Yoga skellie pumpkin

 Hallo,
   Preposting this for you to see today since I have to be to work early this am....
   I did this for the pumpkin decorating contest at my local Arts Centers Halloween party, which was last night (sadly it didn't win...)
  I took a turquoise hard foam pumpkin and decorated it with zentangle and then added some cobwebs in white. I found this great yoga skellie at JoAnns and added some shading with copic markers and the black cat is a wood cut out that I painted black and then used some silver webbing spray on.
  I had fun with this one and he is going to be in my Halloween decorations box for many years.
  The party was loads of fun - I dressed up as Frida Kahlo - my daughters comment was "Oh good, you found a costume to go with your eyebrow" - cheeky kid - pic at the bottom of the post.....I am the Frida on the right, there were 2 of us Fridas…...
  All for today - Take Care
         Tera

3D Halloween cards - batch #1

Hallo,
  Well no rain yet, other that a few sprinkles when I decided to go outside and spray paint some stuff....Thanks to Michael(hurricane that is) and working at the base hospital which closes down for hurricanes, I am off work today and tomorrow, and I was off yesterday thanks to Columbus day too. Got most of the house cleaned yesterday because I had errands to run today before work.....but now no work and no errands because everything is shut down, sooo I am in the craft room making Halloween cards. (OK so I did dishes and a couple loads of laundry too...)
  I used a die cut from Accu cut that was designed by a friend of mine - Vickie Chrisman for these 3D cards. Now I will have to admit I had a BUNCH of these cut out from last year that I never got made up, as well as a BUNCH of cool Halloween embellishments that I got after Halloween last year for 70% off -  so more than half the work was already  done for me.
  I did color up some digital images from Rick St.Dennis to put on the cards but that was a matter of just a couple nights this last weekend on the couch - if I am not coloring while watching TV then I am working on a locker hook rug or some other project.
         Some of the stickers you can't see to well in the photo but they are 3D skeleton stickers - the ones that change from a person to a skeleton when you tilt it a bit.
      Well that's all for me today -  tomorrow will be windy and rainy and who knows if we will have power. Michael is sposed to go just east of us but that can all change in a matter of hours . We have all the yard stuff secured, and even though they are a routine (even after living here for more than 20 years) hurricanes are stuff we are well used to preparing for, not our first and I am sure not our last storm.
  Take Care and maybe I will post the second batch tomorrow.
      Tera

Halloween Kitty

Hallo,
   A sweet Halloween card for you today.
  The digital image is by Olga Gre and I colored her with polychrome pencils onto cryogen white cardstock from Paper Temptress.
   I cut the kitty out and layered her to 'classic linen-antique gray' also from Paper Temptress. A really pretty gray with a bit of soft texture.
  Then I added the 'Happy Halloween phrase, the sticker mouse and mask for kitty, and lastly some yellow and orange rhinestones.
  Getting a head start on Halloween this year :)
    Have a great week!!!
        Tera

Dragon Box

Hallo,
  I have another box for you this afternoon . Just got back from a long walk with the pups so trying to col off a bit - our cool fall weather is gone again for awhile...bummer!!
  The first picture is the top of the box and the main image is from Rick St.Dennis - copied onto 'cryogen white ' from Paper Temptress and colored with polychrome pencils.
  Layered my dragon onto some Halloween paper and added some stickers and rhinestones and a pretty black ribbon - from Paper Temptress also.
  The mice and the crow are all a glittered black and the eyes of the mice I added small yellow rhinestones.
   The inside of the box is decorated with Halloween papers and some cool ghost stickers.
   All for today - need to try and get busy making dinner!!
    Take Care
       Tera

Spider

Hallo,
  A last feeling Sunday am for me today - got up late and did manage a long walk with the pups. But then I got pulled into that world inside my computer and have been there for almost 2 hrs now..... A quick post here and time to do something else!!!
  Another card made using the die designed by my friend Vicki Chrisman for Accu Cut.
  Still trying to use up all the extras from a class I taught a couple years ago...this one with a spider theme...
  I had an Open House yesterday evening at HH ARTS - I am Artist of the month. It was fun, had a few folks from work show up as well as several local artist friends!!!
  Well time for me to get a move on and DO something, ANYTHING!!!
   Take Care
     Tera

Steampunk Halloween

Hallo,
  Another beautiful cool morning today, the pups have already taken me for my walk and now I am trying to get up the ambition to do some yard work.....really needs to get done......
  Showing you a project for Halloween - a steampunk style Halloween hanging.
   I used a great image from Holly Durr over at Sweet Pea Stamps called 'All Aboard' and colored her with prismacolor and polychrome pencils.
  I edged all the layers with a copper metallic pen.
I started with the chandelier paper and added some chipboard pieces that I sprayed with silver glimmer mist and then swiped over the textures with walnut stain distress ink when the glimmer mist was dry.
  I also used a mist spray on the orange flowers - from Maya Road I think. Added a silver metal flower and some Halloween doo dads and some rhinestones.....
  It is about 8.5 inches wide and 11 and 3/4 inches tall.
   All for today - yard work, paper work, errands to run and some studying to do for a class I am taking the next 2 days.....
   Take Care
       Tera

Spooky bottles

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Hallo,
  Another set of bottles for you - well these 2 are more like a vase but close enough...
  No stamping on these 2 just some cool stickers I found in the sale bin. I stuck them on and then used some acrylic sealer to make sure they stay stuck :)
  Those rats are glittered black in case it doesn't show in the pics....
  I put some tissue paper in then along with a small battery operated tea light candle.
  That's all to show you today - trying to get a few things finished off for my craft fair next weekend - built some shelves yesterday - will have to get pictures of those....
   All for now - Take Care
                                                                                                                   Tera

Sweet Pea witches brew

Hallo,
  Ahhhh  love Saturday mornings - especially when I didn't have to work the night before......
  Finished off a few Halloween style bottles this week - I have a TON of bottles in my stash -  I love bottles and any time I find ones I think I can use at the thrift store or a garage sale I pick them up....
  I started these out by spray painting them black. I found the printed Halloween labels in the sale bin at A.C.Moore and then added this sweet little witch image from Sweet Pea Stamps.
  The cute little witch image is called Melowyn and is by Maigan Lynn over at Sweet Pea Stamps.
  I colored them with prismacolor pencils and then glued them to the bottles. Then I added ribbons and a few rhinestones.....
   I cant decide which witch I like better but kinda like the green one better :)
    All for today - Take Care
      Tera

Batty Kitty's

Hallo,
  Another Sweet Pea Stampers challenge week for you today - this week we are doing up Halloween and there are a ton of great images over at Sweet Pea Stamps for Halloween.
  I am using 'Pumpkin Pixie' by Ching Chou Kuik and I colored her with prismacolor pencils.
  I have tons of great Halloween paper and added some orange and black ribbons and some cute charms that I have been hoarding :)
  Lastly I added some black pearl drops using a tulip fabric paint pen. I think she is soooo cute!!!!
  I have 3 days off now and a tons of projects and such planned for the weekend. I need to finish building shelves from the left over fencing that I stained and did up for my craft booth in Panama City - at RTA Designs in downtown PC. And of course there are always more projects I could finish off to stock my booths with :)
  I also have 2 classes today with CLL.....and oh ya the house could use some cleaning too :)
   All for today - Take Care
        Tera

Mummy Kitty

Hallo,
  Trying to get a move on and get off to work but decided to stop in and show you a card I made today in my new craft room ( I made 2 cards today :) Feels good to get back to creating!!!
  I did this for the current challenge over at Impression Obsession which is for dies. Check it out here - www.mitrafriant.typepad.com

  I used both the large square shaker die and the fence die.
  The stamp I used is 'Witchy Kitty' #F2339 and believe it or not I have had her colored up since this time last year and pulled her out of my stash to make up today (its not often an image stays in my stash of colored images for THAT long!!!)
   I stamped her onto kraft cardstock and colored her with prismacolor pencils. I added small orange beads to the shaker.

I mailed my DD her fist college care package today - she requested coffee :) but I also sent her some treats and a box of german flashcards that I found somewhere deep in my old craft room so she should be able to use them (she is in a 4th level Spanish class and a first level German class - she plans to minor in both...)
  All for today - better get on off to work....
   Have a great night!!!
        Tera

StampTV CSS Favorite Things blog hop

 Hallo,
    Welcome to the Gina K Stamp TV Favorite Things blog hop!!! We are using stamp sets that were release from August 2012 through Jan. 2013 and the theme of "Our Favorite Things'.
   If you are following along the hop then you came to me from the very talented Sharri - http://istamp4u.blogspot.com/2013/02/stv-css-alumni-favorite-things.html

 For my card I used 3 sets - Basket additions #3, Holiday Baskets, and Fall Foilage. I used the leaves on the background panel - stamped with tea dye distress ink and memento brown. The main image is colored with copics and cut out with a Spellbinders die and an out-of-the-box technique.
  Fall is my favorite time of year, I love when the leaves turn and Halloween is one of my favorite holidays too!!!
  Next along the hop is Vicki -    http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/2013/02/css-hop-my-favorite-things-feb-26.html  - and I am sure she has some great eye candy for you!!
  That's all for me today -  Take Care!!
       Tera

Steampunk Skull and crow pumpkin

Hallo,
  A bit more steampunk for you today. I am going to try and get a bunch of stuff done in the craft room today because after about 2 weeks off, I have to go back to work tonight - pout. Ah well, gotta pay the bills somehow....
  I had fun with these steampunk pumkins - I covered the chipboard skull and hard foam pumpkin with random strips of shiny duck tape and then added texture with various tools. I then rubbed black ink into the texture and edges of the tape.
  Then the fun begins - decorating with various and random pieces of hardware, and the crow(whose hat is an old buttom BTW).
   All for now - of for a very chilly walk this am (mid 40's with wind chill at mid-30's - VERY chilly for us here in NW Florida!!!)
   Take Care
        Tera

Steampunk Earring Pumpkin

Hallo,
   Well I got in more walking today than I intended on - sometime mid-morning I noticed one of the younger cats was not in its usual sleeping spot (the cats have figured out the doggy door, so the only time I can leave it unblocked is when I am sitting at the computer within sight of the door) Well I got up to make a restroom trip and came back and Shadow was gone - he had been sleeping in the chair next to mine by the computer..... so I searched the back yard quick as I was only gone a few minutes with no kitty, so I searched the house and then a more thorough search of the house(under beds, behind furniture and every hidey hole know to me), shaking the treat jar and then even opening a can of canned food for my old one, which usually brings the younger cats (and the puppy for that matter) running, and still with no Shadow.
   Ok - another massive search of the back yard, then the front yard, then the house again, and then a walk around the block - its been an hour by this time.....DS gets home and he searches the house, back yard, front yard and down the street....2 hours now, I call the animal shelter and give a description to them in case someone finds him. I leave the patio doggy door open  with a bowl of food and the garage door cracked so if Shadow comes home he has some shelter at least  and we met the DH for lunch, DD meets us after taking the ACT exam and is tee'd off at Mom (me) for letting her cat get loose.....
   After a quick lunch I come home, make signs and start walking the neighbor hood - knocked on all my neighbors doors to ask them to keep their eyes open, then knocked on the doors of the folk who live behind us, because through a whole in the fence (which should have been to small for this big fat cat) is the most likely escape route, and then I walk and hung up 3 signs and total all spent about an hour  walking, calling Shadow, Shadow, Shadow......
   DD calls (she is at home trying to do homework) Shadow is not only home but apparently was in the house the whole time - he obviously has a hiding spot that I didn't know about yet.....eyes rolling....I spend another half hour walking to take down the signs I just put up.....
   So another hour and a half walk on top of the 45 minutes with the DH and the puppy this am - I'd say I can skip the exercise bike today :)

  Today's project is another of my steampunk pumpkins - this one is my favorite!!! Between the skull on top and the big hardware for his eyes, he got a bit off balance so that is how he acquired the big ol earring  and the bolt in his lip too :).
  I used a fake carve able pumpkin and a chipboard skull and covered them with strips of shiny duck tape and then added texture with various tools. Then I rubbed black ink into the edges of the tape and the texture. Then the fun begins - adding hardware and doo dads for his face and decorations :)
  I added a silver wintery flower to the side of the skull too :)
   All for today - still have a bit of time I can get into the craft room before we go take homecoming pics with my DD's friends.....and then the Husker game!!
   Take Care
      Tera