Gloomsville, man! Gloomsville.

The calendar tells me it's September, but the weather

says, "It's still summer!" It's supposed to be over 100 degrees today,

which means it's a good day to watch paint dry. 

I'm working on some new projects for my Etsy shop. 

Think Haunted Houses.  

Speaking of Haunted (Design) Houses, it's the 

beginning of the second week for our,

"Hallowe'en in your face!" 

challenge sponsored by The Octopode Factory.

I made a new addition to my Hallowe'en themed, paper bag book.

This is the cover. I still need to add all of the ribbons to the

binding side, but I'll wait until the book is complete first.

I have a bunch of charms. I rarely remember to use them though.

This time I used three in one shot. I popped some Firefly Stickles into the

eyes of the skeleton key for a nice, eerie glow. I love the newer neon Stickles! 

I made a little scene of sorts using the new Gloomsville spider and web,

along with the Terrence and the door from The Octopode Factory.

I'm finally starting to get the hang of using Gimp.

One of the cool things about these paper bag books is that they have

pockets for inserts. I made this one using the tab punch from Stampin' Up

and a spider brad with a purple rhinestone on it. Oh, and some fancy

coordinating ribbons, too. It just kind of screams, "Pull me!", doesn't it?

Not quite sure what I will be doing on the insert, but it looks pretty 

cool so far. 

A quick shot of the spider webbing I extended out from the

original image, using a Stardust Gellyroll pen. I just eyeballed it.

I wanted it to look like the spider had webbed over the door.

I don't think Terrence gets many visitors....

Stop by HDH and see what the Minions have made for this

fun and easy challenge. We are offering a $10 gift cert to 

The Octopode Factory to one lucky winner!!!

And I totally forgot to post this on Saturday, but the current challenge

over at Wicked Wednesday ATC is to celebrate our 

100th challenge!

We have multiple sponsors as well. Lots of goodies to be won if you play 

along and help us celebrate this milestone.

Don't these guys look like they're having a party?

Or maybe they're crashing one?

This is another of my favorite images from

Rick St. Dennis. I'm not sure it's available anymore,

but he has a TON of awesome images to choose from!!   

Did someone say, Freebie"?!

Everyone likes a freebie, don't they?

Crafters especially like freebies.

Today, Rick St. Dennis is giving away two free digital images.

Over at the Airless Chambers blog, there is this killer skeleton image.

Grab him, make a project using him, and enter it in the monthly freebie

challenge to win more free images. Win, win!! 

I colored this dapper fellow with Copics, and then fussy cut him out.

I added a couple of bones from a previous "RSD blog only" available set,

and a square of this cool, self adhesive, "Magic Mesh" to finish it off.  
I am really new to this magically adhesive mesh, and wish I had 
applied it with some dimension. Next time....  

Then, if you pop over to the Sparkle and Glitter blog, you can pick up

this beautiful "Desdemona" image.

I colored her up in purples, teals, and golds. She is such a beautiful image,

that I may have to color her up in various color schemes to see which one

I like the best. It's amazing how diverse an image can be by just simply changing the paint job. 

I finally found the perfect opportunity to use one of my precious,

handmade by Andrea, sheer fleurs. It goes beautifully with this tag.

So how's that for some awesome freebies?

Make sure to get them, and then play along with the monthly challenges

on each blog for a chance to win more free images. 

Please play fair, and don't share the images. 

Direct your friends to the blogs so they may get the images and some inspiration for themselves.