I colored this past Friday Freebie with my colored pencils. I also added some atYou Spica clear glitter marker to the skinny stripes.
For my card, I colored the girls in colored pencils, ran a light aqua cardstock thru my cuttlebug using the Herringbone folder then ran a dark aqua stamp pad over the raised embossing.
I tried to not use anything but red but there's those tiny white dots in the ribbon - I'll just claim that it is snow for the snow man. LOL I took a dark red cardstock for my base and embossed it with the Holiday Ribbons embossing folder. I took a lighter piece of red paper and embossed it with the same folder. The snowman (Angela's design) was colored with Bic Markers - two shades of blue to off set the red. I will be using these for thank you cards for Christmas presents received since I have several more store bought cards to use up.
This collection has it all! Every image released in 2009 so far, as well as 7+ images that have not been released as of today, 12-14-09. Also included are the bonus packs that are not available for sale and quite a few other images never before seen. To top it off, this collection also includes the freebie Friday images you may have missed!
I love "easy" requirements like this. I had been wanting to try this technique for a while now and now I could finally try it out. I tore up a foil gift wrap sample into pieces and glued the pieces down. Then I took a PJ penguin image, and colored it with my Prisma and Bic markers. I printed a second copy the same size on velum for the globe and cut everything out so that PJ would show up but the light blue background would hopefully look more globe-like.
Make a project using the colors brown, green, and orange paper only- no other colors can be used, except in the image [and even then, I used those colors mainly (only a tiny bit of red in the patches)]. There's clear glitter in center of the flowers. The orange and brown "tree bark" printed paper is from Creative Memories while the solid green is a DCWV summer cardstock.
Also, if you join the Sewn Together ning group, you might find more free images. Don't forget that you can get the entire Winter Bonus Pack FREE with a $10 purchase the whole month of Nov. - more details and images on the blog.
OK, you've been dying to know what those December release sneak peaks were and now you get to find out.
I was working in the lab late one night
When my eyes beheld an eerie sight
For my monster from his slab began to rise
And suddenly to my surprise
He did the mash
He did the monster mash
The monster mash
It was a graveyard smash
He did the mash
It caught on in a flash
He did the mash
He did the monster mash
From my laboratory in the castle east
To the master bedroom where the vampires feast
The ghouls all came from their humble abodes
To get a jolt from my electrodes
They did the mash
They did the monster mash
The monster mash
It was a graveyard smash
They did the mash
It caught on in a flash
They did the mash
They did the monster mash
The zombies were having fun
The party had just begun
The guests included Wolf Man
Dracula and his son
The scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds
Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds
The coffin-bangers were about to arrive
With their vocal group, "The Crypt-Kicker Five"
They played the mash
They played the monster mash
The monster mash
It was a graveyard smash
They played the mash
It caught on in a flash
They played the mash
They played the monster mash
Out from his coffin, Drac's voice did ring
Seems he was troubled by just one thing
He opened the lid and shook his fist
And said, "Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?"
It's now the mash
It's now the monster mash
The monster mash
And it's a graveyard smash
It's now the mash
It's caught on in a flash
It's now the mash
It's now the monster mash
Now everything's cool, Drac's a part of the band
And my monster mash is the hit of the land
For you, the living, this mash was meant too
When you get to my door, tell them Boris sent you
Then you can mash
Then you can monster mash
The monster mash
And do my graveyard smash
Then you can mash
You'll catch on in a flash
Then you can mash
Then you can monster mash
My favorite "Halloween Song" is probably "Witches Invitation" by Carmen but most people don't know it. My youngest son's favorite song is "Witch Doctor" although I heard him singing "Monster Mash" (accapella) in the back seat of the car yesterday.
Well, today is the day for Sarabeth's Happy Halloween Monster Blog Hop. Be sure to start there and participate in her challenge:
Create any Halloween Home decor (3 entries)
Share a pic of YOU in a Halloween costume and tell us about it (2 entries)
Share a Halloween Memory (1 entry)
Winner will receive a $10.00 gift certificate to the Die Cuts R Us Shop!!!
There are over a dozen of us here on the Halloween Hop so please go back to the beginning if you just now found my blog without going to the other blogs first. Sarabeth
You should have come from Emma and when you get done here, you should go to Angela.
Make sure you visit each one of the blogs because you never know who's got a give away. (hint hint someone else also has one too).
I'm going to get you started by thinking of my Halloween memories. (blogger isn't letting me keep all the colors the same and I don't know html good enough to fix it)
I can remember the hard plastic mask with the tiny mouth hole for fresh air. I can remember my Dad taking my brother and me around our tiny town (while Mom stayed home to hand out candy) and getting homemade goodies like pop corn balls, and candy or caramel apples (now days you worry about razorblades and poisons). Some of the costumes I remember are Wonder Woman, Wendy (friend to Casper the friendly ghost) and an Old Lady. I can remember being at my school dressed as an Old Lady, and the other kids couldn't figure out who I was (which when there's only 10 kids in your class it's not hard to eliminate/narrow down your choices and figure it out). I walked around the gym for our Halloween parade, hunched over and leaning on my cane. I won a prize for that costume and performance.
Have fun. I'll see you around the blog hop. :)
Every month we will be hosting a Week-long Blog Hop/Party for Angela's new releases! Wha hoo! Isn't that so exciting!
Welcome to the Sew Many Cards Release Party Countdown Stop #6. Here is some sneaky peaks of the cards I made:
To be a part of the Sew Many Cards Party Release Hop:
-create a post with a link to the hop showing us your Sew Many Cards Creation (you can get your freebies HERE)
-include your guess on what you think the image(s) is/are. Remember that every day another image or two will have a sneak peek posted. You have until 11/02/09, midnight, CST to submit your creations.
Earn entries:
-by guessing what the image is (there are 9 total)- earn up to 9 entries
-for every creation you make using an SMC image
-for leaving a comment on the DT's personal blogs
There will also be a Scavenger Hunt! Start your Hunt HERE Find out the name of the Stamp used in the creations, leave a comment with your answers. Stop in the SMC Shop HERE for help! Everyone who submits the correct answers will be entered into a random drawing to win free digi's from SMC!
The hop will start on 10/28 at Angela's Blog & the Sew Many Cards Ning Group and go through 11/02 with the sneak peeks. The final reveals, winners and new challenge will be posted on 11/03/09 so stay tuned!
The Challenge today: Make a Thanksgiving/Fall Card and include buttons, brads or flowers (or all) . I chose pilgrim Tayla and colored her with my Prisma markers. I glued two buttons and a felt flower to meet the challenge parameters. I used an old sketch card that I had started but never finished so I don't remember much of the background details. I know the leaf print is a digi-printable but don't remember who I got it from. It was printed on velum so the background color shows thru. The beginnings of this card worked perfectly for this challenge because it gave me a spot for the large flower, two buttons (I could even included a single brad in the small square but I thought it would take away from the leaves).
We also had to use a rubber stamp that was sent to us from Michele's Pixie Cottage. It's been a long time since I used a rubber stamp and digital has so spoiled me for making various sizes so I could have made the image smaller to make it fit in the small rectangle as required by the sketch. :) And the rubber was unmounted and I couldn't find any EZ Mount foam but it was suggested that you just mount it temporarily on your acrylic block anyway and it worked out just fine. It IS a cute image, and the sketch called for flowers on the right side so I think I did pretty well with this challenge.
Time to make something using this sketch.
And this is the card I made.
The second card was colored with colored pencils and I again used more DCWV scraps. The ribbon came from Oriental Trading Company's ribbon grab bag. Both cards followed previous Amy R. from Prairie Paper and Ink sketches. AMYRS74 and AMYRS7.
The bottom card was colored with colored pencils again. The button came from a Walmart craft grab bag and I tied a couple of strands of embroidery floss in the holes. I used more scraps for the card/paper pieces trying to follow AllSorts Sketch Challenge but not the monochromatic portion of the challenge. The flowers are from Oriental Trading Company.
This card is 4" square and followed the sketch on The Pixie Cottage. I used all cardstock from DCWV Fun in the Sun Summer Cardstock Stack. I distressed the edges of the cardstock with my Heidi Swapp edge distresser. I colored the image with colored pencils except the butterfly and the flowers at the top were colored with cheap waxy crayons (my son's stash) and blended with OMS and a q-tip (couldn't easily find my blending stump so grabbed one of the q-tips I keep for chalks). The flowers came from Oriental Trading Company and were attached with Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive.
This card is also using DCWV Fun in the Sun except the small bit of orange stripe paper - that one is Creative Memories. The ribbon came from Oriental Trading Company grab bag. The foam butterflies came from a package of foam bugs that I got at Walmart. They were a bright yellow but I took Mango ink from Memories TM to change the color to look more like the colors in the card. This card is following the sketch provided by Sweet Sketch Wednesday that I got off my friend Lisa's blog. I used my Prisma markers to color this butterfly image.
Today's challenge is to use the photo of fall trees and use those colors. I saw red, yellow and green leaves as well as neutrals in the tan colored bridge. I didn't really use any neutrals unless you count the tree branch.
Speaking of the image, we also were to use a used Sue McMahon Five Design and this is the one I picked because the photo had trees. I probably should have colored my leaves on this tree more fall like (more yellow and less green). I used red paper and yellow and green cardstock from the DCWV Fun in the Summer Sun 8x8 pack. The green cardstock was embossed with my friend's Impressibility texture "plate" (it isn't really a plate but I'm not sure what else to call it). I need to try more cardstock shims but I moved the Impressibility to see the embossing and couldn't figure how it went back. I didn't distress it because the embossing came out so light I didn't think I'd do a great job and I'd end up with a ruined piece of cardstock. You can see it when you hold the card in your hands but I can't make it show up for the photo.
It's time for another Sewn Together Challenge and today it's Pink, Green and White day. I chose Miki in a Ghost Costume out trick or treating the night away. :) I colored him with my Prismamarkers. The pink background is from DCWV paper pack while the striped piece is from SEI. I faux stitched the swirls (pattern from Oriental Trading Company).
It's time for another Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturday Challenge. The recipe is to create a 4x7 card, with 3 designer papers, 5 flowers, glitter and wet embossing. There was some discussion among our group about embossing glitter (a comma can make quite a difference - just read the book Eats, Shoots and Leaves for hilarious consequences of placing commas in the wrong place), so I took up the challenge to use my glitter embossing powder. I used it as a border around my DP blocks. I applied the embossing ink from the EK success pens along one side at a time and embossed it with Inkadinkado Sparkle Embossing powder. My DPs were from different paper packs (probably DCWV) and I loosely followed the sketch provided by Doodle Street Challenge #3. The flowers are from Oriental Trading Company and I used my faithful Matte Accents for the center of the flowers (I tried to hurry the drying time by using my heat gun (it was out after all
I used a Sure Cuts a Lot file from either SVG cuts or My Scrap Chick (I forgot now, but it'll come back to me when I am trying to go to sleep tonight). They both have free cutting files so sign up for both of them.
Thanks for looking and be sure to check out my other Sewn Together team members' creations.
Today, we had to follow the sketch over at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle. The sketch lent itself nicely to using scraps and that's exactly what I did. The bear image I forgot where I got it but he is colored with Prismamarkers and I used some studio G glitter gel to his music.
This week our challenge was to use any donkey image that we liked. I went for donkey with the bandana. He was colored with my PrismaMarkers. I did use dark colors, but they are too dark in this photo. The sparkliy bits at the bottom say Happy Birthday but again, not showing up well. I hope you enjoy what you can see of this card. I like the card, but I'm not too happy with the photo.
It's time for another SSDS challenge and today we had a photo to use. See the SSDS Challenge blog for the photo as well as the other DTs creations. I colored this image from DULEMBA. I loosely based my card on sk082209 from PaperCraftPlanet. I used my cuttlebug and the spiderweb folder on the orange card stock and sanded it a little to help the webbing show up better. The flowers are Primas, while the brad is a Making Memories Hul-la-ba-loo and the ribbon is an Adhesive backed ribbon from Darice. 
This week's challenge is to make a card based on this sketch.
I chose Tayla again and colored her with colored pencils. I used some ribbon and flowers that I got from Oriental Trading Company. The paper is from DCWV Fun in the Summer Sun pack.
