Something Wicked This Way Comes

It's time for a new challenge at Festive Friday where every challenge is an inspiration list based on a selected holiday/festivity from the traditional to the unusual. Challenge projects must include at least three items from the festivity inspiration list. Your project does not have to go with the challenge theme. You can just use 3 or more items from the inspo list for your creation.

Today's festivities are inspired by International Owl Awareness Day which takes place on August 4th. International Owl Awareness Day raises awareness about our beloved nocturnal raptors. Owls have long captivated us with their mystery and perceived wisdom, but their representation in pop culture media, folklore and material possessions does not always do these magical creatures justice. Read more HERE.

The challenge runs from July 22nd - August 1st.

I like to create a card for our challenge that goes with the theme. For my owl-themed card, I created a scene using: Halloween Magic by Julie Ebersole, Essentials by Ellen Stamps and Birch Trees Cover Plate by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Designer Dies. Papers: SU Basic Gray, Gina K Ebony Black, Memory Box Delicate Pastel 6x6 Glitter Pad, Neenah Solar White 110# Card Stock, SU Cast A Spell DSP (Retired). Other supplies: Copic Markers, SU 1 3/4" Circle Punch, A Colorful Life Design Circle Edger Stencil, Ink on 3 Fleurette's ~ Atelier Ink - Shark Tooth White, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Windsor & Newton Designers Gouache, SSS Sentiment Strips Halloween, Tim Holtz Distress Splatter Brush. 

I used owl, feathers, book, texture, woodland and brown from the Inspo List.

For more inspiration, be sure to visit the rest of the  Festive Friday Challenge Design team.

Ann Schach

Beth McCullough

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Melanie Hungerford

Helen Jennings

Melva Peters

Jaydee

Diane Evans 

Joanne James

I'm also playing at:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge - July Anything Halloween

This Is Halloween July Challenge -Gothic and/or Halloween

All The Treats

I am so excited to be here with my Guest Designer project for Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge, where it's always anything goes - Halloween.

 

Here is the November mood board for some inspiration.

To create my card, I blended Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Seedless Preserves and Black Soot Distress Oxide inks on a piece of Neenah Solar White 80# card stock. After it dried, I spattered it with water, and after that dried, with Mr. Huey's Opaque White Color Mist. I used the Essentials By Ellen Birch Trees Cover Plate and Ebony Black Cardstock to die cut the trees and ground and affixed it to the blended panel. I stamped, Copic colored and die cut several images from Bear Ware 2 & 5 and arranged them in a Halloween scene. I added a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Strips Halloween die cut with Pink & Main Sentiment Strip Dies and my card was complete.

Please head over to the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge and check out the wonderful Design Team Creations. This is such a fun challenge where it is all Halloween all the time! Also check out the winners the and honorable mentions from October in the the November 1st post - so much great inspiration there too! Thanks so much Darlene and Diane for the opportunity to design for Two Old Bats! I had a great time making this card!

I'm also playing at:

Inspired By #193 - Friends Fall Together

Daring Cardmakers - Halloween Inspired

Krafty Chicks #583 - All Occasions

Little Red Wagon #625 - Outside

Use Your Stuff #434 - Halloween or Pumpkins

O is for Outdoors

This is Halloween November Challenge

Hey, Wasabi?

 

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out!!! Time Out Challenge #169 is a theme challenge in which the theme is "Season" with an optional twist of coloring. Many of us will immediately think of the four seasons of the year, but we can also season our food with herbs and spices, or become a seasoned (experienced) player or professional... there are many ways to go with this. It's always fun to see how artists interpret a theme.

We are generously sponsored by Poppystamps.

I really wanted to go in a different direction than seasons of the year with this one. I looked through my entire stash for something in the herbs and spices category, but did't really have anything like that. They I thought about the Essentials by Ellen Wasabi set and decided what I was going to do.

I combined the sketch from CAS(e) This Sketch #386 and the theme from Inspired By Challenge #IB138, and came up with my card. The idea is that sushi can be "seasoned" with soy sauce and wasabi and ginger, etc. That might be a little far out of the box, but that is the way I went. I was too late to enter my card in the Inspired By Challenge, but it was definitely part of my inspiration. I stamped, colored and die cut the images from Wasabi and arranged them on the diagonal on a panel that is embossed with the SU Tasteful Textile embossing folder. Some of the die cuts are popped up and some are not. I am so happy with the way it came out.

Please hop on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also playing with:

CAS(e) This Sketch #386

Mix It Up #40 - Anything Goes + Embossing

SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

You're On My Mind

I bought the Ellen Hutson Summer Of Stamping Combo By Brandi Kincaid under the spell of Michele Ferguson, my chief enabler. What a wonderful bunch of images and sentiments that I just HAD to have. I used a technique using Brushos that I learned from Jennifer McGuire in THIS video. I just love these images, and the sentiments are so wonderful. Thank you, enabler (also responsible for that awesome Spellbinders Hemstitch Frame), and Jennifer and Brandi and Ellen.

I am playing at:

The Flower Challenge #46

Just Add Ink #515 Mixed Media

Water coloring, die cutting, heat embossing

Global Design Project #GDP250

Sketch Challenge

Allsorts 581/582 - Flowers All Over

Inkspirational #217 - Painting or Colouring

Saw That...

A new challenge is up at Less Is More where the challenge is CHRISTMAS IN JULY.

We are generously sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays this month.

https://cas-ualfridaysstamps.com/products

Our Guest Designer is the wonderful and talented Jenny Martin. Jenny's designs and coloring skills are FANTIASTIC! please treat yourself to a stroll through her blog. You will be so glad you did.

To create my card, I stamped, colored and masked the Santa image from Tis the Season by Julie Ebersole (retired). I stenciled over that image with Funky Fossil designs Sunray Stencil and DO ink, added the sentiment and my card was complete.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what Jenny and the Design Team have created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations and for a chance to win. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages. Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space. All challenge details are on the Less Is More blog. Good Luck!

I am also playing at:

AAA Cards #169 - Made In Minutes + Optional Twist Of Christmas In July.

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Santa

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas

Hi

Time Out Challenge #144 is up and running. This time it's a Home Sweet Home Challenge: a photo inspiration challenge with a homey twist!

Our wonderful sponsor is Poppy Stamps. Challenge winner will receive a gift voucher from Poppy Stamps. 

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the incredibly talented Desert Diva Hannelie. I highly encourage you to treat yourself to a stroll through her blog. Her creations are awesome. Don't miss this opportunity to be inspired, and please leave her some love.

Here is a larger image of the photograph. If you look very carefully, there are many elements that you may not see upon first look!

When I spotted the pillow on the couch that is third from the left, I immediately thought of The Gossip Column: Geometric Generation Digital Elements - a freebie I downloaded from Winnie and Walter. I used that for the background of my card. I wanted to pick up something that was not so obvious in the photo. If you look on the shelf behind the couch, there is a sculpture of a pink hand and next to it, a little glass vase with a piece of greenery in it. When I saw that, I knew just what I would do. The wonky circle is from MFT. The hand is from Hands by Julie Ebersole, Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies and the greenery from Flora and Fauna Terrarium Cluster Dies.

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Please head over to the Time Out Challenges Blog to see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. Play with us to share your creation, and for a chance to win a prize from Poppy Stamps. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Shell-abrate

It's time for a new challenge at Less Is More. This time the theme is CELEBRATIONS. There are a million ways to interpret that theme. The possibilities are endless. Just remember that there must be lots of clean white space on your card.

Our sponsor is Skull and Crossbones.

www.skullandcrossbuns.com

May Winner, Viv of  Daizy-Mae's Crafty Blog, is Guest Designer for this challenge. She is such a talented cardmaker with an ecclectic style. Treat yourself to a stroll though her blog and you will surely be inspired.

For my card, I framed the mermaid's tail from Inner Mermaid by Julie Ebersole on a panel created with liquid watercolr from Hero Arts. The sentiment is heat embossed with silver EP.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog, See what Viv and the Design Team have created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations and have chance to win. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages. Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space. All challenge details are on the Less Is More blog.

I'm also playing at:

Watercooler Wednesday #228 - Feminine Anything Goes

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Any Occasion

Udon Worry, Be Happy

It's time for a new challenge at Less Is More.

Take 3 words or 3 images or 3 colors - something where you have 3 of an item.

Our Wonderful Sponsor:

Visible Image Stamps

Guest Designer: 

Joanne James - The Crafty Owl

Our January Winner

For my card, I stamped, colored and die cut 3 udon noodle bowls from Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Wasabi by Julie Ebersole. I popped them up, placed them on a stenciled background, and added the punny sentiment. It cracks me up!

Please head on over to the Less Is More Challenge Blog and see what the Design Team and our wonderful Guest Designer has created. We hope you'll feel inspired to play along with us to share your creations and a chance to win.

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages.Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space.

Our Facebook page for regular updates can be found HERE as well as our Instagram page HERE and if you add your cards to Instagram do tag us in your post using @lessismorechallenge so that we can hop along and 'like' your creations.

I'm also playing at:

AAA Cards #135

Stamped image, Die Cut, Stencil - for a friend

Challenge #332 - Make Your Mark

Oh Snap!

It's a new month and that means a new challenge at Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge! The twist for August is SEQUINS. I wanted to do the twist, so I decided to create a shaker card. I used a pre-cut winow card from my stash for my card base. I made a shaker pouch with my Fuse tool and filled it with Pretty Pink Christmas sequins from Little Things From Lucy's Cards. I then used the gingerbread cookie and a sentiment from Ellen Hutson's Tis The Season (retired) by Julie Ebersole to complete my card. The images and sentiments in this set just crack me up.

Please head over the to Happy Little Stampers August Christmas Challenge and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. Play with us for a chance to win a $20 coupon to spend at the Happy Little Stampers Shop! Check out all the details HERE. If you use stamps by Happy Little Stampers, and you are chosen as the Random Winner, your prize will be doubled!

I am also playing at:

Inkspirational #166 - Designers Choice. Make a card in 10 minutes or less.
I made this card in 8 minutes and 37 seconds!

The 12 Months Of Christmas Link Up #44

Anything Goes with an optional twist of greenery

Addicted To Stamps And More #303 - Holiday

The Merry Christmas Challenge - July 15 - August 14

Anything Christmas

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #33 - Anything Goes