Happy Halloween!

I love this time of year!  I know for a lot of people Halloween means decorating their home inside and out, but for me it is a great time to make spooky art.  DIY Design Studio has several fun Halloween collages for your art projects.

Both of my cards started out with plain card stock and a piece of punchinella.  Green ink with green paper and white ink with black paper...just to give the blank space a little texture.

I used a strip of washi tape for a background element but a strip of scrapbook paper or a piece of ribbon would also be great.  I just wanted something fun behind the main collage image.

I added a few highlights to the Halloween damsel with a white gel pen.  There is shading on the pumpkin eyes and noses.  And tracing around the skull and crossbones on her cloak and the grid on her dress really make them stand out.  

A few Dew Drops make a nice dimensional highlight.  

For the card below, I used the washi tape again and also added embellishments to the skeleton's crown.

Be sure to come back again soon for another DIY Design Studio project!  Happy Halloween!

Halloween Pocket Page, part two

As promised, I have the flip side of my altered pocket page for Halloween.  For this side, I used all black and white collage images from Altered Pages.

In my first post for this project, I told you how I try to blend in the white edges of the paper with ink on color collages.  The rule is not as hard and fast with black and white images. Sometimes you need a fine line of paper around the image to make it stand out.  If you layer all black and grey images without the little "halo" you might not see everything.  

As with the color collages, paper matters.  I used white paper for everything on this project.  I like black and white images for Halloween because they somehow just feel spookier! 

Two more ferrets ... what fun!

With another day off work, I was able to make a couple more cute ferret cards.  I sat down the other night and colored and cut out a bunch so I can make cards as the mood hits.  

Ferrets-in-Waiting?  

Ferrets Just Want To Have Fun!

I've been making some cards for a local ferret cards.  They're really fun to play with!  Most of them are from Rubber Hedgehog Rubber Stamps.  Enjoy!

Heartfelt Creations paper

Heartfelt Creations paper

Heartfelt Creations paper

Simon Says Stamp flower swag

Robin's Nest paper, rub-ons and Dew Drops

Heartfelt Creations paper

Heartfelt Creations paper

Glitz paper and Robin's Nest paper flowers

Heartfelt Creations paper

Heartfelt Creations paper

Heartfelt Creations paper

Heartfelt Creations paper

Bo Bunny paper

Heartfelt Creations paper

Rubber stamped background paper