. I made this card using Mushroom Mouse from Meljen’s Designs and used the back side of a Tim Holtz ticket.


Challenge: Lollipop Crafts – Challenge #10
Main Stamp: Mushroom Mouse (MD)
Patterned Paper: Homemade Clara Marie (K&C)
Metal Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Hexigon
Copic Colors:
-mouse: N1, N3, N5, N7, 0, R20, R21, R22
-other: YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97, R46, R59, E40, E41, E42, E43, R81, R85

Did you know? A bazaar is a permanent merchandising area, marketplace, or street of shops where goods and services are exchanged or sold. In some areas, the term can be used as a synonym for a “rummage sale”, to describe charity fundraising events held by churches or other community organizations.
[Bazaar, Wikipedia.org]

Itzie Inkies Halloween Candy

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Were you ready for this – five posts in one day! I made this teacher’s goodie bag using Itzie Inkies Halloween Candy from CC Designs. This is for two challenges, one being the first challenge of the week at 365 Cards and my final submission which completes the week! It was a sketch and I combined it with Quixotic Inspriations challenge to create a gift. The button at the top says “Halloween” with a pumpking inplace of the “o”.


Sketch: 365 Cards – Day 210
Challenge: Quixotic Inspirations – Challenge #43
Main Stamp: Itzie Inkies Halloween Candy (CCD)
Patterned Paper: Halloween (K&C)
Copic Colors:
-cat: W1. W3, W5, W7, W9, R21
-clothes: R22, R24, R27, R29
-other: YR12, YR16, YR18

Did you know? Day of the Dead is a holiday celebrated in Mexico focusing on the gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. The celebration occurs on October 31 in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints’ Day (November 1) and All Souls’ Day (November 2). Due to occurring on the same day as Halloween, or the original celtic Samhain, the Day of the Dead is sometimes thought to be a similar holiday, and the two holidays have much in common.
[Day of the Dead, Wikipedia.org]