Simply B Stamps 13 Days of Halloween: Day 7

The countdown is on and the time crunch for Simply B(etty) Stamps challenges has begun!  We had less than 2 days to complete  a project for Day 7 of the 13 Days of Halloween over at Simply Challenged Challenges.  Luckily, it's the weekend so it wasn't too hard to play along this time.  It's next week that things will get interesting... 

The theme for Day 7 is Grave Digger - create a graveyard scene.  I have created a stair step card using Banshee Lola from the Teen Scene 2012 Halloween collection.  I colored her with Copics and fussy cut her.  A bit of Stickles around the edges give her a little sparkle.  The paper is from the Brenda Walton Haunted pad from K&Company.  I really like this paper and wish I had bought more than one pad!  I used several Spellbinders dies (Nested Tombstones and Graveyard Scenes and Shapes) plus a Martha Stewart fence border punch to create my graveyard scene.  I sponged the die cuts with Distress Ink in Black Soot and Vintage Photo.  The sentiments are from a My Favorite Things set called Ghoulish Label Set.  The epithet cracks me up: "Here Lies A Girl. Who on Halloween Forgot. To Put Out Sweets. And Now She's Not."

Six challenges remain!  My goal is to complete them all!  I can't wait to see what's in store for us with Day 8!

I need to get moving over here as I spent all morning on my card!  Have a fabulous day!

Markers used: Copics (E21, E00, E000, E81, Y38, W4, W6, V15) and Prismacolor Art Markers (168).

Challenges:
- ATCs and Cards with Attitude: #25-Halloween
- Card Crafter's Circle: #45-Halloween 
- Crafty Catz Challenge Blog: #155-Halloween 
- Crafty Mess: #20-Halloween
- Fussy and Fancy: #74-Anything Goes
- Our Craft Lounge: #139-Scary & Spooky 

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Regan   

The Mistress of All Evil

She is evil with a capital "E" and she's yours for free for 24 hours on Sassy Studio Designs' Paper Craft Planet group!  The Evil Sorceress is looking majestic, elegant, and a little bit scary in those regal robes!  Here the sinister beauty inspired by Disney's Maleficent is colored with Copics in shades of black and purple.  I have paired her with some old Cosmo Cricket Haunted collection papers..  An arrangement of flowers, baker's twine, and a couple of sparkly ravens adorn the card.  My layout is from Tuesday Morning Sketches (#168).  

 There is still one more week left for the current FFF PCP challenge theme, which is "Halloween".  All you need to do to play along is use a Sassy Studio Designs image and post your project under the challenge thread on PCP!  For all the details, click HERE.  You can even combine it with this week's Dare To Be Sassy Thursday challenge: Halloween Spooktacular (DTBST147)!

Remember, you only have 24 hours, beginning at 8am EST, to download this wicked woman.  We hope to see you visit PCP, leave a little love, and hopefully enter the challenge for your chance to win more SSD images of your choice!

We are super excited to be only 10 members away from reaching 800 on Paper Craft Planet!  That is HUGE considering that when I became coordinator in March of 2011 we had just over 300.  We couldn't do any of what we do without our fans so thank you!  We will, of course, be celebrating with a specail freebie and some fun festivities when we get there!

I am actually off from work today.  I was supposed to take a road trip to Maine with the small man, but it has been called on account of rain.  I think we will do it Sunday now instead.  I'm sure we'll find plenty to keep us busy, or maybe we'll do nothing at all.  This crafting and blogging blitz has left me a tad tired!  Anyway, thanks for dropping in and head over to PCP to see what the Fabettes have created this week!

Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, R20, W4, W6, W8, W10, V09, V15, V17).

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Regan

Simply B Stamps 13 Days of Halloween: Day 6

With less than thirty minutes to spare I'm here with my entry for Day 6 of Simply B(etty) Stamps 13 Days of Halloween challenge!  The theme this time around is "Slime and Grime".  Over on the Simply Challenged Challenges blog we've been instructed to use lime green and distressing on our projects.

I selected the Bride of Chrisenstein from the 2012 Teen Scene Halloween collection.  She is colored with Copics, fussy cut, and popped up with foam squares.  My sketch is an awesome one from Graphicat Sketches (#18).  Papers are Brenda Walton's Haunted by K&Company.  I have used my Tim Holtz tool to distress the edges and then they were inked with Distress Ink in Antique Paper.  That covers the "grime".  For the "slime" there are a few elements that meet the requirement.  I have her skin colored up in lovely shades of lime.  I also used some Stampin' Up Green Galore card stock.  My Martha Stewart Drippy Goo punch provides a nice border for the black velvet ribbon.  I also added two lime hued flowers.  The Halloween ticket was made using a Tim Holtz stamp and die combo.  I distressed the edges a bit and sponged them with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  My final element is a metal corner embellishment.

I am loving these challenges but this one was a bit tough with less than two days to complete it.  Being a single mom who works full-time makes time management challenging sometimes.  I am hoping to be able to play along with the next challenge since the weekend will be here.  I'd love to enter all 13...  We're just about half way there now so we'll see!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Markers used: Copics (YG03, YG06, YG11, YG91, YG96, Y35, W4, W6, W8, W10, YR04, YR07, YR15, YR18). 

Challenges:
- Crafting for all Seasons: #38-Spooky
- Divas By Design: #57-Something Spooky
- Fab 'n' Funky: #143-Orange, Black, and Choice (lime green)
- Simon Says Stamp: Eerie Inspiration

 

{hugs}
Regan       

Brighter Future

This is one of the projects that popped up this week.  A co-worker asked me to make a "welcome home" card for his fiancee.  I believe she was just away on business, but what a sweet gesture!  As is often the case when friends or co-workers request a card, I was given free reign to create whatever I wanted.  This is the new Fortune Teller Honey from Sassy Studio Designs.  I thought it would be cute to use her with a computer generated sentiment that read "The Future's Looking Brighter..." and on the inside "Welcome Home!"  The image is colored with Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers.  I sponged the image panel with Antique Linen Distress Ink.  Glossy Accents added to the crystal ball give it some shine and dimension and a bit of gold metallic glitter pen to her jewelry and the fringe on her sash add a little sparkle.  I embellished with some trim from my stash, a few flowers, and three K&Company baubles.  The sentiment is cut with the Fishtail Flags Stax Die-namics from My Favorite Things.  Papers are Recollections Union Square (which is a the same as the My Mind's Eye pad by the same name).  Sketch is courtesy of the lovely Karen Giron at Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge (#169).

I am off to work on the next project as I have two creations to complete by tomorrow night.  I'll hopefully be back tomorrow with Day 6 of the Simply B(etty) Stamps 13 Days of Halloween and then Friday I'll have a new SSD FFF for you.  Thanks for stopping in and have a fabulous day!

Markers used: Copics (E23, E21, E13, E11, E37, E39, BG10, W6, W8, R32) and Prismacolor Art Markers (137, 150, 151, 169).

{hugs}
Regan   

Simply B Stamps 13 Days of Halloween: Day 5

Day 5 of the 13 Days of Halloween at Simply B(etty) Stamps is here and "Oh What A Wicked Web We Weave" is the theme.  The challenge over at Simply Challenged Challenges is to use cobwebs, spiderwebs, spiders on your creation.  I have used Little Dark Homemaker Betty for the occasion.  She has a web and a spider at her elbow.  I colored her with Copics, fussy cut her, and popped her up with foam squares on top of that exquisite spider web die cut from Cheery Lynn.  All of my designer papers have spiders and/or webs on them,  They are from the Martha Stewart Haunted mat pad and the DCWV Midnight Spell stack.  My layout is courtesy of Sketch Saturday (#229).  I was positively inspired by this one and my card came together quickly!  I embossed the horizontal panel with my Cuttlebug spiderweb folder and added a layer of lace over it to mimic the look of the purple designer paper.  I also used my Martha Stewart spiderweb border punch.  A few flowers and a couple of glittery spiders (Jolee's Boutique stickers) add the finishing touches.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things and is punched with the Stampin' Up Word Window punch.

Five down, eight to go!  Looking forward to the next challenge! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Markers used: Copics(E11, E21, E00, E000, R20, W4, W6, W8, W10, V12, V15, V17, YG95, Y38, YR04, YR18).

Challenges:
- Forever Friends Challenges: #47-Halloween/Autumn
- Lexi's Creations: #76-Halloween 
- Love To Create: #37-Trick or Treat OR Something Sweet 
- Victorine Originals Challenge: #45-Halloween 

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Regan 

Have a Drink On Me

I have been on a posting blitz this month.  I figure since I'm half way there I may as well try to post every day this month.  Today I have a birthday card to share that I made for one of my friends using Cheers Sassy from Sassy Studio Designs.  Everyone should enjoy their favorite drink on their birthday in my opinion!  Cheers is colored with Copics, fussy cut, and popped up with foam.  Papers are My Mind's Eye - Dolled Up.  I added a few flowers, a bling corner embellishment, and a bottle cap plus the yummy pleated Stampin' Up ribbon.  I'm fairly certain I used a sketch for this layout but now I can't seem to remember where I found it.  The sentiment is another from My Favorite Things.

The recipient has received this already and I know it was a hit so that makes me happy!  That is a major perk to this hobby - it not only makes me happy, but it makes others happy as well!  What I thought was going to be a quiet crafting week has suddenly turned into a busy one when a few more projects materialied this afternoon so I best go take a seat at my desk before I'm too tired to function.

Thanks for visiting, and I want to thank everyone who takes the time to leave me sweet comments!  You have no idea how much they are appreciated!  Hope your week is off to a fabulous start and check back tomorrow to see if I can post for the 16th day straight!

Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, E04, R20, B00, B02, B34, B37, B39, E31, E34, Y32, Y35, E23, E25, E27, R81, R85).

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Regan 

The Corrosive Challenge #160 - Treacherous Treats

This is my second post for today.  For the Sassy Studio Designs Halloween Mini Release Blog Hop please click HERE.

  
"Treacherous Treats" is the theme for this fortnight's Corrosive Challenge.  I love making and sharing goodies, but it is especially fun at this time of year!  To play along, all you have to do is make a Halloween themed treated holder.  It can be any kind - a bag, a box, a cone, or a test tube and holder like I made!

I found the template online somewhere and it was easy enough to make.  The test tube is from Martha Stewart.  From what I've seen, I think she likes Halloween as much as I do!  All you need is a piece of 4x12 cardstock, a cutting tool, and a scoring tool.  My image is Sassy Nurse Heather from our October sponsor, Sassy Studio Designs.  I colored her with Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers.  This is NOT the nurse you want drawing your blood.  See the smudge by her lips?  Yeah, she enjoys a taste every now and then.  I know she's not a traditional Halloween image, but I was trying to think outside the box.  I filled the test tube with red M&Ms and added the specimen label that came with the test tubes.  I also added some scraps of designer paper from the DCWV Midnight Spell stack to the holder, and I was done.  Good thing too as this was my 3rd project in 24 hours and I'm exhausted!  In my attempts at late night caffeination, I had a near mishap with a spilled can of Diet Coke!  Apparently my vigorous punching for my SSD project shook a container of flowers off the top of my Copic holder onto my desk and right into the open beverage container!   But the crafting gods were watching over me and it landed right side up with only minor spillage, missing my colored image and everything else of importance!  Phew!

After such a busy Saturday, I plan to relax with the small man today.  We're going to meet up with my best friend and her kids this afternoon and just enjoy the lovely rainy Fall day!  Please head over to The Corrosive Challenge blog to see what the rest of the team has concocted.

Have a fabulous Sunday and thanks for popping in!

Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, E04, R20, E23, E31, E79, BG10) and Prismacolor Art Markers (79, 150, 151, 169).

Challenges:
- Crazy 4 Challenges: C4C158-Sweet Treat 
- Our Craft Lounge: OCL138-Spooky and Sweet
- My Craft Spot: #72-A Treat For You

{hugs}
Regan