Make It Colourful - Orange and Black

Are you ready for some Spooky fun from Make It Colourful?? This week we are asking you to use Orange and Black. This colour combo just screams Halloween and with the fabulous new images from Make It Crafty  it should be easy to come up with something fun to join in.

I've used Witchy Wanda for my card and created a fun shaped card using my craft robo. I've been trying to learn more about how to use it and found some fabulous online tutorials HERE - I've never learnt how to meld letters and create a matt before this!

Don't forget Make It Colourful now have a FABULOUS new gallery for you to enter our challenges on - check it out HERE. You'll find all the fabulous DT inspiration there too. 

Copics used - E37, E35, E33, E11, E00, E000, YR23, YR07, YR04, YR00, YR000, B21, Y28, Y21, Y19, 100, C7, C6, C5, C4, C3, C2, C0

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Present in a Tea Cup

Today I have a fun little project for you - a teacup to hold a little present in. The template for this is from My Time Made Easy and comes in PDF and various cut files - it's called Grab a Cup and is available HERE. I've cut mine using my craft robo.

I was inspired to make this by the Mad Hatter from Just INKlined (available HERE). I wanted to use him on a tag so I printed him out smaller than I would normally. The tickets on the tag are also from Just INKlined (available HERE). I decided to use the tea-cup template to create a gift to hang my tag onto - and it was a great excuse to play with something new - LOL.

The birthday sentiment and frame is from The Craft's Meow.

I'm also entering this at Altered Alice Challenges where they have a Mad Hatter Tea Party going on...

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Who Me?

Meet little Miss Tabitha from Just INKlined - she just seems to be saying - "Who Me?" - LOL. I've cut out the cheeky sentiment using my Craft Robo. I dry embossed the "shadow" and then popped the words up for added dimension. I don't usually do this style of card but I have to say it was a LOT of fun - and REALLY suited Tabitha - who is available HERE.

And apologies for not stopping by to visit any of my blog buddies lately - what can I say - cold and flu season has hit The Pamment Household without any mercy!

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Magnolia Down Under Challenge #95

This week we have a fun challenge for you over at Magnolia Down Under Challenges - and it's not too hard! You need to use Kraft on your creation somewhere. Now for those of you who are unsure Kraft is the "cardboard box" coloured CS that is available.

For my card I've mixed some Kraft CS with SU's Kraft taffeta ribbon and used my copic E43 which is pretty close to Kraft too - so everything ties together well. The DP is Websters. I cut the background "gate" using my craft robo and slotted my image in between the bars. I've made this card for my sister's 50th Birthday which is on May 10th - now I could make myself feel better and mention she's my older sister but that would be mean - LOL.

Happy Birthday Shaz!!!

And if you are looking for MORE fabulous inspiration I've had a sneak peak at some of the MDUC DT's work and WOW - go check it out on our blog HERE.

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A Fairytale Gazebo

When I saw one of the previews for Lauren Meader's March release for My Time Made Easy I was blown away by her 3D birdcage (available HERE) - it got my creative juices flowing! I bought the cut file the day it was released and cut out the pieces with my craft robo (silhouette) - and then they sat there!!! I knew what I wanted to do but needed to figure out HOW! I was inspired to create something for this month's Copic Oz Challenge - A Little Magic. I wanted to create a scene INSIDE the cage. I tried to add in a door that would open but the thick bars cut off too much of the view - so I decided to cut off the bars from the front piece entirely - thus creating a gazebo for my fairy scene. I've embossed the base and top bars for some extra interest.

I used Mo Manning's gorgeous fairy Summer Fairy Finna - available HERE. I printed her off twice - once in reverse. This way I could glue them back to back so the rear view would be Ok too. You can see her through the bars at the side in the photo on the left. I have been able to sit her up straight by attaching tabs between the two layers and then making a slit in the DP on the base to slide the tabs through and then I stuck them down.

Now you may be wondering what the little yellow flame shape at the front is - well I've popped a battery operated tealight up through the bottom and created a gazebo night light for a bit of ambience. The tealight base is hidden but easy to access to turn the switch on or off. The photo just doesn't do it justice as the light flickers like a flame and the glitter on Finna's wings shimmer.

This was such a fun project to do - and the birdcage was very easy to put together - especially as I didn't have to cut it out myself - LOL.

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Magnolia Down Under #85 - Flower Power

This week over at Magnolia Down Under Challenges we are asking you to show us some Flower Power - not much of a challenge for me - LOL. I may have gone a little overboard with the flowers but they are one of my favourite embellishments AND I received a fabulous box in the mail last week from I Am Roses - an awesome place to buy flowers!

The little cherry blossoms I used here were in the box and they inspired me to use Japanese Tilda on this cute box from Lauren Meader's My Time Made Easy range of packaging - this one is called So Fortunate and can be found HERE. The thing I like about these templates is they are already available as cut files so it's easy work using my craft robo.

The DP is from Magnolia - as are the dies I used to cut the dragonfly and tag.

I'm sure this challenge will appeal to lots of people so be sure to grab your Magnolia stamps and flowers and come along and play. Don't forget to check out the inspiration from the rest of the MDUC DT at our blog HERE.

And don't forget to enter for a chance to win my blog candy HERE

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Tickled Pink Stamps Merry Christmas Blog Hop

It's release day over at Tickled Pink Stamps for our new sentiment set and matching die so we are hop hop hopping along to celebrate. There are hidden candies and prizes along the way too - so enjoy and GOOD LUCK!! You should have arrived here from Amy's blog but if you haven't you can head back to the start at Ann's blog - our wonderful sentiment designer! The full blog list will be on the Tickled Pink Stamps blog if you get lost along the way....

I used the frame stamp and the die to create some "placecards" for my Christmas table - as you can see they are actually little chairs and I still have a few to finish off. The seat is actually a box measuring approx 2"x2"x2" and will be used to hide some Christmas chocolates in. The names were generated on my computer and the poinsettia was cut using my Magnolia doohickey die. The DP is Basic Grey's Jovial range.

I have to thank my dear friend Deb A for this fabulous idea (yup another Debbie and why I'm known as Debbie P - LOL). Her daughter works at a wedding venue and she often brings home the left over favour boxes - this chair was one of those and Deb brought it around to show me. I've drafted it out in my Craft Robo (Silhouette) software and got my craft robo to do all the cutting for me. If anyone would like the GSD cutting file please email me and I'll send it on. I have also drawn out the pattern if anyone would like a printable version - again just email me.

These were soo fun and simple to make - am trying to work out some other variations - maybe having Santa sitting on the chair?!?!?!

Now it's time to keep on hopping - your next stop is Jane's blog.

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Fancy Marci Celebrates Christmas

Last week saw the release of 2 new images from La-La land Crafts - this is one of them. This is Fancy Marci and she's all dressed up to celebrate Christmas here. She is such a dream to colour up and looks adorable in many different colour combos - I just love her cute little pose.

My DP is from Basic Grey and I cut the poinsettia flowers using a My Time Made Easy template and my craft robo. I downsized the template so I didn't use all the layers.

Fancy Marci is available for a limited time only as a digi before she comes out in rubber - check her out HERE.

BREAKING NEWS.......

SALE EXTENDED!!! LLLC had such a great response to our "Friday BEFORE Black Friday SALE" that we decided to extend it throughout the weekend, until 11 PM PST on SUNDAY!!! If you didn't get the opportunity to shop our sale on Friday, here is your second chance!!!!

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Harry Potter Comes to Spesch Stamps

When I was a member of the Spesch Designer Stamps DT there was some friendly rivalry between the Twilight and Harry Potter fans. I'm definately on the side of the HP fans having read all the books and I'm currently re-living ALL the previous movies on DVD prior to seeing the latest instalment when it's released in Australia this Thursday - and YUP - I already have my tickets booked - LOL.

So when Tracey from Spesch Stamps emailed me asking if I'd like to be her GDT for her Harry Potter release how could I say no?!?!?!

Here I've merged all three main characters into one scene - there is also a stamp with the group already together! These guys have their wands at the ready - and if you look closely you can see there are sparks (glitter) starting to fly at their tips - they must sense trouble ahead - or is it just Draco Malfoy?!?!?! I used my Tim Holtz brick wall die and some chalk inks to create the wall entrance to Diagon Alley. And to show what a true HP tragic I really am - I used the HP alphabet stickers I already had in my stash - LOL.

The spider was cut using my craft robo and glittered up.

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You're a Star

Each year my daughter gives her figure skating coach a gift at Christmas time - usually a box of chocolates. This year she'll be getting some home baked goodies in this gift box I made using one of Lauren Meader's My Time Made Easy Template's. This one is called Star of the Show. These are sooo easy to put together and with Lauren providing the templates in a variety of cut files they are super easy too. I used my Craft Robo to cut out the pieces with more precision and less time than if I had hand cut them! The box is 2" deep so there's plenty of room for some goodies.

As soon as I saw Skater Marci from La-La Land Crafts I knew I would HAVE to have her. With a daughter who figure skates this cutie will be getting a work out I'm sure. Here I've popped her onto the box tag which was cut using my new PTI dies and sentiment stamps. And there's plenty of room on the back for a personal message!

I am sooo loving working with these adorable images - they are sooo easy to colour and soo versatile too!

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Welcome to the Tickled Pink Stamps Birthday Blog Hop!

What a month of previews, releases and giveaways Tickled Pink Stamps has had and now to top it all off we're having a blog hop to go out with a BANG. To join the Pink Party of the Year you can start HERE at Boss Lady Kellie's blog. And WHY is this hop not to be missed? There is a major prize at the wind down of the party, by hopping along you have a chance to win EVERY stamp released during the month of October, that's over 15 stamps, including all the images and sentiments from the first release. If they come in rubber and you want rubber over digi, then you can have rubber. If they only came out in digi then digi it is, it's all up to you and your liking. AND want to know something else? There are hidden candies hiding within the hop too for a bit of extra fun!!!

If you have come from the amazing Angela's blog then you're on the right party line. If you do get lost along the way you can head back HERE to party central where you'll find the full party list!

Now here's my project....

I went a little crazy and chose images from EVERY October release and created a party scene by merging them together. Now I'm not known for being a scrapbooker but with all of these images in one picture it ended up a little large - so I went with a 12x12 scrapbook  page instead of a card. To show how little I scrap BOTH my hubby and my 12yo son asked who the BIG "card" was for when they saw it - LOL.

I cut the title and the streamers out using my craft robo. The grass on the picture was cut using my MS punch and the flowers were made using Tim Holtz's tattered florals die.

I searched my stash for DP and came up with these - with the picture soo bright I didn't want the backdrop to detract too much from the picture.

Now your next party stop is the fabulous Fran's Blog.

Thank you for joining the Tickled Pink Stamps hop and have FUN.

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Trick or Treat Blog Hop with Tiddly Inks and Simply Betty Stamps

What do you get when Two Companies Collide? One fun fun fun blog hop! Christy of Tiddly Inks and Betty from Simply Betty Stamps are big Halloween fans so naturally they had to put together a fun Trick or Treat Blog Hop for you all! Here are the details and a fun badge for you to display!

Theme: Trick or Treating with Tiddly Inks and Simply Betty Stamps

Dates: 12 PM CST on October 29th to 6 PM CST on October 31st

How to Participate: Post your creation on your personal blog between 12 PM CST and 5:55 PM CST. The title of your post should be "Trick or Treating with Tiddly Inks and Simply Betty Stamps".

Once your blog post is completed, visit the Simply Betty Stamps Blog and link your blog hop post in the Inlinkz list at the bottom of the Blog Hop post in order to be qualified for the prizes. There is no need to sign up in advance the Inlinkz list will close at 6 PM and then we hop, Halloween style, from the both Tiddly Inks challenge blog and Simply Betty Stamps. Now here is the twist... for your blog hop project please create a Trick (a favorite technique) or a Treat (just a project to share).

The blog hop will run until October 31st at 6 PM CST.

Prizes: Two random blogger participant winners will be announced November 5th and highlighted on the hosting blogs Tiddly Inks and Simply Betty Stamps. Each will receive a $10 gift voucher from Tiddly Inks. Simply Betty Stamps will be giving away a $10 gift voucher as well!

Now for the joint DT hop to get your creative juices flowing you should have started at the fabulous Christy's blog,  and if you didn't you can always head back there now. If you ARE already on the hop you should have arrived here from the lovely Cheri's Blog.

Now for my card I've used the gorgeous Tiddly Inks image called Gothic Lady - available HERE. My background DP is also from Tiddly Inks - and was printed onto Kraft cardstock. This image is part of the Love Hurts set that you can find HERE. I found the scroll on the internet and popped my own sentiment onto it before printing it out - it's actually a line from an episode of One Tree Hill - but I think it works better here - LOL. The spider was cut using my craft robo. Both the picture frame and the spider are coated with black glitter. And as the red-back spider is one of Australia's poisonous arachnids I added a sliver of red CS onto the spiders back to amp up the creepy factor! A red satin ribbon and some drippy goo punched CS finish off the embellishments.

You can't see it in the picture but I've used my clear spica pen on her tears.

Your next stop on the hop is the the incredible Donna's Blog.

Now remember, if you want to be a part of this hop just link your Trick (technique) or Treat (just a project to share) in the inlinkz code as mentioned aboove with a Simply Betty Stamps image or a Tiddly Inks image.

Happy Hopping!

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On The Tenth Day of Halloween......

We're up to the 10th day of Halloween and can you guess what the theme is?!?!??!

SPIDERS

Now I'm not usually that good with spiders but I reckon these ones are pretty darn cool! I found this fabulous pattern over HERE - at Extreme Cards and Papercrafting. The lovely Carol has the cutting files for these - and her bat version - for free! They are soo much fun and soo quick and easy to make! I cut them with my craft robo and the DP is from Stampin' Up. It feels a little strange to show something that has NO stamping and NO colouring - LOL.

If you want to check out all the details for this challenge head on over to the Simply Betty Challenge Blog HERE.

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Twelve Days of Halloween - Day 4

If you're interested please scroll down for my Magnolia Down Under Challenges card posted earlier today!

Ooops - It's been a crazy weekend and I nearly forgot to post my card for the Fourth Day of the Twelve Days of Halloween - that wouldn't have helped anyone out would it - LOL. For all the ongoing information about the competition and prizes check out the Simply Betty Challenges blog HERE. Me and the rest of the gals from  The Burtonesque Dolls are helping out our neighbours with this one in place of our regular challenges.

On the 4th day of Halloween my ghoul love gave to me four crazy Ravens

... incorporate Ravens and this line from Vincent...

"His voice was soft and very slow As he quoted The Raven from Edgar Allen Poe: “and my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor shall be lifted? Nevermore…” "

I used a Memory Box DP and cut a raven on a fence out using my craft robo. I added some texture to the bottom of the fence with one of my Tim Holtz embossing folders. The quote was printed out using my computer and then I just distressed it a little with some ink and my thumbnail. I used the gorgeous boy from the "Sweet and Toxic" set from The Greeting Farm - I liked the fact that he has wings - it ties him in to the theme of birds and ravens!

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Nicole's Little Hop of Horrors

Woohooooo - it's time for Nicole's Little Hop of Horrors and I'm soo excited to have been asked along for the ride. The hop all starts at the wickedly spooky Barb's Blog  - so head on over there if you want to get your ghoul on. There are over 20 blogs joining in the fun so there will be some AMAZINGLY spooktacular eye candy on display - followed up by the chance to win some FABULOUS prizes ... SO LET'S HOP!

 If you're already hopping you should have arrived here from Cheri's Blog.

For my card I've used one of the Punky Teens from Simply Betty Stamps - this is Angelica. I also found a fabulous background DP from Memory Box and highlighted the crow by framing him with a frame I cut using my craft robo and giving him an evil red eye. Some letters cut using a cuttlebug alphabet make up the sentiment and my MS Drippy Goo punch gets another work-out too.

For a little blog candy I'm offering one of my commenters a $10 gift voucher from Tickled Pink Stamps - my first store DT and it's our 1st birthday this month - so one of YOU gets a gift from me!

Your next stop on the hop is Eulanda's Blog - but before you hop off to check our her awesome eye candy check out the sponsors Nicole has lined up for the hop......and note that the give aways will be drawn from Nicole's blog after the hop.

Simply Betty Stamps - Set of 5 Halloween Digi’s
Tickled Pink Stamps - Lil Lolita Halloween Digi’s
Tiddly Inks - $10 Gift Voucher
Scrappy Moms Stamps - Haunting we will Go stamp set
My Pink Stamper - Stamp Set
The Greeting Farm - 2 Halloween Digis
Scrap Hut - October 31st Cricut Cartridge (North America Only)

I'm also entering this into Copic Oz challenge - Halloween - I was just about done with my Halloween cards when this challenge came up - LOL.

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It's Preview Time for Simply Betty Stamps Emo Halloweenies.

YAY it's nearly release day for Simply Betty Stamps new line of Emos - the Halloweenies! These guys will all be available on September 15th in rubber AND digi format - with the exception of London who will only be digi.

This guy is Christian the Vamp and he's pretty creepy with his blood red eyes. I've used a tree silhouette I cut using my craft robo and my Martha Stewart cobweb punches to add some creepy interest. The rest of the SBS DT gals have been working hard on with these images too and we have some fabulous creations to share with you - and we have a blog hop on release day with the chance to win prizes and get some specials at the SBS store - you can check everything out at our blog HERE.

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #6 - Final Cut...And Shave

This week's challenge over at The Burtonesque Dolls is called "Final Cut...And Shave" You need to create a card/project inspired by the movie Sweeney Todd and use decorative scissors or paper distressing tools somewhere on your creation. Our sponsor this week is Simply Betty Stamps with the new range of My Kids Emo World stamps - perfect for Burtonesque and they are INSTORE now - woohooo.

I've used Miller here - and given him a Sweeney Todd hair dye job - LOL.

I used the photo from the DVD as my inspiration for the colour scheme - B&W with slashes of red. The scaredy cat and barber sign were cut using my craft robo. the DP is from My Mind's Eye and I was really lucky to find a shaving cream charm on my travels last week - I was actually looking for a scissor charm but they had sold out! Now I'm not sure who - if anyone - I'll be giving this card to but I must admit it was worth the effort just for the fun I had! It's nice to explore my dark side at times - LOL.

Don't forget to pop over to The Burtonesque Dolls Blog HERE and see what the other Dolls have done to inspire you to explore your dark side!

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #5 - Sleepy Hollow

Please scroll down for my Spesch Stamps Summer Images Release DT card! (This is the second of 3 posts from me today - coming soon - release day Blog Hop with Simply Betty Stamps)

Boy oh boy have the Dolls had a blast with this one - creepy forest scenes and fabulous images from this week's sponsor - Tiddly Inks. I also found some fabulous digital DPs last week from one of our TBD entrants - they are from the Gothic Bruise set by Crafty Chaos Designs. I've used the fabulous "dogs R fun" image from Tiddly Inks "Gothic Cute" range - because personally I wouldn't go into a creepy forest without at least one big mutt to keep me company - LOL. I've emphasised this with my computer generated sentiment -  has The Teddy Bear's Picnic song ever had such creepy overtones - LOL.

The trees were cut out using my craft robo - I found a fabulous clipart tree silhouette but it's branches were too thin to cut out. The good thing was I could thicken up the branches in PaintNET and then trace the new outlines before using my robo to cut in a couple of different sizes. I also made it wider and shorter than the original - it looked creepier that way! Some black stickles, a raffia bow and crescent moon charm added the final touches.

Over at The Burtonesque Dolls Blog there are some fabulous pictures from the movie to inspire you - as well as some AWESOME inspiration from the DT! Can't wait to see what you come up with for this creepy challenge!

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Busy Beauties Blog Hop with The Burtonesque Dolls

If you've stopped by to see my Mo Manning Blog Hop Cards please scroll down to the next post!

Busy Beauties are releasing some marvelously macabre new images today and have asked The Burtonesque Dolls to celebrate! Their new images are inspired by the Tim Burton classic, "THE CORPSE BRIDE", and BBB illustrator Thomas Goins has really outdone himself with these amazing images! These fabulous images are right up the Dolls' alley, so we were invited along for the hop *and* are super excited to announce that Busy Beauties will be sponsoring our challenge next week too!

Check out all the hop stops for today beacause there are prizes so fab, it's freaky! Be sure to hop along and leave lots of comment love, because there are TWO Secret Beauties or Dolls along this Burtonesque inspired hop… and TWO winners will be selected from their blog comments to receive 5 (yep, FIVE) Busy Beauties images of his/her choice! So whether you are in the mood to be beauty-ful or get funky, we've got you covered.

 If you're following the hop you should have dropped in here from Rachel's blog. 

 

For my card I've used this fabulous marionette puppet image by Busy Beauties and a wonderful sketch by the very talented Catherine. The marionette is from a previous release but suits the new images fabulously. I did squish the sketch up a bit but all the elements are there - LOL. The DP was from some I bought a long time ago. I used my craft robo to cut the black framework on the side of my image and my nesties on the striped layer. I've cut out and toled the marionette for extra dimension - the picture on the left shows this better. I've used my black spica pen on the black details on the puppet - I just wish it showed up in photos!

The next stop on your blog hop is Barbara's blog. I hope you enjoy hopping around the world with the slightly twisted teams from Busy Beauties and The Burtonesque Dolls.

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Mo's Dream Team Blog Hop

YAY - as Miss May for Mo's Dream Team I get to play along on their monthly Blog Hop - woohooo! This month's theme is FLOWERS and was set by the lovely Mina. If you arrived here from Lori's blog you're heading in the right direction. I was sooo excited to be a part of this hop that I ended up making TWO cards - LOL. I've used 2 of Mo's gorgeous baby fairy's - I LOVE fairys!

My first card is an circular easel card and I've used Baby Fairy Yuriko. I wanted it to look like she was flitting around the garden so I made an extra large flower for the base of the easel. I've used my Lauren Meader rambling rose cut file and enlarged the pieces before cutting out with my craft robo. Some scrunching, glue and stickles and my flower was done! The card is created using my largest circle nestability. I used WordArt to create the sentiment to wrap around my image. This glitters sooo much IRL - there's dazzling diamonds on her wings, stickles on the large flower and around the scalloped edge - and I used my clear Spica pen on Yuriko's hair and dress.

I used Baby Fairy Flora for my second card - with her chubby little legs and sparkling wings she makes me wish there really are fairies playing in the back of my garden - and how SWEEEET would it be if they looked like this cutie! I've given Flora her own floral "playpen" using my MS punch and some sweet daisy lace trim I found. A mix of flowers for her to hide amongst adorn the top of the card with the honey bees buzzing around.

All the images on the hop, and sooo sooo many more, are available from Mo's Online Store HERE - and don't forget to join Mo's Facebook page too for all the news and chats!

The next flowery stop on your hop is Kerttu's blog. So off you go - hope you enjoy it!

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