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 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

Spooky Werewolf

 Hello friends, it's time for our new monthly challenge at
The Neglected Stuff where there is never a theme but we just
encourage you to use your very 'neglected' supplies
either new or used, just has to have been neglected,
you know those things you bought but maybe put away for later
but later never came, well, it's time to bring them out!!

Being October I pulled out my Halloween/Fall die book
and believe me there was plenty of neglected stuff in there.
Several years ago a friend had given up card making and sent me
a couple boxes of dies, that's where my never used Cheery Lynn Designs
Spooky Tree came from.. I also used a die I have for quite some time
from Cottage Cutz Werewolf which believe it or not is STILL available
for purchase, I purchased it during one of their 85% off sales.
I stenciled a moon and added a bat I purchased back in 2025 from Simon Says.

We would LOVE to see YOUR Neglected Stuff
at our challenge, what a good opportunity to
bring it out and use it

Entering the following challenges:
Crafty Challenge .... Autumn or Halloween

Tricks, Treats & Fun

 Saturday was World Card Making Day and I don't normally
have time nor make the time for it
but it's been a bummer of a week as on Friday we had to have our
19 year old kitty put down and it devastated me, so I needed
something to try and take my mind off of it and when I saw
that A Cherry On Top has several challenges to enter
I decided to join in.

This is WCMD #14 which is Halloween.
since my mind wasn't on it 100% I chose the easy way out
by using a Spellbinders Tricks & Treats rub on.
I have to say these rub ons are a high quality that go on very easily.
I used a Memory Box Stitched Square Layers die to place
the image on.  To finish, a piece of black/orange bakers twine
was added.  The challenge goes until the 13th of Oct and there are
several fun themes so I think I'll join in a few more as well!!

On a good note, I won the Whimsy Stamp $50 September
gift card and also won a $25 gift card from Stamp Simply
for the National Coffee Day at Coffee Loving Papercrafters
so it looks like I'll have some shopping fun the next few days!!

Also entering the following challenges:
If You Gave A Crafter A Cookie #221 .... Come On Get Spooky

Fancy Ornament

Hello Peace On Earth fans, it's time for a new challenge 
 and we have a mood board for inspiration
but you can create anything Christmas themed.

There is a lot here to inspire if that is how you choose to go,
Christmas Tree~Snowy Trees and Deer, an Ornament or Snowflakes,

even Oranges, Pinecones, Berries and Greens!
I think you can see the gold in the ornament inspired me,
I die cut a Spellbinders ornament from vellum and topped it with

Poppystamps Small Blooming Poinsettias die cuts.  The embossing was done also

using Spellbinders, this time their Holiday Floral Swag EB folder
and popped the panel up.

For even more beautiful inspiration pop on over to the

Peace On Earth challenge blog, join in while there.

Entering the following challenges:

Cut It Up #366 .... More Then One Die
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday .... ATG
Addicted To Stamps and More #527 .... Christmas

Tic Tac Toe #302 .... Die Cuts~Free~Embossing DRY

Every Sunrise

Time for a new challenge at Triple B,
the challenge blog that is all about Birds~Blooms~Butterflies
you can use one, two, or all three.
We have a mood board for your inspiration but any color is okay
as long as you have used one of the three B's .

I went with BLOOMS for my card using a never seen ink before
Penny Black Nature's Glory stamp colored in with Copics
along with an old JustRite Hope and Love stamp for the sentiment.
The card base is Spellbinders Persimmon.

Won't you come and join us at Triple B with one, two or three of the B's?

Entering the following challenges:

Try It On Tuesday .... Autumn Beauty
Path of Positivity #143 ....Anything Goes
Penny Black Saturday Challenge .... Anything Goes

Ghostly Greetings

 Hey friends, our Love Those  Pretty Papers challenge
is starting this month and our OPTIONAL theme is
Things That Go Bump In The Night (Ghosts & Goblins)!

I grabbed a really really OLD paper pad for my 'goblins' card,
Me & My Big ideas Mambi Sheets (2013), told you it was OLD,
but it had several fun goblin images in it that were perfect
for our 'optional' theme! 
The background paper is from the same pad.

I popped the 'goblin's up after I added a card stock base
and the sentiment is a Spellbinders rub-on!  
Another fun mini slimline card!

For my Anything Goes card I used a paper for my background from
Prima's Pumpkin and Spice 6x6 pad.
The mushroom topping piece is from a Memory Place 12x12
Beary Cozy Collection.  It has 10 pieces that you can easily use
for card fronts as I did.  I purchased this back in November of 2024,
it's about time I used it don't you think?

There you have it, my cards for our October
Love My Pretty Papers challenge!
Hope to see ya there!

Entering the following challenges:

Card #1
Halloween Crafts All Year Round .... ATG Halloween #3

Season To Be Spooky

It's OCTOBER at Two Old Bats, can you believe it?
We have a fun mood board for inspiration so get busy
you have an entire month to join us! 

I was inspired by the pretty witch in the upper left corner
and she reminded me of a witch I had in my stash from
Brutus Monroe creative card fronts.  There are 36 witches in this package
some are pretty, some downright creepy!!

I cut down an IO frame to fit around her image, added some
Simon Says Stamp bats (popped up of course)  all placed on 
Brutus Monroe Vintage Frights paper.

Come and have some Halloween fun with us at Two Old Bats!!

Entering the following challenges:
Pearly Sparkles #124 .... Trick or Treat
Simon Says Stamp .... ATG

Happy Fright Night

Today at Simply Clean & Simple we have an OPTIONAL theme
and it is 'Something Tiny (keep it small). 

Being October I went with a Halloween theme and using a much neglected
SU stamp set 'Eat, Drink & Be Scary, using just the fun little spider
in the set!  I also added a strip of glittered washi tape.  Don't ask me
where I got it as I have had it forever and was surprised it still had it's 'sticky'
strip on it.  Very very SCAS card!  It will be easy to mail!

We would love to have you join our fun challenge at SCAS!!

Entering the following challenges:
Alphabet Challenge .... 'L' is for little people (kids card)

Spooky

 Hello friends, we have a new challenge starting today for the  month
of October at Word Power, the challenge where your
BIG sentiments take center stage!

I'm back again with one of the 99 cent dies I purchased last
year at Simon Says Stamp.  It is a Simon die Large Outline Spooky.
The outline cuts separately so I could of outlined it in  orange, then the letters in black
but to save time and patience (lol) I just kept it all the same colors.
Because I die cut in both orange and black to reverse the letters
from the base I ended up with two cards, might as well make both
then add even more to my 'parts' bins.
Both papers used are Brutus Monroe  Just simple cards
that tell it all!

Card #1

Card #2

We would love to see YOUR BIG sentiments at
Word Power, so come on over!!

Entering the following challenges:
Halloween Crafts All Year Round ..... Halloween

Spooky Night

Colorful Options is back this month with a spooky mood
board and a mix of colors perfect for October!! 

Option 1 — Black, Orange, Red & White

Create a project featuring black, orange, red, and white.

Use all four colors together for bold contrast and dramatic impact. Think fiery glow, deep shadows, and striking highlights—spooky, intense, or graphic, your interpretation.

Option 2 — Pick Your Color

Prefer to focus on a single color? Choose one color from the palette: Black (bold, dramatic, high contrast)  Orange (bright, fiery, energetic)  Red (intense, rich, glowing) White (clean, stark, high impact).

Let your chosen color take the lead—minimal, layered, or bold.

I definitely went with OPTION 1 using the colors
Red~Black~Orange~White.
It took me awhile to figure out how I wanted to use all those colors
together and a Halloween card seemed my only idea and perfect
for October.  I used a Lawn Fawn four sides different cloud stencil with TH Distress inks
and a moon created with a circle stencil I made using the negative piece from a SU circle punch.  ALL the dies used as well as

the sentiment rub on are from Spellbinders.  That fence is a real 'oldie'

I have had for years, it's a bit long but I just snipped it off to fit my A2 card front.
The bats are from a 2024 Sept die of the month, also SB.

I can't wait to see what your 'interpretation' is of the color board!!

Entering the following challenges:

Halloween Crafts All Year Round .... Halloween

Simon Says Monday Challenge ....Use 2 or more stencils

Craft Rocket #141 ....Autumn and/or Halloween

Inkspirational #377 .... Inspired by The Crow cupcake topper

Just Us Girls #843 .... Halloween Dies

Thankful

It is FALL at The Four Seasons and we have a mood board
for inspiration but you can create anything as long as you keep it FALL!!

There were lots of pumpkins in this mood board so I had to let
those inspire me, but there is plenty more including the colors!!
The pretty plaid background paper is Paper Rose Autumn Plaid, 
I die cut a Spellbinders Curved Matting Basics A and stamped my
image, also a Spellbinders Stamp of the month Sept 24 Autumn Wishes
that I purchased from one of their Warehouse sales.  It was colored in
with a mix of Copics, Olo's and Altenew alcohol markers.  The sentiment
is from a large Simon Says Stamp set Thanks & Leaves purchased during one

of their 99cent sales.

This is our second month of Fall so I hope you will join us at

The Four Seasons!! 

Entering the following challenges:
Little Red Wagon .... Autumn Colors
Simon Says Stamp .... Anything Goes

Tic Tac Toe #302 .... Orange~Plaids/Checks~Pumpkins

Time Out #323 .... Pick 2=Harvest and Apple

Autumn Splendor

 It's Amy's Woodblock Wednesday, the last Wednesday
of the month where your woodblock stamps come out of
'storage' and make their debut.

I used  Pebbles Woodland Forest paper for the background
die cut from a Waffle Flowers die.
Then stamped my woodblock Rubber Stampede Pumpkin Pals (1994)
stamp on a layered Tutti Designs Octagon die cut.

The sentiment is from a printed page of Autumn words
that I have had for a very long time and not a clue
where I got them.

I'm sure Amy would love to see YOUR woodblocks at her challenge.
It's a lot of fun and a perfect time to pull out those probably much

neglected woodblocks!

Also entering the following challenges:
Little Red Wagon #878 .... Autumn Colors
Simon Says Stamp .... Anything Goes
Try It On Tuesday .... Autumn's Beauty

Trick or Treat

 Today is my third and last card for the Whimsy Stamps
Halloween challenge using once again their Lil Friends
card fronts, leaving with just four more to use up!

The sentiment comes from the same set and I added a 
small stitched pumpkin.  I think this has to be one of my
favorite images in the set, though I do love them all!!

Isn't he just the cutest dragon??  I think I will finish up the other four I have left
instead of putting them away yet for another year!!

Happy Halloween

 Today is my second card for the Whimsy Stamps challenge
and the theme is Halloween using Whimsy Stamps products.

I once again used their Lil Friends card fronts
making a quick and easy card but non the less very cute!

Because of the spider image I added a corner web
as every spider needs a web, at least they do
in my house it seems.
The sentiment if part of the card front bundle.

Make sure to come back tomorrow for another cute
card using another of these card fronts!!

Brewin' Up Some Fun

 I have a fun and easy card today that I created for the
challenge at Whimsy Stamps with the theme being Halloween
and Whimsy Stamp products the focal point of your card.

Once again my color program was having it's fun with me
as the card base is a much brighter orange and the witches dress
a much lighter orange, go figure!!

But either way she sure is a cute plump little witch!

I used one of eight of their Lil Friends card fronts
and added a sentiment from the same set along with a die cut
bat from Tonic.  These make the quickest and cutest
Halloween cards to send out!

I'll be back the next two days with more of these card fronts,
each one so unique, cute and fun!!

Autumn Wishes

 Today at our challenge at Can You Handle The Pressure,
the challenge that is all about using your embossing folders,
wet embossing is okay but you MUST use an embossing folder!

Our OPTIONAL theme is TREES,
but you can create anything as long as an embossing folder is used.

I had a piece of yellow card stock just sitting there to be used
so thought it would be perfect for the fall card I had in mind.

Products used:
Spellbinders folder SES-027
Cheery Lynn Designs Birch Tree With Cute Critters
Impression Obsession Leaves
Spellbinders Stamp of the Month Sep24 Autumn Wishes
Pretty Pink Posh Party Gems

Get your embossing folders out as it's a great
opportunity to use them and join us at
Can You Handle The Pressure!

Stenciled Roses

 It's Stencil Week at Just Us Girls and since I had a 'free' day
I thought I would join in with these stenciled Simon Says Stamp
Elegant stenciled roses.  I stenciled about six of these in various colors
and these three cards have been waiting patiently on my desk 
for their debut!  All were stenciled with various colors of inks
from Altenew with the exception of the orange rose,
that one was all Simon Pawsitively Saturated inks!
The sentiments on all three are SU Warmest Regards.

Card #1

Card #2

Card #3

That's the last of these for now, this is really a great stencil,
easy to use and the end result is beautiful!

Entering the following challenges:
Just Us Girls .... Stencil week/ATG

Happy Birthday Bear

 Hello friends, since I don't have a DT post until Saturday
I thought I'd find a challenge to join in for today.
I chose The Paper Players CAS Bears challenge.
I hope my card is CAS enough for the challenge but I guess
everyone has a bit a difference of CAS.  I don't have a lot of white space
but I do have a lot of 'green' space and after looking at the DT cards
there, I thought mine was CAS enough!

I had pulled out a different bear die to use but then caught site of this

little guy that has never been used yet and decided it was time for

his debut!!  He is a Cottage Cutz 'Campin Out Bear On Log die.

I die cut him from a scrap of white card stock then colored each piece in with

TH Distress inks, makes it easy and faster that way them trying to

die cut each piece single.

After he was put together I decided he needed some pretty posies to go

with him so some of my already finished Spellbinders Bold Blooms

were added.  The little sentiment is a leftover piece from my Katy Sue 3D cards.  

See his little cup of hot cocoa perhaps?  so cute with his little
paw print on it, I surely had fun with this guy and not near
as picky as some of the CC dies can be...total FUN!!

The colors are a much more deeper brown, so hard to get the correct colors sometimes, and the flowers on the right are much more a golden yellow color, sigh!

That's it for today, I am headed out to lunch and a shopping spree with my daughter!!

Make A Wish Birthday Card

Hello friends, today I am joining a few challenges  with a card
I created using 'snippets' of my pretty papers.
If you are like me you have lots and lots of not only pretty paper pads
but also plenty of leftover pieces from those papers.
The die is one I purchased a while back from Amazon
and I think it might be a Kokorosastudio die .
I had fun making several cards with this die with various scrap papers,
a perfect die for those scrap pieces.

Isn't it a fun card with those pretty scraps?

I am entering the following challenges:
Try It On Tuesday .... Pretty Papers
Craft Rocket #140 .... Use Dies
Snippets Playground #541.... Snippets
AAA Birthday #89 .... Use Patterned Paper

Hi For Fall

Time for our new challenge at Pick 3,
the challenge where you pick three of the elements below. 

My pick three was pretty easy as I decided to make a fall card,

perfect just to say 'hi' or for a fall birthday.

I chose Brown~Leaves~Checks.

Products used:

Paper Rose Wood Panel Embossing Folder
Cottage Cutz Stitched Leaves
Honey Bee Gingham Checks
Paper Smooches Hello Words
Distress Inks (several colors)

This is one of my favorite embossing folders, even though not a 3D
it embosses beautiful panels.  The leaf dies are a fist time use,
I like them so much that I am sure I will use them again and again,
the detail stitching on them is great, another set I picked up
during one of their fabulous sales.
The sentiment is one that I won from a challenge blog,
I miss Paper Smooches as they had great dies and such!

More true to the color of leaves and acorns:

Come and join us and  Pick 3!

Entering the following challenges:
Sisterhood of Snarky #278 .... 'L' is For Leaves

Tic Tac Toe #301 .... Woodgrain~Free~Die Cuts

Just Us Girls #841 .... Mood Board Week

Time Out #322 .... Seasonal Colors Where I Live
( all the pretty leaf colors of fall as shown above, in Michigan)