Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Friday, September 23, 2016
Newton's Nook Designs' Inky Paws Challenge #36 ~ Halloween
Hello everyone! It is time for another FUN Inky Paws Challenge from Newton's Nook Designs! The theme for this challenge is 'Halloween' (Booooooooo!)
I opted to make some treat holders rather than a card and give some of our older sets a little love in my project:
I used some petite pre-cut orange treat boxes I had in my stash for years, cut a little patterned paper from The All Seasons stack by the Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby and used some of the smaller accent images from NND's new Dress Up Doxies (I paper pieced the little pumpkin treat bucket so it would stand out against the green punched circle), Spooky Street, and Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp sets along with a few festive shaped sequins I purchased at Michaels two years ago. Purr-fect for your favorite halloween candies no?
Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you will play along too because the Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to our online store and a Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! If we get more than 15 participants, we will choose two winners so be sure to tell your friends to play along!
You have TWO WEEKS to play along - Deadline to enter is Friday, October 7th, 2016 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog. Good luck! And have a great weekend!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Newton's Nook Designs' September Release ~ Newton's Boo-tiful Night
Welcome back to the fourth and final day of Newton's Nook Designs' September Release. Newton fans and kitty fans are going to LOOOVE today's set - introducing Newton's Boo-tiful Night:
Aren't ALL the images in this set absolutely ADORABLE?!! EEK! I love all the little decorative images jen included in this set too - they are just right for envelope embellishment (see photo below - I always think it is nice to jazz up the envies a little too). I had trouble deciding which to use until I saw this patterned paper from a DCWV stack that was purr-fect for the Newton kitty on a broom image, so I used that one and created this card:
I colored Newton in Hobbes' colors (Jen's other kitty) since I worried Newton's colors might fade into the orange background with my Copic markers and then thought 'wouldn't it be fun if he FOUND the candy?' so I included it on the inside with a sentiment:
TA DA! LOL!
Would you like to win a 'Newton's Boo-tiful Night' stamp set?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!
Here's how to win:
Comment on the NND blog and the Designs Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs' release posts. Make sure you check out each of the blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, September 15th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 16th.
Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest Blogs below to enter:
Newton's Nook Designs
Lydia Evans
Jess Gerstner
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Naki Rager
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka
Lydia Evans
Jess Gerstner
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Naki Rager
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka
Jess Gerstner is the next stop on the hop; I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see (she always does!). Thanks so much for stopping by!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Newton's Nook Designs' September Release ~ Final Day
Welcome back for the last day of Newton's Nook Designs' September Release! Today we debut a fun & festive fall & Halloween set featuring my favorite symbol of the season - Pumpkins!! Introducing 'Pick A Pumpkin':
And did I mention it has a DIE that coordinates PURRfectly too?!! ;)
Cool right? I decide to make a few Halloween cards with today's sneaked supplies:
The first card I just had fun playing with traditional Halloween colors and all the patterns Jen included in the set along with the coordinating die (I think the stem looks pretty just cut out without the stamping!):
Here's a tip if you need to crank out a lot of mini cards or tags FAST - you can use the the pumpkin and jack-o-lantern face on the same piece of orange cardstock and if you adhere it to black cardstock the 'carved' face shows through without having to cut the facial features out separately and glue them in place. like I did here in this mini Halloween card (I just love making little 3" x 3" mini cards! They are so cute to tuck into lunch boxes, presents, etc.). So for this card all you need to do is hold the pumpkin & face dies in place with a little washi or painter's tape on a piece of orange cardstock and do the same with the stem die on a teenie scrap of green or brown cardstock - run it through your die cut machine ONCE and adhere in place - VOILA! Easy peasy!
Would you like to win 'Pick a Pumpkin' stamp set?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!!Here's how to win:
Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs' release posts. Make sure you check out each of the blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, September 24th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 25th. Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest Blogs below to enter:
Newton's Nook Designs
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Jess Gerstner
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Nina-Marie Trapani
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka
Simon Hurley - Guest Designer
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Jess Gerstner
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Nina-Marie Trapani
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka
Simon Hurley - Guest Designer
Thanks so much for stopping by! Jess Gerstner is the next stop on the hop, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see! Enjoy!
~ Crafty Math Chick
~ Crafty Math Chick
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Newton's Nook Designs' ~ Inky Paws Challenge #25: Halloween Theme
Hello Everyone! My post is a little late, but I wanted to remind everyone there is still PLENTY of time to play along with the latest challenge from Newton's Nook Designs -- a Halloween theme!
Thinking most folks would use pumpkins on their cards, I decided to give Spooky Street a little love instead for my challenge card:
Had some fun with a few strategically placed bat-shaped & Jack-o-Lantern-shaped sequins, a strip of purple rhinestones and finished the bottom off with Martha Stewart's Drippy Goo edger punch and TA DA! A fun & festive Halloween card! I really liked how this DP incorporated light blue in with the Halloween color palette.
Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs' online store and an Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! AND IF there are more than 15 participants, Jen will choose TWO winners, so be sure to tell your friends to play along too! Please visit the Newton's Nook Designs' blog HERE for all the details!
Can't wait to see what YOU create! Have a happy Friday!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Friday, October 24, 2014
Newton's Nook Designs Inky Paws Challenge #15
Hello everyone! Time for another fun Inky Paws Challenge by Newton's Nook Designs! For this challenge, Jen wants to see your Newton's Nook Creations SPARKLE!
I decide to go with a halloween theme before the holiday arrives and is gone before we know it.
I knew I wanted to use the cute ghost kitty image from Boo Crew. So I stamped him and added a little creamy orange and light pink to his paws, tail & ears. To make him stand out I created a bat shape using a circle punch for the body and a smaller oval punch for the wings. I cut a banner from some orange pre-glittered paper from an older 4" x 12" stack by Martha Stewart Crafts (seriously, I think I purchased it in 2010, at the latest!) and finally got to use some of my neon amber Zing! embossing powder that I found at a Tuesday Morning last year (Score!) for the sentiments. Finally I attached a few shiny black bat sequins that I got from Michaels last year during Halloween clearance. TA DA! Card complete!
I hope you'll play along with us - one lucky participant will win a $10 gift certificate to Newton's Nook Designs, and if more than 15 people play along Jen will select TWO winners! (Is she generous or what?!!) So join us - no NND images? No problem! Jen has some freebies for you on the blog as well. So join us - get SPARKLY! And good luck!
Additional Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Anything Goes (did you know Simon Says Stamps now sells Newton's Nook Designs? They do!!),
Papertake Weekly Challenge: Black, white & 1 other color (obviously, I used orange), and
~ Crafty Math Chick
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Newton's Nook Designs September Release: Day 3
Welcome back for the third day of reveals for Newton's Nook Designs. Today we are showing off this cool new Halloween set with lots of cool silhouettes images to make you own cool spooky Halloween scenes called 'Spooky Street':
I was psyched when Jen sent us this set because I don't have a lot of silhouette sets and they are SO much fun to use with brayered backgrounds, so that is the kind of card I made:
I actually got the idea this card from a card I received several years ago from one of my crafting friends, Emily, which used a different set of course, but had this cool brayered background behind solid black Halloween images, a similar layout, and was the impetus behind me searching high and low for that EK Success Boo border punch (LOL, I love it!). I really like how this card came out, in real life, the center panel looks luminous, like it is glowing, VERY cool! I used an ultra fine black gel pen to draw a line from the 'A' in 'happy HAUNTS' to the spider so he (she? it?) looks like it is dangling from the sentiment.
Would you like to win 'Spooky Street'?
This set will be given away to TWO lucky winners!!
Here's how to win:
Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs' release posts. Make sure you check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, September 18th at 9 pm Central Daylight Time to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 19th.
Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest Blogs below to enter:
Newton's Nook Designs
Taheerah Atchia
Lydia Brooke
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Shellye McDaniel
Jess Moyer
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Tessa Wise
Kimberly Rendino (Guest Designer)
Taheerah Atchia
Lydia Brooke
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Shellye McDaniel
Jess Moyer
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Tessa Wise
Kimberly Rendino (Guest Designer)
Thanks so much for stopping by! Shellye is next on our hop, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see! Enjoy!
Additional challenges:
- Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: rock a technique (I chose 'brayering' - did you know that Simon Says Stamp carries NND images too?),
- One Crazy Stamper Challenge: sneak peek to Halloween or Christmas, and
- My Time To Craft Challenge 258: Halloween.
~ Crafty Math Chick
Monday, September 15, 2014
Newton's Nook Designs' September Release - Day 1
Yaay! Let the sneak peeks for Newton's Nook Designs' new sets begin! Today we are revealing 'Newton's Perfect Pumpkin' - an adorable set with Newton showing off his pumpkin for you to decorate for him with all kinds of creative options:
Since there were so many cute ways to decorate Newton's pumpkin I figured, 'Why choose?' and used ALL of the in this interactive card:
See the orange & purple dial on the right side of the card? Turn it and you can decide which of the faces you like best! Pretty cool, huh? I made a short video demonstrating how the interactive card works if you'd like to check it out HERE.
I always enjoiy making fun Halloween treats to give away, so I also decided to make a festive little Tic Tac holder using this set as well:
Would you like to win 'Newton's Perfect Pumpkin'?
This set will be given away to TWO lucky winners!!
Here's how to win:
Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs' release posts. Make sure you check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, September 18th at 9 pm Central Daylight Time to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 19th.
Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest Blogs below to enter:
Newton's Nook Designs
Taheerah Atchia
Lydia Brooke
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Shellye McDaniel
Jess Moyer
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Tessa Wise
Kimberly Rendino (Guest Designer)
Thanks so much for stopping by! Shellye is next on our hop, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see! Enjoy!
Additional Challenges:
- Die Cut Divas Challenge: New Things (something new, can't much newer than a soon-to-be-released stamp set!) and at least one die cut - I used Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 13 here),
- One Crazy Stamper Challenge: sneak peek to Halloween or Christmas, and
- My Time To Craft Challenge 258: Halloween.
~ Crafty Math Chick
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Electric Tea Light Luminary Tutorial with Newton's Nook Designs
Welcome back friends & followers! Today I am going to show you how to make a cute little luminary using an electric tea light and Newton's Nook Designs' 'Boo Crew' set:
Step 1: Assemble your supplies:
- Boo Cream set by Newton's Nook Designs,
- 5" x 2 1/2 " piece of black cardstock,
- 5" x 1/2" piece of orange cardstock,
- 2" x 1 3/4" piece of vellum,
- border punch (I used this 'Boo' one by EK Success),
- adhesive (I use Tombow Mono Adhesive tape),
- Scotch tape (to adhere vellum and secure back of luminary),
- markers to color in kitty (I used Bic Mark Its in Peach Parfait & Summer Melon),
- black & white inks (not pictured - I used Memento Tuxedo Black & Palette New Canvas),
- craft knife & mat (not pictured), and
- an electric tea light.
Step 2: punch border from orange cardstock strip:
Step 3: Stamp 'ghost kitty' image from Newton's Nook Designs 'Boo Crew' set on vellum using black ink (I have this step early so it has a little time to dry and won't smudge):
Step 4: Color in ears, feet & tail if desired. I used Bic Mark Its in Peach Parfait for a light orangey color like the real-life Newton kitty, and peach parfait for the ear spaces:
Step 5: Attach orange 'Boo' border to black strip of cardstock:
Step 6: Using a white ink, stamp the ghost kitty image again above the Boo border (in retrospect, I wish I had stamped a bit higher so the tea light would not be visible at the bottom - to avoid this you could measure the height of the tea light and make sure you stamp higher than that measurement from the Boo border on your cardstock, for mine, it would have been just another 1/4" higher):
Step 7: Once you are sure the white outline image is dry, cut the image out around the edges; this will create your opening for the vellum image. I personally chose to leave a border so the black outline image of the ghost kitty would show through. I used a craft knife & mat underneath:
When you are done it will look like this:
Step 8: Flip your strip of black cardstock over to the side that does not have the border attached and align the vellum stamped ghost kitty image over the opening - note, the stamped side will face down or away from you (I personally hold the strip and vellum piece up to a window or light source during alignment). When you are satisfied with the position tape in place with Scotch tape - make sure you are taping on the side without the border, that is that back, which will be inside your luminary.
Step 9: Wrap your cardstock, border side out, around the tea light (note - it helps if you curl the cardstock with your fingers a bit so the paper curves better). Secure in place with really strong tape (if you don't want it to show) or Scotch tape (which is what I did, it is in the back and no one will see it anyway). And.... VOILA! Electric tea light luminary complete!
(As a safety precaution, I would not recommend you leave these on when you are not home or unattended)
Easy peasy right? And cute huh? YOu could make a bunch of these and put them in the windows of your house on Halloween! How fun & festive would that be?!!
Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you liked my tutorial. Would you like to see more of these from me in the future? I'd love to know your thoughts.
Have a crafty day!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Happy Howl-o-ween!
Boo to you my friends & followers! Hope you all enjoyed a Happy Halloween. I myself am not a big fan of the holiday, I don't like being scared, never really got into the costume thing and always stress whether I have purchased enough candy (someone should not have to take out a loan to finance their trick-or-treaters!). I was able to squeeze in these Howl-o-ween doggie treats for the neighborhood pups before the festivities began, using a cute digital image from Designed2Delight called 'Puppy Magic' and some rawhide lollipops I found at Target. Here is a shot of a portion of the treats:
On a non-Halloweenie note, I was able to squeeze in another HYCCT card this afternoon which was also for Taylored Expressions' 'Stamp & Send Challenge' using their 'Joy to the World' set:
I ran the entire angel panel upside down through my xyron and covered the adhesive with glitter to make it SUPER sparkly! I hope someone at the Andersen Cancer Treatment Center likes it! A tip - when you are going to do this technique, I always select my Bic Mark Its over my Copics- the glitter covers a lot of the finer coloring detail, so I might as well save the more expensive ink.
Thanks for stopping by! Don't eat too much candy!!
~ Crafty Math Chick
On a non-Halloweenie note, I was able to squeeze in another HYCCT card this afternoon which was also for Taylored Expressions' 'Stamp & Send Challenge' using their 'Joy to the World' set:
I ran the entire angel panel upside down through my xyron and covered the adhesive with glitter to make it SUPER sparkly! I hope someone at the Andersen Cancer Treatment Center likes it! A tip - when you are going to do this technique, I always select my Bic Mark Its over my Copics- the glitter covers a lot of the finer coloring detail, so I might as well save the more expensive ink.
Thanks for stopping by! Don't eat too much candy!!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Friday, September 28, 2012
Quick 'n Easy Pixie Stix Holders
Hello Friends & Followers! Thanks for joining me today for the first of three (I KNOW!) posts. This one is dedicated to TSG's parade of quick & easy treat holders, and it doesn't get any easier than these Pixie Stix holders! I first got the idea from Jami Sibley in this post. Here is my version of it with a cute pumpkin from Bugs & Hisses and some patterned paper from the paper Studio:
(Please click on the photo for clearer resolution) I basically follow Jami's directions to a 'T' for this 7-stix holder (mine only has 6 in it but it holds 7) made from a 4.5" x 5" piece of cardstock scored at 1.25", 1.5", 3.5" and 3.75". Then you rotate the cardstock 90 degrees and score at 1/4". You snip the 1/4" scores up to where they intersect the other score lines (this will be the bottom of your pixie stix holder) and secure with super tacky tape or your adhesive of choice. I actually use scotch tape - it is on the back and the bottom, no one sees it anyway, and it is cheaper than using up my Monomulti. I think the patterned paper panel ended up being 2" x 4" and then I used nesting circle punches in 1 1/4" and 1 1/8". It honestly takes just a few minutes to make and you can have a lot of fun mixing and matching different colors, small images and patterned papers. Kids love them and they can hold pencils just as easily as Pixie Stix for the diabetic trick-or-treaters.
Be sure to stop by the TSG Blog for more treat holder creations from the talented TSG Trendsetters! I am sure they will inspire you will all kinds of great ideas.
Enjoy! Hope you will stop by for my other two posts later today.
~ Crafty Math Chick
PS - This card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:
Thanks for the fun challenges guys!!
(Please click on the photo for clearer resolution) I basically follow Jami's directions to a 'T' for this 7-stix holder (mine only has 6 in it but it holds 7) made from a 4.5" x 5" piece of cardstock scored at 1.25", 1.5", 3.5" and 3.75". Then you rotate the cardstock 90 degrees and score at 1/4". You snip the 1/4" scores up to where they intersect the other score lines (this will be the bottom of your pixie stix holder) and secure with super tacky tape or your adhesive of choice. I actually use scotch tape - it is on the back and the bottom, no one sees it anyway, and it is cheaper than using up my Monomulti. I think the patterned paper panel ended up being 2" x 4" and then I used nesting circle punches in 1 1/4" and 1 1/8". It honestly takes just a few minutes to make and you can have a lot of fun mixing and matching different colors, small images and patterned papers. Kids love them and they can hold pencils just as easily as Pixie Stix for the diabetic trick-or-treaters.
Be sure to stop by the TSG Blog for more treat holder creations from the talented TSG Trendsetters! I am sure they will inspire you will all kinds of great ideas.
Enjoy! Hope you will stop by for my other two posts later today.
~ Crafty Math Chick
PS - This card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:
- DRS Designs Challenge 44 - Pumpkins,
- Craft Us Crazy Challenge 27 - Halloween,
- Come and Get It Challenge - Anything but a Card, and
- City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 128 - An Early Boo.
Thanks for the fun challenges guys!!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Taylored Expressions Blog Hop
Hello friends, followers and hoppers! Welcome to your next stop on Taylored Expressions' October Blog Hop! If you arrived here from Rebecca's blog you are in the correct spot, if not, please visit Taylor's Blog, the first stop on the hop (she has the complete list). Our theme today: Trick or Sweet! I decided to make some cute little Pixie Stix holders to go in some Boo! boxes for our neighbors (I was inspired when Jami Sibley did this a few years ago in this post.) using Taylored Expressions' Frightful Night set and some papers from a past TE Key Ingredients kit:
I just love the silhouette of that black cat! These are really easy and so much fun to make - don't they make those sugary Pixie Stix look extra festive?
In addition to the theme of the TE Blog Hop, these goodies also fulfill the requirements of the following additional challenges as well:
- Simon Says Stamp and Show - Some Stripes,
- The Poodles Parlour - Happy Halloween,
- Repeat Impressions' Designer's Choice Challenge 1012 - Fall or Halloween,
- ABC Card Challenge - B is for Boo!,
- The Pixie Cottage Challenge 92 - Sweet as Candy (you can't get much sweeter than the pure sugar of Pixie Stix right?)
- Inky Impressions Challenge 29 - Trick or Treat, Halloween, Spooky,
- Creative Card Crew - Spooky Fun,
- Color Throwdown 164 - Purple, orange, green & black,
- One Stop Craft Challenge Week 153 - Halloween,
- Paper Sundaes Challenge 91 - Halloween or Fall, and
- Paper Creations Ink - Halloween Theme.
The next stop on the hop is Chris' Blog, I am sure she has something lovely for you to see. Thanks for hopping by!
~Crafty Math Chick
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
The Craft's Me-owl
Hello Friends & Followers! I hope your week is going well. Today's card was created for this month's sketch at The Craft's Meow using their 'Happy Owl-ween' set illustrated by the talented Jenny Suchins:
(Please click on the photo for clearer resolution). I just adore Jenny's little owls, they are SO CUTE! And apparently her bats (and spiders, though I didn't use any here) are too! I punched an oval of this pre-glittered black paper from last year's Martha Stewart Halloween papers collection, stamped the owl, fence and hat separately, colored them in using Copic markers, cut them out and assembled them. Then I took a piece of this gorgeous black velvet paper from the same set and used Martha Stewart's Crackle punch along the top edge and tied some of this pretty iridescent yellow ribbon from Hobby Lobby around it. Both of the cutie pie bats were stamped, colored and cut out too. The sliver moon was stamped on yellow cardstock and then I added some glitter glue over the top to make it sparkle and let it dry (FYI: I found some of this Studio G glitter glue in these adorable little bottles that resembled Stickles at Walmart for only 97 cents (though I have seen them at Michaels for $1 as well) and wanted to see how they compared to Stickles - well, they ROCK IMHO! Extremely similar to Stickles - look just as sparkly when dry, and dries in about the same amount of time too. They might have been just a microscopic tad thicker than Stickles, though that isn't bad as I found it easier to control that way, and the opening of the dispenser might be slightly larger but with practice it is just as easy to get a nice fine line.) I added some buttons with yellow twine bows through the centers and VOILA!
In addition to The Craft's Meow Sketch Challenge, this card fulfilled the requirements of the following additional challenges as well:
Thanks for the fun sketch to play with Lisa! And thank you all for taking the time to stop by my blog and view my creations. Have a great day!
~Crafty Math Chick
(Please click on the photo for clearer resolution). I just adore Jenny's little owls, they are SO CUTE! And apparently her bats (and spiders, though I didn't use any here) are too! I punched an oval of this pre-glittered black paper from last year's Martha Stewart Halloween papers collection, stamped the owl, fence and hat separately, colored them in using Copic markers, cut them out and assembled them. Then I took a piece of this gorgeous black velvet paper from the same set and used Martha Stewart's Crackle punch along the top edge and tied some of this pretty iridescent yellow ribbon from Hobby Lobby around it. Both of the cutie pie bats were stamped, colored and cut out too. The sliver moon was stamped on yellow cardstock and then I added some glitter glue over the top to make it sparkle and let it dry (FYI: I found some of this Studio G glitter glue in these adorable little bottles that resembled Stickles at Walmart for only 97 cents (though I have seen them at Michaels for $1 as well) and wanted to see how they compared to Stickles - well, they ROCK IMHO! Extremely similar to Stickles - look just as sparkly when dry, and dries in about the same amount of time too. They might have been just a microscopic tad thicker than Stickles, though that isn't bad as I found it easier to control that way, and the opening of the dispenser might be slightly larger but with practice it is just as easy to get a nice fine line.) I added some buttons with yellow twine bows through the centers and VOILA!
In addition to The Craft's Meow Sketch Challenge, this card fulfilled the requirements of the following additional challenges as well:
- Repeat Impressions' Designer Choice Challenge 928 - Cards with an Animal Theme,
- Totally Stampalicious Challenge - It's got wings! (the owl and bats both have wings),
- Speedy the Cat's Friends' Challegne 74 - Wings,
- Paper Creations Ink Challenge 9 - Buttons or Bows,
- Crazy for Challenges 106 (C4C106) - Halloween,
- Critter Sketch Challenge 84 - Anything Goes, and
- Paper Sundaes Challenge 88 - Anything Goes.
Thanks for the fun sketch to play with Lisa! And thank you all for taking the time to stop by my blog and view my creations. Have a great day!
~Crafty Math Chick
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Late to the Waltz...
Hello friends & followers, somehow I spaced the date of this month's Waltzingmouse Stamps' Blog Waltz (blushing), but luckily their owner Claire is super sweet and gives us a little extra time to post our creations. This month's theme - Halloween. Claire has a ton of really terrific Halloween images, I don't happen to have any in my collection so I had to get creative. I used this beautiful pumpkin image from WMS' 'Peace & Plenty' set to create this card (please click on the photo for clearer resolution):
with the intention of drawing in eyes, a nose and a toothy grin to convert it into a jack-o-lantern, but I just couldn't bear to do it once I colored it in (and I wondered if the inks might bleed?) with my Copic markers. I used my Martha Stewart 'punch around the page' crackle punch on this really cool black holographic paper I picked up at Target - I tried to capture it's rainbow sheen in the photo - did I succeed? Since I didn't have any WMS sentiments that said "Happy Halloween' I scavenged through my small package of resins and found this 'trick or treat' sentiment that I thought would work perfectly.
So, that is my card for Waltzingmouse's September Blog Waltz, I wish I had been on time. This card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:
Thanks again for stopping by and seeing my creations. I should have more for you to see tomorrow. Until then - have a fantastic Saturday Night!
~Crafty Math Chick
with the intention of drawing in eyes, a nose and a toothy grin to convert it into a jack-o-lantern, but I just couldn't bear to do it once I colored it in (and I wondered if the inks might bleed?) with my Copic markers. I used my Martha Stewart 'punch around the page' crackle punch on this really cool black holographic paper I picked up at Target - I tried to capture it's rainbow sheen in the photo - did I succeed? Since I didn't have any WMS sentiments that said "Happy Halloween' I scavenged through my small package of resins and found this 'trick or treat' sentiment that I thought would work perfectly.
So, that is my card for Waltzingmouse's September Blog Waltz, I wish I had been on time. This card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:
- Crazy for Challenge 105 (C4C105) - make something with a pumpkin on it,
- Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge - punches & dies,
- Paper Play Challenge Week 37 - use punches or dies,
- Totally Stampalicious Challenge - Anything Goes (prizes if they have 100 entries, so play along!), and
- Cute Card Thursday Challenge 182 - Anything Goes.
Thanks again for stopping by and seeing my creations. I should have more for you to see tomorrow. Until then - have a fantastic Saturday Night!
~Crafty Math Chick
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Dogs & Cats
Hello friends and followers! Today I have two cards for your viewing pleasure, the first is based on Sketch Challenge 88 from Skipping Stones Design (they are having free shipping this week BTW):
Kinda tricky right? I turned those slivers of circles into puppy paws to create the following card using SSD's 'Dogs Vol. 1' set that I LOOOOVE:
(Man I can't wait until I have enough space cleared to set my photo cube up!) The 'paws' were created from sections of oval punches with tiny 1/4" punches circles for the toes; the paper is from DCVW's 'Pet Stack' mat stack. Since I used a dog in this card it also fulfills the requirements of Shopping Our Stash's Weekly Challenge 13 - to use a dog or a digi or denim, I of course went with dog.
My second card was based on Sketch TESC143 by Taylored Expressions:
I used "Frightful Night' stamp set from Taylored Expressions and the ingredients from a past card kit to create this card based on the sketch:
All the supplies, including the brads, patterned paper and ribbon, were included with the kit - pretty convenient huh? ;) This there are polke dots on the patterned paper and on the ribbon as well this card satisfies the Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge 14.
Thank you for stopping by and viewing my creations, I hope you like them and I hope you have a fabulous day!
~Crafty Math Chick
Kinda tricky right? I turned those slivers of circles into puppy paws to create the following card using SSD's 'Dogs Vol. 1' set that I LOOOOVE:
(Man I can't wait until I have enough space cleared to set my photo cube up!) The 'paws' were created from sections of oval punches with tiny 1/4" punches circles for the toes; the paper is from DCVW's 'Pet Stack' mat stack. Since I used a dog in this card it also fulfills the requirements of Shopping Our Stash's Weekly Challenge 13 - to use a dog or a digi or denim, I of course went with dog.
My second card was based on Sketch TESC143 by Taylored Expressions:
I used "Frightful Night' stamp set from Taylored Expressions and the ingredients from a past card kit to create this card based on the sketch:
All the supplies, including the brads, patterned paper and ribbon, were included with the kit - pretty convenient huh? ;) This there are polke dots on the patterned paper and on the ribbon as well this card satisfies the Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge 14.
Thank you for stopping by and viewing my creations, I hope you like them and I hope you have a fabulous day!
~Crafty Math Chick
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