Color Dare #674

 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 - 

My card is just layers of the colours of the challenge followed by the image from Conjurer of Dreams.

Hope you will join the challenge

Happy Crafting!

 

31 Days of Halloween - LeighSBDesigns Halloween Hop 2025 Day 31

    During October you will see many Halloween-y projects on my blog as I am joining in with

LeighSBDesigns 15th Annual 31 days of Halloween Blog Hop

and 2025 Crypt Keepers Countdown to Halloween

Find Leigh's main post here

This is my 12th year in succession of joining in with 31DOH!

As I am in Australia I am 18 hours earlier than Leigh at the moment!! 

And this is Halloween! Happy Halloween to you!!

I usually share a postcard  from Vintage Image Craft. 

This adorable Halloween postcard illustration from 1913 is by Grace Drayton, the creator of the Campbell Kids.

I thought you might like to see the backside of my decoration from the other day:

Here you go...

This has a variety of leigh's images coloured with markers and fussy cut.

Eat or Drink Wicked Alice

Wicked Tweedle Twins

Club and Diamond Wicked Guards

Here it is on my old sewing machine.

I will add this second side to Leigh's linky!

We have been welcoming lots of trick or treaters this evening. These are this year's decorations:

So, this is the last time to see the skeletons hopping for this year!

Happy Hopping!!

31 Days of Halloween - LeighSBDesigns Halloween Hop 2025 Day 30

   During October you will see many Halloween-y projects on my blog as I am joining in with

LeighSBDesigns 15th Annual 31 days of Halloween Blog Hop

and 2025 Crypt Keepers Countdown to Halloween

Find Leigh's main post here

This is my 12th year in succession of joining in with 31DOH!

As I am in Australia I am 18 hours earlier than Leigh at the moment!! 

I usually share a postcard  from Vintage Image Craft. 

Wouldn't it be fun to attend a Halloween ball?? Just love this postcard illustration of a dancing couple by Margaret Evans Price circa 1920.

Today I am sharing a frame I spotted in a market. It already had the skeletons dancing - you 

know how I like to see the skeletons hopping!

I just added a small image of a graveyard from Conjurer of Dreams

and a Tim Holtz die cut skelly...

 Reflections make it difficult to photograph.

I will add this to Leigh's linky!

Happy Hopping!!

31 Days of Halloween - LeighSBDesigns Halloween Hop 2025 Day 29

  During October you will see many Halloween-y projects on my blog as I am joining in with

LeighSBDesigns 15th Annual 31 days of Halloween Blog Hop

and 2025 Crypt Keepers Countdown to Halloween

Find Leigh's main post here

This is my 12th year in succession of joining in with 31DOH!

As I am in Australia I am 18 hours earlier than Leigh at the moment!! 

I usually share a postcard  from Vintage Image Craft. 

RED DEVILS! This very spooky Halloween postcard was illustrated in 1908 and published by Raphael Tuck & Sons', London. I just love the animated squash goblin, too.

Today I am sharing a journal page. I prepared the page on a loose print og the background image and then adhered it into my grey - paged journal.

I was inspired to do this when my attention was brought to this:

The background image is from Michelle Grant Shadows and Shimmers used first in total then a smaller version in part to the left. I sprayed this with Ancient gloss spray. I used a spider web stencil to add the webs, using an orange neon paint, an Art By Marlene orange marker and black Posca to emphasise. I also added orange acrylic ink drips and orange water colour...

 On the right is an image from Michelle Grant Exploring.

My next step was to add white splatter.

I wanted to add spiders lurking in the shadows. I auditioned these flock ones but they would be too thick to close my journal!

I decided to use Tim Holtz spider dies that are definitely lurking - I hope you can see them.

Next I added the sentiment from Michelle Grant Shadows

My last step was to add my raven.  I used the same raven that I had stamped for this Halloween card. 

The raven is stamped on the glossy orange card that was the packaging for the spiders above. It actually looks red in the photos but it is orange. It is placed on a second stamped image also from this set of stamps which I think came from Smeared ink years ago (no longer trading)

The background is from Conjurer of Dreams Cracked Orange Background

I will add this card to the

Lost Coast Portal to Creativity 31 Days of Halloween Challenge using rubber stamps.

This is my finished page:

I will add this to Leigh's linky!

And I always like to add the skeletons hopping!

Happy Hopping!!

WOYWW #856

    

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 #856.

Well - there is hardly enough room to actually do anything on my desk!! I am in the process of doing a Halloweeny journal page though...

Not sure what I have to share - I have been continuing with 31 Days of Halloween. My featured post illustrates yesterday's share - that decoration!

We have had Ollie here to day so we have been adding to our Halloween decs:

And we helped Ollie make a headband:

And carved a pumpkin:

Happy Halloween on Friday!

All for now... 

Happy WOYWW!