Thursday, July 22, 2010

Halloween is Hoppin' at Tiddily Inks

Tiddily Inks is throwing a blog hop today to celebrate Halloween in July. Yes I know, you're used to Christmas in July, but hey everyone knows Halloween comes before July. The Blog Hop officially starts at 6 PM CST, and you can link to all participants from the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blogspot. After you check out all the fantastic cards on the tour, I know you're going to want to go shopping for some Tiddly Inks images at the Store.

I grew up in a small town and was one of 5 siblings. I can still remember the joy of Halloween and Trick or Treating. We didn't have money for costumes, so our costumes were whatever we could make with what we had readily available, much like this sweet little image from Tiddly Inks called CandyAvenger. All it takes is a mask from the dime store(that's right I said dime store and the prequel to dollar stores) and a towel for a cape and you're a superhero. I remember going to the door of a house and knocking, and yelling Trick or Treat when the door opened. I wanted to reconstruct that memory, so I built a house using my Cricut to make my shingles, window frames, curtains, door facings and my Halloween decorations. I cut strips of yellow to do the lapped siding of the house. Then I finished it off with my little sweetie heading up to the door looking forward to another sweet treat.


I'm into 3 dimensional cards lately, so besides Candy Avenger being cut out and raised, the columns and porch floor are raised with foam sticky and the porch roof has three layers of the foam sticky backing.


Now be sure to head back to the Challenge Blog and visit the next link on the list. And join us on the Tiddly Inks Digitals Page on PCP for the party later tonight.


Happy Halloween in July !

40 comments:

  1. awwwww shirley that is just so cute, i love the dimension and the shingles on the roof are fabulous. hugs lou xxx

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  2. omgosh, how cute is this! looks like my little yellow house and we have lots of kiddos that stop by on halloween. GREAT card!

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  3. You are so clever and crafty!!! I love this!! Wow, what a great idea to put her in a scene. :)
    XOXO
    Christy

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  4. Oh my word, this is amazing. Fabulous card!

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  5. Love this scene you've created Shirley! Wow the shingles and window treatments ... awesome!

    BTW, I just color Gossamer's underslip with a lighter shade of purple then applied some Crystal Stickles.

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  6. Wow, cool card, the house, all the details, amazing!!

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  7. this is so much fun.. I love this idea.. and your creation is adorable.. great coloring.. My card is #8 I hope you will get a chance to stop by and let me know what you think of my card.. HUGS

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  8. what a fun card rich with details

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  9. How CUTE! I love "scene" cards and this is darling...I'm thinking I need that candy avenger image... ;)

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  10. What a perfect little house and I LOVE the kitty on the porch! Great card! xxD

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  11. Love that house, that is just amazing. WOW! You did a wonderful job with the coloring of the image too.

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  12. Brilliant! this is so adorable Shirley!!!

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  13. Oh - this house with this image is so cute! It's the perfect combo - great job!

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  14. Fantastic "shaped" card and an amazing ammont of work, fabulous :D XXX

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  15. Great idea for a card. Love the image used too,

    jayne xx

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  16. This is just so super-cute, it's adorable! :D

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  17. your house is fantastic! great job!

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  18. Great card I love how you've made her outside the house cool! :)

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  19. Awesome, amazing and fabulous!!!

    Crafty Hugs!
    Meredith

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  20. Great card. Lots of great details.
    Trisha x

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  21. I'm saying "wow" alot today but your card deserves a double WOW! I am not using my Cricut to its full extent and you have inspired me to try harder.

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  22. Fab card, love the roof....totally awesome.
    Caz
    x

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  23. Love the little scene you've made - great card. x

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  24. wow...how darn cute is this???? :) tfs!

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  25. Love the dimension to this card... all the way up to the roof shingles! Fantastic!

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  26. Oh this is so fun, love your details! Beth aka BR-T

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  27. Wow, I've been investigationg how you made the roof, it looks so gorgeous! Beautiful colouring and amazingly creative card!
    Hugs
    Annika

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  28. Cute scene you have created here; very clever and fun!

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  29. Fabulous card, Shirley! Love the house and it was awesome to read your memories from trick or treating!

    Hugs,
    Larissa

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  30. WOW!!! Your Cricut house is just amazing!! Love the whole design and all the dimension!

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  31. OMGosh, what a truly wonderful scene you've created!!! What Cricut cartridge did you use? I love this!!!

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  32. hi shirley,

    great card!!! what a wonderful scene.

    greetings femke

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  33. OMGoodness!! Your card is amazing!!! I love all the awesome embellishments you've added and the dimension! I also love this adorable image ... now, why haven't I ever seen these stamps before??!! I MUST take a peek at the store ... eeeek! So glad I was able to stop by to see your wonderful work of he{art}! hugz, Mary

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  34. Shirley, this is a great card! I love all the dimension and how you "built" the house! Beautiful and fun!!

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  35. do you know - I never got round to doing that blog hop and feel bad for not getting myself involved - but i think it was at a bad time when i was feeling rubbish... anyway, less of that - this is absolutely fabtastic and is the first time i;ve seen it... wow - you really put some thought and effort in to it especially making the elements for your house. I love it. Well done Shirley.

    Trick and treat has only caught on round here in the last few years, and living on a residential estate means that the door is never shut... funny how my kids have grown out of it, and you see the next lot of kids growing up and coming round with their parents.... me and OH really get into it when we can.

    Paula x x x

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