A Happy Halloween

I Have these wonderful prints on fabric from Crafty Secrets that I have had in my stash forever. I recently used one for a card for the current Time Out Challente (Vintage), and now I am thinking of ways to use them in time to get Halloween Cards out. This is something I say I am going to do every year, and usually don't.

I used Jaydee's sketch from The Paper Players #PP663 as my design inspiration.

Hopefully I will get more of these done this week and in the mail to my favorite goblins and Halloween lovers!

I am also playing at:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #580 - Halloween Fun

Double D Challenges: Pumpkins

Vintage Halloween

 

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out, and this time we are challenged to be: VINTAGE.  There are many, many ways you can go with this one. The majority of experts have agreed that items over 50 years old but less than 100 years old can be called "vintage". Old, but not that old. Like me! LOL! It can also mean the year or place in which wine, especially of high quality, was produced.

Go to Google Images and type "vintage" you will get a plethora of ideas.

We are generously sponsored by Doodlebugs. Challenge winner as chosen by our Design Team will receive a $25.00 store credit to spend at the Doodlebugs store. Our winner will also be invited to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

We welcome Cynthia Olheiser of Stampin' In Alaska and winner of Time Out #246, as our Guest Designer. Check out her fabulous Vintage creation on the Time Out Challenge Blog.

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog and see what Cynthia and the Design Team have created for our inspiration. Come play with us!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Lawn Cuts
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Essentials By Ellen Ebony Black Papertrey Ink Ocean Tides Authentique Enchanted 6x6 Patterned Paper Bundle Crafty Secrets Halloween Images & Journal Notes      (Heartwarming Vintage Collection)
Ink
Embellishments	Twine, PTI Autumn Mix Vintage Button Collection
Other	Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer Bearly Art Precision Glue We R Memory Keepers Layer Guides

I'm also playing at:

Just Us Girls - Color Week

Tic, Tac, Toe #229

Middle Row - Veritcal

Twine, Patterned Paper, Die Cut

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge

Anything Goes Halloween

Four Seasons

October - Anything Goes - Fall

Trick Or Treat

A new challenge starts today at Can You Handle The Pressure? where the theme is always Anything Goes with an Embossing Folder and an optional twist. Heat embossing is welcome, but not required. An Embossing Folder must be used. For this challenge, the twist is "WREATHS".

I embossed my brown card base with a Darice Honeycomb EF. I die cut a piece of textured orange card stock with a Die-namics Fishtail Flag die. I stamped, colored and die cut ghosts, pumpkins and spider with Ghost Friends and Trick or Treat Friends from Pretty Pink Posh. I popped them up on the wreath die cut (Hero Arts, I think). The Trick or Treat die cut is from Papertrey Ink. The twine is from Lawn Fawn (I think).

Please head over to the Can You Handle The Pressure Challenge? blog to check out the Design Team inspiration projects. You are sure to be impressed (pun intended)! Then dive into your embossing folder collection and join us with or without the twist! Just be sure to use an embossing folder on your creation!

I'm also playing at:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge

November Anything Halloween

This is Halloween November Challenge

Trick Or Treat?

A new challenge starts today at Can You Handle The Pressure? where the theme is always Anything Goes with an Embossing Folder and an optional twist. Heat embossing is welcome, but not required. An Embossing Folder must be used. For this challenge, the twist is "orange/black". The challenge goes from October 8th - 19th.

My background is embossed with the SSS Cute Ghosts EF on black card stock. I die cut the rick rack with an unnamed die set from my stash, and added the stamped and die cut circle from a long ago retired set from Waltzingmouse Stamps called Midnight Feast.

Please head over to the Can You Handle The Pressure Challenge? blog to check out the Design Team inspiration projects. You are sure to be impressed (pun intended)! Then dive into your embossing folder collection and join us with or without the twist! Just be sure to use an embossing folder on your creation!

I'm also playing at:

Tic Tac Toe Challege #182

First colomn - Halloween, Orange, Embossing

Make THe Cards Challenge - Halloween

Little Red Wagon #674 - Spooky Halloween

Fab'n'Funky #558 - Embossing Wet or Dry

Double D - Octoberfest

This is Halloween - October

Two Old Bats - October Anything Halloween

Ghosts & Goblins

 

Less Is More #473 starts today and ends on September 23rd. We are challenged to create a Clean & Simple card in black & white. 

The celebration of Halloween (October 31st) is big in the US, so I have that in my head at this time of year. The Halloween candy has been out in the stores since July.

My card features Poppy Stamps Ghost Collage die, cut in black & white with the negative black pieces inlaid. I stenciled stars with white ink onto a black card base, popped the ghosts up on them and added a sentiment from  SSS Sentiment Strips Halloween Senthal to complete my card.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple which we define as designs that include large areas of CLEAR AND CLEAN space with NO PATTERN, NO INK and NO TEXTURE See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

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I'm also playing at:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge

September - Anything Goes

This is Halloween - September 2022

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

National Cat Day

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.

Today's festivities are in celebration of National Cat Day, which takes place on October 29th. The challenge runs from October 15th - October 25th.

I like to create a card for our challenge that goes with the celebration theme. To create my card, I used Stampers Anonymous Snarky Cat Halloween stamp set to create a Halloween scene. The background is cut from a sheet of Halloween themed patterned paper from Creative Memories that has been in my stash for a very long time. I stamped, Copic colored and fussy cut the cat, pumpkin, broom and bat images and arranged them on the panel of patterned paper. I gave the bat a heavy coating of Wink Of Stella for texture and sparkle, and adhered that panel to a slimline die cut panel from Catherine Pooler's Essentials Slimline Dies 

I used cat, orange and texture from the inspo list. 

Come play with us! Remember that 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!

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 - October Anything Goes

Inspired by - Fall

Fall theme, orange and dark colors, and sketch

Happy Halloween

Less Is More Challenge #453 begins today. We are challenged to create a CAS card in the colors of yellow and purple in our design. 

I thought these colors would work well for Halloween. I made a one layer card using the Six Circle Shadow stencil from A Colorful Life Designs, did some masking and inked three circles with yellow and purple DO inks. I then used images from a very old (unavailable) stamp set that has been in my stash for years - Waltzingmouse Stamps Midnight Feast. The sentiment is from Picket Fence Studios If The Broom Fits.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple which we define as designs that include large areas of CLEAR AND CLEAN space with NO PATTERN, NO INK and NO TEXTURE See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

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I'm also playing at:

Just Us Girls #604 - Halloween

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge - Anything Halloween

CAS On Friday #215 - Circles

Four Seasons Challenge - Anything Goes Fall