Pumpkin Fun

Hello! Well it feels more like winter than fall here, our heated blankets are out and the puppies are all cuddling together in piles!

My card today is more Halloween inspiration for Stamper's Delights. Meet Chibi Halloween Sachi. Isn't she a stunner dressed in her cat halloween outfit? 

I printed her on to Stamping card and colored her with Copic markers. I then printed a 2nd version on to masking paper and carefully cut around the part of her that was covering the moon. This was then used to mask her so I could stencil the moon. 
I used grey ink for the stenciling then added yellow ink to give the moon a glow. 
My image was then cut down so it fit on an A7 card with a purple mat underneath.
finally I added some shine to areas of the image.

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Thank you for taking time to read my post, I hope it has given you inspiration for your halloween crafts!

Flying by....

 Hello! Fall has finally arrived I just wish someone would tell the weather! We still have above normal temperatures

My card today is showcasing Stamper's Delights Chibi Agnes 3. Halloween is just around the corner and this image is great for your crafts.

Isn't she a cutie? I would love hair like this - maybe one day! 

I colored her with my Copic markers adding some finalizer to give texture to her hair and broomstick.

Using a circle die I then cut my stamping card into a circle with a flat side.

My card base is an A2 size matted with black card and some digital spotty paper.

I inked the edge of Agnes's circle with distress ink and adhered in place lining up the flat edge with the edge of the design paper.

Boo! and a bat die cut just finished the design.

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Thank you for taking time to read my post, I hope it has given you inspiration for your halloween crafts!

Off Duty Witch

 Good afternoon. It's another hot day here but at least it's now cooling at night!

Halloween is here next month and of course the witching hour will be upon us! My card today is from a off duty witch, I don't know what this Stamper's Delight character has in mind but she's brewing up something instead of out flying her broomstick. Meet Anime Witch's Night Off:

Isn't the cat hanging on her hat the cutest? I arranged my scene with the clock and sentiment, printed and trimmed to size. She was then colored with Copic markers and the edges inked with distress ink.

I matted an A2 card base with purple card - coordinating with her outfit and added my image. 

A simple card but the scene didn't need much to assenuate it.

Stamper's Delights have a great collection of images for your Halloween crafts in their store!

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Trick or Treat!

 Good afternoon! We are tucked up in the Tennessee Smokey Mountains for a little break just relaxing and having fun.

My post today is more inspiration using 2 sets the Spooky Nights new release from Crescent Creations. Happy Halloween and Trick or Treat.

Because these are PNG filled with white they are easy to scene build. I started with the landscape from Happy Halloween and placed 2 of the Trick or Treat characters behind it. Everything was resized and I added the sentiment before printing onto Stamping cardstock.

The scene was colored with Copic markers and the background inked with distress ink.

Black glaze pen was added to the "cat" noses and the letters of the sentiment, this makes them a darker black and gives them a shine.

So as not to take away from the scene I just added the image onto an A7 black card base.

Crescent Creations not only sell their own digital products but also sell a whole collection of other products.

Thank you for stopping by and if you love what you see please let me know in the comment section 😊

Spooky Release

 Good afternoon! I am loving the weather currently - sunshine and warm temperatures means we can have the doors and windows open and fresh air blowing through the house!

Today is new release for a company that is new to me - Sunshine and Bee Designs have some gorgeous new digital images. To celebrate we are having an Instagram Hop - If you want to join us and be in with a chance of winning the whole new release then head to my Instagram page for details.

I just had to use the Frankie Fox images: Mummy and Skeleton and I printed them out larger than usual so I could make shaped cards with them:

For both images I colored them in Copic markers and used my scan n cut to fussy cut them. I used the off set to make the images slightly larger and cut 2 of each in an orange cardstock. I scored the top of the head on one of the orange pieces, added glue to this and adhered the second orange image to this. Finally I just glued my Foxes to their respective outlines.

Mummy Frankie Fox left their hands, feet and tips of tail and ears unbandaged so their fur peeked through. 

 

Skeleton Frankie Fox has his glow in the dark outfit on and can't wait to go Trick or Treating

For both images I added Nuvo Crystal glaze to their eyes and Skeleton Frankie's nose to make them shine more.

The Instagram hop is live until October 5th and winners will be announced on the Sunshine and Bee Designs Instagram page

 

The Spooky Autumn new release has some super cute Halloween images but also has some gorgeous floral and sentiment verses. I will be back next week with more inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by, Leave me a comment if you love what you see and then go hop over to Instagram for a chance to win the full new release

Halloween Fun

 Good afternoon! I'm so over the heat of summer and can't wait for the fall temperatures. Fall is my favorite season, I love all the color changes and crisp air.

With Fall comes Halloween and Stamper's Delights Kawaii new release this month is all about the dress up with the re-release of the cutie Frankie-Stein:

He's all ready to head out trick a treating! I started by designing my background. I used a star (included in the collection!) and copied and pasted it numerous times then printed and colored it. Frankie was colored with Copic markers and I fussy cut him. When I added him to the star background the colors of the stars were too busy. I decided instead of adding a sentiment to the image to do the same as my background but printed it onto striped vellum This over lay toned down the colors of the stars making Frankie pop more!

I matted a black card base with Orange card, and added all my layers. Frankie was then added using foam squares to give dimension.

Head on over to the Stamper's Delights Store to see all of this week’s New Releases.

Why not stop by the Stamper's Delight Facebook page for regular news and inspiration from my Teamies you can also enter the progressive challenge there, no blog needed and if you sign up for the Stamper's Delight Membership you will get free images to enter the challenge with!

All the design team projects are available on the Inspiration blog - hop on over there for more inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by and if you like what you see please leave a comment to let me know!

Dressing Up Gnomes

 Good evening! it's been a cold few days here, makes you want to snuggle up on the couch all day!

Today's post is using some digital stamps I've had a couple of months and not been able to get round to using them. So today I printed them and enjoyed myself coloring them. They are cute freebies from TLC Designs.

The first one I thought was so funny! given the USA's current situation with voting I thought, forget the Republicans and Democrats and vote Gnome!

Isn't he just the great! He is from TLC designs and is called Gnorman. He some with a bunch of sentiments including the ones I have used and as well as election time would be great for Independence Day. I resized him, arranged his sentiments, printed him and colored with Copic markers trying to emulated the colors of the Statue of Liberty. He was matted with a coordinating card stock and placed on an A& card base.

My next card is a Halloween card for a little girl Mollie is going to spend Halloween with using Jack O'Gnome:

Another great image! I just love the mass of curls for his beard! This image comes with all sorts of extras including papers one of which I have used. I printed and colored him again with Copic markers I then fussy cut him. I matted an A2 card base with the leafy paper and added Jack to it. I couldn't make one of the sets sentiments fit my card since the pumpkin was so round so I used a Spellbinders die to make my Eek and boO!

I loved coloring these guys, but gnomes are always fun to play with!

Thanks for stopping by and if you love what you see please leave me some love in the comments.

Shake the Mummy

 Good Morning! The rain has finally arrived and brought cooler weather with it - Thank goodness.

Guess what - It's Tuesday! so head on over to Digi Choosday and enter our challenge - The design team are focusing on Halloween and making shaker cards so I chose Spooky Mummy as my inspiration image:

What I Did:

I resized and printed the image twice, once on stamping card and once on printable acetate.

I colored him and cut the body from the card one. I then glued the acetate on so the body was on show giving me a window for my shaker. Turning my image over I cover the back side with foam tape excluding the window. I filled the window area with sequins, removed the backing from the foam tape and placed a piece of white card over this. this sealed the sequins in place giving me my shaker. I then added this onto an A7 card base which had been matted with black cardstock. As the image filled the card I didn't feel anything else what needed on that card.

What I Used:

Digital Image: Polkadoodles - Spooky Mummy

Stamping Card: X-Press It

Alcohol Markers: Copic

Acetate: From my stash

White Cardstock: Neenah Solar White

Black Card: Linda Chapman

Foam Tape: Dollar Store

Sequins: Dollar Store

Glue: ZipDry

The Digi Choosday Challenge runs for 2 weeks, it is always anything goes so there is no reason not to enter and you never know you may just win!

 Looking for more inspiration? Then check out my teamies designs over on the Facebook page, you can also post your own Polkadoodles' designs on the Craft Stamp and Colour with Polkadoodles Facebook group

Thanks for stopping by, now go join the challenge!

Frankie Stein is Trick or Treating

 Good afternoon, we have had a rough week this week, 2 of our very dear neighbors have moved homes, one to a completely new state. Then Mollie's well loved bunny Snowball died. We've worked through it all and I am so proud of Mollie, even though she has been devastated at losing Snowball she never let her school work slip!

On to better news - It's Kawaii new release over at Stamper's Delights and if you love Halloween you need to check it out. We have some adorable Trick or Treaters for you. I got to play with the super cute Frankie Stein:

What I Did:

I resized the image and the star, I added the sentiment to the star and printed everything. I then used my Scan N Cut to fussy cut them. They were then colored with alcohol markers.

My A7 card base was matted with orange cardstock and a piece of Halloween themed digital design paper. I added my star so it went off the edge of card and used foam to to raise Frankie off the card giving him some dimension.

What I Used:

Digital Stamps: Stamper's Delights Frankie Stein

Stamping Card: X-Press It

Alcohol Markers: Copic

Black card for base: Linda Chapman

Orange cardstock: Core'Dinations Premium

Digital Design Paper: Polkadoodles

Glue: ZipDry

Foam Pads: Dollar Store

Head on over to the Stamper's Delights Store to see all of this week’s New Releases.

Why not stop by the Stamper's Delight Facebook page for regular news and inspiration from my Teamies you can also enter the progressive challenge there, no blog needed and receive freebies! 

 

All the design team projects are available on the Inspiration blog - hop on over there for more inspiration.

I am entering this card into the following challenges

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge - Anything Goes with colouring

Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes 

Krafty Chicks Challenge - All Occasions

Thanks for stopping by and if you like what you see please leave a comment to let me know! 

Best Witches!

 Good afternoon, welcome to my final post showcasing Polkadoodles Winnie Wednesday release

Today's cards are made using the Stamp sets Best Witches Winnie Wednesday and Spooky Time

In my first card Winnie has dressed but her pet:

What I Did:

I stamped the image and colored her with alcohol markers. I then used a frame die to cut my image out,  I cut a second frame in black cardstock.

I matted an A2 card base with orange cardstock and paper from the new Boneshakin Paper pack.

I stamped my sentiment and matted this with black cardstock. Finally I added my image and adhered the black frame around her.

What I Used: 

Stamps: Polkadoodles - Best Witches Winnie Wednesday Clear Stamps

Design Paper: Polkadoodles Boneshakin Halloween 6x6in Paper Pack

Stamping Card; X-Press It

Alcohol Markers: Copic

Frame Die: Gina Marie

Black and Orange Cardstock: Core'Dinations Premium Heavyweight

Glue: ZipDry

My next card I used Winnie dressed as a witch and did a background for her using Spooky Time:

What I Did:

I stamped Winnie and the sentiment onto stamping card, I colored her then used my Scan N Cut to fussy cut her. For my background I used Distress Oxide inks and blended them together. I then stamped the web and spider along with some cute bats. Their eyes were lost in the background so I added these with a white gel pen. I added this to an A2 card base. I added Winnie to my card, the sentiment looks too white so I colored over this with an alcohol marker, edged it in black and adhered it in place.    

What I Used: 

Stamps: Polkadoodles - Best Witches Winnie Wednesday Clear Stamps

              Polkadoodles - Spooky Time Clear Stamps

Stamping Card: X-Press It

Alcohol Markers: Copic

Blending card: Bristol Smooth

Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide

Gel Pen: Gelly Roll

Black card: Core'Dinations Premium Heavy Weight

Glue: ZipDry

Looking for more inspiration? Then check out my teamies designs over on the Facebook page, you can also post your own Polkadoodles' designs on the Craft Stamp and Colour with Polkadoodles Facebook group

Thanks for stopping by.

Trick or Treating and Graveyard Fun for Halloween

 Good afternoon, hope you are enjoying your weekend, we need to get out and clear the garden now we've had most of the veggies from it!

I'm continuing with showcasing the Polkadoodles Halloween new release. Today I have designed 2 cards using 2 stamp sets - Happy Halloween Winnie Wednesday and Spooky Time:

My first is a trick or treat scene:

What I Did:

I Stamped Winnie first then masked her to stamp the spooky house. I then colored the images. I made the images into a full scene by freehand adding a path, grass and a starry sky. Finally I stamped bats and the BOO sentiment.

My A7 card base was matted with orange cardstock which I stamped with the bats. I then added a strip of black cardstock and a piece of design paper.

My image was matted with black cardstock and added to the base.

What I Used:

Stamps Polkadoodles - Happy Halloween Winnie Wednesday Clear Stamps

             Polkadoodles - Spooky Time Clear Stamps

Stamping Card: X-Press It

Alcohol Markers: Copic

White Pen for 'stars' - Uniball Signo Broad

Black and Orange Cardstock: Core'Dinations Premium

Design Paper: Polkadoodles - Bone Shakin Halloween 6x6 paper pack 

Glue: ZipDry

My second card is Winnie Wednesday in a grave yard:

What I Did:

This was a simple card, I ink blended my background using Distress Oxide inks. Once dry I then stamped the images from Spooky Time to create my scene. Winnie Wednesday was stamped and then fussy cut her. She does have pumpkins on the original stamp but I decided to use her without these. I then colored her with alcohol markers. I matte an A2 card base with orange cardstock then added my background. finally I adhered Winnie to the corner of the card. 

What I Used: 

Stamps Polkadoodles - Happy Halloween Winnie Wednesday Clear Stamps

             Polkadoodles - Spooky Time Clear Stamps

Stamping Card: X-Press It

Alcohol Markers: Copic

Blending card - Bristol Smooth

Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide

Black and Orange Cardstock: Core'Dinations Premium Heavyweight

Looking for more inspiration? Then check out my teamies designs over on the Facebook page, you can also post your own Polkadoodles' designs on the Craft Stamp and Colour with Polkadoodles Facebook group

Thanks for stopping by.

Winnie Wednesday and her Skull!

 Good afternoon, Thank goodness it's Friday, my week days are filled with supervising school work so the weekend means a mental break!

Today I'm showing more of the New release stamps from Polkadoodles. I'm once again using Boneshakin Halloween Winnie Wednesday:

What I Did:

I stamped the image and pumpkin onto stamping card, I then used my scan n cut to cut the images out before I colored them with alcohol markers.

I matted a black A2 card base with orange card stock, I also cut a mat from black cardstock but die cut a Halloween aperture from this before adhering to my card. I stamped the sentiment in the middle of the aperture and arranged my images on the card to finish the design.

What I Used:

Stamps: Polkadoodles - Boneshakin Halloween Winnie Wednesday Clear Stamps

Stamping Card: X-Press It

Alcohol Markers: Copic

Black Card: Core'Dinations Premium

Die: Gina Marie

Orange Cardstock: Core'Dinations Premium

Glue: Zip Dry

Looking for more inspiration? Then check out my teamies designs over on the Facebook page, you can also post your own Polkadoodles' designs on the Craft Stamp and Colour with Polkadoodles Facebook group

Thanks for stopping by.

Bone Shakin' Halloween

 Good afternoon! I have all the house doors open letting the cooler air in to the house, It's so much better than the air con! The dogs love it too. 

Halloween isn't that fair away and Polkadoodles have released a great set of clear stamps using their cute Winnie Wednesday! I have designed a collection of cards for this new release and over the next few days I will be showcasing them for you.

My first card is using Boneshakin Halloween Winnie Wednesday, there are 2 main images in this set with lots of  embellishment stamps you can use with them. My card is using Winnie sitting on a huge pumpkin:

What I Did: 

I started by stamping the main image onto stamping card, I then masked the edge of this and stamped the cat. This gives the impression the cat is behind the pumpkins. The sentiment was then stamped across the top. I then colored the image with alcohol markers.

I matted a black A2 card base with purple card stock and design paper from the Boneshakin Halloween Paper Pack. 

My Image was trimmed to fit may card and matted with black and purple cardstock before adhering to the card base with foam tape. 

What I Used:

Stamps: Polkadoodles - Boneshakin Halloween Winnie Wednesday Clear stamp Set

Stamping Card: X-Press It

Alcohol Markers: Copic

Design Paper: Polkadoodles - Boneshakin Halloween 6x6 Paper Pack 

Card Base and black card Mat: Core'dinations premium heavy weight cardstock

Purple Card: Tonic

Looking for more inspiration? Then check out my teamies designs over on the Facebook page, you can also post your own Polkadoodles' designs on the Craft Stamp and Colour with Polkadoodles Facebook group

Thanks for stopping by.

All Dressed up for Halloween

Good morning, sorry I have been absent for a month but I have had personal stuff going on and crafting was the last thing on my mind.

However, today is the start of a brand new challenge over at SumMore Fun and we have made some big changes.

 The challenge will now be run via the fan Facebook group SumMore Fun Creations

Yes that means you no longer need a blog to enter, just add a photo to the challenge album share our challenge on your Facebook page with the tag #SumMoreFunCreations and you have entered!

We have also decided to move away from mood boards and will have a monthly theme this is to encourage you to try new things.

The challenge will now be monthly but there are 2 ways you can win, we will still pick over all winner randomly we will also have a design team top pick.

On to my make, This month's theme is All Dressed Up this can be Halloween, Thanksgiving even Christmas its up to you!

I have used a SumMore Fun cute set called Halloween Kids:

Isn't he just the cutest? The stamp set comes with 6 kids, sentiments and a jack-o-lantern.

They are a1l available as individual stamps too I love this little mummy so had to use him for my first showcase this month.  It's a very simple card - I stamped him and the sentiment onto white X-press It card and colored him with alcohol markers I then added a die cut web and spider adding silver gel pen to suspend the spider. My purple card base was matted with back card and my image.

So want to join our challenge and get the chance to win a gift certificate to SumMore Fun? come over to our Facebook Fan group and enter the challenge  

                                                                                                                 

Want some discount too? Use the code SHARON10 at check out and I will save you 10%

Thank you for stopping by, If you are looking for more inspiration check out my teamies creations on the Blog, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Batty

Good afternoon, we've had a lovely fall day today, Mollie did a cross country run and it was nice to be outside without the overpowering heat.

As Halloween draws ever nearer I am loving using cute images to make a collection of cards.

Today I am showcasing another or the cutsie Lili Of The Valley ones:

Meet Furry Babies Bat:

Isn't he just the most adorable little bat you have seen??

I colored him and his background using Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils for accents. I added extra tiny stars with white and gold gel markers before matting my image onto black and amber card.

I made a 7 x 5 inch base card and matted this with the same colors of card and some free digital paper with the word Boo! on it.

I used some coordinating ribbon as a border underneath my image and added my Boo sentiment to this using foam dots.

I few black pearls either side of the sentiment were added to draw the eye to it.

Thank you for stopping by and if you like what you see please head to the comments section and let me know!

Cats and Pumpkins

Good afternoon, the temperatures fell this afternoon, it was so nice to have the doors open and air blowing through the house. Fall is finally arriving I just hope that we have seen the end of the high temps.

Along with Fall comes Halloween and today's card is such a cute Halloween scene:

Halloween Cats is a digi stamp from Lili Of The Valley. This was my second attempt at coloring the image. My cats on the first one were a touch too dark and you couldn't quite make out their features. 

I colored the image with Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils. I followed Mindy Baxter's tutorial for creating a Halloween background which I think turned out well and really shows off the characters. 

The image is actually framed so I colored this in black rather than adding a mat layer to it.

 I made a 5 x 7 inch card base and matted this with orange and black card. The design paper is a free digital paper which I felt coordinated well. I stamped my Trick or Treat Sentiment on orange card and matted this with black. After arranging my image and sentiment I placed black pearls to balance out the design.

Lili of The Valley used to be my favorite stamp company when I lived in the UK as we lived in the same town as their store I was a frequent customer. I hadn't bought many stamps from them since moving to USA but now they do digital stamps and I don't have to wait for them to be shipped that has changed 😁

Thank you for stopping by and if you like what you see please head to the comments section and let me know!

If the shoe fits......

Good morning from a wet Michigan but we sure do need the rain. Just hope that it doesn't increase the humidity even more!

It's Day 2 of the Riley and Company new release week and I'm sticking with the Halloween theme this morning - It's witching hour!

I love this sentiment - Yes If the Shoe Fits you need the broom and hat to complete the outfit! However I have feet not dissimilar to Riley so wearing the shoes on the sentiment would be a no go for me!

I stamped and inked the edges of the sentiment and matte it on orange card. Standing Witch with Broom was colored with alcohol markers, die cut with a scalloped die and I colored the edges to match with the other mats. I generated the witches shoe paper using a software package and matted my white card base with orange card and the design paper.

Don't forget this week we have special offers:

First up is the Dress up bundle:

This includes all three new Dress Up Clear stamp sets, all three matching die sets and a shirt die! You also get free shipping!!!! It's over 25% off - at a sale price of $90 but only for a limited time only! Get yours now!!!

How about some free shipping?

That's right - we will give you free shipping on any order over $15 until Sunday at midnight. This includes our new release and our entire stock!

Just enter the code FREESHIP in the coupon code when you check out.

Thank you for stopping by, you can find the stamps I have used over in the new release section on the Riley and Company store website . For more inspiration check out the Riley and Company Blog. Or for more news about what the Moose and his pals are up to head on over to the company Facebook page