Merry thoughts

 

We are just about into the holiday season. Once Halloween is over tomorrow, it is time to start pulling out your Christmas stamps and get busy with those mass produced cards. What better place to start than with ideas from CAS on Friday. Clean  and simple cards are the easiest to mass produce.

That's why today's challenge is perfect to inspire and get you in the holiday mood. Our challenge today is:

CHRISTMAS!!!

No excuses folks- this is the best way to get started. Have a goal! 

Today's cute card features an old stamp set from Hero arts- "Elves by Lila". (No longer available) Are you like me? I buy several new Christmas stamp sets every year but end up gravitating to older sets and using them. The way I see it,  the sets I buy this year, will be used in 2023!!!

I can't wait to see how you kick off your holiday card making!! Please share those creations with us at CAS on Friday!!

Halloween roundabout

 

One week till the spookiest night of the year! Yay!! Halloween!! I love it! If you haven't got your weener cards in the mail today, you better get crackin'! The mail has been so slow lately.

 Today is anew challenge at Inky Paws. We have a great sketch challenge that begs you to use one of the new "roundabout" stamps from Newton's Nook.  If you haven't got any, check them out. Not only are they fun but they are very versatile.

Today's card features the "Spooky Roundabout". I die cut the image smaller than the actual stamp and stamped it a second time to fussy cut the ghosts. When put together it creates this fun effect of the ghosts flying off the image!

I hope you join us for our spooky color challenge at Inky Paws! You have one more week to play along at Inky Paws!  We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.

The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday, November 6, 2020 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.

 

Get your BOO on

 

I had so much fun with this card. It's creepy and whimsical at the same time. Is that an oxymoron? Creepy and whimsical? Maybe.

The new challenge at Cupcake Inspirations is very timely. Monsters and ghosts. I just noticed that my monsters look very much lie the monsters on the cupcakes!! LOL!!

My card for the challenge today features an unknown monster stamp set that someone gave me. Anyone have any idea? The blood splatters are from Studio Katia.  

You have two weeks to get your spooky, creepy and fun on at Cupcake Inspirations "Ghosts and Monster" challenge. 

Happy Howl-oween!

 

Happy Monday all! Halloween is creeping up quickly! (is that an oxymoron?!!?) But you still have time to get your weener cards done.

Orange, Purple, Yellow, and Black

 

  Inky Paws is hosting a a very spooky color challenge that will inspire you Halloween cards.

 

 Today's card uses Newton's Nook "Happy Howl-oween" and "Spiderweb "stencil. 

I hope you join us for our spooky color challenge at Inky Paws! You have one more week to play along at Inky Paws!  We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.

The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday, October 23, 2020 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.

 

Jump out of your box

 

Today's card is a reminder that you have one more week to play along with our unusual color combo at Cupcake Inspirations.

We are asking you to use red, olive and lavender.

For my reminder, I have to say I took the easy way out. I went with flowers. So if you haven't made your card yet, I invite you to take the easy way out. Use flowers.

If you are like me, you have a million flower stamps. Today's card uses a stamp set that my BFF gave me when she was purging. Boy, did I luck out. Gran's Garden by Papertrey Ink.

 

Grab a flower stamp set and just go for it! I cannot wait to see what you all come up with! You have one more week to play along with our unconventional color challenge at Cupcake Inspirations!

Hipster ghosts

 I am thinking some where in Brooklyn there are hipster ghosts hanging out!! Today's fun tongue in cheek card is inspired by the new challenge at CAS on Friday.

We are asking you to use PLAID on your CAS card. Since Halloween is just a week or two away, all I am making is spooky cards.

My card uses a very old Sizzix ghost die set. I use this die every year. The saying is from Ellen Hutson.

And if my hipster ghosts do not have enough plaid going on they surrounded by a embossed plaid background.

The next question is, "What did I do with the negative die cut piece? Good question. Waste not want not.

You have two weeks to play along with our PLAID challenge at CAS on Friday!

3D Christmas

 

I am a card maker. I have always been very upfront about that. I like- no correction, I love making cards. I have dabbled in all kinds of paper crafting, but it always comes back to cards.

So today's challenge at Christmas 24 had me reaching back to some oldie but goodie crafts I have done. My favorite has always been glitter balls. They are quick, creative and fun to make. You can keep them simple or embellish like crazy.

Here is a link to how to make glitter balls. How you embellish them is up to you. I used a snowfake building die from reverse Confetti that is no longer available.

You have till November 1,  to create your 3D project at Christmas 24!. I hope I see some glitter balls!! 

Batty Newton

Happy Monday gang! Today seems to be a color challenge kinda day.  Today's challenge at Inky Paws is a color challenge that just says Halloween! And as many of you know I just love to make Halloween cards!

Today we are asking you to use orange, purple, yellow, and black. Halloween!! Right??!!?

 Today's card uses a new stamp from Newton's Nook called "Batty Newton" and their "Flying Bats" stencil.

I hope you join us for our spooky color challenge at Inky Paws! You have one more week to play along at Inky Paws!  We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.

The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday, October 23, 2020 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.

 

 

 

 

Unconventional Colors

 Hi everyone. Welcome to the glorious start of another week. Today starts a new challenge at Cupcake Inspirations. I gotta say, I was a little skeptical about this one It's a very unconventional color challenge. We are asking you to use:

I am on several challenge teams and when I am faced with what I a "true challenge", the first thing I do is start going through all my stamps to see what I think might work. It also gives me the chance to use stamps that haven't been shown some inky love in awhile.

For my card today I pulled out a very old Papertrey Ink stamp set called "Songbirds". I was pleasently surprized to see that All the colors did work well together.

So don't ever be afarid of a challenge. Just start going through your stamps and something will jump out! I cannot wait to see what you all come up with! You have two weeks to play along with our unconventional color challenge at Cupcake Inspirations!

Grateful

Happy Monday everyone! Did any of you celebrate World Card Making day? I spent the day in my studio. How did you all spend it? Did you get together with friends or did you craft solo like me?

Since it is Monday that means a challenge at Inky Paws. Today is a reminder that you have till Friday to play along with our "Autumn" theme.

My very clean and simple card today features "Paw-tumn Newton" by Newton's Nook. The sentiment is from the "Fall Roundabout" stamp also from Newton's Nook.

I hope you join us for our autumn theme challenge at Inky Paws! You have one more week to play along at Inky Paws!  We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.

The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday October 9, 2020 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.