All Tricks, No Treats

Happy Halloween friends. I have a real CAS card today featuring this super cute stamp set from Mama Elephant. I first started by inking my background and then spritzing the whole panel with water to get the colors moving. I then stamped my images and sentiment at one time using my MISTI.

Thanks so much for visiting today. I hope you are having a fantastic week. Crafty hugs!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween friends.  I thought I should post a Halloween card today in honor of this frightful day. 

Before I get to the card, I can't not speak about the devestation caused by Sandy.  I don't normally watch the news but I couldn't not watch last night. My heart and prayers are with those back east who are suffering.


I wanted to use this fun paper from last year's Mischevious collection from My Minds Eye.  I couldn't figure out how to place anything else on the front of the card so I decided to leave well enough alone there but I figured that I should do up the inside just a bit.

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I hope you all have a great Wednesday.  I'll be trick-or-treating tonight with Jango Fett. This will be the third year in a row that Christopher has gone as a Star Wars character.  Two years ago, it was Captain Rex.  Last year, Darth Vadar himself was on the scene. 

October's Guest Designer Contest for MFT

I loved the sketch for this month's guest designer contest at My Favorite Things and am thrilled to have the oppportunity to play along.  We are going to give this card to Christopher's teacher with some fall scented Bath & Body Works soap for a little Halloween treat.

I started with a 5.5x5.5 size for my card base.  I used these colors of MFT's cardstock for my card:  Tangy Orange, Jellybean Green and Natural.  I loved the weight of this cardstock and the yummy colors.

I wanted to use Lisa's Primitive Pumpkins set and finally decided on some simple pumpkins and some of the fun stars in the set.  I love the sentiment, "a very special BOO to you".  That was cut out using the smaller banner from the First Place Award Ribbon Die-namics.  When my card was all put together, I thought that it was still missing something.  Then it hit me -- the small Leafy Flourish Die-namics would look great with the pumpkins.

And a shot of the inside.  Seriously, is it just me or are the Fishtail Flags Stax Die-namics the best thing ever or what?  I probably use them on about half my cards.  I

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Thanks for your visit. I hope you've enjoyed today's card.  Bye friends!

A Halloween Card with Lucy the Witch

I've got yet another Halloween card using the same Echo Park collection. My card measures 5.25x5.25 to accomodate the larger focal image from Sparkle Creations.

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Supplies not linked:  Ribbon from CTMH
Take care friends. I'll see you back here another time.

Halloween Wishes

I've got another Halloween card for you today using the same Echo Park papers as the one I shared last week. 

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Thanks for the visit. I truly appreciate it. Crafty hugs!

Happy Halloween

I've made a few Halloween cards which I will share with you over the next couple of weeks.  There's nothing fancy with this, per my usual.

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Supplies not linked: Black gemstones - unknown source

I hope you are enjoying your week. I'm headed back today from Chicago. Hopefully my family survived the few days without me.

Penny's Challenges -- Use black, orange and purple

Happy hump day to you.  It's time for another challenge at Penny's Challenges this week, which is to use black, orange and purple.  I decided to go the traditional route with these colors and make a Halloween card using this fun image from Sparkle Creations.  I had fun coloring Lucy's hair purple.  I also used this week's sketch from Mercy.

My card also fits these challenges
Stampin' for the Weekend -- Halloween or fall
Raise the Bar -- Orange, black and purple
Crazy 4 Challenges -- Halloween
A Spoonfull of Sugar -- Diecuts/punches
Some Odd Girl -- Orange, purple and green
Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts -- Halloween
Paper Pretties -- Square Card
Dutch Dare -- Halloween
Mark's Finest Papers -- Diecuts/punches
Frosted Designs -- Diecuts
Crafty Creations -- Halloween or Autumn

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Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey Eerie
Stamps:  Sparkle Creations Broomstick Lucy
Other:  Nesties, PTI buttons

Thanks for the visit.  I hope you'll go check out the challenge blog over at Penny's to see what the other designers have this week and then take a moment and come play with us.

Halloween at The Crazy Challenge

This is my second post today so scroll down to see my card for Lollipop Crafts.

This week's challenge at The Crazy Challenge  is Halloween.  We are sponsored this week by Digi Doodles and I chose to use this fun image, Ghost Mouse. 

My card is also for this week's challenge at Crafty Ann's which wants you to use a digi image and your favorite coloring medium, which is copic markers for me.

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Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey
Stamps:  Digi Doodles Ghost Mouse, CTMH Say it in Style
Other:  PTI buttons

Thanks for stopping by.  Make sure and check out what the other designers have for you this week at The Crazy Challenge.  Have a great one!

Sparkles, Glitter and Gems for Lollipop Crafts

Good morning.  It's time for another great challenge at Lollipop Crafts, which is to sparkles, glitter and gems.  Our sponsor this week is is Soft Pencil.  I used the darling Little Witch. 

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Patterned Paper:  Martha Stewart
Stamps:  CTMH Say it in Style, Soft Pencil Little Witch
Other:  Nesties, MS border punch
So in non-crafty news, bra shopping was successful.  Reynna is just tickled pink with her new wardrobe additions.  She was a bit mortified that I shared the big news on the blog here, however. 

We took the kids to see Legend of the Guardians on Saturday.  It was a really good movie and I give it two thumbs up.  We hardly ever see movies at the theater and the last movie that we watched as a family at a theater was Wall-E more than 2 years ago.  Anyway, if you get a chance to go, I recommend it.

Well, that's all I have for today.  I hope you have a great Monday.

White core cardstock for Practical Scrappers

So our weekend was going well until Monday morning at about 8:45.  I was downstairs in the basement stamping, happy as a clam, when I notice water gushing from the pipes above me.  I hear the water running upstairs and yell up to turn it off.  Long story short, we have a severe clog in our pipes that a cheap router from Home Depot was not able to fix and we also discovered in the process that the pipe right underneath the kitchen sink in the basement, right above where I keep some of my cardstock, has a leak in it. 

So, there's a pile of dirty dishes in my sink because I can't use the kitchen sink.  Devin's going to try some more work on the pipes tomorrow and try to get at the clog and replace some of the pipe in the basement.  Needless to say, we didn't have our BBQ and I got no housework done, unless you count a load of towels that were filthy wet from the plumbing issues.  Sorry about the vent, I just had to get that off my chest.  Blech.  What a way to spend my holiday.

Now onto why you are probably here.  My card today is for this week's challenge at Practical Scrappers which is to use white core cardstock.  Most of my cardstock is from CTMH which is known for its white core.  There are so many fun things that you can do with this type of cardstock. 

I chose to sand my cardstock and I think the look works well with the theme of my card.  My main stamp is a digi image, Five Pumpkin Friends, from our sponsor this month, Robyn's Fetish.

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Stamps:  Five Pumpkin Friends from Robyn's Fetish, CTMH Say it in Style
Other:  MS border punch, sandpaper, CTMH brads

That's all I have for you today.  Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful Tuesday.

Unscripted Sketches #61

Good morning to you.  It's a bright and sunny day here in Colorado and I'm happy to be bringing you another card for this week's Unscripted sketch. 

Did you play along with last week's sketch?  Make sure and check out the blog to see if you were chosen as one of the top 3 for the week.  If you didn't play, you should still hop over there to see this week's sketch and to play yourself.

And are you getting excited for the Christmas in July event that Unscripted is doing?  I know I am.  There's going to be so much fun going on and hopefully some of it will inspire you to start thinking about the upcoming holiday season.  I know it's still 6 months away but time tends to slip away from us all, right?

Now don't ask my why I chose to make a Halloween card in June but I did. At least I'll have one card to send out in a few months because who knows if I'll ever make another one. I seem to struggle getting holiday cards made, except my Christmas ones. :)

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Patterened Paper:  Basic Grey Eerie
Stamps:  CTMH Say it in Style
Other:  PTI buttons, Fiskars border punch

So do you all have any plans for today and this weekend?  Devin's back in town now so I think he and I are going to try and sneak out for a date night.  Not sure what we're doing yet but that's okay. 

Halloween time with Penny's challenges

It's Wednesday so you know what that means, right? Yep, it's time for another challenge at Penny's challenges. This week, the challenge is to make something Halloween. Pile it On and One Stop Craft Challenge also want to see something Halloween this week. The challenge at Whimsy Stamps is to use embossing. Lastly, Crafty Calendar wants to see something autumn related.

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Patterned Paper: CTMH Enchanted
Stamps: CTMH Month Blocks
Other: Marvy scallop punch, Cuttlebug, CTMH brads, prisma glitter

If you look real close, you might be able to see the glitter on my pumpkins. And I super love the look of the swirl embossing folder with this card. It just seems to go with the pumpkins. Who knows though? Maybe I'm imagining that it looks good? Anyway, my plan, and I use the term plan loosely, LOL, is to make up a couple more of these cards and send them to my nieces and nephews for Halloween. Hopefully my "plan" works out like I want it to.
I was also asked by Jeanne about the card I posted on Monday with all the challenges. Her question was, do I make the card and then hunt down any applicable challenges or do I already know the challenges I want to incorporate into my card. My answer is both. For Monday's card, I only had the sketch and color challenge in mind when I made the card. After the card was made, I was blurfing and came across all the other challenges. How fun is that?
Make sure and pop over at Penny's challenges to see what the other fabulous DT ladies have created for you. And then we'd love to have you join us this week.

A color challenge to get me back in the swing of things

I had just a quick moment at lunch yesterday to whip this card up for Marjorie's color challenge. This week, she chose topiary, sunflower, black, and pansy purple. In hindsight, I wished I would have used the cuttlebug on the black piece of the card to give it more depth. I was working quickly and wanted to produce something, since it has been awhile. I used a pattern from CTMH's Originals book which helped speed the process along. I also feel like I should have maybe scissor distressed the edges of all the cardstock. Oh well. I'm sure the recipient probably won't be worried too much about the details I thought were missing.

It's been a crazy week. I was almost on my death bed Monday night and went to bed at 6:30. And then last night I met a friend from work and we studied together. She is studying for the financial portion of the CPA exam while I am doing some last minute cramming for my audit portion that I will take next.

I think I can, I think I can

Okay, so I've been going to Denver for the past 3 weeks for a client. It has worn me out. I am definitely in need of a mental health day. Luckily, I have an office day tomorrow, and it is Friday, thank heavens. I really look forward to Fridays because then the weekend is here. It's not that I don't enjoy my job but there are so many things that I need to do, want to do, or could be doing that I just don't have the energy for after working a long day.

So the card I'm posting, I made about 2 years ago. I took a picture of it awhile back, so it's on my computer, and I don't have any other art on my computer that I haven't posted. That coupled with the fact that I'm feeling too lazy to get the camera out and go downstairs to the basement to capture some more recent creations means that you get to see this Halloween card. The size is 6x6, again, another size that I don't do a whole lot of.