I Don't Do Halloween

The image for the Progressive Challenge at Limited Runs is Dracula, all be it a cheerful one! However I am not into Halloween at all so have done a bit of alterations to him to make him less vampirish, if that is a word!



Materials used:
Limited Runs - Progressive Challenge #19 Image
X-Press It card
red card
rectangle die with faux stitched edge
5" x 7" card blank
small black button
Copic pens:
skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20
teeth - E000, E41, E42
cloak - C3, C5, C7, C9, 100
             B23, B24, B26, B18
jacket - R29, R39, R59, R89
pocket - C0, C1, C3, C5
shoes - C3, C5, C7, C9

To alter the image I have just drawn in some teeth with a black fine liner and covered his skull broach up with the button. I was really fortunate to come across the quote online as it fitted the image so well.

Just a word of caution, if you decide to alter any images please check with the TOU of the company, some artists do not agree to any changes in the overall look of their art work. I checked with Nikki at Limited Runs before messing about with his teeth!

Thanks for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
Limited Runs Progressive Challenge #19 (Facebook)
Addicted To Stamps And More #311 - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations #375 - Anything Goes
Creative Moments #153 - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #399 - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #207 - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart #221 -Anything Goes
PIP Challenge #1838 - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create #213 - Anything Goes / Clean and Simple
A Bit More Time To Craft #76 - Anything Goes

A Bit Further Along The Orange Path

It's the half way point of the challenge at Path of Positivity with the optional theme of Shades of Orange. For my card this time I have actually got around to trying out a stepper card die I had for Christmas!
Orange is a very popular colour at the moment as Autumn comes creeping into the Northern Hemisphere. Pumpkins are starting to appear in our shops and the leaves are just starting to turn on some of our trees in the woods. After the unusually long and very hot British summer it is something of a shock to discover that the temperature has plummeted over the past few days. We have been having some of our windows replaced and with no glass in for much of the day the house has gone really cold. It is quite a relief to be slaving over a hot laptop!!



Materials used:Imagine That Digistamp - Bambi and Max
Imagine That Digistamp - Volcano and Trees
Whimsy Stamps - Animal Print Papers (mine where a freebie from the Facebook group some time ago. The link will take you to the nearest equivalent in their store.)
acrylic greeting stamp from stash
various shades of orange card
X-Press It card
Crafts Too Presscut Stepper Card #6 die set
square orange gems
black archival inkpad
Copic pens:
skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20
hair - YR14, YR16, E08, E18
outfit - E31, E33, E35, E47, E59
YR14, YR16, YR18, E08 (and cat)
club - E31, E33, E35, E39
stone - E41, E42, E43, E44
bones and buttons - E50, E51, E55
tree - E42, E43, E44, E47, E49
grass and leaves - G21, G24, G94, G99
coconuts - E21, E23, E25, E27, E29
sky - B0000, B000, B00

I used up quite a few snippits making the embellishment mats and layers for the side parts of card. Needless to say the snippit box is still overflowing!

There is still time to join in with us this month either with the optional orange theme or without. Just be sure that if you would like a chance to win the prize for the Most Inspirational Creation, over half of the colours in your project must be made up of shades of orange. The shades can be in the colours you choose to fill your images with, and/or they can be in your choices of papers and embellishments. Just make sure that the majority of your project focuses on the varying shades of orange. Also make sure you add FT after your name when you link up your project, it makes it a bit easier for the DT to see which entries qualify as having followed the theme.

We'd also love to find out how this month's colour makes you feel, if you'd like to share that with us. What kinds of feelings does the colour orange evoke in you? You can write a sentence or two in the body of your post, write a sentence at the bottom of your post next to the link up for this challenge, or simply leave a comment on this post if you'd like.

Remember, in order to be considered eligible for this month's prizes, ALL creations must be positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some nature. You don't need to follow the optional theme if you simply want to have a chance at the Random Draw prize of a $10 gift certificate from Imagine That Digistamp, one of our guest sponsors this month. You only need to follow the theme if you want a chance to win an additional sponsored prize of a $15 gift certificate from Lunagirl, the second of our guest sponsors this month, for the project chosen as Most Inspiring.

Thanks for popping in. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
Artistic Inspirations #207 - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart #220 - Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers #218 - Autumn Colours
PIP Challenge #1837 - Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #90 - Anything Goes
Dragonfly Journeys #129 - Fall/Fall Colours
A Bit More Time To Craft #76 - Anything Goes
Cards Galore Encore #55 - Anything Goes
Pixie's Snippets Playground #335 - Anything Goes
Crafting With Dragonflies #113 - Anything Goes (card only) 
Imagine That Digistamp Creative Playground

Happily Ever After

The current progressive challenge at LeAnn's World 101 Facebook Page features a lovely image entitled Cindy, for obvious reasons.



Materials used:LeAnn's World 101 - Cindy (digital stamp) 
Clarity Stamp - Word Chain 05 Dream
brown card blank (DL size)
craft card
X-Press It card
Adirondak Archival ink pad - Sepia
black card candi
circle die
Copic pens:
skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20
hair - E11, E13, E15, E18
dress - BG90, BG93, BG96, BG99
            E84, E87, E89
shoes - C1, C3, C5, C7
broom handle and bucket - E33, E35, E37, E39
                                                 W00, W0, W1, W3, W5
broom head - E07, E08, E09, E18
floor - E70, E71, E74, E77
wall - E41, E42, E43, E44
star - Y02, Y06, Y19, E15

I shall be picking up a mop and bucket tomorrow instead of pens! We have just had some of our windows replaced including the kitchen and bathroom so there is dust everywhere. Tomorrow will be wash down day.

Thanks for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
LeAnn's World 101 Progressive Facebook Challenge #13
LeAnn's World 101 Blog Challenge #6 - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #397 - Anything Goes
Creative Moments #152 - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations #374 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft #75 - Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft September - Anything Goes
Your Scrapbook Place September - Anything Goes
A Snowflakes Promise #54 - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart #219 - Anything Goes
Create And Inspire #77 - Anything Goes
PIP Challenge #1836 - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create #213 - Anything Goes/Optional Twist Clean And Simple
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #89 - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers #152 - Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack FFC #249 - Anything Goes
Pattie's Creations #150 - Fairytale/Fantasy
If You Give A Crafter A Cookie #104 - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #206 - Anything Goes

Just Hanging

I love this image from Limited Runs, it reminds me of my youngest daughter, any excuss to be up a tree or hanging from a pole in the park! Usually there is a progressive challenge on the Limited Runs Facebook page but this month they have a second sponsor so have made it an open challenge using any Limited Runs image. How could I not do this one?!



Materials used: Limited Runs Digital Stamps - Jazz
X-Press It card
blue card
white card made into trifold card blank
Spellbinders  Cut, Mat, Create die sets 1A and 1B
Britannia Dies leaves strip
paper flowers from stash
Copic pens:
skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04  R20
hair - E42, E43, E47, E49
dress - RV63, RV66, RV69, RV99
            Y13, Y15, Y17, E15, E18
eyes - E35, E37, E39  Blender
pole - R29, R39, R59, R89

The apperture in the card blank and the blue liner are cut with the Spellbinders dies. Jazz I have stuck by just the ends of the pole so that she is free swinging a bit. The flowers and the leaves were already in my stash.

Thanks for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #89 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft #75 - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #206 - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks #418 - Crazy Egg Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create #213 - Anything Goes
Limited Runs Stamps Facebook Challenge

Path of Positivity Goes Orange

It's the start of a new challenge at Path of Positivity after our summer break. This  month the optional theme is Shades of Orange. With all the heat over the summer in the UK it has been a fairly dominant colour with the sun's heat in the day and the wonderful sunsets at night. However orange is associated in most crafter's minds with Autumn, the changing colours in the trees, the harvesting of the pumpkins, even making chutney's and marmalades ready to mature for Christmas presents or the Christmas table.
I have chosen to do something a bit different this time and have made a candle to share with you. It is really easy, especially as I used a pre-coloured image, and there are plenty of videos on YouTube to show you how it is done should you wish to give it a go yourself.



Materials used: 
Lunagirl - Summer Garden Digital Collage Sheet
white pillar candle
tissue paper

All I have done is to print the image out on tissue paper then very gently melt it into the candle. You can also print out a line image and colour it carefully first, that works well too.

I hope you will join in with us this month either with the optional orange theme or without. Just be sure that if you would like a chance to win the prize for the Most Inspirational Creation, over half of the colours in your project must be made up of shades of orange. The shades can be in the colours you choose to fill your images with, and/or they can be in your choices of papers and embellishments. Just make sure that the majority of your project focuses on the varying shades of orange. Also make sure you add FT after your name when you link up your project, it makes it a bit easier for the DT to see which entries qualify as having followed the theme.

We'd also love to find out how this month's colour makes you feel, if you'd like to share that with us. What kinds of feelings does the colour orange evoke in you? You can write a sentence or two in the body of your post, write a sentence at the bottom of your post next to the link up for this challenge, or simply leave a comment on this post if you'd like.

Remember, in order to be considered eligible for this month's prizes, ALL creations must be positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some nature. You don't need to follow the optional theme if you simply want to have a chance at the Random Draw prize of a $10 gift certificate from Imagine That Digistamp, one of our guest sponsors this month. You only need to follow the theme if you want a chance to win an additional sponsored prize of a $15 gift certificate from Lunagirl, the second of our guest sponsors this month, for the project chosen as Most Inspiring.

Hope to see you on the path. Thanks for swinging by. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:A Bit More Time To Craft #75 - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #206 - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart #218 - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations #50 - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create #213 - Anything Goes/Clean and Simple
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #89 - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers #151 - Anything Goes