Morning and welcome to the start of another week .....

Morning readers,

Welcome to my latest follower, Megan Flynn -  thank you so much for following me, hope you will visit again soon

Here's hoping you enjoyed your weekend and are refreshed and ready to start this week .... we were at the surrogates over the weekend and did our annual Secret Santa draw! I know it's early but .... we each have holidays to fit in between now and Christmas so we thought we might as well do it whilst we know were all about! I COULD tell you who I drew but then, I'd probably have to kill you - or risk spoiling the surprise! Suffice it to say that I can now crack on and acquire said S.S.S. giftie! Lovely evening with friends who are like family too, and a curry in to the bargain!

I was also at the ToC (that's Table of Craftiness) at the weekend and came up with these Halloween themed Artist Trading Coins - each little "coin" measures 2½" diameter.

My Halloween Artist Trading Coin

Materials used:

• Snippets of card in purple and a neon paint gelli print 
• Dies used to cut circles 2½" and 2¼" from the above snippets
• Inkadinkado image (from set 99132) stamped in Versafine onyx black ink and then heat embossed using clear embossing powder
• Posca paint pens (black and white) used to doodle the border around the outside edge

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. That's Crafty - October 3rd challenge - SPOOKALICIOUS
2. Pattie's Creations - challenge No. 151 - HALLOWEEN or AUTUMN
3. Cut It Up Challenges - challenge No. 158 - HALLOWEEN - MUST use dies (2 ... check!)

And another Artist Trading Coin, again with a Halloween theme .... gotta love a grumpie!

My Artist Trading Coin

Materials used:

• Snippets of card in purple and white - die cut in to circles 2½" and 2¼" diameter
• Grumpies (from Smeared Ink) image and sentiment stamped using Memento tuxedo black ink
• Faber Castell polychromos pencils used to colour image and background 
• Zig watercolour marker in neon yellow used to colour sentiment panel

I'll be entering the above for the following challenges:-

1. Addicted To Stamps - challenge No. 312 - MAKE YOUR MARK
2. Craft Rocket - challenge No. 53 - AUTUMN/HALLOWEEN