time to decorate...

just in time for the holidays is the "let's decorate" theme at cheerful stamp pad.  your challenge is to make decorations for the holiday season if you like OR just use embellishment.  link up your creation to be eligible for the random draw for a prize from floppy latte designs, a digital stamp company.

i took advantage of this challenge as an opportunity to share an ornament i created for an ornament swap with the gecko galz yahoo group.

i'm linking up to the "christmas preparations" challenge at the frilly and funkie challenge blog.

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back: 

the base of the ornament is a chipboard ornament frame from retro cafe art.  it is painted with alcohol inks on both sides and covered in designer paper on one side.  my primary vintage images are from gecko galz and the rest are embellishments i've been gathering up for christmas card making -- little die cuts, charms, flowers, pearls, yarn.  the dots on the first side were made with a white poster paint pen.

i took the photos by hanging the ornament on my banana stand!

this year is the first time i tried making ornaments and frankly it was way more difficult than i thought it would be. anyway more ornaments to come later on.  you don't have to make an ornament to join the challenge, just use lots of embeliies!

love to all.

november colors

is it really november?  how did that happen?  and we are nearly halfway through it.  here is a card with "november colors" for the gecko galz yahoo groups monthly challenge. in the northern hemisphere we're moving from the oranges and yellows of early autumn to the browns and more muted tones as we transition to the colder months. so that's what i'm picking up on here.

vintage squirrel and "harvest" images are from gecko galz collage sheets.  my little 100 proof press acorn guy stamp is also here to remind everyone that this is harvest time.  plus other embellies.

linking up to pink saturday "pink" or "seasonal" and frilly and funkie "thanksgiving" challenge.

love to all.

just visiting gramps...

although i'm pretty sure gramps has passed on.  and in fact grandson is looking a little zombie-ish...
this is my first time playing along at the frilly and funkie challenge blog and i'm entering the "what's your poison" challenge, requiring a hallow e'en creation using green and black but no orange.

i stamped the cat (100 proof press), grandson (rogue redhead designs) and gramps/skeleton (inkadinkado) on green paper and cut them out.  the moon (character constructions) is stamped on white.  the swirly background paper is from alpha stamps.  my best crafting investment this season came from a little trolling around ebay where i came across some fab hallow e'en die cuts (here i've used the fence and ghost) which i've been using like crazy on all my hallow e'en creations.  the gravestone is a sticker from my stash, company unknown.  but a clever grave marker, yes?

enjoy; love to all.