Making Halloween Cards Challenge!

Boo Spooky House Halloween Greeting Card - Challenge #9 Stripes or/and Haunted house

2011-09-30T10:46:00.000-07:00

Oh my, I do have to apologise as I have neglected this challenge and I'm very sorry. I think I got distracted by other activities and the 'procrastination monkey' on my back, kept saying 'do it tomorrow'.

I think it's wise to make this challenge a monthly one so it's easier to manage.

Theme this month is 'Stripes or/and Haunted House' as usual just add your creations through the inlinkz button. Thanks for being so patient and I'm looking forward to see your creation and Happy Halloween only 30 day until the fun event ! YAY !

Black Cat on Pumpkin Halloween Card - Challenge #8 Black Cat and/or bunting/banner

2011-08-19T16:01:00.000-07:00

For this challenge (#8) I decided to go for something unusual using Autumnal looking papers from Hot Off the Press 'Rich and Spicy' as well as using their latest template 'build a banner', finally I went for the Dazzles Halloween stickers 12X12 again from HOTP.

This fortnight's theme is very easy : Black Cat and/or bunting/banners add your creations as usual using the inlinkz button (the blue frog just below this text). Thanks for participating ! :)

Owlenstein Halloween Card - Challenge #7 Theme Humour and/or Purple

2011-08-10T14:23:00.000-07:00

I have to admit to have been a bit preoccupied with the recent riots in London and couldn't find a moment to calm down a bit and make a card. I was giving up hope in carrying my commitment but Vince came to the rescue as he was doing a card for Amanda Marks blog for the Design Team of AJ's Digishoppe and she has these very funny Halloween Owls in her A.J. 's digishoppe.

So I used his card for challenge #7 which is all about using something with humour and/or purple. Have fun !

Oh The Horror Card - Challenge #6 Strips and Pumpkin

2011-07-18T11:14:00.000-07:00

Finally managed to make this card, strips of various papers leftovers from previous cards then 'Horror' taken from a strips and finally a fun pumpkin peel-off/outline sticker coloured in.

Theme for this challenge is strips of papers and/or pumpkin.

Spooky House Halloween Card - Challenge #5 Tearing and distressing !

2011-07-01T17:26:00.000-07:00

I found this old stamp from A Muse Artstamps 'Haunted Mansion' and coloured it in with derwent inktense. Not my best colouring but I wanted something rough to go with the distressed frame done by tearing, roughing up the edges with my SU tool. The card is tiny only 3"3/4 square so you can imagine to colour that 2 square inch stamped image ! :)

Challenge #5 Theme is Tearing and/or distressing ! Have fun with it !

3 Spooky Tags Card - Challenge #4 Tags and Tall

2011-06-17T16:44:00.000-07:00

Wow this card was a 10 minutes job, I was a bit perplexed on what to do for this fortnight challenge, went back to my trusted WRMK pad and thought I'd use that paper with writing on it as I like it so much. Three tags jumped at me from the pack so I thought why not ! :)

The theme is use 'tags and/or a tall cardbase'. Have fun with it and as usual just add your creations using the Inlinkz button (blue frog).

Don't forget to participate in the Stamps of life stamp set giveaway which ends at the end of June, click on the TAB next to the home one for more details.

Got Candy Card - Challenge #3 Mummy or Quilling

2011-06-03T15:21:00.000-07:00

Challenge #3 and the theme this week is either Mummy or Quilling to tie in with my show PaperMood with Fab at 9pm Eastern Friday 3rd with Molly Smith who's a quilling expert and published author.

I used HOTP Dazzles for the mummy, sentiment and candy. Paper is We R Memory Keepers and the quilled spider was made by me ! ;)

Witch Halloween Card - Challenge #2 Use a witch or pumpkins

2011-05-20T17:59:00.000-07:00

Sorry guys a bit late to put my challenge #2. I used a lovely We R Memory Keepers Halloween pad and some Hot Off The Press Dazzles plus some paper from their Serendipity paper pack.

Don't forget to enter also the stamp set Spooky2Scare giveaway generously offered by Stephanie Barnard 'The Stamps of Life'.

This week's theme is use a witch or/and pumpkin.

3D Halloween Card - Our First Challenge with a Halloween Stamp Set Giveaway-Blog Candy

2011-05-05T16:02:00.000-07:00

Here we are with our First Halloween Card Challenge ! Hurray !

This card takes me nearly 4 years ago actually. I started crafting and was doing a few card swaps and made three of these 'beauties'. The card looked quite ordinary at the front until the recipient opened up the card to see the 3D pop-up within it ! I remember to have spent the good part of a weekend to complete them.

The lovely Stephanie Barnard from 'The Stamps of Life' is kindly donating one (1) Halloween Stamp Set 'Spooky2Scare', how sweet is that ? So a big thank you to Stephanie for her generosity. If you have checked her stamps yet .....are you mad ? They're gorgeous and I urge you to check her stamp club as the value is unbelievable (I've joined straight away). To participate in the giveaway/blog candy just click on the tab on top and follow the instructions.

The Theme for the challenge is Black Cats and/or 3D element (up to you really). You have 2 weeks to post your creations using the blue frog (inlinkz). The Halloween Challenge will be twice a month 1st and 3rd Friday of the month.

Don't forget to link back to this website in your post before submitting your creation and to use a permalink when submitting.

Frankenstein Halloween Card - Yes, It Had to Happen ! :)

2011-04-16T21:18:00.000-07:00

Yes, it had to happen eventually that I created a Halloween only blog... I've been toying with the idea for a while and since I really making Halloween cards I took the plunge and here I am with yet another blog ! ;)

How I made this card

I've used a really colourful pad by We R Memory Keepers I purchased last year on QVC. I also used by the same paper craft company their Sew Easy kit which is totally brilliant. You can do all sort of hand stitch look and I really like the textured feel of hand stitching on handmade greeting cards. The stamped Frankenstein image is from The Angel Company.

Reminiscing going Trick or Treating with my sis

I still remember going trick or treating when I was a little kid and I have to admit I miss seeing this tradition around here in London, UK. Although it has become more popular it has been now nearly 3 year since I saw anyone doing the sweets/candy gathering rounds around our streets. I don't blame the parents as in our busy capital you can't be too careful yet I feel the kids are missing out on some fun.

We, my sister and I, used to come home all excited and spread our 'stash' on our bedrooms floor to see what we got and it was serious sorting time as well as swapping the sweets we didn't like.

I also remember that Autumn/Fall wasn't really there until I saw the Peanuts special on television. Because we lived in Québec we could only see the latest show on television in English yet we used to watch it anyway trying to figure out what was being said. We had to be patient as the very same show would have been translated in French either a few week later (missing the point as it was nearly winter then) or even worse the year later.

Halloween Challenge coming soon

Now I've also decided to start a monthly Halloween challenge to get us started for next October, it will start on May the 30th so watch this space and come by then so you can join in the fun.

Spoooooooky ! :)