Halloween Swap

Hi!  I haven't been blogging much.  In fact, I have been rather terrible at it lately.  But I did want to share the awesome Halloween Swap I did with the fabulous Godiva's Dream!  (Her cards are exquisite, by the way!) We each agreed on a dollar amount and then purchased some Halloween goodies for the other.  We were to each include a handmade card as well.  I received my box first.  And let me tell you, it did not disappoint!  I literally squealed with delight at the entire contents of my package!  Besides her card, I think my favorite item was the witches brew cauldron mug! Here's a photo of my spook-tacular goodies!

I sent my box off a week late (typical! Lol) but it arrived in less than a week to the UK so now I can share what I made and sent!

We both love artist Annie Rodrigue who creates the Moonlight Whispers line of characters.  It's no surprise we chose to create with her images!  I made a card featuring clear stamp Pumpkin Brains.  She is colored with Copics and fussy cut.  All of the dies used dies are from La-La Land Crafts.  The sentiment is from a retired set called Ghoulish Label by My Favorite Things Stamps.  

I also made a fun little banner using two more of Annie's images.  I colored and fussy cut digital image Witch & Wine and retired Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps red rubber image Magical Mathilda.  The dies are a mix of My Favorite Things Stamps and La-La Land Crafts.  I must confess, after I hung it on my mantle to photograph it I had a moment or two where I was tempted to keep it for myself!  Haha!  I guess that means I need to make another one!

I tried to include crafty goodness that I thought she would enjoy.  I shipped off two 6x6 Halloween paper pads, stickers, glitter, a coffin die, socks, a lanyard, and candy.

I had so much fun doing this swap!  Halloween is my favorite holiday and it was such a treat to share it with someone else who is as obsessed as I am!  Lol 

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you have a frightfully fabulous day!

{hugs}
Regan

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Monthly Make It Challenge: September

Hello!  It's been a busy week!  Now that I no longer have the commitments of running a design team or being a PTG board member, I decided that I needed to make some time for me.  I am trying to make a conscious effort to become more active over at Kit and Clowder - taking coloring classes, participating in the monthly book club - and with my favorite stamp companies.  This includes starting to enter some challenges again.

Today I am sharing a card I made for the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Monthly Make It Challenge over on Facebook in the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps' Krafty Friends group.  Kim challenged us to an Anything Goes theme with one stimpulation...  We had to use one of the new releases from July or August.  I chose to work with WitchyPoo!

This is an image by artist Annie Rodrigue.  She was originally released in red rubber, but recently Annie updated her and Kim released her a clear set accompanied by some fabulous sentiments!  I colored WitchyPoo with my Copics and fussy cut her.  She is popped up on foam dies.  I have layered on a few dies from my collection, of course.  Here I've used Stars Border, Filigree Border, Filigree Moon, Bats, Koi Circle, Spider Web Border, Fancy Label, and Stitched Nested Circles all from La-La Land Crafts.  For embellishments, I added a bit of lace and some black enamel dots.

I used the September sketch for my card as well.  All the details about KKS weekly challenges and the month long sketch can be found on the blog HERE.

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up to!  Have a wonderful weekend!

{hugs}
Regan

It Must Be Magic

Hi!  Day 3 of my long holiday weekend and I've blogged as many days.  I'm impressed, if I do say so myself!  Lol  I have been saying for some time that I wanted to broaden my crafty horizons and try some new companies (or use more of ones I already own but don't color frequently enough).  I have admired Annie Rodrigue's images over at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps for years, but had never gotten around to purchasing any.  Since the shop only sells rubber and clear stamps for some reason I put off ordering for a variety of reasons.  Digis fall into my shopping cart like penny candy all the time.  (I'm all about the instant gratification!)  But somehow it feels like a bigger commitment, financially and otherwise, to buy stamps that require shipping.  All that changed when I saw their magical July new release!  I ordered two sets as soon as they were available!  Since then I have acquired a small collection thanks to the fabulous Frugal Friday sales and various private sales!

I colored my first image and there she sat on my craft desk for a bit, but I've finally made her into a card using this month's KKS Sketch.  Here is Witch Willa!

I colored Willa with Copics.  When I saw the current challenge and the sketch I decided I should enter my first KKS challenge too!  The theme is Clean and Simple.  Most of you know this is not my normal style, but I gave it a shot and followed the sketch.  The sentiment is from another Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps set called Spook-tacular Sentiments.  The only die I used on this card was the Fishtail Flags Stax Die-namics (My Favorite Things).

 I'm hoping this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship!

Thanks for hanging out with me this weekend!

Challenges:
- Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps: #347-Clean and Simple

{hugs}
Regan