Spook-takular! ...and a free sentiment

Hi, everyone! I am so excited it is October.....and Halloween is right around the corner! Yay! Halloween is my favorite holiday to craft for, and today I have a wonderful Stamping Dragon Designs image to showcase, called Spooks!

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These three darling Spooks were part of last months Grab Bag, but now you can purchase them in-store HERE, along with the other great items that Stamping Dragon Designs has to offer! (All three Spooks cuties are in the file together). :0) 

I was inspired by my cyber-bff, Cely's, creation (click here to see for yourself just how inspirational it was! hehehe). I cut the film strip from SVGCuts.com Summer Blockbuster Collection (no, no....I didn't actually make my own this time! lol!). I did some shading on my "star" ghost using my Stampin' Up Markers (I don't have any grey Copics, yet. Boohoo!). My circles are cut using Spellbinders Nesties, and my Bat Chain and Drippy Goo edges are punches. I added some black brads from my stash, and adhered a new Halloween ribbon that I recently picked up at JoAnn (on sale, of course!). The sentiment is punched and layered using some SU punches. The sentiment, itself, is your freebie today. The file contains the sentiment as a jpg, both in color and as a black and white image. :0)

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget to stop over at the store to see all the available Stampin' Dragon Designs images, and be sure to check out the rest of the highlights on my fellow DT's blogs for more great inspiration! (Their blog links are all located in the left sidebar of my blog for you! :0)) You should also jump over to the challenge blog for all the details on our current challenge, and don't forget to enter to win! :0)

I hope you will join me next week for more Stampin' Dragon Designs eye candy!

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Please leave some love if you enjoy my freebies! I love to hear from you! :) This is how I know you were here, like what you see, and would like to see more! If you're not already, consider becoming a follower so you can be informed of new freebie posts! :0)

I am offering the file download for a limited time, only. 

The links will be active for approximately one week only, so get them while you can!

If you have any problems with this file, please let me know so I can fix it for you, and for others!

And, PLEASE....

Any files I offer are for PERSONAL, NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY. This means that you may not sell them, alter them, or share them. They are not for use on websites (including blogs), or for marketing in any way.

Should you wish to share my files with others, please post a link to my site and give due credit.

The files I offer are typically compressed, and will need to be unzipped prior to use.

Cut files are in SVG format and are compatible with Sure Cuts A Lot, and any other software cutting program that supports svg files. Digital papers are typically .png format, unless noted above.

You can contact me at cherylfirst1@yahoo.com if you have any questions about any of my files, or if you just want to drop me a note! 

Happy Crafting!  :)

A Berry Sweet freebie and a Mo Manning card

Hi, everyone!
I am practicing coloring with my new Copics, and I just adore my new Mo Manning images that I purchased at her online store, Mo's Digital Pencil, so I printed up this cutie to work on.

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She is one of my newfound loves, Mo's fruit girls! I think I have them all, now, but I have to keep checking back on Mo's store site, as she has been adding some more recently! lol! This is Strawberry Girl.
I colored her in with my Copics. I wanted to make her a strawberry blonde - do you think her hair color is okay?? I had looked up all kinds of reference charts for hair coloring with Copics, and wouldn't it figure that I do not have any "complete" color combos mentioned for hair?! lol! Yep.....had to make up my own!
I recently received a couple of other new "toys" for my crafting: a Xyron 250 machine, which I LOVE!, and a new Spellbinders Die called "Fresh Fruit Border Petites". I used the strawberry border die. I punched out a red paper border, and then I punched a green paper border. I hand trimmed the berries off the green border and glued the two together. I added some inking and some gel pen detail to both layers.
I have seen several talented ladies use a technique that I wanted to try, die-cutting with Nesties, leaving part of the image outside the Nestie shape. I found a great tutorial on Jak Heath's blog (she calls this technique "Overhang with Nesties"), and I followed it to cut out my colored image. I probably could have used one die size smaller, but I was a little nervous! lol! I spent two days working on coloring my girl and didn't want to mess her up! lol!
Anyhow, that is my creative adventure for today. I now have the task of cleaning up my huge mess that I have made: it was a whirlwind, fun craft day, so there are things "everywhere"!! lol!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Happy Crafting!

Oh.........I almost forgot! The sentiment on my card is something I created. I saved it, thinking I may want to use it again later. Maybe you can use it, too? It is in .png and .jpg format in the download, and it is in color (the sentiment includes the colored strawberry). I have it sized to print and fit inside the Stampin' Up Oval punch.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FREE DIGI SENTIMENT DOWNLOAD

Please leave some love if you enjoy my freebies! I love to hear from you! :) This is how I know you were here, like what you see, and would like to see more! If you're not already, consider becoming a follower so you can be informed of new free svg posts each week! :0)

I am offering the file download for a limited time, only. 

The links will be active for approximately one week only, so get them while you can!

If you have any problems with this file, please let me know so I can fix it for you, and for others!

And, PLEASE....

Any files I offer are for PERSONAL, NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY. This means that you may not sell them, alter them, or share them. They are not for use on websites (including blogs), or for marketing in any way.

Should you wish to share my files with others, please post a link to my site and give due credit.

The files I offer are typically compressed, and will need to be unzipped prior to use.

Cut files are in SVG format and are compatible with Sure Cuts A Lot, and any other software cutting program that supports svg files. Digital papers are typically .png format.

You can contact me at cherylfirst1@yahoo.com if you have any questions about any of my files, or if you just want to drop me a note! 

Happy Crafting!  :)

This card has been entered into the following challenges:

The Rubber Cafe - Spellbound by Spellbinders

Crafts and Me Challenge Blog - Summertime

Tuesday Throwdown - #57 Fun in the Sun