darling little mummy doggy

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!! Are you ready for a night filled with little ghosties, goblins and lots of Elsa, lol?? I sure am! I'm going to my SIL's house this year to trick or treat with my little 2yr old niece and nephew (twins) and can not wait!! Even Moe will be going this year, he's going to be a pumpkin. It's not easy finding a costume for him since he's a big guy weighing in at 100lbs. Mostly all you find clothing for is little yappy sized doggies but one of the big boxed pet stores had a pumpkin in a 2X..woo-hoo!! Last year he had bronchitis and had to stay home and we were worried about his leg being a factor for this year. However, last week we had a final x-ray and the Vet said everything was looking great that the bone was growing over the metal plates and that we needed to start to rebuild the muscle mass by walking a little. What perfect timing!! Miss Lucy and Mr. Henry are uber excited to see Moe and to get to trick or treat with him. Miss Lucy lovingly refers to him as "my Moe" when she talks about him, lol...she's adorable! We went to the pumpkin patch with them this past weekend as she said to her mommy "is my Moe going to pick a pumpkin too"? She's so sweet!! 

Today I just so happen to have a little Halloween puppy to share...by accident I swear, I wasn't going to talk about Moe, lol, it just happened!! This is from the same Copics coloring class featuring Whimsy stamps as the little kitty I showed you on Wednesday.

Mummy Dog

Again I kept the layout super simple so that the image took front and center place. I wish you could see him in person, the detailed shading just doesn't show up good in the picture. He's my fave out of the 3 cards I made for the class.

BLOGGER NOTE: How about a few Halloween shots of "little" Moe ;) that I took this morning?

Well I'm off, calling it a short day here at work and going to visit the cutest little Mickey & Minney I've ever seen ;) Too bad I couldn't find a Pluto costume for Moe, he's already the right color, lol...how perfect would that have been?? Hmmm, maybe it's not too late to figure out how to make black ears and a black tail from felt? Jeeze, why didn't I think of this a long time ago!?!?!?

A little whimsical witchy kitty

Hello everyone! Today I have a card that I made for a copics coloring class I taught at my local stamping store, The Stamp Pad. It's no secret that I have a fondness for Whimsy stamps and their Halloween collection that The Stamp Pad carried was too irresistible to not use for this class!!

Cat Witch

Isn't she adorable? I had a really hard time deciding how to color her so that her fur looked "furry". There is always the blender dot method or using the blender solution on a little piece of towel but I just didn't want to do that since I had already colored a little owl (will show you that one later) using that technique. After a few (okay, a lot) of trial and errors, I decided that using several colors of grey flicked in to make her stripey was the best option. After I was happy with my coloring job I came up with this simple layout using Doodlebug paper and a fun spider web die cut by Taylored Expressions. 

I'll be back on Friday with a fun Mummy Dog from Whimsy...he's ADORABLE! See ya soon :)

A spooky little duo

happy Friday everyone and welcome! Today I have a "spooky" little duo to share with you. When I made those cute little treat boxes/bags I shared with you on Monday, I also made 2 fun cards....

Sorry about the blurriness...still haven't replaced my camera just yet.

How about a close up....

 

Isn't this darling? The little web frame thingie is a die cut...yes, I just had to have it so I picked one up at the end of the class ;)  On this card we used orange, but can't you picture it on patterned paper of even a piece of black for a black on black texture? So many possibilities!

Here's the other little card...

The class instructor already had the circles cut out for us. The tree, cat, pumpkin, house and some tombstones that you don't see were all one die cut. The spooky house that you see here is a separate die cut that we used to cover up the original one because this one is bigger and a little cuter.

 

Don't forget that this Sunday will be the DeNami Halloween blog hop....See you right back here bright and early with a scary surprise or two!!!!

Let's do the blog hop again......

That's right - time for the Denami Blog hop and this theme - Halloween.  The beginning of my FAVORITE time of year.  That right - Halloween kicks off the holidays (well in my mind anyway).

Now if you are following along in order you have arrived here from the FANTASTIC, FABULOUS and fellow Denami Addict - the one...the only...Tina Milbourn!  And following her can be quite....intimidating to say the least but I will give it the ol' crafty try.

You know sometimes figuring out just which stamp to use can be the hardest part of all.  Which is why for this little number I tried to use as many as I could - HA!

OK - not to pat myself on the back or anything....but....this card came out waaay cuter than I expected it to.  I think I fell in love with that little kitty.  So cute!  I have to admit there were one or two more I was planning on using but I loaned them out to a friend. 

Now don't forget - the best part.....the PRIZES.  Leave a comment on each blog along the hop to be eligible for one of 2 denami gift cards.  So with the super cute ideas and the gift certificates that makes double the treats without the tricks!  Oh and if you get lost along the way - no worries - just head on back to the Denami Blog and get back on track!

Next up is the very creative and talented Dana Seymour - can't wait to see what treats she has for us.

Fuzzy Ball.....oh so cute!

So this week on the Denami Blog....Paulina gave us a little example of a birthday card using the fuzzy ball stamp. First off let me say...it was so cute! Secondly, it inspired me to do something with this little stamp that was just sitting in my cabinet waiting to be used....So....this is what I came up with...

(please welcome back Flash - we have finished contract negotiations...and he will be here for a while...its cause I OWN him...hehe)



Now for a closer look.....(so so sorry for the photo quality....I tried to get a good close up...the camera just wasn't feeling it - me thinks I need to have a contract negotiation with my Canon now....it never ends.....)



Check out those legs!! Reminds me of the knee socks I used to wear back in the day (yes, I am dating myself...no comments from the peanut gallery *cough* Tina *cough*) I used beads to create them - and if you ask me...I think they are CUTE!!


Stamps used in creating this card: PF36 Halloween (for the little face), PF14 Party Time (for the background), and D141 Fuzzy Ball


Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

Scary Halloween fun

Cheeky has me inspired with all of her wonderful halloween creations and wishes for cooler weather! Don't ya just LOVE these darling versitle stamps?!?!

And for a little closer look....

I only used ink to stamp with and a marker for the hill outline and ghostie, otherwise everything was done in chalks...I love the soft effect it gives.

Stamps:
H84 three houses
F207 three winter trees
E145 friendly ghost
E137 small cloud

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

Tina M

Halloween 1

I don't know about anyone else.....but while I *adore* summer, I am ready for some cooler weather. I think that little thought was swimming around in my subconscious this weekend as I was playing in my crafty room because I made a couple of Halloween cards (the second I will show later this week).



And now for a closer look:



Stamps used in making this card: TR12 Sweet Treat Blocks, PF36 Halloween Stamp Set, D126 Friendly Bat, E145 Friendly Ghost.

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!