Happy Halloween.......

.......and a Trick or Treat to anyone peeking in at my blog today!!

Well, no Tricks here, Just a couple of Pumpkin treats for you....

...better pics, taken in the dark.

Well, my boys are too old to do the Halloween dressing up now, but I still love carving those pumpkins.

I carved the owl creation at the back, using a template found on the 'net.

...and the li'l fella at the front was carved by my li'l fella, Callum (12 years) I thought he did a great job, and still had all fingers intact after hacking away at his pumpkin!!

Saying that, oldest son (19 yrs) is off too a Halloween Fancy dress Party tonight, and asked me this morning to help him with a costume!! ....nothing like last minute requests eh!!

....one more 'ween ATC for you.....

...anyway must dash, Gotta Haloween cossie to make!!

Have a Spooktacular Halloween!

Thanks for looking!

Jan x

More Fairy Magic....

I've just been involved in a fabby Inchie Booklet swap, over in the Yahoo group Addicted to Inchies.

It's now Ok, to post the pics, as I've just heard that my little package containing the inchie booklet, survived the postal strikes/delays here in the U.K. and has reached it's destination in one piece to the U.S.

Phew!!....was just a teenie weenie bit worried about it's safe delivery!

The partner for my swap was Gwenny in Texas.

Gwenny makes some fabby artwork. So I had my work cut out for this swap!

Well, this was such a fun swap to make. When I checked the database and found out that Gwenny likes Fairy and Flower themes (My faves too!) I thought It would be fun to combine them both.

First of all, I cut out the card (from a cereal packet) to make the pages.

Covered them in 'Blueberry Hill' (Papermania) Papers - I just love these Shabby-chic style papers!

Distressed the pages with inks and added some stamping flourishes and 'I believe in Fairies' to the pages.

Made seven fairy themed inchies and placed them in the booklet.

I left the back page of the inchie booklet empty, so that Gwenny, can place her own inchies in.

A scrapbook ring to keep all the pages together and decorated with ribbons.

But the best find in my crafting stash was the beads, I have a few assorted alpha beads left over from past projects, and luckily there was F-A-I-R-Y ones left! ...and in the right colours too!!!

How lucky was that! :)

Whoo, really enjoyed this swap!

...can't wait to get my inchie booklet now! :)

Thanks for Looking!

Jan x

Off we go a Haunting......

Halloween Week and some Halloween challenges:

The theme over at Think monday - Think ATC is Skeletons, Ghosts and Pumpkins......

Here is my Spooky ATC Offering.....

Boo!....

(Rubber-stamped background, coloured with distressed inks added a Halloween image and a lil' spider)

....and the

Inchy by Inch

theme is Halloween.

.....I've made three Scary inchies this week....

(All stamped with parts of a Tim Holtz stamp, distress inked, glittered, and added some Halloween confetti)

.

Happy Haunting!

Bugs and Hisses to you all!

Thanks for Looking!

Jan x

Whoo Whoo's got the cutest lil' baby face?.....

A couple more inchie challenges for you......

Over at Inchy by Inch the theme this week is Babies....

Here is my baby inchie....

I've used a teeny tiny Cab Face,

......and I have had this little pink baby's dummy (pacifier) in my craft box for years!!

Finally found an excuse to use it!!

Babies are such a nice way to start people

-Don Herrold-

Whoo Whoo! What a Hoot!!

If you stop by the Small World of Inchies and Twinchies Blog,

their latest theme is Owls,

Being a bit of a night owl myself, this theme was right up my street!

Here is my Owl Inchie:

Rubber stamped,

... a touch of glitter!

.....and just had to give him some googly eyes!!

Thanks for Looking!

Jan x

Some spooky going ons.......

....over at 'The Artist Trading Club' - This months ATC theme is Halloween, here are my Spooky Offerings:

Trick or Treat!!

I've rubber-stamped the backgrounds, coloured with distress inks, added some Halloween images (The 'Marie' ones are from a collage sheet called Marie Antoinette Masquerade from iTkUpiLLi ) and a few creepy embellies!

Thanks for Looking!

Jan x

Happy Harvest........

I 'm joining in (for the first time) a Gingersnap Creations Challenge

GC25: Chestnut Challenge - Harvest

I've made a card using the Harvest maiden Rubber stamp by Creative Expressions.

Coloured with ProMarkers......

added some stitching.....

........and a few little embellishments

Happy Harvest!

Pop over to Gingersnap creations to see some fabby Harvest Creations!

Thanks for Looking!

Jan x

TIME for some more inchies......

Ali Manning is the guest designer over at Inchy By Inch this week.

Her theme is Time

...and I've managed to grab some of that precious crafting time to make

my Time Inchies:

Vintage Time

I've Rubber-stamped the clock (part of a Tim Holtz stamp)

added vintage children images

and a brad and spinner for the clock's hands.

Then distressed it with some distress inks.

'They say that time changes things, but you actually have

to change them yourself.' -Andy Warhol-

Thanks for looking!

Jan x

Dancing in the Rain.....

Another Dark Rainy day here in Essex!

So the Inchy By Inch Challenge this week is very apt!!

Here is my offering:

I've used a bubble background technique,

added a welly and a tear

shaped gem.

"Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain!....."

-Author Unknown-

Thanks for looking!

Jan x