Halloween tag

 Now that there are no kids in my house, I don't really "do" Halloween. However, I  have a random assortment of Halloween-themed crafting supplies, mostly leftovers and a few things people sent me as a little insert in a swap card. So I decided to make a Halloween tag.

I began with a white tag, sponging it with Hickory Smoke Distress ink. Next, I chose a patterned paper I got as one of those swap gifties. It shows skulls, bats, gravestones, bones and other "Spooky" stuff, so it set the mood. Added a die-cut spider web in an upper corner, then rub-on spider and bat. Used a sticker across the bottom -- these stickers are pretty realistic-looking in real life, they truly look like a ribbon stamped with letters and held by brads. The same set of rub-ons that included the spider and bat had the word "scary" in orange.  These are really old rub-ons, and the word didn't come across as bold as it should have, so we have a ghostly "scary." And while rubbing that on, some stray orange dots ended up on the tag. So I decided to embrace the happenstance by adding a few more orange rub-ons from the set. Finished the tag with black-and-white bakers twine and a fuzzy orange fiber.

This tag is entered in these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday -- tag it

Creative Inspiration -- anything goes

DigiChooseday  -- anything goes

Polkadoodles Challenge: -- anything goes

Gem of a Challenge -- anything goes 

We Love to Create Challenge  -- anything goes

 

Pumpkin spice pie

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 On Thanksgiving, I usually declare that "I'm here for the sides," namely dressing and pumpkin pie. So why not make pumpkin pie the star of a card?

The pie is from Stamplorations. It's black embossed and colored with water colors, with superfine clear glitter making that whipped cream look magical. I used the Try a Sketch on Tuesday sketch and added a black-embossed seasonal greeting.

This card is for these challenges 

 

 

Double Trouble #226 -- 3 colors, 2-word sentiment, fall image; plus TSOT sketch (and pumpkins were involved with that pie -- so I think it should count as a "gourd" image)

TSOT #705 -- sketch

Stamplorations never-ending challenge -- Featuring Stamploration pie stamp and die

Word Art Wednesday #772 -- anything goes 

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2640 -- anything goes

A Cut Above -- die cuts

Polkadoodles challenge -- anything goes

 

 

Sparkly dancer

 I paired some very old patterned paper with this sweet dancer image from All Dressed up, along with a sparkly sentiment and sequins, of course. The image is colored with pencils.

This card is entered in these challenges: 

All Dressed UP Challenge #177 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #770 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2638  -- anything goes

Pattie's Creations  #246  -- anything goes

Digi Chooseday -- anything goes

Polkadoodles challenges-- anything goes 

A big hello

 It finally feels like fall here, so I made a fall-ish card, inspired by the inspiration photo at Inspiration Station. The die-cut leaves are sponged with colors from the photo -- they haven't shown up where I live yet, but they will in another three weeks or so.  The die-cut sentiment is placed on a vellum "shadow" and then on a strip of cardstock stamped with a gingham pattern. I found a piece of what we used to call "fun fiber" and tied a little bow under the sentiment.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Inspiration Station #89 -- inspiration photo

The Pick 3 Challenge #9 -- brown, checks, leaves

Time Out Challenge #322-- seasonal colors where you live

Word Art Wednesday #770  -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2638 -- anything goes 

Trucking towards Christmas

It's that a cute image?  It's actually a piece of repurposed, and very shiny, Christmas wrapping paper. I glued it to a piece of card stock and let the glue dry. Then I did a little out-of-the box die-cutting (to get the front end of the truck in), and mounted it on a second die-cut from green card stock.  The sentiment is a sticker, which I placed on a piece of beige card-stock (I thought white would be too stark against the gold background on the truck) and trimmed to size.

This card is entered in these challenges

CRAFT #789 -- Christmas

ABC Christmas -- T is for transport

Die-cut Divas -- recycle/repurpose (used a snippet of wrapping paper for main image)

Simon Says Stamp Monday -- transport it

Word Art Wednesday #770 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2637  -- anything goes

Chicken soup for the humor

 A get-well card for someone who could use a smile (or maybe a humorous groan?) It's a digi from the much-missed Bugaboo store, colored in pencils, die-cut and sponged. All of the 1-inch (ish) strips are from the snippet pile, pretty much used as is (or was). The checked snippet was cut into equal thirds to help fill the space. I cut about 1/4 inch off the short side of the mustard colored snippet before embossing it to add some texture.

This card is for these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- add texture.

Word Art Wednesday #768  -- anything goes

Can you Handle the Pressure -- embossing

A Cut Above -- use a die-cut

Pammie's Inkie Pinkies #2637 -- anything goes

Snippets Playground #541 -- use snippets 

Sending smiles

 Everyone loves happy mail, even for no special occasion. Here's a happy mail card. The image is a digi from Polkadoodles, which I colored in pencils and fussy cut. The colors were selected to coordinate with the three patterned papers -- the stripe, the floral used for the  scalloped circle, and the small piece of patterned paper that's peeking out behind the sentiment strip.

This card is for these challenges:

Double Trouble # 224 -- three patterned papers, two colors, one image. (The option is stitching -- does the stitching in the striped pattern count?)

Word Art Wednesday #768 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2636 -- anything goes

Pattie's Creations #246 -- use an image

Digi Chooseday -- anything goes

Polkadoodle Challenge-- anything goes

Gem of a Challenge -- anything goes