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

Trees=Books

It's nice to have a long, relaxing weekend. I think I'll get to make a few cards. We're not going anywhere for the Labor Day holiday and no visitors. Housework and yard work done and that leaves time for my craft.

My card is a case of LuvLee  on Splitcoaststampers. She is the featured stamper this week. This is her very pretty CAS card.

I'm also entering my card into the challenge at CAS-ology #59. I'm thinking outside the box with this one.

As you see, the cue card is Book. I hope I didn't go too far out on a limb with this card for it to fit their challenge. They did say maybe your thoughts for this card will take you completely away from the literal meaning. My idea is books are made with paper and trees are used to make the paper. Therefore, my tree card.....hmmm

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge this week is Anything Goes

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Recipe:
Stamps-A Muse Artstamps/Birch Forest with Leaves (I left off the leaves), Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps/Peaceful Nuthatch...A Muse may now be A Muse Studio
Paper-PTI white cardstock, Stampin'Up! Cherry Cobbler
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Black pearls

Scarecrow

I haven't made a card in several days because I've been organizing my embossing folders and just lazing around. I was in the mood to get a card made today so I got out my new scarecrow die.

The challenge at Joan's Gardens this week is:
Use ginghams, checks, or plaids
Butterflies
Something Fallish..pumpkins, scarecrows, leaves, etc.
Use a product from Joan's Gardens-Mine is the sentiment from Elizabeth Craft Designs/Happy Birthday #717
I used a bit of Tim Holtz Distress Ink/Walnut Stain on my raffia.

The Simon Says Wednesday Challenge is Anything Goes

Another fun challenge I'm joining in with my card is Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground #87 Of course, I have snippets. See that butterfly....a snippet...also the sentiment.

I'm joining the Seize the Birthday challenge with this card. My first time there but sure it won't be my last for this fun challenge.

Hope I get back to the craft table in a day or two...we'll see.

Recipe:
Stamps-Stampabilities Big Plaid Background
Paper-PTI white cardstock, Stampin'Up! Always Artichoke, unknown dark brown, ColorMates medium creamy cocoa
Ink-Stamping'Up! Always Artichoke, Tim Holtz Distress Inks/Walnut Stain
Accessories-QuicKutz scarecrow die, Elizabeth Craft Designs die/Happy Birthday #717, raffia, Cheery Lynn Designs exotic butterflies die, twine

Winter Trees

I've returned from visiting my son to celebrate his birthday. Instead of buying a birthday cake this year, my daughter-in-law made a Butterfinger cake and it was so yummy. That was my first time to try one of those. Plenty fattening!!!

This week Joan's Gardens challenge is:

Something from Nature (bird)
Colors-red and green (hope I didn't use too much white)
Cut out center and stamp a design
Create a Christmas card
You must use a product as Joan's Gardens (Mine is Opulent Opals S5-160 and is what I used to cut out my center)

Joan told a way she learned to make a pretty sky. I will have to try it. This time, I used my Glimmer Mist and have learned to spray above my cardstock and not directly onto it. That way I get a mist without the splotches. I have a board that I put my card in to spray and I just spray toward the back and onto the board and let the mist fall. Hope that makes sense.

Also,  Christmas Cards All Year 'Round-Christmas Extravaganza- Make it Fancy and Fussy

I also want to enter my card into the challenge at Stamping for Pleasure-Rudolph Day.

Weekly Christmas Card Challenges wants us to Break Out Your Punches- Mine is a Martha Stewart bird punch

Recipe:
Stamps-Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps/New Pines and Seasonal Poinsettia (sentiment)
Paper-Stampin'Up! Cherry Cobbler and Always Artichoke cardstock, PTI white cardstock
Ink-Stampin'Up! Always Artichoke
Accessories-Spellbinders Opulent Ovals, Inspired by Stamping Vintage Banners, Martha Stewart bird punch, Spellbinders Shapeabilities Holly Motifs, Sizzix Bigz Die/Flowers, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist/Dragonfly