Spider Silliness

  I am an animal lover through and through but I have some animals and critters that aren't necessarily at the top of my favourite list.

Spiders are one of the critters that fit in this category but if they were all as cute as this Silly Spider from High Hopes Rubber Stamps I would be convinced to change my mind. He just makes me giggle!

This is a small stamp (1.5" x 1.5") and I wanted to use it for a different design then I normally do. With the help of my trusty Misti, I did a repetitive stamped pattern, coloured all of them with alcohol markers and added some clear sparkle pen to the moon and stars and some freckles to their cheeks with a white gel pen.

I hand fussy cut one leaving a thin white edge (that I added the purple chalk pencil too as well) and popped him up with foam pop dots.

After my spiders were coloured the white background was just to stark for my liking so I wracked my brain to try and find a way to tone it down. I pulled out my chalk pencils and started playing on a scrap piece of paper. 

I found that the subtle colour I wanted was easy to add by colouring heavily on the scrap paper and smudging it with a piece of paper towel. The paper towel picked up the colour and I was able to use it to add some colour to my background. 

I stamped my sentiment with Versa Mark ink on black card stock, added some white embossing powder and heated it with my heat gun to finish off my CAS card.

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Silly Spider - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Boo-tiful Day - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, clear Spectrum Sparkle pen, white gel pen, purple chalk pencil - General's, 3D foam pop dots, white embossing powder

 Copic and Spectrum Noir Markers:

Hat - W3 W5 BG7 BG10

Stars, Moon - YR21 YR35 YR38

Hat Band, Wand - V12 V15 V17

Body - W2 W4 W7 R20

                                                               

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween everyone!!!  One of favorite things to color is Halloween....I just love the colors associated with it.  My children who are now 29 & 17 don't do Halloween anymore but lucky for me I have tons of pictures still to scrapbook.  This is our daughter Emilee way back in 2007 dressed as a little devil....wasn't she just adorable?  I posted page 1 of this 2 page layout a while back & this page has been sitting on my desk since then just waiting to be completed.  What better day to post it then on Halloween.

For this layout I colored up Silly Spider, Peeking Froggy & Froggy Cauldron.  The backside of one of my papers had some perfect wording for this layout so I cut those out.  My lime green sparkly enamel dots were also a great addition as the color just fit Halloween perfectly.

Silly Spider Copic combo

Spider body & legs - W8, W6, W4

Hat & wand - C9, C7, C5

Yellow - Y08, Y06, Y04

Green - YG05

Froggy Cauldron Copic combo

Black - C10, C8, C5

Brown - E49, E47, E44

Fire - Y38, Y17, Y15

Frog - YG09, YG07, YG05

Bubbles - C2, C1, C0

Rocks - N6

Mouth - R20

Peeking Froggy Copic combos

Green - YG09, YG07, YG06, YG05, YG03

Black - T9, T7, T5, T3

Purple - V09, V06, V05

Yellow - Y08, Y06, Y04

Background - C2, C1, C0

Wand - T7, T5

Hope you feel crafty inspiration with today's layout, thanks so much for visiting!

Crafty hugs,

Halloween Shaker Card!

Hi High Hopes Fans!

I haven't made a shaker card in so long and thought it would be perfect to use the High Hopes "Zig Zag Frame" and the little "Silly Spider" for a fun look.

I started by stamping my image, colouring it with my Copic markers and then using my Brother Cut N Scan, cut out around the image. I then cut out the inside along the border line with my craft knife to create a window. I glued a piece of acetate to the back of the image to create a window and then added foam tape. Next I added some sequins and some really cute tiny beads that my friend gave me! They are just so sweet! To create the "box" for the shaker, I then added a piece of paper to the back and voilá, I had a shaker! Using some Doodlebug paper from my stash (it's old and discontinued), I designed my card layout. Then all I had to do was attach the Shaker to the card! I added a fussy cut "Silly Spider" to the front with some twine so he can move around as you shake the card. Some Stickles and enamel dots finished everything off.

Here you can see the dimension on my card. I actually used 2 layers of foam tape so that the shaker elements had lots of room to move.

See those tiny beads....aren't they adorable!

Copics Used:

Pumpkin: YR15, YT16, YR18/ YG61, YG67/ Y15, FY1

Spider: T4, T7, T9/ BV08, FV2

Stars & Moon: Y15, FY1/ Y35, Y38

Frame Border: T7, T9, BV08, FV2, FYG2

Don't forget to visit the High Hopes Blog for some Halloween inspiration all month long!

Happy Stamping!