Little things

 

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all had a great Halloween weekend and remembered to turn your clocks back. It seemed like no one knew what to do with their extra hour and instead of sleeping in they all went grocery shopping!! Trader Joe's and Whole Foods were absolutely bonkers Sunday morning. Anyone else notice that?

 

Today I want to remind you that you still have one more week to play along with our sketch challenge over at Inky Paws.

Today's card features one new and one old stamp set from Newton's Nook. "Autumn Mice" and "Fall Roundabout". Have you guys tried the Roundabout stamps from Newton's Nook yet? They are so versatile. Check them out!

I hope you join us for sketch 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.

 

Boo days

Wait!!! Hold the ghost!! What the heck? All I can say it is never to late to get started on you Halloween cards for next year!! So even though it is November you can still make spooky cards. 

You still have time to play along at Cupcake Inspirations "Monsters/Ghost" challenge. In fact ghost and monsters do not need to be spooky or for Halloween. My card today could be for an October birthday as easily as it is for Halloween.

My card today features the most adorable "Casper the friendly ghost" ghost from My Favorite Things. I sent this card to my BFF who isn't into spooky. She loved this cute fun little ghost though.

So head on over to Cupcake Inspirationsand play along with our "Monsters/Ghost" challenge.

Sapphire Harvest

 Happy Sunday! Happy November!! Now starts the trifecta of holidays!! Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years!! It is the busiest time of the year for a card maker!! 

 

Today starts a new color challenge at The Rainbow Card Challenge. This months color is sapphire. Blues a bit tricky during a harvest month wouldn't you say. But no, not really. I say bring blue to the harvest!

My card today uses the "Golden Delight" by Penny Black and "Winter Aviary" by Flora and Fauna. A collection of blue and sapphire colored copics and voila- A blue harvest card!

Well I have met mt match with the color sapphire. I could not find one song with sapphire in the title. So I went with a group called The Sapphires. From my local town of Philly.

Let The Sapphires inspire your creations this month!

I have a special friend that loves blue, I think she will love my sapphire harvest card. You have all month to show us your sapphire creations at The Rainbow Card Challenge!!

 

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.