KCC #479 {Orange/Black}

Happy 'Krafty Chicks' Thursday everyone! Today, it's miss Tangii's turn to play your challenge hostess and given that today is Halloween, she's looking for some orange and black: 

KCC #479 {ORANGE AND BLACK}

Today is also our Crazy Egg Challenge as there are 5 Thursdays this month...Our challenges are always Anything Goes with the twist, so you can choose to use the twist or not - totally up to you!  

I made this card while I was up visiting Leanne earlier this summer - it was a lot of fun creating with her and something we need to try and do more often. Life gets busy so we need to make more time to do stuff like this :) 

Here's a close up of my card:

Thanks for stopping in today - be sure to hop on over to the blog to see what the rest of the Chicks have created using Tangii's "ORANGE/BLACK" twist. Wishing everyone a SAFE and fun Halloween - BOO! 

Anything Goes at 4 Crafty Chicks!

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday everyone! October has 5 Thursdays in it so that means we are hosting a CRAZY EGG challenge this week and I get to play hostess!! The theme for our crazy egg challenges are always ANYTHING GOES....so, let your creativity fly and come enter whatever you'd like: 3D projects, cards, scrapbooking, etc. You name it, we'd love to see it!

4 CC #270 ANYTHING GOES

For my card this week, I decided to make another Halloween card. I don't make many of these as I don't have a lot of supplies/stamps for the holiday - but thanks to last week's challenge, I now have TONS of awesome ideas!! 

This was another "easy-peesy" card that took about 10 mins to make! LOVE THOSE :) The raven image was already printed on some paper in a Halloween pack so I cut the strip out, layered it on black then added a cobweb doily, some twine and a few gumdrops! The embossed polka dot paper was also included in the Halloween paper pack :)

Be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog HERE and see what the rest of the Chicks have created for our ANYTHING GOES challenge! Link up your project there so we can come visit you and leave you some love!

Have a very SAFE and FUN Halloween night this Saturday and enjoy all the goodies and treats! I am excited to see how many little ghouls and goblins we get this year ;) CHEERS!

Happy Halloween at 4 Crafty Chicks!

 

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday!! This week, it is my turn to bring you all the challenge - and as you can probably guess, it's "HALLOWEEN!"

4 CC #269 HALLOWEEN

My card came together in about 10 minutes, if that..LOL! I cut out a stamped ghost image from an older Stampin' Up! set called Hey, Ghoul Friend, then popped it up on some designer paper that had everything pre-printed on it! Added some gumdrops from Your Next Stamp and wa-laaa - done!!

I really hope to see a lot of entries in the gallery over at 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog this week - the creativity around Halloween time is awesome and I need some more ideas as I don't have a lot of goodies that are focused on this holiday! Come on over to see what the rest of the Chicks have for ya in the hen house and play along! Cheers!

{Heavy Metal} at Twisted Tuesday Challenges!

Happy "Twisted Tuesday!"

The challenge over at the Twisted Tuesday Challenge blog for the next 2 weeks is:

{Heavy Metal}

The "heavy" is heavy on the layers (so go crazy! the more layers the better!!) and the TWIST? is "metal" which can be charms, brads, staples, etc.

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Here's my card for this week's challenge:

This card was made using a line of Halloween goodies I picked up from Michaeal's a few weeks back...it's called Wicked by My Mind's Eye and it was a lot of fun to put together! (There is garland, designer paper, enamel dots, and 3D stickers...)

The METAL portion of my card is in each top corner - I stapled on the garland ;)

 Thanks for stopping in today and I do hope you get some time to come and get crafty with us girls over at Twisted Tuesday Challenges!! Happy crafting!!

Getting Colorful at Totally Stampalicious!

Happy Monday folks! How was the weekend? Mine was super busy!! I had my nephew and 2 nieces (all under the age of 6), since Thursday afternoon so my baby sister and BIL could go to Jasper for a belated Anniversary weekend :) They played me right out! I forget what it's like having wee ones under foot - thank goodness my 2 kids were here to give me a hand *wink* Jackie is here this morning to pick them up so tonight, will be an early bedtime for this super-exhausted Aunty! LMBO!

Alright, onto business.....this week the gals over at Totally Stampalicious are issuing a color challenge: ORANGE, PURPLE and GREEN. *** EDITED *** The RIGHT colors are ORANGE, PURPLE and BLACK!!! OY!!! *** Oops! 

I decided to use Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait and go with a Halloween theme using Witch Brawd! She was fun to paper piece together!

....I hope you are able to take some time and play along this week! For more super-dooper talented inspiration, please click HERE to see what the rest of the TS Design Team has in store for you! See you shortly with another PPC and SPCC installment! CHEERS!

Picture Perfect Color Combo #36

Welcome back! This is my 2nd post for this morning - so if you are looking for the Scrapmaster's Color Combo, please scroll down :)

Megan at Picture Perfect Creations came up with this wonderful color combo for us this week and it was screamin' HALLOWEEN all over it - so I CASE'd the card in the Stampin' Up! Idea Book and Catty...I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it!


Stamps: Twick or Tweet; Paper: Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Concord Crush and Old Olive SP; Ink: Versafine Black, Concord Crush; Accessories: small, large oval punches, scallop oval punch, spider web embossing folder, scallop edge border punch, soft suede marker, dimensionals

This was a simple, fun card to CASE - thanks, Stampin' Up! :) Be sure to check out the other DT's blogs for more inspiring creations using this wonderful color combo. I can't wait to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping in :)

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #8 - a SPOOKTACULAR Sketch!

Well, well, well....here we are again with a 4 Crafty Chicks challenge! A week has come and gone so quickly, it is all just a blur to me....Tamie, our hostess with the mostess this week, has a super-dooper awesome sketch for y'all to muck with....check it out:

I was in need of some colors, so I hopped on over to Colour Q challenge blog and found this YUMMY palette to work with:

....and came up with THIS:

Stamps: Twick or Tweet; Paper: Very Vanilla, Poppy Parade, Basic Black, River Rock DP, Tangerine Tango; Ink: Versafine Onyx; Accessories: clear embossing powder, heat gun, dimensionals, markers, Martha Stewart border punch, black satin ribbon, spider web embossing folder

My card also qualifies for the following challenges:

Stampin' Royalty - ribbons

2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Halloween

Baby Bud Designs - Halloween

Stampin' for the Weekend - Halloween/Fall

Stamp Something - Halloween

The Creative Cottage - Halloween

Fussy and Fancy - Halloween

If the Shoe Fits...Scrap It! - Pick a Holiday (I did Halloween)

Aly's Sunday Challenge - Halloween

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Halloween

Stamping Vacation - Halloween

Creative Craft Challenges - Halloween

The Crazy Challenge - Halloween

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Halloween

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Halloween

Pile It On! - Halloween for Kids

Be sure to check out the rest of the Chicks' blogs:

Leanne

Melissa

Tamie

They have done some superb projects this week! Be sure to stop by each one and give 'em each a bit of lovin's...then, go grab yourself a coffee or tea, have a seat and get inky using Tamie's wonderful sketch. I cannot *wait* to see what gorgeous creations come out of it! Happy stamping!

SPCC #70 - Trick or Treat 8-in-1!

Happy Monday everyone! Did you all have a good weekend? I sure did...I was in Banff, AB with my sister, Jackie. We enjoyed hiking, fine food, Starbucks, fresh mountain air, a day at the Banff Springs Hotel Spa and some "flow yoga." We did NOT want to come home yesterday....but, as we know - life goes on and here we are back for another awesome color combo from Scrapmaster's Paradise!

Samantha I *think* had Halloween in mind for this one - at least that is what I saw the first time I viewed them. AND..just so happened that I received a box of Stampin' Up! goodies last week so I just {had} to use my new letterpress plate! They are FUN!

My card also falls into the Halloween category at the following challenges:

• Baby Bud Designs
• Stampin' for the Weekend
• Stamp Something
• Stampin' Royalty
• The Creative Cottage
• Fussy and Fancy
• Creative Craft Challenges
  

Stamps: none; Ink: Craft White; Paper: Old Olive, Basic Black, Basic Gray; Accessories: Big Shot, Trick or Treat Letterpress Plate, Olive brads, dimensionals

These letterpress plates (pg. 42 of Holiday Mini) are soooo super easy to use! Ink up your letterpress with any color of craft ink (it works best to soak into the paper while being debossed) and then place your paper on top, add your top cutting plate, and whip it through the big shot. Easy peesy! I am going to really enjoy using them... I sure hope they come out with more.

Be sure to check out the other Color Divas blogs (on my righthand sidebar) for more inspiration this week and be sure to link up YOUR creation at the SPCC website!

Thanks for popping in and stay tuned for my Picture Perfect Creations challenge post for this week! Happy stamping....

Kim's Halloween card

My 10-year-old daughter, Kim, made this card all by herself. I didn't help her AT ALL!! Didn't she do a fantastic job!!! I am very impressed with her crafting abilities :) Thought I would share them with you too.

October Calendar page

This is the Halloween page I made up for October's calendar page. My Usona Stamp Club is making a 12 x 12 calendar for 2010 ... I really love how this page turned out! Thanks for looking!

Stamps: Halloween Frights, Frightful Fence, Season of Friendship

Paper: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Whisper White, Cast-A-Spell DP

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: Go Go Boots Sizzix letters,