Too Tuckered for Treats

      Remember those early days when the very youngest Trick or Treaters were completely worn out after trekking their way to maybe 5 houses?  This card is a salute to all those intrepid little toddlers who were brave enough to give it a try and who then slept through the night as though they craved sleep more than the sweetest of treats!

     The image was reduced in size from a digital coloring book page, printed in grayscale (along with the sentiment), and colored with ProMarkers.  I used an Unbranded die to cut the image.  The background dp was a scrap from a Memory Makers stack.  I used sparkle ribbon and the bow was hand-tied using satin ribbon.

This is also my Day 16 entry for the
 LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.

 

     Challenges:

Colour Crazy

Di's Digi Designs

Lil Patch of ...

Mirtillamente

Outlawz Festive Fri

Paperbabe

Rabisco

There's a Stamp ...

Your Next Stamp

     I hope your weekend has gone well and that you managed to find some relaxing time just for yourself.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

If the Broom Fits ...

      Today I'm using another really old digital stamp from my collection of Halloween images.  This one had been printed and placed into a manila folder, waiting to be colored.  The notation on the back said Anji's Antics but when I went looking for the website, it couldn't be found.  Perhaps she closed her site or moved it to another platform.

     I used ProMarkers to color the image, then cut it with a QuicKutz die.  The two papers making up the background were scraps.  The spider web paper was originally from a Memory Makers stack, and the gray polka dot paper was from a DCWV stack called Midnight Chic.  

     That paper goes back a long, long ways - maybe as much as 10 years.  I fell in love with the Midnight Chic paper, all done in grayscales, some lighter, some very dark, but all delightful.  I remember that I loved them so much, I made a trip back to the store just to buy a second stack of it so that I wouldn't run out too quickly.  I still have more than half of the second stack and maybe a dozen or so sheets left in the first stack.

     The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.

This is also my Day 9 entry into the 

LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop. 

     Challenges:

Bastel-Traum

Country View Crafts

Crafts Galore Encore

Crafty Catz

Crafty Hazelnut's

Creative Inspirations

Creative Moments

LeighSB 31 Days

Mirtillamente

Two Old Bats

     Enjoy your weekend and Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Dance of the Snow People

     I'm finally getting my card for the November Outlawz Progressive Challenge posted.  The freebie this month is from Drawn by Krista and it is actually 2 separate images but called Snowman Couple.  I merged them together so they look like they're dancing in the snow.  This is another card made primarily from scraps which were already on the craft table.

I started with the sketch from the Outlawz.

     I colored with a combination of ProMarkers, Copics, and gel inks for highlights, then cut them with a stitched, scalloped die from Memory Makers.  I matted them with a hexagon (QuicKutz die) cut from a dp scrap and I inked the edges with teal ink. 

     The cityscape paper is another scrap, this one from Doodlebug, and the turquoise strip was a scrap from my Christmas stash, probably DCWV.  The narrow, sparkly ribbon was in my basket of ribbon scraps.  The final touch was to tie a bow-tie bow from long scrap of lace and die it with an alcohol marker.

     Challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge
Crafter's Castle
Crafty Friends
Di's Digi Designs
Hiding in My Craft Room
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Pixie's Snippets

     I'll have a second post again today for the next in the 30 Days of Holiday cards at Beccy's Place.  Check back later today to see it.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Full Moon Bats

     We all know what happens when a werewolf is caught under the light of a full moon, Halloween or otherwise, but do you know what happens to bats?  Nope, nothing to do with vampires or Dracula. 

     They fall in love and get completely twitter-pated!  Here's the proof in this cute Conie Fong image.

     The image is colored with ProMarkers, and cut with a simple Spellbinders' die.  The two-piece, black mat behind it was cut with dies from Cottage Cutz.  I layered those together, offsetting them for a visual effect.  They are stitched buy that doesn't show well in the photo.  I added one, small, flying bat (a die cut) to the upper corner of the image (Cottage Cutz.)

     The spider web dp is from a stack by Memory Makers.  I added the stitched, orange ribbon and tied a black, bow tie bow.  There was already so much visual interest that I didn't want to add much more by way of embellishment.  This way, it's flat and easy to mail.

     Challenges:
C.R.A.F.T.
Crafty Gals Corner
Crafty Hazelnut's 
Crafty Sentiments Designs
Cute Card Thursday
Simon Says Stamp
Try Stampin' on Tues.
TTCRD
Unicorn

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie