Witches brew part two

Hello everyone

As promised in my last post - this is the final Halloween (that’s not Halloween) for 2021.

Using the same LoTV digi stamp set with the cutest witches and wizards, this one was made at the same time to use up papers I had printed and because if you're going to print one digi, you may as well print several on a page!

 

Ingredients

• Lili of the valley stamps - Spooky toadstool
• Nitwit Papers - Halloween Hooligans
• Black Nuvo drops
• Glitter - tonic shimmer pen
• Coloured with Spectrum noir triblend brush marker 

For this witch, I fussy cut her out leaving a tiny white border.  I matted and layered the coloured papers with black and added a final strip down the middle to help her 'pop'.

I hope you like them both - I think they are super cute, and shouldn't be just for October 31st.

Please leave me some love in the comments box – which witch is your favourite?

Also check out my other social media pages on my home page for other ways to follow what I make.

 

See you soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael

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Witches brew part one

  Hi everyone

Here are my final Halloween cards, that are not really Halloween cards. This post and the next one shows two stamps from the same set. 

I made them using the last release from Lili of the valley.  I loved these cute witches so much, I couldn't resist them.  I can use them for all sorts of cards rather than wishing Happy Halloween.

This first one is a "just because" card, 

Ingredients

• Lili of the valley stamps (1) Pumpkins and (2) is Spooky toadstool
• Nitwit Papers - Halloween Hooligans
• Black Nuvo drops
• Glitter - tonic shimmer pen
• Coloured with Spectrum noir triblend brush marker 
• Tattered lace stitched rectangle die
• Sentiment Mama elephant stamp set - sending hugs 

I printed both images out to save on paper and ink and coloured them using my alcohol pens.   I used the same colour scheme for each so I could use up some papers I had already printed for a previous project.

For card number one,

I used some paper to over approx. half of my A6 card blank and added a strip of scrap black card to add extra interest.  I die cut my pumpkin witch onto a rectangle before placing her at a jaunty angle.  I Stamped the sentiment in white and embossed, adding it a he same angle.  I then decided it need more shine so I added glossy accents to make it stand out.

Finally I added black Nuvo drops to balance the space. 

I'd like to enter her into: 

• Crafty Gals - Halloween colours
• Creative moments - Anything goes
• Paperfunday - Halloween/Purple
• Through the craft room door - Anything goes
• Unicorn challenge - Halloween
• Cupcake inspirations - Halloween

If you've landed here (either on purpose or accidentally!) then please leave me a comment so I know you've been.  If blogging isn't your thing - I'd love to see you on my FB, Insta or Pinterest pages (link on the home page top right!)  either way I'm just happy you're here!

See you again very soon.

Crafting Hugs

Rachael.

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Sip, Sip, Hooray!

Hello Crafting friends,

Welcome back to my blog for another card.  This time using Edna from Stamping Bella.

My friend asked me if I could make a card for a friend who liked gin (well who doesn't!) and I made a selection of cards for her to choose from.  After making the one below (but in a blue colour) I decided I would make it again in pink and keep one in my stash.

 Ingredients

• Stamping bella - Edna needs a martini
• Distress ink - Kitch flamingo
• Stencil from the range
• Sequins from my stash
• Coloured with spectrum noir triblend brush markers

I used my craft artist software to draw and frame in black and add the sip, sip, hooray sentiment in various fonts onto the bottom of the card, and printed this out.

After cutting to size I used my stencil and a light hand to add pink bubbles in the background.

Edna was stamped and coloured, and stickles added to her wings for added sparkle.  I then fussy cut her out and added her with foam pads onto the background, finishing with a few pink sparkly sequins to complete the card.

Isn't she just adorable, a girl after my own heart!

I'd like to enter her into:

• Pammies pinkie inkies - Anything goes
• Lil patch of crafty friends - Anything goes
• Dragonfly dreams - in the pink
• Crafters castle - Anything goes
• Sisterhood of snarky stampers - everything pink
• rabisco challenge - Anything goes with Pink
• Daring cardmakers - wear it pink

Thank you for stopping by!  if you like what I do, please leave me a comment and follow my blog, or click back to my home page for more social media options including Facebook and Instagram.

See you again soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael 

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October new release at All dressed up

 Hi crafty friends

I am so privileged to be part of this design team, every month Wendy sends us incredible new release images to play with.

This month I got this cutie called witches hat. (get it here from Etsy)

 I made a couple of cards, but in the end decided on a trick or treat bag I can hand out to the kids that come knocking on my door on Oct 31st.  I did put some sweet treat in it - then ate them!  I'll have to refill before the end of the month

Ingredients

• Witches hat digi image
• Copic markers to colour
• template from craft artist software
• embellishments and tag from a nitwits digi kit Halloween hooligans
• white ribbon and twine from my stash that I coloured with copics
• Die - plain circle from tattered lace

I used the digi kit from nitwit and my craft artist program to put together the patterned box template, cut it out and assembled it.  I then printed the image on white cardstock and coloured with copics, before cutting out using a plain circle die. It needs some more embellishment so I went back to the nitwit kits and typed a sentiment onto a tag and cut out along with the extra the bats 

I didn't have the right colour thin ribbon, so I used some white and coloured using copics, and some white twine to finish.

The other new releases are just as sweet

Hedgehog flower

Pumpkin Cutie

Please check out our Facebook page and blog for more inspiration from this talented DT team  and if you to purchase these images don't forget to enter them into out FB challenge of Autumn/Halloween or our anything goes challenge on the blog, to win more images to play with!

I'd like to enter this into:

• Cut it up - trick or treat (die cut circle) 
• Crafty girls - Halloween colours
• The house that stamps built - Treat
• Simon says stamp (Wednesday Challenge)  - Halloween
• Try it on Tuesday - Halloween
• Crafting happiness - Colour challenge - purple, orange and green

Thank you so much for dropping by - I'd really appreciate it if follow my page her, on on Facebook, or Instagram (all links on the the home page on the top right).  I do read every comment and appreciate the time you take to make them.  Thank you!

See you soon

Crafty hugs

Rachael 

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I'll be gnome for christmas

Hi Crafting friends

Welcome back to my blog - and this time, another Christmas card 

The first thing to point out is that I love gnomes… I mean I really love them.  Every time a new stamp set comes out with gnomes I have to stop myself from buying it.  I have to remind myself I have loads already, for many themes, however when I saw this stamping Bella gnomie set with the cute antlers, there was no resisting!

 

 

Ingredients

·         Stamped with - Stamping Bella – gnomedeer

·         Coloured with – spectrum noir triblend brush markers

·         Stencil – the range

·         Ink – shaded lilac distress ink

·         Glitter -Chloe sparklicious princess

 

I stamped the gnomes and coloured them in with fairly muted delicate shades.  I added some tiny white gel pen spots on their noses for interest.

I then used the ink and a blending brush to very lightly go over the snowflake stencil, just to give a bit of colour behind the gnomes and stamped the greeting that comes with the stamp set.

I then added my gnomes with foam tape for dimension.  I then realised it was still missing something… so I used a glue pen to run around the edge of the card, and sprinkled the chunky glitter which in the light , shines in different colours.  All added to a 5x7" card, and another simple but gorgeous card completed.

Thank you so much for stopping by

I’d like to enter this into:

 Colour crazy Challenge - anything goes

Creative fingers - anything goes

My time to craft - glitter and sparkle

Polkadoodles - anything goes

Crafty creations - anything goes

Christmas 24 - Snowflakes (stencil) 

If you are here, please take a couple of minutes to make my day by either commenting, following or both, and then by going to my other social media channels (links on the home page on the top right) and following them too!  Each time the phone dings, and it’s a message form a follower it do a happy dance (but most of the time its junk trying to sell me stuff I don’t need – no happy dance ☹)

Thanks, and see you soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael 

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You Rock!

Hello Everyone

Hope you're all doing well.  I'm just recovering from a really nasty cold/flu.  It started last week and today is the first day I've even been able to craft... that's how poorly I was with it!

 I'm stopping by with another cute dino card - I made loads of these and kept them in the bank for when I wouldn't be able to make something (or for those occasions when our mojo just ups and leaves!).

This one is using one of my favourite Mama elephant sets called me and my dinosaur.

Ingredients

• Stamps
• Mama elephant Me and my dinosaur
• Little Dino agenda
• Paper smooches Sentiment sampler
• coloured with Spectrum noir tri-blend brush markers
• Ink
• Memento Tuxedo black ink
• Prized Ribbon distress oxide
• Chipped Sapphire distress oxide
• Salvaged patina distress oxide
• Dark Navy card
• wow embossing powder 

I stamped a selection of images from the stamp sets and coloured them in.  I knew I wanted a splatter background but not across the whole card, so I cut a circle using a die and used this as a stencil so my splatter is only in one place.  I finished this CAS card with a heat embossed sentiment.  

Hope you like it!

I'd like to enter this into:

Lil patch of crafty friends  -anything goes

A bit more time to craft - anything goes

Your next stamp Friday fun - setting the scene 

Creative moments - Anything goes

Please leave me a comment if you land here - i love to read them.  And if you love other social media channels, I'm on them too - link on my home page.  Please click, like, share, follow etc.... I'd be so happy to see you there!

Back soon with more crafty goodness

Crafty hugs

Rachael 

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Frightfully sweet

 Hello friends

A few posts back I said I do not do Halloween as a rule, I do not celebrate it and my son doesn’t go trick or treating.  Not due to religious reasons just because it doesn’t sit comfortably with me.  Having said that, I have had several posts recently about Halloween because the images are just tooooo cute! I saw this MFT one and had to have it.  There is something super sweet about animals dressed up to make a cute scene!

 

Ingredients

• Stamps
• MFT - frightfully sweet
• Clearly besotted  - Alien attack
• Inks
• Distress oxides
• Mustard seed
• Chipped sapphire
• Wilted violet
• Twisted citron
• Black soot
• Versa mark
• Memento tuxedo black
• Hero arts unicorn pigment ink
• Scan and cut
• Gold metallic paint
• White and black acrylic paint
• Shimmer pen
• Glossy accents

 I made this card into a z fold, but with a bottom bar to add the critters too.

I did this by taking a 6x6 card blank.  I folded the front page back on itself (so its like a z shape) and then opened it flat again. I then trimmed 1.5 inches off the bottom to make the bar.

 Before layering I inked the background. I knew I wanted a spooky house in the background so started with mustard seed in this location and added twisted citron across the bottom to add a spooky glow. I then continued blending using wilted violet, chipped sapphire and a bit of black soot along the top. Once I was happy with the blending, I added gold metallic, white, and black paints to splatter across the night sky

For the ground, my critters stand on, this was black card stock I cut into wavy lines added white pigment ink to the top and then layered them together. I used a white gel pen to add dots (I forgot t platter before I had assembled so had to improvise!)

I then stamped and coloured the cute critters from the MFT stamps set and the spooky castle/house from clearly besotted. And cut them all out using my scan and cut.

The bottom bar was added the opposite way around to the main card folds, and everything was then placed and either glues or foam pads used to adhere it together. The sentiment was from the MFT set and was embossed using white powder and a Versamark in pad. Finishing touches were a bit of glitter and some glossy accents.

Phew that was a lot of explaining!

 I'd like to enter this into:

Colour crazy challenge - Anything goes
Love to craft challenge  - Anything goes

Crafters Cafe - Anything goes 

Critter Crazy - Anything goes with a critter

Send a smile 4 kids - Holiday/Celebration

Crafty Calendar - Halloween

A gem of a challenge - Anything goes 

I hope you like this – please leave me a message if you land here, or if this isn’t your preferred social media – check out my other links on the home page.

See you soon

Rachael 

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All dressed up - Facebook challenge, Autumn or Halloween

 Hi crafty friends

It is again time for the next challenge from All dressed up on the Facebook group.  If you want to enter all we ask is you use an all dressed up image, and make it to the theme of Autumn or Halloween.  There are loads of images you can use  on the Etsy page.

I used the image called Magical day  to make this:

I wanted to make her more generic than just a Halloween card, so I used Craft artist to make a digital sentiment that says "Hey Pumpkin" so I could use it anytime just to say hi. 

Ingredients

• Digi image from All dressed up called magical day
• Copic markers
• Celery and grape jelly lawn fawn inks
• Black soot distress ink
• Lawn fawn shimmer drops
• Glossy accents
• Hunkydory Star stencil

I printed her out on alcohol friendly card and coloured her using copic markers.  I cut her out using my scan and cut.  While the machine was working away I used a starry background and a combination of of inks through the stencil, as well as making splatters with them and the lawn fawn sparkle to make a shimmery pretty backdrop.

I added a strip of purple holographic card and black glitter card from my stash, layered the image up with foam pads and added my sentiment strip.

Final touch was glossy accents on the pumpkin and bow to make them stand out 

If you want to enter, follow the challenge rules and post in on our Facebook page before the end of October to be in with a chance of winning XX of Wendy's images. 

I'd like to enter this into:

Country view challenges - Autumnal/Halloween 

Crafters Cafe - anything goes

Creative craft cottage - Anything goes

Pearly sparkles challenge - Autumn/Halloween

Colour crazy - anything goes

Cute card Thursday - anyhting goes

Addicted to stamps - dies and or stencils (stencil for the background)

Thanks for stopping by - please leave me a little note to make me smile, and check out my other social media pages which are linked on my home page.

See you again soon

Crafty hugs

Rachael

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