Shana Gaff
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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Two birds with one stone

I have been super busy this week!  Brett is leading another missions trip to the Dominican in October, and I get to go on this one!  In order to raise money for everyone to go, they have garage sales at his work and sell all of their leftover clothes.  On Thursday I helped put everything on hangers and on Friday I worked the garage sale.  This has not left me much time to craft! lol!  I had two challenges I wanted to do and only about an hour to do them both, so I decided to combine them!  Over at Hand Stamped Sentiments the challenge was to use the herringbone technique, which I have never done before.  

 
Colourq had this awesome color combination that I never would have put together, so this was quite a challenge for me!
 

Once I did the herringbone background (which was surprisingly easy and FUN!), I immediately thought it looked very halloweenish.  My little witch hadn't seen ink yet, so I decided to add her to my card.  That sentiment from Delightful Dozen was a perfect fit for the witch.  I think it looks like she is tap dancing on top of it!



Stamp Sets: Googly Ghouls, Delightful Dozen
Cardstock: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise
Tools: Labels Collection Framelits, 1/16" Hole Punch, Color Spritzer
Accessories: Brights Collection Brads, DSP Paper Stacks (Brights and Neutrals), Dimensionals

11 comments:

  1. WOW!!! Love the background!!! The color Challenge worked perfect for the Herringbone technique!!! So cute!!! Perfect Halloween card! Thanks for playing along with Hand Stamped Sentiments, Diane

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  2. Great card! The herringbone looks amazing in those colors! Perfect for Halloween! Thank you for playing at ColourQ this week!

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  3. Can we say CUTE?! I love that little witchy girl, and all your spritzing. The herringbone patterns look great together - that's a great color combo for this technique :) Thanks for playing at Hand Stamped Sentiments! Erika

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  4. Love your herringbone background, Shana, what a great Halloween card and a way to use up scraps! thanks for sharing your card with us at the colourQ this week.

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  5. Your herringbone background is stunning Shauna. It turned out fantastic. Thank you so much for joining us this week at the colourQ!

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  6. Wow, that herringbone background is fabulous! It's like a beautiful quilt! I love that you turned it into a Halloween card with this fun image! Thanks for joining us at colourQ!

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  7. SWOON. I love, love this card. The colors and patterns in your herringbone background are fabulous, and I'm totally digging this stamp set right now. So happy you joined us this week at HSS.

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  8. Oh yeah!!! Your card is super awesome. I love the colors you have included for a less traditional Halloween color combo, it's brilliant. Thanks for playing along with the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge this week. Smiles, Elizabeth

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  9. Your little witchy woman is so cute as is the background! Love the colors and papers you used! Very nice! Thanks for playing at HSS!

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  10. Your witch is super CUTE!! I love the use of the colors- very non-traditional, great job! Thanks for playing with us at HSS!!

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  11. I love the paper you chose. This is such a cute card. That little witch is perfects. Thanks for joining us this week at HSS.

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