Who Let the Dog (and CAT!) Out???

 I recently purchased these wonderful cat and dog Halloween ghost dies and wanted to use them right away before filing them away!

Aren't these dog and cat ghosts a riot?!!

They are called Happy Haunting Cat Die and Happy Haunting Dog Die from Waffle Flower.

I die cut the ghosts out of white hammered paper to give them texture.  The goblin, spider and pumpkin face are cut from Black Glitter Paper. 

  

I embossed the black panel with an old dots EF from Darice and die cut the framing with a scallop frame die from Amazon. 

 

The dog and cat are up on foam dots as well as the body of the spider EEK!  I put one big silver dot on his head so he'd show up AND it made him even spookier...

Just Us Girls

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NBUS

1st time using the cat and dog ghost dies.

Halloween Crafts All Year Round

ends Oct 31

Four Seasons

Fall Season October

Crafty Animals

ends Oct 31

Paper:  Black, Orange Zest - Papertrey Ink, Glitter Card Stock Pad - Recollections, hammered white card - Amazon.

Other Supplies:  Happy Haunting Cat Die, Happy Haunting Dog Die - Waffle Flower, Nested Stitched Scallop Frames - Amazon, Dots Embossing Folder - Darice, Label Stickers: Halloween - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology, foam dots.

Guest DT - Just Us Girls - #842 - Stencil Week

Well, I've come to the end of my September Guest DT stint at Just Us Girls!  

I've had a wonderful creative time making cards for each of the September challenges and playing along with the talented Design Team.  Thank you JUGS for giving me this honor! 

Here is the final JUGS challenge for September!

I dug out a stencil that I've had for several years and never used!  I do that a lot - receive an order, file it safely away and then forget I have it?!?! 

I used an 8 piece stencil from The Greetery - Stencil Scapes - Autumn. (still available!)

I stencilled my first card onto water color paper, which gives it added texture. 

The sentiment is from Thankful for Fall Mini set by Papertrey Ink.

Then, since I had ALL 8 of the inks out, I stencilled a 2nd card on white card stock.  The colors are brighter on the white but the texture is gone.

I think both are pretty!

So - thank you Just Us Girls for having me join you for the month of September - I had a lovely time creating for your challenges!

  

I hope you will join with me and the talented DT over at Just Us Girls - and show us your creative design using stencils!  You'll find the challenge and Mr. Linky here.

Also linking my card to:

NBUS

First time using this years old stencil set!

Stencil Fun

Anything using stencils

Time Out Challenges

New England, USA   Fall: orange, green, yellow, brown

Stamps: Thankful for Fall - Papertrey Ink.
Paper: Water Color Paper - Spellbinders, white - Papertrey Ink.
Ink: Fresh Leave, Mocha, Espresso, Nimbus, Misty Morning, Chamamile, Sand Dune - Altenew, Cajun Craze - SU, Nocturne - Versafine Clair.
Other Supplies: Stencil Scapes - Autumn - The Greetery, blender brushes.

Guest DT - Just Us Girls - #841 Mood Board

 Here is my third card as Guest Designer for Just Us Girls.  The challenge this week is a Mood Board.

I am really enjoying playing along with the awesome Design Team and these fun challenges!  There are so many ways you might be inspired by this collage of images.

 

I was inspired by the houses on the bottom right, the pumpkins in bottom center and the fall colors!

I recently purchased these fun cut outs - Carnival Night Party: Halloween Images from Loloyaya and was happy to get them out to play with for this card!  The house and sentiment is glued flat onto the DP.  The cute witch, ghost and crow are popped up on foam dots.

The DP is Spooktacular from Waffle Flower and the sentiment and sentiment strip die are from Taylored Expressions.  

So please join me and the talented Design Team and link up your creation inspired by this fun Mood Board!  

You'll find Mr. Linky and some lovely inspiration from the Design Team, over at Just Us Girls blog!

Also sending my card to:

NBUS

1st time using these fun Halloween Cutouts!

Time Out Challenge

New England - fall colors , pumpkins, Halloween in Oct

Creative Inspirations

Hello Autumn  ends 9/30

Stamps:  Simple Strips - Halloween - Taylored Expressions.

Ink:  Nocturne - Versafine Clair

Paper: White - Papertrey Ink, DP Spooktacular - Waffle Flower.

Other Supplies:  Carnival Night Party:Halloween Images - Loloyaya, Simple Strips Straight Edge Die - Taylored Expressions, foam dots.

Guest DT at Just Us Girls - #840 Word Week Bold

 It's time for another challenge over at Just Us Girls - with my second card as the Guest Designer for Sept!  

I'm so excited to be playing along with the talented JUGS Design Team!

Here's the newest challenge:

And here is the card I created.

I'm thinking this DP from Retro Vibes by Whimsy Stamps is pretty bold?!  As well as the silhouettes of the disco dancers?!  from Retro Dancers Die set - also from Whimsy Stamps.

The sentiment is from Simple Strips: Birthday die cut with the Simple Strips Straight Edge die both from Taylored Expressions.  The birthday sentiment stamp has 13 sentiments on it, that all get cut at the same time using the die!

There were a couple of 'snarky' sentiments I thought about using from the set on my card - "Sorry to Hear You're Getting Old" and "Another Year Closer to Velcro Shoes"  that would work for someone like me who is old enough to remember the Disco Years (!) but I played nice instead - inside I used the sentiment from the set "Eat Cake and Celebrate".

I added 3 little gems that sparkle like a disco ball in the light!!

So please join myself and the wonderful design team over at Just Us Girls and show us what BOLD inspires in you!  

Also sending my card to:

NBUS

1st time using the disco dancers die and Retro paper

Love those Pretty Papers

Anything Goes with DP ends Sept 30th

Time Out Challenges

 "Saturday Night Fever" with John Travolta!

Stamps: Simple Strips: Birthday - Taylored Expressions.
Ink: Nocturne - Versafine Clair
Paper: Summer Sunrise, True Black - Papertrey Ink, DP Retro Vibes - Whimsy Stamps.
Other Supplies: Retro Dancers Die Set - Whimsy Stamps, Simple Strips Straight Edge Die - Taylored Expressions, Gems - Joann's.

Guest Designer - Just Us Girls - Die Week #839 Thanks

 I am so honored to have been asked to be a Guest Designer over at Just Us Girls (JUGS) for the month of September! 

I was chosen because my card was a Winner of the Week in July here.  That was also die week!?!

Here's the first challenge for September  - Die Week/Thanks.

"Thanks" always makes me think of Thanksgiving - especially since we are almost moving into fall here in New England.

But I don't send many Thanksgiving cards....

so I went with Thank You using Fall colors!

I first cut a Dark Chocolate base that I  ran through my machine with the Pierced Spring Leaves Cover Plate die from Honey Bee.  

Next, I die cut the side panel out of Saffron Spice using Woven Cane Background die from The Greetery.  This die cuts a full A2 panel but I cut it down to be just about a third. 

I die cut the 'THANK YOU' from Gina Marie Stamps in Summer Sunrise, Saffron Spice and Terracotta Tile.  I cut three more out of Dark Chocolate and layered the colored ones over Chocolate to make them more sturdy.  I layered them on the card with foam dots. 

 

To finish off my design, I die cut the acorn using Autumn Side Kick Thinlits from Tim Holtz/Sizzix and adhered it over the O in the middle THANK YOU!

So what does 'Thanks' make you think of?  We hope you'll join us over at JUGS and link up your creation using dies along with the Thanks theme!

You'll also find lots of inspiration from the super talented Design Team! 

Also sending my card to:

Tic Tac Toe  

left vertical row  Letters, Sentiment, Die Cut

ends Sept 10th

Four Seasons

Fall  ends Sept 25th

Word Power September

Focus on the Sentiment

Paper:  Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Saffron Spice, Terra Cotta Tile - PTI.

Other Supplies:  THANK YOU die - Gina Marie Stamps, Pierced Spring Leaves Cover Plate Die - Honey Bee Stamps, Woven Cane Background Die - The Greetery, Autumn Side Kick Thinlits die (acorn) - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, foam dots.

Sympathy Artwork

 I, unfortunately, needed some more sympathy cards for my stash.  So I took the opportunity take out a recently purchased, but not yet used, Postage Collage Picture Perfect Stencil Set and Picture Perfect Details Stamps to make my card.  

The stencil set has 6 different art work images that fit on the Postal Collage Die, so, since I had all the inks out, I stencilled 4 panels.  So, I have a lot of art work images ready to use when the inspiration hits!

  I framed the 'artwork' using a frame die in the Postage Collage Frame Dies set.

The framed artwork and sentiment are up on foam dots.

Sending my sympathy card to:

Just Us Girls

ends 8/12

Time Out Challenges

floral, geometric ends 8/18

Allsorts Challenge

Colors of Summer ends 8/14

NBUS

1st time using the Waffle Flower Picture Perfect stencils and stamps

Stamps:  Picture Perfect Details - Waffle Flower

Paper:  White, Sweet Blush - PTI, DP  6"x 6" Groovy GinghamPack - Unity

Ink:  Light Spruce - Gina K Designs, Sand Dunes, Mountain Mist, Misty Morning, Sweet Blush - PTI, Nocturne - Versafine Clair.

Other Supplies:  Postage Collage Picture Perfect Stencil, Postage Collage Die, Postage Collage Frames Die - Waffle Flower, Nested Stitched Scallop Frame dies - Amazon,  Ideal Moments Sentiments - Better Press plate and die set - Spellbinders.

Cream and Gold for an Anniversary Card

 Today I made a card for the latest Color Hues Challenge.

I found it to be a tricky combination!  

I was die cutting all kinds of images and going through all my metallic and cream papers, matching this, changing that until I finally felt like this was a good combination.

Very difficult to photograph with the metallic gold papers though!

I embossed the base of Vintage Cream card stock using the Plaster Embossing folder from Spellbinders that gave it a nice depth.  I die cut the Flower Jar from Gina Marie Designs out of Kraft Metallic Gold paper from Tim Holtz/Idea-ology.  The strip of gold/cream DP is from an older 12"x 12"paper pad Cotton Fields by DCWV.  I gold embossed the stamped sentiment.

This shows the shine of the metallic gold papers and gold embossed sentiment a bit better.

Also sending my card to:

Just Us Girls

Found the 'not used for years' Flower Jar die in my box of floral dies

ends 7/8

Alphabet Challenge

E is for Embossing wet or dry

ends 7/9

Stamps: Damask Designs - PTI (retired)
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Vintage Cream - Papertrey Ink, Kraft Stock Metallic Gold - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology, DP - 12"x12"pad Cotton Fields -DCWV.
Other Supplies: Flower Jar Die - Gina Marie Designs, Plaster Embossing Folder - Spellbinders, Super Fine Gold Embossing Powder - Ranger, heat tool, foam dots.

Inkspirational Challenge #371 - Visual Prompt

 The newest challenge is up over at Inkspirational.

As you can see -  I went with the lemons from the Visual Prompt!  

I'm not partial to lemons (too acidic for me) and so found that all I had in my craft room on the topic of lemons, was a stamp of a glass of lemonade (which will be have to wait to be used on another day)  and the Dried Citrus Slices die from the Greetery, which I die cut and inked with Distress Inks.  

They can be lemon slices or orange slices depending on the color you use!  The die cut leaves are Etched Laurel Leaves from Simon Says Stamp.  The background was embossed using Fallen Leaves EF from Sizzix.  One of the lemon slices is up on foam dots.  The sentiment strip and yellow gems are from Waffle Flower.

We'd love to see how this Visual Prompt inspires you!  Please link up your creations over at the Inkspirational Blog!

This challenge ends on 7/17.

Also sending my card to:

Double D Challenge

Potpourri (def: A mix of things)

lemons, green stems, sunshine  ends 7/12

Tic Tac Toe

Layers - Die Cut - Summer Colors 

ends 7/17

Just Us Girls

Forgotten Favorite - Citrus Slices dies from The Greetery

ends 7/8

Can You Handle the Pressure

Anything Goes  ends 7/8

Paper:  Bright Buttercup - Papertrey Ink, Water Color Paper - Canson Cold Press.

Ink:  Ranger Distress Mustard Seed and Fossilized Amber.

Other Supplies:  Dried Citrus Slices Die - The Greetery, Etched Laurel Leaves Die - Simon Says Stamp, Fallen Leaves 3D Textured Embossing Folder - Sizzix, Sentiment Strip  and Candy Dots - Waffle Flower, foam dots.