It's an Orange kind of day

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Happy Halloween ya'll!

I have two projects today, and although they both use Halloween colors, they are not Halloween projects. Thought I would change things up some. The first project uses an image from Sassy Studio Designs and a template from there.

The first one is a fun pillow box with a wonderful cupcake image (both from SSD). I used a few challenge to help me put everything together.

Challenges used:

Mojo Monday - sketch

Copic Color Challenge - R20, YG06 (I used YG03 as it was the closest color I had), and E33

Funky Fairy Challenge - touchy feely (lots of glitter, glassy glaze on the cherry, and the faux suede tech.)

My Time To Craft - Rip it up (I had to rip the orange c/s to make the faux suede look)

This next project uses an image from DZ Doodles. The was a one was a challenge due to the colors I was to use and the limited images I have. I really need to make some purchases from them. I decided to use the mouse ornament I have. I really like how it turned out, but now I have to decide how to use it since it's not really a Halloween card. Maybe I will still use it for a Christmas card. What do you think?

Challenges used:

Lord Have Mercy - sketch

Ditgital Tuesday challenge - color challenge: Kraft, Orange, & any other color

DZ Doodles - color challenge: Orange, Black

Paper Take Weekly - Spots n Stripes

Character Cafe - use papers only from Halloween paper pack & glitters (The paper came from an old SU! Halloween pack and the glitter is on the stars, eyes, nose)

DZ Doodles Digi Stamps release

I was picked to help with the today's release over at DZ Doodles Digital Stamps and am so excited about it. The digi I was given was a snowman and it's so cute. I just had to make two cards with them. Both cards used non-traditional winter colors which was a strech for me. I like my shades of blues for winter and reds/greens for Christmas, but I was introduced to a challenge that asked for pinks and wanted to play along. After seeing so many pretty cards using shades of pinks for winter/Chirstmas I thought this stamp would be a great way to start. DZ Doodles has some great stamps I'm sure you'll want to check out. Now on to my cards :)

For this card I used the Mojo Monday sketch challenge. It's hard to tell in this picture but I embossed the edges with straight lines to give it a subtle frame. I also used Creative Inspirations challenge to make a Christmas card. I tried coloring the rhinestones to match, but they it didn't turn out too well, oh well. I still like how it came out.

For this card I used K's Card Creations pink challenge, My Time to Craft Challenge to create a card using snow buddies, Sweet Stop Sketches, and the ABC Challenge's E is for embossing. I really like how this one turned out. I think it's one of my favs. I used the cuttlebug to emboss the small soild pink background and then sponged over it with Distress Ink's Worn Lipstick. For the big pink background I stamped PTI's snowflake serenade in SU's Regal Rose and clear embossed some of the snowflakes as well.

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