Tag: Make it Crafty

Agent Popcorn

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It’s another challenge day at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and our theme this fortnight is “Simplicity with a charm.” Make sure you check out the DT projects over on the challenge site! Sometimes it’s hard not to put all the embellishments on so this really was a challenge for me. However, in the end, I had to add a couple of embellishments. He he he


However, to distract your eyes from the embellishments and help give it a more simple look, I did use a plain decorative paper! That count’s right?! The charm I used is an owl and was one I was going to save for a reading card, however, I figured the “night owl” was also a good fit.


For my project I used Agent Popcorn from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and Comfy Chair from Make it Crafty. The pairing makes for a good movie night. ;D

I’d like to enter this into the following challenges:

Bows and Berries Challenge #13 – clean and simple
Take a Word Challenge – sewing
ATC Challenge #14 – anything goes
Ruby’s Rainbow Challenge #16 – something with wings (owl)
Stampavie and More Challenge #155 – anything goes

Sparks

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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

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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!

Drew & Angelica

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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!

Megan

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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.

I’d like to enter this project into the following challenges.

Shelly’s Images TTT Challenge – Tic Tac Toe (bling, FREE and Kraft)
Charisma Cardz Challenge #43 – Anything Goes
PaperCrafting Journey Challenge #22 – digi
The Paper Shelter Challenge #26 – Anything Goes

Lynx

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I’m ready for the 12 Days of Halloween over at Simply Betty Stamps! Time had gotten away from me so I’m glad that I didn’t miss in on the action – love the fact that I have this whole week to make up for my missed time. ;D

…my true love gave to me
An owl in a rotten oak tree!

The images that I used for this project are: Lynx from Simply Betty Stamps and for the background I used Old Oak Tree and Cave from Make it Crafty (as well as a chippie from Swirly Corners). The cat turned out to be fun and I think tells an interesting story. ;D


This was small enough that I put in my ATC Journal and kept the layout extremely simple – Other than adding a chippie and two gems, that was it and pretty much stands on it’s own. I loved how it turned out, however, next time I need to figure out a better transition between the sky and the cave – maybe put some details or grass at the top of the rocks?


The background was inspired by the Spooky Night Sky challenge over at Make it Crafty and since it was my “brilliant” idea, I thought I’d come up with another example but this one not so scary. I kept the upper corner with the moon bright then went as dark as possible in the other corners to hopefully give the feel of a spooky dark forest. The eyes were added for fun and rather completes the project, I think.

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