Spooky candle

Boo!! Morning folks, it's time for another challenge over at C.R.A.F.T.

and this time our theme is:

SPOOKY!!

My mojo was a bit adrift this week and I couldn't get very inspired about making a card, I don't really send Halloween cards, so I thought I'd try stamping on a candle instead. I bought some candles last year to make some Christmas decorations but ran out of time. Anyway I found the candles again & this is my first attempt at decorating one. I really enjoyed doing this, it made a nice change and it's great fun!! I used this fun digi called Witch Bear from Lexi's fairydust store which you can find here.

Don't forget to head on over to C.R.A.F.T. to see the other fantastic DT projects and enter your spoooooky creations to be in with a chance of winnning a fantastic £10 voucher from our sponsor (one of my favourite shops!!) :

I'd also like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafts & Me : Halloween

Stamp Something: Halloween somethings

Fussy & Fancy friday : Halloween

Stampin' for the weekend: Halloween / Fall

One stop Craft challenge: Halloween

Creative Inspirations challenge: Halloween / Fall

Stamptacular Sunday : No cards allowed

Stamp with Fun : Halloween

The Crazy Challenge : Halloween

Creative Inspirations: Spooky

A spoonful of sugar : Boo

My Time to Craft: Ghosties, ghoulies and 4 legged beasties

Polka Doodles: something Spooky

Creative Craft Challenges: Trick or treat

& Fab n Funky: Things that go bump in the night

I baked a cake!

We have a colour challenge over at C.R.A.F.T. this week, here's the colour palette we'd like you to use:

We also have a new sponsor - Sam Doodles (click on the piccy to visit them):

So without further ado, here's my card:

I've had this LOTV stamp in my stash for a couple of months but this is the first time she has been inked up and coloured - shameful I know!

As usual, I have used promarkers for colouring in the image and also a little yellow stickles to add a bit of twinkle to the candles. The papers are a combination of Henbury Lane, Forever friends Pink Parfait and Dovecraft Back to Basics. The lacey edges were made using a Martha Stewart punch and the flowers & little metal flower charm are from my stash.

Thanks for looking and don't forget to get busy entering the C.R.A.F.T. challenge, the Dt love to come & visit your blogs!!

I'd also like to enter my card into some challenges:

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: Yummy, Yummy, yummy (I could eat a piece of that cake!!)

Stamp Something: Something punchy

Crazy4challenges: Birthday

Papertake Weekly: 3 of a kind (3 flowers, 3 dp)

The ABC challenge: F is for flowers

& Delightful Sketches: Metal Mania

Enjoy your day !!

Relax.....

Morning All, Hope you are having a nice relaxing Sunday!!

I'm flying by the seat of my pants again to get my card into a few challenges before they close! I finished this last night but had to wait until this morning to get some piccys. This is my first attempt at a Joy Fold card. I'd never heard of them until I read the challenge on Squigglefly this week. The tutorial here on Split coast stampers is great, tricky bit is trying to get decent pics!! The digi stamp is called 'Forgiven' by Crissy Armstrong at Squigglefly. I like the way the card has come out & I am also impressed that I managed to find the right pawprint button in my disaster zone of a crafting area ...lol. Papers are Basic Grey Archaic.

I think I might send this one to my Dad for Father's day, he doesn't 'do' football, golf, gardening etc so I think this might fit the bill. I'd like to enter him in the following challenges:

Squigglefly : Joy fold card

Sundays with Crissy: Layers

Stamp something: Use a digi

Totally Papercrafts: More than 1 fold
Simon Says Stamp: Father's Day / male card

The Creative cottage Challenge: Father's day

I love digi challenge: For my Dad

Crafts and me: Distressed ( I Sponged the cream card backgound nestie

behind the image and also the edges of the papers)

Thanks for looking - think I had better go and tidy up a bit!!

Thank you!!

For this card, I've followed the great sketch over at Just Cute Bears which was quite straight forward, but very effective I think!! I've used another Forever Friend stamp - a recent purchase but definately becoming a favourite! - and a 'Thank You' stamp by Savvy stamps. The flowers are Hydragenas by Prima, tiny buttons (cute!!) from stash and paper is by Frances Meyer. I was also brave, I've attempted my first ever faux stitching on a card after seeing some fab doodling over at the Stamp Something challenge. I was a bit nervous about drawing on a new card, but the effect is growing on me. I'm also entering the Quixotic Challenge - #18 Monochrome, as most of this card is shades of brown, the paper is a pale terracotta colour but it has come out a little 'peachy' in the pictures.... :-(