Hocus Pocus and other Spooky happenings.

 As you can see I am still playing with my Halloween images and stamps.
All are quite old stamps, some from Chocolate Baroque others I would find difficult to name.
First my Monthly Fat Page swap,- above is side one.

this is the little 'spook' that's hiding behind  door No. 31.

I wanted to create a bit of atmosphere on  the reverse  side of the page. Think I could scare myself on a dark night with this image.
The distress inks I used to shade this were Weathered Wood , a little Spiced Marmalade  and Antique linen.

I would like to enter  my Fat Page into these challenges-
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 228 which is Autumn/Halloween/Thanksgiving
and
Moving Along with the Times which is Spooktastic Times

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Hocus Pocus

Into Tag mode next and a chance to use up some bits and pieces.

You with notice the old cardboard that I painted and stamped out a good while ago, you will be please to hear its nearly all been used.

The steampunk lady  is cut from the cover of a Graphics 45 paper stack.

She is missing a bit if a wing, but as it wasn't there to start with , I'm not worrying. I added a die cut Bat and a bit of trim to her hat.

All the other scraps were lying  about left over from other projects.

Its hard to believe the photos were taken within minutes  of each other, before I added the ribbons to the tag. The one above is more true to the actual shades.

I will be joining the fun with this tag at-

 Tag Along Challenge-  which is Hocus Pocus.

and 

Altered Eclectics  -October Challenge

Hope it was okay to use this type of left overs.

Thank you for stopping by, I always appreciate the comments you leave me.

Boo

First of all I would like to say Hello to my new followers and thank you for joining me on my crafty journey.

As you can see I am in Halloween mode with this tag. I read that the current challenge over at
Dragons Dream Tag it On,  is as always to make a tag, ' add a word of your choice, plus die cuts, layers and brown.'.
So I decided to enter, as it was so interesting  with all the elements.
The plain card layers were random stamped  using a spiders web stamp. Shaded with my all time favorite distress ink, Vintage Photo. This stamp and the Halloween ticket are from a stampers Anonymous set.
I embossed some pine tress onto one of the layers and rubbed them over with and old brown ink pad to make them stand out.
The letters of my chosen word BOO are die cuts as is the bird, pocket watch and fence trim.  [Sizzix]
The embossing powder used on the bird and letters is a copper brown shade that I have had for many years, the beak and watch trim is Frantage Aged gold embossing powder.
A few additions from my trimming box to complete the look.

Thank you for stopping by to take a look I always appreciate your comments.

Its all about Texture over at Try it on Tuesdays this week.
  A real good excuse, as if I needed one to get inky and messy. I decided to alter a small  canvas, the original surface had definitely seen better days.
The surface was given a few coats of acrylic paint mainly shades of blue with a white dauber splodged here and there. I used a selection of stamps to add interest at this stage.
Next came the  Chevron mask, and grunge paste, for some base texture. This was coloured with a pale mica powder when still damp. A bit hard to make out in the photo
The flower shape was stamped with a Paper Artsy stamp and coloured with distress ink, Spiced Marmalade and Forest Moss .
The quote is from a Stampers Anonymous set.
Just to finish off I sprinkled some Stampendous embossing power around some of the edges and corners, adding some silvery  flakes before heating.
Did you notice that the flower seems to be growing out of a handbag,  don't we women keep some strange things in ours. I recently found some rusty screws in the bottom of mine, obviously picked up when I was out and about.

Thank you for stopping by, I do always appreciate your comments.

Waiting for Santa

I was thrilled to be asked to do a Guest Designer spot over  at  Crafts -Too Challenge  You.
The challenge theme is 'Christmas Festivities' and the Twist this week is to Create a Scene.
It took me a while to think out what to do , but, I knew that this Crafty Individuals stamp was the one I would use. The Children watching out of the window, hoping to see Santa creates a scene in itself.
So for this card, I have kept to my love of all things vintage.
Using Embossalicious folders for the base card , one  layer was distressed with the edge of a blunt pair of scissors.
A couple of Spellbinders Labels, then the fussy- cut C.I. image. I stamped this twice so I could add the children as an extra layer to give dimension. This image was water coloured.
The tree is an Indigo Blu stamp, embossed with a dark green powder, the baubles are coloured with a gold pen. All the extra shading on the card is Vintage Photo distress ink, my all time favorite colouring ink.
The ribbon and lace come from my stash.

I will also enter the new  Crafty Individuals Challenge which is October.
There was a broad scope to this challenge and as you can see this card fits into preparing for Christmas

Thank you for stopping by to take a look, I always appreciate your comments.

Bump in the Night

Getting home to my craft space has been something I have looked forward to for a while.
I know I mentioned chores etc. in my last post, 'but', I got a bit side tracked.
There are so many exciting challenges at the moment with Halloween as the theme, that I decided I had time to make a couple of ATC's

I used the same materials to make both ATC's.
A random stamped background with a small spiders web stamp.
All stamps are from Chocolate Baroque.
Shading is Vintage Photo distress inks.
The toadstools are coloured with water colour paints.
I used Hammered Gold embossing power partially round the edges.

I hope to enter the following challenges-
Craft-Room Challenge The challenge here was to make ATC's.
I used to make many of these small pieces, but have to admit it was a good while ago,
Tando Creative Challenge.- The theme there is 'Spook It'.
Country View Crafts - Something Spooky

Thank you all for visiting me here. Your comments are always appreciated.

Paris post.

Sometimes when I make something I have no idea how it will turn out. This card is one of those occasions.
The new Challenge theme over at Fashionable Stamping challenges is 'Use a Mask or Stencil'.
As always there is a generous prize on offer so please pop over for the details.
I started off with the stencils, as you can see from the picture on the right, I used three to make my background, shading with chalks and the usual Vintage Photo distress ink..
The Paris image is an Inkylicious stamp which I stamped onto Acetate with Black Staz-on
Next I tore out a rough square  from the center of a piece of card to act as a frame.
This also helps cover the edges where I stuck down the acetate.
I used an Indigo Blu stamp randomly to edge this layer, again it was Vintage Photo to shade.

This is my last scheduled post, we will now be home from caravanland for the winter.
Once the house is back to order and the chores all done, I will be re-united with my craft-room.
I am looking forward to the luxury of 'space' and having all my craft stash nice and handy.

Thank you for visiting, I do always appreciate your comments.

Romance

'Romance', is Sugar Creek Hollows new challenge theme.

This lovely image came from Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Dreams CD and is from a painting by Josephine Wall. She is an awesome painter who includes so many details in her work. When you look closely you can see so many more images in the picture .

I used the dotty dry  embossing  folder again from Embossalicious. The flowers are Sheena Douglas stamps, fussy cut then watercoloured.

Please pop over for all the details and see what we have all been making.
Our sponsor for this challenge is Really Reasonable Ribbons and are offering a $15 store voucher as a prize.
Thank you for stopping by here, your comments are always appreciated.