A Spooky Crafting Adventure

There is a Spooky Crafting Adventure Contest on the Make It From Your Heart blog, and this is the card I created for Creative Challenge 4.  You read through the narrative of this fun adventure with different options at certain points in the story, and your assigned challenge depends on which path you take through the story.  

My 'assignment' was to create original artwork using the Scaredy Cat paper pack and the Scaredy Cat Assortment.  The adorable cat is a pewter metal shape from the Scaredy Cat Assortment, and the witch and broomstick are stamps in the Halloween Greetings set.  A sentiment from Frightfully Fun was used to complete the card along with some Epoxy Bubbles and Sparkles.  Card sketch is Pattern #25 from the Make It From Your Heart Volume 2 book.  

Since Thistle and Sunset are the colors for Color My Heart Color Dare 116, this card fits that challenge also.  

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355

A Sweet Witch

A sweet witch from the Halloween Greetings set was inked with Hollyhock pigment ink and then embossed using Clear Detail embossing powder.  A light pink marker was used to color the circle space behind her.  The color inspiration is from "Just Us Girls" Color Week #259, and the sketch is Freshly Made Sketches (FMS154).  

Heart 2 Heart Challenge Blog has a month-long theme of favorites with one being a favorite technique.  Embossing - both dry embossing with folders and heat embossing with powders - are some of my favorites, and this card features both.  The background was created using the Close To My Heart Damask embossing folder with a Cuttlebug.  

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355

If The Broom Fits ...

Spent a fun day stamping and creating with friends.  While trying to find inspiration for another project, this idea came to me.  It is a 'tongue in cheek' friendship card using stamps from the Halloween Greetings set, which will be available beginning August 1 in the Close To My Heart Annual Inspirations idea book.  No embellishments, just simple stamping using Pacifica, Topiary, Canary, Lagoon, Thistle, Pear, Gypsy, and Saddle inks on a Kraft cardstock base.  

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355