Gosh, I got so busy yesterday that I never got a post written! Sorry, but today's post should make up for it.
Most of us who love Halloween (and who are crafters) get into making cards with witches or ghosts, or goblins, or Frankenstein, or other creepy things that go bump in the night, to send to friends and loved ones. But I remember the days when my kids (and then the grandkids) were wanting Halloween costumes. I loved making them and I've probably sewn 2 dozen or more over the years, and that doesn't count the home-made-but-not-sewn costumes.
I decided to do a card which celebrates that kind of creativity and salutes all those moms and grandmoms who slave away at the sewing machine making all those good things the kids love to wear. :-D
The Penny Black image is colored with ProMarkers, cut, and then framed with a decorative cut from a Spellbinders die. I grabbed a scrap piece of orange CS to make that frame. I layered those together and matted them with an embossed and glittery scrap of CS.
I was trying to stick with Halloween colors and use up some of the scraps still on my crafting table from all the Halloween cards I did this year. The orange ribbon with the stars was a scrap left in my ribbon basket and it seemed a good place to use it. I added one of my signature bows, 'dyed' lavender with a ProMarker.
I printed the sentiment, hand cut it, and added it to the bottom of the black card front.
Challenges:
Crafting from the Heart
Di's Digi Designs
Hiding in My Craft Room
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Outlawz SAR
Paper Girls
Penny Black and More
Penny Black Saturday
Pile It On
Pixie's Snippets
Have a great day and Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
Most of us who love Halloween (and who are crafters) get into making cards with witches or ghosts, or goblins, or Frankenstein, or other creepy things that go bump in the night, to send to friends and loved ones. But I remember the days when my kids (and then the grandkids) were wanting Halloween costumes. I loved making them and I've probably sewn 2 dozen or more over the years, and that doesn't count the home-made-but-not-sewn costumes.
I decided to do a card which celebrates that kind of creativity and salutes all those moms and grandmoms who slave away at the sewing machine making all those good things the kids love to wear. :-D
The Penny Black image is colored with ProMarkers, cut, and then framed with a decorative cut from a Spellbinders die. I grabbed a scrap piece of orange CS to make that frame. I layered those together and matted them with an embossed and glittery scrap of CS.
I was trying to stick with Halloween colors and use up some of the scraps still on my crafting table from all the Halloween cards I did this year. The orange ribbon with the stars was a scrap left in my ribbon basket and it seemed a good place to use it. I added one of my signature bows, 'dyed' lavender with a ProMarker.
I printed the sentiment, hand cut it, and added it to the bottom of the black card front.
Challenges:
Crafting from the Heart
Di's Digi Designs
Hiding in My Craft Room
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Outlawz SAR
Paper Girls
Penny Black and More
Penny Black Saturday
Pile It On
Pixie's Snippets
Have a great day and Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
