I'm so late, I'm early!

It seems like just when I finally get into the full swing of a holiday,

it ends. And then I'm left with all these great ideas and tons of timely 

crap strewn around my craft room, but the special day has come and gone. 

Screw it! I'm making schtuff for next year. 

Hey, look at me! I'm way ahead of schedule! 

This is perfect for Valentine's Day 2017, or an

anniversary. My 20th wedding anniversary is in August.

Check me out, all early and shit.

 I started out with a white card that I stamped the Stampotique hearts 

background onto, and then colored using a water pen and distress inks. 

I splattered some black speckles on it for an artsy feel. 

Awww, look at the sweethearts!!

I chopped off the heads of Fofe and Perl from Stampotique,

and then I colored them with Copic markers.

I added some Stickles to make Fofe's green eyes sparkle,

then added the colored heads to some distressed photo booth photos 

from Tim Holtz.

I stamped the heart background onto some scrap pink and red paper,

cut them out and then popped them up on foam dots for some

fun dimension. 

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Stampotique - SDC231 Love is in the Air 

Unicorn Challenge - Lots of Love

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Love is in the Air 

Sometimes I like to just color. I can sit for hours and color

image after image. This is one I have had printed for months,

but never had the time to color it properly. Until now. 

This image is named Abby, by Regan Kubecek. I purchased her

along with some others from Sweet Peas stamps before they

unfortunately closed shop.  

I colored her using Copics, and white gel pen for the highlights.

I broke out the heart embossing folder, a black doily with silver distress ink

splattered on it, and the skull and crossbones punch from Martha Stewart.

I decided to stop there, as I have a tendency to over work a piece to death.

Less is more. Less is more. Less is .... look, glitter!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafty Friends Challenge - Girly  

Happy Hunting? Day 30

Woo hoo! Almost there! 

I can smell burnt pumpkins and rain

in the cool autumn air.

Quick shot of my Halloween tree. I can't find my

ornament hangers so I don't have all the ornies on yet.

I did get those cool green cricket lights at the Dollar Store.

Wish I had bought more sets. They always sell out of the cool

stuff really fast. 

These are Puff Monsters by Bianca Roman-Stumpff. 

This is my personal collection. I love them.

The Frankie one in the front left, is my newest acquisition.

Here are a few of my black t-shirts.

I have always been a girl of epic proportions, so finding cool t-shirts 

was quite a struggle. Then I found places like teeVillain, Fright Rags, 

Eric Pigors, and TeeFury who offered limited run, unique t-shirt designs 

for all sizes. Score.

The OBEY shirt has got to be my favorite.

I love 'They Live'.

  

And here we have 'Fofe' from Stampotique Stamps.  

I colored him with Copics, and splattered some red on his shirt

to go with the altered sentiment.

I used a mini sponge blending tool from TH to blend the

background using distress inks.

Don't forget to check out the awesome blog hops going on

all month. 

 31 Days of Halloween 

Countdown to Halloween  

Lastly, I have the winners of my two giveaways.

Betcha thought I forgot, huh?

Congratulations

Oddworldian (crafty prize)

and 

Matney (non-crafty prize) 

Please email me at 

with your mailing info so I can get

your winnings out to you ASAP. 

Thanks for stopping by to check out my wares.

I'm gonna miss you on November 1st.