Ready for the Witching hour....

Normally my holidays don't really overlap where one overtakes the other...except this year.  Halloween is my number two holiday after Christmas but it has never taken a back seat...ever.  Normally my costume is ready to go, decorations are up and already gathering dust.  This year my decorations went up yesterday...sigh.  Christmas actually usurped tonnes of my time this year and it's not even November yet!  Anyways...the decorations are up and I have to say I love the way the house looks!  I left the cobwebs off this year so I can actually light some candles and not catch the house on fire.  I love bonfires...don't get me wrong but the thought of my craft room burning up gives me heart palpitations!  Take a peek..

So as you can see...we have no shortage of skulls...so if you ever lose your head....eh-hem...never mind.  I also made some treats for my youngest son Shae's dance studio.  What a committed group of dancers to be going to work so hard on a day where every other teenager is out having fun.  I wanted to dress up Kit Kat bars more appropriate for the occasion.  I think I did a pretty good job disguising them don't ya think? I played with Tim Holtz's Retro Halloween stamp and die set, the Tim Holtz Tattered Banner strip die along with My Mind's Eye Wicked paper line. Touched everything with some distress ink and Voila...Halloweenified!

 
Have a frightfully great day and I'll post some costume pictures soon!

Miss. C

Copics...you colour my world...

I need a theme song for my Copic markers.  I'm thinking something inspirational. Uplifting...even romantic.  I have such a love affair with them you see and I feel I need to express my love of my grown up crayons. Anyone relate?

 I come from a family that has a fairly strong history of artists and musicians. I however cannot even draw a stick man.  I discovered paper crafting and found out that I am artistic after all. And to be able to colour and not have to buy colouring books and crayons is amazing! I 'watch' all my TV shows while I colour and quite often don't even look up at the screen.  I can tell you what happened but not necessarily what anyone looked like ha ha ha.  Copics...sheesh!

 I thought I would post what my favourite kind of cards that I create look like.  Take a peek...

 Thanks for dropping by...

Miss.C

the 20/20 Christmas Card Experience Update!

Here they all are ladies...book your spots soon!  I've only got a few left!

The 20/20 Christmas Card Experience

* 20 cards & envelopes

* 10 different designs

* your own roll of Be Creative tape

* tonnes of space to stretch out

 Sunday, November 17, 2013

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Holiday Park Resort (over Ricardo's Restaurant)

Cost:  $40

This event is also a potluck!

Please call to arrange payment to reserve your spot!

250-712-0502

(Please be aware that although I do my best to use all the exact products in my samples, some cards may not be exactly as shown)

The 20/20 Christmas Card Experience with Charmagne

It's that time of year when we pull out our holiday stashes and drool, drool, drool! Every year I do an epic Christmas card making day with lots of food, friends and creativity!  Here's a sneak peak of a few of the cards we will be making...

The 20/20 Christmas Card Experience

* 20 cards & envelopes

* 10 different designs

* your own roll of Be Creative tape

* tonnes of space to stretch out

 Sunday, November 17, 2013

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Holiday Park Resort (over Ricardo's Restaurant)

Cost:  $40

This event is also a potluck!

Please call to arrange payment to reserve your spot!

250-712-0502

Halloween Treat Bag Sweat Shop...

My little sister Dez and I have been making treat bags for various holidays for my nephew Connor since he started Kindergarten  five years ago.  It's so much fun to be creative and play with all the kiddie stuff now that my own kids are pretty well grown up.  Now...when we started this whole thing, classes were smaller and Connor was the only one in school.  Queue up to October 2013. My niece Alexis has now started Kindergarten and has been brought up seeing all these gorgeous treat bags made and delivered to Connor's classmates.  Of course...we have to make them for her class too!  Something we didn't think of when we started way back when...sheesh! Not only are we furiously creating for two classrooms but for a heck of a lot more kids!  Kudo's to all you teacher's out there, the classrooms are packed to the rafters!  We have 52 treat bags to make and stuff but we managed to sweat through 22 of them yesterday...almost half way there? We mainly went with Bella Boulevard's "Trick or Treat" paper line this year...we love that stuff!




Have a great day

Miss.C

Put your best foot forward...

If only we could always wake up each morning and follow this sentiment.  Some days just putting one foot in front of the other is difficult ha ha!  This card is my entry for the "As You See It Challenge #4."  

I had so much fun colouring these witches boots! I tried a bit of a different colouring technique to push myself to colour out of the box.  I always tend to blend with my Copics and sometimes I lose the contrast of the image. I really wanted these images to have a painters feel to the colours...not sure if I achieved quite what I wanted but its a start.  This challenge was a bit difficult for me because my cards tend to be pretty busy and this layout was nice and simple. I dug deep into my Halloween stash to find some We R Memory Keepers papers to co ordinate nicely with this Stampendous stamp I borrowed from a friend.  I love friends who love to shop and enjoy the holidays like I do.  The sentiment is from the Close to my Heart "Wicked" stamp set.  I am making some more cards with that set pronto! Short and sweet today... thanks for stopping by.

Miss. C