Vintage Witchy!

Happy Wednesday...or in my house we repeat it the Geico commercial way.... Hhhhuuuuuummmmpppp DAY...if you have no idea what I'm talking about...check it out HERE! LOL!  My son can do a spot on impersonation of this that kills me every time ;)

Anywho this is a crazy busy week and I've been very sick with a fever, head cold, ear infections...and the blahs.  But I'm working madly on a bunch of projects to share on this blog and my other blog HERE.  And I have back to school nights, football games, doctor's appts, errands...you name it and its probably eating up my productive hours LOL.  If you feel me...say Ohhhh Yeahhhh...cuz its weeks like this that make us stronger, better, more capable people right?  Yeahhhh I don't know about all that!

We are sad to see the MLB baseball season ending and of course my Redskins, not so good .  Seems a lot of the capable NFL teams are struggling this year... Giants, 49ers, Packers...weird, sloppy season.  But I'm also happy that NHL season begins this weekend...my Caps...rockin' the red.  I'm a DC sports fan...always faithful to all my teams...but some years are GREAT and some not so much. But I keep hopin' and rootin' :)

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Vintage Witchy

Isn't this Wee Stamp "Hazel" adorable...so cute!  Today is "W"ednesday at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog!

Magnolia-licious now carries Wee Stamps, Wild Rose Studio, Penny Black and CandiBeans by Little Darlings. Go check them out...so cute!

I've always had a fascination with witches, I love to read books about them, watch movies...just the stories about them, the whole deal I find intriguing.  Pagan practices have a huge history in our world and no not the devil worshipping stuff...pagan beliefs are actually rooted in astrology and very fascinating if you take the time to learn about it.  One of my fave book series is "All Souls Trilogy" by Deborah Harkness..the final book comes out this winter and I cannot wait!

I used papers by Authentique and kept the colors to warm blacks, creams and browns for a more vintage feel.

All the papers got distressed and inked with both dark brown and gray inks.

You know me, I love vintage and distressed and the more TEXTURE the better.

Some burlap, creepy clock die, tulle, dew drops, diamond glaze all work well for me.

The sentiment is from PTI along with the spiderweb stamps.

The beautiful black tulle flower I love...they come in rolls but I clip them apart.

(links at end of post)

She was colored with TouchTwin Markers.
Marker List will be posted later today...sorry!

Then I added a Gold Liquid Pen on her buckles, clock and necklace.

Diamond Glaze on her shoes, hat band and clock.

Hop on over to the Challenge Blog to see what my DT friends made today as well!

Have a wonderful week everyone!  I'm back on Friday with an SCACD Release!!

Links & Embellishments List:

Tulle flower trim from "Lavish Laces"...for unique & beautiful trims and flowers!!

SCACD Die - "Alice's Clock Statement Corner

Burlap and burlap flower by 7Gypsies

Paper by Authentique "Irresistible" (15% off)

Bella Baubles in Gold

I'm entering this into the following Linky Parties/Challenges:

Savvy Southern Style

Lil' Witchy-Poo!

Good afternoon Stampin friends! I promised I'd be back and I am, but with only a short post. I have been really sick the past couple of days with a nasty case of bronchitis and it's just really wearing me down. The mojo is still flowin' but the body is not moving fast, lol! I do not have the tutorial done yet and I apologize--as soon as I get some extra energy I will try and get that finished by tomorrow. At least I did get my new cord for my camera so that's good--I can upload to my heart's desire!



I have a wonderful friend overseas (waving to Ming) who took pity on me and sent me 4 of the Halloween Magnolia stamps that I had been dying for--she's the best! Diana should have them real soon in her Magnolia-licious store (she does has some new fall ones so check them out). I couldn't wait to make a card with this cute lil' witch image, even the spider is cute, lol!

The fun spider dp is by Reminisce and the rest of the cs is SU. I used my CB swiss dots folder on the purple cs for some extra texture. Lil' Witch (as I'm calling her, lol) was colored w/ Copics and then I took my Spica pens and sparkled her all up, cut her out & popped her up. The cobweb is from MFT's "Totally Witchin" set that I embossed in silver along with the sentiment (from CC Designs). I added some fun ribbon from Michaels and some sparkly black glitter dots to finish it all up. I think she's a cute-patootie! Whatcha' think?

I'll be back tomorrow with another post and hopefully the tutorial. I'm trying to rest some so I have lots of energy for the Pumpkin Patch! Don't forget to enter Camilla's blog candy today too--she's giving a Whiff of Joy stamp away everyday! BTW, I hate to tease but I saw the new stamps from WOJ that will be released soon and they are spectacular--the best yet! So save your money now cuz' you're gonna want them all!!!

Suzanne

Boo to You!

Happy Saturday to you all! We have battened down the hatches here in VA for Tropical storm Hanna---lots of rain and tornadoes to watch out for. I get to spend the day in my craft room and hopefully we don't lose any power or get any flooding from this. We need the rain, but can do w/o the wind and such! Hope wherever you are, the weather is good!

I get to share 1 of my "secrets" with you all today--next week I'll share the next one, lol! I got asked to be the Guest Designer for Jen del Muro's blog every Saturday for the month of September--woohoo! I have been visiting her blog for awhile and if you're not familiar with her, then you should be (ha ha)! She has fabulous Saturday sketches of which I will be a part of every Saturday this month. She's also an uber-talented artist and is a DT Member for quite a few companies. So make sure to take some time checking out her blog and of course my sample card for this Saturday--she's giving away some yummy BLOG CANDY too. I used one of my new Whiff of Joy stamps "Willow with Lantern" and made a Christmas card--I lovee it and hopefully you will too!



Ok, onto my projects for the day. I decided to go with a Halloween theme since I have all these new fall stamps and dp just sitting here begging me to be used--lol! The first card uses a new stamp from Spiral Whisper from their Max & Millie line--and yes this is another new company that I've sniffed out by blurfing way too much and am now obssessed with. I ordered 2 batches of stamps--I just couldn't help meself! And the artist Janet Roberts has stamps that she made in honor of her cairn terrier--and I have 2 cairns, so I love that.

Isn't this lil' witch the cutest? I used this dp from MFT and I really loved the colors in it and I wanted to pull out the hot pink from it to use on her dress. She's colored w/ Copics and I cut her out and popped her up. The layout is from the Friday Sketchers blog #18--great layout me thinks. The bats are from a Martha Stewart punch and I just folded their wings up for a 3-D pop! I made a moon w/ one of my circle punches and added yellow stickles for shimmer. The cute sentiment is from CC Designs--perfect with this image.







The second project is a "Boo"! In our neighborhood at Halloween, we neighbors "boo" each other which is basically done anonymously and you leave a small treat at their door and then they have to go and "boo" someone in return. Really fun and the kids love to do this--one runs up and rings the doorbell while the other kid does the "goodies drop" and then runs off! I thought this would be a great treat for that. The ghost/pumpkin stamp is from Whipper Snapper Designs called "Peek-a-Boo Ghost", isn't that the cutest lil' ghost ya evah saw!!! (I know, I say that about everything) Following up on my promise to start using my 800 coasters, ahem...which is now like 750...hee hee, I made this into a cute doorhanger. The dp is from SU's new Halloween line and the ribbon is from Michaels. I added a few stickles and the background was done with twinkling H2O's to make it just a little more spooky.

The cute lil' treat bag I made from a tutorial on Amy Rysavy's blog--I changed my bag to a clear one and put Halloween M&M's in it. The sentiment and cobweb are from PTI's "Spooky Sweets" sets 1&2. I found these cutie-patootie spider stickers at Michaels (Sandylion) and attached one to the front. Not scary, but cute so its appropriate for all ages. This treat bag would be great for all holidays or party favors--really quick and easy to make. (I may update this with better pics later cuz' it was getting stormy when I took these)

Hope you like the projects today! I'm still stuck here in rainy VA, so I'll be stamping the day away so I'll have lotsa things to share with you. Until tomorrow...

Suzanne

PS--The Whiff of Joy Design Team is having blog candy this month--each DT member has a different stamp and goodies to give away. Today is Inge's turn, so make sure and check it out. Mine will up on Tuesday.