Day 16 of 31 Days of Halloween 2019

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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You may have seen my card in the previous post:

My plan was to make a Halloween-y type card with this super stamp from Sweet and Sassy stamps - but nothing went right...

My intention was to make a trifold card:

I got this far and discovered I had cut the background paper every which way
 (or every witch way!!)

So I gave up - but I couldn't just dispose of the background paper - so I decided to make some ATCoins with it...

The ATCoins are formed with the paper cut into circles with ripe persimmon distress ink around them. I then embossed the three steampunk insects in black embossing powder. I then added a few buttons/embellishments.

Lost Coast Portal to Creativity now has a second challenge up for October - Pets

I am not sure if you consider my spooky insects as pets - but we often have a pet spider around the house. When Mum was in rehab following her emergency hip replacement, the ladies had named a large spider who lived in the lounge Cyril...

Anyway I will link my ATCoins up to this challenge and the Halloween one.

I would also like to share some items from last year:

 The ATC box used LeighSB's Tangled Rose Collage as did the first ATC

     

         

Then three more ATCs using LeighSB's Zombie Scream No rest for the wicked and Zombie Stare images.

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.

Please email the answers to susanrenshaw0404@gmail.com

Before I give you Spot Prize 6, I will just recap on answers to date:
Thanks to those of you who have sent answers so far!!

Spot Prize 1: How many times have I taken part in 31DOH?
Well, I first took part in 2014 so this is my 6th attempt!

Spot Prize 2 - What the origin of this quote:

Poem written by John Keats

Spot Prize 3 - What is the meaning of 'Or bed'?
On the net this is variously written as 'Or bed' or 'Orbed'.
My take on 'orbed' is that it means a full moon. I think it is written 'Or bed' to give the pronunciation as two syllables - but it could also mean the moon has risen from its bed and is out of bed... what do you think?

Spot Prize 4

I wonder if you can spot the deliberate mistake in this photo?

On the ATC with the bat the background paper is upside down.

Spot Prize 5 - a pumpkin trivia question...

In North and South America, what did archaeologists find to show that pumpkins had been around for hundreds of years?

(a) Pottery with pumpkin designs and shapes

So here is the next question - maybe a bit easier?

Spot Prize 6 - another pumpkin trivia question...

In the nursery rhyme, "Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater" what did he put in his pumpkin shell?

(a) Gold coins
(b) His knife and fork
(c) His wife
(d) Nothing. He ate the pumpkin.

Please email the answer to susanrenshaw0404@gmail.com

Happy Day 16 of 31DOH!

Day 13 of 31 Days of Halloween 2019

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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I was trying to write this post last night but Blogger was being unhelpful - hope I will have more success now!

So far I have shared the following pages of my Halloween scrapbook:

Today I will share the next page. However, first I just want to mention hopping through the blog hop - it is amazing to see everyone's creations - so much inspiration!
But also there are reminders of stamps that I already have - and mentions of others that I need to add to my wishlist!
I also must say thank you to Lyneen who mentioned the vintage postcards downloadable from Vintage Image Craft on facebook.

I downloaded and printed these three, small - and made 3 quick ATCs with scraps of card from my stash!!

I was looking for a pumpkin one to add to today's page because my husband just made the first pumpkin lantern of the season (he was actually wanting to use the squash for a recipe).

I chose this one:

If Hallow E'en just weren't at night,
It wouldn't be so scary - quite!

This made me think of kids trick or treating - and then reminded me of Pumpkin Marci - a red rubber stamp from La~La Land Crafts.
I wanted to make this the focal point of my next page.

I started by stamping her, colouring her with Copics and cutting her out.
I then combined her with these two tags.

I will link this element to Lost Coast Portal of Creativity 31DOH Challenge
By the way if you nip over to Lost Coast you will find there are Halloween treats...

The technique on the tag to which she is attached is Wrinkle free Distress

Method:

1. Select four colours of Distress Inks (I used barn door, spiced marmalade, aged mahogany and victorian velvet).
2. Smear the pads separately onto the craft sheet and spray with mister to form beads of colour.
3. Take tag and press it into the colour. Remove and heat set.
4. Repeat to build layers of colour until you are happy with the result.

The technique on the underneath tag is an embossed and blended background

Method:

1. Run tag through the Big Shot in an embossing folder.
2. Ink with a variety of colours of Distress Ink with an ink blending tool.
3. Add Distress around the edges.

I added this to my page which was first layered with a paper from Winnie Wednesday  Halloween bundle

from Polkadoodles

I then added Leigh's Stack of Carved Pumpkins coloured with Copics and cut out.

I will also add this to LeighSBDesigns Facebook Fan Group Challenge.
Find the Fan Group here

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.

Please email the answers to susanrenshaw0404@gmail.com

Spot Prize 5 - a pumpkin trivia question...

 In North and South America, what did archaeologists find to show that pumpkins had been around for hundreds of years?

(a) Pottery with pumpkin designs and shapes
(b) Seeds in old pots
(c) Mosaic art on walls
(d) Paintings on Caves

Happy Day 13 of 31DOH!

Day 8 of 31 Days of Halloween 2019 - The Boo Crew

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 I have another set of ATCs

This is also my DT make for Oddball Art.

Recently I shared a few posts with you illustrating my spooky altered box:

Today I have made a quartet of ATCs to go inside:

So firstly some photos to remind you of my altered box: 

This uses all Oddball images:
 If you would like to buy any of Lizzy's Oddball images use my DT code: DTSUSAN10

This coupon code is for 10% OFF the entire Oddball Art Website

Here are my ATCs:

I have used images from  The Jones Family Halloween coloured with a Copic markers, and cut out. For the ATC bases,  I have used scraps from my stash and a paper from 
Spooky Hollows, with Seedless Preserves Distress ink around the edges.

My creation is inspired by the current Oddball October challenge Monsters on Parade

I added skull buttons to each ATC as a skull is the Oddball signature.

Hope you will pop by again during October and see my 31DOH makes... and maybe answer my fun trivia questions.

There will be spot prizes and the chance to win -

 keep watching (and commenting each day) to find out more!

Thank you to all those who have emailed me with answers to my Spot Prizes so far - all your names will go in the hat and prize winners will be announced at the beginning of November.

Please email answers to susanrenshaw0404@gmail.com

Spot Prize 4

I wonder if you can spot the deliberate mistake in this photo?

Happy Day 8 of 31DOH!