Under My Spell…
Ooh – I love Halloween! I have more fun doing Halloween cards than almost anything else! Wanna see one? I am SO excited that I got my order of Nesties from Tonya Oh, man – I am a crafting fool now! Which feels SO good after the last few months of chaos! Yeah – just feels good. Onward friends! I give you… Morgan…
I know, it probably makes me a little uncool to love my own stuff so much, but I just really DIG Morgan! Ooh! And check out those Nesties! (For those who have no idea what I am talking about, Nestabilities are the dies that cut the oval shapes I matted Morgan on!) I am over the moon with them! She just looks so much cuter cropped into an oval than a boring old matted square, right? Yeah, I think so too. I bet I have about 5 or 6 Morgans (and Henrys for that matter!) colored, just waiting to be used. It’s just fun to color her! I think I am really 5 at heart… There’s nothing wrong with that! No reason to mock me for coloring the placemats my son gets at restaurants… nothing abnormal about that. At all. Seriously.
Yeah – anyway, I am also on a bit of a collage/Mod Podge bender. The background is some designed tissue paper from the *gasp* greeting card section of the grocery store! I was NOT buying cards – I was merely walking BY the card section to get some milk! Honest! Back to my point – I scrunched it all up, because many of you already know that I tend to lean towards the imperfect ~ and embrace it! LOL ‘Cuz really, the more I try to make something look perfect, the worse it looks. So Messy it up On Purpose, I say! The MOP philosophy works well for me. Slap some Mod Podge (No disrespect to the MP peeps, but I think that unless you are shooting for the shiny look of the Glossy MP, that Elmer’s glue from the kiddos stash would work just as beautifully for a lot less coin!) down and smash away! Get out some frustration, or just use a brayer. Good times…
Anyway, I also used another SI Stamps set, Otherworldly Loves and slapped a “Paranormal Princess” down there and we have a card I really dig. Got a few more to share, but you know how time flies when you are fighting with your blog settings… Until next time… Savor your Insanity!
Stamps: Otherworldly Loves & Morgan’s Spell (StampInsanity Stamps)
Ink: StazOn Jet Black. Copic & Prismacolor Markers; Sakura Glaze pen White; Encore Metallic Silver pad.
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black and Green Galore CS (SU!)
Misc: Nesties Oval & Scalloped Ovals, ‘SPOOKY’ Sizzix die, Green stitched ribbon (Michael’s).
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Beth | October 16, 2009
By Alyssa, October 16, 2009 @ 5:20 pm
Such a cool card! I really dig her too ;o) Oh and my DH and I always color our son’s placemats
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By Alison, October 16, 2009 @ 8:50 pm
I think that this card is SO fantastic! I’m “over the moon” about it! ANd, your post. Is awesome. So funny. So down to earth. And I am SO with ya on the messy it up thing! Fantaboolous! ANd yeah, you should ABSO be proud of what you have created. You are amazingly talented!!!
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By Tonya, October 16, 2009 @ 11:08 pm
DUDE! This is RAD! You did an AWESOME job with this! What did you use to make the ‘spooky’ letters? I love this entire card!! And I’m with you and Alyssa, I color those placemats too. But I don’t like their colors. Maybe I should pack my own!!
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By Leigh Ann Baird, October 17, 2009 @ 9:19 am
It’s cool to love your own stuff! I love your stuff too!
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Beth Reply:
October 17th, 2009 at 11:12 am
{{Thank you!!!}}
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By Julie, October 17, 2009 @ 10:29 am
What a beauty of a card, Beth! And girl, you SHOULD be loving your stuff because your stuff is awesome. That is all there is to it! I love Morgan mounted on the ovals – it does look so neat and polished that way!
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By Eve, October 18, 2009 @ 7:37 pm
Okay that is the cutest witch ever! LOVE the greens and purples together as well!
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