Old Goat

 Today is my brother's 76th birthday so I had to make him a card
that would be perfectly appropriate for him.

Here is my card, do you see the resemblance LOL??
When Stampendous came out with this stamp in 2019 I knew I had
buy it just for this purpose and here it has sat unused until today,
crazy right?  Unfortunately it seems that when I buy something new
I rarely get to use it right then as I am always working on a DT project.
Well, hopefully that will change as I am hoping to have all all my DT

projects done before the end of the year and have freedom then to
create whatever I want, when I want!!

A pretty simple card that I will be entering into the following challenges:
Sweet Stampin .... Cute Creations
Addicted To Stamps & More #528 ....Birthdays
Crafty Animals #110 .... ATG with Animals
Critter Crazy #115 .... ATG with a Critter

Happy Haunting

Happy 'almost' Halloween!! 
We are running strong at Two Old Bats and this is a reminder
that we are halfway through our challenge so hurry and join us.

We have a fun mood board for inspiration but you can create
anything as long as it is Halloween!

I pulled the 'easy' card this time around using Whimsy Stamps
Grunge Ghosts quick card fronts.  I love that you get eight different
panels (no 2 alike) and two sentiment sheets.  Even the front packaging is

useful for tags and such! 

 The pumpkin in the wreath in the upper right
corner of OUR mood board is what inspired me with this panel.

Come join us at Two Old Bats and be sure to check out the DT
inspiration while there!

Entering the following challenges:
Just Us Girls .... Mood Board

Whimsy Stamps .... October Halloween Challenge

Deepest Sympathy

A new challenge starts today at Beautiful Blossoms 
and we have a pretty inspiration board perfect for October!
You can create any blooms though in any color.

For my card I once again pulled out a very OLD stamp set from
Flourishes  Garden Picks.  this set has  three different floral images

and a ball glass jar plus a few sentiments.  I am so happy to 

have these older stamps designed by Marcella Hawley as her
designs were always beautiful, thank goodness I don't purge!

The flowers were colored in with Copics then die cut with an oval 
Sizzix layered die.  The pretty papers are P13 Hello Autumn
that I ran a Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Strip to separate the two designs.
The sentiment is from The Ton easy expressions.

We would love to see your 'blooms' over at Beautiful Blossoms!

Entering the following challenges:
The Paper Funday #92 .... Pumpkin Spice (I used the pumpkin color)
Sunday Stamps #396 .... Autumn Whispers

The Card Concept #230 .... Fall Harvest
(Inspired by the flowers, colors in my clean & Layered card)

Fall Paintings

We are well into the FALL theme  at our The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge
and Darlene has a 'bonus' OPTIONAL mood board for you, 
but you can create anything fall your heart desires!

A year (or two) back I purchased these beautiful glossy card fronts
from Picket Fence titled 'A Fall Evening".  So many beautiful colors of fall

on these and they make a beautiful card front!

I couldn't stop at one, so I made two plus the fact I am really
trying to use my supplies up.  No need for a sentiment,
these will be great to send a nice fall greeting!

Card #1:

Card #2:

Aren't they beautiful?  They remind me of paintings!
Hope to see you over at The Sisterhood to have some FALL fun with us!

Entering the following challenges:

Card #1
Crafty Calendar ..... Autumn/Halloween
Sunday Stamps .... Autumn Whispers (going with the colors)

Birthday Challenge at CYHTP

 Our OPTIONAL theme at Can You Handle The Pressure is
BIRTHDAY
but you can create anything as long as an embossing folder is used.
We want to see LOTS of embossing, not just a tiny embossed heart
or something like that, after all we ARE an embossing challenge,
let's SEE it!

I first stenciled a few balloons using a 
My Favorite Things balloon stencil and Altenew inks.
Once the stenciling was done I drew a few balloon strings then
ran it through my Switch with an old Cuttlebug birthday EB folder.
I die cut a fun bow and added a gem.

We would love to see your embossing folders at our
challenge at Can You Handle The Pressure!!

Forever Grateful

We are into the FALL mode and at Double D we have a fun challenge
that is WINDOWS.  We want to see those pretty windows on your cards.
They don't have to be a fall window but we sure have  a pretty fall window
mood board to inspire!

I was inspired by the bottom left window and also by a Mintay free
paper pack I received with an order from scrapbookdotcom
called Autumn Book.  It is FULL of beautiful fall designs.

I fussy cut my window and a pumpkin for the inside.
The sentiment is Spellbinders Betterpress.

We hope to see your pretty 'windows' at our Double D challenge!!

Entering the following challenges:

A Cherry On Top .... #5 Fall

Grateful For You

 This month at Stencil Fun our OPTIONAL theme is
ORANGE
But you can create anything goes as long as a Stencil is used!

I certainly had fun with this theme pulling out my
Waffle Flower Pumpkin Patch Panel die them coloring it with
the matching Waffle Flower Pumpkin Patch Coloring Stencil.
I used all Distress inks
Peeled Paint, Ripe Persimmon, Spiced Marmalade, Carved Pumpkin and
Mustard Seed.  The sentiment is a rub on from Scrapbookdotcom.

For my Anything Goes card I made a quick and easy stenciled card
using a small Picket Fence Studio Mini Erie Night stencil.
For the stenciling I used Distress inks Black Soot and Lost Shadow.
The dies are Tutti Designs, the background paper is
Scrapbookdotcom Ghostly.  I added a few sequins (I couldn't help myself)
and a spooky sentiment from Whimsy Stamps.

We would love to see YOUR stenciled creations over at Stencil Fun!!

Entering the following challenges:
Card #1
Simon Says Stamp  .... WCMD
Cardz For Guys #390 .... Fall/Autumn Theme Colors
Allsorts #859 ....  Autumn
Try It On Tuesday .... Autumn Beauty
Inspiration Station ....Photo #90

Card #2
Unicorn Challenge #125.... Autumn and/or Halloween
{Pin}spirational #342 .... Orange & Black