13 ATCs for Halloween

Yup, I made 13.  

Simple Sketches #6

Melissa did it again, designing a beautiful sketch for the Simple Sketches team.  I can't tell you how much I look forward to see what designs she assigns us on the DT.  

On my LO, I chose to use one long photo of my mists and then added layers to the side instead of a row of photos.  

I know the title is crooked. I have a slight problem with placing letters, and these were stuck down good, so I had to leave them.  I did try fixing them with Photoshop, but it didn't work.  

Check out the Simple Sketches page to see what my fellow DT members came up with week.

Drunken Stampers Go Out of This World

This week at Drunken Stampers, we are going on a long journey.  We are going to outer space! 

Your Drunken mission, if you choose to accept it:

 Create a project with Neil Armstrong!  Use outer space or an astronaut.  

I don't have any Neil Armstrong crafty supplies, but I do have this one space stamp set.

I created the background using purple, green and silver gelatos on black paper. I colored the paper with the gelato sticks and then took a wet paintbrush to blend the colors and let the black show through.  Using a speckled stamp, I used silver embossing powder to make the background look like it had stars or space dust.

The images were stamped separately on white card stock.  I used Distress markers, acrylic paint, and gel pens on the images.

I created the inside of the card on the computer, then stamped for extra fun.  I will be using this card for my nephew.  I hope he likes astronauts!

I included this photo so my background could be seen better.

You have until next Saturday to complete your mission!  

Boy Meets Girl, Boy Goes Boom!

About a Boy and About a Girl have merged and we are now Boy Meets Girl!  You can now share your boy layouts where you share your girl layouts!  But make sure you are entering the proper LO for the challenge.    ;)

Here is my first LO for Boy Meets Girl.  This LO challenge is to make a grungy or messy LO.  I call this my comic book grunge style.  My son picked this replica grenade as a souvenir from the U.S.S. Yorktown museum on our vaction to South Carolina this summer.  He really enjoyed posing for this photo.  It's about time he cooperated!

You have until October 15th to enter this challenge.

Simple Sketches #4

Hello and good morning. Today I am here (I am always here, where are you?) with the newest sketch from Simple Sketches.  Our lovely Melissa has designed us another great sketch.  

Here is my take:

I can explain this.  I told the Simple Sketches crew that I had Halloween brain.  My kids are getting older.  Mostly this is a good thing, but I realized that it's half way through September and they haven't asked to go to the Halloween store.  They have no interest in trick or treating.  I offered to buy costumes so they can sit on the front porch and hand out candy (as long as it's not snowing).  They are not interested.  I almost felt like crying.  

Maybe it's that Halloween is my favorite holiday.  Halloween is fantasy and magic and fun and chocolate all in one night.  What's not to love?

Maybe I have to face that this year they don't want to dress up.  Last year was a fluke and they wore complimentary costumes.  This might not be a bad thing.  Have you seen the costumes they offer women?  I don't want my daughter in those!  How about this costume?

Make Your Own Sunshine ~ Drunken Stampers #142

It's time for the new weekly challenge at Drunken Stampers!  # 142 is open for business:

As the lady says, use London as your inspiration or use the colors red, white, and blue.  

You have until next Friday to enter.  Play along and you could be our next Life of the Party!

About the card:

I don't know if London is rainy, but I decided to use this image and sentiment from for my main image.  I thought she looked like she could be in London.  The stamp is from the Uptown Girls line at Stamping Bella.  I colored her with Prismacolor pencils, and I found my coloring skills to be rusty!  The rain drops were made with a Prima stencil and Art Anthology paint. The London back ground was from hfcSupplies on Etsy and I placed it on computer patterned paper freebie from 7 Dots Studio from their "Messy Head" line.   

Thanks for taking a look!