Pretty Papers October Challenge

Hello friends, we have an OPTIONAL theme at
Love Those Pretty Papers for October and it is
HALLOWEEN COLORS!
You can create anything though as long as you
have used your pretty papers as your focus!

Before card making I used to scrapbook but don't do it at all 
anymore, just lost all interest in it, and though I got rid of
anything that was used mostly for just that I did keep lots of 12x12
papers I thought I could use for cards.
The paper I used for my slimline card is one of those papers.
The design you see goes all around the entire edge of the
12x12 paper so I thought it would be a good fit for a slimline or two.
I winked the spider web though you can't see it, but IRL
it does add some 'brief' sparkle/shine as do the sequins.
The sentiments are all from Echo Parks 2 Cute 2 Spook stamp set.
I kind of liked them all stamped down the front for some spooky fun!

For my anything goes card I pulled out a pack of paper I bought in the early Spring,
Brutus Monroe Butterfly Beauty.
This gorgeous 6x6 paper pad is full of double sided luscious bright and colorful
butterflies, 12 designs, 24 sheets  and is the first time I have used it.
I saw a design on Pinterest for this card technique but changed the measurements
and the front slightly to make it more the way I wanted.

When I watched the directions she had the last front panel not meeting up with 
the back panel and I wanted the card to stand on it's own so I adjusted that 
and a few other measurements to make it work for me!
The 3D embossing folder is a Honey Bee 'Spring Medley'
I purchased this Spring and also
the first time I have used it, I think it is a gorgeous folder!
The sentiment is Stampendous and die cut with a round punch, I added a bit of
Soot Distress ink around the edges.

Here is a side view that shows how the front panel is.

This card is just slightly shorter than an A2 card.

So grab those pretty designer papers of yours and come on over to
Love Those Pretty Papers
and have some fun with us!!

Black & Purple Challenge

Hello friends, at Simply Clean & Simple we have an 
OPTIONAL theme of black and purple
but you can create anything as long as it is CAS!

My first thought being October and the theme being black and purple
was to create a Halloween card, but then I knew I had a huge stock of Halloween cards
and zero sympathy cards so thought I would go that route, which I did!

I used some Distress inks in the purples and did a little inking then an
older stamp from SU's Just Believe set and for the sentiment
Warmest Regards (2006), felt kind of good to pull out these older sets
for a change and ink them up, simple, but that is what we are all about!!

Come on over to Simply Clean and Simple and have some 'clean' fun with us!!

Triple B October 2024

 Hello friends, can you believe we are already into OCTOBER?
The year seems to have flown by and it brings us to anther challenge at
Triple B, where we are all about Blooms!Birds~Butterflies!
You can use one, two or ALL three, but at least one much be used!

We have a colorful board for inspiration!

I did a relatively simple card by putting my Betterpress to work with the
Spellbinders letter 'D'.  I used a red ink to press my plate with
and Echo Park paper underneath, if you look real close you can see tiny ladybugs on the paper..  I added a ladybug brad
(yippee, I used up one more brad)!
The sentiment is part of the press plate.

  Stop on over and Triple B and have

some birds~blooms~butterfly fun with us!!

Word Power #10

It's our 10th challenge at Word Power starting today
where we want to see your sentiments take center stage!
No little one word sentiments for us, we want to see big and bold!

I started my card with a piece of scrap paper covered
by an orange piece of vellum, just letting the pumpkin
design peek through.
The spider web big BOO is from Tutti Designs.
I added a few lots of sequins to cover up
the glue showing thru on my vellum.

Come on over to Word Power and have some fun with us,
don't forget, we want the sentiments to be the focal
of your card!!

Two Old Bats October 2024

 It's truly Halloween time at
Two Old Bats
and we have a spooky fun inspiration board for
you to get creative with
but just that, inspiration, you can create anything Halloween related!

I let the upper left corner inspire me with my fun stamp set from
AI's Fright Night set.  I sat one afternoon in the fall and stamped myself silly
with as many Halloween stamps I could, this set being one of my favorites!

I pulled a couple papers from my scrap bag and ran a stitched banner die between the two.
I added a Cheery Lynn Design spider web corner die at the top, geez, I have had that die for years! 
The sentiment and the stamped web in the bottom corner are
from a Woodware Skull & Roses set.

I also have a second card from Art Impressions stamp set
using a cute little witch owl trick or treater!! 

Come on over to Two Old Bats and have some spooky fun with us,
we would love to have you!!

To Spook Or Not

 We are having some October fun at Double D
and our theme is:

To Spook or Not
either Halloween or
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Pink)
You can choose to create a Halloween project OR a Pink project

(in supporting breast cancer awareness month...anything pink)
as we know not everyone likes/loves Halloween.
We have a fun mood board representing both below
for your inspiration pleasure!

I took both Halloween and Pink into consideration when making my card.
Using a bokeh background paper I added a spooky window with shutters
a pink cobweb in the corner and some fun PINK ghosts!
The sentiment is a Tonic die that I layered three times.

For more pink and Halloween inspiration be sure to head on over to
Double D and see all the 'pretties' from the design teams!!

Colorful Options October 2024

 Hello friends, it's a new month and that means a new color challenge at
Colorful Options and this month our color is ORANGE
but you can always use rainbow colors too if orange isn't your 'thing'!!.
Below is a very orange mood board for inspiration!

I decided being October I would go the Halloween route and made a very
large Halloween tag.  The tag itself is from a tag package by Prima.
Speaking of Prima that is where my witch girl came from, one of the many many
girl stamps Prima came out with several years ago.
I owned several myself then a friend that gave up card creating
gave me all hers, so I added about 12 more to my already big collection of them
and thought it was about time to pull one to use again!
This one is a bit smaller then the first ones they came  out with
but she is still plenty big.  Her name is Giulia.  All her clothes were paper pieced from
scraps, the hat I stamped from the Stamper Anonymous Crazy Birds Accessories 
and fussy cut it out.  The sentiment is Echo Park, stamped on a Lawn Fawn Banner.
I die cut a TH Alterations Rosette and cut my bats from a Prickley Pear die.
The black leaves came out of my black bin of die cut scraps.
The candy corn paper is from a very old scrap piece in my Halloween stash!

Come on over to Colorful Options for some colorful fun with us!!