Meoween Scream!

This is truly a spooky Halloween card.  The background images were made by accident.  It looks like there are three ghostly skeleton-like faces. (They sort of remind me of the Edvard Munch painting, 'The Scream'.)  They appeared on a paper that I used to blot an ink sprayed card stock sheet.  Really scarey....even the black cat howled.  I wrote the word 'meoween' on a piece of vellum and cut it out to look like a frosty breath emerging from the cat.  The Tim Holtz die set is a really old one but you may be able to find it for sale somewhere online.  I hope this accidental Halloween card makes you look for spooky images everywhere......BOO!

Monster Birthday Sprinkle Cookies

I know these cookies look normal sized, but each one is about 5" across and 6 oz. in weight.  One batch of cookies ( recipe in Bake from Scratch magazine July/August issue) yields only six monster cookies. My cookies are a little darker than the ones shown in the magazine because I used whole wheat flour (for more nutrition).  I chose to make this recipe because I've embarassingly purchased many bags of baking sprinkles (from HM Ben Franklin Crafts and other sources) and this recipe uses 1/2 cup of sprinkles per batch. YAY! (I do LOVE confetti sprinkles...both edible and the ones used for craft projects. LOL!)  This cookie recipe is very easy to mix up and bake. I think each cookie would make an excellent birthday party favor. You would only need a pretty cellophane bag tied with a ribbon to make a departing guest super happy.  These good looking colorful cookies are easy to bake and definiely delicious to eat. Go make some cookie monsters happy with Monster Birthday Sprinkle Cookies!

Secret Fairy Meeting Card

Here is my second Lavinia stamp card.  Again, I used a scrap of watercolor test paper from my stash (refer to my previous post). I found just the right yellow gold scrap (with metallic highlights) to die cut (Spellbinders) a moon.  I glued the orb onto the mulsticolored watercolor paper before placing it into my Misti stamp alligner.  Using permanent black ink, I stamped the log and leaves to get a clear impression.  I took off these stamps and then positioned the fairies.  After inking the fairy images, I stamped them repeatedly to get dark images.  The inked fairy image on the edge of the moon had a faint line because the moon was slightly higher than the background paper.  Careful coloring in with a permanent black marker solved the problem.  On this card I flicked on gold Liquitex ink with a stiff brush.  The little specks of gold added the magic touch....fairy dust!   As with the previous card, I am enthralled with the finished look of the Lavinia stamped images. I can't wait to purchase more Lavinia stamps...perhaps mushrooms or mermaids. Crafty ideas keep blooming in my head...so many beautiful images!