Halloween Pup

Hello dearies ~  

 

What started out to be a Christmas card, turned into a Halloween card.  I had seen a Christmas card with this style of background on Pinterest and set out to make one for myself. 

 

 

Using Waffle Flower Postage Stamp stencil and die, I pulled out Crackling Campfire DOX ink but when I put ink to the kraft cardstock it was orange and not red. I had never used this color before and the color on the cover looked red to me.  It was a head slapping moment for me when I realized campfire isn't normally red.  Anyway, I proceeded to turn this into a Halloween card by stamping some postage and Halloween images into the sections of the stamps.  I also added some black ink splatters and set that aside to dry while I perused the Halloween dies.

 

Spellbinders Woof-or-Treat die won out.  I bought this little guy last year and never used it so this is his maiden voyage.

 

The sentiment and spider are both from Poppystamps.  You can see in the close up that I added some Onyx Black Liquid Pearls to their eyes.  Isn't that the life of a crafter, sometimes we just have to switch gears and let the process play out.  I like how the background has a vintage-y look to it.  I will try again to make a Christmas background.

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Two Old Bats Halloween ~ Anything Goes

Cut It Up ~ Black and Orange

A Cut Above ~ September Anything Goes 

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Deer Themed 3D Lighted Box Ornament

Hello friends ~  Spring has finally sprung here in Maine.  The sun has been shining and we've been enjoying temps in the mid 50's.  It's still falling below freezing at night though.  No matter, I've been enjoying getting outside and working in the yard and greenhouse.  Not much time for crafting, but I do have this 3D lighted box ornament that I made this past winter that I never got around to posting.  

 

 

When I saw the Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge, I just knew this would be the perfect fit for that challenge.  This lighted box ornament was made for my son-in-love.  

 

He's a very fine dresser and has a lot more style than I'll ever have.  This elegant deer from Poppystamps suits him perfectly.

 

 I think I'll add this to the following challenges:

Peace On Earth Christmas ~ 

 

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes 

I hope you're enjoying spring weather wherever you are. 

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Joy To The World

Good morning friends ~  I made today's card using Sunny Lane dies from scrapbook.com   

I have been loving the look of cards lately using row houses and made this card a few weeks before Christmas. 

 

 

I love how the dies do double duty, embossing the buildings while you cut.  Super cute texture!! I used a swirly background die from Lawn Fawn for the night sky and added a sparkly snow drift on the bottom.  The sentiment tile is from Poppystamps.

 

All the colors of cardstock are from Cutcardstock.  I wish I could say I'm getting a jump start on making cards for next year, but alas I'm still trying to post the cards I made last Christmas.

I'll be adding this card to the following challenge:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Peace On Earth ~ Inspired by the blue tones

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ Christmas

 

Cut It Up ~ Favorite Dies

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Halloween Colors ~ DD

Hello my friends~  The gals at DD Challenges are at it again.  A new challenge just posted with the theme "Halloween Colors".  

 

I couldn't resist using this "Pup-kin" die from Spellbinders to make another fun halloween card.

 

The sentiment is "Lavish Happy Halloween" by Poppystamps.  I cut the words out of black and backed them with the shadow die using vellum.

 

This cute little pup is mounted onto rectangles cut using Spellbinders Pinking Edge Birthday Add-Ons.

 

 

If you head on over to Double D Challenges, you'll see more amazing inspiration from the design team.

 

Here's the mood board to help get you started:

 

 Here's the prize that you could win when you play along:

 

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Tropical Fun!

Hello friends~  Today's card is full of tropical fun!

 

  

I have a dear friend who loves pink flamingos and she just celebrated her birthday at the beginning of this month.  

 

Every year I make her a pink flamingo card.  Sometimes it's a challenge to come up with fresh new designs for her, but this card ended up turning out super cute. 

 

I used Marianne Designs Pink Flamingo Floatie paired with this leafy Sylvan Frame by Poppystamps.  I made it into an easel card for something slightly different.  I'm so glad to say she loved it.

I'll be entering this card into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Four Seasons ~ Summer Challenge

 

AAA Cards ~ Summer Activity

 

 

Hope you're enjoying some beautiful weather in your neighborhood.  It's been gorgeous here on the east coast.  Summer if fleeting by way too quickly.

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Tropical Flamingo ~ CCS

Hi friends~  I have a fun, tropical card up over at the CutCardStock blog today.

 

 You'll find more details there and a list of supplies I used to make it.

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Spring Bird House ~ CCS

Hello friends!  I'm hoping by the time this project posts, we'll be well into spring here on the east coast.  As I sit here typing up this post, we are being hit by another early spring snow storm, that's supposed to last both Saturday and Sunday. 

 

To help combat the winter blues and early spring snow storms, I made this darling Spring Bird House using pretty pastel colored Lessebo cardstock from CutCardstock.

 

 

I used Poppystamps Pop-Up Easel Bird House die, but turned it into a 3D piece of spring decor.   A group of us will be making 20 of these for a ladies breakfast at our church coming up in May.

 

 

 

You can find all the details on how this bird house came together over at the CutCardstock blog.

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Happy Howlidays ~ Poppystamps

Good morning friends ~ I've got a new card up over at the Poppystamps blog.

 

These darling dachshunds stole my heart.

 

I'd also like to add this to Time Out Challenge ~ Photo Inspiration

 

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Nordic Layered Ornament ~ Poppystamps

I've got a warm winter whites card for you today over at the Poppystamps blog.  Sure hope you'll pop over to see it.

 

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Get Ready for Winter ~ Double D

The girls from Double D Challenge are getting ready for winter with this new challenge:

 

 

 

 This little fella from Poppystamps looks like he's ready for winter.

 

 I do hope you'll stop by the Double D Challenge blog to see more fun winter inspiration from the talented design team and then join in on the fun!

Here is the prize you could win when you play along:

 

Penny Black "Across The Miles" cardstock prints

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Nordic Bells ~ Poppystamps

Good morning friends!  I'm ringing in the beautiful season of Christmas over at the Poppystamps blog today.  Sure hope you'll pop in for a look-see. 

 

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Let It Snow! ~ Poppystamps

Hi friends!  I've got a cute CAS snowman card up over on the Poppystamps blog today.

I hope you'll stop by for a peek!

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CAS Challenge ~ Poppystamps

Hi friends!  Poppystamps is starting a new challenge this month with a Clean and Simple theme and it's my turn to host.

I had the honor to invite a guest to play along.  It's my great pleasure to have as my guest designer, my dear friend Connie Griffin from Connie's Crafty Creations.  Connie and I go way back to working on the Dies R Us design team.  She's remained a constant friend and source of inspiration to me. 

I do hope you'll join us over at Poppystamps Challenge to see some fun designs by teammates Allison and Lisa and my guest designer, Connie.  Thanks so much for joining us this month Connie!  Please visit Connie's blog and leave her some love.  This is a challenge you won't want to miss!

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