Golden Delight

 Time for a new challenge theme at The Sisterhood of Crafters
and it is  WREATHS chosen by our 'sistah' Debbie.

I love this theme as I have many wreath stamps and dies to choose from!
I went with a new to me purchased Penny Black stamp 'Golden Delight"
which I bought last year and have never used!
The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Once stamped, I water colored with Tim Holtz water color markers
then die cut with a Tutti Designs dotted circle.
This was placed on a doily die cut from Cheery Lynn Designs.
Are they still in business anymore, I'm not sure?

All of this was adhered to a 5" x 5" card that was covered with 
a new just purchased designer paper from Honey Bee Designs 
Gingham Galore Fall pad of paper, pretty neat pad of paper all in fall ginghams!

This picture shows where I added some sparkle
with a gelly roll pen.

I felt it needed a bit more so I added some gems from
Pink Fresh Studio Peach Fuzz jewels!

Make sure and pop on over to The Sisterhood
and see all the pretty wreaths by my 'sistahs'!!

Entering the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge  .... ATG
Chocolate Baroque .... OCT-Autumn

Floral Card

 I saw this sketch at Freshly Made Sketches
and this finished Tombow colored image was sitting on my desk
and I wasn't  sure  what I would do with it, until I saw the sketch that is,
I thought it would work well with it and by making a slightly bigger card, I was able to follow the sketch.

 

This card was pretty much created with some of my 'on sale' shopping.
The image came with a set of six Prima floral stamps from Peachy Cheap,
The die cut I stamped it on is from one of Spellbinders Warehouse sales
and the designer paper underneath is from a Tonic weekender sale!

Though I don't have a picture, I finished the inside with the same sketch layout!

Meowy Christmas

 I saw this fun challenge at CAS Christmas

and decided to give it a try though I am not sure it counts as CAS,
I hope so as it doesn't have much on it, and for my lots of 'white' space I have gray!

The cat stamp and die and hat are part of a Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous

Crazy Cats set I have had forever and have never used before!

My friend that gave up card making sent me the accessories set that came with the
Crazy Birds set, so I used the hat here.

The sentiment I stamped directly onto my paper and is part of a
SSS Christmas Kitties stamp set!
Don't you love the expression on the cats face, it's like he is thinking
what is that hat doing on my head, LOL!!

Also entering the following challenges:

NBUS .... Never before used schtuff
Happy Little Stampers .... October ATG with Dies challenge

Beauty In Simplicity

 It's time for a new Double D challenge theme and it is
can you guess?  Sunflowers!

I had ordered a new sunflower stencil and it also just happens to be
the prize we are giving away this time, the fun stencil!

I masked part of it off being a 6 x 6 stencil and made a 5 1/2" by 5 1/2:" card.

Here is a sneak peek at the inside.
I had some pretty sunflower paper and thought it would look nice to add inside.

Make sure to visit the Double D Challenge blog and see
all the gorgeous sunflower designs from the DT
and join in with us for your chance to win this stencil like mine!

Entering the following challenges:
Happy Little Stampers .... Stencils

You Make My Life Colorful

 I joined the Stay Crafty With Hero Arts Challenge #28 Fall Colors.

I chose the Fall colors of our skies here in Michigan as they are crisp, clean
and beautiful with their colors of blues, pinks, purples, yellows and oranges!

These are some photos I took in Northern Michigan by Lake Huron with 
the colors I am talking about!

The firt picture I took while traveling to our lake house

The second picture is taken from my porch of the sunrise one morning

in the Fall.

I used a Hero Arts Stencil pair "Floral Backgrounds' to create my card,
using various colors of distress inks.

I know it's not your usual autumn card but I love it,
so cheerful and unique I think.  I also stenciled the second stencil
in the set so will show that one at a later time!

Also entering the following challenges:

Happy Little Stampers .... Stencils
Stamplorations Challenge .... Stencils

Howdy Christmas

Hello All, it's time for our 2nd Peace On Earth year round Christmas Challenge
which is always themed Anything Goes with a fun mood board 
to inspire you with creative ideas!
You don't have to use it but I find it very fun challenging myself
to come up with something from my stash
that represents the board!!

For my card I went with the lower left, the cowboy snowmen!
I knew I had this older stamp from Stampabilities 2004
that I had only ever used once before!

I also had a Cheapo Die that said Howdy and thought the two
would somehow work well together, and they did!

The background paper I pulled from a basket of papers I am trying to use up
and liked the woodgrain look for my cowboy snowmen!
I added stickles to represent snow and give some sparkle!

So, why not head on over to the Peace On Earth challenge
and see all the fun DT creations and join in with us,

you can choose to use the inspiration board or not
but it sure is fun to build off of that!!

 

Beauty of Fall

 It was/is a rainy day today and decided to do a challenge I saw
that intrigued me after the road trip the hubs and I took to Indiana today.

I saw the challenge at CAS Mix Up and it looked fun to do
so I went with that.

They have a list of videos to watch of different ways you can
do your botanicals, I watched them all and thought the Gina K Designs
was the one for me.  You gather a few leaves, then ink them and press them onto cardstock.

So, while getting the mail in the pouring down rain I 

grabbed a few leaves, brought them in, dried them off
them sponged ink on them and burnished them onto my card stock

using Distress Oxides shabby shutters~carved pumpkin~
crackling campfire and fossilized amber.
The sentiment was stamped with vintage photo.

These are the leaves I used, I inked the back sides
to get the veins to show.

You also have to use a stamp (my sentiment)
and one other element listed on their sidebar,
I went with sponging on the leaves.
This was pretty fun, give it a try!

Witch Way To The Candy?

October 15th, can you believe it?
It brings us to a new Anything Goes challenge starting at 
Dies R Us!

Being October I stuck with a Halloween theme and created
 a fun spooky scene!

For my background I chose a paper from my stash and built off it
using the Tutti Designs Haunted House which I adhered to
another piece of  the large background washi tape I have.
Love this stuff as it makes a fun and fast background!

I also added a favorite cute die the Poppystamps Whittle Cat
cut from a black glitter paper scrap.

The sentiment is another from a Halloween strip set I purchased!

Tutti Designs Haunted House

Poppystamps Whittle Cat

We would love to have you join us at the Dies R Us challenge!!
Take a peek at all the inspiration from the Design Team while there!

For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below. 

click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
  INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

Dies R Us now has a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts.  

It will ship to both the US and Canada.  Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different.  Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!

Two Old Bats October Mid Month Reminder

We are half way thru our Two Old Bats Halloween challenge 
and I have a reminder card to share!

This is our awesome mood board just to inspire as
you can create anything as long as it is Halloween!

I let the mood board semi inspire me once again using the

pumpkins and the country checks for my card!
This is using a House Mouse stamp Bewitching Pumpkins from 2004.

I colored this in long ago but never did anything with it, so it is making its debut today!
I know you can't see it but both the mouse hats and the pumpkin have glitter on them
giving a bit of sparkle-y shine!

We would love to have you join us at Two Old Bats Halloween challenge
and as always with 50 or more players we always have a random drawn prize
to one lucky player!!

Entering the following challenges:
House Mouse .... Halloween

October Birthday Challenge

Today at The Sisterhood of Crafters I am the hostess
and for our theme I chose BIRTHDAYS! 

For my card I used a beautiful Cottage Cutz die
Spring blooms.

I die cut but left it all intact then used blending brushes and ink
to add the colors.
I like the ay it all came together and plan on doing a few more of
these with the same dies.

The die underneath is a Joy crafts called Bille's Circle.

We would love to have you join in with our super easy challenge
and make sure to visit The Sisterhood to see all the beautiful and inspiring
birthday cards from my sistahs!

Trick of Treat

A new themed challenge starts today at Double D
and it is Owls and/or Pumpkins!

We have a great and fun  mood board for a bit of inspiration!

I used a Cottage Cutz die for my card, Black Cat with Jack -o-Lantern!  

I try to buy when they have their 60 to 85% off sales
and have to admit I have LOTS of their dies, but some are really time
consuming with all the little parts, in fact I had an extra piece for this one
but for the life of me couldn't figure out where it went LOL!
I used all kinds of scraps from my scrap bags for my die cut
and this is the first time I have used this die, what was I waiting for???

A hint to make it much easier when constructing is I always go and cut all the pieces first
then put them on a white card stock sheet as I cut so as not to lose a piece before I am ready
to use it, makes is simpler to have it all in front of you ready to adhere!

I used a few pieces of my designer paper that has been around for quite awhile!

I think he turned out pretty cute, even without the missing piece,
where ever that goes!  I think it's a little piece that goes in his mouth, whoops!!

Visit the Double D challenge and see all the fabulous creations
my teammates have come up with for this challenge, you WON'T
be disappointed!!

Entering the following challenges:
Mod Squad .... Pumpkins
Watercooler Wednesdays .... Occasions

This is Halloween ....Anything Halloween
NBUS ,,,, Never Before Used Stuff
Stinkin' Inkers .... Scraps
Pussycat Challenge .... Cats

Happy Birthday

 My daughter's birthday was Saturday and being she is a professional

photographer I thought this image was perfect for her!
This is a Picket Fence Studios stamp 'Karen' that I received FREE
from placing an order with Scrapbookdotcom.
Do you ever order from them?  They give something away with
each order, sometimes 2 things or even three like they did today!
I have all kinds of free things from them, so fun!!

She even wears her hair like this at times LOL!
I have to say she loved it

Entering the following challenges:
Seize The Birthday .... ATG Birthday

Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge #1

Today is an exciting day as it is our FIRST post about our newest
challenge at Peace on Earth, an anything goes year round Christmas challenge!

We have super fun and creative mood boards to inspire you.
let alone our fabulous Design Team  to inspire you even more!

 Anything Christmas

I used the top right corner to inspire todays card!
I originally had something else entirely in mind
but as time was running out on me I decided to go with a favorite stamp
of mine that I have had for a very long long time!

This is a 1998 True West Designs stamp Large Horse and Wreath
which is long out of business.
I have a good friend that raises show quarter horses  so
this might very well be her Christmas card this year!

I stamped the image on Accents Opaque Smooth card stock and
colored in with my Copics.
The Champagne Pop of Drops are from a free bottle I received from Scrapbookdot com with an
order I had put in.  The pretty background paper is from a pad I
purchased last year Echo Park Lumberjack Christmas.

Pop on over to our new Peace On Earth Christmas challenge and
meet our new team, I am sure there will be some names you recognize,
check our all the fabulous creations from the Design team and join in with us
as we celebrate our first challenge!!

Two Old Bats October Halloween Challenge

Time is flying by and it's already time for our new challenge
at Two Old Bats and the theme is as always Anything Goes HALLOWEEN!

We have a super cool mood board just to inspire you
and check out out challenge HERE to see even more
inspiration from the team! 

Myself, I love being inspired by others and the mood boards
so I went with the bottom right corner for today's card!

I used a newly purchased Honey Bee stamp Patchwork Pumpkins
and let the plaid pumpkins on the board inspire me!

I die cut the bats from a die as they were the perfect size for my tree which is from
Memory Box.
To finish I simply added a piece of twine and a BOO sentiment!

We would love to have you join us in our year round Halloween challenge
at Two Old Bats and if we reach 50 or more players we have a prize to give
to a random winner!

Spooky Fun

Let's have some spooky fun with the new challenge at
Dies R Us where the theme is always Anything Goes!
You don't have to do Halloween but why not, it is October!!!

For my card I started with a washi tape background that I thought the
colors and pattern were perfect for a nighttime spooky sky!
I used Tutti Designs Dotted Nesting Rectangles to cut out my panel.
(all links are given below).
The moon and stars are Impression Obsession Moon, Stars, Sun die set.
I used the fun and spooky witch from Tutti Designs Cooking Witch,
gee I wonder what she is cooking up, or maybe I am better off NOT knowing!

The sentiment is one from a pack of sentiment strips I bought a while back.

Tutti Designs Cooking Witch
Impression Obsession Sun~Moon~Stars
Tutti Designs Dotted Nesting Rectangles

 

For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below. 

click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
  INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

Dies R Us now has a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts.  

It will ship to both the US and Canada.  Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different.  Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!

We would love to have you join our challenge at Dies R Us
and be in 
the draw for a gift certificate to the store and check out all
the fun projects from the rest of the team,
always lots of inspiration there!!

Entering the following challenges:
This is Halloween .... ATG Halloween

Grateful For You

Hello there!
We are back with our second  Four Seasons Fall challenge
for the month of October and we have a fun mood board to inspire you
like I let it inspire me!

I went with the bottom left corner as I had a great stamp I had
in mind to use, BUT, I reorganized all my stamps by theme
and could not for the life of me find it!!

Luckily for me, I had a friend that gave up paper crafting and sent me
two priority boxes full of stamps and dies and this stamp was one of them!
However it wasn't marked and I haven't a clue who the manufacturer is, but
it sure came in handy for today's card!

I stamped it on my new Super Smooth Accent Opaque paper I bought form Amazon.
It was then colored in with Copics and to my dismay, my Copic blender brush was dry!
I ran to Hobbylobby and got a new one, so hope this one fares better!
The sentiment is Pretty Pink Posh Simple Sentiments and 
the gems are Pretty Pink Posh Party Mix.

I love our new challenge blog for Four Seasons and hope you will
love it as well!  The DT always has some stunning inspiration too,
so why not pop on over, take a peek and join in with us??