Tuesday, October 24, 2023

RIP Mr. Bones

My sister loves skeletens so when I saw this latest die cut set by Tim Holtz, I had to get him. It's a doozy - lots of pieces to put together but I love how it came out and so did she! I added him onto some speckled paper and it made for a pretty easy card once I assembled all the pieces.  

Cupcake Inspirations - Halloween Fun
Crafting Happiness - Halloween



Monday, October 23, 2023

Hive Been Thinking of You

 Make My Monday - Pun/Fun Sentiment

Bees by Honey Bee Stamps
Sentiment by Taylored Expressions


Saturday, October 21, 2023

Pam's stocking

I love these stockings by Concord & 9th. They come with stitching although I did stitch Pam's name on the top without using their stitched part of the stocking. I figure since she has a short name, she gets a personalized stocking this holiday season. I made the background with tone on tone stamps. 

Fab n' Funky - Make it Female



Friday, October 20, 2023

Wishing You a Spectacular Halloween

These Tim Holtz pumpkins are sure fun to put together but have ALOT of pieces!! I cut apart a saying from Purple Onion Stamps to make it fit up and down on the side of the card and I used splattered cardstock for the background. Shiny black bat die cuts added by Impression Obsession. I made several versions of this card, some with bats, some without. 

Thought I would show off my pumpkin purse I found at Marshall's back in August. I saw it on the Fall/Halloween Facebook group and had to have it. I was shocked when I found it at my store. I also have a haunted house purse too!! I'll have to show that one off too later. 

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Pumpkins
Try it on Tuesday - Halloween




Thursday, October 19, 2023

Ghost with family pictures on wall

I thought this was a fun scene to create and added a brick wall behind the main ghost. 

C.R.A.F.T. - Halloween/Thanksgiving
Inspired by - Ghosts (I am inspired by the ghosts) 
Try it on Tuesday - Halloween

Stamps by Ellen Hutson
Brick wall by Darcie






Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Deck the Whales

I thought this was a cute card for our son's bonus kids who are 8 and 4 :).  They do call us "Grammy" and "Grampy".  I used a stencil for the oval die cut to make it look like water. 

Sweet Stampin - Gingham/Tartan/Plaid

Stamps and die cuts by Avery Elle
Stencil by Gina Marie "Water Ripples"
Oval Die cut by Gina Marie Designs


Monday, October 16, 2023

Christmas skiing and presents

The Greetery sure came out with a cute car set this year!! You can do so much with it and with this challenge being in brown and red, I knew I had to use it. For my birch trees, I chose this technique at Splitcoast to do it with my Distress Mica Stain in Crooked Broomstick which is the perfect shade of brown for this challenge. You can see it done here and it's very easy to do. All you need is an old credit card and some paint or ink to do some swiping of the trees. It's more like flicking side to side. So easy!! I decided to add some presents and some skiis to the back. Aren't they the cutest? 

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - October challenge Brown + Red






Sunday, October 15, 2023

Manger scene in Embroidery Hoop

I love this new set by Concord & 9th. You can use it with stamps or just the stencils. This one I chose to use the embroidery hoop and then just stencil it on with no stamps. I have 25 cards made so far so I have a good head start on my cards this year. This one is really quick and easy to make.

Girlz Creative Christmas - Stitching real or faux
Peace on Earth - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Add some texture

Stencils by Concord & 9th
Die cuts by The Greetery
Aida Cloth Texture Die cut by The Greetery


Thursday, October 12, 2023

You are Bootiful

Crafty Gals Corner - Halloween Colors
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Pumpkins
Shopping Our Stash - Franken-Card (anything Halloween)
Make My Monday - Autumn Colors


Sentiment by Unity Stamps
Die cut by Reverse Confetti 


Saturday, October 7, 2023

Happy Fall Y'All!

A lot of masking pumpkins on this one but I like how it came out. 

We Love Stamping - October
Sweet Stampin' - Autumn
Crafty Gals - Signs of Fall
Fab n' Funky - Coloring
Little Red Wagon - Fall Colors

Stamps by Purple Onion Designs
Watercolored