It's Halloween all Year Long.......

 There is a great challenge Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge and you can make and add Halloween cards all year and enter, if there are 50 entries there is a draw. Quite often I'm scrambling to get my Halloween cards made, it would be less stressful to make one  or two a month then when October arrives you are prepared and can mail the out of town ones early.  I was gifted this gorgeous Stampendous Halloween kitty witch and it's the first time I've inked her up. (NBUS)

The stamp is from Stampendous and it fits an A2 card I did add the spider (left over from another project)  I do need to work on the colouring of the kitty though. 

Closer look at the spider. I did elevate him a bit. 

I found a scrap of a blended background and die cut the Happy Halloween and added a vellum shadow diecut. along with a scrap of spider web.

I would like to add this to:

Two Old Bats Halloween Chalenge ~~ November Anything Goes.

NBUS ~~ #32 November.

Thanks for stopping by today  and stay safe stay healthy. 

Fluffles Strikes Again.

 When I saw the new challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge I knew I had to dig out Fluffles again. The prompt is W is for Whimsical and I think this fills the bill.

The current sketch challenge at Sketch Saturday is pick a sketch from the archimves and I picked #509 from 2018. It worked well with my image. The sentiment is from Hero Arts.

Close up, the baubles and star were coloured with spica glitter pens

Finished the indside with some scraps of patterned paper and a favourtie vertical sentiment from Stampabilities.

I am adding this to:

ABCChristmas Challenge ~~ W is for Whimsical

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Not a Creature was Stirring

Sketch Saturday ~~ 2018 Sketch # 509

Thanks for stopping by today and have as great week. 

Twas' the Night Before Christmas.....

 Not a Creature was Stirring....that's the challenge at the Jingle Belles Rock Christmas Challenge.  I needed to feature a creature on my card so I picked 3.

I must admit I picked this image to add to U is for Under, I was so excited I finally managed one of the Alpha prompts and the challenge has ended, all is not lost the Jingle Belles had a challenge too that it worked for. I used a Happy Hopper, and the spellbinders Label 8 and fancy label 8 to cut them image and frame looking through my hoards of cardstock not one piece of red cardstock, I can see a trip to the craft store in the near future or I won't be making any red based cards. Now the fancy fram was cut from a metallic red cardstock from Michaels, it's shiny but not reflective. The mistletoe was coloured with spica glitter pens.

Inside was finished with a scrap of the red metalic paper and a sentiment from Impression Obssession. 

4 challenges I'm adding this to:

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Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Not a Creature was Stirring 

Rudolph Days ~~ Octdober

Christmas Kickstart ~~ Make on for a Loved one.

House Mouse and Friends ~~ Anything goes.(option metallic, used a metallic frame)

Thanks for stopping by today and have a Happy Halloween,

You Don't Bring Me Flowers.....

 Hello crafty peeps, Shopping Our Stash is having a new two week challenge....#457 You Don't Bring Me Flowers, easy peasy we want to see FLOWERS. 

Going along with the theme of the challenge I thought the little mouse looked a little sad. Since it is still Fall I used fall colours, not one of my go to colours but it certainly is fall realated with the fall flower in a terra cotta pot. I made an easel card and used some patterned paper scraps from a "fail" but it had the perfect rust colour to match the wonky stitched frame I made with Gina Marie Designs rectangle dies. Happy Birthday is from Impression Obsession. I added three brown home made enamel dots I made 4 years ago one summer at the cottage. 

Using an off cut from making a frame for another poject I stamped one of my favourite sentiments and added it to the back of the easel card.

Here is the card when it is closed for mailing.

I am entering this in:

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today and head over to the MAIN BLOG and see what floral creations the rest of the design team have made. 

It's a Trifecta of Pink Christmas Cards.

 Here is my third card for the Jingle Belles Rock Pink Christmas Challenge, Lauren and Stephanie donate $2 each for breast cancer research for every pink Christmas card posted on thier blog. There is still time to make and post a card before October 20 at 6.00 p.m. EDT. 

This one was a bit difficult to photgraph ten again its way past sunset when I'm trying. I made a Mini Slimline card (3 1/4 X 6 14 inches) The snowflake panel is just perfect for  the size. The panel was cut out of silver metallic posterboard I bought at Len's Mills, has 5 different colour sheets in the package. The background for the panel is some pink glitter paper I bought at the local $$ store. The sentimen die cuts are Tim Holtz and were cut 3 times and glued together for dimenson. Background paper is from a Recolletions Sugar Bush paper pad. 

Close up but the sparkle really doesn't show in the picture I also added rhinestones to the centers of the three snowflakes.

The inside isn't finihed net as the vertical sentiment I wanted to use is still at the cottage. Since I won't be spending any time there until spring I'm having a road trip to bring the last of the craft supplies home and get ready to drain the water lines on Sunday. 

I'm entering this in:

The Jingle Belles Rock ~~ I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge ~~  U & V ~~ I chose V for vocabulary

Thanks for stopping by today and if I find time there might be one more. 

Pink Christmas installment #2

 Back again with another Pink Christmas Card for the Jingle Belles Challenge, for every Pink Christmas card posted on the blog both Lauren and Stephanie donate $2 to breast cancer research. I am a bit behind my usual cards but there is still until Wednesday October 20 at 6 p.m. EDT. I have been known to slide in at 5.55 p.m 

Well I might as well tell you this is a "sort" of cheat card, Fluffles was already coloured and the papers were picked and cut for a 5 1/2 inch square card and put aside to finish when I had some time. . I started out with pink die cut sentiments but after they were glued on you really couldn't see them so I cut another set and glued them on top, it also gave them some dimension. 

Well I couldn't resist a close up of Fluffles, lets hope it's nothing breakable.

Finished off the inside with a Stampendous holiday sentiment and a few scraps of patterned paper.

I'm entering this in:

The Jingle Belles ~~ I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas

 

Show us your Pussycats ~~ Furrything Goes

Thanks for checking again and stay tuned there will be more. 

Pink Christmas is the Challenge at the Jingle Belles.

 So much to do so little time. It's turned pretty cool here in SWO but at least the sun is out now, I am so tired of the rain and damp weather. Although I have heat at cottage but it's just not fun when it's raining. A couple more trips to bring things home for the season and of course to drain the water and winterize it. I had an idea for my card but then
realized some of my Christmas things are not home and neither is my embossing equipment. I have doubles of a lot of things but a heat gun isn't one of them.  

After many months of looking I found some metallic poster board at Len's Mills there are 5 colouts but unlide the ones I have bought at Dollar Tree one of the colours is deep pink not red.  I used Elizabeth Craft Designs Entwined Circles and the snowflake die from the sset as well. added a few rhinestones and a die cut JOY, the background was embossed with a Stampin'up sequin embossing folder

Finished the inside with an embossed strip and some leftover snowflakes. And a holiday sentiment from Stampendous. 

A closer look so you can see the metallic die cuts are very pink.

I'm adding this to:

Jingle Belles ~~ I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas

Happy Little Stampers ~~ Anything Goes with Dies

Let the Pink Marathon begin now.......

Thanks for stopping by but stay tuned I'm not leaving it as one entry the more the merrier as for every pink Christmas card the two ladies donate $2 each for Breast Cancer research. 

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