Midnight greetings, spooky friends! Tonight's Halloween card features one of my favorite spooky pals, Vlad!
I can't believe we're three weeks into October and Vlad has just now joined the chat : ) I usually do at least one card with Vlad or one of his pals from Best Fiends, Agatha and Frankie, every October. Best Fiends and the coordinating greeting set Just Between Fiends debuted pretty early in my stamping career and I still love them--we've never had another set that's quite this style.
Anyway, Deborah's card for last week's Paper Players color challenge inspired me to break out the colored pencils for the first time in a long while. Funny story: I have a big set of Prismacolor pencils, but earlier this year I got a wild hare that I just *really* wanted a set of 100 Crayola colored pencils (I use the Crayola ones mostly for coloring in what I've done on cross stitch patterns). Did I need them? Hubs would say no. Did I get them anyway? I think we know the answer to that. So I got out my brand new never-before-used Crayola pencils to color in Vlad here, and then I went looking for something in another drawer and I found...a SECOND set of 100 Crayola pencils. So apparently I went through that same thought process and just forgot that I'd already bought the pencils. I also have a brand new set of 36 and another set of 8 that are retired crayon colors, not to mention the 24 set that I actually use with my cross stitch stuff. And the giant box of Prismacolors.
My erratic (but probably relatable) purchasing habits aside, Vlad would like to join the Color Hues Challenge:
I knew I was using the Happy Haunting DSP, so I matched my orange colored pencils to Tangelo Twist, but then I just picked purple pencils that I liked and then decided that Lovely Lilac cardstock was the best match after I had colored him in. I finished with a few purplish stars from an embellishment pack a few years ago.
And I remembered to take a picture of the inside!
Just Between Fiends also has a stamp that says "This Boo-quet's for You" but for some reason I wanted to do this one this time.
Okay, I've been far more chatty tonight than I usually am with the Hex-Travaganza posts, but I hope you enjoyed getting to see Vlad. I've got ten more nights to get Agatha and Frankie inked up so that just has to happen. Stay spooky, friends!
Supplies:
Stamps: Best Fiends, Just Between Fiends
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: Lovely Lilac, Basic Beige, Happy Haunting DSP
Accessories: Hippo Friends dies, Crayola colored pencils, Dimensionals, star embellishments
1 comment:
Christy, I'm so glad you pulled out Vlad to join my challenge at Color Hues! He's quite dapper and charming with that boo-quet lol! You're definitely not the only crafty person that has acquired duplicates...at least with the pencils, they're consumable, so they'll be used up eventually. Thanks for playing along!
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