A Haunting we will go!

This week I've made a coffin card.... I did a search on google for it and lots of free templates pop up. gotta love google!

I've used the Haunted Hallowe'en set from Artistic Outpost on an acrylic splodged background. All images are stamped in Black Archival ink.

If you'd like a chance to win £15 to spend instore at Happy Daze.... head over to this post to see the details!

TFL
Mandy x

Christmas Past .... By Gillian Simson

Using the inspiration from one of my favourite vintage Christmas Stamp Sets by Tim Holtz, I started out by covering this Wooden Door Sign in Distress Stain (Weathered Wood), then added a layer of stripes with Distress Stain (Picket Fence), once dry I then added a further layer of Distress Stain (Faded Jeans) then wiping over with a baby wipe to give a more soft/blended feel to the sign. I stamped the background text in Archival Ink (Manganese Blue), I then stamped the Father Christmas Image, the Snowflake Image and Merry Kiss-Mas quote designed by Jo Capper-Sandon for Stampotique in Distress Ink (Chipped Saphire). I then added Picket Fence Distress Stickles for a frosted/snowy look.

The current Happy Daze challenge is Christmas or Hallowe'en. You have until Midnight on 31st October when one winner will be drawn at random to win a £15 voucher and free P&P to spend in the Happy Daze shop. Maximum of 3 entries per person & you must use at least one product which can be purchased in the Happy Daze shop.

• You can enter by blogging your address to the linky widget here,
• emailing your picture to info@happy-daze.net
• uploading your photo to their facebook page
  

Air-mail delivery! by Ruth

When the postman delivered these 12x12 papers I knew I had finally found the answer to last years Christmas Eve photos.
I love the detail on these Pink Paislee papers from their
 Father Christmas collection.

This one is called Air-Mail and has a perfect vintage cosy feel and plenty of space for decorating and embellishing.

I sprayed the background with Meadow colour wash spray to dirty it up a bit, added a couple of layers of notelets and old book papers.

Alphabet stickers found in the Basic Grey sale, a blue ticket from the Parisian Anthology range and a shabby handmade muslin flower spritzed with a red and green colourwash, finished off with a couple of vintage buttons.

If you wanted to make a flower like this you could easily start with the ready made Mistable Flowers by Pink Paislee and fray the edges a little.

Don't forget this months challenge is either Halloween or Christmas something to suit everyone as the saying goes..x

Death bangle by Julie Dandy

Can't find the perfect jewellery to go with your halloween costume? or do you want something just a little bit different to everybody else's??

Then pick up some of these amazing wooden bangles from Moira at just £3.55 for a set of three!!! :D

They have a lovely smooth surface so are very easy to colour.
I coloured mine by rubbing on Viva decor inka gold and polishing it up.

I then stamped white tissue paper with images from these fabby Pink Paislee Phantom stamps .

I glued them on with Claudine Hellmuth matte medium being careful not to get any on the front of the image as I wanted to tint the images with distress Spiced Marmalade ink pad.

I lightly spritzed patches of the bangle with Cosmic shimmer mist - just a little warning though, the pigment is very strong in these and stains very easily.....I have very purple hands right now!!!

I glued on some little patches of grey lace with the matte medium then when dry smeared on some distress stickles in Spiced Marmalade and Chipped Sapphire.

When everything was dry I sponged on more matte medium to seal everything in place.

You could make bangles to match all your outfits with these very affordable bangles :D
Now for some close ups....


Hugs'n'spooky snogs,
Julie xx

Halloween Microscope Slide By Carol Fox

This week I have used two pieces of memory glass to make a little hanging decoration. I did a little collage to fit the glass and then sandwiched it between the two pieces with UTEE to make a faux solder. I did not have the colour UTEE I wanted so after it was set onto the glass I added a quick tap over with a paint dabber in black to make it a bit more gloomy looking. I also used this on the small charm at the bottom and the jewellery connector that I have used at the top to hang it from.

There is still plenty of time to enter the current challenge, all the detials can be seen in the blog post here.

Spooky Book Time by Helen Chilton

Stamps used:
Artistic Outpost: Whimsical Melange; My Favourite Book
Pink Paislee: Phantom

Other Materials
StazOn inkpad: Jet Black
Distress Stains: Weathered Wood; Milled Lavender
Distress inkpads: Weathered Wood; Milled Lavender
Coloured pencils
Patterned paper: Prima: Moulin Rouge

Here I’ve used both Artistic Outpost and Pink Paislee stamps to create a spooky card for Hallowe’en. The house is stamped and then coloured with the Distress Stains and stamped with the Distress inkpads. I’ve then used the Phantom stamps to add all sorts of detail. Although the My Favourite Book stamps are not for Hallowe’en, I’ve used Hallowe’eny colours and given her striped tights and added the number 31 to the book cover. She’s also got an owl sitting on the back of her chair.

The current Happy Daze challenge is Christmas or Hallowe'en. You have until Midnight on 31st October when one winner will be drawn at random to win a £15 voucher and free P&P to spend in the Happy Daze shop. Maximum of 3 entries per person & you must use at least one product which can be purchased in the Happy Daze shop.

You can enter by:

• blogging and entering a link using the Linky Widget  here,
  emailing your picture to info@happy-daze.net
  uploading your photo to their facebook page