Two Old Bats December 2024

Hello Two Old Bats Halloween fans 
it's time once again for a creepy fun challenge with our
year round Halloween challenge.
We have a creepy fun, seasonal inspiration board for you,
but it is 'optional'!!

I let the creepiness of the mood board inspire me
and used my Cricut to create a spooky goblet of wine.
I layered it on a background paper from LDRS Haunted Halloween paper pack.
The little bat is from Prickley Pear and the spider from 
Cheery Lynn Designs, both were just waiting on my desk to be used.
The sentiment is computer generated!

Hope to see you at Two Old Bats for some December Halloween fun!!

Colorful Options December 2024

 Hello friends, Colorful Options has a traditional color theme this month
of RED~GREEN~GOLD
and a fun 'postage' inspiration board!

The vintage postage stamps 'spoke' to me and since I had the
Waffle Flower postage die and Christmas Stencil  to go with,
I figured it
would be a perfect match to this inspiration board.
I tried to stick mostly to the red, green and gold traditional colors
but because of stenciling one color over another a few got a little 'muddy'.
For the gold I used Dew Drop Brilliance Galaxy Gold,
IRL, you can see the shimmer of the gold.
The other color inks
were a mix of Dew Drop and Altenew..  The stamps are part of the
Waffle Flower postage collection.

Come on over to Colorful Options and have some 'colorful' fun with us!!

Four Seasons December Winter 2024

We are into our first month of WINTER at 
The Four Seasons and have a mood board for inspiration
but you can create anything as long as it is winter themed
and you have until the 28th to do it!! 

I let the cardinals inspire me and started with a winter gray card base,
it is actually much lighter in color then shown.
I pulled out an oldie for my frame using a NBUS Sizzix Bigz frame die
cut from white scrap card stock.  The branch is Cheapo Dies and the
cardinal is a Spellbinders (NBUS) also die cut from scraps and colored in with  a mix
of Olo's and Copic's!  The sentiment die and stamp are Lawn fawn!

Won't you come and have some WINTER fun with us at
The Four Seasons,
the design team has lots of beautiful inspiration!!

Entering the following fun challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday .... ATG
613 Avenue Create ...ATG Optional Any Winter Holiday
Festive Friday .... Must include 3 items from list
I have Red~Green~ Sentiment

Peace On Earth Challenge #77

We are twenty five days away from Christmas, do you have your cards done?
If not, then it is a good time to get busy and join our year round
challenge at Peace On Earth
where we are an anything goes Christmas challenge but always
have an inspiring mood board for inspiration like the one below! 

This is one of my favorite mood boards and I could of gone several ways
with it, but in the end decided to keep it rather simple!!
The stag in the upper left corner 'spoke' to me and I knew
I had several different options of stamps and/or dies to use and 
I finally settled on the stamp Spirit Animals (never been used before) from
Fun Stampers Journey at Spellbinders which I picked up
very reasonable at one of the great warehouse sales!

The die he is stamped on is from Cottage Cutz,
The sentiment from Hero Arts and the paper is
Memory Place Dear Santa.

It's a simple card but I kind of like it and it will be a one stamp card for sure,
better yet, right?
Come and join our Christmas fun at Peace On Earth!!