Halloween Makes

 

 Okay, I know we're just getting over Christmas but I wanted to show my Halloween makes for this year (we're still in 2013, right?).

The card is a stepper card and I used an embossing folder on some core'dinations Black Magic card which I sanded back to reveal the orange beneath the black.  The ghosts were stickers that I attached using some Papermania mini springs.

The gift bag was a plain kraft one from Hobbycraft that I attached Halloween paper and a topper from the Hunkydory Little Horrors kit.  I filled the bag with some sweets before sending it off to some friends children (although I was tempted to keep it!).  It's the first gift bag I've made like this and I was pleased with the result.

Spring Is Coming (honest!)

Sadly I was a bit too late to enter these into the I Love Promarkers Four Legged Friends challenge, but I can add them to my blog anyway!  I've been doing a bit of Promarker practice recently and am beginning to fall in love with them all over again.  Not sure why I stopped stamping and colouring in the first place as it really is a very relaxing thing to do.

I made 2 cards virtually the same so that I had 1 to use and 1 to pop into my spares box (the spare one has now been sent out so it didn't last long!).

I used some yellow Core'dinations embossed spotty card for the background.  I received a huge 12x12 pad of this card not last Christmas but the one before, so I get a tick for using up something old.  The message ovals are by Craftwork Cards and again are something that I've had 'forever' (and to be honest wouldn't be without as they are so handy).

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #3

Here's my card for the Crafty Cardmakers third challenge, based on a sketch. The papers and the cute robin are from a set that I picked up at the QVC Outlet in Shrewsbury. The robin is actually fuzzy (a bit like Fuzzy Felt texture). The poinsettias are Prima and I used a peel off greeting to finish it. The red circle has been cut from Core'dinations Poinsettia cardstock.