Challenge #214 - Take a Coffee Break

We are asking you to be inspired by JAVA, COFFEE, A CUP OF JOE, whatever you prefer to call it.

You might want to make a holder for a coffee store gift card, or use the colors of a coffee label to make something arty, whatever you make inspired by this theme we want to see!!!!

Deena here:

I recently gave up my favorite coffee at Starbucks as we booked a European cruise and I decided that the money I spend at the coffee shops could be much better used on a vacation, so this card is making me kind of jealous....

Chat Noir here with some additions to my ATC collection to give you some inspiration.  There are a few more details on my blog, but I think you can see they are a variation on a theme.  I really love using a limited palette of colours and of course my basic black!

Why dont you make yourself a cup of coffee, and sit down to dream up something wonderful to share.  Play along with us - you have 2 weeks to link up your fabulous projects with us in the comment area.

Challenge #213 - Halloween

We here at Opus Gluei love a holiday as much as the next person so let's get into Halloween!

Deena here:  we have had the most gorgeous fall here in our neck of the woods and I hope it can keep up for all the little ghosties and goblins to take advantage of it for trick or treating...we usually have miserable weather by now requiring snow boots and big parkas and it takes the costumes to a whole new level of puffiness...fingers crossed this year will be as nice as today and maybe just light jackets will be necessary...but who knows, it is still almost 2 weeks away and things can change so fast here.  I made several of these little candles to light our path in front of our house....now if the winds will just stay calm enough to keep them lit, they could look super cute....

LOVE those candles Deena.  Chat Noir here, from the Great Southern Land where Halloween is only slowly making its presence felt........BUT, witches and broomsticks and bats are natural companions for black cats, my very favourite animals, so here's my small contribution to our display to motivate you.  Its a tag on a chain, to hang from my real-life broomstick.

....and to finish, here's a reminder of what witches just might look like (LOL)

Show us your projects - you have 2 weeks to link up.