Sentiment Challenge

 Hello friends, today is the start of a new
OPTIONAL challenge theme at
Can You Handle The Pressure
where we are all about using an embossing folder.
Wet embossing is okay but an embossing folder MUST be used!
Optional theme is to use a sentiment.

I guess I took that theme to heart as my birthday EB folder
from Sizzix has LOTS of happy birthday/party sentiments all over it!
Once it was embossed I inked it with
Distress Salvaged Patina, making the sentiments really stand out.
I added two scraps of card stock down the sides
and a couple pieces from my 'spare parts' bins.

It's really prettier IRL, aren't they all?
Come on over to Can You Handle The Pressure, get those EB folders out
and join in our fun with us, plus there is a fun prize up for grabs to
one lucky random player!

Happy Halloween

 Hello crafty friends,  I had some fun joining in with
Woodblock Wednesday where using a woodblock stamp
is required.  I think a lot of card makers got rid of their woodblock
stamps but there still are lots of us that keep everything, like me!!

I had a 'brainstorm' for this month by using six of my smaller
Halloween woodblock stamps on a Waffle Farm postage die.
These are really oldies but fun just the same!
I first used a WF stencil to color in my postage die cut
using Distress Inks Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey.
I liked how the wild honey toned down the yellow ink
and gave it a more fall feel.

The stamps used were Inkadinkadoo (hat), Stampabilities (bat),
Stampendous (spider), Hero Arts (cat w/pumpkin), Penny Black (witch),
and unknown (?) for the sentiment.

So, get out those neglected woodblock stamps and come on 
over to Amy's blog for some challenge fun!!

Hello Challenge

 Hello friends, it is a new challenge theme at
The Sisterhood of Crafters and the theme is
HELLO.
We want to see all your beautiful hellos!!

Since I am a  hoarder of beautiful papers it seems,
I decided this would be the perfect challenge to pull some out!
  The paper is from a most gorgeous pack of 6x6 
Paper Rose Purple Haze.  Each and every sheet in this pack is
downright gorgeous.  I pulled out a few already cut die cuts
from Tutti designs and a sentiment from 
Stampendous True Friend.
A few gems were added to the butterflies.

It's a simple card but a great way to show off that pretty paper.
Come on over to The Sisterhood of Crafters and see all the beautiful
creations from my 'sistahs'

Fall Leaves

 Hello friends, our Double D challenge is all about Fall Leaves
with the colorful inspiration board below!

I used an Impression Obession Maple Leaf and die
cut in several different colors
from several scrap pieces of card stock,
the very last leaf is actually a darker gold color and does have the leaf veins in it,
it's just my darn camera and editing program that doesn't pick up the true picture!
The sentiment was cut three times and stacked.

Come on over to Double D and check out al the pretty
inspiration from the teams and have some fall leaf fun with us!!

Two Old Bats Reminder September 2024

 Halloween has passed us by but NOT at
Two Old Bats where we celebrate with a year round Halloween
challenge giving you an entire year to play with your fun spooky goodies!
We have have a fun creepy, spooky inspiration/mood board
but you can create anything Halloween themed you want!

I used some fun Halloween papers for my card from my scrap bag
along with a spider embossed with SNS Midnight EB/glitter powder.
He is an OLD stamp from Paper Studio (2016).
I saw a similar sketch layout to this one on Pinterest and changed it a
bit to make it my own.  I really loved how it showcased all the pretty papers!

Come on over and have some year round fun with us at Two Old Bats!!

Beautiful Blossoms September Challenge

 Hello friends it's once again that time for a new challenge at
Beautiful Blossoms and we have a mood board for inspiration
but you can create any color as long as blooms are your focal point!

 I tried to stay within the fall colors of the board for this one
and chose an old designer paper of black and gray from my 12x12 stash.
Using a Pink Fresh Studios Seamless Floral Panel I stenciled my
card with mostly Altenew inks.  It's kind of embarrassing of  how many
Pink Fresh Studio stencils, stamps and I dies I have,
oh well, they will all get used all in good time (if I live long enough..hah)!!
I also die cut a The Greetery Big Beautiful Bow die.  When you cut these you cut
in two colors which gives you two different contrasting bows in the end,
I've been getting quite a little collection of them for later use.

We hope to see YOU over at Beautiful Blossoms with your floral creation,
plenty of beautiful inspiration there too!!

Peace On Earth Challenge #72

Time for a new challenge and a new mood/inspiration board
at Peace On Earth! 

It's pretty colorful so plenty of inspiring colors here
but you can create anything as long as it is Christmas themed!

As always, design team members normally go with our inspiration boards
and I was no exception as I pulled out my Dew Drop inks and an old (2015)
Rubber Stamp Tapestry stamp set. These stamps are on a dowel like piece
so you can stamp however you want, I used two of the three stamps included.
Trying to keep within the colors of the rainbow, the fun colors I used were 
Dandelion~Bahama Blue~Tangelo~Love Letter,
stamping in the shape of a wreath!!

Check out all the 'pretties' from the design team at
Peace On Earth!!