Time For a Halloween Card

Seeing as how we are nearly a week into October I thought it was high time I made a Halloween card.  Lucky for me the challenge this week at The Paper Players was to make a Halloween project.  And I am extra lucky because the Sweet Sunday Sketch this week has a big layer on it that is perfect for showing off my favorite witch.  I love it when all the card-making stars align!

A face only a mother could love!  I decided to give her a violet dress because she's a little too flamboyant for boring black.  Ha!

Short and sweet but that's it for me.  I'm writing this during half-time of the Patriots game Sunday night and the game is just about to start up again.  Football calls!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Best Fiends (SU)

Paper:  Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Vintage Violet (SU); X-Press It Blending Card

Ink:  Black Licorice (My Favorite Things); Onyx Black (Versafine); Copics

Accessories:  Stitched Rectangle STAX, Stitched Fishtail Flags STAX (My Favorite Things); Small Stitched Rectangle Stackable (Lawn Fawn)

World Card Making Day!

It's been a long day but I couldn't allow it to end without posting something that I made for World Card Making Day.  I got a late start but managed to put this together for the color challenge at Pals Paper Arts and the sketch from Cardabilities.

I'm not entirely sure it shows up on the photo but I started with some embossing paste and a stencil.  Then I layered some branches, a few punched flowers and a sentiment.  Easy peasy!

As I was contemplating World Card Making Day I was reminded that I had just started posting on Splitcoast Stampers around WCMD in 2008.  Curious, I went back to my gallery and found that the third card I posted there was for a WCMD SCS hosted challenge.  This was the beginning of my card-making adventure and as you can imagine the card is pretty awful but I will say that I still have the stamp set I used!  Sometimes it's fun to go back and take a look at your earlier creations and see how you've changed as a crafter.

Well I'm tired and going to call it a night.  WMCD will officially be over in my neck of the woods in less than an hour so I'm getting this in just under the wire!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Label Love (Altenew)

Paper:  Classic Ivory (Flourishes); Early Espresso, So Saffron, Calypso Coral

Ink:  Early Espresso (SU)

Accessories:  Grove Branch die (Memory Box); Button Stacks II die (Papertrey Ink); Textures Shine stencil (Memory Box); white embossing paste (Dreaweaver)

Freshly Made Sketches Meets Colour Me!

Wednesday is when I get to show off the latest new sketch challenge from Freshly Made Sketches.  Well today is an extra special Wednesday because I also get to show off the new color challenge at Colour Me!  That's right I'm joining the very talented ladies over there for the month of October!  

Sketch challenges and color challenges are two of my favorite things so when I get to combine them I'm in stamping heaven!  Before I get to my card and these new challenges I want to thank the ladies at Colour Me for inviting me to join them on their stamping adventures.  

This week our FMS sketch is designed by Narelle and the sketch is full of the layers she is so famous for!  I used stamped images to replicate those layers incorporating the monochromatic colors at Colour Me.

The design team cards for both Freshly Made Sketches and Colour Me are beautiful this week so be sure to check them out.  I hope that you can join us in the gallery for each (or both ) of the challenges this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Textures (Dina Wakeley Media); Mini Stamp Thank You (Heidi Swapp); Jumbo Abstract Art (My Favorite Things); Mini Mixed Media Backgrounds (Stamplorations)

Paper:  White (Spectrum Noir); Calypso Coral, Vellum (SU)

Ink:  Soft Cantoloupe (Hero Arts); Calypso Coral (SU); Onyx Black (Versafine)

Accessories:  Chrissy Butterfly die, Leanna Butterfly die (Simon Says Stamp); Basic Pearl (SU); Notable Cute Enamel Dots (My Mind's Eye)

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Hello everyone!  Tuesday's are all about colourQ and this week we've got a fabulous palette for you.  Inspired by this doormat these colors will surely inspire you!

I love Chocolate Chip so I decided to make it a large layer on my card plus it looked good with the Dusty Durango diagonal layer.  I paper pieced a stamped flower out of Island Indigo DSP and thought it looked awfully plain.  So I added a circle punched out of Island Indigo cardstock to the center of the flower.  But that didn't do too much to jazz this up so I put some Crystal Effects on it.  Perfect!

I loved the angles on the sketch at Viva La Verve this week, so I'm playing along with them too!

These colors have inspired some amazing cards from the colourQ design team.  I hope you have a chance to check them out and to play along with us!  We love to see you in the gallery!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Lean on Me, Dream Big (Verve)

Paper:  Classic Ivory (Flourishes); Chocolate Chip, Dusty Durango, Kiwi Kiss, Island Indigo, Vellum, Island Indigo DSP (SU)

Ink:  Frost White (Colorbox); True Black (Papertrey Ink)

Accessories:  Sprightly Sprigs die (Verve); On the Diagonal die (Lil Inker Designs); Witch Hazel button (October Afternoon); Crystal Effects (SU); white embossing powder

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Happy Monday!  It's that time of the week when I get to add to my ever-growing Christmas card stash courtesy of the Merry Monday Christmas challenge!  This week Katie is our hostess and she'd like us to use stripes or polka dots on our cards.

For my first set of stripes I used a striped stencil and some gold embossing paste.  I've got to tell you that when I bought the gold embossing paste recently, I was none too impressed with how it looked in the jar.  It was gold, but not very vibrant so I really thought that when I used it the look would be kind of washed out.  Well, not so!  When it dried it had this amazing color and sheen!  And bonus, you can actually see it in the photo!

I added some more stripes and even a few dots with my triangular Christmas trees.  I love this stamp set because the trees are modern, simple and graphic.  A little sentiment on a banner later and my card is ready for the layout at CAS(E) This Sketch too!

Be sure to join us at Merry Monday and add a card or two to your Christmas card stash!  The design team have got some great projects to show you!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Modern Christmas (Clearly Besotted Stamps); Jingle All the Way (Technique Tuesday)

Paper:  Kraft (Papertrey Ink); White (Spectrum Noir); Early Espresso (SU)

Ink:  Frost White (Colorbox); Ripe Avocado, Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)

Accessories:  Banner Trio die (WPlus9); Diagonal Stripe stencil (Simon Says Stamp); gold embossing paste (Wendy Vecchi)

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This week at Freshly Made Sketches our hostess Karren has given us a sketch with one of my favorite things:  a tag!  Of course, you don't need to use a tag on your card when you play along, but I jumped at the chance!

Karren lives in New Zealand where spring is coming up all over, but where I live it's all about fall.  So when I saw the inspiration photo at Viva La Verve had some sunflowers in it that's the direction I went with my card.  And I've made another thank you card because I always need lots of these at the end of the year.  Where I work we get quite a few customers who give us gifts at Christmas time and I always donate the thank you cards to be sent to them.  So every January I'm wiped out of cards.  This year I thought I'd be smart and make lots of them so I'd be ready!  So far so good!

Our always amazing Freshly Made Sketches design team have created some beauties for you to see!  Stop by and check them out.  We hope to see you in the gallery!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Bloom &  Grow (Verve); Label Love (Altenew)

Paper:  Classic Ivory (Flourishes); Natural White (Neenah); Early Espresso (SU)

Ink:  Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Old Olive (SU)

Accessories:  Tag Sale #5 die (Papertrey Ink); Elegant Leaves die (Verve); Early Espresso seam binding ribbon, Early Espresso baker's twine (SU); burlap, jumbo brad

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I love the palette at colourQ this week!  Every time I see some navy blue paired with orange, yellow or kraft I get a little giddy!  The colors are based on this adorable little boy's outfit.  Once I settled down to make my card for this week's challenge it was long before I realized the layout at CAS(E) This Sketch was the perfect companion.

I went quite literal with the sketch except for the horizontal sentiment line which I chose to do with a combination of a splotchy image with a sentiment stamped on top.  I love these bold colors because I think you can do so much with them.

Just wait until you see the cards the colourQ design team have made with these colors.  Gorgeous as always!  Hopefully you'll have a chance to join us in the gallery this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps:  So 80s (WPlus9)

Paper:  Classic White (Flourishes); Night of Navy (SU); Solar White (Neenah)

Ink:  Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango (SU)

Accessories:  Notable Cute enamel dots (My Mind's Eye)

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I have been a bad stamper because I've been neglecting my stamp room all week!  One thing after another prevented me from getting in there and doing anything productive but Sunday I marched myself in there, sat down and made three cards!

The first is a card for the Merry Monday challenge where Kathy has given us a little Christmas Bingo where we get to choose the elements we want.  I went diagonal and chose Sparkle, Ribbon or Twine, and Buttons or Brads.

Now, you're going to have to believe me when I say that there is sparkle on this card because I know it doesn't show up in the photo.  The "merry" was die cut from some Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper which is just chock full of sparkle but sadly you can't see it.  And to make matters worse, I stamped the sentiment in white pigment ink then embossed it with Iridescent Ice embossing powder and all that shimmer doesn't really show up either.  

Over at As You See It there was a great sketch so I used that as my layout.  It had a nice CAS look and I thought the bottom of the sketch would be a great place to showcase the "merry" die cut.

The Merry Makers over at Merry Monday have some beautiful cards to show you so make sure you check them out.  I hope to see you in the gallery this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Playful Christmas 2 (Kitchen Sink Stamps); Wonderful Words:  Holiday (Papertrey Ink)

Paper:  Midnight Muse, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Ppaer (SU); Solar White (Neenah)

Ink:  Midnight Muse (SU); Frost White (Colorbox)

Accessories:  Femme Frames (Mama Elephant); Wonderful Words:  Holiday die (Papertrey Ink); Vintage Faceted button, Iridescent Ice embossing powder (SU); crochet thread