Alien Invasion

Bonus points to anyone that can identify the movie quote I used.  I think my warped sense of humour got the best of me again.  The card is for DH who loves anything related to science fiction.  I couldn't help myself.  I saw the alien image and I was itching to get to my computer to get a good quote.  I was surprised at how hard it was to find a PG quote.  Quotes from the Aliens movies were not ones I wanted on my mantel.

The image is from Rick St. James, who is our sponsor this week at For Fun Challenges.  He has some amazingly detailed images.  Our winner will get the images used by our design team this week.  Our challenge is anything Halloween this week.  Aliens count don't you think?

Hope you'll come play too!

Are You my Mummy?

I really enjoyed this week's challenge at For Fun.  I received this fantastic Magical Tidbit House from our sponsor, Bugaoo and it makes such a fantastic jumping point for all sorts of Halloween cards.  And I'm sure you've all noticed how much I love Halloween by now!  The card fits a standard business envelope and I think the change in canvas size was part of the fun.  I also pulled out some of my own stamp images, my poor neglected stamps.  My images would probably have looked better stamped in versa fine but I used Night of Navy to fit in with this week's challenge of Halloween with no black, orange or purple.  The windows are lit with a thin line of red and then three shades of yellow to give the warm glow.  No orange used!  It's hard to see but I also used a soft yellow on the outside of the moon and stars to represent their glow.

Hope you will be able to join us this week!

Boo!

Can you tell I love Halloween?  I sometimes send more Halloween cards than Christmas cards.  I can write them before report card season so I often get them out early.  This card was very simple but lots of fun to make.  I used one of Meljen's freebies and printed it 3 times.  One as a test, then I taped my pumpkin card to it to print directly on the pumpkin shape.  I printed it a third time with a thick sheet of white for my ghosts and cut them out and adhered them on top of the pumpkin.  I finally printed the image a fourth time onto some gold cardstock for the BOO stars.  So cute and with lots of green bling, I know it will be well enjoyed.  Perhaps I could use it as my "You've been BOOed card this year!"  with a treat of goodies.

This card fits this week's theme at For Fun Challenges.  We're using pumpkin, but not jack-o-lantern images.  I love any excuse to use my pumpkin Spellbinders.  Meljen's is very generously giving our winner 4 images of their choice.  Hope you'll join us!

Are you a good witch or are you a bad witch?

Sorry, couldn't help myself with the title.  The image is Witch Carly from Di's Digis, our sponsor for this week's challenge at For Fun.  I loved colouring this image.  I chose blue since I don't like to see girls in black.  All my witches are green, purple or blue.

This is in fact my second card for For Fun's challenge this week.  You can see yesterday's card here.  Our challenge this week is to use leaves as a focal point in our cards.  This card couldn't get much more leafy. I really do hope that you will join us!

Haunted Pumpkin

Today's challenge at For Fun is to focus on Fall leaves.  I think I've gone a bit overboard but it was a lot of fun.  The adorable image is from this week's sponsor, Di's Digis.  Her images were so cute, you'll get to see a second card I did for this challenge tomorrow.  The image is coloured with copics.  The base is SU's Pumpkin Pie - perfect, don't you think?  The DP is from Graphic 45's Halloween in Wonderland pack.  I love all the papers but I admit I will be making Halloween cards until kingdom come in order to use it all up.

Wish Upon a Star

Happy World Cardmaking Day!  Well, it still is for me for a little bit longer.  I was very excited to be able to take some time to craft today.  Today's idea looks very simple but it took FOREVER and a LOT of ruined paper before I got it to turn out the way I envisioned in my head.  The card is basically a shaker that is using tulle instead of acetate to hold my stars and sequins.  The star panel goes through both sides of the front panel.  Getting everything lined up was what was driving me crazy.  I just wish the picture did it justice.

Challenges This Card Meets:

Crafty Creations - CAS style
Fussy and Fancy - try a new technique (window card, using tuille)
Paper Sundaes - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes