“BOO!” to You and Happy Haunting

Happy Halloween to everyone! We decorate outlandishly and wait for all the neighborhood kids to come knocking. Our “Neighborhood e-Newsletter” is amazing during this holiday. They ask people in the neighborhood to let them know if they are be handing out treats. With the answers they accumulate, they create a map with those addresses. This enables the parents to head to those houses with their little goblins.  Pretty cool, huh? My project for today is a Halloween card for my youngest grandson. This will be my first, and not my last, card to him for Halloween. Let’s get this ball rolling!

The photo above is showing my finished front layer for my card. I have die cut the frame die with the insert die three times, and used Perfect Paper Adhesive for gluing them together.

In my second photo above shows the background completed with Distress Oxide Inks in Walnut Stain, Frayed Burlap, Antique Linen, Wilted Violet, Fossilized Amber, and Peeled Paint. The moon was added with a Club Scrap large sponge dauber (link below) and stamped several times with Distress Ink Picket Fence. Before it was dry I added droplets of water with a Distress Sprayer.

My third photo depicts the addition of Picket Fence Distress Ink to lighten the trees and to give them some depth

In the fourth photo is my “almost” complete card with the addition of the bats from the Spellbinder’s Haunted Manor die.

My finished card! That last touch was adding the word “Boo!” from Spellbinders Boo Web die with Distress Oxides in Walnut Stain and Fossilized Amber. I felt like there was something missing. I decided to add Ranger’s Glossy Accents to the “Boo!” That was what was needed.

I’m entering “BOO!” in the following challenges:

Through the Craft Room Door – Anything Goes

Di’s Digi Challenge – Halloween and/or Harvest

My Time to Craft – Halloween or Cats

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Thank so much for stopping by! If you have any questions, please contact me. I hope everyone, young and old, has a great and fun Halloween.

Aletha Jane

AJ’s Design Artz

Affiliated links are listed below at no cost to you. The supplies for making this project were purchased by me. If you click on the pics below (you have a choice of several online stores) and make a purchase, I get a commission. I want to thank everyone for their continued support of my art.

Halloween with the WitchyPoo

I apologize for my lateness everyone. I had this written last night, but when I was trying to post my computer kept freezing up. I gave up. I do get a new computer this weekend, finally!

Welcome to our 8th Challenge at Delicious Doodles. We have a frightfully fun one for you this last week in October. Can you guess what it is? Yep, you are right…perfect timing for the end of October…”Fright Night!” We want to see anything your heart desires to create, but it must stay within our theme of “Fright Night.”

I have the perfect Halloween card for you today. And Teri, Owner/Artist of Delicious Doodles, has plenty of spooky images for you. I chose to use Teri’s image, WitchyPoo, from her Halloweenies collection. These are some fun digis to work with. My favorite ones are WitchyPoo, of course, Lil’ Devil, and Vamp. I really like them all. I just know that these three are the ones I would enjoy the most with my Copics.

WitchyPoo has been colored with Copics and tweaked a little with my white colored pencil. When using my Ws and Cs, I need my white pencil. It just adds that little highlight that is sometimes needed.

My embellishments are Spellbinder’s Fleur De Lis Rectangles and Cheery Lynn Spider Web and Lace Corner dies. My background paper is from my stash and I used a distressing tool and some Black Soot Distress Ink.

Did you know that we have a Facebook group we would love for you to join? Click here and come share your love of Delicious Doodles Digital Stamps.

I hope you will join the Delicious Doodles Design Team for our “Fright Night” challenge. Your deadline is November 1. That gives you plenty of time to show us your "Fright Night."

WitchPoo will be visiting these challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Halloween

Simply Create - Anything Goes

Twisted Thursdays - Anything goes with a Halloween twist

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend and enjoy your Halloween. I still need some pumpkins to carve! Contact me if you have any questions.
Aletha Jane

The Countess at RSD

Happy Friday everyone! Welcome to our 2nd challenge at Sparkle & Glitter, a Rick St. Dennis (RSD) Challenge Blog. We have another fun one for you. Because this is October (and almost time for one of my favorite holidays) our theme is “Sweet or Spooky Halloween.” Your deadline is November 1, at 7 p.m. PST. Plenty of time for you to create whatever your heart desires. We accept all kinds of art as long as you stick with the theme.

For my project I decided to use an over-sized tag that I had in my stash. The background is completed with a color technique that I accomplished using paints and inks. There is a photo tutorial that I created over at the paid-access site, StampingScrapping Techniques & Tutorials. I hope you all join us. This site is well worth the cost and your time.

I have completed my project with Rick’s unique digi, The Countess. She was screaming at me to put her on a tag. This is not something I would usually do, but I am really enjoying the creation part of these tags. You can find this image and more Halloween images at Rick's Etsy shop.

I have colored her with Copics (Cs & Ws) and then tweaked her hair with a white colored pencil. The dies are Spellbinders Spider web and Cheery Lynn’s Designs Lace Corners.

The roses are from my stash. Did you see the tiny dragonflies caught in The Countess’s web? Those are from Frost Creek Charms, where I purchase the majority of my favorite charms.

Did you know that we, at RSD, have several online groups. We have one on Facebook, Rick St. Dennis Digi Fans and Friends. One other is at Paper Craft Planet, Rick St. Dennis and Friends. We would love it if you stopped by whichever group you want, and show us your little pieces of art featuring Rick’s eclectic range of digi styles.

The Countess is on her way for a visit at:

Crafting for all Seasons - Spooky

Inky Impressions - Anything But a Card

The Paper Shelter - Use a Charm

LEJ Designs - Goth/Dark

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Art with No Boundries - October/Halloween (this is my second entry)

Cupcake Crafts - Two of something (dragonfly charms)

Fashionista Challenge - Anything Goes

Get in the Halloween mood and join us for our 2nd Challenge at RSD’s Sparkle & Glitter blog. You have finished here, now head over there and check out all the other little pieces of art created by Rick’s Elite Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great and creative weekend!

Aletha Jane