Billy the Mad Hatter Card

Created this Card using a digi I won some time ago from Pink Cat Studio, Billy the Mad Hatter.

Colored the digi with markers.

Do you ever go to Home Depot and see the paint sample cards they have? Well, I brought some home & recycled them. The paint sample cards are great in their sturdiness for die cutting small items like the Teapot, Cup, Saucer, Sugar Bowl & Spoon using My Favorite Things Die-namics Always Time for Tea & Stamp Set.

Sentiments & flourish stamps are from My Favorite Things Die-Namics Always Time for Tea & Stamp Set. Used Staz On to stamp the sentiment on Tea Pot since the paint sample card has a shiny surface. Used heat gun to dry the ink.

Positioned the Tea Pot & Cup with Saucer over the edge of top of card. Inside is finished with Sugar & Spoon and stamped flourishes.  

dies: My Favorite Things Die-namics Always Time for Tea
digi: Pink Cat Studio KD Billy the Mad Hatter
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Staz On Jet Black
markers: Crayola & PrismaColor
paper:
Kraft cardstock
paint sample cards - recycled them by using for die cutting
green Glidden Lucky Shamrock, silver Martha Stewart Living Ice Floe

Entering this into the following challenges:

CAS-ual Fridays CFC75 Over the Edge comb4tot unlim 10/19-25
Crafty Sentiments Ch Recycle It lim3 2nd 10/23-29
Kraft Journal Inside & Out Ch unlim 10/22-28
Moving Along With The Times Curiouser and Curiouser Alice in Wonderland theme lim3 2nd digi Mad Hatter 10/18-24

Halloween 2012 Pumpkin

My wonderful hubby finished carving the styrofoam Halloween pumpkin for this yr Wed 10/17, Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter Halloween 2012 Pumpkin. 

He bought the pattern online for $3.95 from the same guy at MasterpiecePumpkins.com that he bought the Captain Jack Sparrow Halloween 2011 Pumpkin pattern from that you can see in a scrapbook layout here. I'll be creating a scrapbook layout of this as well.

There are 3 pattern ratings: Easy, Moderate & Challenging and this pattern like last yr is rated Challenging which has to do with the shading carving that involves cutting partially thru, peeling away skin but leave pumpkin flesh. 

A battery operated light is used to light up the styrofoam pumpkin.
 

Hubby realized he had forgot to cut the top line of hat so you can see he has made the cut now in the new photo added 10/27/12.

paper: printer paper - pattern printed on
pattern: MasterPiecePumpkins.com Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter
pumpkin: styrofoam - bought at Michael's
tools:  Pumpkin Masters carving tools, push pins (to mark the pattern onto pumpkin) & dremel (electric tool)
and last but not least: time, patience & skill


Entering this into the following challenges:

Anything Goes Ch78 Make Your Own Embellishments lim5 2nd 10/16-28
Crafting for All Seasons Ch38 Spooky lim3 2nd 10/17-29
Cupcake Insp Ch183 Halloween/Witches lim3 1st 10/21-27
Decorate to Celebrate Ch36 Halloween Party Part 2 unlim 10/17-30
Delightful Sketch Ch Halloween Treats 10/17-24 
Divas by Design Ch57 Something Spooky! lim2 2nd 10/17-23
DLART Thankful Thurs Anything Goes unlim 10/4-31
DLART Thankful Thurs Pumpkin 10/18-11/3
Dream Valley Ch43 Halloween lim3 3rd 10/14-26 
Hooked On Craft Ch Halloween unlim 10/1-27
Just Some Lines Anything Halloween 10/20-11/1
More Than Favors Wacky Wed Ch76 Halloween 10/17-30
Moving Along With The Times Curiouser and Curiouser Alice in Wonderland theme lim3 1st Mad Hatter 10/18-24
Papercraft Star Ch117 A Halloween Pumpkin unlim 10/17-23
Paper Playtime Ch86 Welcome to Boo-ville unlim 10/15-25 
Paper Take Weekly Fright Night ... Boo unlim 10/16-22
Pile It On #43 Holiday, any Holiday 10/21-27
Robyns Fetish Ch130 Halloween 10/21-27
Scrapalicious USA Halloweenie 10/17-30