13 Days of Halloween - Day 12!

Hello, all! It's Day 12!!!!

Just one more challenge after this and you will have made it through all 13 days! YAY!!!

Now a "haunting" you will go...

The next challenge is Haunted places - include a Haunted House in your project.

For more details, past winners, DT inspiration, and to enter the challenge; please visit the SCC Blog.

This is my huanted house project:

 

You Rang? House Sign. This is a sign I made to hang at my front door. It includes Betty, Christian, Lola, Miller, and Baby Jude Addams from Simply B Stamps. I used some Halloween paper from an older stack I have, added pearl flourishes, misted flowers, tulle, a chipboard bat, and a plastic

You Rang? House Sign. This is a photo of the sign hanging up.

 

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you'll decide to participate!

Punky Scraps Challenge 51

Hello, all! It's Challenge 51 time at Punky Scraps! This challenge is another inspiration photo challenge and a get picky. I hope you'll come check it out and join in the fun!

Challenge 51:

The last challenge of this month:
1. Use a song title as your subtitle.
2. use 3 staples
3. use masking tape
4. stamp directly onto your paper
5. use a punch - any punch, even a hole punch 
6. be inspired by this picture of Bob Dylan

 

This is what I came up with for this challenge!

Big Time Summer LO. These are photos of me and my daughter with the guys from Big Time Rush as a concert we attended last month. They are a bunch of cuties! I was inspired by the photo's color scheme and went all out with my mists and some paint. The staples on my layout are faux staples (actually punched out of paper), and the Superstar rub on at the bottom is actually one of BTR's song titles. The only thing that I didn't do from the list was to use masking tape! What do you think?

 

 

I hope this challenge inspires you to create and that you decide to participate in the challenge! 

Punky Scraps Challenge #47

Hello, all! Today I bring you a page I created for Challenge 47 over at Punky Scraps. Check out the challenge below and visit the Punky Scraps Blog to see what the other DT members came up with. I hope I will see some of you participating over there!

Hey, everyone!! It's time for a sketch challenge. Here is the sketch created by our fearless Punky leader, Natalie:

Here is my take on the challenge:

Day 13 - 31 Days of Halloween

Hello, all! Lucky Day 13 of the 31 Days of Halloween over at Smeared and Smudged! Today I have a little wood birdhouse I altered. I painted the middle section purple and covered the rest in coordinating papers from Recoolections' Ravenhead Manor line. The bat stamp is one from my stash that I stamped in Archival ink then covered in Purple Stickles.

Halloween Birdhouse. I trimmed the bottom of the birdhouse with some Webster's Pages ruffled trim. The bird stamp is from Smeared Ink and called Blue Bird Rider. I colored the bird green to go with my color scheme.

Halloween Birdhouse View 2. The flowers are Petaloo Color Me Crazy flowers that I misted with Lindy's Stamp Gang mists in Hag Wart Orange and Witch's Potion Purple, and Shimmerz mist in Hermit the Frog.

Bird Watching & Happy Birthday to Me!

Hello, all! Today is my birthday! I'm 34 years old today! And I have some wonderful news to share! I have been chosen to guest design for Punky Scraps for the month of July! I've been a follower of Punky Scraps for a while now; ever since I found them and saw what fun challenges they hosted and the inspirational projects they share! Today is the first time I am sharing a layout for Punky Scraps. Punky Scraps is hosting Challenge #21, which is to use tissue paper on your pages. Here is my take on this challenge.

Bird Watching layout. The photo is of two of my cats. They always rushed to the back door to look out at the birds that would stop by and eat at my birdfeeder. The first step I took for this page was to decide how I wanted to use tissue paper on my page. I had left over tissue paper from gift wrapping and so I decided to fold different colors of it a few times and run them through my Vagabond. I used my Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die and put about 7 layers of tissue paper for each flower. I stuck the layers together with brads. I added some stitched flourishes and layers of papers from K and Company's Lofty Nest Collection.

Bird Watching Close Up 1. For the chipboard birds and cage, I decoupaged some chipboard (an old cereal box) using Modge Podge and white tissue paper. I misted the piece of chipboard with some of the same mists I used for the flowers (listed below) and I let it dry. I then ran the piece through my Vagabond with the Tim Holtz Caged Bird Sizzix die. I added rhinestones, liquid pearls, and pearl embellishments as well.

Bird Watching Close Up 2. I misted the flowers with various mists from Lindy's Stamp Gang. These mists are phenomenal! I used Tibetan Poppy Teal, Witch's Potion Purple, Alpine Ice Rose, Yellow Rose of Texas, and Ponderosa Pines Olive Starburst Mists.