witchy tag tuesday

we have hallow e'en or autumn as our challenge prompt this week at tag tuesday so i took the opportunity to make one last "witchery" DT piece for the current lunagirl moonbeams blog challenge as my contribution this week.   (you have just 'til sunday if you want to link up to the lunagirl challenge.)

i really like this vintage image from lunagirl and i just grabbed all kinds of papers and embellishments for this tag.  do you know i never cared much for hallow e'en until i started crafting?  something about designing with this theme has captured my imagination even though i otherwise pretty much didn't get involved in the holiday. well, you just never know.

happy week; love to all.

she asks, what does the future hold?

she asks, what does the future hold--
can it be divined from board or ball?
or is the key, may i be so bold,
deep in my heart where love is all?

here is my DT creation for week two of "witchery" at lunagirl moonbeams.  while creating this piece i was inspired to write the poem above.  you have one more week to link up a creation on our theme.
i'm also linking this to the "goth/hallow e'en" challenge at drunken stampers.

love to all.

purple and yellow color challenge

we are launching a color challenge at the cheerful stamp pad for the next two weeks -- you are invited to make a new creation using the colors purple and yellow.  we have a new challenge sponsor, jelly park digital stamps, and they will provide a prize for the randomly selected winner.  i was provided a sweet flower vase by jelly park for my 1st DT creation.

i colored the digi with colored pencils using mostly purples and yellows.  i used yellow cardstock and a piece of unevenly cut purple striped designer paper for my base.  i added butterflies in the color palette and a couple of clear beads.  this feels like it could be a good "thinking of you" type card.

feel free to join our challenge; have a great week.  hope you enjoyed a little break from hallow e'en stuff -- but there is more to come!

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.

cute hallow e'en at wicked wednesday

with this piece i am successfully completing my goal to enter three challenges at the gecko galz yahoo group for october and am also submitting this ATC for the "cute hallow e'en" challenge at wicked wednesday.

the girl and "boo" bingo images are from gecko galz.  the spidery lace is from alpha stamps.  the rest are random goodies.  linking up to happy pink saturday for the pink or seasonal theme.

love to all.

colors of the season

there's a lot of black and orange going on and this piece responds to two color challenges of the season:
at the gecko galz yahoogroups it is the "black and orange" challenge;
at the unruly paper arts reader art quest 1 it is "black."
finally i'm linking up to the "hallow e'en" challenge at dream valley challenges.

even in the scan i think you can see pretty well that the black paper here is special -- it is the from the leather paperline at paper temptress.  although it really looks like black leather it handles like paper and it was fun to use. the owl is from the "owling for you" collage sheet at gecko galz.  the rest are stash goodies.

love to all.

steampunk witchery

this witch is summoning all things steampunk!  i've made another DT creation for the lunagirl moonbeams "witchery" challenge which i am also entering into the tag along challenge "steampunk hallow e'en" challenge.  while i'm at it i'm linking to the belli challenge "hallow e'en" theme.

the summoning witch, the butterfly and the hot air balloon are all from collage sheets by lunagirl. there is background paper from 7 gypsies, a torn witch's stew recipe label from k & company.  the remaining steampunk images are from dover publications and the cog brad is from alphastamps. oh, the spiders are from random sticker sheets i had.

love to all.