Happy Halloween!!

I'm on the LDRS Creative blog today sharing my LAST Halloween card... this year! Ha!

It's funny because I didn't get into Halloween cards until recently, and now with all the images getting cuter and cuter every year- it's hard to resist!

I decided to play with one of the new Dollhouse images, Oh Deer and transform her into a Halloween-themed image! When looking for ideas for my own costume this year- I kept seeing a trend photos of deer face paint/make up ideas, and photos from all the new "selfie" photo apps that are out now and found my inspiration!



I colored her with copics and added the bit of brown down the front of her forehead and nose to look like a deer as much as I could! I die cut the stamped image using the Fancy Squares & Little Things die, and also a larger mat from the same die set in purple card stock. Using some coordinating Halloween-themed patterned papers I matted the die cuts to my card base and added a few Basic Stitched Flag dies, the black glitter and spider print strips are washi tape, stamped my sentiment from the Friendly Greetings set, and finished it off with some large gems- what's Halloween without some sparkle, right?

Copics:
skin: E000, E00, E21, E31, E33, R20
hair: 100, C3
antlers: E31, E33
top/scarf: V04, V06, V09, YG03, YG17, YG67

Thanks for stopping by- have a fabulous and SAFE Halloween!

Boo!

I'm on the Passionate Paper Creations blog today sharing *another* Halloween card!

I just about fell out of my chair when I saw this cute dragon by Conie Fong Art! If you didn't know I'm a total sucker for dragons, and Conie's line of dragons are super cute (as are the rest of her digital images!)



I colored Tori using copics, stamped the letters "BOO" in the balloons, and die cut the image using the Basic Stitched Flags die. I also cut out 2 more flags using the same size die in some coordinating patterns adhered it to my orange card base (with a square black card stock already layered on it). I added the die cut with the image on top using foam tape, topped the balloons with glossy accents and sprinkled a few coordinating sequins to finish it off!

Copics:
dragon: Y02, YG01, YG03, YG17, YG67, R20, V04
balloons: W1, W3, W5, G02, G05, G07, V04, V06, V09; YR02, YR04, YR07.


Thanks for stopping by... I have ONE more Halloween card coming tomorrow!

Happy Haunting!

Hello!

Sorry it's been a few days since my last post... last minute preparations for Halloween going on around here- including a last minute decision to put together some costumes for my husband & me since we're headed to a party with friends (& kids) this weekend- we'd be bums if we didn't have a costume!

Anyway, I'm popping in to share another Halloween card- I'm squeezing in as many as I can before I switch over to Christmas/holiday cards! For today's card, I colored up another one of my Tiddly Inks favorites- PeekaBoo Bugg! She's just the cutest and one that I can never get tired of coloring!



Pretty simple card, colored and matched up with some coordinating Halloween patterned papers, & sentiment.

Copics: 
skin: E000, E00, E21, R01
hair: G24, G28, YG03, YG17
clothes/hat: V12, V15, V17, YR14, YR16
pumpkin: YR12, YR14, YR16, YR18, E55, E57, YG03, YG17, YG67

Hope you all have a wonderful and safe Halloween weekend!

Trick or Treat!

Happy Friday!

It seems like the number of Halloween cards I make each year increases! So many cute images & not enough time to play with them all!

Today, I'm sharing a card I made with this sweet skeleton from The Greeting Farm! And I'm in time for the Farm Fresh SPOOKY challenge! (I missed entering last month's challenge by a few hours! LOL)



Halloween time is getting so much more fun around here now that my kids are getting older and more into dressing up (well, at lease one of them!)

I colored Skeleton Ian with copics, and fussy cut him out,  die cut card stock and patterned paper using the Basic Pierced Ovals and Basic Stitched Flags by Creative Basics, added some coordinating patterned papers and washi tape, embossed the oval die and card base using a spiderweb embossing folder by Sizzix/Tim Holtz, and adhered Skeleton Ian with foam tape.

Copics
skin: E000, E00, E21
hair: E44, E47, E49, YR24
costume: C1, C3, N3, N5, N7

AND The Greeting Farm is sponsoring the weekend fun over at the Passionate Paper Creations & Friends Facebook group- come join the fun and your chance to win a $25 gift certificate!

Thanks for stopping by!

Flying by to say...

BOO!

There's a new Tiddly Inks Challenge going on and it's SPOOKALICIOUS!

I used this new witch Molly image (that you can get as a two-some, with another Halloween Molly- I used her here!)



My finished card is TOTALLY not what I originally had in mind when I started coloring her, I had a big ink blob fall right next to her foot! So I fussy cut her out and layered her with some Halloween themed patterned paper, die cut tags- the purple tag I embossed using a Tim Holtz/Sizzix embossing folder, and adhered Molly using some foam tape. The sentiment is two stamps from a Hero Arts Halloween sentiment set (doesn't look like it's available anymore), I cut the words apart after I stamped them, inked up the edges a bit so it wasn't so white compared to the rest of the card, and adhered those on top of some random strips of glittery black washi tape.

Copics: 
skin: G20, G21, G24
hair: E44. E47, E49, V04
dress/hat: N3, N5, N7, V04, V06, V09

I hope to see you join in on the SPOOKALICIOUS challenge! Thanks for stopping by!!

All About the Treat!

Happy Friday!!

Popping with a quick share using one of Tiddly Inks' newer Molly images...

Molly's Treat! 



Love her oversized lollipops... and thought they would be fun to make with some bakers twine.  With Halloween creeping up soon, I picked some fun coordinating colors. Kept my card super simple and adhered her to some stripey patterned paper and added the matching sentiment!

Copics: 
skin: E000, E00, E11, E21, R01
hair: C3, 100, YR24
dress: V12, V15, V17
shoes; N3, N5, N7

Thanks for stopping by.. have a FABULOUS weekend!

Toil & Trouble!

Hello!

Are you all prepped and ready for Halloween yet? I'm *almost* there, I have about 90% of my son's costume together- and about half of my daughter's!

Anyway, with the help (enabling) of the Passionate Paper Creations & Friends Facebook group, I've discovered a new digital stamp company, Conie Fong Art! Her images are all so sweet and cute.. I want them all!

Since Halloween is right around the corner, I thought I'd start with these cute bats... Yes, I said cute bats!



See? Aren't they cute?!  After coloring them with copics I die cut the image using a Creative Basics die, Fancy Squares and Little Things, paired with with some coordinating Halloween-y patterned papers and also used a Basic Stitched Flags die (also Creative Basics). The "Toil & Trouble" are also dies that I found at Michaels, they're made by Sizzix/Tim Holtz. I finished off my card with silver thread and some batty buttons!

Copics: 
bats (left) C3, C5, C7, C9; (right) W3, W5, W7, W9; R20
pumpkin: YR12, YR14, YR16, Y38
branch: E55, E57, E74, E77, YG17, G94, G99
sky: B21, B23, B24, B26, B29

Conie Fong Art is also running a special sale just for members of the PPCF Facebook group- 25% off your entire purchase through October 15th! Check out the Facebook group for all the details and the promo code!

Enchanting Esmeralda

Hello!

It's another fun sponsored weekend over at the Passionate Paper Creations & Friends Facebook group! This week it's Make it Crafty!!

They're a fairly new to me company- but I love so many of their images! Since Halloween is just around the corner, I thought I'd use this spectacular witch, Esmeralda!



I had so much fun coloring her.. but I was so intimidated by those folds of her dress, but lucky for me (and you!) Zoe at Make it Crafty has a video tutorial showing how she colored Esmeralda!

I have added this image to a card yet- but I wanted to share it with you anyway, I'll edit this post to add it when I do ;)

Copics:
skin: E000, E00, E11, E21, R01
hair: V12, V15, V17, V09
dress: N3, N5, N7, N9, R14, R17, R29, E29
background YG0000, YG00, YG01, YG03, YG17, YG25, 0

Thanks for stopping by... don't forget to check out all the fun and happenings over on the Passionate Paper Creations & Friends Facebook group- there are prizes and a sales all weekend long!

Pumpkin Patch Molly

It's FINALLY feeling a little more like fall around here, and by that I mean it's under 100*F!

Awesome timing for the newest challenge over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge... Happy Fall Y'all!

I used the a NEW sweet Molly image, Pumpkin Patch Molly (She's available with another sweet Halloween Molly image too!)



Isn't she the cutest?! I kept my card nice and simple with just coloring her and die cutting the image using a Mama Elephant Sew Fancy dies- love that it cuts and pierces the stitching all in one! I added the sentiment from Lawn Fawn's Happy Harvest stamp set, adhered it using craft foam to some coordinating- fall-ish plaid paper, added a bow & some sequins to pull it all together!

Copics:
skin: E000, E00, E11, E21, R20
hair: C3, 100
pumpkin: YR12, YR14, YR16, YR18, YG17, YG15, YG67
ground: E31, E33, E35
sky/shadow: B000, B00, B01, 0

Hope to see you join in on the fall fun! Check out the details on the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog!!

Halloween Witches

Sneaking in another Halloween card before Saturday!

I'm joining in on the October Farm Fresh challenge on the TGF blog: Black, Orange & Purple! I finally got my hands on this *sweet* Hallo Witch from The Greeting Farm. (I've had my eyes on her every Halloween since she was released! LOL)



Again, I colored her up a few days ago since participating in Kathy Racoosin's 30 Day Coloring Challenge! I've been a bit behind the past few days but hoping to catch up with some new stamps that just arrived- Woohoo!

I'm also joining in on the fun at Simon Says Stamp for their Anything Goes Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!

Too Cute to SPOOK!

Happy Tuesday! & it's the LAST Tuesday of October! Can you believe how fast the year is flying by?!? (I certainly can't!)

Tuesday means it's time for a new challenge over at Tiddly Inks! & since Halloween is on Saturday... the challenge is SPOOKY DOOKY!

While I totally love Halloween... I'm not all about the scary stuff. (I'm a wimp! LOL) So on to my challenge card...



I used this cute Peekaboo Bugg and did some serious distress ink layering for the background. I masked a circle to create a moon and layered some night sky colors (broken china, seedless preserves, dusty concord) and swirled in a bit of clear wink of stella for a bit of a shimmer!

Hope to see you play along with us at Tiddly Inks! Check out all the deets on the Challenge blog!

Halloween Bunny

Can you believe that Halloween is in 2 weeks?!?  Are you all ready?

I colored this cute bunny from Lawn Fawn's Critters in Costume set the other day for the 30 Day Coloring Challenge (hosted by the fabulous Kathy Racoosin!) and just had to get him on a card! I put it together with the CAS(E) this Sketch #145 challenge



and came up with this...



I always forget to pull out my lighter ink to do more no-line coloring, but I remembered the other day! The little bunny is stamped in Antique Linen and colored in copics. I also felt like getting inky since I had my distress inks out, the background is blended with Seedless Preserves, Broken China & Mowed Lawn. And the sentiment is from Hero Arts.

Happy Friday!

WCMD: Halloween Wishes

Happy World Card Making Day!

I usually don't get much time to get crafty on the weekends, but I made sure to squeeze in enough time for at least ONE card for WCMD!

After creating (& uploading to FB) my card from yesterday using the freebie from Simply Betty Stamps, I received another freebie- Dark Fairy Brittany!  Now, usually 'dark' images aren't really my thing... but she was fun to color!



I added in some purple and aqua to lighten her up a bit.  I wanted my card to be pretty simple to keep the focus on the fairy. I stamped the background with a spiderweb image and layered on a few pieces of Halloween patterned papers. I remembered I had a stash of spider buttons and thought they were a perfect fit!

Happy October!

It's finally October which means Halloween is right around the corner!

Halloween is becoming one of my favorite holidays- I don't do the the scary-horror stuff, much more into the fun, cute & dress-up part of it! Think I love it more since having my kids- my son is SO excited! (now just to finish putting his costume together!)

Anyway, if you're not apart of the Passionate Paper Creations & Friends on Facebook- I suggest you check it out.  There's all kinds of fun going on over there!

This weekend there is some fun going on sponsored by Simply Betty Stamps- freebies involved! Starts off with this cute Little Pumpkin Lilly... if you complete a picture with her & upload it, you'll get another freebie! Hooray!

Since I loved the look of the copics on kraft, I decided to do it again!



Finished it off by layering Halloween themed patterned papers, doily, burlap, and some twine!

Happy Weekend!

Tiddly Inks Black Cat Challenge

Squeezing in just ONE more Halloween card in this week...

Just in time for the new challenge over at Tiddly Inks- Black Cat Challenge! (use either a Tiddly Inks cat image or the black color combination)

I found this sweet kitty hiding on my computer and thought he'd be just perfect for the challenge! Cup of Kitty loves a game of Peek-a-BOO! LOL



Hope to see you play along!

A little catching up...

Somehow my original post last week didn't get posted last week for Chi Chi Memories- so I'm doing a little catch up today!

First, Here is a quick clean & simple card I made using Casual Beauty



and since this IS Halloween week- here is another Halloween card I made with Jordy.  This adorable image was one of the first images I received when I joined the DT last year (wow- has it been a year already??) and I still think he is as cute as ever...

Tiddly Inks Fab Friday Release!

Hi again!

2 posts in one day again... please keep scrolling or click here to see my first post of the day!

I have 2 more cards to share with you today! Christy over at Tiddly Inks came up with some more super adorable images perfect for this Fall season!

First up we have Wryn's Leaves...

It's the sweetest image that made remember being a kid and playing in the piles of leaves from our big tree!

and one more just in time for Halloween, Couple of Fall Cuties...

Super cute right? Who could resist these cuties in pumpkins???

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Weekend!

Halloween Macarons!

(ok, this one is even a surprise for me- but there's so much fun stuff going on I can't keep up! THIRD post of the day! Please see my Paper Sweeties post here, and Chi Chi Memories post here!)

If you haven't noticed yet, I've been a little obsessed with tags lately... that's not a bad obsession right?

Especially since I got this one from Pretty Pink Posh! So when I saw that the challenge over on Avery Elle was to use tags- how could I not join in on the taggy fun??



Paired it up with the color coordinates from the Wednesday Challenge on Simon Says Stamp and I was set!


I colored the macarons in orange, purple & green and matched it with some cardstock scraps that I can never seem to find the end of! & added the sentiments from a Hero Arts Halloween greetings set.


Ok, that *SHOULD* be it for me today....



until tomorrow! :D

Halloween FREEBIE!

It's a busy week- please scroll down for my first post or click here!

It's the 15th of the month which means is freebie time at Chi Chi Memories & and time for a new challenge! This month's freebie is just perfect for Halloween- it's *just* around the corner!

Halloween Boy! Hurry go grab him while he's still free!!



I paired him with some more Halloween paper scraps that I had in my stash to match the sketch for the challenge.

& I can't forget about another one of the sweet October release digis- I made this card using Shy Girl


I kept this card sweet and simple, but fancied it up a bit by adding the die-cut words with the inlaid technique. Along with some shiny sequins & washi tape!

Thanks for stopping by!

Best Witches!

(2nd post of the day please scroll down or click here for my Paper Sweeties post!) 

It's Tuesday and time for a NEW challenge at Tiddly Inks! This week we challenge YOU to make a Halloween card using Non-Traditional Colors!

I thought this Witchy Wryn would be perfect for some non-Halloween colors...



Had to add a *little* black in there just for fun ;) She still looks Spooky (but in a cute way..) with her pink hair and blue witches robes right?

Check out all the deets on the challenge blog and more fabulous inspiration from the design team- hope to see you play along!