Happy Halloween!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

I'm a couple days late posting my DT card for this week's challenge at 2 Sisters.  Our challenge for you this week is to create a card using the color combination of Orange, Lime Green, Purple, Black & White.  This week we are being sponsored by Stacy's new store The Crafting Boutique.  She is still in the process of adding items but please head on over and take a peak. The three images that were used by the DT are up for sale and are just $1 each!! 

I used the image clown on my card. Isn't this image cute!!!

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Penny's Paper Crafty: Halloween

Inky Impressions: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter: Anything Goes

Delightful Challenges: Purple, Orange, Green & Black

Digi Doodle Shops Best: Anything Goes

Paper Play: Halloween / Witches

Charisma Cardz: Anything Goes

Digi Design: Halloween

Stampin  For The Weekend: Spooky

Stampavie & More: Halloween

Top Tip Tuesday: Trick Or Treat

Crafty Catz: Halloween

Saturday Challenge: Spooky or Whimsical

Sweet Stampin: Anything Goes

One Stop Craft: No Sentiments

Paper Playtime: Anything Goes Past or Present

Pollycraft Mondays: Anything Goes

Stamp With Fun: Buttons

SUPPLIES USED:

IMAGE: The Crafting Boutique Clown Digital Stamp
PAPER: The Paper Company Black Card Stock, White Card Stock, Orange Dot Patterned Paper, Lime Green Card Stock, Coredinations Purple Card Stock
EMBELLISHMENTS:  Green Flower Buttons, Black Ribbon
OTHER: Crayola Colored Pencis, Prisma Colored Pencils

Halloween Candle

I created this candle to use as decoration at a harvest party we will be having tomorrow night at our church. This is my first try at decorating a candle.  I found this great tutorial on how to decorate a candle at Whiff of Joy.  You can see that tutorial by going here.   The image I used, Pippi, is from CC Designs.  I stamped the image onto a piece of white tissue paper.  I colored the image using crayola and prisma colored pencils.  After coloring and cutting around the image I added it to the candle. I have a couple tips to help add the image to your candle. In the tutorial it says to use a heat gun.  My first tip is if you do not own a heat gun you can use a hair dryer in it's place. That is what I have done here.  Just be careful that you don't melt the candle too much.  My second tip is that you can hold the image in place with a piece of wax paper.  Just firmly hold the wax paper around the candle with the image in place underneath.  Make sure the waxy side of the paper is down and then add heat. 

After I added the image to the candle I finished it by decorating it with three orange rhinestones and some orange baker's twine.  I also added some crystal stickles to the wings.

I am entering this candle into the following challenges:

Penny's Paper Crafty: Halloween

Inky Impressions: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter: Anything Goes

Digi Doodles Shops Best: Anything Goes

Paper Play: Halloween / Witches

Charisma Cardz: Anything Goes

Hanna & Friends: Glitter

Crafty Sentiments: No Designer Paper

Stampavie & More: Halloween

Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central: Halloween

Really Reasonable Ribbon Ramblings: Fun For Fall

Scrappy Frogs: Something That Flies

Gingerloft: Halloween / Fall

Whoopsi Daisy: Fairy Magic

Top Tip Tuesday: Trick or Treat  (with tip)

Cupcake Inspiration: Photo Inspiration

Kaboodle Doodles: Halloween / Fall

Polly Craft Monday: Spooky Goings On

There She Goes Clear Stamps: Halloween / Autumn

ABC Challenge:B is for Boo

Corrosive Challenge: Flying Things

With Love

With Christmas just around the corner. . . . 62 Days!!!..... I decided it was time to get a move on my Christmas cards.  I created this 5"x5" square card using Snowy Hug from Magnolia Stamps.   The sketch I used is from A Gem Of A Challenge. 

The embossing across the middle is done using a cuttlebug embossing folder (snowflakes) and is for the challenges at Charisma Cardz and One Stitch At A Time.  I added a little brown sugar baker's twine across the middle of the embossed strip. For the double or nothing challenge at Beary Sweet Challenges I used 2 colors (brown and blue), 2 small snowflakes, 2 large snowflakes, 2 words (with love), 2 brown pearls, 2 blue pearls and 2 characters in the image.  The challenge at ABC Christmas is to use your unused stash.  My unused stash is the cuttlebug embossing folder.  I've had it for a while but this is my first time using it. I punched snowflakes out of white card stock for the getting punchy challenge at Magnolia Down Under. I added crystal stickles to the snowflakes and the snowman for the sparkly challenge at Christmas Stampin All Year Long. 

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

Totally Paper Crafts: Layer Upon Layer

Aud Sentiments: Winter

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge: Wrap Up Warm

SUPPLIES USED:

IMAGE: Magnolia Snowy Hug Rubber Stamp

SENTIMENT: Daisy & Dandelion Santas Little Helpers Rubber Stamp Set

PAPER: Coreintions Celestial Card Stock, The Paper Company Brown Card Stock, White Card Stock, My Minds Eye Wild Asparagus Paper Pad ~ brown & Blue Stripes

EMBELLISHMENTS: Brown Pearls, Crystal Stickles, Blue Pearls, Brown Sugar Bakers Twine

TOOLS:  Cuttlebug Embossing Folder ~ Snowflakes, Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch, Martha Stewart Snowflake Corner Punch

OTHER: Crayola Colored Pencils, Prisma Colored Pencils

Dress Em Up

I created this Christmas card using this adorable Sassy Cheryl's image called dress em up.  This week's challenge at Sassy Cheryls is to use the provided sketch and the color pink.  

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiment: Winter

One Stop Craft: No Designer Paper

Wee Memories: Free For All

SUPPLIES USED:

IMAGE: Sassy Cheryls Dress Em Up Digital Stamp

SENTIMENT: Daisy & Dandelion Santa's Little Helper Stamp Set

PAPER: White Card Stock, Coredinations Nutmeg Card Stock, The Paper Company Pink Card Stock

EMBELLISHMENTS: Pink Pearls, Brown Pearls, Crystal Stickles

TOOLS: Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch, Martha Stewart Snowflake Corner Punch

OTHER: Crayola Colored Pencils, Prisma Colored Pencils

GDT Call @ Digi Bells DT

The Digi Bells Design Team is looking for their next guest design team.  The challenge this time around is to create a card/project using the provided sketch and any Elisabeth Bell image.  I love Elisabeth Bell's images so when I heard about this GDT call I just had to try out.  So here's the sketch . . . .

And here's the card I created using Lil Princess Tutu from Elisabeth's digi line . . . .

To create my card I started with a black 5" x 5" square card base. I cut a piece of lily pond card stock just a little smaller and distressed the edges with a black ink pad.  I cut a strip of black card stock and punched both sides using a lace heart border punch. Then added it going down the side of the card. I cut three 1" x 2" strips of purple card stock.  On the end of each I punched the middle using a corner rounder.  I inked the edges using a black ink pad and added a black heart to each one. (The black hearts are left from using the border punch.)  To each heart I added black glitter.  I then embossed a piece of white card stock using a cuttlebug embossing folder (dots).  I inked the edges and added ink across all the embossing using the black inkpad.  I then back it in black card stock and added it to the center of the card.  I colored the image using crayola and prisma colored pencils. I backed the image in black card stock and added black glitter to the vest, tutu and boots.  I added the image to the card center. Here's a closer view of the image. . . . .

 I stamped the birthday sentiment on white card stock, inked around the edges and then backed it in black card stock.  I then added it to the upper corner of the image.  I punched a black heart using a scalloped heart punch and added black glitter.  I then backed it in purple, cut around it and added it to the bottom corner of the card. I finished it off by added a purple paper daisy with black pearl to the center of the glittered heart and two purple rhinestone hearts to the upper corner.


I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

Birthday Sundaes: Purple, Green, Black & White

Pixie Dust Studio: Happy Birthday

Crafty Catz: Happy Birthday

Fussy & Fancy: 3 B's (Black, Border Punch, Bling)

Paper Play: Use Black

Digi Doodles Shops Best: Green & Purple

Creatalicious: Distressed Edges

Fab N Funky: Distressed or Torn

Paper Sundaes: Sundae Bar (Distressing, Blak, Sparkle, Flowers)  {used all 4}

SUPPLIES USED:

IMAGE: Elisabeth Bells Lil Princess Tutu Digital Stamp
SENTIMENT: Inkadinkado Expressions & Frames Rubber Stamp
PAPER: White Card Stock, The Paper Company Black Card Stock, Bazzill Basics Lily Pond Card Stock, DCWV Purple Card Stock
EMBELLISHMENTS: Queen & Co Black Pearls, Doodlebug Black Glitter, Nicole Crafts Purple Rhinestone Hearts, Purple Paper Daisy
TOOLS: Martha Stewart Lace Heart Border Punch, Fiskars Scalloped Heart Punch, EK Success Corner Punch, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder  ~ Dots
OTHER: Crayola Colored Pencils, Prisma Colored Pencils, Whispers Black Ink Pad

Baby Girl

I created this baby girl card using Sassy Cheryl's Special Stork Deliver Girl digital stamp. I inked around the edge of the white base using a pastel pink chalk inkpad.  I cut a piece of lily pond green cardstock just a little smaller than the base. I added more pastel pink ink to the edges.  I cut a  piece of patterned paper.  I punched a piece of white cardstock using an eyelet laceborder punch and added it to the bottom of the patterned paper.  I  inked the edges and added it across the card middle. I also added a green ribbon and pink bakers twine.  I colored the image using crayola and prisma colored pencils.  I inked around the edges of the image and the sentiment.  I added a handmade white crocheted flower.  I added a pink button with a bow made out of pink bakers twine to the center of the flower.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Stamptacular Sunday: You Choose

Stampin Sisters In Christ: Use 2 (used 2 colors ~ pink and green)

Paper Playtime: Say It With Sentiments and Buttons and Bows

Karen's Doodles: Animal Antics

Pollycraft Monday: Girls, Girls, Girls

Cupcake Craft: Buttons & Bows

My Time To Craft: Punches & Dies

Tuesday Taggers: Taking To The Skies

Top Tip Tuesday: Layer It Up

Catch The Bug: Animal Antics

Scrappy Frogs: Something That Flies

Craft Your Passion: Double Up With Pink

Corrosive Challenge: Flying Things

Totally Paper Crafts: Layer Upon Layer & DT Call

2 Sisters ~ Halloween Sketch

Today is challenge day at 2 Sisters.  This week's challenge is a sketch with a Halloween theme.  We are being sponsored by Robyn's Fetish.  The image that I used is called Marky Mummy.

Here is the sketch:

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Delightful Challenges: Colors of Fall

Everybody Art: Halloween

Creative Card Crew: Spooky Fun

Sentimental Sundays: Anything Goes

Cutie Sunday: Halloween

Stamptacular Sunday: So Distressing

Stampin Sisters In Christ: Anything Goes

Cupcake Craft: Halloween

Creative Stamp Friends: Autumn Colors

Fussy & Fancy: Fall or Halloween

Stampin For The Weekend: Colors of Autumn

Stamps R Us: Autumn or Fall

Simon Says Stamp: Halloween/Goth

Hanna & Friends: Autumn/Halloween

SUPPLIES USED

IMAGE: Robyn's Fetish Marky Mummy Digital Stamp

SENTIMENT: Close To My Heart Halloween Stamp Set

PAPER: White Card Stock, Coredinations Nutmeg Card Stock, Bazzill Basics Burnt Orange Card Stock, K & Co Halloween Paper Pad ~ Yellow Print

EMBELLISHMENTS: Brown Pearls

TOOLS: Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Border Punch

OTHER: Crayola Colored Pencils, Prisma Colored Pencils, Pebbles Inc Brown Chalk, Whispers Chestnut Ink Pad

Baby Girl

I created this baby girl card using Special Stork Delivery Girl from Sassy Cheryls.  The card base is pink.  I cut a piece of patterned paper just a little smaller than the card base and added distressing with a pink chalk ink pad around the edges.  I cut a strip of pink card stock and punched the bottom using an eyelet lace border punch.  I added a piece of orange baker's twine to the top and added it across the center of the card. I colored the image using crayola and prisma colored pencils. I added a little pink distressing with around the edges of the image and the sentiment. I added a bow made out of the orange baker's twine and 2 pink buttons.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Card Makers: Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter: We Love Animals

I Did It Creations: Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays: Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time: Anything Goes

Stamptacular Sunday: So Distressing

Stampin Sisters In Christ: Anything Goes

SUPPLIES USED:

IMAGE: Sassy Cheryls Special Stork Delivery Girl Digital Stamp

SENTIMENT: Fiskars Baby Stamp Set

PAPER: White Card Stock, Coredinations Pink Card Stock, Sei Mimosa Paper Pad ~ Pink & Orange Dots

EMBELLISHMENTS: Doodlebug Pink Buttons, Orange Bakers Twine

TOOLS: Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace Border Punch

OTHER: Crayola Colored Pencils, Prisma Colored Pencils, Studio G Pink Chalk Ink Pad

EEEK You're Sweet!!

Sorry I'm a few days late in posting this week's DT card for 2 Sisters.  Our challenge theme this week is Halloween.  The image I used is Freaky Little Friends Witchie from Whimsie Doodles.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp: Sparkle & Bling

ABC Challenge: Anything Goes

Crafty Card Makers: Anything Goes

One Stop Craft: Anything Goes

Cutie Sunday: Halloween

Pumpkin

This is the finished project of what I had posted earlier this morning that I was working on.  Isn't this pumpkin just the cutest!!

It's made with terracotta plant pots, paint, chennelle wire and felt.  It's really easy to create.  You start with a large terracotta plant pot with matching base.  You paint them both orange and glue the base onto the top of the plant pot.  Then paint a smaller terracotta plant pot brown and glue it upside down to the very top center.  Using a black paint marker add whatever pumpkin face you would like to add along with lines going down the pumpkin (all the way around). Finish the face by adding a few white lines for highlites using a white paint marker. Curl a green chennelle wire around a pencil and glue it into the hole in the top of the brown pot.  Cut 3 leaves from green felt and add vines with a black paint marker.  Glue them onto the top of the pumpkin. Using clear glitter paint, add glitter to the top of the pumpkin, stem and a little on the leaves. 

I am entering this pumpkin into the following challenges:

Catch The Bug: Halloween ABC Challenge

One Stop Craft: Anything Goes

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge: Anything As Long As It Sparkles

Challenge Up Your Life: Halloween

Cutie Sunday: Halloween

Kaboodle Doodles: Leaves

Stampin Sisters In Christ: Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time: Anything Goes

Cupcake Craft: Halloween

Gingerloft: Orange

7 Kids College Fund: Happy Fall Ya'll

Wags N Whiskers: Handmade

Meljens: Halloween

Creative Craft World: Halloween

Delightful Challenges: Make It Dimensional

Fussy & Fancy: Fall or Halloween

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

City Crafter: 3D

The Paper Shelter: Halloween

Simon Says Stamp: Sparkle & Bling

Crafty Creations: Create A Crafty Decoration

The Pixie Cottage: Fall Fun

ABC Challenge: Anything Goes

Stamps R Us: Autumn/Fall

SUPPLIES USED:

Large Terracotta Plant Pot, Large Terracotta Plant Pot Base, Small Terracotta Plant Pot, Brown Paint, Orange Paint, Clear Glitter Paint, Black Paint Marker, White Paint Marker, Green Chennelle Wire, Green Felt, Glue

Working On...

Here's a little something that I'm working on......

I'm entering this into the Sassy Cheryl's Show Me challenge (#45).

Happy Halloween

This is a halloween card that I created today using this adorable witch digi from Crafty Sentiments called Annabel Pumpkin Witch.  The sketch that I used is from this month's challenge at CLP. The base of my easel card is black card stock.  For the front of the card I cut a square piece of orange card stock just a little smaller.  I stamped a spiderweb in the upper corner and used a black inkpad to add distressing around the edges.  To that I added a piece of black card stock that I punched the edge using an eyelet lace border punch.  I cut a strip of orange, stamped the corners with a spiderweb stamp and distressed the edges with black ink.  I added that to a piece of black cardstock that I punched the bottom using the eyelet lace border punch. I added a piece of black licorice baker's twine just above the punched strip.  I colored the image using crayola and prisma colored pencils.  I distressed the edges using a black ink pad.  I added it to the card tucking the bottom corner under the baker's twine. I added five spiders all over the front.  To create the spiders I punched mini spiders out of black card stock and added beetle black glitter to them.

For the bottom of the card I cut a square piece of orange card stock and stamped spiderwebs in each corner.  I distressed the edges using a black ink pad. I stamped the sentiment on white card stock. I stamped a small piece of the spiderweb in the two top corners and distressed it with a black ink pad.  I added some more of the black glitter spiders.

This is a close up of the spiders.

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

Gingerloft: Orange

Charisma Cardz: Black & Orange

Really Reasonable Ribbon Ramblings: Halloween

Karen's Doodles: Trick Or Treat

The Pink Elephant: Trick Or Treat

Stamp With Fun: Halloween

Meljens: Halloween

Creative Craft World: Halloween

Fussy & Fancy: Fall or Halloween

The Paper Shelter: Halloween

Delightful Challenges: Make It Dimensional

City Crafter: 3D

Truly Scrumptious: Distressing

Digi Doodle Shops Best: Distressing

Simon Says Stamp: Sparkle & Bling

Card Makin Mamas: Fancy Folds

Penny's Paper Crafty: Anything Goes

Crafty Card Makers: Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

ABC Challenge: Anything Goes

Beary Sweet Challenges: Free For (F)all or Anything Goes

The Pixie Cottage: Fall Fun

SUPPLIES USED:

IMAGE: Crafty Sentiments Annabel Pumpkin Witch Digital Stamp
SENTIMENT: Close To My Heart Halloween Stamp Set
PAPER: The Paper Company Orange Card Stock, The Paper Company Black Card Stock, White Card Stock
EMBELLISHMENTS: Studio G Spiderweb Rubber Stamp, Doodlebug Sugar Coating Beetle Black Glitter, Black Licorice Bakers Twine
TOOLS: Studio G Mini Spider Punch, Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace Border Punch
OTHER: Whispers Black Ink Pad, Crayola Colored Pencils, Prisma Colored Pencils

Christmas Wishes

Here is a Christmas card that I made using Santa Christmas from Karen's Doodles. The base of my card is cream card stock backed in burgundy card stock.  I added a piece of green card stock. To the bottom of the green I added a piece of burgundy that I punched using an eyelet lace border punch.  I colored the image using crayola and prisma colored pencils and backed it first in burgundy and then in cream.  I added a bit of brown sugar baker's twine with a snowflake charm attatched with a bow.  I added a sentiment from Annette. You can get that freebie by going here. I added a little color to the wording in the center and around the edges. I backed it in burgundy and cut around it using scalloped scissors.  I added 3 burgundy pearls to the top corner and 1 to the center of the snowflake charm.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

Meljens: Use a Square and A Circle

Inky Impressions: Punches/Dies

Pixie Dust Studio: Book/Movie (The Santa Claus)

Crafts 4 Eternity: Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty: Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland: How Charming

Fun With Shapes & More: Shabby/Vintage

Catch The Bug: Anything Goes

Crafty Card Makers: Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time: Use A Digi

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes with Option: Add Something Punched

SUPPLIES USED

IMAGE: Karen's Doodles Santa Christmas Digital Stamp

SENTIMENT: Netty's Images Christmas Wishes Digital Stamp

PAPER: The Paper Company Burgundy Card Stock, Bazzill Basics Lily Pond Card Stock,White Card Stock, Bazzill Basics Cream Card Stock

EMBELLISHMENTS: Brown Sugar Baker's Twine, Snowflake Charm, Burgundy Pearls

TOOLS: Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace Border Punch, Scallop Scissors

OTHER: Crayola Colored Pencils, Prisma Colored Pencils 

Halloween

This week's challenge at 2 Sisters is to create a fancy fold card.  Our sponsor is Stitchy Bear Stamps.  I created this easel card using this adorable witch image called Starr.

I used the color combination of black, white, purple and gold.  All the bling on the card is created using gold stickles. I even added a little to the gold square brads on the flowers.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Card Makin Mamas: Fancy Folds

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time: Use A Digi

Catch The Bug: Anything Goes

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge: Halloween

Crafty Card Makers: Anything Goes

Stamp With Fun: Halloween

The Pixie Cottage: Pop It Up

Creative Card Crew: Easel Card

Penny's Paper Crafty: Anything Goes

Moving Along With The Times: Spooky Halloween Cards

SUPPLIES USED

IMAGE: Stitchy Bear Stamps Starr Digital Stamp

SENTIMENT: Typed on Computer

PAPER: The Paper Company Black Card Stock, White Card Stock, Coredinations Purple Card Stock, Spiderweb Card Stock

EMBELLISHMENTS: Gold Stickles, Square Gold Brads, Purple Silk Flowers

TOOLS: Studio G Mini Spider Punch

OTHER: Crayola Colored Pencils, Prisma Colored Pencils