Day 23 of 31 Days of Halloween

More wicked blogging!  This is day 23 of the Smeared Ink 31 Days of Halloween blog hop.  I've been working on a different Stamped Halloween post each day this month along with the other wicked bloggers - the links to their blogs are listed on the right hand side under the lil' grumpie.

Sprinkle Magic

This is the bone collector stamp, I've been wanting to use her for awhile for the hop, but could never get my idea quite right.  Still not so sure about this one…. 

Gelatos around the edge.  Watercolor. Stamps: owl, magic stars, sprinkle moondust, and Bone Collector on a 4 by 4 inchie square

It's the weekend!  Woo hoot!  8 more days of wicked blogging!!!

Day 22 of 31 Days of Halloween

Woosh!  Running out of time.  I had some ideas I wanted to be sure to make for this bloghopping extravaganza - but it's day 22 and I keep making ATCs or cards… my ideas are MeltIng…

Sharp Owl

This another image that is a family favorite around here.  I collect owl stamps and I do love this guy!  I even made a quilt based off the Sharp Owl image for my daughter.. but today it's he's a stamp, kinda dressed in Halloween colors, on a card.

Usually I go yellow with the eyes, but I was feelin' green.

First I did some background stamping with the numbers, and newsprint in orange, as well as the hinge in purple.  Misted it then let it dry.  Then I stamped and embossed the sharp owl and colored his eyes and did a little color highlighting.  I went around the edges with purple gelatos (YES I LOVE THEM VERY MUCH!) and smudged it up. I made a card and then layered a piece of black tulle on top and stapled that bad boy right onto the card.

He was supposed to have a little witch hat on.  I stamped it up and glittered it, but it just didn't seem to fit on those owl-brows.  So the colors will have to make it Halloweenish for now.  Thanks again for visiting my 31 days blogging craziness! 

Day 21 of 31 Days of Halloween

I can start a countdown now!   Ten days of spooky blogging left.

The Devil made me do it!

Just read that packaging - Baby Ruth Real Peppermint Gum?

Check out this thief.  Hmmm the Devil made him do it?  Looks like he might just be the devil.  Maybe this stamp art doesn't make sense. It was fun to make though!

Stamps Used: Moon, Devil, Sentiment, Newsprint, Stars, Honeycomb

I made this awhile ago when I was gelatoing the heck out of my edges!  I still think it's fun!

Hop on over to Dee Dee's blog to see what creepy fun is lurking there...

Day 20 of 31 Days of Halloween

Candy Corn Thieves

Look at this creepy guy stealing candy corn!  Joke's on him - he doesn't know how un-tastey it is…

This guy cracks me up!

 Swooping owl doing the same thing!

I just sent the 100 Proof Press Newsletter out over the weekend, and I really like to have a little piece of thank you art in there for my first responders. I created these ATCs for the orders for this week - I will stamp the words "thank you" on them before I ship them out. I wish I always had time to throw a little something in the packages, but alas - 24 hours in a day.

I had fun making the background for these.  In this case, I stamped a whole sheet and then cut it to ATC size.  I just stamped those stars over and over using those colors (on a second page I did use a little purple).  Then I misted the paper and lightly stamped over the sort of damp paper with the tumbled glass ink and star stamp. Stamping Fun!

Day 19 of 31 Days of Halloween

Almost in the 20s.  Really I did not know if I was going to make it as a Wicked Blogger this year, but I'm at a good pace to post everyday this month!!! Thank you to Smeared Ink for putting this huge month long flow of spooky creations together.  So let's kick this week off with a surprise…

Nobody Puts Spooking in a Matchbox

I saw this little matchbox project in Rubber Stamp Madness a few months ago and I have been wanting to do it ever since.  So, I used this 31 Days challenge as a good reason to finally make it.

Tee hee hee!  Spooking in a Nightshirt fit right in there!  I should make a quick video of opening the box slowly so you can get the full effect.  On the back of Spooking is a ZAP dot that holds a small string on, which is taped to the underside of the top of the matchbox.  He pops up (just a little, well just enough)!  He gets folded down when the box is closed.

More Spooking Fun, right?

Stamps Used :Small Skull, BOO! and SPOOKING IN A NIGHTSHIRT

Now, I can't promise Spooking won't' make his way into my final projects, but I am going to try to get creepier and then go into Day of the Dead creations.  Gotta keep this stampin'-bloggin' ball a rollin'...

Day 18 of the 31 Days of Halloween

find peace ATC

Another image I am in LOVE with.  This one is from Cherry Pie Art Stamps.

I just love it!

Crack me up - I asked my husband to help me caption this ATC (I didn't go with any of his suggestions) and he asked me how the teeth on the skull were so white.  So I told him I used a white sharpie. "A white sharpie, who ever heard of such a thing?"  My oh my, right?

So that's the big trick/art skill on this ATC - use a white sharpie! 

I'm gonna get some more days done today, I can just feel it!!! 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are enjoying the 31 days of Halloween as much as I am.

Day 17 of 31 Days of Halloween

Can't stop now!!!

Skull Postcard

Thanks to the 31 Days of Halloween, my daughter will have a postcard for each day she is away!  

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this skull stamp.  It is from Lost Coast Designs and I am in love!

I used the same background method as in yesterday's card, then I stamped painted and cut out the skulls and glued them on.

WE ARE OVER HALF WAY!!!!!

Gotta keep on bloggin!

AND check this out!  I entered this postcard into the LCD linky party!