Spider, Spider in the Pot

      I couldn't resist this spider who clearly fears for his life!  Spiders are my most unfavorite creatures on earth - just looking at pictures of most spiders makes my stomach shudder and turn over.  I don't even take down cobwebs until there are so filled with dust and grime that I'm sure no self-respecting spider would live there any more.  So, seeing a spider about to be boiled bothers me not at all !  lol

     This image is from a collection by Zigi Design Studio which I bought recently and many were used this Halloween, including this one on another card which I posted earlier.  All the images come pre-colored but they can easily be printed in grayscale and colored with Ohuhu markers &/or colored pencils.  Printing in grayscale means that you already have all the shadows and highlights and that allows you to shade in exactly the right spots.

     The image was cut with a QuicKutz die, the edges were inked, and I matted it with a scrap of orange CS.  The striped paper is from a Recollections stack.  The sentiment was printed and then cut with an Avery Elle die.  Simple, quick, and easy to mail.

     Challenges:

Creative Inspirations

Digi Choosday

Halloween AYR

If You Give a Crafter ...

Penny's P-C

Simon Says Stamp

     I should have two more Halloween cards between now and the start of November.  I made so many cards this year, I had to mail Halloween greetings to everyone in my family and a few friends besides.  :-D  

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Boiled Spider w Peas & Carrots

      I just had to share this card today which features another of the silly spiders (creatures I despise IRL) from Zigi Designs and which is going to the dietician at our local senior center.  She's the one in charge of menu planning and she supervises the entire kitchen staff.  Fortunately, she has a tremendous sense of humor and I know she'll love it!

     The sentiment came out of my head when I wads thinking about a card for her and this spider dipping himself in the boiling cauldron lent itself well to the spirit of this card.  The image was cut with a Cottage Cutz die and I put the background together with paper scraps left over from a Recollections Halloween stack.  I printed and cut the sentiment with a small Tonic Studios die.

     Challenges:

Crafter's Cafe

Crafty Gals Corner

Creatalicious

Creative Inspirations

Just Us Girls

Lil Red Wagon

Simon Says Stamp

Star Stampz

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

All About Halloween COWS???

      I know after that title on this post, I'm going to have to do some explaining.  We don't automatically associate cows with Halloween.  But my granddaughter invented this silly game to be played on long car trips (or train journeys) the object of which is to count (and thereby 'collect') cows seen from the windows.  The person with the most cows at the end of the trip wins.  What they win is still uncertain, but win they do!

     Somewhere along the way, additional rules got added, things like the first person to spot a graveyard (ah ha! a connection to Halloween!) or a sign pointing out the road to one, gets to keep all their cows but everyone else's cows die and are gone forever.  

     Out of that game, came a love for cows of all kinds but mostly the adorable Highland cows with the moppy hair or at least black and white cows.  Her apartment is now decorated with all kinds of cow decor, including a black and white spotted refrigerator.  lol  Her boyfriend is barely tolerant of all the cows, mostly rolling his eyes when they are mentioned or when some new addition arrives to join the herd.  I don't know if the fact that she attends college in Texas makes it better or worse, but I make and send her cow related cards for all occasions and sometimes for no occasion at all.

     Of course, Halloween is right around the corner and I was fully prepared to find another Halloween Cow image but then I discovered some hilarious digital images from Zigi Design Studio, fell in love, and all plans changed.  I knew I'd get feedback from her demanding to know why there were no cows this time, so I built in the answer in card sentiments on both her card and her boyfriend's card.  

     I used my favorite Halloween greens and oranges, and of course the standard black.  See below, where I share both of them.

Her card.

     

      Challenges (Her Card):

Creative Inspiration

Creative Inspirations

Digi Choosday

LeighSBDesigns

Night Owls

Outlawz Friday

SUYP Cats

His card.

     She'll giggle and he'll be very satisfied over winning one.  lol

     Challenges (for His Card):

Crafty Catz

Creative Fingers

Di's Digi Designs

Gem of a Challenge

Inkspirtional

Love Those ... Papers

Polkadoodles

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie