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Tuesday 29 October 2019

Day 28 of 31 Days of Halloween


Once again Leigh is hosting 31DOH!

Oct 1 - 31, 2019

The Blog Hop  linky party opens Oct 1st at 5 past midnight PDT and ends at midnight on Oct 31st!
  

For more details go to

🎃 LeighSBDesigns annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop🎃

I will be sharing today's Halloween make on Leigh's page...Day 1

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First one more postcard from Vintage Image Craft



And then another page from my Halloween scrapbook...



The main stamps I have used for this are from Visible Image - The Cheshire Cat.
I stamped the sentiments on a piece of moss green card and the cat on white, then coloured it with Copics, and then cut everything out.





As my theme today is the Cheshire Cat from 'Alice' I thought I would first show you something I made for Leigh's Dark Valentine last year - it was a postcard flip book:


 The enclosed postcard has Leigh's Queen of Hearts Grunge Collage





Not Halloween but definitely dark!

Back to today - the next picture show my page in progress.
The first layer was a paper from my scrap box distressed around
 with 'shabby shutters'.

Again I added some tags...



The first one I actually made some while ago at a craft retreat with
 UK Stampers Network


The tag involved various techniques

  • Using the rubber stamp to stamp into the texture paste and with ink - love this 'Yesterday is History, Tomorrow a Mystery, Today is a gift, That's why it's the present'
  • Using chalk acrylics
  • Using a stencil, then slightly offset it to form a shadow
  • Distressing
  • Making a homemade chipboard by layering up honeycomb die cuts 

For the second tag I sprayed a tag in my spray box with a variety of sprays, including shimmery ones, through some stencils that I had made with a glue gun.


My spray box is just some packaging - it once held a photo album. It has a deepish tray in which I have put a non-stick mat and a clear top which I stand upright to protect the surroundings!

I allowed this to dry and then overstamped with Archival ink and the stamp Punchinella from Carabelle studio.
I added 'shabby shutters' distress ink around the edges.


The third tag is once again 'glaze resist'. I used clear shoe polish through a stencil and then added a variety of distress inks.
I overstamped in Archival with 'How Fragile' from Visible Image.



I will link this to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity who have a second challenge up for October - Pets


and also the Halloween one.



Happy Hopping!



Please pop by to see more of my 31DOH Halloween makes... and maybe answer some of my Spot Prizes - all your names will go in the hat and prize winners will be announced at the beginning of November.

Spot Prize 10  
In 2016 my Halloween make for 31DOH was a fat book illustrating a poem.
Can you tell me the poem (and writer) this came from?






Please email your answer to susanrenshaw0404@gmail.com

Happy Day 28 of 31DOH!












11 comments:

  1. I love how you created a stencil with hot glue. I need to be more adventurous. Wonderful crafting.

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  2. Another wonderful page, Love the hot glue stencil!!

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  3. What a fabulous page. This is one wonderful journal you are creating with each passing day.. Love the Alice theme . thanks for sharing the mini-how to ..

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  4. Wow! Wow! Wow! What a fantastic technique!!! Your project is amazing!!!

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  5. Great works. Always refreshing new ideas and techniques you share with us all.

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  6. There is always so much to look at and admire, love your creativity.

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  7. I love the tags on your layout! What a great idea to create your own stencils!

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  8. thanks for sharing all your techniques~ great post! Love the Cheshire Cat~~~ Happy 31 Days of Halloween.

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  9. I am ohhing and ahhing over all the wonderful things you have shown up today! Cheshire Cat is presiding over tags that I can't wait to try! Love the hot glue stencil! Your Dark Valentine album is perfect!

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  10. Gorgeous page Susan. Love that cat. Great colours. Thanks for joining the fun at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Challenge. Hugz

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  11. Happy Day 28! Thanks for playing in LeighSBDesigns 9th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop with your Spooktacular page & what a treat to see your My Dark Valentine book again!

    Leigh S-B
    https://LeighSBDesigns.blogspot.com
    https://www.Etsy.com/shop/LeighSBDesigns

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