31 Days of Halloween 2026 Day 17

       

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 17.

I just realised yesterday was the half way mark!!

Here is the next page in my Halloween junk journal. 

This matches yesterday's as a flap opens to show the recipe pictured on the front - Tarantula Truffles.

 I added penwork as on the previous pages. The stamps at the bottom are from Hero Arts Autumn Bounty stamped and painted with water colour.

I added a tag with another recipe displayed on it.

Ghostly Sweet Treats.

Both recipes came from an old UK Dairy Diary which my aunt used to buy me every year.

 

This page was prompted by the Halloween Challenge - Autumnal Recipe.

I have another small make to share - a string of apothecary bottles.

 The stamps on these are from LeighSB Designs. 

I cut these out and distressed them with black soot. I placed neon paper inside the bottles.

I usually share a postcard  from Vintage Image Craft. 

In 1911, Kathryn Elliott illustrated this stunning Halloween postcard featuring a beautiful young woman, meticulously hand colored.

And as always I like to add the skeletons hopping!

Happy Hopping!!

31 Days of Halloween 2026 Day 16

      

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 16.

Here is the next page in my Halloween junk journal. 

It is a bit different from previous ones as a flap opens to show the recipe pictured on the front - Trick or Treat Brownie Graveyard Bars

 I added penwork as on the previous pages. The stamps at the bottom are from Hero Arts Autumn Bounty stamped and painted with water colour.

I added a tag with another recipe displayed on it.

Pumpkin and Cinnamon Custard Tartlets.

Both recipes came from an old UK Dairy Diary which my aunt used to buy me every year.

This page was prompted by the Halloween Challenge - Autumnal Recipe.

I also have another spiders make...

This used a background paper from crafterschoice Spooky Background Paper Pack

on a kraft card blank, stamped with a spider.

Round the edges I placed parts of a Visible Image sunflower embossed in black and painted in watercolour.

I usually share a postcard  from Vintage Image Craft. 

1912 was a fantastic year for Halloween postcards, filled with vibrant and cheerful illustrations.

And as always I like to add the skeletons hopping!

Happy Hopping!!

Outlawz Twisted Challenge - Colour Scheme - October Reminder

    

This is a new Outlawz challenge which will scroll through the themes

Songs and Rhymes

Colour

Greetings

Sketch

This month it is Colour Scheme  where your make should be inspired by this colour scheme, chosen by Jane:

This is my card: I used the colours from the palette to make a Halloween card.

I used a black card blank matted with music paper then layers of papers distressed around the edge with black soot.

I then added the image - stamped and embossed witch from Visible Image, painted with watercolour and cut out. Finally I attached the embellishments.

The sentiment was in my stash from Gecko Galz. 

Happy Crafting!

31 Days of Halloween 2026 Day 15

     

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 15.

Here is the next page in my Halloween junk journal. I chose a tag with a cat on it as I had additional cats in the background paper (found in my stash) and on the tab.

 I added penwork as on the previous pages.

The main image was in my stash from Gecko Galz.

This page was also following the prompt in the Halloween Challenge - Bewitched Creatures.

These are the pages from today and yesterday.

I usually share a postcard  from Vintage Image Craft. 

A devil popping out of a jack-o'-lantern, courtesy of illustrator H. B. Griggs (HBG) for postcards around 1908. This devil is so adorable it brings to mind Neil Sedaka's song lyrics, "Hey little devil, I'm gonna make an angel out of you."

And as always I like to add the skeletons hopping!

Happy Hopping!!

WOYWW #906

            

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#906 

I still find it hard to take in that Sarah is no longer with us...

But here is my desk today:

At the front is a printer paper packet plus some Halloween stamps. I have a large selection of spider stamps.

I know not everyone is keen on Halloween but as it's my sister's birthday we have had years of Halloween parties and I have joined in with 31 Days of Halloween for 13 years now.

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

The first of these uses packaging from Fanta cans!

WE have also started some Halloween decorations. We won't have Ollie next week so we decided to get a pumpkin carved...

I was signed off by the surgeon yesterday so my hip is going well - But I had to have a tooth out on Monday so that is not so good. 

We have begun to see some better weather though...

Sending hugs to all connected to WOYWW.