All About Halloween

      I'm playing catch-up today because I haven't posted in nearly a week and because Halloween is only a week away.  I have three Halloween witches to share with you and one scared dragoon!  lol  Can dragons actually be scared of anything?  Let's see.

     This is another collaboration card (in fact, all the ones in this post are collaboration cards), with coloring by my sis-in-law, Lainy, and card making by yours truly. We found this silly image of a dragon hiding in a trunk on a clip art site and printed it for coloring.  Unfortunately, it was a very small image and when we enlarged it to color it, the image got a bit blurry.  We corrected as much as we could before printing but it's not really sharp.

     Lainy colored it using Ohuhu markers, then hand drew the spider and colored it with Ohuhus.  There is a string of web from which the spider is hanging but it's hard to see in the photo.  I cut the image with a Spellbinders die, inked the edges and layered it onto the embossed CS I selected for the background (Recollections.)  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  I added a wrap of glitter ribbon for a touch of sparkle.

     Challenges:

C.R.A.F.T.

Digi Choosday

DL Art

     This next card (our first witch for the day) has an image that's actually from a digital coloring book, reduced in size to fit an A2 card.  Again, colored with Ohuhu markers but a few details & highlights were added with gel pens.  Image was cut with a QuicKutz die, and matted with orange CS.  The spiderweb dp is from a Recollections stack and the bow was hand sewn, then 'dyed' with a marker, and a pearl was added to the center of it.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.

     Challenges:

Krafty Chicks

Outlawz Thursday

Try It on Tuesday

     Second witch card, an adorable mouse witch, and this time the image came from a friend who printed it for Lainy and asked her to color it, so we have no info on the artist.  If anyone knows, please leave a comment and let us know because we love giving proper credit.  The image had been printed in grayscale and Lainy used colored pencils on it.  I cut the image and the black mat with Tonic Studios dies.  Sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die, then I added a mat of orange, hand trimmed to size.  The background was made with CS and a strip of dp from the scrap basket.  I tied the bow with a scrap of ribbon lying on the desk from another project.

     Challenges:

Craft Rocket

Creative Knockouts

Penny's P-C

     This last witch is from my AuroraWings collection of images, and Lainy fell in love with her and her cat the instant she saw her so I printed it for her to color.  The black background is actually part of the image.  Lainy used Ohuhu markers to color this one, adding white gel pen to the whites of the eyes.  Once she finished, I cut the image on my Fiskars paper cutter, and matted it with white CS.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  The background dp came from a Recollections stack and I added ribbon and a triple loop bow to the top of the card.  I love using ribbon because it allows me to make fancy bows with a shiny glow from the satin, unlike twine or cord which always seems flat or dull (but that works well on masculine cards, I guess.)

     Challenges:

As You Like It

Cardz 4 Galz

Double D

Paper Shelter

     OK, now I feel like I'm getting caught up on posting and I'll try to have another post tomorrow,  

Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Little Bit Batty

      It's time for the monthly Halloween challenge over at Two Old Bats, where the theme is always Anything Halloween but there's a mood board for inspiration, if needed.  Here's the mood board for this month:

     I was inspired by the cat and the witch's hat.  This is another of the images sent to me by my friend when I lost all my digital images due to a flash drive crash.  I colored with ProMarkers and pencils, then cut the image with a stitched die from Cuts.  I scored 3 lines along the left border and inked the scores with orange ProMarker.  The dp and the CS are scraps, and I added one of my signature bows with sewn-on pearl.

     Challenges:

A Bit More Time ...

Crafter's Cafe

Crafts Galore Encore

Dies R Us

Scor-Pal

Scribbles Designs

     Come play with an early Halloween card!  If there are 50 entries, there will be a prize!  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Cutest Purple Witch, Ever!

     When I was growing up, when we talked about "Halloween colors" we meant black and orange - only black and orange. Somewhere along the way, Ooze Green got added and then Purple.  Once Purple became a Halloween color, I was ecstatic!  It's my favorite color whatever time of the year, and getting to use it for Halloween was the greatest bonus ever.

     This little witch is following good advice when she digs out and dons her purple dress and purple hat.  :-D  The image is the freebie for the Progressive Challenge at LeAnn's World 101.

Colored with ProMarkers
Image and sentiment cut with Tonic Studios dies
Background embossing w/ Darice EF
Sparkle ribbon
Signature bow w/ pearl

     Challenges:
Angie's Digital Stamps
Colour Crazy
Crafty Calendar
Crafty Catz
Creative Fingers
Creative Knockouts
Dragonfly Dreams
LeAnne's World 101
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Scrapper's Delights

     That's it for today but more Halloween fun tomorrow.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Bewitched !

     Another Halloween card today and it's for our challenge at Crafting with an Attitude where we have our usual "Anything Goes" theme.  Our fabulous sponsor is Digi Doodle Studios and you know how much I love their images!  This one is called "Witchy Shoes" and I colored it Halloween colors.

Colored with ProMarkers
Die cut with QuicKutz
Glitter paper by Recollections
Hand tied bow with sequin
Sentiment cut with QuicKutz
Inked edges on sentiment
Black card base

     Challenges:
Crafty Creations
Creative Inspirations
Digi Choosday
I {heart} ProMarkers
Paper Funday
Passion for ProMarkers
Scrappy Land
TTCRD
Work It Weds.

     Come play with us this month!  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Hedgie Witches on the Move

     I haven't done a tall and skinny card for ages, it seems, but this one for Halloween (done with a Penny Black stamp) just had to be tall to get the effect of the entire scene.  Take a look - you'll see right away what I mean.

     I adore hedgies and finding these two as witches on their broom just made me happy!  I also love making Halloween cards so that made me even happier.  :-D

     I colored the cute hedgie witches on their broom with my ProMarkers and die cut them with a Sizzix die.  I inked the edges with a deep, purple marker.  I printed and cut the sentiment with another Sizzix die.

     The background is done entirely with papers from a Making Memories Halloween stack.  I had to trim things to fit the card size but I loved figuring out the how and where of placement for the papers and scrap bits.

     I decided that I only needed minimal embellishment so I tied a black ribbon bow and added a tiny gem to it.

     Challenges:
Crafty Creations
Crafty Sentiments
Cute N Crafty
Cutie Pie
Die Cuttin' Divas
Dream Valley
Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Penny Black Saturday
Penny Black and More
Scrappy Land

     OK, I'm going to take all my happiness to the kitchen and fix some dinner, then do an early bedtime.  I was up at 4:30 this morning, didn't have a nap, and sleepy time is fast setting in.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Too Cute to Spook

     OK, this weekend I've gotten inspired to make a few Halloween cards and I started with this darling little witch from Conie Fong.  Who could resist that cute face and that sweet little kitten cuddled in her arm?

I took inspiration from the sketch at The Outlawz

turning it a quarter turn and I also took a bit of a liberty with it.

     She's colored with ProMarkers, then fussy cut.  I used a set of framing dies from Spellbinders to cut the black piece behind the image.  I cut those from different pieces of scrap CS and inlaid them to make the one, large framing piece.

     The 'moon' is cut with a plain circle die from QuicKutz and the bats are cut with a Cottage Cutz die.  Those were also cut from scrap bits rescued from the trash can.

     I printed and hand cut the sentiment.  The three tiny dots are negative pieces which fell out of the Spellbinders die cut and I just used them like gem embellies.

     Challenges:
Crafter's Castle
Crafting by Designs
Double D
Hiding in My Craft Room
Jo's Scrap Shack
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Pixie's Snippet's
Scrappy Land
Send a Smile 4 Kids

     I'll have another post later this afternoon - not Halloween, but Christmas instead.  I'm still hoping our 103F weather will change and get cooler.  Throughout the summer this year, 5 out of every 6 days have been 100 degrees or higher, and even those which have been below 100, have been 98 or 99.  That started the last week of May and I'm really tired of it!  I'm trying to entice fall by doing cold weather cards.  :-D  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

When Witches Party

     Everybody loves a good Halloween party but have you ever thought about whether witches party on Halloween?  What kind of costumes do they wear?  Do they put on human people masks?   Well, here's a sneak peek into at least 1 witch celebrating.

I started with the color combo at Outlawz Color.

     The witch image is by Rick St. Dennis and I colored her with my ProMarkers, then fussy cut her with some very sharp scissors to get really clean cutting lines.  The haunted house is die cut with an Unbranded die (new to me as of yesterday.)

     The house is adhered flat onto the card front and the witch is mounted on Pop Dots for some dimension.  Two of the bats in the sky have texture because I cut the house three times, took bats from those cuts and added them as layers to two of the bats here.  It doesn't show up in the photo, but IRL it's both visible and "feel"-able.

     Challenges:
Cuttlebug Mania
Die Cuttin' Divas
Ike's World ( Celebrate your 100th! Hooray!!)
Lemon Shortbread
Passion for ProMarkers
{PIN}spirational
Sparkle n Glitter
TTCRD
Tuesday Throwdown

     It's almost the weekend and I'm so ready!  I've been retired long enough that the idea of getting up every morning and heading off for an 8 hour day, day after day and week after week, is totally foreign and leaves me feeling exhausted.  I'll be so glad when everything is back to my normal routine which often includes an afternoon nap. lol

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Scared of Spiders!

     It's true, I'm a real 'fraidy cat when it comes to spiders so making this card was perfect in that I know exactly what's going through that little, kitty-witch's mind.  lol

     The image is from AuroraWings and if it isn't big enough for you to find the spider, click on the image to enlarge it.  Or, if you're like me and you hate and fear spiders, just take my word for it that there's a loathsome, black, spider lurking on the jack-o-lantern.

     I colored with my ProMarkers and used white gel pen to add a few highlights.  I cut the image by hand and added the printed sentiment (also hand cut.)  I used a black card base, added the corner punched (Fiskars) strip of purple CS, and then die cut the black cat behind the image with a die from Cheery Lynn.  Come to think of it, he doesn't look too happy about the spider either!  I'm sure he's giving out a spooky yowl of warning.

     Challenges:
AuroraWings FB
Cards in Envy
Crafting from the Heart
Glitter n Sparkle
Incy Wincy
Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Paper Girls
Sugar Pea Designs

SUYP Cats
Tuesday Throwdown

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Ding Dong, the Wicked Witch...

     OK, now that I know that song is running firmly through your mind and will for the rest of the day, I want to share with you two versions of a card I did using my newest Cheery Lynn Halloween dies, including the sentiment which I did my best to feature on each card.  Everything on both cards was cut from leftover snippets of CS.

     This is the card with a black background and the main part of the witch cut from purple CS with orange inlays.  The sentiment (Cheery Lynn) is the negative part of the die cut trimmed into a rectangle with a die from QuicKutz.

     My second card uses the same witch die but I cut off the top part of the skirt and cut that piece from orange CS, layered onto purple background which had one corner punched with a Fiskar's punch.  This time the background just shows through the stockings; no inlay done.

     For the sentiment, I used the cut outs from the previous card's sentiment and layered those onto a stitch circle die cut (Die-namics) which I trimmed to fit the upper part of this card.  Everything was put onto green card CS and that was added to a white card blank.

     Challenges:
Allsorts
Delicious Doodles
DL.ART
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Pile It On
Pixie's Snippets Playground
Star Stampz

     I know I've been MIA for a few days, but I'm just overwhelmed with civic duties (serving on a jury for a trial which may last as much as 5 to 6 weeks) and my only down time is on the weekends so crafting must necessarily share with or give way to some household chores and grocery shopping.  It's like suddenly being "Un"retired!  :-D  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Broom Rides

     What's the first thing that happens when new crafting supplies arrive in the mail?  We sit right down and make something with them, right?  Well, I had ordered some new dies and they were waiting for me when I got home which gave me an excuse to do crafting (instead of doing house work and a load of laundry) and this is the result.

     This one is all die cuts and papers so it was really quick and easy.  The card base is made from purple CS which I ran through my "Linen" embossing folder.  The black witch is done with a die from Yvonne Creations and I also used it on the orange frame so the image is inlaid into the frame instead of being adhered on top of it.

     The pumpkins were created with a die from Die-mensions.  I used Fiskars corner punches on the orange frame, then dug through my Halloween stash for the dp with the spiders and web.  The sentiment came from an old card kit and it seemed perfect for the witch on her broom.

     Oh, yes, the bat -- it was cut from charcoal gray CS with a punch which is so old the brand name has worn off.

     Challenges:
Crafting by Designs
Crafty Creations
Creates and Makes
Creative Moments
Lemon Shortbread
Outlawz Twisted Thurs
Penny' Paper Crafty
Pixie's Snippets
Scrapy Land
Simon Says Stamp

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie  

Toil and Trouble

     For those of you who question whether or not I know it's only August, yes, I do know.  Despite that, I posted my first Thanksgiving card on Monday and today I have my first Halloween card.  But I was a winner in the FB challenge at Sasayaki Glitter and chose this image as my prize.  Then I just couldn't wait to get it colored up and made into a card.  :-D  It's called "MacBeth Witches" and it makes me think of the Hogwart's Choir singing "Toil and Trouble" in the first of the Harry Potter musical scores, a favorite of mine.

     The theme at the Sasayaki Glitter blog challenge is "Colors of the Rainbow" so I did my best to use as many colors as possible, while still having a Halloween color palette.

     I used a combination of ProMarkers, chalks, and polychromos pencils to color.  I cut the image with a stitched, rectangle die from Die-namics.  I layered together two scraps of CS, then used the same die to cut a window in which I inlaid the image so it becomes all one layer.  I added the sentiment and a small gingham bow and called it finished.  A delightful CAS design which will be easily mailed.

     Challenges:
Color Inspiration Monday
Crafty Sentiments
Cupcake Inspirations
Digi Choosday
Get Creative
Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Sasayaki Glitter
TTCRD

     This is the mid-day of the week so we're closer to the weekend than we were yesterday.  Hooray!  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Creepy Witches Hat

     Remember a few days ago when I said I had done my last Halloween card for this year?  Well, I got talked into making another one or two so I'll share this one with you today.

     This was fast, simple, and very CAS.  The hat is a die cut (Die-Versions) and the sentiment is on the ribbon which I wrapped around the card front.  That's it - done in less than 10 minutes, including finding the materials and the die I used.  :-D

     Challenges:
Crafting by Designs
Crafty Addicts
Crafty Cardmakers
Crafty Gals Corner
Crafty Sentiments
Creative Inspirations
Cuttlebug Mania
Get Creative
House that Stamps Built
Inky Chicks
My Sheri Crafts
Paper Girls
Penny's Paper-Crafty
Scrapy Land
Unicorn

     A fast and easy card should be followed by a fast and easy post so let me end by saying my usual -Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Witching Hour on Halloween

     This is a little different from my normal style (if I even have one) because there's no colored image, just die cuts.  But that makes a card which is not only CAS but very easy to mail with very little bulk.

     The witch hat and the corner spider web are both cut with Cheery Lynn dies.  On the hat, I added the hatband by inserting a tiny scrap of dp.  The clock is cut with a Die-versions die and I had to actually place the clock hands onto the face myself so that it was almost midnight.  That took some skill with teeny-tiny tweezers!  ;-D  I mounted the clock onto 'linen' embossed CS before adding it to the card front.  

All of the shapes were cut from small scraps, ready to go in the waste bin but saved from that fate by the dies.  :-D   The sentiment is also a scrap but ribbon, not paper.

     Challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge
Allsorts
Cheery Lynn
Crafting from the Heart
Crafty Boots
Crafty Calendar
Craft Your Passion
Delicious Doodles
Dragon's Lair
Jo's Scrap Shack
My Sheri Crafts
Sasayaki Glitter

     The weekend is right around the corner and will be here before you know it.  We've already started the season when the weeks fly by faster and faster and we're all going to get caught up in the holiday rush with so many things left to do.  But maybe you're already ahead of the game.  If so, Happy Stamping.  :-D  NanaConnie

When Witches Go Riding...

     Several months ago, I discovered Fabrika Fantasy and all their darling images.  This month they have started a challenge and their first theme is the always fun and wonderful "Anything Goes."  That was all the inspiration I needed to make another cute Halloween card.

     I used my ProMarkers to color the Cat Witch, then die cut it with my Stitched Scallop Circle (Memory Box.)  I also used a plain Stitched Circle die to cut the purple mat and the black background but that one is a Die-namics die.  The  pumpkin was made with a die from Die-Versions.  The black cat on the back of the broom, the bats in the sky, and the 'Trick or Treat' sentiment are all cut with dies from Impression Obsession.

     I added some orange, polka dot, ribbon, a satin bow with a button on it, and three mini buttons along two of the scallops on the image piece.

     Challenges:
A Bit More Time to Craft
Aud Sentiments
Colour Crazy Craft
Crafty Ribbons
Fussy and Fancy
If You Give a Crafter...
Outlawz Twisted Thurs.
Polkadoodles (F = flying)
Sasayaki Glitter

     That's all I have for today.  I'm burrowing in for more crafting time this whole Labor Day weekend so I should have lots to show you during the upcoming week.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

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Halloween at QKR Stampede

    QKR Stampede has some fabulous Halloween images and I could hardly wait to use this one.  Our theme this week is "Halloween" so that works perfectly.  :-D  I used Digi 16314 "Hanging" and Digi 16316 "Halloween High."

     This card was pretty simple compared to most of my QKR DT cards.  The background sky is done with watercolors and I printed the silhouette image right on top.  I printed the sentiment separately and used Lawn Fawn stitched square dies on each of them.  The bat is also a die cut; die from Impression Obsession, and I adhered only his body, lifting the wings to add a bit of dimension.  The orange ribbon came from Really Reasonable Ribbon and that's the last of it.  Will have to order more soon.

     Challenges:
613 Avenue Create
Colouring in Scrapland
Colour Your World
Crafter's Cafe
Crafting from the Heart
Craft Your Passion
Die Cuttin' Divas
Dies R Us
Eureka Stamps
Get Creative
Glitter n Sparkle
Inky Chicks
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Love to Scrap
Oddball Art Stamps
One Stitch at a Time
Our Crafty Corner
Paper Girls
Through the Craft Room Door

     Come play with us this week, won't you?  Remember, you are not required to use a QKR image but if you do, your card will be entered into a separate drawing just for those who use QKR images.  Your chances of winning are increased by a huge amount.  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

"Bad" Witch?

     I started coloring this fabulous witch I found at Sweet Pea Stamps, having nothing more in mind than using typical colors for a Halloween card.  Originally, I had the usual orange, purple, green, black, etc. in my mind, but kept looking at the color palette offered by Our Crafty Corner (see below).  I loved how spectacular her clothing looked at this point (a rather wonderful surprise) so I left off the purple and green.  Besides, I remember when Halloween colors were just orange and black!  :-D

I was inspired by the colors from Our Crafty Corner.

     The image is colored with my Copics (where I have a better selection of fall colors) and then I used one of my framing dies from Spellbinders to cut it.  I popped up the sentiment on dimensional dots and added a tiny bit of glitter to the tip of her hat.  I didn't want to take away from that fancy frame or the image so there's no other embellishment at all.  I like it just the way it is, frilly and feminine looking while actually CAS.

     Challenges:
ArtbyMiran
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards
City Crafter
Crafty Catz
Dragonfly Dreams
Fan-Tastic Tuesday
Great Impressions
MarkerPOP
One Sweet Challenge

     In case you hadn't figured it out, I'm really happy with today's card!  :-D  It's odd how much I love doing Halloween, Thanksgiving or other fall cards since yellows and oranges are colors I rarely use at any other time of the year.  I did manage to incorporate them into a few of my other cards this past year but I really tend much more toward the purples, pinks, blues, and greens when choosing color combos for my cards.  Have a wonderful weekend, my friends.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Kitten & Witch

     So, over the weekend I started my Halloween cards and next thing you know, one of my neighbors wants 10 cards to mail to her grandkids and nieces.  Now I'm working to get all those done plus the cards I'll need for my own family and friends.  Fortunately, I keep finding all these darling stamps so there's no excuse not to get them done right away.  This one is from AuroraWings.

On the AuroraWings FB page,

this is the inspiration photo for the September challenge

and I think I used all the colors in it.

I  also used the sketch from

Always Playing with Paper, turned 1/4 turn.

  

     I used my ProMarkers again to color the image, then cut it with a plain square die.  I printed the sentiment on white CS and added it below the image.  I used one layer of dp and two layers of  'Linen' embossed CS to frame out the image and then put all of that onto a square card front.

     I used sparkly copper ribbon from my stash and found another scrap of lavender ribbon to make the bow.  The butterfly is from Petaloo.

     Challenges:
Ching-Chou Kuik
Colour Your World
Craft-Dee Bowz
Crafting from the Heart
Craft Your Passion
Di's Digi Designs
Glitter n Sparkle
Great Impressions
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Not Just Cards
Our Crafty Corner
Paper Nest Dolls
Send a Smile 4 Kids

     We're back in the 100+ temps this week and I was so convinced that normal fall temperatures would control from now on but I guess we have to endure one more heat wave before summer lets go completely.  I'm ready for that nip in the air that says autumn is here.  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Can a Witch Fly Backwards?

     Edited to add:  This is posting sooner than I  had planned but since the challenge is already live at The Outlawz, I doubt that I'll be breaking any rules.  :-D

     I'm so tickled and honored to be a Guest Designer this month in the CAS challenge at The Outlawz.   Some of you know that I'm constantly working to improve my CAS designs so being asked to Guest Design on a CAS challenge was really thrilling.  Our theme this week is "Use Geometric Shapes."  I chose hexagons and cut everything using dies from QuicKutz.

     I've used a cute silhouette image from MHK Designs and I love the fact that the witch is flying her broom backwards. Too funny!  But, since flying a broom is a strange form of transport anyway, I guess if she's magical enough to fly a broom, she can probably handle it forward or backward.  :-D

     I colored the moon with ProMarkers, then printed and die cut the sentiment (also from MHK Designs.)  I die cut lavender and yellow CS and layered the image and the sentiment.  I figured the shapes were enough embellishment so added nothing else.  After all, this is a CAS challenge so less is more.

     Challenges:
Crafts Galore Encore
Craft Your Passion
Cuttlebug Mania
Little Red Wagon
Outlawz PAM
Passion for ProMarkers
Petal Lu
Silhouette Challenge
Simon Says Stamp
Through the Craft Room Door
Unicorn Challenge
Your Scrapbook Place

     That's it for me today and I'll have another post early in the morning.  Be sure to check back, won't you?  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Trick or Treat Night

     I'm thinking Halloween this week since I need a few cards to mail out come October and I'm trying to squeeze them in between doing my DT commitments and the various progressive challenges I love.  I chose this cute image from Rick St. Dennis.  I've used her before but each time the card looks different.

I started with the sketch from The Outlawz

and since Rick St. Dennis is the sponsor for the sketch

challenge this time, that just seemed a perfect fit.

     I colored the image with my ProMarkers, then die cut it with a die from Spellbinders.  Both ribbons (the one under the orange strip and the plaid for the bow) have been in my stash forever it seems.  The little die cut pumpkin is doubled and embossed, then popped up on a dimensional dot.  I added Wink of Stella to it for a bit of shine.

    Challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks
Aud Sentiments (Shout out to all my former DTeamies!)
Crafting with an Attitude
Crafty Card Makers
Crafty Catz
Crafty Gals Corner
Digi Galore
Digistamps 4 Joy
Kreativeinkauf
Scrapy Land
Send a Smile 4 Kids
Simon Says Stamp
Sisters of Craft
Whoopsi Daisy

     For tomorrow (9:00 p.m. Pacific time tonight), I'll  have a card I did for a GDT spot so I hope you'll be stopping by.  Then in the morning (5:00 a.m. Pacific) I'll be posting my DT card for the new challenge at Pile It On.   No, no, ... no hints.  You'll just have to check either my blog or the Pile It On challenge blog to find out about the new theme.  See you then, I hope.  Happy Stamping.   NanaConnie

The Witch is In -- um, ah, Out Riding

     It's Friday so it's my day for QKR Stampede (woohoo!) and the latest challenge.  Our theme is "The Witch is In."   We want to see witches, in or out.  My QKR Stampede digi is called "Out Riding" so she isn't really 'in', I suppose.  :-D  She's out having fun, the way witches will do.

I used the sketch from Outlawz,  turned 1/4 turn

and colors from Creative Colors.

  

     I colored the image with my beloved ProMarkers and die cut it with a die from Spellbinders .  I 'sponged' the sky with chalk while the image was still in the die.  I wrapped orange polka dot ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon) around a scrap of black CS then mounted the image on top.  The silly sentiment is mine, though I may have seen it somewhere last year and revived it.  Apologies if I'm claiming it and it actually was yours.  It's also die cut.

     All of that went onto a brown card base (which has a greenish tinge in the photograph - who knows why!)   The pumpkins and the gems have all been locked away in my stash (translate hoarded) as though using them might diminish them in some way.  "Why buy things and then hoard them?", I keep asking myself.  Sheesh!

     Challenges:

Come and Get It

Crafter's Cafe

Craft Hoarders Anonymous

Crafting from the Heart

Creative Card Crew

Digi Makeover

Inky Impressions

Inspiration Destination

Lia Stampz

Not Just Cards

One Stitch at a Time

Paper Shelter

Pile It On

Ppinky Dolls

Robyn's Fetish

Top Tip Tuesday

Whimsy Inspiration

     For some of us, today starts the weekend and for others it starts later tonight or tomorrow, depending on how you figure it.  However, I hope your plans include some time just for you.  Maybe you'll want to be creative and do something for our challenge.  You're not required to use a QKR Stampede image but if you do, you have an excellent chance of winning more QKR digis because we do a drawing just for those who use them.  If you use other digis, that's fine, too, and you still have a chance to win.  Come play with us this week.  The witch is in!  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie