31 Days of Halloween - Ye Olde Recipe Book

 

Today I'm featuring one of my hand-crafted journals. I got to color up a digi image from Moonflower Digis called Gina Le Cat Witch, for a DT project for Your Scrapbook Place challenge blog. I used a combo of Copics and colored pencils on my image. Before popping her onto my hard-bound blank journal, I rummaged through my stack of papers and found the perfect background for her. Everything except for the digi image came out of my Halloween "bag of tricks", otherwise known as my Halloween tub of leftovers. I decided to keep the spine uncovered, as the reflective silver pattern gave it a little texture.

I used the last (sigh) of my skull trim at the top of the cover, and candy corn stickers became freaky fingers looking like something is holding the book. I found a set of spooky silverware to frame my title, using glittery sticker letters to spell it out. A lonely Potion sticker has a ghost escaping from the bottle.

As far as "Family Recipes" is concerned, I decided to put this year's Halloween inspiration on its pages. This comes from magazines, YouYube, Pinterest and of course the creepy cubby hole in my brain. 

Do you like Halloween crafting? I love it, and wish there were more than 31 days in October! The challenge over at Your Scrapbook Place is ANYTHING GOES, so if you enter a project at the main blog, you could win a prize this month. And of course, thank you to Moonflower Digistamps for this wickedly lovely digi image available at her store...

Challenges I am Entering:

Art*Journal*Journey Anything Goes Journal projeccts

Through the Purple Haze - Challenge #185 October

Moving along with the Times - BINGO (middle horizontal row: image, patterned paper, glitter)

In order to keep up your "spirits", every post this month (and there will be one every day) will end with an appropriately haunting cartoon. So, craft your heart out and enjoy this gruesome giggle...

Going Green at the Outlawz Monday Greetings challenge blog

Hello, crafters! Welcome to a new challenge at the Outlawz Monday Greetings. This week's theme is Going Green - use something green on your project. Our generous sponsor this week is Moonflower Digistamps, whose image I used to create my card. She's called Gypsy Flower.

I decided to create an acrylic card. This is my second attempt. My first was just too "invisible." It was hard to photograph and brooked no embellishments at all. So I gave my card a cardstock base, adhering some leftover patterned paper to it. The pie e of acrylic is attached to a slight overlap of cardstock from the back, and I had to add a strip of the same to keep the front from sliding forward all the time it was open. I added a line of pearls to the strip.

I popped my image onto the acrylic face of my card, added a bow to her hair, and decided to place one butterfly onto this part of my card. I added a smaller butterfly to the inside, along with my sentiment. I finished off my card by adding a row of glittered brads and Gypsy Flower is ready for her close-up.

Now it's your turn to play with a "bit o' green." Create a project (don't forget a greeting or sentiment needs to be on the front of it) and ink up with the Outlawz Monday Greetings challenge for your chance to win digis from Moonflower Digistamps.

Challenges I am Entering:

ABC challenges - C is for Cute

Card and Scrap - Shabby Chic/Vintage 

Crafter's Cafe challenges - Inspired by a Song (Just the Way You Are-Bruno Mars)

Just Keep on Crafting - Anything Goes

Naughty or Nice challenges - At the Movies (nice-Romeo & Juliet)

Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes