Crazy Halloween

 It's time for a new AAA Cards Challenge. Game #51 is Halloween 4 Everyone - All styles.

I just love these Stampers Anonymous Crazy Birds that are everywhere. I've had them for a while, and finally inked them up for this challenge.  This is a bit of a departure from my style of late, but I really love the way this one turned out.

I am also linking up and playing with th following challenges:

Retro Sketches #187 

Addicted To CAS-Spooky

Friday Mashup: Halloween With The Divas

This week's Mashup Challenge:

• Create a project for Halloween.
• Create a project featuring some Ribbon.
• or Mash it Up! and create a project for Halloween with some Ribbon.
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Inkspirational #94: Cute Halloween or Pumpkin/Owl

SimonSaysStamp.com Monday Challenge: Monster Mash

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Happy Easter

The jelly beans in this week's Curtain Call Challenge put me in mind of this gorgeous Easter Eggs BG stamp from Peddler's Pack that I have had for 8 years have never used. The Retro Sketches sketch for this week was perfect to showcase my image.  And it goes without saying that this creation is a perfect fit for Darnell Krauss's NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff) Challenge.  Darnell is a very talented crafter/blogger/comedienne.  Stop by her blog for a truly delightful experience, and play her NBUS Challenge

I embossed my image with gold EP, then sponged it with Distress Inks.  I then colored bits and pieces of the eggs with water color pencils using the brush to pencil tip method.  The stitched banner is from Lil Inkers, and the image (another NBUS item) is from PTI's Egg Hunt set.

Thank you so much for coming by for a visit. I always appreciate your views and your comments. Have a great day.

Thoughts of You

My blogger friend Joyce of Cards-by-the-Sea, who is such an avid crafter and is so supportive with her comments, made THIS fabulous card recently.  As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to CASE it.  So with her creation as inspiration along with this week's Retro Sketches challenge, 

and this week's Less Is More challenge

SAND

which for this week is to use the color, the texture, scenes of sandy places, sandpaper, actual sand... or wherever your imagination takes you,

I came up with this card.

I love these starfish and sand dollar images and dies from WPlus9. I have owned them for a while, but I have never inked them up. Joyce's card inspired me to pull them out and enjoy them.  The Retro Sketch was the perfect layout for my idea.  As for the Less Is More challenge, I have not played in such a long time. My crafting time has been slim over the last year in particular.  I am a beach lover, so coming up with something with SAND as my inspiration to play this week (finally) was fun.  The best part is that when my 13 year old son saw my card, he said "I love the way the background looks like a sandy beach". That is just what I was going for, so yay!

Thank you so much for coming by today.  I am off for the summer. That combined with the weather having been so stormy here in the North Eastern part of the US for several days, has resulted in my getting much longed for crafting time.  Be well.

Images-WPlus9 Guiding Light, PTI Crackled

Sentiment-MFT Essential Sentiments

Happy Spooky Halloween!

I had fun looking through my Halloween stash today and coming up with this card.  My color inspiration was Dynamic Duos #20 and CASual Fridays CFC70, and my design was taken from Retro Sketch #29.  Thank you for coming by.  Have a great day!

You & Me Forever

This card is born of a combination of challenges and a Splitcoast Stampers tutorial. Retrosketches for the layout, Paper Players for the colors and SCS for the bow. I am skidding in at the last moment for Retro Sketches. I loved this sketch, the colors came together and the SCS tutorial on tying a bow came in handy.  Thanks so much for visiting today.

Supplies:

Stamps~PTI Tranquility Trilogy, Love and Marriage.

Paper~SU Melon Mambo & Basic Gray, PTI White.

Ink~SU Melon Mambo, Memento Pear Tart & London Fog, VersaFine Onyx Black.

Accessories~SU Top Note Die, Nestabilities, Dimensionals, Lifestyle Crafts EF, Basic Gray 3/8 Taffeta Ribbon.

Congrats Kelly

I needed a graduation card for a dear friend's daughter whose school colors are red, black and white. I made this with the inspiration of Retro Sketch #12 for my layout, and Paper Players #96 which was to use Polka Dots.  I did not complete the card before those challenges closed, but I do love the result of the inspiration.  I hope she likes it as it is filled with loving wishes for a beautiful future.  Thank you for stopping by today!

Congratulations

                                           

My stepson and his girlfriend recently got engaged, and I wanted to make them a very special card to congratulate them.  I really had such a hard time coming up with something that I loved.  With inspiration from Retrosketches #7 and Catered Crop Krafty Recipe Swap (use Kraft paper somewhere in your project), I think I finally got there.  Whew!

Thank you for coming by today.  Be well.

Supplies:

Stamps~PTI Love & Marriage, Scattered Showers.

Ink~VersaMark, VeraFine Onyx Black.

Paper~PTI Kraft, Aqua Mist, Everyday Blessings DP.

Accessories~White embossing powder, Nestabilities, Dimensionals, Scor-Tape, PTI Double Banner Die and Filigree Border Die, Twinery Caribbean twine.

Beyond The Clouds

I am squeeking in on this CAS-ual Fridays #45 submission - about 90 minutes to go!  This week's challenge is to create a clean & simple project using pastels and black.  I used Copic markers to create this rainbow pattern - a technique I learned from last week's Make It Monday #58 tutorial on Nichole Heady's blog.  I used this week's Retrosketch #4 as my inspiration for the layout.  I really love this new challenge blog. I am really tickled with this creation.

 

Supplies

Stamps~PTI Movers and Shakers Sentiments, Scattered Showers.

Paper~Neenah Solar White, PTI White, Gina K Pure Luxury Black.

Ink~VersaFine Onyx Black.

Accessories~Copic Markers, PTI Cloud 1&2 die collection, Scattered Showers die collection, Tag Sale #5 die, Sunshine Impression plate; Dimensionals, corner rounder.

Thanks you so much for coming by today!



Top O' The Mornin'

There is a great new challenge out there - Retro Sketches. Today's creation is made from inspiration from Retro Sketches and Colour Q.  I turned the sketch on its side.  The Colour Q colors screamed St. Paddy's Day, and so I pulled out this digi stamp I had for a year and put it to use.

Supplies:
Stamps~  Heather Ellis - Pure Innocence #24 Digi, Just Rite Happy Everything Tag Making Kit.
Paper~Certainly Celery, Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety, White, DCWV Textured Cardstock.
Ink~VersaFine Onyx Black, Garden Green.
Accessories~Dimensionals, Copic markers, Nestabilities, Sponge, PTI Background Basics Diamond Impression Plate.