Bats, Mummies, and ........

This is the second of three Halloween cards I will make this year. This one wasn't so scary until I added the ghost corners. Yikes!! They remind me of something I saw at our Lowe's last night. It was a 16 ft. inflatable reaper with red eyes. It was really scary and I was ready to get out of there. Ha It looked as if it would almost reach the top of my two-story house.

I love this big pumpkin die cut by Tim Holtz. I cut him out (out of the box) and added some Distress Crackle to him, then embossed with a Distressed Stripes embossing folder. I then added my leaves, bats, mummies, and sentiments. Have you tried the new Momenta cut and emboss die cuts? They are so thin but do a really good job. I wish I could have made my photo larger and you could see them embossed on the leaves better.  This is it on SCS. Hobby Lobby is carrying those dies now.

Tuesday Throwdown #167 is having a challenge called Colors of Fall so I'm entering this card.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is Anything Goes.

I used snippets for the bat, mummy, and behind my ghosts so I'm entering the Pixie's Crafty Workshop challenge -Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground -Week #92

Now for my long recipe:
Stamps-Bat is Hampton Art set SCO581, Mummy and sentiment are by Craftsmart (no name) I think they are from Wal-Mart
Paper-Stampin'Up! Dusty Durango, Bazzill blackbird, PTI white, ColorMates/light graceful geranium, other unknown scraps
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Copics, Tim Holtz Pumpkin Jack die/movers and shapers, Martha Stewart ghost corner punch, handmade banner, Ranger Distress Crackle-Clear Rock Candy, Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes embossing folder

Thoughts of You

I'm here to make a quick post this Saturday morning. My card is for the Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers. The queen is Susie aka PaperPunchScissors and I love her work. I chose this card to case. About the only thing alike is we both made a hinged filigree card.

For sure, this card was a test to photograph. I
barely have it standing on those fragile 'legs'.   Yes, there is a back to this card. If you look closely through one of the holes on the left side, you can see it. :-) I carried it outside to photograph instead of using my tent or card studio and I'm not so happy with the photo. White is a bit hard for me, anyway.

Off to a ball game trip later this afternoon. It's a night game, which I like best. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

My card is entered into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge--Anything Goes.

Recipe:
Stamps-Stampin'Up! Silhouette Sentiments
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Spellbinders Opulent Ovals nestabilities, black pearls

Celebrate Christmas

Hi Friends.....My sis is still visiting and we're having a super time. We went shopping yesterday (all day) and I found this adorable snowman image at the scrapbook store. I couldn't wait to use it and sure enough not when I found the Merry Monday Christmas Card Club Challenge #76 this week to use a snowman. If you know me very well, you know a snowman is my FAVORITE image to work with. I placed him so it looks as if he is looking up at the Christmas tree and about to adorn it with a star topper.

I colored him with Copics, bought some tinsel to put around his fun hat and I added glossy accents to the ornaments.  The embossing folder is Spellbinders M Bossabilities Holiday Magic. Rest of recipe  is below.


My sketch is from a card I cased for the Featured Stamper this week on Splitcoaststampers. The stamper is Curt aka indycurt and this is the card I cased.

Splitcoaststampers also has a monthly Christmas challenge for Fan Club members. This month's theme is Silver Bells.....use silver, bells, or both. You may use silver cord, silver embossing, silver anything. My silver is the tinsel.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is Anything Goes

Recipe:
Stamps-Stampendous Merry Snowman, 2012 Hot off the Press sentiment
Paper-PTI white cardstock, MME paper pad/Christmas
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Copics, Gold Stickles, 2012 Hot off the Press, Glossy Accents, Tim Holtz tinsel, Spellbinders M Bossabilities Holiday magic embossing folder

That Spooky Night

I  may be gone away from my blog again for several days after today. Going to a ball game Saturday and my sis is coming for a visit on Sunday and we will have a lot to. Did I mention we have a super scrapbook store that we love to visit? Anyone want to send a donation for our shopping trip?  LOL Yes, Michael's, Jo Ann Stores, and Hobby Lobby will be visited, too. Hey, we can even go online for crafties.  Fun, fun, fun!!!

I wanted and needed to make a Halloween card. I spent so much time with this card. There are several digital images on this card and also several wooden stamp images. I really think it is so cute in real life. I made it larger than usual (5 x7) to fit it all the items I used.


This card is entered into the Splitcoaststampers QFTD182. This is the gorgeous card I was supposed to case. It belongs to Tina aka GardenDiva. Well, it barely resembles hers. Ugh! Does my card look as if I got carried away? YES!!

And, another card for Pixie's Crafty Workshop #90---I used snippets getting my characters made

I'm also sending my card to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-- use a product that is available in the Simon Says Stamp Store and state what you used. I used the Stampendous Stamp Give Candy Blockart.  I also used their Memento dew drops ink/Girls Night Out-Tuxedo Black and Arizona Canyons-Desert Sand. SSS is also having a STAMPtember blog hop going on.

Recipe:
Stamps-Digital images/Brickworks, Corner Bricks, Large and Small Brick Crack, Street Curb, Mummy and spider web unknown--probably picked up at Wal-Mart, Stampendous Blockart Give Candy (Dracula), Sentiment is Studiog 2011 Janet Dunn (no name)
Paper-PTI white cardstock, K&CO Ghostly Greeting Die-Cut Mat Pad
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black and Desert Sand
Accessories-Copics, K&CO ghost from adhesive border/Halloween Icon

Hope.......

I've been away on a trip and missing on my blog. Glad to get home but missing my son and his family like crazy. My trip explains why I haven't been to visit your blogs lately or uploaded since my little snowmen. I will remedy that soon. I may have to miss commenting on what I didn't catch while I was away but go from now.

I cased a card that belonged to Cindy aka frenziedstamper on Splitcoasterstampers. She is the new reigning Queen for the Day. Here is her gorgeous card. I would have loved to have used those same colors but needed to change it up a  bit. It's an easy CAS card...just some stamping and sponging.

I did soften my photo a bit. After other tweaking, it was still starker than in real life. Yikes! I didn't like that look so you get the mellow version. It is still so much brighter than in real life. I kind of wish, also, that I had stamped my sentiment in black.

I'm going over to Pixie's Crafty Workshop with my card. Now, that is one fun place to visit. I always leave with a big grin on my face after reading Di's posts. Makes my day! My birdies were made with snippets of white cardstock which I inked in blue. My stamped panel was also from snippets...is that a big snippet? Ha

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is to use a product from their store and name it: My product is Memento 4 Dew Drop Ink Pads-Farmer's Market. I'm using the cantaloupe ink from that set. They are also celebrating STAMPtember with a blog hop.



Recipe:
Stamps-Hero Arts/Design Block-Tree (used only partial stamp), Inspired by Stamping/Big Hope (sentiment)
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Ink-Memento Danube Blue and Cantaloupe, VersaMagic Aegean Blue
Accessories-sponge, Martha Stewart bird punch, EK Success Birds and Holly border punch/to punch out doves

Snowmen at the Fence

I'm so excited to get this stamp and use it. I saw it used last year on Splitcoaststampers by a wonderful stamper and knew I had to have it for this year. I LOVE a snowman. How many times have I said that?? :-) It is from The Peddler's Pack Stampworks/Fenced in Snowmen. I've made a CAS card which made it sooooooo easy to get another Christmas card added to the stack.

My card is being entered into the Merry Monday Christmas Card Club--challenge #74.

My woodgrain is the fence which I colored green while giving it a worn look. One of the snowmen is wearing a mitten which I colored with a neutral color, as  I also did the lights.

Weekly Christmas Card Challenges #41 wants to see snowmen this week. I can accommodate.

Recipe:
Stamps-The Peddler's Pack Stampworks/Fenced in Snowmen, Inspired by Stamping/ Elegant Christmas
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Ink-Memento Rich Cocoa and Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Copics

Autumn Wishes

Just came by to quickly post a CAS card I made today. My paper looks white but it is vintage cream. I do like cream more for Fall cards. Guess it had a mind of its own and knew what it wanted to look like.


I'm entering my cards into these challenges:
Seize the Birthday-Anything Goes Birthday-masculine or feminine
Great Impressions-Theme challenge is Fall colors (yes, that is PTI vintage cream with the embossing, although it is looking white after photo was made) Ugh!
Inspired by Stamping Customer Gallery---September
Simon Says Monday Challenge--From dry embossed paper to creating a resist effect with clear embossing powder, extra fine embossing powder to melted UTEE in a pot--so many ways....


Recipe:
Stamps-Inspired by Stamping-Cute Circles
Paper-PTI vintage cream and Kraft, Stampin'Up! Old Olive and Dusty Durango, unknown dp
Ink-Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories-Inspired by Stamping Fancy Labels 2, Little Yellow Bicycle stick pins, Stampin'Up! Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, Sizzix embossing folder/Blossom, Circles, Leaves & Diamond set

Christmas Roses

Blogger is acting up with my photo so hope all is well when I publish this card.

Today is the new Queen for the Day challenge on Splitcoaststampers -#180- and I have to say I wanted to case all of the new queen's cards. What a fabulous gallery. It is Cheryl aka CherylStamps and this is the card I cased. Isn't it beautiful?


My swag is Christmas Roses by Just Ink Lined and is a digital image. I cut out the flowers by hand. How nice it would be to have a die for it. I colored the image with Copics.

I'll enter my card into the challenge at Paper Take Weekly-Anything Goes With the optional extra to do a Christmas card/project
Weekly Christmas Card Challenge#40-Use something new when creating your Christmas or holiday card....This is the first time using my image of Christmas Roses

Hope everyone has a fab weekend. It is beautiful here and I think the nice weather will continue for several days.

Recipe:
Stamps-Digital image by Just Ink Lined/Christmas Roses, Hot off the Press/Christmas Words
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper-PTI white cs, black cs, MME 6 x 6 paper pad/Christmas
Accessories-Cuttlebug lg snowflake embossing folder, Copics

Faith

I can't believe it is September and I can really tell it. Hubby mows, edges, and blows making the yard look great and in no time leaves and acorns have fallen and made a mess. Of course, some of it was due to rainy, stormy weather we had. Plus, a squirrel nest fell...now, that's really a mess.

I wanted to make a white on white card and used a 3D M Bossabilities folder I've been really wanting to try. I love it! Unfortunately, I had to cut part of the bottom off to get this size card. Maybe later I'll make a very large card and won't cut that pretty part off the card.

I'm entering my card into these challenges:
Word Art Wednesday #95-Anything Goes
Oozak- #21---Anything Goes-Die Cuts/Punches
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-Anything Goes
Inspired by Stamping Customer Gallery-September

Recipe:
Stamps-Inspired by Stamping/Big Hope
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-3D M Bossabilities folder, The Paper Studio white 3D paper flower asst., tulle and pearl
treatment from Hobby Lobby

Mixed Media/Wooden Shapes-HOPE

Good Morning....hope all celebrating Labor Day are enjoying their day and maybe will get in a bit of crafting. It's a rainy, cloudy day here. No picnic for us. Guess I'll have to craft all day.....hee hee

I've been wanting to try the tutorial at Inspired by Stamping-WHW#115--Creating Mixed Media with Wooden Shapes. It is really fun to do something a quite a bit different from cards. You can see a closer up photo on my Splitcoaststampers gallery. I'm also posting my card at the Inspired by Stamping Customer Gallery for September.

I started with a wooden bird. I used modeling paste, several ink sprays, a wooden note which I covered with Stickles, a button, feather, stamps, and a plastic mesh canvas on the tail and head. All the instructions can be found at the IBS site link I listed above.

I'll also enter this into the Mix-Abilility challenge Mix23 on  Splitcoaststampers.

A wonderful new challenge I've found: Word Art Wednesday challenge #95-Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-Anything Goes

Recipe:
Stamps-Inspired by Stamping/Whimsical Banners/music, Big Hope.....HOPE is the bird.....that sings before dawn
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Liquitex modeling paste, plastic mesh canvas, wooden bird, wooden musical note, yellow Stickles, Tattered Angels glimmer mist/Dragonfly and Party Pink, dylusions ink spray/postbox red and pure sunshine, silver metal brad for eye, iridescent heart button, feather sprayed with glimmer mist