Halloween Grandma

Here is another frightful card coming your way! And this one has a special trick to it!

The picture of Grandma is actually a sticker (it's a really solid sticker, not flimsy at all).  The picture changes as you move it.  This is like those neat 3-D baseball cards where the players move.  I got the stickers (6 to a package) at Michael's from their Remembrance Collection.  Each sticker is different with a different person and style of sticker.

Grandma's Two Faces!
If you turn the card one way, Grandma looks fine!

But when you turn the card the other way, watch out! Grandma isn't grandma anymore!

Close Up!
I love these black glitter candelabras.  They are just the right touch!  Did you notice the bat wings?

Stay tuned for another scary card coming your way!

Lis

En Afrique - a collage card (Kaarten met collage)

Hi everyone and happy weekend to you.  I am getting over a cold and feeling better today.

I've had this picture for a while on my work table and finally made a card with it.  I hope you like it.

When I use pictures of people I always wonder who they were and what they were thinking when the picture was made. What was their life like?  I try my best to be respectful when adding their images to my cards.

I love maps!  And 7 Gypsies has just come out with a wonderful set of papers that are nothing but maps! Yippee! So, of course I had to use one here!

It took me a while to decide how I wanted to lay out my card. When I added the blue ribbon, it was pretty bright. So, I added Tim's film strip ribbon over top of it which worked nicely with the theme of travel too.

Close Up!

While this gilded decoration's original orientation was vertical, I used it horizontally to point the way to the map.

I used a strip from a 7 Gypsies ATC overlay on the bottom of my picture and added beige pearls.

I added one frame of Tim Holtz' film strip to accent the word Africa on the map.

I hope you liked today's card. Come back again for more ideas and inspiration!

Lis

Miss Luv's Halloween Spectacular (Part II!)

Introducing the scariest kitty on the block!  The Lovenator!

An owl hoots in the distance, and the moon is rising slowly like a silver balloon over the horizon…

The Lovenator prowls the night (actually she’s an inside kitty)….ahem… as I was saying...

The Lovenator prowls the night,

stalking her next victim…

OH NO!   Ahhhhhhh.......

Have fun on Hallween!

Lis

The Lovenator! (Part I)

Hi everyone!  I hope that everyone's week is going smoothly and lots of creativity is happening!

I have a kitty I like to call Miss Luv (aka The Lovenator). As you can imagine, she has a huge kitty heart and shows it!

I have been sending my sisters emails about Miss Luv's exploits as a movie "starlet".  And I thought I'd share one with you!

From the maker of "Kittens in the Back" & "Too Many Cats!", a movie that will curdle your blood, make you scream and curl your hair!

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There was a time when peace filled the valley...until SHE came...

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No hugs too many, .

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No kisses too wet or scratchy...

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Daytime or nighttime....

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This kitty is prepared.......

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beware......

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the Lovenator!

Coming to a theatre near you....

Happy Halloween!

Hi everyone!  I hope that you have all had a great weekend!  We had a little bit of a heat wave here in California for a couple of days so it didn't really feel like fall to me.  But I have gotten over that and was inspired tonite and so here is my....

Happy Halloween Card!

The colors look a little washed out in the pictures.  The actual card stock color for the pumpkins are a little darker.  I am really stuck on the EK Success multipunches. These have been so much fun to play with.  The layering is so easy too!

I used mounting tape on the leaves, pumpkins and banner.

Close Up!

Isn't this a great banner?  I used the Tim Holtz banner die.  It's so cool because it gives you a number of banners on one die.  I love the old, torn look too.  Here I edged the banner first in persimmon and then carefully edged it again - just the very edges- in gathered twigs.

Here is a good look at the layering I did.  I used a dark purple for the leaf (both bottom and middle layer). I used dark brown for the veining. (And yes, the veining is part of the punch!)

I used gold glossy for the background and dark orange for the top.  I edged all the squares in either persimmon or the purple color of Tim's fall colors.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope that you enjoyed looking at this card as much as I did making and sharing it!  Take care and come again!

Lis