Don't Let the Door Hit You - Mo Manning Chubby Witch

If your dreams don't scare you, they aren't big enough. 

Hey there from Nannyland,

There's been a lot going on here in Nannyland lately, most of it an enjoyable bustle.  My daughter will be leaving tomorrow after a wonderful visit with us from Copenhagen and then my hubby and I will be packing to fly to Maui for a week with our favorite travel friends. We plan to do some service for the survivors of the recent tragic fire that destroyed our favorite destination, Lahaina  I'm excited to have all the  distraction and excitement, now that my recent breast cancer challenge is ebbing.  I'm feeling great and it's time to embrace my usual  energetic zest for life. 

This digi image by Mo Manning called Chubby Witch is originally a little cranky looking but once I gave her a Copic makeover,  she began to perk up and look quite lovely in her fancy gown.  I like to feel pulled together myself, and I knew she would probably appreciate a little touch up, also.  I thought she was a little small for a 5 x 7 card and decided maybe I wouldn't have time to create a card with her, but when I saw this digi scene in my library, I knew she would look cute lurking around her haunted castle stairs. Then I saw this hilarious sentiment and it all came together in minutes.  The card measures 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 square, just enough room for my magical sorcerous to move between the candles and stairs, in case she has an uninvited visitor. After coloring her with Copics, I embellished her dress with Spellbinders mini flowers, Stickles, an acrylic glitter heart, assorted gems and white gel pen accents.    I just couldn't stop decking her out, but in the end I think she liked it, judging by the satisfied expression on her face.  I sometimes increase the size of the features on Mo's drawings to show their personality, as I did here. 

My doors will be closing and opening for friends and family in a welcome, peaceful way this Halloween.  But I don't mind a good natured ghost or two, as long as they mind their manners. 

Thanks for visiting Nannyland.

I'll just be here blissfully creating until your next visit. 

Nancy (aka Pink Panoply)

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The Goddess is Alive and Magic is Afoot - Molly Harrison Witch

"As women, we have superpowers. We are sisters. We are healers. We are mothers. We are goddess warriors."  -Merle Dandridge.

Hey there from Nannyland,

I bought this fantastic sentiment stamp many years ago at one of my first stamp conventions, thinking it was begging for a magical image to bring it to life. I found a stamp of a fancy fairy with a wand and a long flowy dress, flying amidst a flurry of stars, and my first fantasy card was born.  It certainly wasn't the last!  I had no idea at the time that it would foretell the type of stamping and coloring I would eventually come to love. Who knew glamorous ladies of all ilks, especially fairies and witches,  would become my great obsession.  This beautiful mystical creature is a Molly Harrison digi stamp that I found in my abundant Molly  library, but I'm sorry to say I'm not sure where I got it. It may have been a free stamp.  Here is a link to Molly Harrison Art where you can find tons of images in all their incredible majesty. Her artwork completely draws me in with it's beautiful detail and captivating charm. I have many of her greyscale and line images and I like both, but I think I prefer the line images for coloring.  I love adding dimension and movement with shading and detailing without having to allow for the grey shading already on the image. 

I chose a white lacy oval frame for my image to make the beautiful colors pop on my bright green card base.  After fussy cutting my Copic colored image, I adhered her to a gold edged water color digi background and then adhered the oval to my frame with mounting tape.   I used a white gel pen for details and added a lavender beaded embellishment to her hat.  I was excited to add my fancy stamped sentiment with its pretty font to enhance the mystical mood of my card.  

What's more beautiful than a gorgeous fanciful enchantress to remind us that we are all Goddess's and are capable of creating our own "magic?" I hope you have an opportunity to conjure up a happy spell or two as you craft through this bewitching season. 

  

Thanks for visiting Nannyland.

I'll just be here blissfully creating until your next visit. 

Nancy (aka Pink Panoply)

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Hey, Boo - Mo Manning Teen Witch Digi

       Everything in your world quiets, and peace finds you when you love what you do.                                                                                                                   

Hey there from Nannyland,

To say it's been a bit chaotic in Nannyland for the last couple of weeks would be an understatement.  Lately, I've been trying to figure out how to balance all my crafty pursuits and prioritize the things I love most. I guess the Universe, in it's ultimate wisdom,  decided to give me a little shove.  So, I'll just blurt it out...I took my computer to the Best Buy Geek Squad for a minor fix and they lost ALL of my data files.  I KNOW!!!! TRAGIC!!!! So I've been in denial for two weeks and have had minimal interaction with my computer. I know it's not her fault, but we just need some time away from each other. Thank heavens my photos were backed up, and all the things I purchase like digi stamps and paper, patterns, classes, etc.  The irony is, I could have gone to the source of my purchases and downloaded them again.  It's all my documents and pictures of my creative works that are gone forever. I'm so thankful I have posted the pictures on social media and my blog so I can redo those files.  But I lost all my edited Adobe files and the watermark it took me so long to create...meh. And I weep for the loss of all my quilt designs in EQ8. 

So here's the thing, though. I'm not sure why, but after I cried for a few hours (or days) I felt weirdly relieved.  It felt like a huge burden had been lifted off my shoulders.  It's like going through those boxes of "important" stuff in your garage that you continuously shuffle around.  When you have that garage sale and take boxes to Good Will,  you feel lighter and you hardly remember what you gave away.  Yes,  I am missing some irreplaceable data, but it's not the end of the world and I can still function as a contributing human being in society.  The best perk is that I have been quilting without guilt for a couple of weeks while I avoid my computer servitude.  It feels right!  I'm going to do much more quilting and less paper crafting for a while to get a little balance.  Sewing is so relaxing and it makes me happy.  Copic coloring also soothes my soul, but I can color in journals instead of  making so many elaborate cards.  I love working with die cuts, so I can make some simpler cards that are just as special.

With all the commotion,  I still have a Halloween card offering for this week, colored before my computer fiasco, with a darling witch digi from the talented hands of  Mo Manning.  She is called Teen Witch and can be found in Mo's Digital Pencil here.  I now have two quilts waiting to be quilted by my longarm quilter which I should be able to post soon.  I'm loving the feeling of balance coming back into my life.  I've just conquered cancer...I can take a few punches from those little Geek Squad nerds. But they'd better be on guard.   I'll call their moms and get them grounded.

I will be visiting Maui in a few weeks and I'm planning to find a way to do service for those beautiful people who have lost everything.  I'm heartbroken that the gorgeous city of Lahaina, where I have spent many halcyon days,  no longer exists.  I am praying for those poor grief stricken people who wish all they had lost were computer files. It's all about perspective and balance.  I'm working on both.  Maybe you're due for a little tune-up, too?

Thanks for visiting Nannyland.

I'll just be here blissfully creating until your next visit. 

Nancy (aka Pink Panoply)

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Conie Fong October Design Team Project - Penelope Pumpkin Digi Stamp

♪Apple peaches pumpkin pie, soon your love will be all mine. ♪
♪Then I'm gonna take you home, marry you so you won't roam. ♪
Jay & The Techniques

Hey there from Nannyland, 

I've had the best time creating Design Team projects with Conie Fong's Halloween images this month.  This little cutie is called Penelope Pumpkin and she can be found in Conie's Etsy stop along with tons of other wonderful images.  I love Penelope's sweet little pumpkin costume and monster bag, and just look at the eyes on her adorable kitten friend.

After coloring Penelope with Copic Markers, I fussy cut her with detail scissors.  I die cut the branch    slimline die on my Gemini in black glitter card stock.  I was happy to discover that Penelope, sized at 4 x 6, fit on this card perfectly with room for my Cricut generated sentiment tag and a glittery orange moon.  The night sky is digital paper printed on my computer.  I added a few white gel pen dots to Penelope's outfit before adhering her to my night scene with pop dots. 

This year my daughter will be visiting from Denmark during Halloween, so we're super excited to spend her favorite holiday with her. In the meantime, there's still plenty of fall and Christmas cards to imagine and design with Conie's lovely holiday images.   What an awesome time of year for creating. 

Thanks for visiting Nannyland.

I'll just be here blissfully creating until your next visit.  

Nancy (aka Pink Panoply

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Ghoulfriends Forever - Jeremiah Ketner Cute Witch

“The world calls them its singers and poets and artists and storytellers; but they are just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland.”― L.M. Montgomery

Hey there, welcome to Nannyland,

I've always been enamoured with glamorous Halloween witches.  I'm sure it's because they are endowed with some qualities I admire... mostly their dazzling fashion sense. No spells for me, though...just a little  fantasy and benevolent use of their magical powers. I was drawn to the sweet, innocent beauty of this Jeremiah image, although, as you can see by the original digi here, she didn't start out as a witch.  All it took was a little scissor surgery to transform her into this lovely mystical enchantress.  

My image is colored with Copic markers and accented with white gel pen details.  Her belt, hair bows, and skull hair accessory are embellished with small gems. Glossy Accents was added to the bat on her bodice to add dimension. 

The Halloween frame is called Skeleton Spider Web Frame (M7908802) from the Creepy Critters image set in Cricut design space and the layers are cut in copper foil and black card stocks.  The  5 x 7 card base layer is purple glitter card stock.  The oval center is soft mottled sky dp from my stash. I created the sentiment and tag in Design Space using the writing and cutting features. 

I'm sure going to miss all the ghoulish enthusiasm Halloween adds to my creative juices.  So much '"scope for the imagination," as Anne would say. I'm planning to keep this momentum going strong through the frantic holiday season.  Let the frenzy begin!                                                                                      

Thanks for visiting Nannyland.

I'll just be here blissfully creating until your next visit.  

Nancy (aka Pink Panoply

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Anna Griffin Haunted House Easel Card

August is fine, September's keen, but wake me up when it's Halloween.

Hey there, welcome to Nannyland,

Who can resist a spooky haunted house, with all its creepy, ghostly amusement?  When I saw this fabulous easel card die from Anna Griffin, I knew it was for me.  It comes with the door and window frames, the pumpkin, ghost and bat embellishments.  A craftsy, glittery, rhinestones and glue party just waiting to happen. 

Even though haunted houses are usually dark and foreboding, I wanted mine to have some of my signature bright cheerful colors. I still have the typical orange, purple and black going on here, but my green is more of a chartreuse, which I think creates a more upbeat color palette. I had a blast cutting these dies out and embossing them on my brand new Anna Griffin Empress machine.  It's true... I already have a Gemini, Cricut Maker and Big Shot, but this machine cuts larger size dies and embosses like no other.  I added tiny die cut flowers with rhinestone centers to my mansion's window boxes  to give it a  campy glam vibe 

I love the black kitty on the sentiment  I cut on my Cricut Maker for the stopper to prop up my easel.  (Sniff, I miss my adorable black cat, Tawnzie, who died a couple of years ago.)  I'm very happy with the way this fun easel card turned out.   It took some time, so I won't be sending one to everyone on my "card-worthy" list, but I know my Halloween-obsessed daughter will love it. 

Let the spooky shenanigans begin! 

Thanks for visiting Nannyland.

I'll just be here blissfully creating until your next visit.  

Nancy (aka Pink Panoply

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Autumn Witch - FairyTanglesArt by Normal Burnell

Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go. 

FairytangleArt digi, Cricut Design Space frames and card base, Copic markers,
gold leafing pen, black glitter paper, handmade paper flowers, Tim Holtz sentiment strip

 Hey there from Nannyland,

Every good witch doesn't just fly away after Halloween.  Some stay around to remind us to be grateful for our bounty and wish us a magical Thanksgiving.  I created this Autumn Witch from FairyTangleArt  to remind you to relax and be your amazing self while gathering with your loved ones this holiday season.  

I used Copics in fall colors to color this lovely image by Norma Burnell, one of my favorite artists, and surrounded her with scalloped frames and a shaped card base, all created in Cricut Design Space.  I edged my frames with a gold leafing pen and added hand made paper flowers for accents.    

Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas...a card maker's bonanza. Let the blissful seasonal panache begin.  Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!                      

Thanks for visiting Nannyland.

I'll just be here blissfully creating until your next visit.  

Nancy (aka Pink Panoply)

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Jeremiah Ketner Pumpkin Collector - Shine Like The Stars

 Laugh and the world laughs with you, 
cackle maniaclly and people back  away from you slowly. 

Jeremiah Ketner Pumpkin Collector digi, Copic markers, Spellbinders frame die,
silver foil cardstock, black glitter cardstock, star background die, purple gem,
Tim Holtz strip sentiment

Hey there from Nannyland,

One of the most splendid ingredients of my favorite season is Halloween, with all its motley, quirky, colorful commotion. I'm obsessed with witches, but not the crabby, wicked kind.  I prefer the beautiful, mysterious, whimsical ones ala Morticia.  I loved coloring this darling Jeremiah Ketner miss called Pumpkin Collector in Halloween hues and designing a sparkly night sky to frame her.  

I die cut the frame with black glitter cardstock and created my silver foil stars with an awesome background die that has varying sizes of stars. I fussy cut my fancy lady and attached her to the background with mounting tape. The sentiment is a Tim Hotlz strip sentiment mounted on silver foil card stock. I've been enjoying using these small sentiments because they fit my cards without taking up too much space.

I pulled out several ravishing witches from my digital files today who are anxiously waiting to be given some spooky splendor.  "Witch" ones shall I choose?  Mwahahaha.

Thanks for visiting Nannyland.

I'll just be here blissfully creating until your next visit.  

Nancy (aka Pink Panoply)

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Welcome Autumn - Digi Doodles Fall Digi With Copics

“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”  Henry David Thoreau

Hey  there,

I've been a little bummed that I didn't get to create my favorite Halloween cards this year,  especially since I've been receiving so many amazing ones in the mail from my artistic friends.  But I'm happy there's still plenty of time for some festive fall projects.  THIS little sweetheart from Digi Doodles Studio fit perfectly on a scalloped center step cut file I found unfinished in my Cricut project files, apparently abandoned last year due to lack of time.  I colored Patti during my move, while I was waiting to set up my new craft room, so all I had to do was fussy cut her and add her to some gold-edged pumpkin panels.  The Welcome Autumn was printed vertically with the Cricut writing feature.  I sponged some pale blue sky on the white panel with chalks.  A few tiny green gems embellish the pumpkins and Patti's hat.  The pumpkin leaves are tiny paper flowers cut in half.

I'm thankful I was able to pull off a fall card before all the Christmas madness commences.  The holidays have crept up on me this year and I'm ecstatic my craft room is ready for all the hubbub.

Thanks for visiting.

Go forth and create a holiday masterpiece.

Nancy

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Stay Away From the Cauldron - Mo Manning Hocus

 “Magic is really very simple, all you've got to do is want something and then let yourself have it.

– Aggie Cromwell, Halloweentown,  (1998)

Mo Manning digi, Copic markers, Cricut Design Studio writing and cutting features, Nuvo Drops, assorted gems, white gel pen, gold leafing pen, pre-colored landscape from Etsy, foam tape

Hey there,

Doesn't this Mo Manning Hocus image perfectly capture the spirit of Bette Midler's "Winifred" character in the movie, Hocus Pocus?  I loved that movie because it was such silly fun and I think this enthusiastic witch looks ready to conjure up some lighthearted magic.

There's always an amusing witch quote floating around at this time of year and the one I've chosen for this card really makes me chuckle.  The plethora of spooky, fantastical and comical images everywhere really get my creative juices flowing. Is there such a thing as making too many Halloween cards? I think not!

I colored Winifred with copics and mounted her with foam tape on a pre-colored Halloween landscape from Etsy.  I created the sentiment in Cricut Design Space with the writing feature and cut the tag shape to fit my card.  The card base is edged with a gold leafing pen and a few of the stars are enhanced with sparkly Nuvo drops.  I embellished Winifred's stylish gown with white gel pen dots and a couple of gold gems.  I added a couple more iridescent red gems to jazz up my sentiment.

This card was so easy and fun!  Now I think I'll take a short break and spend some time stirring with the big girls!

Thanks for visiting.
Go forth, find a cauldron surrounded by your besties and stir up some Halloween fun.
Nancy

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Franky's Girl - Creepin' it Real with Mo Manning

During the day, I don't believe in ghosts. 

At night, I'm a little more open-minded.

Unknown

Mo Manning digital image, clip art background, copics, rhinestones,
gold leafing pen, Cricut cutting and writing features

Hey there,

Who knew coloring green skin with copics would be so fun!  I was a little apprehensive when I undertook the challenge, but I think I'll be looking for more monster and zombie flesh to color in the future.  This cute Mo Manning "Frank's Girl" image was a delight to color and embellish.  Halloween images are definitely among of my faves.

My colorful background is from  this Halloween scene clip art shop from Etsy.   The scenes come in both pre-colored and line drawing images.  Both types leave oodles of creative options.  On this card, I chose to add some subtle gold accents to the pre-colored background and let my copic colored focal image take center stage.

After much consideration, I decided my stylish girl needed a little bling, so I added some rhinestone earrings and studded trim for her vest.  I also added some pretty iridescent gems to the sentiment.  I edged the sentiment and background panel with a gold leafing pen. Also, hiding in this picture are some subtle tiny black gems on her boot buckles.  They look really glamorous in person!

Thanks for visiting.
Go forth and be creepy...but not too much.
Nancy

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Prima Carina Sugar Skull - Copic Markers and Spellbinders

"Our family is the focus of our greatest work and joy in this life; so will it be throughout all eternity."  Russell M. Nelson

When I saw this beautiful Sugar Skull stamp from Prima Marketing, I knew I had to have it.  My fascination with sugar skulls has been growing exponentially for the past few years.  I'm pretty sure it started with  the  dazzling young ladies dressed up in full sugar skull regalia at the Lahaina Halloween party a few years ago. I was memorized by the beauty of  their vivid traditional costumes.  Some of my friends suggested  I watch the sweet movie "Coco" and I was charmed and bewitched. I'm a family history and genealogy enthusiast and volunteer weekly at our local Family History Library helping others learn about their ancestors. I love the heartwarming Day of the Dead tradition of gathering with family and friends to pray for and remember loved ones who have died  and  help support their spiritual journey.

This very large 5 x 7 inch stamp leaves little room for embellishments on a card but when colored with bright copic hues it doesn't need much else.  I wanted Carina to have a backdrop as glamorous as she is so I chose this intricate Spellbinders frame as her backdrop.  Photography never does the gold card stock justice, but I love the elegant shine in real life. The sentiment that comes with this image is so perfect, I just had to squish it somehow on the front of my card.  Somehow everything seemed to come together in the end.

Don't you just love coloring images that speak to your heart?

Thanks for visiting.
Go forth and create something fabulous.
Nancy


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Norma Burnell Witch - Copics and Cricut

When witches go riding and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers "tis near Halloween. - Unknown

Double bubble, toil and trouble.  I certainly had more fun than  trouble coloring this fabulous Norma Burnell digi image with beautifully vivid fall colors. Who says witches can't be trendy and glamorous?   I loved coloring all the intricate details on her amazing dress with my Copics and then adding extra depth  with my Prismacolor pencils.  Cricut Design space is always a good source for fun holiday images and this bat frame creates the perfect stage for this classy lady.  I cut the layers in black and white glitter paper and attached them to a white 5 x 7  card base.  The cute sentiment stamp from Stampendous says it all.

Like many of you, I love all things Halloween and I was delighted to find an image that matched my "fancy lady" style. I think I'll send this to my "girlie" friend to inspire her to create some magic in her life this Halloween.  

Thanks for visiting.

Go forth and create something fabulous.

Nancy 

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Happy Spooky Halloween - Lori Whitlock Halloween Scene Pop Dot SVG

I can always depend on Lori Whitlock and Cricut Design Space when I need some mojo to help me create a card.  I purchased this fun Halloween Scene Pop Dot Card from Lori's SVG shop, downloaded it into Design Space, cut it out on my Cricut and went to work making it my own.  I haven't had the best of luck using foam tape or pop dots on these scenes because they turn out a little too wavy and lumpy for me.  I fixed that by going into Design Space and creating plain frames to cut out on card stock.  With a couple of  card stock layers, my card comes out with just the right amount of dimension to show off the frames in the scene.  I lit up my glittery haunted house with orange paper behind the windows and created a spooky sky with some artsy background paper.  I used my Misti stamp positioner to center the Happy Halloween perfectly on the outer frame.  I'll admit it did take some time to layer six of these cards to send to some friends, but it was so fun because I had so much help from Design Space.  I sure do love my Cricut!!!

Thanks for visiting.

Go forth and be fabulous.

Nancy

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Sizzix Tim Holtz Bell Jar Halloween Cards - 2016 Stamp Art Shoppe Class Flashback

While searching through my "Big Box O' Halloween Stuff" for some inspiration and supplies, I was excited to find these fun cards that I made in a class at the Stamp Art Shoppe last year.  Our amazingly talented teacher, Sandy Brien, showed us how to use the Sizzix Bell Jar die with acetate to give a realistic-ish glass jar look.  She instructed us to temporarily center the bell jar transparency on our paper and carefully sponge around the edge with distress ink to make the jar look lighter. We then cleaned and dried the transparency and adhered it to the pedestal after creating our scene.  I had forgotten how cute these cards turned out.  

The ghosts, pumpkins, bats, grass and scene dies are all from Impression Obsession. The leaves were made with punches.  The fabulous bell jar die is Sizzix Bell Jar 658244, which I've seen on Amazon recently.  I have a similar Sizzix Snow Globe die with a Christmas scene that I can't wait to use with this same process. 

Sadly, the Stamp Art Shoppe closed earlier this year, but Sandy still comes to town to teach classes about once a month.  I always look forward to being enlightened by her mad skills and talent.

Thanks for visiting. 

Go forth and be fabulous.

Nancy

Cricut Halloween Banner - Spooky

It's that scary time of year again when I  need something eerie to hang on my fireplace to get my spine a'chillin.   Okay, so this is as creepy as my crafty spirit gets.  I might be "spooky challenged" but I think making seasonal holiday banners is paper delight multiplied.  This Halloween banner was super quick and easy to design in Cricut Design Space. 

I chose my images from the Cricut Image Library and lucky for me they were all free with my monthly subscription. The banner shape comes from the Birthday Bash cartridge,  the fiendish spider and skull icons are from the Pumpkin Carvings cartridge and the  alphabet is from the Frightful Affair cartridge.

I used a variety of paper textures just because I could, since each panel is like a separate little piece of artwork.  The polka dot paper looks a little peachy in the pictures, but it's actually sheer vellum and I love how it looks on the card stock.  Since I chose metallic, glitter and vellum  papers,  I thought this banner "screamed" for a little bling, so I garnished each panel with a clear rhinestone.  Doesn't get much spookier than that!

Thanks for visiting.

Go forth and be fabulous.

Nancy