Boo-frickity-hoo...

 This is without a doubt a favorite mummy image of mine from Mostly Animals.
It was stamped, shaded with a Copic grey & fussy-cut & then sculpted with a large ball tool. The image was mounted on the two layers of mats with foam tape to maintain the dimension.  The cat on the inside is from Stampendous.

Create wildly and color with abandon!
~ginny







CHALLENGES:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #116 – ATG Always
Sweet Stampin' - a Creature
Through the Craft Room Door - ATG Always
Crafty Sentiments – ATG
Aud Sentiments - #238 – For a Child + Sentiment
SheepSki Designs #31 –Autumn / Halloween
Get Creative Challenges – #85 – ATG
Crafty Hazelnut's DP Challenge – Always ATG
Crafty Creations - #401 – ATG Always
Shopping our Stash L:13 – SOS #407 – Halloween

Broomzelda...

This one is for a friend who's birthday is on Halloween and who LOves witches!  It sure makes the theme easy for me every year!



Process:

View of sculpted image

• The background was created using Distress Ink Oxides blended through a punched hole in a sheet of paper for the moon.  When I was happy with the moon I removed my "stencil" and changed colors to the blues, purples and just a tinge of black to get my sky the color I wanted.  The edge of that panel was distressed using the Tim Holtz distresser tool and then it was mounted on a black mat.

• The image of the witch, from Uptown Rubber Stamps, was stamped three times - once on the background overlapping the moon and twice more on 80 lb. Neenah - Classic Crest - Solar White for the paper sculpted image.  I used Copics to color the witches and then fussy cut them.  These were then "sculpted" [dry embossed with a large ball tool on the back of the individual parts of the image to round them & give them dimension.]  With these parts of both witches I then constructed the final image directly over the original stamped witch on the image panel.  I used glue and foam tape to help create or maintain the shape.

• The inside consists of the sentiment by Inkadinkadoo, a scary black cat from Stampendous [hand-lettered "Yikes!"] also stamped on the envelope and a hand-drawn border with faux stitching.

Create wildly and color with abandon!
~ginny









CHALLENGES:
Incy Wincy Designs – Fall Colors

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #115 – ATG Always
Through the Craft Room Door - ATG Always

Crafty Sentiments – ATG
Gem of a Challenge - #20 - ATG
Crafty Creations - #400 – ATG Always
Fab n Funky #453 – Feature a Creature Winner
Simon Says Stamp Wed - Halloween
Penny's Challenge #452 – ATG Always
AYLI: As You Like It – Fave Stitching Style [Faux or Real] & Why [I don't own a sewing machine so if I stitch it, is by hand - & that is my fave - love the texture & dimension it gives. TOP 3
Papercraft Challenge #48 – Fall TOP 3
SheepSki Designs #31 –Autumn / Halloween
Creative Playground – #10 – ATG

Retirement is a B...

I have a friend who recently retired, as we did years ago.  He and his wife moved out of the city and up to a mountain home faaarrr away from family & friends and the life he has known for years now.  [As we have.]  His birthday card gave me a chance to chide him!

The sentiments were all created on my computer and then die cut with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles die.   

The front panel of the Kraft base card was embossed with a Tim Holtz alterations/Sizzix Embossing Folder.  I then used a Distress Ink pad to lightly rub ink across the surface to make the wood grain pop.  The bear, as well as the hat and tie accessories, are by Heather.  These three items were colored with Copics, fussy cut, sculpted and assembled then mounted with foam tape for dimension. 

INSIDE

CHALLENGES:
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #115 – ATG Always
Everybody Art Challenge #454 – Dies
Crafty Sentiments – ATG
Through the Craft Room Door - ATG Always
Gem of a Challenge - #19 - ATG
Crafty Creations - #399 – ATG Always
Shopping our Stash L:13 – SOS #405 – Embossing Top Three
Penny's Challenge #450 – ATG Always WINNER
AYLI: As You Like It – Fave: FAF & Why [CAS never feels like I have put enough work into the project]
Sweet Stampin' –Animals


The Male Room #121 – Stay CAS

Creative Playground – #10 – ATG

And the Spotlight is on...

 There is a new 613 Ave C  challenge starting Oct 6th:  "ATG or the optional Twist: "Spotlight Technique".  You have the month of Oct. to show your creative talents!   For details of the challenge and for some very creative ideas from the DT's inspirational contributions - click HERE!

Spotlight Technique is a good option when the image is extremely busy, or, when you are - [not as much to color!]  

You can see the elevated die cut better from this angle.

DIRECTIONS for this card:

• Stamp the main image twice. This image: "Santas Everywhere" is a 2002 rubber stamp from Brother Sister Design Studio
• Choose your preference for defining the "spotlight" area.  One option is to choose a specific shape to define the spotlight- circle, square, oval, freeform, whatever.  You can die-cut the area, stamp [a circle, square, etc.] to define the area - or, just create the perimeter with the color alone.  In this case, I chose to die cut my spotlighted area with a stitched circle die from Lawn Fawn. 
• That die-cut "Spotlight" is then aligned perfectly with the exact portion of the image on the 2nd copy and elevated above it with foam tape.
• I used a black card base with a white mat leaving a 1/16th-inch border. The image panel was prepared with a black mat, again leaving a 1/16" border.  
• A bow was tied in the middle of a length of red ribbon  - the bow was stuck down on the image panel with a glue dot.  The "tails" of the bow were wrapped around to the back of that panel and taped down.
• The sentiment [Tis the Season] has no markings to identify the source.  It was stamped on a snippet of black paper & heat embossed with white EP.   An oval word punch from SU was used and that punched item was mounted on the lower-left corner of the image panel.

Inside is another sentiment stamped & heat
embossed, punched with a circle punch
 & elevated on foam tape.

CHALLENGES:
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #115 – ATG Always
Everybody Art Challenge #454 – Dies
Crafty Sentiments – ATG
Through the Craft Room Door - ATG Always
Gem of a Challenge - #19 - ATG
Crafty Creations - #399 – ATG Always
Penny's Challenge #450 – ATG Always
AYLI: As You Like It – Fave: FAF & Why [CAS never feels like I have put enough work into the project - LOL]
Creative Playground – #10 – ATG
Winter Wonderland – X-mas: Merry & Bright