Halloween, Cave Man Carl, and Tom Turkey

      Once more, we're prepping for an upcoming craft show and I've been focused on Halloween gnomes and critters since it will be in October.  But yesterday and today, I decided it was time for a nod to Thanksgiving and a brief flight of fancy into the distant past of cave men and Neanderthals.  :-D

     Let's start with some Halloween costumed gnomes and then check out Cave Man Carl and Tom Turkey.  I didn't do all of these in 2 days; all the ones for Halloween were made over the last 4 or 5 weeks.

     Here are a mummy, a witch with pink hair, one inspired by Frankenstein, a ghost, and finally a gnome dressed as Dracula.  The mummy and Frankenstein are actually troll gnomes who are dressed and ready for the Troll Valley Village's annual Halloween party!  A big "Thank You" to Patti J. Good for her inspiration on many of these.

     

  One more that could fit the "costume" theme is this adorable Cave Man Carl, but he also stands alone without a Halloween costume connection.

 

I'm entering this one into the Anything Goes challenge at Craftlandia.  

And, last but not least, this one for Thanksgiving, Tom Turkey.

     That all I have for today and hopefully, it won't be another month before I can post on my blog again.  Thanks for visiting.  I appreciate that you continue to visit even when I'm not posting regularly any more.  :-D  

      Happy Crafting.   NanaConnie

Blessings on Thanksgiving

 Happy Thanksgiving !

     I wanted to share this card with you on Thanksgiving Day even though I actually made it for the 30 Days of Holidays at Beccy's Place.  I know, I know, the day for alphabet letter "T" was last week, but the card turned out so magnificently that I knew I had to hold it back and post it today.  :-D

     I used Thanksgiving, Turkey, Tent card, and Tilted image piece for my "T"s.  The image is pre-colored, clip art, and before I printed the image, I edited it so that the turkey printed in gray scale while everything else was already colored.  I colored the turkey with pencils and markers.  Everything other than the turkey is the original, pre-colored image.

     The pumpkin vines background behind the image piece is another digital dp which I sized to fit a 5.5 x 5.5 inch card.  I felt like the digital dp was bright enough that no other embellishment was needed.  I think it makes a delightful masculine card even if it does feel a bit 'busy.'

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

November Turkeys

      Here it is, the 14th of another month and that means we have a new challenge starting over at FarmQuest, where we always want to see something "farm or country" and this time with the specific theme of "Turkey."  What better for a November challenge than to feature the star of a Thanksgiving feast?

     The sentiment and image were printed together, then the image was colored with Sanjoki markers, and the white highlights were done using a gel pen.  The image was cut with a QuicKutz die and I used brown gauze paper for the background (DCWV.)  The double layer butterfly was in my stash of pieces cut and waiting to be used so I don't remember which die was used to cut it, but the tiny wooden bead for the body was in an old Stampin' Up package which I found when I was cleaning out and organizing a stack of drawers with old embellishments.  

     I really like the CAS look to the finished card.

     Challenges:

AAA Cards

Creative Moments

Dream Valley

Happy...Stampers

Jan's Digi Stamps

Outlawz Sunday (Thanksgiving is...near)

Pammie's IP

Simon Says Stamp

     I hope we're going to see you playing along with us this fortnight.  Show us your turkeys!   Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Turkey Time

     It's time for the next FarmQuest General Store challenge, and our themes are always "Anything Country Goes."  Yes, it has to have a 'country' look or feel but beyond that, it's anything goes.

     Since this is our Thanksgiving month here in the USA, I focused on the most traditional part of a family Thanksgiving feast, the turkey.  This turkey image is a gray-scale sketch but I used Sanjoki markers to change it to sepia-toned.  The sentiment was merged at the bottom of the image before printing.  I cut the image with a die from Tonic Studios and inked the edges with a coffee brown Sanjoki marker.

     The background dp came from a 'Calico' stack by DCWV and the colors and scattering of blossoms seemed perfect for a late fall card.  There's a small swipe of Stickles added to each tiny flower for just a hint of sparkle.  I die cut a bit of creamy burlap paper using a butterfly die from Poppy (Memory Box) and added a tiny seed bead to the center (old, old, OLD Stampin' Up stash which I found after cleaning out and reorganizing a desk drawer!) 

     Challenges:

Aud Sentiments

Dream Valley

Outlawz Monday

Pammie's IP

Poppy Stamps

Simon Says Stamp

Star Stampz

Triple B

     I have a second post going live in just a couple of minutes for the November FQ Country Christmas Challenge so be sure to check out that one, too.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Turkey Day

      Welcome to my next DT post for Through the Craft Room Door!  Our challenge themes are always "Anything Goes" and they now run for 2 weeks at a time.  This time, our sponsor is Eureka Stamps, sold by Stamp on It!  I chose this really fun, scribble drawing, called "Double Line Turkey." 

      I printed the digital image onto kraft paper, then colored with a black ProMarker and a white gel pen.  I highlighted between the double lines with a gold paint pen.  I used an octagon die from QuicKutz to cut the image and I inked the edges with another ProMarker.  I found a scrap of DCWV dp and layered it on top of a piece of brown CS.  I used sheer ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon to wrap the card front and to tie the multi-loop bow.

     Challenges:

Creative Fingers

Cupcake Inspiration

Dream Valley

Gem of a Challenge

LeAnn's World

Li'l Patch of ...

Pammie's IP

Paperbabe

Scribbles Designs

     I hope you'll come and play in our challenge this fortnight.  Remember, Anything Goes so you have no excuse not to join.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Mad Turkey !

      Remember "Mad Cow Disease" from a couple decades ago?  Well, this is a completely different version (no disease, only behavior) but it has to do with Mad Turkeys in the USA and only in November.  lol   This is my DT card for I Love ProMarkers with an image from our sponsor, Dr. Digi, which is called "Tough Turkey."  Our theme for this challenge is "Make it Funny."

     Nobody is taking this turkey to the oven (or anywhere else for that matter!)

     I used ProMarkers (naturally) to color the image, then cut it with a Dare 2B Artzy die.  The card front is dry embossed and the diamond pattern ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  I added three, small black gems, then fussy cut a sentiment and added it.  Fairly CAS but the 'white' space is brown.  :-D

     Challenges:

Allsorts

Crafty Catz

Creatalicious

Cupcake Inspirations

Dies R Us

Di's Digi Designs

Incy Wincy

Inspiration Station (determined animals!)

Paperbabe

STAMPlorations  

Your Next Stamp

     I do hope you're going to come and play in our challenge.  Just put together something fun and funny an enter it for a prize from Dr. Digi.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Thanksgiving Feast at QKR Stampede

      This is my second post for today so if you missed the first one, scroll down one post.  We're starting a new post at QKR Stampede today and I wanted to celebrate a Thanksgiving feast (on paper, at least, in case we don't get to have a family celebration this year.)  

      I used a combination of images:  the turkey is "Thanksgiving Feast" and the two mice are "Mouse 17802" and "Mouse 17803."  I thought having the two little mice cooking and serving the turkey his dinner would be cute but I had no idea I'd love the finished card as much as I do.  :-D  

     And to think it's made almost entirely of scrap bits and bobs!

Colored w ProMarkers

All images cut w Sizzix dies

All papers are scraps 

    & mice were printed on scrap CS

Hand-tied grosgrain bow (scrap ribbon)

Leaf cut from fabric scrap

Glitter bits added to leaf edge

     Challenges:

Aud Sentiments

Digi Choosday

Di's Digi Designs

House that Stamps Built

Inspired By

Lemon Shortbread

Papercraft

Penny's Paper-Crafty

Pixie's Snippets

Scrapping4Fun

Simon Says Stamp

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Thanksgiving Turkey

     Well, Halloween is behind us and now we can begin to put our focus on Thanksgiving and Christmas/Winter.  It's Friday morning and that means another weekly challenge has started over at QKR Stampede.  This is my second post of the day and I'll have 3 more over the next 18 hours!  Be sure to come by to see them all.  I say that as if you had nothing else to do today.  :-D

     Our challenge theme, as always, is "Anything Goes" and there is no requirement to use QKR image.  However, if you do use QKR or an image from the sister company, Eureka Stamps (which I did), your entry will go into a separate draw and that means you could win much more easily.

     I used the "Double Line Turkey" image from Eureka Stamps and the "Bold Happy Thanksgiving" sentiment from QKR Stampede.

Colored with ProMarkers & water colors
Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon
CAS design

     Challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge
Crafty Catz
Crafty Creations
Creative Knockouts
Digi Choosday
Outlawz PAM
Polkadoodles
Tuesday Throwdown
Word Art Wed.
Work It Weds.

     Hope you'll come play with us this week and stop by again to see the other First of the Month posts. Happy Crafting!  NanaConnie

Pilgrims on Thanksgiving

     Bugaboo Stamps has some of the cutest Thanksgiving images and these two Bobbleheads are no exception.  There are a total of 3 images on this card and I simply put them together, adjusting the size of each one to make a single, CAS design.

ProMarkers using fall colors
Cut with a Spellbinders rectangle die
Hand-tied, raffia bow

     Challenges:
Angie's Digital Stamps
Catch the Bug
Cute N Crafty
Dream Valley
Incy Wincy
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Passion for ProMarkers
Simon Says Stamp & Show
Stamping Sensations

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Happy Thanksgiving Day

Happiest Thanksgiving to all my Blogland Friends

and Thank You for all your support and visits!

Image by TLC Creations.

Blessings.  NanaConnie

     Challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner

Creative Moments

Frilly and Funky

Scrappy Land

Sisterhood of Crafters

Skinny Turkey

     I'm doing fall and Thanksgiving cards this week so my DT card for the challenge over at QKR Stampede had to include something with fall colors and I made it into a Thanksgiving card while I was there.  This QKR image is called "Skinny Turkey" and I can tell he's been starving himself since August so that he'll be too skinny to end up on the Thanksgiving table.  At this point, he's nothing but bones and feathers.  lol

I used colors from House of Cards.

     I colored him with my ProMarkers and used two different border dies from Spellbinders to cut him out.  I chose three different papers and used one of those border dies on them, then layered them to make the background.  I wrapped the layered papers with gold satin ribbon before adding the turkey image.

     I tied a little bow using yellow gingham ribbon and then left it at that.  It's a card which will work well for one of the many guys in my family where gals are outnumbered nearly 2 to 1.  You know I make a lot of guy cards!

     Challenges:
Addicted to Stamps and More
Color Inspiration Monday
Creates and Makes
Cuttlebug Mania
I {heart} ProMarkers
Kraftin' Kimmie
Outlawz Twisted Thursday
Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Pile It On

     Come play with us this week!  Our overall theme is always "Anything Goes" and the optional theme this week is "Fall Colors" so take that as encouragement to get your Halloween or Thanksgiving cards started.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Unworried Turkey

     We have a new challenge starting at QKR Stampede this morning and our theme is "Cut It Up" so do a project with die cuts, or punched pieces, or even something fussy cut, and come enter it.

     I took the opportunity to do another Thanksgiving card using Digi 16711 "Fat Turkey" for my image.

     I colored with my ProMarkers, then die cut the image with one of my Scalloped, Stitched Circle dies (Memory Box.)  I cut the lower sentiment with a smaller die from that same set.  Then I cut the mats with plain circle dies from QuicKutz.  The upper sentiment is hand cut and layered onto a dark brown mat.

     Both ribbons cames from my stash as did the wrapped twine bow.  I have another dozen of those in the stash and then have to resupply.  I've really gone a bit crazy with them this fall.  They just work so well with everything fall themed.  :-D

     Challenges:
Crafting from the Heart
Crafty Cardmakers
Craft Your Passion
Crazy Challenge
Inky Chicks
Lemon Shortbread
Melonheadz Friends
Outlawz Greetings
Tuesday Throwdown
WordArt Weds.

     I hope we're going to see you playing along this week.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

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Old Gobbler

     

Happy Veteran's Day!

Take some time to Salute a Veteran today.

     As I was cleaning and re-organizing the craft room over the weekend, I ran across this turkey image in my stash of Thanksgiving things.  I have no idea when I printed it (it could have been 2 or even 3 years ago) or who should get credit for drawing it, but I decided to get it colored up and use it for one of my cards this year.

My colors came from the challenge at 

Color My Heart.

(Chocolate and Gold Rush plus kraft)

     Interestingly, I had adjusted the printing so that the outline on the image was printed in dark brown instead of  black.   Looked really nice.  The image was printed on kraft paper and I used ProMarkers to color it.  The kraft paper made some of my browns turn more red than brown but I actually like it that way.  It was a nice contrast to the chocolate brown outline on the image.

     The polka dot paper for the background is heat embossed so IRL that paper has some shine and sparkle.  The striped paper is from DCWV.  I tied a double bow from deep chocolate ribbon using my bow maker and added two bits of yellow ribbon for contrast.  The final touch is the three metal brads I added.  Very simple design even with the patterned paper.

     Challenges:
613 Avenue Create
AAA Cards
Allsorts
ArtbyMiran
Catch the Bug
Crafting-with-Friends
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper
Crazy for Challenges
Creative Fingers
Dragonfly Dreams
Dragonfly Journeys
Just Us Girls
Ribbon Girl
Scrapper's Delights
Your Scrapbook Place

      Hey, we're halfway through the week already and it's getting too close to the holidays for the days to be flying by that quickly!  Come to think of it, I feel that way about how fast time flies even when it's not the holiday season.  Maybe my age is showing.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Turkeys, Turkeys, Turkeys!

     Let me start by saying, for those of you who were concerned about the fate of last week's turkey (see here), the problem has been resolved - as shown in the DT card I did for this week at QKR Stampede.  We have a new challenge today and our new theme is "Turkeys."  Any card with a turkey on it qualifies for entry.  I used Digi 13809 "Happy Turkey" and you can bet he really IS happy!  And thankful - and grateful.  :-D

I started with the sketch from Sweet Sketch Weds

(turned a quarter turn)

and used colors from Crafty Gals Corner.

  

     I colored the image with my ProMarkers and cut it into a 5 inch square.  I mounted that onto black CS and added the double ribbon and the sheer bow.  Beyond that, I left it very CAS.

     Challenges:
Classy Cards n Such
Colour Your World
Crafting by Designs
Crafting from the Heart
Craft Your Passion
Crafty Boots
Creative Moments
Digi Choosday
Dragonfly Dreams
Eureka Stamps
Glitter n Sparkle
Inspiration Destination
Mod Squad
Not Just Cards
Ribbon Girl
Robyn's Fetish
Simon Says Stamp
Sisterhood of Crafters
WordArt Weds.

     I hope you're going to come and join us this week.  Just find your favorite turkey stamp and use it for an entry card.  If you don't have any turkey images, check out the QKR Stampede shop.  You'll find some great ones!  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie    

Turkey Dinner?

     It's Friday again and that mean a new challenge at QKR Stampede.  Our theme for the challenge this week is "Harvest Colors."  I had just come in from tidying up my garden by tossing the old plants which were pretty brown and withered and I'm sure that influenced my color choices for this image -- mostly kraft and browns with splashes of red, yellow, and orange.

     The name of this image is "Turkey Dinner" (Digi 102) and I'm not sure whether that refers to the corn being the turkey's dinner or the turkey being Thanksgiving dinner.  :-D  Either way, the image name made for a great sentiment questioning that very thing.  

     I used my ProMarkers to color the scene, then die cut it and two CS mats with my newest rectangle stitching dies from Lawn Fawn.  The corner die cuts are by Spellbinders.  I added the little bow which is one of those I make by the dozens and toss into my stash for future use.  

     Challenges:

613 Avenue Create

Colour Your World

Corrosive Challenge

Crafting from the Heart

Craft Your Passion

Crafty Boots

Crafty Gals Corner

Creative Moments

Eureka Stamps

Glitter n Sparkle

Inspiration Destination

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Simon Says Stamp

Sisterhood of Crafters

Stamp & Create
Vintage Stamping/Flonz
Whimsy Inspiration
Word Art Wednesday

     Hopefully, in another week or two, I'll be back into my daily posting routine or at least more than just a couple of times a week.  The adjustment to a life as a Type 2 diabetic is taking a while and there's so much to absorb about things to do to stay healthy in the face of that.  I'm learning it all slowly but surely.  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie