Hello, My Pretty!

It's almost Halloween! I have my house decorated with pumpkins, witches and gourds and the kids are always jacked up on the bowls of candy corn I have in the house! It smells good with the candles lit and soup is on the stove. Ahhh... the autumn season is here!

Lovin' this card mostly because of that homemade broom I made with a scrap of kraft paper and my handy dandy Martha Stewart fringe scissors! I tied it together with a bit of twine and inked the edges of the paper. I also glittered the witches shoes in red.

Inspiration for this little gem was brought to you by:

This weeks sketch from Card Patterns:

And, Paper Craft Star's 67th challenge: Trick or Treat!
Enjoy, my pretties!

Challenges? I've got it covered...

I made my rounds to my fave blog challenge sites on Sunday and found so much inspiration! I decided to do my Christmas card this week based on the following 3 challenges:  

Jingle Belles- Hybrid Holidays (using a digital images with embellishments, papers, etc.)
Shopping Our Stash- No Coloring! No Coopics or Prismacolors!

Card Patterns- this sketch, but I rotated it once, clockwise:

My card:

I loved working with the Card Patterns sketch! I got this vintage image of Santa from an Etsy seller and printed it on ivory cardstock. No coloring! I just inked the edges of my papers and added some Hero Arts felt pointsettias and placed a vintage button on top for a little added "oompf!" Easy and fun, not to mention how crafty I felt to combine 3 challenges! I never do that!

A Card and a Layout!

Today, I'm participating in the Die Cuts R Us Challenge: Earth Day. I made this card with supplies keeping "Earth friendly" in mind. The birds are stamped on a piece of ravelled muslin and the papers are all scraps. I distressed the edges and inked them to make the card go in the direction of being a bit shabby, then hand stitched the edge of the yellow paper before attaching to the card. Enjoy!

And, as promised, the Christmas layout I did on my scrap weekend:

A close up of the embellies... my handmade buttons and star chipboard!

Have a good night!

Hey, Chic!

Hello, chickadee! Here is a cute little card I made for a few challenges. I love this paper from American Crafts Dear Lizzy line! Supplies: Stamps: Sentiment and Bird, Papertrey Ink; Solid Paper: Papertrey Ink; Patterned Paper: American Crafts and TPC Studio (cloud); Scallop square punch: Marvy; Other: ink, wiggle eye and adhesive.

Challenges:
The Pink Elephant: Pastels
Pile It On: Animals
Practical Scrappers: Something you've had for over a year (the scallop punch is about 8 years old!)

I went to a crop Saturday (hosted by the awesomely talented, Shannon Zickle) and didn't get home until 3 AM! I got some super cute pages done and can't wait to share them with you... hopefully tomorrow!

1 Card, 4 Challenges!

Hello again... here is a card I made yesterday to play along with a few challenges...
The Pink Elephant- "green"
Pile It On- "lucky me"
Crazy 4 Challenges- "textures"
Practical Scrappers- "ink/chalk"

Supplies: Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket; Cardstock: Paper-Source; Ribbon: Martha Stewart; Stamps: Papertrey Ink; Other: Vintage button, quilters thread, brown ink, Copic marker (brown)corner rounder, Cuttlebug, and swiss dot embossing folder.

Hope you have a glorious day! The sun is shining and the temperature is rising... a fab day to play outside. I hope to get my sick one out for a little Vitamin D sometime today! Enjoy!