Beautiful Blossoms October Challenge

Hello Friends, today is the new start of the month long challenge at
Beautiful Blossoms with the floral color board below for inspiration
but you can create anything any color as long as blooms are you man focus! 

I used a die, stamp stencil combo from Pink Fresh Studios
Wonderful In Every Way set.
This is one of those sets that I could use over and over as it is so easy and turns out
beautiful every time.  This is the second time I have created with this set 

(it sure feels good to say that)!
I used all Altenew inks for my stenciling and after die cutting placed it
on a piece of black cardstock.  The sentiment is part of the same set
and has been cut three times and stacked.

Come on over to Beautiful Blossoms and have some floral fun
with us and see all the other beautiful Inspiration there as well!!

Entering the following challenges:
The Flower Challenge .... Add A Stencil

Monsters/Halloween Challenge

 Hello friends, it's a new challenge at
Can You Handle The Pressure
with an OPTIONAL theme of Monsters/Halloween!

I have a young grandson with a birthday this month so
I went with the 'monster' optional theme as I thought he would get a kick out of it!
In my HUGE stash of embossing folders I actually had a never
been used before Cuttlebug Monster folder that I embossed on
a bight lime green card stock.
I had a few monster stickers in my stash that I added to white card stock
then fussy cut out.  The balloon was from a nesting set of balloon
dies from scrapbookdotcom and the sentiment was computer made.

Come on over to Can You Handle The Pressure 
an have some monstrous Halloween fun with us!

Orange~Black~Purple Challenge

Hello friends, at The Sisterhood of Crafters
we have a color theme this time and it is
Black~Purple~Orange.
You can use one color or two or all 3 if you prefer.
As you can see below, on my card  I used all three.
All my flowers came out of my 'already' created container of flowers
that I made in our summers at the beach house.
The various flowers and greenery dies are Spellbinders Bold Blooms, 
Concord & 9th Picked Posies and  Pretty Pink Posh Spring Foliage
the sentiment is Pink Fresh Studios.

You can't really tell much but I used a Simon Says leaf EB folder underneath!

To see even more inspiration and maybe even join in with us,
head on over to The Sisterhood!!

Entering the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday....   Add Texture ( EB folder for mine)
Word Art Wednesday .... ATG
The Paper Funday .... Colors of Autumn/ATG
Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday .... ATG

Guest Designing At A Cut Above

Hello friends, today I am a guest designer at

 A Cut Above Challenge
who in turn is doubling up with
Double Trouble.

A Cut Above this month is Anything Goes as long
as you have used a die cut on your project.
Be sure to read the rules tab that explains what a
die cut is at the A Cut Above challenge site!

Want to have even more fun?

Then read below how you can enter your card into
both A Cut Above and Double Trouble!

For my card to qualify for all of the Double Trouble 'things', I used one
of my favorite Halloween dies from Cottage Cutz 'Trick or Treat Ghost'.
He is one of the easiest of their dies to work with.  I cut him from a
white card stock scrap then colored him in with my Copics and/or Olo's.
I used 4 of the 3 colors required for the challenge,
purple, yellow, orange and blue!

Come on over to A Cut Above and Double Trouble (links above)
and have some
Halloween/Fall die cut fun with us!

Special Notes:  A Cut Above defines their die cut as the result of using a die-cutting machine, manual or electronic, not a purchased pre-fabricated die cut, ephemera cut-out or a punch.  

Both Double Trouble  and A Cut Above closes this challenge on Monday October 28th.

Entering the following challenges:
Double Trouble .... Thing 1, 2 and 3 Fall Bat Theme

Daisy Chain .... Autumn or Halloween
Halloween Crafts & Other Occasions .... Halloween 

Peace On Earth Challenge #73

 Peace On Earth is going strong and we have a fun .October'  Christmas
inspiration board for you, but we are an anything goes
challenge as long as it is Christmas themed!!

The gift exchange:

I couldn't resist the bottom left photo to inspire my card today
as I knew I had this super cute stamp set Colorado Craft set Gift Exchange
that I hadn't used yet and this was the perfect time to pull it out!
I stamped my image on a Spellbinders die cut label
then colored it in with Copic markers,
added a few sparkle-y gems and then was done!
Aren't they just the cutest??
They remind me of my dog Mack and my cat Violet!!

Come on over to Peace On Earth and have some fun with us!!

Pretty Papers October Challenge

Hello friends, we have an OPTIONAL theme at
Love Those Pretty Papers for October and it is
HALLOWEEN COLORS!
You can create anything though as long as you
have used your pretty papers as your focus!

Before card making I used to scrapbook but don't do it at all 
anymore, just lost all interest in it, and though I got rid of
anything that was used mostly for just that I did keep lots of 12x12
papers I thought I could use for cards.
The paper I used for my slimline card is one of those papers.
The design you see goes all around the entire edge of the
12x12 paper so I thought it would be a good fit for a slimline or two.
I winked the spider web though you can't see it, but IRL
it does add some 'brief' sparkle/shine as do the sequins.
The sentiments are all from Echo Parks 2 Cute 2 Spook stamp set.
I kind of liked them all stamped down the front for some spooky fun!

For my anything goes card I pulled out a pack of paper I bought in the early Spring,
Brutus Monroe Butterfly Beauty.
This gorgeous 6x6 paper pad is full of double sided luscious bright and colorful
butterflies, 12 designs, 24 sheets  and is the first time I have used it.
I saw a design on Pinterest for this card technique but changed the measurements
and the front slightly to make it more the way I wanted.

When I watched the directions she had the last front panel not meeting up with 
the back panel and I wanted the card to stand on it's own so I adjusted that 
and a few other measurements to make it work for me!
The 3D embossing folder is a Honey Bee 'Spring Medley'
I purchased this Spring and also
the first time I have used it, I think it is a gorgeous folder!
The sentiment is Stampendous and die cut with a round punch, I added a bit of
Soot Distress ink around the edges.

Here is a side view that shows how the front panel is.

This card is just slightly shorter than an A2 card.

So grab those pretty designer papers of yours and come on over to
Love Those Pretty Papers
and have some fun with us!!

Black & Purple Challenge

Hello friends, at Simply Clean & Simple we have an 
OPTIONAL theme of black and purple
but you can create anything as long as it is CAS!

My first thought being October and the theme being black and purple
was to create a Halloween card, but then I knew I had a huge stock of Halloween cards
and zero sympathy cards so thought I would go that route, which I did!

I used some Distress inks in the purples and did a little inking then an
older stamp from SU's Just Believe set and for the sentiment
Warmest Regards (2006), felt kind of good to pull out these older sets
for a change and ink them up, simple, but that is what we are all about!!

Come on over to Simply Clean and Simple and have some 'clean' fun with us!!