Happy Halloween

Well, this is the last of my Halloween cards.

I've had fun making them.

Now, on to Thanksgiving and Christmas.

This is a Bugaboo image.

They are having a design team call right now

so expect to see my application post in the next

few days. I had so much fun being a

Guest Designer for them that I'm going

to give it my best shot to try to land

a Design Team spot this time.

I absolutely adore their images.

As you can see in the label column on the right

side of the blog....I've made several cards

with their images :)

Hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween!!

PPRS "black" cat

I made this card with a

Prickley Pear Rubber Stamp.

An easy technique actually.

I stamped the cat on a piece of patterned paper

with Versamark ink then embossed it with clear

embossing powder. Then I took a sponge

dauber rubbed with black ink and rubbed in

circular motions around and over the stamped

image. After that I rubbed the image itself over

with a paper towel which cleaned it up and buffed it

out a bit making it pop off the paper. Now you

can see the patterned paper design in the background.

So easy!! Then I cut it out with nestabilities die and

finished layering my card. I tied the black ribbon

in a knot and thought, "that looks like a bat" so

there you go.....3 black bats to accent the card.

The "Goulish Greetings" sentiment is PPRS too.

This won't be the last time you see me use this

technique!

Stamps: Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps

Ribbon: Miscellaneous black ribbon

Paper: We R Memory Keepers

Die: Nestabilities

Squigglefly fall colors challenge

This weeks challenge over at Squigglefly

is

Fall Colors

I just love this image.

It's warm and homey looking.

While your over at the

challenge blog

don't forget to check out the new images by the

new artist Abz Hakim

they are very retro

I think you'll like them.

Don't forget to upload your fall color challenge

card to the challenge blog for a chance to win.

Go stamp!!

Tiddly Halloween

You can get this little cutie over at

Tiddlyinks.

I've become totally addicted

to my nestabilities.

I love that you can use them like a

stencil for the above look.

So fun!

Happy Trick or Treating!!

How sweet :)

Bugaboo's challenge this week is to create something

sweet. Either to express love to someone or with sweet goodies.

Check it out HERE

I made this card a while back for a wedding shower gift.

I love this paper (Disney).

So go check out the challenge and enter to win!!

CARD PATTERNS SKETCH WITH PPRS

My card for the CARD PATTERNS SKETCH

this week. Using PPRS.

I used the stamp and die set (pumpkin) to

cut out and stamp the leaves that I hung from

embroidery floss.

I cut the sentiment (PPRS)

out with a new nestabilities die.

SQUIGGLEFLY CHALLENGE

THIS WEEKS SQUIGGLEFLY CHALLENGE IS

CELEBRATE

SIMPLY CREATE A CARD THAT IS

CELEBRATING SOMETHING....ANYTHING

THEN LINK YOUR CARD UP ON THE

CHALLENGE BLOG

FOR A CHANCE TO WIN.

I'M STARTING TO WARM UP TO THE IDEA

OF WINTER. DON'T GET ME WRONG....

I DON'T WANT IT TO COME BUT MIGHT

AS WELL MAKE THE BEST OF IT AND CREATE

"WINTER" CARDS. THEY ARE PRETTY....

AND SNOWMEN ARE CUTE.

THERE I SAID IT.

HAPPY PAPER CRAFTING C:

Tiddly Blog Candy

Check out the awesome blog candy that

Tiddly Inks

has up for grabs. To qualify for a chance

to win that awesome stash go

HERE.

The card was made using one of Tiddly Inks

images. I paper pieced her dress.

Don't pass this up.....

GOING BATTY WITH PPRS

This card was so incredibly easy to make.

The bat stamp is a new

Prickley Pear Rubber Stamp

I stamped it on patterned paper that was

in a set from the Target $1 section.

I simply stamped the bat in black over the paper

with words, layered that onto orange

cardstock then placed that on the star

background paper which was layered on top

of the actual orange card.

I cut out the stars using my Cricut.

sponged the sides of everything with

black ink to help soften it.

Tied the ribbon on the top and

Viola - Done!

Rubber Stamp: Prickley Pear

Paper: Scrapbooking Supplies (Target $1 section), The Paper Company

Ribbon: Scrapbooking Supplies (Target $1 section)

Ink: Archival Versafine

PPRS Jack-o-lantern

Have you seen the

Stamp and die sets

from Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps??

This jack-o-lantern set is just

ONE example. There are several

others including butterflies :)

this set comes with the leaf that I used on my

card two posts down. There are these 2 faces that

you can put on them and there is two "scene" stamps

you can use as well. You just cut out the pumpkin using

the die on your cuttlebug (or similar tool) then

STAMP IT!!

How easy is that. No tedious cutting with scissors

the time consuming part is done for you with the die.

Stamps: Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps

paper: The Paper Company

B&T: paper: Scrapbooking Supplies

die: Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps

ANYTHING GOES

BUGABOO HAS DECIDED TO DO WEEKLY CHALLENGES

INSTEAD OF BI-WEEKLY. SO THAT MEANS

DOUBLE THE CHANCE TO WIN!!

I HAD SOOO MUCH FUN BEING THE SEPT

GUEST DESIGNER!! WHAT A TALENTED GROUP OF

PEOPLE!!

I CHOSE THIS CARD TODAY NOT BECAUSE

I'M A HUGE FOOTBALL FAN BUT I DO LIVE

IN WISCONSIN AND THE PACKERS

ARE PLAYING THEIR ARCH RIVALS

THE VIKINGS. I REALLY COULD CARE LESS

(SORRY ALL YOU FOOTBALL FANS)

BUT I JUST HAPPENED TO MAKE THIS WITH

PACKER COLORS.

SO STOP BY THE CATCH A BUG CHALLENGE BLOG

AND ENTER TO WIN!!