Halloween is postponed here in New Jersey until Friday night (second
year in a row that Mother Nature has interfered with trick or treating),
but for the rest of you, Happy Halloween!
Nathalie Kalbach's and Julie Fei-Fen Balzer's Second Floor challenge this week was to use all six primary and secondary colors. And Natasha May had invited us all to her Halloween party and asked us to come in costume. I decided to imagine myself as a sassy witch, riding high on the moon. I have to say that imagining myself like this was the "taking it to the second floor" part of my challenge, as well as creating this napkin design with only gouache -- no collage, stamping, stenciling, etc.
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Linking up to Natasha May's Halloween Party, Creative Everyday, Anything But a Card (use the color black and this is actually a napkin design!), Second Floor Challenge, Paint Party Friday, and Show Me What You've Got. Check out all the great creativity at these sites.
Classy witch! I especially like her green leggings and violet shoes! :^) Patsy from
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Hi Mary - First I drag the badge from someone else's website to my desktop. Then, I go into my blogger layout > add gadget > picture > browse for the image I dragged onto my desktop > and add the url of wherever I dragged the image from. Then I "save arrangement." Hope this helps.
DeleteOh wow! Your witch looks fantastic! Thanks for coming to my party. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is one sassy witch! I think that witch would have lots of fun scaring people too!
ReplyDeleteWow, beautiful work Jessica. Happy H alloween to you too! xox
ReplyDeleteYour witch looks like she's having fun swinging on the moon! So sorry your kids are missing out Halloween nite = but Gov Christie said they'll reschedule it for another night - so maybe it will happen in a week or so. Happy Halloween!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
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ReplyDeleteSpooky! Love it!
AWESOME... getting out my gouache... I can't believe that's all you used. INCREDIBLE! love it!
ReplyDeletehappy haunting!
dana
Looks like she is a treat, but with some tricks under that big hat of hers. I just love it. Happy Halloween; hope Sammi enjoys the night.
ReplyDeleteShe looks like the witch I imagine to be :) Love her!!! Happy Halloween!
ReplyDeleteactually, she DOES look like you!
DeleteShe is spectacular! Love her purple highlights as I have some too! She is so fun!!
ReplyDeleteShe certainly does look sassy! And she's really enjoying herself. Love the movement in this.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful one!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah she's sassy, candy corn and jack o lanterns are perfect Halloween items too thanks for linking to SMWYG!
ReplyDeleteLovely witch and delicious Halloween feeling!
ReplyDeleteLoving your great witch it certainly portrays the witching hour. Happy PPF, Annette x
ReplyDeleteLooks like you escaped the wrath of Sandy since you are online. Lovely tribute to Halloween, Jessica.
ReplyDeleteDynamic sassy with ~ lovely work ~ (A Creative Harbor) ^_^
ReplyDeleteSuper witch. I love the candy corn. I recently sha a show that explained the story behind and also how they make candy corn. It is such a halloween icon. Happy PPF
ReplyDeleteWhat cute holiday artwork!
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Happy PPF!!
Mary
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I love your 'sassy' witch... hope you enjoy your belated Halloween!
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Loving the green leggings and violet shoes... and that you managed to get some work done... hope you haven't had too much damage and all is well in your little corner of the world... it must have been quite a difficult week...xx
ReplyDeletei love the blues and oranges together. and she definitely looks like a very sassy witch! very stylish! :-) hope you're surviving the aftermath of the storm!
ReplyDeleteWonderful witch - she is indeed sassy - love the colors.
ReplyDeleteThis is a terrific sassy witch and could very well be a professional in the shop Halloween card, only better as we know the artist! LOL
ReplyDeleteI hope the weather storm has not affected you more adversely than just missing Trick or Treating!
Be safe, well and creative!
Hope all is well - better than - in your world.
ReplyDeleteLove your Halloween paintings, hope you are all safe and dry where you live.
ReplyDeleteThat is one Sassy/sexy Witch. Nicely done. :) HPPF
ReplyDeleteI love the very graphic style of your card, Jessica. The little bats, cat and star all add to Halloween "story".
ReplyDeleteFun! I tend to end up using all six main colors by accident - I just like color. I like how pleased with life she looks. Happy belated PPF!
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Great depiction of a witch...such a trend-setting,trendy girl:)
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lovely with and great design too!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Anything But A Card!
Hugs, Alica ;)
Great design and beautifully executed! Thanks for sharing your saucy witch with us at Anything But A Card and I hope we see you again soon.
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