Vellum Spider Web

     I chose this sketch for my last bit of Mind's Eye "Spooked" patterned paper. I never saw the entire collection, but the 3 pieces that I did see were amazing. This paper is old; and Mind's Eye is no longer creating paper collections. So much for hoping for a re-release of this fun paper.

Sketch #4

     The sentiment on the card front and the spider on the envelope are heat embossed with shiny black powder. Originally, I die cut the web in black, but alas the spider didn't show up. I recut the die using vellum and attached the vellum to the black by running it through the Xyron. The banners are made using an edge punch, then trimming at equal intervals.

Card and Envelope

     The patterned paper you are looking at is from the scrap pile of "Boo Crew", an earlier project. If you look at the previous project, you will notice that I die cut stars from it. Well . . . . . . . . this is the scrap of paper with the stars cut from it.

Inside of Card

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye - Spooked Stars, Spooked Stripes

     Card Stock: Bazzill - Papaya Puree

                                   Sugar Wafer

                                   Black   

     Stamps: Burniston - Halloween

                  Stampabilities - Halloween

     Dies: Burniston - Halloween Scene #1014

             Spellbinders - Standard Circles Large

                                 Petite Scalloped Circles Large

     Punch: Martha Stewart - Diamond Star

     Ink: Momento - Tuxedo Black

     Embossing Powder - Black

     Vellum

    

Challenges

The Boo Crew

     I love this sketch. You have all month to try it out, post it to the Sketch N Scrap blog, and then be entered for a prize.

Sketch #138

     I had a stack of Halloween pictures of my grandchildren in their costumes. I decided to use Karen Burniston's new Halloween dies and some treasured patterned paper to document them. Midnight the Bat - which includes the small bat - is one of Karen's older dies. The rest of the elements in the Halloween scene are from her new release.

    
     Some of the fun tidbits are:

• Title - I used my Cameo Silhouette to make this. The neat thing is that the "Boo!" is the die cut directly from the Big Shot. With the Silhouette PixScan Mat, I was able to make it fit onto the mats perfectly.
• Stars - The stars are die cut from the "Spooky Stars" patterned paper. 
• House - The die has a stencil feature. I was able to sponge over the die to get the bricks on the house. I elected to tear the shutters to give a haunted look.
• Patterned Paper - My fave part about this entire layout is the paper. There used to be a scrapbook outlet store in Destin, Florida. We vacation there every year and I looked forward to visiting this store. As of 2 years ago, it is no longer there. I got 5 sheets of this collection several years back and every time I pulled it out, I didn't want to cut into it to make one card. For this layout I used almost all of it. I used the scraps to create a Halloween card that I will be posting October 28.

The Tag

     I know that I warned my Sketch N Scrap friends that I would be boring them with pics of my grandchildren. I was definitely right about that!!!

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye - Spooked Circles, Spooked Stars, Spooked Stripes

     Card Stock: Bazzill - Papaya Puree

                                  Sugar Wafer

                                  Honeycomb

                                  Black   

     Dies: Burniston & Riley - House & Fence Pop Up #1015

                                         Halloween Scene  #1014

                                         Halloween Elements #1013

                                         Snowman Twist Circle #1012

             Elizabeth Craft Designs (Burniston) - Midnight the Bat #1203

             Die-namics - Blueprint #18

     Punch: Martha Stewart - Ooze

     Silhouette Font: Bubble and Brew

     Embellies: Gray Twine

                    Silver Eyelet

    

Challenges

Delicious Doodles Challenge - Halloween Scary/Cute - #6 - *
Pixie's Crafty Workshop Challenge - #301-2 - Snippets - #15 - *
Scrap From Your Heart - Halloween - #1 - *

Spooky Kitty

     One of my favorite things to do is to watch "Watercolor Wednesday" videos from Artistic Impressions and follow along as Bonnie turns stamping into pieces that resemble original watercolor paintings. This project was inspired by the "Evening Scene" that can be found on YouTube.
     After Hurricane Harvey left us, we had a few days of cooler weather. This was the perfect time for venturing outside. Normally southern Texas weather is extremely hot this time of year. 

     The best thing about the watercolor projects is that all of the items needed fit into a shoe box. Watercolor Wednesday and Zentangle are my favorite things to do when traveling for this very reason. Anyway I grabbed that shoe box, my IPad and set up shop on the back patio (with the love bugs and mosquitoes). You'll notice in my picture there are two lapdogs. The tan and white one is my dog Riley. The blue one on my lap is a handy Lapdog Craft Tray that I received for Christmas 2 years ago. It is amazing for working away from the craft room.

Card & Envelope

      When I complete the Watercolor Wednesday projects, I always feel so successful. I immediately wanted to frame it. I used an Elizabeth Craft die set to highlight my work and constructed a flower for the corner.

Inside of Card

     The inside of the card is made from the pieces that were left over from the front. I was going to do a bit more of the watercolor stamping, but while I was at the Scrappn' Savvy yesterday I saw this cute little "Pumpkin Scene" die set and thought it would be good for the inside of the card.
     Finally, I stamped another kitty on the envelope and added some teeny tiny grass.  

Materials List:

     Card Stock: Bazzill -Forget Me Not

                       Gina K - Edible Eggplant

                       Watercolor Paper   

     Stamps: Artistic Impressions - Tree Set

                                                 Foliage Set 2

                                                 Tuscan Village

                                                 Foliage Set 1

                                                 Cats Set

                  Burniston - Halloween

     Markers: Marvy - Black, Violet, Sepia, African Violet

     Ink: Stampin Up - Elegant Eggplant

     Die: Elizabeth Craft Designs - Fitted Frames Rectangle - Lace

            Rococo - Pumpkin Scene

     Embellies: Mark Richards - Crystal Stickers (10mm Purple)

                    Michaels - Flowers - Melodies & Lace