November 2025

 Hello friends, we are back into our 'groove of making
Halloween cards year round at
Two Old Bats!
We have a spooky fun mood board for you
giving you LOTS of fun inspiration!

I don't think I even have to tell you what inspired me
as it's pretty plain to see!
As soon as I saw the witchy woodsy scene I remembered I had
a die that would work well for my card, Memory Box
Medium Forest Archway (2015).  I also had a Lavinia Willow The Witch
stamp that fir perfectly inside.  I used a set of Altenew Gentleman's Gray inks
to blend on some white card stock.. Before adhering the die cut
I stenciled a full moon in the background.  A few Prickley Pear die cut
bats were added.

Come on over to Two Old Bats and join in with us!

Wishing You A Merry Christmas

 Hello friends, it is getting closer and closer to Christmas
and at Peace On Earth we are ready for it!

We have a fun inspiration board if you are inclined to be
inspired by it, but you can create anything Christmas themed!

Those fun ornaments in the bottom left corner inspired me knowing I had this 
great Cottage Cutz Deer and Birch Tree ornament die.  We actually tried to give this
same die away at one of our other challenges but it went unclaimed...sad!
But I used my die for this card and die cut three of them and a The Ton sentiment.
The paper once again came from a  favorite designer P13 Cozy Winter.

Were you inspired by our inspiration board?  
We hope so and would love to see your results at
our Peace On Earth challenge.

Colorful Options November 2025

 Hello friends, time for our monthly challenge again at
Colorful Options and we are into the REDS!
Your other 'option' is to use rainbow colors.

So many cute things in this mood board to inspire let alone the color.
That red barn spook to me as we have a red barn too.
I also knew I had a Cottage Cutz die with reindeer that were in a barn
(Reindeer stable)so went with that.  My embossed background is a favorite
Paper Rose Wood Panels, I love all the texture detail on this one. 
The sentiment is The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday.
It was fun to make this fun die cut with the cute deer for the first time.

Thanks for stopping by and happy creating!!

Be Grateful

We are well into our Fall season at
The Four Seasons and you can create any new project as long as it is FALL.
We have a fun mood board for inspiration full of fall goodness! 

I was inspired by the bottom left pretty florals and pumpkin.
I still have several of my Graphic 45 rub ons and had placed them on some 
cream colored card stock that I had cut into dotted ovals using Tutti Designs dies.
I had a new pretty My Colors Blue Mist card stock I had purchased earlier in the year
which I embossed with a new Sizzix Winter Berries EB folder.  This folder is so
pretty when embossed that I hated covering any of it up.
I didn't do anything else to it and left it pretty simple to be an easy mailer.

Come on over to The Four Seasons and have some FALL fun with us!

Be Merry

 Today is a new challenge at
Love Those Pretty Papers
where the challenge is to use all those pretty designer papers you have
been neglecting or hoarding !!
Our OPTIONAL them is Forest Critters!
But we are an Anything Goes challenge so you can create
anything as long as you use your pretty papers
as your 'main' focus, meaning NOT just a small piece of
designer paper but a lot of DS paper present,
make sense?  

My card came together pretty quickly as I had a scrap of
Martha Stewart left over paper from another project 
sitting on my work desk just waiting to be used.
So, I based my card on that scrap.
For my base I used Eco Parks Have a Holly Jolly Christmas paper.
The scenic paper was popped up as well as my IO deer.

For my anything goes card I used some very old paper from
a pad of My Minds Eye Fine and Dandy (2011).
I have about 20 pads pulled out with just a few remaining
papers in them to use up and this is one of them!

Most of what I used I pulled from my 'blue' stash of
already die cut pieces so am not sure of the name of
each and every piece I used.  But, the frame and birdhouse
are Impression Obsession, the bird is Memory Box
Meadowbird Branch (2015).  The scalloped edge on the 
bird paper is a Sunny Studios die.

So, get out all those pretty papers you have
and come and join us for some
Love Those Pretty Papers fun!!