Best Witches

  This is one of my favorite #witch cards!  I used it in another blog post as an example of using #homemade plaid (link) paper (see the background strip?!) But I really wanted to give it its own post because I love the puff of purple smoke, super cool moon and the crazy streak of bats!!  

Have a wonderful #Autumn and Happy #Halloween

Bendi-Fold Creepers!

Silhouettes and gloomy skies make anything seem creepy.  Funny that the name of a bare deciduous tree is skeleton!! Anyway, having some fun with this Tim Holtz classic die "Halloween Shadows".  

The simple formula for a bendi-fold card is to make a double fold card that will mail flat and then cut a slit any distance toward the middle of the card on the second page for the tab you will cut into the edge of the first page!!  The further in the slit, the greater the bend. 

 Do the same thing for the back of the card, cutting a slit for the tab you'll make on the second (back) page edge.  There are lots of formulas on Pinterest (Link), don't be intimidated ~ they're so fun and pretty simple to construct!  For extra dimension only adhere parts where necessary so that they 'pop' when the card bends and they do not!!

HaPpY HaUnTiNg!!!

#papercraft #scrapbooking  #rubberstamping #stamping  #distressink #Halloween #Fall #Bendifold

Embossing Folder Autumn Monoprints

 Hello, and thank you for visiting my blog!  Autumn is my favorite "color" season so I tend to make a lot of projects in the Autumn, especially since the garden and yard have all been put to bed for the Winter and the kids are out of the house (college and work!) giving me a little extra time to be creative🎨

Here are the cards that came out of some of the Autumn prints! 

I like to get the most out of my craft supplies that I can so I don't cringe too much when I find another "gotta have"!!!  This time I used my little spring birds embossing folder and colored it up with a heavy coat of oil pastels.  Then I made several prints from each color combination I applied, trying to specifically address the iconic colors of each of the 4 seasons!                   

A big "THANK YOU!" to Creative Scrapbooker Magazine for publishing this one in their current Autumn 2020 copy.

I like to get a lot of prints off of each color application.  This is one of the last prints, you can see the color is fading a lot.  I love them, each one is so unique!

If you would like to see more, here's a link to that post "Mono-printing from Embossing Folders"

Meanwhile, If you would like to show off your own results please feel free to post them on my "Hi!" Notes page on Facebook!!  I would love to see them and hear your ideas!

Thanks again for stopping by, Happy Autumn 🍁

Colors of Autumn, Landscape and Color Inspiration

 So I have to smile a little, because I know that I am sorta obsessed with the view from my window!!  I am a color junkie and constantly, I am amazed with the shades and hues Mother Nature paints with.  In the Autumn it seems that the angle of the light makes everything more vibrant.  Even the lawn seems more green than in Summer!!

So I thought for any of you interested in color combinations or those of us who just love to soak it up, I would post some recent pictures

I love Autumns where the colors last for a month.  This year there's been enough wind that  in just 3 or 4 days we went from full on color to barely there... on the trees at least !!

Oh, and did I mention a 30 degree temp drop and snow!!!

Blessings to you.  I hope you are all dealing with or coming out of isolation well.  I am leapfrogging my emotions toward Christmas!!  I think I am just so anxious for songs of comfort and coziness and all the fellowship and joy that has traditionally come with celebrating the birth of the savior, Jesus Christ.

But for now, I will enjoy the incredible gift of Autumn color!