WOYWW 384 and card making

Welcome to Wednesday!  WOYWW is my favorite time of the week recently!  I really enjoy showing my desk and the projects I have been working on over the past week.  If you haven't checked out WOYWW this week is the week to do so!  Julia has all the details on her blog Stamping Ground and how to link up to WOYWW here!

My desk doesn't look much different then in the past weeks except I have been busy working on some cards and a 3-D project you can read about here.   Here is a picture if you don't want to go to the previous post!

 My desk…still a mess!  I made a couple more Halloween cards and the second one is under the pile of scrap paper to the left!  I haven't used the witch set yet but it is out there cause that is my next card!

The card on the desk is the very first Z-fold card I have ever made.  I am not so for sure that I like the process/technique at all but a couple of the swaps I am in wanted Z-fold cards this month…so I did it!  Whine, whine, whine, whine…guess that is the reason behind swaps and challenge isn't it.  It takes you out of your comfort zone and makes you try something different.  Here is a picture of the card close up!

 I had difficulty getting it to lay down enough to take a photo so I just stood it up.  Card stock is from Close to My Heart.  Stamp set is one of the new die and stamp sets I got from Michael's the other day.  The moon and black dots are some bling left overs from a set.  I stamped the ghosts but they didn't show up with white Stazon so I used Perfect pearls and painted them in.  Nice translucent effect!  Pumpkins are more Perfect Pearls.

The second card I made is another Z-fold card but this time I went a bit more colorful and used some paper from a new paper pad I bought last week.  I went to Michael's looking for a stamp set and saw these paper pads on sale for $5 and just couldn't live without this one.  It is a Day of the Dead pad loaded with all sorts of bright and different papers.  I made two of this card because I plan on sending to someone as a Thank You card!  

Here is a side view of this card.

 See why it is called a Z-fold?  I don't know why I had so much problem with it cause now it seems easy peasy!  There are a lot of different types so look around and find one you like.

Okay I am going to sign off and get to bed.  I have 2 doctors appointments tomorrow.  The first is at 9:30 so I can't be up late tonight.  Probably won't link this post until after I get up.  Have a great week and I will try to make it around to every ones desk this week.

my boo….

It has been a fun and productive weekend even if I haven't felt well and haven't gotten much in the way of work done around here.  I have been play in my craft room making some Halloween decor!  I love this time of year when the weather becomes more temperate, the light changes and softens the world around us, and of course the colors.  It just looks, smells, and feels shades of oranges, golds, yellows, and dulled down greens and purples.

I used everything out of my stash to make this…you know the bargain hunter and end of season sales shopper I tend to be.  I love a good bargain!  The wooden BOO came from Hobby Lobby last year after Halloween!  I saw them there again this year and was glad I bought mine last year…also glad that I saw them and it reminded me I had them in my stash!

I covered the B and the pumpkins from some paper from Close to My Heart collection from last year called Nevermore!

  

 I had a bunch of Halloween bling and ephemera in a box so I pulled it all out and made some tentative plans as to what I wanted to do.  I decided to do the front and back of the pumpkins…just because I could.  Not much I could do with the B so I covered the front, painted the back and blinged it up with some big purple and orange gems I had.  The flowers are from years ago put out by Prima.  I have no idea where the black flourish bling is from as it was not in a wrapper.  Here are the fronts and backs of the pumpkins...

The Skeleton's are a Jolee's boutique set you can pick up just about at any craft store. Card stock is from Close to My Heart from the Nevermore Paper pack.  My daughter, Heather, sells CTMH by the way and if you need some supplies check out her CTMH site.   BTW I am having an online party and if you go to the site and want to buy anything check my party…

Here is the set completed and put together in 3 different ways.  I think you could make them go different ways but I settled on this.  Didn't it turn out super neat!  Love these colors!

Okay I am off to do some more crafting.  Think I am going to make a couple Halloween layouts since I have all the stuff out.  I am sure my daughter in law will dress the babies up cute again this year and I will need something to put the cuties pictures on!  

WOYWW #278 and Halloween Post Card swap

It seems like forever since I last posted to WOYWW.  First off I am doing fine and haven't been majorly ill just a little flare up and that was because I went over board and did a bit more then what I should have done.  We have had company from Spain the past 17 days and I was enjoying visiting and running around a bit with him and my husband. 

What's WOYWW you ask?  What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday to be exact and it is a group of artists/crafters that get together from around the world to share their work and desks!  Go visit Julia at Stamping Ground and click on the little link at the top of her page to find out the details on how to join us hopping around the world. 

First off a picture of my desk today...

 

Not a lot going on.  Just finishing up working on another swap for another Yahoo group called Altered Tattered and Timeworn.  It is a bunch of artists/crafters that create awesome works of art that has a natural tattered and timeworn look.   This swap was for a post card using only Tim Holtz dies and stamps which I did.   

 I created the front of the card using Tim Holtz Rickety House, Branch Tree, and On the Fence dies.  The house was stenciled with a large brick stencil and the windows were cut from alternate papers.  I then glued it all down to a 4"x6" piece of card stock that I had distressed with Faded Denim Distress ink and glued a 1 3/4" yellow moon on.  The windows and doors are glazed with Crackle Accents glaze and then distressed with Vintage Photo Distress ink.  The ticket tag was made using a stamp from the Odds and Ends Tim Holtz stamp set.  Bat, kettle, witches hat, cat and bird are from Michael's Recollection line of Halloween stickers.  All cardstock is Stampin'Up!

Back of the card is stamped and inked with Vintage Photo Distress ink.  Post Card stamp from the stamp set by the same name!

I am posting another post today with the craft room changes so check out what I have done with the craftroom switch over that I promised would get done this year.  It needs some fine tuning and paring down but it is on the end run for sure.

Have a great week.  

Halloween ATC of the creepy kind!

After the last post with the spider in it I thought I would just keep the theme going and here is a Halloween ATC in black and orange with another 8 legged creeper! 

On this ATC I used the Tim Holtz Halloween Mini Holidays and Halloween Silhouetes for for the spider then embossed the spider with a TH folder to give 3 dimensional affect.  Folder doesn't exactly line up with the stamped image but it was close enough. 

Steampunk Witch ATC

I got involved with a new art group this past month and joined in on a swap or three that Sandy Alsfassar (sfassar) was hosting on the group.  The group is called Art 42 and doesn't have a specific product or manufacturer that you have to subscribe to so you can use whatever you want in your creations.  

One swap I joined was the Steampunk Witches ATC swap.  Make 3 get 3 back.  Here are the ones I made!  Of course I wanted to make sure I got one of mine so I made 4!!

Don't you love them?  They are actually made with metal adhered to cardstock then embossed.  I used Glue and Seal, matt to adhere the witches to the card and then coated it totally.  The Witches are from Graphic 45  Happy Haunting paper pack.

 Here are pictures upclose of the 4 ATC's I made.  Hope you like them!

Another swap at ART 42 was about bats in your belfry.  Stay tuned.  I will post them soon!