Day 20 of 31 Days of Halloween

Once again Leigh is hosting 31DOH!

🎃LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop 2019 🎃

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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Today is Pocket Letter Day.

First I am sharing two pocket letters from previous posts... 
both that I particularly liked...

The first picture shows the 9 ATCs before I put them in the wallet (from May 2017).

 

The main image is Leigh's Cleo the Egyptian Cat.

This fantasy image appealed to me when Leigh published it as my husband was working in Egypt at the time. I was lucky enough to visit Cairo and see the pyramids!

My second one is from a pocket letter swap organised by the facebook Group Oddball Stamps by Lizzy Love

Now I am going to share today's pocket letter - in both of the above the 9 ATCs formed a picture when put together. In today's PL, each ATC is stand alone although they do follow a theme.

The following pictures show the 9 ATCs out of the wallet:

Each ATC started with a rectangle of black card followed by an image from The Other Side from Craft Box. I had a whole packet of this paper pack - but unfortunately I am now just down to scraps! These rectangles were actually cut from the advertising cover page.

I then stamped each ATC with an assortment of small  Halloween stamps - some Stampin Up, some Visible Image, some unbranded.

I covered some of these images with crystal effect stickers, adding some scraps of ribbon and googly eyes. 

This is the completed pocket letter waiting for surprises behind each section and a recipient.

Having used all these snippets I will link this to Pixie's Snippet Challenge #363
Not had much chance to visit the playground recently Di!


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 7

Please tell me the origin of yesterday's quote:

Please email the answer to susanrenshaw0404@gmail.com

Happy Day 20 of 31DOH!

Limited Runs Progressive Challenge #31 Sep/Oct

This is the current progressive freebie image on Limited Runs Stamps Facebook page
 and I am quite early this month!!

Today I have made a teddy bear pocket letter comprising 9 ATCs.

I printed the image 9 times, coloured them with Copic markers, then cut them out. Something I could do easily sitting with my Dad - Mum has been in hospital with a broken hip and is now in rehab, so Dad needs looking after...

I then used a variety of pieces from my scraps to make the bases and matting layers of my ATCs.

Finally I added ribbon bows and gems - these are 4 of the ATCs:

The next one uses two strips of stamped image in red and brown in the background.

 The next one uses a snippet of background formed by putting distress ink in an embossing folder.

You know those 'hanging' ribbons in garments - the small blue bows are made from some I cut out of some trousers...

I will add my Pocket Letter to Pixie's Crafty Workshop Snippets Challenge #361

Happy Crafting!

October 24 - Day 24 of 31 Days of Halloween

This year Leigh is hosting 31DOH!

🎃LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop🎃

Oct 1 - 31, 2018

The Blog Hop  linky party opens Oct 1st at 5 past midnight PDT and ends at 5 to 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...

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I've been wanting to blog about this since I made it - but it was a pocket letter swap organised by the facebook Group Oddball Stamps by Lizzy Love

Anyway I just heard that it arrived - this is the photo my swap partner posted - so...

These are the 9 ATCs before I put them in the wallet - easier to photograph!

Method:

1. I started with a sheet of paper from The Craft Box - The other Side. I cut a piece that would fit in my printer and printed the bats on it. The bat image was a freebie for the Oddballs Newsletter.

2. I then cut 9 rectangles from this, just smaller than the black cards I had made as my bases.

3. I then used Happy Horrors and Halloween Crowd from Oddball Stamps, printing the images and colouring them with Copics.

4. I then placed the images on the ATCs cutting into sections as required and lengthening the balloon string. Finally I added the sentiments and the words.

I then placed the ATCs in the wallet...

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SPOT PRIZE Number 3!!

(mentioned on Saturday)

My question - another poem for you...From which poem is the follow stanza?

Email the name and author before midnight October 25th -

susanrenshaw0404@gmail.com -

and you will go in the draw to win a prize...

Oh, fruit loved of boyhood! the old days recalling, 

When wood-grapes were purpling and brown nuts were falling! 

When wild, ugly faces we carved in its skin, 

Glaring out through the dark with a candle within! 

Happy Hopping!

Day 154 of 'A Year of ATCs?' and Giveaway Winner

On Day 113 of A year of ATCs? I made a set of ATCs to swap and the theme was

 "Buttons and Bows"

I have now received the swaps...and here's the resulting pocket letter:

I have just made the next set to swap which stand as Day 154 of A Year of ATCs!
The theme is 'Totally Tropical'.

 Basically 9 ATCs each comprising a border of card cut with one of the Tonic ATC Collection dies and attached to the image from Fabrika Fantasy
Pirate Parrot 3
I used the precoloured version of this printed on a DP using Serif Craft Artist 2.
I also added a pineapple and the Relax sentiment 
using stamps and dies which were all magazine freebies .

Finally I added some gems.

And now, I have the winner of my last pocket letter giveaway:

I asked my daughter to pull out a name from the hat - and it is

Ike

Message me Ike and I will pop it in the post...

Watch out for my next pocket letter giveaway....

Happy Crafting!

A Year of ATCs? - Day 128, Pocket Letter Give away winner and New Give away

Finally I have the winner for my pocket letter of Day 102.
This is a Halfoween make (with surprises in the pockets behind the ATCs)

Anyway I put the names of all my commenters in a hat -

I really appreciate your comments and I have some very loyal supporters -

 Mary and Ike to mention two!!

And the one who came out was...

So Dee Cee, please PM me your address and the Pocket Letter will be in the post to you...

But now I am offering a new Pocket Letter Giveaway...

If you would like the new pocket letter sent to you - comment below saying you would like it - I will draw a name out of the hat from any comments on this and the next few posts, at the beginning of next month. You will see why I say the next few posts in a minute...

I am only showing you one of the nine ATCs just now...so this is just a sneaky peek!

This is my 128th make for A year of ATCs?

I have used Leigh's image Horus the Egyptian cat coloured with a number of markers and Zig pens (that's a Wink of Stella on the eyes) and cut out. The image was then layered on white then red rectangles and a few embellishments added.

I will link this to Ike's SUYP Challenge

Happy Crafting!

A Day of ATCs? - Day 113

On Day 85 of A year of ATCs? I made a set of ATCs to swap and the theme was

 "Ripped and Torn"

I have received the swaps...and here's the resulting pocket letter:

I have just made the next set to swap which stand as Day 113 of A Year of ATCs!

 Basically 9 ATCs comprising a rectangle of orange card matted with a background I made using bubble wrap and distress ink. I used spiced marmalade to add distress to the edges.

I then added the bird coloured with Zig real brush pens and cut out.

Finally I added bows and buttons in slightly different colourways.

The bird image is Whimsical Lily from Lost Coast Designs which I won as a prize some while ago in the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.

I will link this ATC to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Challenge #35 - this bubble wrap background is a favourite of mine!

Happy Crafting!