Happy Hallowe'en

If you're looking for me later I'll be passed out on the couch in a candy coma.



For:

Taylored Expressions: sketch
Paper Playtime: Hallowe'en
A Spoonful of Sugar: die cutting/punches
Little Red Wagon: Hallowe'en
Crafty Creations: Hallowe'en
Create With Connie & Mary: Hallowe'en haunts
Paper Play: a haunting we will go
Daring Cardmakers: trick or treat

Heartstrings

But don't tug on them. They're not glued down so you'll probably pull them off.



This would make a lovely little card to go with a wedding gift. And that's just my totally unbiased, completely humble opinion.

For:

CPS: sketch
Everything But the Kitchen Sink: sketch
The Corrosive Challenge: no white
City Crafter: vintage
Little Red Wagon: hearts
Charisma Cardz: vintage
Design Dollies: hearts

Here fishy, fishy, fishy!

When I made this card it really sparked the following childhood memory.



Yep, that's still funny.

Here's the card. Super duper CAS but that is kinda my MO.



For:

365 Cards: Friday Five (5 items on card)
Meljen's: anything goes
Paper Sundaes: for someone little
Party Time Tuesday: anything goes birthday

Digi Faux Pas??

Okay, so, I made this card using a free digi from (you guessed it) Bugaboo Stamps. But, the thing is, I didn't use the whole digi, just the head. (That sounds very Hallowe'eny doesn't it?) Now, I'm wondering if that's bad digi etiquette. I do know that it would be very bad form to alter an artist's digi stamp but is it okay to omit part, or cover it up???

I'd really appreciate your thoughts and/or opinions on this matter. So, leave a comment! This card will be entered into the Catch the Bug (Bugaboo) challenge so at least the artist will be made aware of it.

Thanks!



For:

Catch the Bug: sweet (It's stretching it a bit I know, but doesn't it make you want to say awwwww.)
Crazy 4 Challenges: fall/autumn
Crafty Cardmakers: use a freebie
Tuesday Throwdown: anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday: anything goes
Crafty Creations: red, brown & green

Birthday with Buttons

A for-just-about-anybody birthday card (with lots of buttons).



For:

Get Sketchy: sketch
Cards For Men: birthday
Party Time Tuesdays: anything goes birthday
EtsyInspired: For these blue buttons from Capturing Creativity.

Pretty Postcard

Woo hoo! My crafting mojo was flowing freely this past weekend and I made a number of cards. And I actually like them all too!

This one here was definitely out of my comfort zone. When I surfing around challenge sites I saw this



sketch at Posh Designs. I did what I usually do when I see a sketch that's out of my talent league, I snorted and moved on. But then I kept going back to it. (It is a really cool sketch.) Finally I sat down and gave it a go.




Not my usual, but it turned out okay.

For:

Posh Designs: sketch
One Stitch at a Time: embellish it
Colour Throwdown: poppy parade, chocolate chip, pear pizazz & so saffron
Crafty Creations: show a number (I know they're small, but they're there on the postcard.)
Penny's: so long as it flies
Delightful Challenges: metal mania
Paper Cutz: anything goes
Allsorts: Lets play bingo - brads, lace, pearls
City Crafter: take flight
The Shabby Tea Room: photo inspiration
AiFactory: animals

Lonely or Lovely?

Please tell me you think this says "lonely" even though it looks kinda like "lovely" too. The inside says, "without you" so lonely fits a lot better, of course. Though my perverse sense of humour would totally love it if it did say "lovely." Try to find that card at Hallmark.



For:

Papertake: 3 of a kind
Tuesday Throwdown: 3 elements
Little Red Wagon: something old (card base), something new (brads)
Delightful Challenges: something metal
Pixie Dust: fall into fall
Pile It On: things in three (When I first read this I thought it said, "things in trees." Funny how the card could actually work for both!)
Crafty Ann's: digi stamps with favourite colouring medium (Prismacolor pencils)
Paper Sundaes: a change of season
Allsorts: inspiration from a song title (Lonely Without You by Joss Stone)
Ann's Creative Nook: trees, trees everywhere

Firs' years follow me!

I'm a relatively new fan of Harry Potter having just finished the series earlier this year. I'm always slow to jump on the fanfare bandwagon. Wouldn't want to be just another "sheep." And also, just because the world likes it, doesn't necessarily mean I'll like it (or it deserves to be so well loved). I was glad to be proven wrong in this case. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is my favourite book to date. So, baaaaaaaa.

This was a freebie from Bugaboo Stamps.



For:

Catch the Bug: Harry Potter
Little Red Wagon: something old (button), something new (digi)
Paper Cutz: anything goes

Thanksgiving Rant

Okay, so here I sit, at 5:47 on Thanksgiving Day. My parents, who took my kids to a Pumpkin Patch (which was very nice of them, yes) knew that the turkey supper I was making, with all the fixings, was going to be ready at 5:00. My husband, who's out out doing not much of anything, also knew that the aforementioned supper was going to be ready at 5:00. Since no one bothered to show up at 5:00, or even call to say they'd be late, I quickly slammed together a card with them in mind. Call it therapy.





I'm going to eat now, while it's still relatively warm.

Put down the crafting supplies....

....and step away from the card! For some reason I kept trying to add stuff to this card. I tried some ribbon, then some bling, then thought about some stitching. Finally, I convinced myself to leave it alone.



For:

Sweet Sunday Sketch: sketch
Charisma Cardz: autumn colours
Meljen's: Hallowe'en
If the Shoe Fits...: orange
Belli Challenge: numbers
Cards for Men: autumn
Cupcake Inspiration: cupcake photo

Guess where the digi is from...

....you get three guesses and the first two don't count. ;-) Click here to see if you guessed right. (Or you could just look though my blog and see which company is most prominently featured.)



And look how crafty I got, I even fashioned a sheaf of wheat out of raffia.

For:

Taylored Expressions: sketch
Little Red Wagon: make you own embellishment
Paper Cutz: 3 patterned papers
Catch the Bug: anything goes
City Crafter: holiday (Thanksgiving)
Papertake: pick a challenge from the past - 3-2-1 (3 patterned papers, 2 brads, 1 image) from Aug. 24/10

Vroooom, errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt

Not much to say about this one 'cept the picture of it is totally craptastic. I'm out of daylight and it needed to be posted by midnight. I'll probably put a new pic up tomorrow.



(edited to add: I did change the picture. Still not thrilled but it'll do.)

For:

CardPatterns: sketch
Caardcarks: CAS
Pollycraft Challenge: no designer paper

Cute, cuddly Frankenstein

Who could possibly be scared of him? He's a freebie from Bugaboo Stamps.



For:

Catch the Bug: anything goes
Aud Sentiments: Hallowe'en
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle: open
Paper Sundaes: something from stash