Link Up Love Party with K Andrew

Kristal over at Getting Cricky is hosting a link up party this week. It's a great way to meet new people and find new inspiration. For this month's party, she asked that we post our favorite fall/Halloween project.

I only have two that I've posted on this blog and they're both high on my list, so they'll both be mentioned.

The first one was from last year.



A card for my then boyfriend (now husband) for our 13 month anniversary. He really likes Halloween and I was glad that lucky number 13 happened to be October. He loved the card. I was just starting to get to know my new Cricut so I was quite happy with how it came out.

The second project is the group of tombstone ATCs I just posted about Monday. The post is here.

Be sure to check out some of the other blogs linked below. There is some great inspiration out there!

Halloween ATCs

Halloween is the one holiday that I don't really do any crafting for. I love Halloween, I guess I just never found a reason to make crafts related to the holiday. Kristal over at Getting Cricky posted her Simply Sunday challenge last week to make something Halloween related. I wanted to enter and decided on a shaped ATC since they can be quick to do and I hadn't done much crafting lately. So I made one. Then I decided a whole series was in order. Though one gravestone alone is very spooky, it still needs more. For the cards I used Lettering Delights shaped files. They all measure to the correct dimensions of an ATC... 3.5"x2.5".



In case you're having trouble reading them, they each say
1. 1985 Mary Lass Missed the brake and hit the gas
2. I told you I was sick! 1810
3. C. Dracula 1236, 1458, 1527, 1703, 1823, 1995
4. Kerry M. Off 1846
5. Barry M. Deep-1996

And no, I didn't come up with these myself. I pulled them from the web here.

Jingle Belles Christmas Card

I love making ATCs. This weeks Jingle Belles challenge was perfect for me to jump back in to non wedding crafts. I made an ATC then decided that was enough for the card along with a patterned background, so I didn't add any more embellishment beyond a red border to the card itself. The card is also small. Only 5 1/2 x 4 inches. Very simple and fun.

More ATCs

I love doing the ATC swaps on Craftster. They're generally quick and easy. They also give me a chance to play around with new techniques that I want to try.

The top one was a requested butterfly theme. The second theme was to create an ATC based on your favorite song without using words. The song I chose was "Songbird" by Oasis. Love that song! They're both very simple ATCs. I just used scrap paper, printed images and stamps. The butterfly antennae is some sort of cord that I glued on there.

ATC Minibook

This little book was made for K Andrew's Tim Holtz giveaway challenge. The idea was to make something inspired by Tim Holtz. I don't have any of his products yet, but I love his grungy style. I've been wanting to do a little stash buster project and thought this challenge was perfect. I went with a hearts/love theme since Valentine's Day is coming up soon. The book is ATC sized and bound with my Bind-It-All. The fibers on top are just yarn, rick rack, and some bakers string. I also attached key and lock charms that hang down the side.


Cover: sanded scrapbook heart with ink on chipboard, wings printed out and inked, background gesso and paint


painted background, bakers string, wire embellishment, flower rubon

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Lettering Delights doodlebats: Hello Cupcake - inked, scrapbook paper, gesso, paint


Lettering Delights svg: Sweet Nothings - inked, scrapbook paper, paint


Lettering Delights svg: Delilah Tags-inked, scrapbook paper, gesso, ink, sanded sticker

Early ATCs

Something that I love to make are ATCs.  These are a couple that I made when I first started out. They both went to fellow Craftsters in monthly ATC swaps.

This was is embroidered on felt with a few beads. I was trying out some new stitches.





This one is a watercolor anglerfish with a wire and bead 'lure'.


The top one is embroidered on stamped cardstock. The bottom is various stamps on cardstock.