Dragon's Breath

      This is another of the stamped images snail-mailed to me by a friend after I lost my entire collection of digital images in a flash drive crash.  I'm not sure how she did the circle behind the wizard but it's a fantastic addition to the image.

     I used water colors, ProMarkers, and added white gel pen to his beard and on the dragon smoke.  The image was cut with a Tonic Studios die and I inked the edges.  I first tried the image on a white card front but it just didn't give the nighttime look I wanted, so I swapped that out with black CS and thought it was perfect!

     The sentiment was printed and cut by hand.  I wanted a completely simple card because it's intended for a male recipient who just isn't into fuss or frou-frou of any kind.

     Challenges:

Allsorts

Colour Crazy

Crafty Calendar

Creative Inspirations

Gem of a Challenge

LeAnn's World

Paperbabe Stamps

Taylormadecards ...

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Two Old Bats

     I'll have another post tomorrow so be sure to stop by again.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Cheeky Devil

      This fun image is from Dr. Digi and it's called "Cheeky Devil."  I love the whole idea of a wizard having an imp in a bottle!  How clever.  :-D

     I used water color paints again, then cut the image with a rectangle die from QuicKutz.  Once cut, I used a Fiskars punch on the corners of both the image and the mat behind it.  The plaid dp was in the scrap basket and I thought it worked well for a masculine card.  I think it was originally from a Recollections stack.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  I left it pretty CAS with no embellishment beyond the dp and the punched corners.

     Challenges:

Aud Sentiments

Colour Crazy

Creative Knockouts

Digi Choosday

Lil Patch of ...

Paperbabe

Simon Says Stamp

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We Love Stamping

     I hope this amused you and perhaps added a smile to your day.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Magical Halloween

      Our next challenge at Paper Funday starts today and our theme is "Halloween or Use Purple."  I love making Halloween cards and purple is my favorite color so I was in heaven with either option on this theme!  Our fun sponsor is Paper Nest Dolls and they generously provided the team with images to use for our inspiration cards.  I chose to use "Wizard Avery" and used standard Halloween colors of purple, green and black.

     I used my ProMarkers to color the image, then added a bit of glitter to the light of her magic wand (difficult to see but if you enlarge the photo it might show) and Liquid Pearls (gold) to the teeny stars surrounding it.  The image was cut with an Unbranded die, then the sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  I used two different ribbons from my stash, (wide satin and shimmery 1/2") layered one on top of the other.  Everything went onto a black card front which helps the image to pop off the card front.  

     Challenges:

Crafty Catz

Crafty Creations

Crafty Sentiments

Digi Choosday

Ike's World

Incy Wincy

Lemon Shortbread

Outlawz Festive Fri

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     I certainly hope we're going to see you playing along this month.  For those of you who don't do Halloween cards, just grab your purple markers, pencils, or  paper and ribbon, and show us what you  create.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie