Splashes of Watercolor

An ADFD Mini Halloween-y Hop!

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What fun!  All the A Day For Daisies designers are having a mini-Halloween-y hop today!  You're going to love these spooky (& cute) Halloween images!

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My blog is the first stop on the hop so if you're starting here you're right on track.  If at any time you need to go back to the beginning, you can go to the ADFD blog. 

Here are the details of the hop:

One lucky commenter will win the whole release! There are 3 ways to enter the drawing:

1. Comment on all the designers' blogs & leave a comment on the "ADFD Mini Halloween~y" blog post
2. Become a follower of the ADFD blog 
3. Like ADFD on Facebook

For each of these 3 things, you will get one entry. Leave a separate comment letting us know which of these you did on the "ADFD Mini Halloween~y" blog post

Now on to my Halloween-y creation:

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This little Dragon Cutie is adorable, yet spooky at the same time!  She was colored with Copic markers and cut out.  I also created a second set of wings from vellum and layered them on top.

The manila tag was sponged with Distress inks, then spritzed with water and Dylusions ink sprays.  I stamped over that with a slightly inked Honeycomb stamp then added more interest by stamping again in a couple of places using ink on some bubble wrap.  I also added some printed tape, some textural ribbons and some bling.

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I bet you can't wait to see what the other designers have created, huh?

Your next stop is SHELLY's blog!

Don't forget to leave comments along the way for a chance to win the entire release!

Thanks so much for stopping in.  I hope you have a great weekend!

 

EEEK! It's Your Birthday!

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Hey guys!  I've got a QUADRUPLE challenge card for you today!

I'm playing along in the Our Craft Lounge OCL134 challenge - All About Twine:

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And the Unscripted Sketches #176:

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AND the CAS-ual Fridays:CFC70 - Black and White Plus One:

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PLUS the Dynamic Duos #20 challenge to use Black and Lime with a Halloween theme:

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Whew!  And you may think this is a Halloween card.  It certainly has all the elements to be one.  But it's not!

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This is actually the card I made for my sister's 60th birthday.  Yeah, she's WAY older than me!    She's got a great sense of humor, so I think she'll get a kick out of it!  The inside will say "Happy Birthday.....from one OLD ghoul to another!"

After I embossed the black Core'dinations paper, I sanded it with my Idea-ology Sanding Grip Block to let the lime color show through.  I distress the edges of all my layers by running my Tonic scissors all along them.  I wrapped the Honeydew Twinery twine around the distressed layer 3 times and tied it in a bow.  The graveyard scene was stamped with Memento tuxedo black ink and the EEEK! was stamped in Ranger Distress Shabby Shutters.  (All of these can be found at eclectic Paperie.)

Thanks so much for dropping by to say hello!  I'll be back tomorrow with another A Day For Daisies creation!  Hope to see you then!

 

From the Heart

 

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Well, I had to get in just one more Halloween (sort of) card!  This one uses the cute little witch from the Swept Up Crafty Cling Single set from Our Craft Lounge. 

You may notice that I'm using non-traditional colors.  That's because I'm playing along in the OCL blog challenge this week: 

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I'm also using last week's MOJO212 sketch:

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And here's my card combining those challenges AND Halloween!

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Thanks for stopping by!  I hope your Halloween is a great one!

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Best Witches!

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How about another Halloween card using the A Little Witchy set from Our Craft Lounge!  I can't get enough of it!! 

I decided to play along with Jen's SFYTT for October.  It's definitely a great one!  And yeah, I'm cutting it a little close, huh, since this is almost the last day of the month?! 

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Yikes, tomorrow is Halloween, folks!  Time to dress up, walk from door to door (probably in a strange neighborhood), and beg for candy.  Sounds like fun!

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Ok, here's my card…

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Thanks for dropping by today.  Here's hoping you all have a safe and VERY fun Halloween!  Are you trick-or-treating??

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Zoomin' By - Color Throwdown #164

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Hi, people!!  It's Wednesday and time for a new Color Throwdown challenge!  This week I'm the hostess and in order to get caught up in making Halloween cards for all the grandkiddos, I chose some colors to inspire me.

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I LOVE this Holiday Cruiser stamp set from Our Craft Lounge!  How many stamp sets do you know that are appropriate for Halloween, Thanksgiving AND Christmas!  Amazing!

Of course, for Halloween I used the Witch to drive, and paired the image up with some cute paper from the Mischievous 6x6 paper pad.  I love that car!

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Please drop by the Color Throwdown blog and join us!  There's so much inspiration for you there and we'd love to see what you create using these colors!

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Barbara Anders	Broni Holcombe	Carole Burrage	Danielle Kennedy	Joan Ervin	Keva Brown
Kristin Eberline	Laura Pryor	Lori Tecler	Lynn Put	Tammy Hershberger	Wanda Cullen

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And don't forget to visit with our fabulous October Guest Designer, Amy Sheffer!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

 

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A Happy Haunting

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I've moved back from making Christmas trees to creating more Halloween greetings!  I started this tag when I was making my Be Spooky Seasonal Tag, and I'm just now finishing it.  I just love this A Little Witchy stamp set from Our Craft Lounge!

I used a die cut of the PTI Mat Stack 3 to create my tombstone and a tiny ATC sized glassine bag as a treat holder on the tag.  The tombstone and witch's legs are attached to the front of the bag.

For the tag, I punched a circle from a Post-It note and used the circle as a mask for the moon.  The background of the tag was covered with Tumbled Glass Distress stain, clear embossed with the flourishes, then swiped randomly with Dusty Concord and Weathered Wood Distress stains.  Then I used the negative of the mask while sponging the moon with Distress ink in Scattered Straw and Wild Honey.

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I'm betting one of our granddaughters will enjoy receiving this for Halloween.  Especially if I fill the treat bag with a chocolate bar!

Thanks for dropping by!  LOL!  It looks like that's what my witch on the tag did!!  I hope y'all have a great weekend!

OCL A Little Witchy Stamp Set	OCL Fabulous Florals Stamp Set	Inkssentials #8 Manila Tags	Stampin' Up! cardstock	Memento ink - tuxedo black
Ranger Distress Stains	eP Ranger Distress inks	Ranger blending tool	Copic Markers	PTI Ribbon
PTI Dies - Mat Stack 3	Ranger Heat-It Craft Tool	Ranger clear embossing powder	Twinery	Scor-Tape

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Fiskars 9" paper trimmer

Scor-Buddy

Rock-A-Blocks

Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet

Tim Holtz Tonic Scissors

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Seasonal Tags - Be SPOOKY!! An E-Team blog hop!

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Hello again, everyone!  The E-Team has been challenged by our fearless leader, Daisy, to create a Seasonal Tag or ATC….and be SPOOKY! 

Ok, so I went a little on the cutesy side of spooky, but ya gotta have some variety here, right?  I generally enjoy the cuter side of Halloween goblins anyway!

***There WILL be prizes folks!  Daisy will select 3 winners randomly from comments left on the participating blogs.  And if you post a comment about your favorite Halloween treats on the eP blog, you'll have a chance to win a $25 eclectic Paperie voucher.  Now you have to admit that's a real treat!!

Comments will be taken Friday, Sept 16th, through Sunday, Sept 18th, and the winner will be announced on Monday, Sept 19th.***

On to my SPOOKY tag…

I wanted to use one of the neat SM plastic tubes that Daisy sent me as a treat holder for MY favorite treat, Reese's Pieces.  So I tried one of the new #5 black craft tags to see if it would wrap around the tube.  And yes, it did!  So I marked where I needed to punch a hole in the other end of the tag.~

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Next I pulled out some Maya Road chipboard alphas and painted them with Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso.  When that dried, I painted them with some Glow Green craft paint.

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I cut papers from the ADORABLE (in a Tim Burton sort of way) Mischievous 6x6 paper pad to fit both the front and back of the tag.  I also cut an extra witch's head and pumpkin head and some stars for the night sky.  I added a little cloud die cut too.

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I put it all together without the tube, because I knew I wanted the recipient to be able to remove it from the tag.

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Here it is with the tube slipped into the opening of the black tag:

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I cut a piece of black felt, trimmed the bottom edge with my pinking shears, and adhered it to the cap only, using Scor-Tape.  Then I tied some Twinery twine around it in Halloween colors and slipped it onto the tube.  The finished Cutesy SPOOKY tag:

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This was really quite easy, folks.  It was also really fun, especially because I had to keep refilling the tube with Reese's Pieces.  I don't know how they kept disappearing! 

And you know what?  The BOO really does glow in the dark!!!

Now it's time for you to continue on the hop.  Here are the participating E-Team members:

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E-TEAM

Linda Duke

Linda Ledbetter

Sherry Cheever

Starla Nelson

Daisy Sparks (eP blog)

Micki Harper and Latrice Murphy

(They won't be joining us today, but you can still

visit them and leave some love!)

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Don't forget to leave comments along the way.  And if you are inspired to create a SPOOKY tag or ATC, please come back and let us know.  We'd love to see!!

• Stamps: None
• Paper: Mischievous 6x6 paper pad (My Mind's Eye) 
• Ink/Paint: Ranger Distress frayed burlap, Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso, Glow Green craft paint (Synta, Inc. purchased at Hobby Lobby), T5 and T2 Copic markers 
• Tools used on every card: Fiskars 9" trimmer, Scor-Buddy, Tim Holtz scissors, Ranger non-stick craft sheet, Rock-a-blocks
• Other: #8 Manila tags, #5 black craft tags, SM plastic tubes, ink blending tool, Ranger Crackle Accents, Star Dust & Black Diamond Stickles, Cropadile, Drippy Goo punch (Martha Stewart), sanding stick, Cloud die (PTI), felt, pinking shears, Reese's Pieces, Mandarin, Lemondrop & Charcoal twine (Twinery), Glue Dots, Scor-Tape, foam mounting tape, ribbon, vintage button, Claudine Hellmuth paintbrush  

Swept Up - Color Throwdown #158

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It's my week to host the Color Throwdown!  I have no idea what inspired me to choose this color combination but I really do like the way all the colors look together!

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I've used my new Swept Up Crafty Cling Single stamp set from Our Craft Lounge to get a start on my Halloween cards for all the grandkids.  This is definitely an unusual Halloween color mix, but I think it works!

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I decided to also use Jen's September SFYTT sketch.  I love it!

I hope you'll play along in the CTD challenge with us!  Just give us a direct link to your card in today's CTD blog post.

Now here is some great inspiration for you from the CTD sisters:

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Barbara * Carole * Danielle * Kristin

Laura * Tammy * Julee Tilman (September Guest Designer)

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Before I go, I'd like to take this opportunity to wish my beautiful daughter, Jennifer, a very happy birthday today!  Here are a couple of photos from her performance this past weekend.

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Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you're having a great week!

• Stamps: Swept Up (Our Craft Lounge) 
• Paper: Neenah white, basic gray, light gray, peach parfait, island indigo, Jovial 6x6 (Basic Grey) 
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black & london fog, Versafine - onyx black, Ranger Distress - black soot, broken china, Copic markers 
• Tools used on every card: Fiskars 9" trimmer, Scor-Buddy, Tim Holtz scissors, Ranger non-stick craft sheet, Rock-a-blocks
• Other: corner rounder punch, Cuttlebug Dotted Swiss embossing folder, ink blending tools, circle Nestabilities, Recollections pearls, Glue Dots, foam mounting tape 

C4C60 - The last of the Halloween cards...

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FINALLY!  I've finished all of the Halloween cards for the grandkids. And how convenient is it that the Crazy 4 Challenges #60 challenge is to create a Halloween themed project!  Thanks, Silke, for helping me out!

I made 2 of this first, really simple card.  One is for Molly, my 18 month old granddaughter, and the other is for Annabelle, George's 2 year old granddaugher.

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I used a cut-out of a Spellbinders template and did reverse masking to sponge the moon.  The sentiment was stamped, and then I just drew the outline.

And here's the inside (I love it!):

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Cute, huh?  The cloud and ghost are both really sparkly in real life.

Now here's the second card.  It's for Maya, who's almost 12.  I think she'll love it!

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This is a Tiddly Inks digital stamp called "Batty".  I used a glitter gelly roll pen to highlight her hair and skirt after coloring with Copic markers.  The bat was stamped a second time, cut out and covered with Ranger Crackle Accents.

Thanks for stopping by to look and for being patient as I work my way through the "spooky" holiday!

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 Cloudy with Batty Moon

• Stamps: Trick or Treat (Memory Box), sentiments (American Art Stamps)
  
• Paper: heavy white cardstock
  
• Ink: Versafine onyx black, soft sky, Ranger Distress fired brick, spiced marmalade, pumice stone
  
• Other: inverted scalloped circle Nestabilities, cloud die (Papertrey Ink), sponge daubers, foam tape, straight edge, artist's pen, Star Dust Stickles
  

Batty Girl

• Stamps: Batty digital image (Tiddly Inks), sentiment (American Art Stamps)
  
• Paper: black, purple mulberry paper
  
• Ink: computer, Versafine onyx black, Ranger Distress dried marigold
  
• Other: Labels Eleven & circle Nestabilities, sponge dauber, drippy goo border punch (Martha Stewart), Ranger Crackle Accents, foam tape, Scor-Tape, Fiskars 9" trimmer, Scor Buddy, rhinestone stickers, clear glitter gelly roll pen, Copic markers:

Boo Time - Color Throwdown #115

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Well, everyone, it's time for our weekly Throwdown and I'm still working on my Halloween cards!  After this one, I'll have 2 more to go.  Then, oh joy, I'll have to kick it into high gear on the Christmas front!

Here are our colors for the week, chosen by Laura:

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This card will be for my 4 year old grandson.  He's a candy fanatic, so the inside sentiment says "It's all about the candy."  Just perfect!

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This scene was creating using the adorable Tiny Town Halloween set from My Favorite Things.  The star banner, the big scallop border, and the sentiment banner were all made using Die-Namics from MFT too. I used the tiny star cut-outs from the star border by adhering them to the sky and then adding some sparkle with a gel pen.

These are perfect colors for finishing off your spooky Halloween cards!  Please play along with us.  All the details are on the Color Throwdown blog and you can get tons of inspiration from the design team here:

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Barbara * Danielle * Kristin * Laura

 Tammy * Carla Suto (October Guest Designer)

[LeAnne is sitting out this week]

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Thanks so much for stopping to take a look!  You all always make my day!

 

• Stamps: Tiny Town Halloween (My Favorite Things)
  
• Paper: white, perfect plum, so saffron, dusty durango, Halloween 6x6 pad (Making Memories)
  
• Ink: Memento tuxedo black (image), Versafine onyx black (sentiment)
  
• Other: rectangle Nestabilities, straight edge, Pigma Micron 01 black pen, yellow glitter gelly roll pen, Star Border Die-Namics (MFT), Rounded Banner Trio Die-Namics (MFT), Jumbo Scallop Border Die-Namics (MFT), Quickie glue pen, foam tape, Copic Markers: