As a kid, I really loved Halloween. I didn't love it as much as kids these days, but I made do with what I had. My mom made my first few costumes and then until I was 12, my costumes were store-bought.
When I was 10, a week before Halloween, I got the Chicken Pox really bad. I remember looking forward to that year's Halloween - I was going to dress up as a nurse. (Ironic, huh?). Anyway, my bout with the Pox was really bad and due to a virus I had to stay in the hospital for a week and missed out on Halloween that year. I'll never forget how sad I was.
And since that time, Halloween just never felt the same for me. It lost its magic.
But now with 2 kids of my own, the magic has come back and I'm enjoying the season. I'd enjoy it more if we lived in a house that I could decorate instead of our tiny condo, but that's another story...
I'm beginning to love Halloween so much that I had a brilliant idea to dress our kids (and our friends' kids) as Dorothy and friends:
My poor little Dorothy. I guess she really wanted to see the Wizard. *lol* Jonah's the scarecrow. His BFF is the Lion. And my BFF's son (my godson!) is the Tinman.
And what would the Wizard of Oz be without the Wicked Witch???
This card is for this week's Weekly Wednesday Challenge at All the Scraps! The challenge was to make a Halloween card. I don't have any C.C. Designs Halloween stamps, so I decided to alter Angel Emma and turn her into Elphelba, the Wicked Witch of the East!
It's actually my first time altering a stamp - I couldn't clean off the image well enough but hopefully you can't see it. I erased her halo and wings and drew in a witch's hat. I colored her green because of a FABULOUS idea from my best friend Corinne! I really love the way she came out!
This card is also for Copic Creations Challenge #14 - Coloring an image black! And I did that for her hat and robe! :)
Hope you all have a fun, safe, and very Happy Halloween! We're taking Jonah out for his first time Trick or Treating! It should be fun! :)
supplies:
CS: Elegant Eggplant (SU!), black (Bazzill), green (Prism), Pure Luxury White CS (Gina K.)
DP: Reminisce
stamp: Angel Emma (C.C. Designs).
sentiment: Trick or Sweet I (Taylored Expressions)
ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copics
accessories: Copics, Copic Multiliner SP 0.3, brads, ribbon, dimensionals
Awesome coloring, Jo! The green came out perfectly! Hehe...is that why you never wanted to go trick-or-treating with me in college *LOL*!!
Posted by: corinne | 10/31/2009 at 06:43 AM
Oh so darling Jo, love it.
Posted by: Cindy Haffner | 10/31/2009 at 11:08 AM
Yours and Rinne's kiddos are so cute! I love your witch card too!
Posted by: Sparkle | 10/31/2009 at 11:57 AM
OMGoodness gracious! Adorable picture, even with your upset Dorothy! lol! Oh, and your card is cute too, lol!
Posted by: Angie | 10/31/2009 at 02:15 PM
So adorable! Could that Wizard of Oz picture be any cuter!? Love the Halloween card too - I couldn't even tell that she used to have wings/a halo! :P
Posted by: bruinbr | 10/31/2009 at 03:41 PM
the kids are uber cutees!
Posted by: kristine | 11/01/2009 at 03:52 PM
Cutest pic EVER! I love your themed Halloween! And GREAT job on the card!
Posted by: Ashley | 11/02/2009 at 01:54 AM