Alien Monsters

Hi Everyone.  Happy Tuesday.

I managed to get into my stamping space for a little spot of stamping last night and, of course, I had to play around with Monstermaniacs.

As I attended the onlinecardclasses Insider class recently, I've been trying to add things to the inside of the cards to make them just a little more interesting.  It was easy with this card because of the subject matter 🙂

I decided to go with an alien theme.  Now, I apologize for the photos tonight.  It's been raining for two days and I can't get outside to take photos as normal.  I managed to sneak out at lunchtime when it wasn't raining too badly and capture a couple of photos.  It was damp, cold and very grey!

I'm sorry that you can't see the silver glimmer paper behind the stars.  It really does add an sparkly element to the card.  The female monster is colored with Copics and then I added some glimmer to her with some gel rollers.  For the eyes I used enamel accents to add dimension and I really like that it brings her eyes to life….. especially as she has three of them!

As this is an alien theme, I used a fitting sentiment and decorated the inside of the card with astrological images from a PTI set.   I stamped the alien monster again and mounted her on the inside of the card with a wobbler.  It's fun to open the card and see her bobbing around.  Of course, this card will be going into the next OWH card drive. 🙂

Isn't she cute?  I really love this set.  Tracy, Doris let me know that she isn't the Doris D who created this set!  But, I must admit, I wondered the same thing myself!

Whilst I was outside, I decided to take some photos of the Halloween decorations.   You've seen the photos of the straw bales with the pumpkins, well, here's the latest addition to that little scene:

I love him… but he was just a tad wet!

Bones makes his appearance on our chair – a reprisal of his appearance from last year.   Except this time I left the cobwebs and dead plant to add to the overall feel.

This burlap sign is new for this year.   It makes me smile every time I look at it.

Very funny 🙂

The spider makes an encore appearance from last year, too.  He's lit from around 6pm to 6am and really seems to just be hanging around waiting for something to come near the window!

Finally,

I love these little pumpkins nestled into the planters at the front door.

Oh… yes…. the lamps…..  We bought outdoor candles in spring and put them on the steps.  Little did I realize that they were wax!  So, during the hot weather they metled into a sort of puddle.  However, they are perfect for this time of year, so I brought them out again and covered the lamp with fake barbed wire.  Surprisngly, these things still work and they light up at night.

Doesn't that barbed wire look real?

On a personal note:

I'm not going to get into my stamping space for the rest of the week as I have some late evening calls and some classes to do.  Consequently, I won't have anything to post until Saturday when I get some time to get back into my craft room.  Of course, because I wont get into my stamping space,  I won't have any cards to share with you either!  So, it's unlikely that I will be posting again until the end of the week. 

For my OWH card drive winners, just wanted to let you all know that your goodies are winging their way to you now.  I missed the post office on Saturday and forgot that Monday was Columbus Day!  But they were sent off priority on Tuesday morning.  So your goodies should be with you very soon.

As always, thank you for your visits and your comments.  They are always much appreciated.  Oh… except the ones that the spammers leave offering me all sorts of amazing things :-)   For my actual blog readers – I really do appreciate YOUR comments and visits 🙂

Warm hugs and prayers for those of you that need a little lift tonight

Hugs

Jaydee

Card recipe – all ingredients Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted:

• Card stock:  Tempting Turquoise.  Night of Navy.  Silver Glimmer Paper.  Whisper White
• Stamps:  Monstermaniacs. 
• Inks:  Copic Markers