QFTD32 on Splitcoaststampers, Bah! Humbug! challenge

Today's Queen For the Day on Splitcoaststampers is Linda aka morningsun47. What a deserving, sweet person. I am so glad to case one of her cards. I am really loving the CAS cards lately and wanted to do another one today. I just ruined my embossing folder by getting a speck of ink on one side so I had to find a plan other than the one I started with. You know how a speck of ink would magnify on a photo. Ugh!
So, the card I cased had used a partial folder. I cut mine in half, used that section, and because both ends were the same, I cut out the poinsettia on the opposite end, sponged it, and popped on dimensionals for my embellishment. In the end, I really liked it.

I'm also entering my card into this challenge: Bah! Humbug!  Their challenge #41 this week is elegance. It is your personal choice of what constitutes elegance and I am going with the simplicity of my card and I think the sentiment is very elegant.
Recipe:
Stamp: Set made for Hobby Lobby called Happy Holiday Christmas 2009
Paper: Stampin'Up! Real Red cardstock, white cardstock
VersaMark Dazzle-frost
Decorating Chalks by Craf-T-Products

Stampendous white embossing powder
Cuttlebug Holiday Plus Shapes embossing folder (bundle)

Treehouse Stamps, Digi Contest Image

Oct. 28, 2010-Due to unforeseen circumstances, I had to remove this card from the contest.
Who doesn't love a cupcake? This one is the digi image Treehouse Stamps asked that you use for  THE TREEHOUSE BLOG MONTHLY CONTEST. I decided to make a Thanksgiving card with mine. I watercolored the image with a brush and Tombow Markers.

Recipe:
Digi Image from Treehouse stamps
Paper: PTI white cardstock, dp is unknown, Stampin'Up! chocolate chip and old olive, Canson watercolor paper
Accessories: Spellbinders Fleur Di Lis die cut, Martha Stewart pumpkin patch edge punch, ribbon from Hobby Lobby,  brad is Recollections dimensional stickers, Sizzix Branch with leaves die cut, Lime green stickles

Got Fangs? Stampin B's Design Team, Pile It On, Stamp Something, Stampin for the Weekend

I just love this little trick or treater. I picked him up at Hobby Lobby. We have hunreds of trick or treaters coming to our house on Halloween. Therefore, we buy lots of candy and fun items. We started buying several weeks ago. Halloween will be celebrated in my city on Saturday night this year because of it falling on Sunday.
Vicky Gould is the hostess this week for the Stampin B's Design Team challenge #81  and gave us a fun challenge to make a Halloween card with no orange and no black. Wouldn't you know, I forgot and started putting black bats on mine and stamped the houses in black. I had to start over and found out by going online that there are brown bats(disk-winged bat, for one) so that is what I have here.
This time, I used red, white, brown, and a lot of gray for my card. I colored the windows with a yellow Tombow Marker.
The cloak and face are paper pieced. I think his little fangs are so cute!

I'm entering these challenges, also: Stampin' For the Weekend #49   Halloween/Fall
Pile It On#41   Kid Themed Halloween
Stamp Something  Halloween Somethings

Recipe:
Stamps: Stampendous BlockArt Give Candy, Stampabilities Haunted House
Paper: Stampin'Up! Cherry Cobbler and Chocolate Chip,  PTI white cardstock, Hobby Lobby gray cardstock
Ink: StazOn Dove Gray
Accessories: Martha Stewart bat punch and ghosts corner punch

Santa Bunny in the Forest

I love the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #19 this week. It allows me to do a clean and simple card. I am beginning to love the white space more and more.
This little Santa bunny sitting in the snow reminds me of cards I see at Christmas where all the animals are gathered in the forest on Christmas Eve night...just so adorable.

Hope you'll click on my card for a better view. I have a new camera and have so much to learn about it. Yikes!

I'm entering these challenges also: Sweet Stamper Challenge #48 to use ribbon
Craftalicious #10- Anything Goes

Recipe: Holiday Snowglobe Rubber Stamp Set, A Muse Birch Forest with Leaves (I left off the leaves for a winter scene), Stampin'Up! Delightful Decorations
Paper: PTI white cardstock
Ink: SU Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Go With the Grain red ribbon, Stampin'Up! Dazzling Diamonds, Copics, EK Success 3/4" circle punch

Blogger Award

Sally Atkins gave me this wonderful blogger award a few weeks ago and I'm just now getting it posted. You know how things get so busy and I had a week away from home and then catch up time. Whew! Thanks so much to Sally found here: Cards for All Reasons What a delightful blog to visit.



You are supposed to give 7 facts about yourself and pass on to 7 other bloggers.


1. I am a Christian.
2. My Fall season Saturdays are usually spent going to college football games.
3. Working in my yard is one of my favorite things.
4. Christmas cards are my favorite to make.
5. I sing in two choirs.
6. If I eat onions at night, I have nightmares.
7. My favorite holiday is Christmas.

I am passing this award on to the following bloggers:
Deena-A Necessary Creativity
Pam-Stamps Inc
Diane-Diane's Workshop
Silva-Basslady Creations
Carol-Our Little Inspirations
Heather-Princess Scrapper Stamper
Francie G.-Francie's Fancy

These bloggers are wonderful stampers, quick to comment either on my blog or SCS, some are really good pals, and all have lovely blogs.

Midnight Madness-It's All About the Bears

My card is for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #75. There are two sketches to choose from and I chose fancy one, shown above, adding a ribbon and brad at the bottom of my image. Also, I flipped the sketch.

Recipe: Holly Berry House
Paper: Stampin'Up! Chocolate Chip cardstock, Peach cardstock from Hobby Lobby, dp is unknown, Canson watercolor paper
Ink: StazOn Saddle Brown, Memento Desert Sand for sponging
Bow colored with Copics - Bear is watercolored with brush
Accessories: Spellbinders deckle nestabilitie, misc. ribbon (twisted to fit), Making Memories Deco Metal copper brad, Pearls from a friend-Pam124

Christmas Tree-Speedy's Friends

This week for Speedy's Friends challenge #25, Geri gave the challenge to do stitching or faux stitching on your card. That is a challenge that causes much trembling. LOL Let me tell you, I can't make a straight stitch. My sister gave me a Janome for Christmas last year but I never have time to practice on it because I'm always making cards. You know..the addiction! So, I just used some faux stitching on my envelope..couldn't find a spot on my card for it. Not very good planning, I suppose. I also stamped the same MFP's tree on the envie as the card.

I stamped my tree twice for dimension, cut out, and placed on top of my die cut. I like it except I wish I had stitching on it...maybe soon I'll master that.

Other challenges I'm entering: Paper Cutz #63 Anything Goes

Just Inspirational Challenges #16 Anything Goes


Recipe:

Stamps: Mark's Finest Paper-Snowman Country

Paper: Stampin'Up Old Olive, PTI white cardstock

Accessories: Spellbinders Fancy Tags & Shapeabilities Lattice Pendant, SU Old Olive ribbon, Martha Stewart Stamp & Punch Polar (snowflake), SU Dazzling Diamonds, tree stamped in white ink and clear embossing powder, Martha Stewart tiny rhinestones, Cuttlebug Holiday Plus Shapes embossing folders (bundle), Tombow markers, template for faux stitching

It's Friday and time for another Queen to be crowned on Splitcoaststampers. She is Crystal aka crystalkbk. I'm sure many of you are familiar with her work. I chose a card to case from her gallery that was easy peasy as I have little time today. I wanted to make a Christmas card ...time is getting shorter and shorter to get those made. I am using an embossing folder that I just decided today I liked better than I thought. It has so much texture and pretty designs.
Can't wait to get my new camera ( I mentioned in my last post) up and going. The next thing I need is a light studio..oh, so much to do, want, and need. LOL

Recipe:
Stamp: Stampin'Up! - Gifted
Paper: Stampin'Up! Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White cardstock, SU Jolly Holiday dsp
Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: silver cording from Bead Party, Cuttlebug embossing folder (Ornament Collection)

That's it...such an easy card!!!!

Harvest Home, StampinB, Kaboodle Doodles, The Stamp Man

It's another challenge for the Stampin B's Design Team and the challenge is to use Fall colors..rusts, browns, golds, etc. The colors are beginning to change in my part of the southern U.S. but not quite there yet. Actually, we need some rain to get all the splendid Fall colors we want. It is very dry here and I am really tired of watering. Ugh!
My card is for two other challenges: Kaboodle Doodles #41- Color Challenge to use the colors you see around you and use something that celebrates that color. Fall is all around and getting better everyday.
Below is a photo of some of the Fall colors I see around my area. The bottom one is a crape myrtle in my yard. I have 4 of those down my driveway and they look as if they are on fire when the sun shines on them. The other two are some I see when I drive around my city. This pic was taken last year as they're not quite there yet this year. But the inspiration is there for my card.




The Stamp Man Challenge Blog #7 - Autumn


I went out yesterday and bought a new camera. Of course, the one I bought was not in stock and I am driving two hours tonight to get it. I didn't want to wait a week for it to arrive. I'm really excited about it and will now have to fill my time learning to use it. It is a Nikon D90 SLR. I think there will be more to learn about it than my Sony Cybershot I am using now. Once I get the hang of it, I think I'll be fine. I am hoping it will be good for my cards, nature photos, sweet babies, ..love to take photos of birds, too. Wish me luck!
Recipe:
Stamp: SU Harvest Home, Stampabilities-Fall Leaf (stamped cut,stickled, and popped leaves)
Paper: Mark's Finest Papers-Corn Husk, SU Chocolate Chip, Rust cs from Hobby Lobby,
K&CO Specialty Paper Fall Harvest Pad (strip of pumpkins is also from this pad), Canson watercolor paper
Ink: SU Chocolate Chip & Soft Suede
Accessories: Clear embossing powder on sentiment, Tombows and brush for watercoloring, Lime Green and Yellow stickles, hemp cord, Spellbinders circle and circle scalloped oval die cuts

Christmas Joy - QFTD30, Speedy's Friends

I've been in the craft room all afternoon trying to get some challenge cards made. I am entering my card into two challenges: Marks Finest Papers-Speedy Friend's challenge #24 and also QFTD30.

This week on Splitcoaststampers, the Queen for the Day is Lori aka MelodyGal. I used her design for my card and changed the image and dsp. Believe me, I am ready to be catching up on my cards. Going away and enjoying yourself has some pitfalls. LOL

Recipe:

Stamps: Stampin'Up! Delightful Decorations

Paper: SU Jolly Holiday dsp, PTI white cardstock

Ink: SU cherry cobbler

Accessories: Stampin'Up! Old Olive ribbon, Spellbinder's Fleur di Lis shapeabilitie, Stampin'Up! ornament punch, clear embossing powder for the ornament