I hate batch making cards....

EXCEPT.....at this time of year :D

 I bought these images from SBS Halloween stamps earlier this month 

*Original SBS steampunk images currently on sale(don't know for how long)...yes I bought them all*

 Selected  Promarkers keeping my colour palette really traditional...

 made the background cards to match each image using

 Tattered Lace Halloween and Visible Image "Mr Bone Jangles stamps...

 and then just added a single colour to add interest.

 Chose coordinating colours to "edge" the images before

gluing them flat to the card.

 Loving how these turned out...very CAS and lightweight to post.

 but full of creepy yumminess :D

Crossing the Veil to enter in the following challenges;

Country View Challenges October # All Things Spooky

Addicted to Stamps and More # 214 Clean and Simple

Crafty Creations Challenge # 325 Halloween

Left Of Center # 151 Hallowwen

Enjoy :D XXX

Love this time of year...

My first "official" Halloween card "squeee....!"

 TTCRD have a wonderful sponsor this week

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles

who has a huge number of freebies on her blog!!!

T'would be rude not to use one for their challenge so I 

collected a few seasonal background papers....

 I loved the "Harvest" paper and thought it would work as a background

to emboss onto in black.

 I used my new Halloween stamps from Tattered Lace 

and an old favourite from Graphics 45

 The large pumpkin just looked like the perfect harvest moon,

so I masked it and darkened the area around it with ink.

 To add a little more dimension I stamped and embossed

3 pumpkins from the same Halloween set, coloured

with promarkers and fussy cut.

I made the sentiment topper, again colouring a piece of 

white scrap card with co-coordinating markers

and another Graphics 45 stamp.

I am entering this card for the following challenges;

TTCRD # Anything goes 

Shopping Our Stash # 271 A is for Teacher(use fruit or veg)

Crafty Creations # 325 Halloween

Left of Center Challenges # 149 (2nd entry)

Delightfully Dark...

This weeks challenge at 

Left of Center Creative challenges is "Bones"

 I have just purchased these AWESOME stamps

from Visible Images....

 and used the whole skeleton to stamp and heat emboss a "boneyard"...

 before blending over with TH distress inks.

 The inks wipe off the clear emboss to leave shiny bones

in the ground.

 The other set has these wonderful "Death's head" moths...

 which I stamped onto patterned card stock before fussy cutting.

The sentiment stamp reads 

"Even in our darkest moments

There is always a glimmer of light"

but I cut it down to something a little more sinister...

Mwahahahaha....

I will be entering this card in the following challenges;

LOC #149 Bones

Dream in Darkness # September

Dream Valley Challenges #141 wet or dry embossing

 Also...did you notice the 

"Burton Blog Bash"

in my sidebar?

Well I will be doing a giveaway when I post on Friday

so you may want to come back and check it out...

(sneak peek...yes it's a doll)

Enjoy :D XXX

Grumpy Goth...

Am really enjoying playing with my stash again...

and treating myself to a few new digi images too.

 This grumpy little Goth Girl is from Starstampz

 I can see I will be using her quite a lot...

great image for a " heard you were under the weather" card :D

I would like to enter her for the following challenges...

Left Of Center #147 Butterflies

Dream in Darkness #September

TTCRD challenges# Anything goes

Enjoy :D XXX

Feeling Snarky?

Ok...so after a while I need to let loose my dark humour 

and I recently came across a site called 

"Sisterhood of Snarky stampers"

and this week they have a "caffeine" related challenge

I've had this list of collective nouns printed out for years...

and thought it would work wonderfully for this sarcastic project.

I roughed up and inked the edges before gluing to a piece of black card.

I stamped and heat embossed "Beware" and

"Eat Drink & be scary"(Graphics 45 stamps)

For my card base I used the same stamp set to make a spidery border

and inked it up with bundled sage from TH

before adding the topper.

Finally I added a very necessary "collective" noun to the list.

"An UNACCEPTABLE of caffeine-free beverages"

..and a spider...every web needs a spider :D

Also entering;

Left of Center Creative  Challenge#146 Feisty Lady

Dream in Darkness #September

Enjoy XXX

Friends....forever....

Left of Center's challenge this week is "Friends"

but I still love making things a bit creepy

mwahahahaha.....

 Using my X-cut Graveyard dies AGAIN,

but this time I used the outer  layer to cut an aperture in the main card.

 I grunged it up with distress inks, then cut the second layer 

from a piece of brown co-ordinations cardstock, which I glued to

the underside of the front.

 Next I gathered a collection of promarkers that co-ordinated,

 and shaded the "Graveyard" digital background image from

Delicious Doodles

 Kept it subtle as I was going for a "faded with age" look.

 This was then glued again to the underside of the front piece.

I love this collection of victorian/gothic images from

Simpy Betty Stamps, and Mina was just the perfect addition

to this scene...

 Her ghostly presence lifted by the hope of friendship :D

Finally, a few crunchy paper flowers and a subtle hint of glitter

for the Ladies at Tuesday Thowdown who have asked us to "Make it Sparkle" :D

Enjoy :D XX

I am entering this card for this weeks challenges at;

LOC Challenges #144 Friends

Passion for Promarkers #week 360 Make it Digital

Tuesday Throwdown #308 Make it Sparkle

Gentle Blossom

Don't think I told you guys that my 

Bunny Eagle

won me 1st prize over at LOC :D

The prize was to choose FOUR!!! fabulous images from

Delicious Doodles

This meant I got to choose 2 cute and 2 creepy(which was still really difficult)

I picked "Beautiful Blossom", "Away with the Bunnies"(never not an option),

"Corvus Coralyne" and "The Graveyard"

This is the "Beautiful Blossom" image

I like to craft even if I don't have a project in mind.

So a bit of colouring with my promarkers is very relaxing.

And  I now have a card topper ready that can be used at a later date

(or emergency birthday card lol)

Enjoy XXX