TOB July Mid Month Challenge

    

Hello crafty friends,
Welcome to this month's challenge reminder post.  Have you started working on a card/project?  If yes, GREAT!  If no, WHAT are you waiting for?  We want to see your Halloween creations.   Remember  the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge, runs from the 2nd to the 28th of the month and the theme is always Halloween... ANYTHING related to Halloween!

  Even skeletons celebrate the 4th of July.  On a serious note, fireworks are beautiful and fun to watch.  Unfortunately,  fireworks and the noise they come with is a scary thing for a lot of other people and our pets.  

This card came together very fast, but 1) I didn't like the card I had originally made and 2) it's all digital.  The skeleton is an older Twistoon digital stamp.  The fireworks a png file.  The sentiments I created in Paint Shop Elements. 

Joining challenges is fun, so I'm entering this card in Halloween Crafts All Year 'Round July challenge.  Where the theme is anything Halloween goes. 

Here's this month's mood board for additional inspiration... Hope to see your card/project soon. 

Challenge ends on the 28th, winner will be announced on the 1st on the month before the start on the new challenge.  For a full list of all the rules please visit Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge home page.  unit next time... take care.

              

Red, White & Blue

  

Happy 4th of July weekend crafty friends!  

I have two birthday cards with a red, white & blue color scheme.  Both cards are patriotic based on their color combo and I made them with American's birthday in mind, but these would make great birthday cards for someone who's birthday is in July or someone in the military. 

This first card, features the Color Layering Happy Birthday stamp set by Hero Arts, which was the perfect fit for the circle opening left over by the Painted Dots Turnabout stamp by Concord & 9th.

The second card, features a circle Happy Birthday die by Memory Box/Poppy Stamps and the Lovely Blossoms Turnabout stamp by Concord & 9th.  On this card, I die cut three of the circle happy birthday dies and stacked them.  The top circle, I die cut from black glitter paper.  I also die cut the circle from the stamped floral panel.  Being careful to save all the tiny die cut sections of the stamped panel, I inlayed the stacked black die cut element.  I have to admit, that this was the most time consuming (and a little frustrating) part of the whole thing.  I almost always back my paper with double sided tape before die cutting to make adhering the die cut easy.  Unfortunately, in this case the glitter paper was think and texture and the die was intricate, leaving me with a struggle to get a clean cut.  But having worked with both of these products before, I knew what to expect and worked thought it.  

Thanks for stopping bye.  Until next time, take care.

TOB July Challenge

   

Hello crafty friends,
Welcome to this month's challenge reminder post.  Have you started working on a card/project?  If yes, GREAT!  If no, WHAT are you waiting for?  We want to see your Halloween creations.   Remember  the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge, runs from the 2nd to the 28th of the month and the theme is always Halloween... ANYTHING related to Halloween!

  This was fun to make.  I dressed my Art Impressions jointed skeleton, which I stamped/die cut from gray multi tone pattern paper, in a flag t-shirt.  The flag is a vellum sticker and the t-shirt is by Your Next Stamp.  For my background, I inked blended red in the center, dark blue and black for the rest of the panel. The sentiment is from an old Halloween set by MFT, and if this guy is going out to watch fireworks, he's sure to have a fab-boo-lous night. 

 

Here's this month's mood board for additional inspiration... Hope to see your card/project soon. 

Challenge ends on the 28th, winner will be announced on the 1st on the month before the start on the new challenge.  For a full list of all the rules please visit Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge home page.  unit next time... take care.