Embellishments … Challenge 315

Good morning,

Today I am sharing my card for the Cut it Up Challenge. You can find the challenge HERE.

https://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/

For these challenges, a die-cut is anything made with a manual or an electronic die-cutting machine. (Spellbinders, Cricut, MFT dies, Silhouette, etc.). Store bought die-cuts are also acceptable. Please note that handheld punches and/or paper-piecing’s DO NOT count as a die-cut

Our prompt this new challenge is “Use Embellishments”

These are my Halloween cards. I used one of the great layouts from Call me Craft Al. The sketch shows some greenery, and I decided to add googlie eyes to them.

Supplies: 5.50 x 4.25 card

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio and Stampin Up!
• Design paper from Colorbok (Marbled), DCWV (Halloween), ProvoCraft (Speckled Frog) and The Paper Studio (Textured Halloween Polka)
• Dies from Kokorosa (Leaves & Pumpkin Scarecrow)
• Googlie eyes from my stash
• Ink from Scrapbook.com
• #Showusyoursheetload
• #SUYSSep2021

Thanks for stopping and remember to stop by the challenge!

The Outlawz No Stamp Challenge, Halloween

Good morning!

Hard to believe we are half way through October and Halloween is almost upon us! Soon we'll be decorationg for Christmas!

Today is the start of a new challenge at The Outlawz Challenge. You can play along HERE

This challenge discourages the use of any physical stamps or digital images. Exceptions will be made for digital paper and stamped or digital sentiments

This month our challenge is Halloween!

This is the 2nd card like this I have made. It really is very easy, fun to make and looks amazing!

Supplies: A2
Bats: Whimsy Stamps (Bats & Bubbles) & Unknown
Cardstock: Stampin Up!
Design paper: American Crafts
Sentiment: Stampin Up! (Bag of Bones)
Skeleton: Gina Marie Designs
Spider: Unknown
Spiderweb: Poppy Stamps

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(Hugs) Cara

CHALLENGESS ENTERED

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

#216-LeAnn's World 101
ENTRY #13

Gem of a Challenge

Card Making & Paper Craft Scrapbook challenge - Wk 21 Anything Goes

ENTRY #24

Crafty Calendar Challenge

October Challenge - 'Autumn Colours/Halloween'

ENTRY #70

A Perfect Time to Craft

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge for October, #10-2023

ENTRY #192

Creatalicious Challenges

Challenge #269 ANYTHING GOES with optional Halloween

ENTRY #13

Monstrous Halloween

Good evening,

I've pretty much got my craft stuff out but I've been job hunting and not spending much time making anything but I really wanted to play with paper when I saw a card on Pinterest called a Bay Window card. It was so cool that I looked up the directions on how to make one.

People, this card is so easy to make and very fun to decorate. Of course, for my first card I just did panels but you can die cut windows into them for another look.

This card does use an A2 base but I would like to try a 5 x 7 so I need to look for that or see if I can figure out the measurements. This card is so easy that I imagine figuring that out will be fairly uncomplicated.

So here is my first Bay Window card creating a fun Halloween card using an older stamp & die set from Close to My Heart which was released in 2016 I believe. I think these guys are so adorable and adding fun googly eyes just ramps them up a to hilarious!

Size: A2

Cardstock: Close to My Heart

Design Paper: Close to My Heart (Jeepers Creepers)

Embellishments: Stash (Googly eyes)

Ink: Stampin Up!

Spiderweb: Sizzix

Stamps: Close to my Heart (Monstrous Halloween)

CHALLENGES ENTERED

Retro Rubber Challenge RRCB217

Challenge 217 | Anything Goes!

Entry #3

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog

Penny's Challenge #557, Anything Goes

Entry #5

Wednesday Creative Inspirations

October Challenge | Autumn of Halloween

Entry #43

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Happy Halloween ...

Bring forth the raisins and the nuts—

To-night All-Hallow’s Spectre struts

Along the moonlit way...

~John Kendrick Bangs, "Hallowe’en," Echoes of Cheer, 1912

Good morning!

Sharing a set of Halloween cards I made using a sketch from Call me Crafty Al. I rarely make and send out a lot of Halloween cards but I have so many super cute papers and stamps and stuff that I really wanted to make some for this year!

I made my own card candy for these cards using a crop-a-dile to punch small circles. I then attached them to the card and used Judikins Diamond Glaze on top. Usually this works amazing but the glaze dried opaque instead of crystal clear so I am no sure if it an issue with temperature or if the product is getting old. Needless to say, I’m a bit disappointed in that but I am very happy with how my cards came out!

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies (A2)

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Circle punch from Marvy
• Design paper from Stampin Up! (Happy Haunting)
• Embossing folder from Lifestyle Crafts (Mesh)
• Ink is Versa claire fine
• Judikins diamond glaze
• Scallop circle punch from Stamp in Up!
• Sketch from Call me Crafty Al of Cards #SUYSJan2022 #Showusyoursheetloads
• Stamped from Stampin Up! (Batty for You)

The Outlawz Crash your Stash Challenge: Twine/Floss

Bring forth the raisins and the nuts—

To-night All-Hallow’s Spectre struts

Along the moonlit way...

~John Kendrick Bangs, "Hallowe’en," Echoes of Cheer, 1912

Good morning!

We have a new Outlawz Crash your Stash Challenge going on! You can find us HERE! The challenges will run through November 14th so come play along.

Our sponsor this month is Sheepski Designs

The challenge for this month is to use Twine/Floss (no ribbon).

For my card I used Andrea’s adorable image Trick or Treat - no 228

I was a bit surprised to realized that I didn’t have a cobweb stencil so I had to improvise. I used a die from Sizzix which I cut from a stiff super heavyweight cardstock I have and used that to create the web effect on the card. Worked pretty well!

Supplies: 5 x 7 card

• Sponsor image printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Bakers twine from American Crafts
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base), American Craft and Stampin Up!
• Clear pop of color from Scrapbook.com
• Corner punch from Stampin Up!
• Dies from Sizzix (Cobweb) (to create a stencil) and Whimsy Stamps (Bats & Bubbles)
• Ink from Stampin up!
• ProMarkers

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(Hugs) Cara

Something wicked ...

October is the month

When the smallest breeze

Gives us a shower

Of autumn leaves.

Bonfires and pumpkins,

Leaves sailing down —

October is red

And golden and brown...

~Author unknown

Good morning!

We have a new Challenge at The Outlawz Greeting Challenge located HERE. This round is sponsored Anne’s Digital Stamps and will run through October 23rd!

Our challenge is Halloween Greetings with a twist of using pumpkins.

I decided to print out a lovely leaf corner swirl then die cut into the shape of a pumpkin. Did some shading with a brush using a couple different colors.

Also love sentiment I used. If you look closely at the background of my card you will see skulls.

Supplies, 5 x 7 card

• Sponsor image (Leaves Swirl) printed on Hammermill Color Card
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Die from Sizzix (Pumpkin Jack)
• Embossing folders from Sizzix (Woodgrain) and Cuttlebug (Skull Damask)
• Ink from Stampin Up! and Versafine Claire
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Studio G

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to check out the main blog located HERE to see the other challenges!

(Hugs) Cara

Autumn Tag

The bright summer had passed away, and gorgeous autumn was flinging its rainbow-tints of beauty on hill and dale. ~Cornelia L. Tuthill, "Virginia Dare: Or, the Colony of Roanoke," 1840

Good morning!

I am just a little bit late getting my project for the current Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge posted! You can find the challenge HERE

Our poem this fortnight was picked by Lorie Hill

October

by John Updike from A Child's Calendar

The month is Amber,

Gold and Brown.

Blue ghosts of smoke

Float through the town.

Great V’s of geese

Honk overhead.

And maples turn

A fiery red.

Frost bites the lawn.

The stars are slits

In the black cat’s eye

Before he spits.

At last, small witches,

Goblins, hags,

And pirates armed

With paper bags.

Their costumes hinged

On safety pins,

Go haunt a night

Of pumpkin grins.

Our sponsor this fortnight is Polkadoodles and I am using this cute gnome image Autumn Wheelbarrow.
My inspiration comes from the line The month is Amber, Gold and Brown.

This past weekend I did a spooky basket swap with some ladies from a Facebook group I am a member of and I wanted a fun tag. This was perfect!

Supplies, Tag
Image (Autumn Wheelbarrow Halloween gnome) printed on Hammermill Color Copy
Bakers Twine from American Crafts
Cardstock from The Paper Studio (back of tag)
Die from Spellbinders (Decagons)
Momento ink
Prisma Color Pencils
Sentiment unknown (gift)

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to check out the main blog located HERE to see the other challenges we offer!

(Hugs) Cara

Progressive Freebie Challenge: October 2022

My ghost? Do you suppose I'm fool enough to go to the expense of keeping one of my own, when there are so many charming ones in my friends' closets? ~Edith Wharton, "The Eyes," Tales of Men and Ghosts, 1910

Good morning!

A new Progressive Freebie Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges on our new blog home located HERE.

If you are not playing along and wish to join the rules are very simple:

You need to be a member of The Outlawz Challenge Facebook Fan Page and you will need to send us an email to outlawzprogressivechallenge@gmx.com. We’ll send you the image. All you have to do is enter a card/project made with the image supplied before the challenges closes on the last day of the month and you will automatically get the next image. If for any reason you don’t get your project made and you would like to rejoin us, contact us and we will let you know how to jump back in. And as long as you enter before the end of the month you will get the next one free and you will then get them automatically each month you enter a project.

This month’s adorable image comes from Oddball Art. This ghostie is soooo adorable! The set also came with a fun sentiment so I just rolled with it…

As you can see, the background has boos written all over it. And if you look closely has his dapper bow tie you can see I did a little paper piecing using a digi paper with little tiny ghosties as well! I did a little fussy cutting of the ghost and his bow tie using a bit of foam to pop the tie up.

So much fun!

Supplies

• Image (Digi Stamp Creepy Cute Ghost with Boo Bunting, Spider & Bow IMG 540) printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio & Scrap bin
• Design paper unknown
• Digital design paper from Touched by a Butterfly
• Judikins liquid diamonds
• Pink marker from Crayola
• Rhinestones from my stash

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(Hugs) Cara

Who's there???

We see then that the bat is a very wonderful creature, one of Nature's triumphs and masterpieces... ~W. H. Hudson, "Bats," The Book of a Naturalist, 1919

Good morning!

This morning I am sharing a card I made for the new Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge which just started. You can find the challenge HERE

Our poem this fortnight was picked by Susan Murphy

 

Antigonish [I met a man who wasn't there] HUGHES MEARNS

Yesterday, upon the stair,

I met a man who wasn't there

He wasn't there again today

I wish, I wish he'd go away...

When I came home last night at three

The man was waiting there for me

But when I looked around the hall

I couldn't see him there at all!

Go away, go away, don't you come back anymore!

Go away, go away, and please don't slam the door... (slam!)

Last night I saw upon the stair

A little man who wasn't there

He wasn't there again today

Oh, how I wish he'd go away...

Our sponsor this challenge is Oddball Art with a $10.00 prize.

I always love using her images because she has so many fun ones to pick from! For this fun slimline card I am using an adorable image of a bat dressed up like a ghostie as my card was inspired by the lines I met a man who wasn't there He wasn't there again today I wish, I wish he'd go away... Made me think of ghosties and what better way to "go away" than use wings

I colored his wings black, then added a bit of texture by tamping alcohol over them to fade out a few spots them went back over with some canvas paint and a star stencil.

Supplies, Slimline card

• Image (Creepy Cute Halloween Bats Mummy Ghost & Frankenstein Image No 84) printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Design paper from Stampin Up! and Photo Play (Trick or Treat)
• Googlie eyes from my stash
• Ink from Palette
• ProMarkers
• Star stencil from Hero arts (Clouds & Stars)

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to check out the main blog located HERE to see the other challenges we offer!

(Hugs) Cara

The Outlawz Crash your Stash Challenge: Googly Eyes

Gnome and elf and fairy,
Witch and ghost make merry
On this last of dear October’s days.
~Lettie C. Van Derveer, Halloween Happenings, 1921

Good morning!
We have a new Outlawz Crash your Stash Challenge going on! You can find us HERE! The challenges will run through October 14th so come play along.

The challenge for this month is to use googly eye.  

Our sponsor this month is Oddball Art and for my card I used her super cute image Printable Stamp Jones Family Halloween Image No 459

 Supplies: 5 x 7 card

• Sponsor image printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Glitter paper from Coordinations
• Googly eyes and tiny rhinestones from my stash
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Studio G
• Card Sketch: Mojo Monday, week 129 

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(Hugs) Cara

Halloween Frights

And as to being in a fright,

Allow me to remark

That ghosts have just as good a right,

In every way, to fear the light,

As men to fear the dark.

~Lewis Carroll, "Phantasmagoria," 1869

Good morning!

We have a new Challenge at The Outlawz Greeting Challenge located HERE. This round is sponsored by Polkadoodles and will run through September 25th

Our challenge is Halloween Greetings with a twist of using Black, White + one color. I chose to work with a bright green.

Supplies: 5 x 7 card

• Sponsor image (Witches Hat) printed on Hammermill Color Card
• Card candy from my stash
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin up!
• Design Paper from Stampin Up!
• ProMarkers
  Sentiment from Stampin Up!

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to check out the main blog located HERE to see the other challenges!
(Hugs) Cara

Happy Voodoo Birthday ...

And thank you for a house full of people I love. Amen. ~Terri Guillemets

Today I am sharing a birthday card I made for a close friend of my daughters. We have pretty much adopted her into the family fold. Earlier this month, we threw a fun birthday pool party for her and it was nice having a house full of young people cavorting in the pool and listening to loud music!

Supplies: 5 x 7 card

Cardstock from Stampin up!
Crayola Color markers
Design Paper from Stampin Up! (Halloween Night) & stash
Die from Gina Marie Designs (Nested Pierced Fancy Labels)
Image from Unity Stamps (Voodoo Vibes)
Ink from Stampin Up! & Versafine Clair
Judikins Liquid Diamonds
Sentiment from Close to My Heart (Short & Sweet Sentiments)

Sketch: My sketch #12
Stencil from Stampers Anonymous (Speckles)
Tag punch from Stampin Up!



Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Fa-boo-lous Hallween!

Never let your kids buy an off-the-shelf Halloween costume. Forbid it, no matter how close you may be to the witching hour. Instead, help them make their own. Encourage them to use their imaginations and their ingenuity. Show them that what can be created is often better than what can be bought. And besides, don't the darkest, most frightening things live inside us anyway? ~Joe Kita, "What I Know" (The Best Halloween Costume), Wisdom of Our Fathers, 1999

Hello!

Today I am sharing a set of Halloween cards I made. I am really working to use my design paper and the the Sheetload of cards from Call me Crafty Al are really helping me with that!

Supplies: 4.25 x 5.50 (A2)

Black rhinestones from Scrapbook.com
Sheet load of Cards #SUYSMar2022 #Showusyoursheetloads
Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
Cat Punch from Stampin Up!
Design Paper from Stampin Up! (Spooky Nights)
Sentiment from Stampingbella (Oddball Vampire girl)

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Bring on the Boos ...

Tea is so tame. A cocktail is lots more naughty. ~Richard Florance, "It: The Usual Play with an Unusual Ending," in The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, December 1915

Good morning,

Today I am sharing another card made with an image by the talented and missed Sandra Caldwell of Babycakesdnd.

While her shop is still active, I am unsure how long that will be. Sadly, you will not be able to purchase this image but she has many more to look at!

BABYCAKESDND ETSY SHOP

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

Image Witch Sippy Cup 3302 printed on Hammermill Color Copy

Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!

Design paper from Me & My Big Ideas and Teresa Collins (Haunted Hallows)

Liquid silk from Fun Stampers Journey

Momento ink

ProMarkers

Rhinestones from my stash

Sentiment from Stampin up! (Making Spirits Bright)

Sketch from Feltmagnet.com

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Unimpressed Cactus

Hark! Hark to the wind! ’T is the night, they say,

When all souls come back from the far away—

The dead, forgotten this many a day!

~Virna Sheard (1862–1943), "Hallowe’en," c.1910

Hi!

My card was chosen as a top pick for the September Mirtillamente Challenge and today I have the pleasure of being a Special Guest DT for the November Challenge which runs from the 1st to the 27th of the month so you have lots of time to play along! They really have only one rule which is you have to post to one of your social media sites like blogger or Instagram, for example.

So, when I won, I was allowed to pick an image from the Mirtillamente Store. It was a tough job but I settled on this fun guy “What Pumpkin” which cracks me up everytime I see it! Why you ask? Because I live in Arizona and well, cactus abound and people decorate them for the Holidays! Sometimes it works out - sometimes not so much! So of course, I had to have him! 

This card will be part of the November Challenge you can find HERE

Supplies

• Image “What Pumpkin” printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Archival ink from Ranger
• Artista Gold gel pen
• Background paper for tag was made using a alcohol & ink process
• Banner dies from Lawn Fawn
• Cardstock from Pen+Gear (base)
• Design Paper from Stampin Up and Paper Pizzazz
• Prima Flowers
• ProMarkers
• Rhinestones from my Stash
• Sentiment from Martha Stewart
• Tag die from Creative Dies Plus
• Based on this sketch from Scrapbook&cards.com Winter 2016

Thanks for stopping by!
Cara

CHALLENGES ENTERED

A Perfect Time to Craft, Anthing goes November #11-2021 (Entry 21)

Crafty Sentiments, Anything goes (Entry 73)

Love to Scrap LTSCB #151, Anything Goes (Entry 6)

613 Avenue Create #11, Anything Goes (Entry 335)

Classic Design Challenge #11, Anything Goes (Entry 21)

Batty for you ...

Do you feel the cool wind coming softly,

And see the young moon in the sky?

The clouds sailing over the sunset,

The bats flitting silently by!...

~Emily Huntington Miller (1833–1913), "Going to Sleep"

Good morning!

Today I am sharing another one of Sandra’s new images just released and you can purchase this one and many more new releases in her ETSY SHOP for 50% off in if you order in the next 24 hours!

This image is #3693- Blind as a Bat and I absolutely adore this image! When I get my new printer, I will be printing some more to play with!

I based my card on a sketch I created...

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• Supplies
• Image printed on Stampin Up Whisper White Card Stock
• Bat brad from stash, unknown
• Cardstock from Stampin Up!
• Circle punches from Marvy & Stampin Up!
• Design paper from stash, unknown
• Inks from Stampin Up! and Ranger
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Stampin Up!
• Sequins from dollar store
• Silver Gel pen from Artista
• Star stencil from Stampin Up!
• Sketch: Sketches by Me CCBC#3

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(Hugs) Cara

Another Halloween card ...

Gnome and elf and fairy,

Witch and ghost make merry

On this last of dear October’s days.

~Lettie C. Van Derveer, Halloween Happenings, 1921

Hi! Today I am sharing a card I made from some scrap pieces of paper I had left over from the Halloween doggo cards I made for my doggos day care.

Supplies

• Bottle image from Graphics 45
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Design paper from Stampin Up!
• Ranger Archival Ink
• Sentiment from Inkadinkado
• Sequins from Close to My Heart
• Sketch by me CCBC17

Thanks for stopping by!
Cara

Halloween for the Doggos

Ever wonder where you'd end up if you took your dog for a walk and never once pulled back on the leash? ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Hi All,

The doggie day care I take my pups to on occasion is always running events to gather food and funds for local animal rescues and veteran animal services and I like to help when I can so I have been making cards for them sell and today I’m sharing 12 dog themed Halloween cards I made for them using the January2020 Sheetload of Cards from Call me Crafty Al as a starting point. 

I did a bit paper piecing & fussy cutting on quite a few of the cards.

Border Punch: EK Success (I think)

Cardstock: Pen Gear (Base), Stamping Up!
Design Paper: Stampin Up!
Dies(s): Gina Marie Designs & A-muse Studios
Ink: Memories India Ink, Ranger Archival Ink

Sketch: January2020 Sheetload of Cards

Prisma Color Pencils

Stamps: Close to My Heart, Stampers Anonymous, Stampin Up! (Sentiment), Stampingbella (Sentiment)
Stash: Googlie eyes

Thanks for stopping by!

(hugs) Cara

Autumn Owl

Oh how we love pumpkin season. You did know this gourd-ish squash has its own season, right? Winter, Spring, Summer, Pumpkin... We anxiously anticipate it every year. ~Trader Joe's, Fearless Flyer, October 2010

Hi All,

Today I’m sharing a remake of a twisted easel card I made several years ago.

I never passed the card on to anyone because I always had an issue with the base.

I used a design paper that looks great but is too flimsy to hold the front up nicely once the image was attached. I tried using a paper clip and that helped a bit but not enough to make me happy.

So, I cut the front piece off and created a new card. Hope you like it!

Before

After

Supplies

Image Fall Owl mp462-DS4J from DigiStamps for Joy (closed) printed on Stampin’ Up! Whisper White cardstock
Banner punch from Stampin Up!
Bit of Bling from my Stash
Cardstock from Stampin Up!, American Crafts and The Paper Studio (base)
Design Paper from BoBunny and my scrap bin
India Ink from Memories
ProMarkers
Sentiment from Unity Stamps

Thanks for stopping by!
Cara

Witch Fairy …

Gnome and elf and fairy, Witch and ghost make merry On this last of dear October’s days.

~Lettie C. Van Derveer, Halloween Happenings, 1921

Good Morning!

Sandra has added 8 more new digi images to her ETSY SHOP this month and this week I am using #3238 Witch Fairy. She’s so sassy!

Supplies

• Image printed on Stampin Up Whisper White Card Stock
• Card stock from The Paper Studio (Base)
• Design Paper from Echo Park
• Die from Gina Marie Designs
• India Ink from Memories
• Judikins Diamond Glaze
• Nuvo Drops
• ProMarkers
• Rhinestones from my Stash
• Sentiment from Stamping Bella
• Wink of Stella
• Sketch: SplitCoastStampers SC470 

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Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara