...A Thousand Words: My Crafty Spot

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Trick or Treat at Meljen's Designs!.

Good morning! And a very Happy Thursday to you! I'm really ready for the week to be over! I have been coloring a bunch of images.. I'm hoping this weekend to get them on something! LOL Then I'll be good! I hope you all are having a crafty fun week!!

Today we are on Challenge #233 - Trick or Treat (Halloween) at the Meljen's Designs Challenge Blog! I LOVE Halloween cards and I LOVE using Meljen's Designs images to create them!! She has some of the best Halloween images! They are so fun! For this card I went with a kitty theme LOL!!

I used quite a few images for this card.. sticking with my Kitty Halloween theme. So, first is the sentiment stamp. That is a new stamp set from My Craft Spot. They had an amazing new release recently with some amazing stamps and dies! I stamped that with white on the dark purple. The image at the bottom is Mini Boo Ghosts. I decoupaged the stars spelling out Boo. I also added the green gems at the top. The next image is Fish or Treat Cat. I decoupaged the ghost part of him and the front fish. The swirls in the middle are from a Memory Box die that was cut a bit. I also added the black pearls. There are also four die cuts, a cauldron, ghost, tombstone and pumpkin which are Die-namics from My Favorite Things. The Trick or Treat Stamp is also from My Craft Spot and then the two additional images on the inside are Nibbles The Zombie Cat and Mummy Kitty. For Nibbles I decoupaged his body and those legs that are more to the front and then I popped his head one more level. For the Mummy Cat, I popped up his body. For the final panel I have the Cutie Corner Spider with the spider body popped and then Franken Kitty and his front legs and body are popped and then his head is also popped. I love these tri-shutter cards! I always seem to make one for Meljen's at Halloween!! LOL All of the papers are scraps from last years Halloween papers.I did add chalk to those four small die cuts as well. And all of these images were colored using my Copic Markers! And you can find ALL of these fantastic images at the Meljen's Designs Shop!

Copic Markers Used:

Mini Boo Ghosts Boo: V12, V15, V17
Mini Boo Ghosts Ghosts: N3
Mummy Kitty Wraps: T4
Mummy Kitty Cat: E95, E97, E99
Fish or Treat Cat Costume: T4
Fish or Treat Cat Cat: YR23, YR24, YR27
Fish or Treat Cat Pumpkin: YR00, YR02, YR04, YR09, T4
Fish or Treat Cat Fish: W00, W1, W5
Franken Cat Green: YG01, YG06, YG07, YG17
Franken Cat Black: W00, W1, W3, W5, W9
Franken Cat Cheeks: R11, R22
Nibbles The Zombie Cat Black: W00, W1, W3, W5, W9
Nibbles The Zombie Cat Blue: B0000, B000, B00, B01

Challenges:

October: Challenge #19 (Shaped Cards) @ Animal Friends Challenge.
October: Halloween @ Bearly-Mine Challenges.
October: Challenge #6 (1st Palette) @ Cosmic Strawberry.
October: Anything Goes @ Crafting By Designs.
October: Challenge #10 (Trick or Treat? Something Scary or Something Sweet? @ Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog.
October: Autumn and/or Halloween @ Ladybug Crafts.
October: Boo! @ Paula Holifiield Crafts.
October: Anything Goes Halloween @ Sketches For All / Cheryl's Challenge Group.
Challenge #9: Something Suitable For A Child @ Craft For The Craic.
Challenge #256: Orange, Purple, Green @ Crazy 4 Challenges.
October: Anything Goes @ Kit and Clowder.
Challenge #79: Annette's Sketch and/or Halloween @ The Sketchy Challenge.
October: Halloween @ Sweet Pea Stamps One Sweet Challenge.
October: Fall / Autumn @ Stamp and Create.
Challenge #72: Halloween (or use lots of orange) @ Simply Create Too.
Challenge #89: Anything Goes @ Addicted To Stamps Challenge.
October: Animals @ Bunny Zoe's Crafts.
Falling Leaves and Halloween @ Crafty Boots Challenges.
Challenge #21: Anything Goes @ The Paper Nest Dolls Challenges.
Challenge #155: Too Cute To Spook @ My Craft Spot.
Week #41: Halloween @ Digi Choosday Challenge.
Challenge #12: Halloween @ Dies R Use Challenge.
Challenge #102: Animals @ Digistamps4Joy.
Challenge #13: Hocus Pocus @ Dream Factory*
Halloween, Spooky, Creepy, Etc. @ Oddball Art Stamp Co..
Challenge #75: Spooky Cute @ Lia Stampz.
Challenge #53: Anything Goes @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog.
Challenge #79: Anything Goes @ Sister Act Card Challenge.
Challenge #88: Harvest or Halloween @ Pumpkin Spice.
Halloween @ Sweet Stampin'.
Challenge #94: Anything Goes w/Optional Candy Treats @ 613 Avenue Create.
Game #25: Halloween @ AAA Cards.
Child's Card @ Come and Get It Challenge.
RCS #81: The Haunted Mansion @ Red Carpet Studio.
Challenge #229: Too Cute To Spook @ Sentimental Sundays.
Challenge #114: Halloween / Anything Goes @ Artistic Inspirations.
Halloween @ Make My Monday Weekly Challenge Blog.
Challenge #34: Holidays @ Perfectly Rustics.
Challenge #93: Halloween @ Dream Valley Challenges.
Anything Goes @ Simon Says Stamp & Show.
It's Spooky - Halloween @ Cardz 4 Guys.
Challenge #218: Halloween Colors @ Tuesday Throwdown*
Halloween @ Scrap-Creations.
Challenge #190: Spooks and Other Scary Things @ Try Stampin' On Tuesday*
Challenge #54: Anything Goes/Halloween/Spellbound/Fairytales @ Creative Moments.
Challenge #179: Halloween @ The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog.
Challenge #155: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.
Challenge #282: Autumn/Halloween/Thanksgiving/Bonfire Night @ C.R.A.F.T. Challenge.
Challenge #344: Trick or Treat @ Cute Card Thursday.
Challenge #143: Halloween @ DL.Art.
Challenge #208: Halloween @ Hanna and Friends.

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Midway Challenge #21 at Open-Minded Crafting Fun!!.

Hey everyone and a very Happy Saturday to you!!! I worked from home yesterday and I also worked on the titles for next years Open-Minded Challenges. I got them all done.. and that was my goal LOL So, I'm happy about that! But today I need to concentrate on coloring some images!! I hope you all have a great weekend!! I'm hoping to craft the weekend away!!

Today we are at the midway point for our Challenge #21 at Open-Minded Crafting Fun. Our challenge this Pumpkins / Jack O Lanterns. We have had some amazing creations so far!! I hope you all will join in!! You have until Friday at Midnight to get in on this one! Next Saturday a new challenge will begin!

Our wonderful sponsors for this challenge are:

Here is what I have come up with for this challenge:

Love these images!! These are two images from Oak Pond Creations; Pumpkins and Pumpkin Kitty. I colored both of these images with my Copic markers. I decoupaged the pumpkins. I added the two different ribbons and the black and white twine. I added the different colored buttons to match the colors of the card and added the twine to those. The Trick or Treat is a stamp.. it is a new stamp set from My Craft Spot. I also added the orange gems at the bottom.

Copic Markers Used:

Pumpkins: YR00, YR02, YR04, YR09
Pumpkin Leaves: YG05, YG09, YG17
Stem: E35, E37
Cat: W00, W1, W3, W5, W7, W9
Bat: C00, C5, C9

Challenges:

Fall and Halloween @ Crafting Station Challenge*
October: Challenge #6 (2nd Palette) @ Cosmic Strawberry.
October: Anything Goes @ Crafting By Designs.
October: Autumn or Halloween @ Ladybug Crafts.
Fall or Halloween @ Sketches For All / Pat's Challenge.
Challenge #76: Anything Goes @ Whimsy Stamps Challenge Blog.
October: Only One Designer Paper @ Crafty Little Fairies.
Challenge #9: Something Suitable For A Child @ Craft For The Craic.
October: Anything Goes @ Kit and Clowder.
Challenge #79: Annette's Sketch and/or Halloween @ The Sketchy Challenge*
Challenge #31: Anything Goes @ Scrapbook Blessings Club*
Challenge #72: Black Cardstock @ Creative Card Crew.
Pop It Up! @ Scrap Creations.

I love using twine. It is such a simple thing to add to your card that adds so much. I love that you can get it in so many different colors. It is a great way to add charms and more!