Calendar Girls : October

Yeahhhh...'this the 28th of the month and do you know what THAT means??
It mean it is Calendar Girls Time..woooooooooott!
Our misss October -aka fabby stamping pal Tami- gave us a Halloween theme to incorporate on our cards this month....In her own words here are the details:

" Theme: Halloween

Layers: At least three layers somewhere on the card, one layer being a designer paper {I love me some DP}
Colors: Somewhere on your card please use the color purpleEmbellishments
Embellishments: Two for sure - and one needs to be a glitter product

Blog Post: Please share what your favorite candy is to receive in your trick-or-treat bag and if you participate in this holiday, please include what fun things do you like to do for Halloween. "

Can you see where I added the onix glitter here?

It's on the tree leaves and on the witch...

and the lil dimentional ghost I also added ,is glittery as well:o)

**this is a very simple layout of the inside of the card**

 
I loveeeee Halloween and creating this card was a load of  FUN!
Thanks so much for this challenge Tami! Great theme....even though my supplies
of Halloween's stamps are quite limited at the moment...:o)
Hopefully U'll like my interpretation on the subject **muwahhh**

My favorite Halloween candie is, without a doubt, Reeses Peanut Butter cup....
and things I like to do on Halloween, besides dressing up, is to
give out candies, especially to the wee ones...they are sooo adorable in their lil
Halloween outfits! For the last three years I have been taking photo of some of
the kids coming to my door (always with the permission of their parents of course,
to whom I explain that such photos are sent overseas  to my friend Tiziana
remember her? If not, check this post here:
http://paola-sama.blogspot.com/2011/07/garden-of-friendship-junes-dueling.html
to show her our yearly Canadian costumes and share our traditions.

Can't wait to see what all the other supah talented Calendar Girls created!!

SWEET DREAMS EVERYONEEE!! **blessings**
Paola


My Card  Deets:
Stamps:Home is Where The Haunt Is (SU,2005)
D/P: Wicked Fun (double sided) ; C/S Rich Razzleberries,Pear Pizzazz (all  from SU)
Ink: Versamark Onix Black, Orchid Opulence, Eggplant Envy, Kiwii Kiss
Accessories: Nesties, Self adhesive black Pearls from Kaiser, MS Onix Glitter,
black satin ribbon, orchid opulence grosgrain ribbon, dimentionals,
MS punches, dimentionals stickers (velveteen spiders & glittery ghost)

Tecnique: Sponging,layering,glittering

SOTC~~~> Christmas In July

* Click on any pictures, if you wish to enlarge *

Today turned out to be quite an Unexpected paper crafting kind of day...
I ended up working on and completing two swaps, plus some extra cards to add ot my stash, for a total of
16 cards, finished inside-out. woot woott.. :o) Originally we had such different plans for today, but hubby was feeling poorly and Dr. ordered him to rest as much as possible ,so we postponed our plans to a better day...hopefully tomorrow.

First off  I worked on creating Christmas cards...YUP I did say CHRISTMAS !
I made these cards for this month's Sisterhood of the Traveling Cards, graciously hosted by Linda

~For this Month's theme  she required that we make Christmas cards and aptly named this month's swap
CHRISTMAS in JULY. We could use anything we wish on our cards as long as the result was christmasy...it was all up to us! Her only other stipulation was to have fun !!  :o)
THAT is sure easy to do when crafting! I feel I am in a world of my own when I create, time seems to fly and next thing I know I spent hours not realizing it....and not thinking of any kind of stress-related problems at all...I think it's God's way to make my mind rest as well...PTL! :o)

For these cards I chose a clear stamp set from Inkadinkado.I love the image of the Three Kings,
it means so much to me and makes me also reminisce about  how wonderfully celebrated The Epiphany is in my 'old' Country of origin...
The live Nativity scenes ,the perfumes of oranges
(yes they are related to the Epiphany in my culture),
the opening of the stockings (we do open them on January 6th!) and checking all the loot ,mainly consisting of candies ,including torrone (nougat)
The best time of course, is the fact that the Three King finally reach our Saviour and give Him homage and gifts fit for the King that HE truly is.

This is the sentiment I chose to ink
on the inside of the card,with a sweet
angel- messanger of God- announcing
the Saviour's birth.
I specifically chose not to add additional colors to these images; wanting,instead for them to portray less 'fuss' but more true meaning instead.
I hope I was able to convey that.

CARD DEETS:

Image & Sentiment:
'O Holy Night' by Inkadinkado
Card Stock:
Cherry Cobbler (SU)
Designer Paper : My Mind's Eyes
              >Christmas Glitter<
Inks:
Cranberry Crisp,Baja Breeze,
Close to Cocoa
Accessories:
Glitter, dimentionals,sticky dot buttons,




I hope Linda and my other creative and uber talented Sistahs ,as well as YOU
-my friendly followers- like my inking choice for this Christmas in July theme... :o)

:::Sending  blessings and smiles your way:::
Stay tuned for next posting...coming soooooon:o)
     Paola