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Friday, 23 October 2026

Color Dare Challenge #726

This picture shows my make for the

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge DT

Do pop over to the Color Dare Challenge and take a look at my teamies' makes.

This picture shows the challenge -

Today's card is a Dutch gate fold.

This is the inside:

I used black card to make the base then layers of card from my stash.

I coloured the leaves with a marker.

Happy Crafting!

31 Days of Halloween 2026 Day 23

During October you will see many Halloween-y projects on my blog.

This is my 13th year in succession of participating in 31DOH!

That must be an auspicious number!!

I am joining in with the 2026 Crypt Keepers Countdown to Halloween

This is my Day 23.

Here is the next page in my Halloween junk journal.

The background paper is from Conjurer of Dreams Halloween Newsprint Digital Download
trimmed to fit and matching yesterday's page.

On top of this I added the cat tag, shared earlier. (Conjurer of Dreams image)

I added a tab and penwork as on previous pages.

I glued the tag so it made a pocket to contain the long narrow tags - these also used the newsprint, tabs and some stickers I got on a postal envelope.

The other tag was from the set shared earlier.

These are the pages from today and yesterday.

I usually share a postcard from Vintage Image Craft - today I chose one with a pumpkin person and a black cat...

Around 1912, illustrator Samuel L. Schmucker created whimsical Halloween postcards featuring imaginative creatures, charming children’s costumes, and soft pastel colors that make them truly distinctive.

And as always I like to add the skeletons hopping!

Happy Hopping!!

Thursday, 22 October 2026

31 Days of Halloween 2026 Day 22

During October you will see many Halloween-y projects on my blog.

This is my 13th year in succession of participating in 31DOH!

That must be an auspicious number!!

I am joining in with the 2026 Crypt Keepers Countdown to Halloween

This is my Day 22.

Here is the next page in my Halloween junk journal.

The background paper is from Conjurer of Dreams Halloween Newsprint Digital Download
trimmed to fit.

On top of this I added the Stack o' carved pumpkins from Leigh SB

The tag was made from this, shared earlier. (Gecko Galz image)

I added a tab and penwork as on previous pages.

Yesterday I found this 3D printed pumpkin in a market - I couldn't resist it!

and also I bought this spooky pumpkin from the supermarket...

I usually share a postcard from Vintage Image Craft - today I chose one with pumpkins...

Black cats are among Halloween’s most iconic symbols, and Ellen H. Clapsaddle’s postcard illustrations from around 1910 are truly some of the finest..

And as always I like to add the skeletons hopping!

Happy Hopping!!

Wednesday, 21 October 2026

WOYWW #907

Follow the link to find out more about What's on Your Work Desk Wednesday and maybe join in...

This is my post for WOYWW#907

Here is my desk today:

As usual the working area has become minimal - how does this always happen? This next picture shows me working on a tiny corner of my table when we still lived in the UK - maybe 7 years ago? I think it's time for a big tidy up!!

Anyway on my work table you might be able to see a Visible Image Sunflower stamp which I have been using a lot recently, plus some Sunflower papers. The background has not changed much!!

I have been continuing with my 31 days of Halloween project. These were the last three double pages of this project:

This obviously takes up much of my crafting time but I did make some journaling cards with scraps from my desk:

Then today our daughter had a day off 'in lieu' so we met up, had lunch at a garden centre - Sophie had a voucher to spend so this meant much deliberation before she chose something!

We then called at the beach near her house and I loved all the wildflowers...