BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON

Happy Halloween!  I made treat bags for three special little ghosties and goblins that will come knocking at my door tonight.  What a great time visiting blogland looking for challenges.  I saw a lot of awesome creations along the way from some talented people!

A complete list of supplies is at the bottom of this post.  To start, a Sizzix die was used to cut the bags and a Nestie for the moons.  OCL Spook-tacular and SU July Fourth stamp sets were used for each and the witch bag also uses SU Good Neighbor.  All sides of the bags were embossed with stars using VersaMark and clear EP.  The images were colored with Copic markers.  The bats and ghost are attached with wire and the spider's legs were cut off and replaced with wire.  The bats have Sparkly Fluff on them and the ghost has Crafty Sparkles.  A little Craft White was sponged on the bags before the spider and cat were attached to help them stand out.  The houses and tree are popped up on Dimensionals.  They each use two brads and black twine for closures.

Copic coloring:

Witch:  G20, V95, C1, V09, V06, V04, Y26, Y23, Y 21, 110  Moon:  W2, W1, W0, 0  Bat:  V09, V06, V04, RV32, 110  Houses:  C5, W1, Y11, 110  Tree:  YG63, YG03

Moon:  W2, W1, W0, 0  Ghost:  BG10, 110

 

Cat:  YR07, YR04, YR02, YG21, RV32, 110  Moon:  W2, W1, W0, 0 Fence:  W2, W1, W0 Bat:  V09, V06, V04, RV32, 110

 A Crafty Little Place ~ Make it Spooky
A Spoonful of Sugar ~ Let's Get Punchy
Anything Goes Challenge Blog ~ Halloween

Cards for Men ~ Anything Goes (As Long As It's Male)

Craft Your Passion Challenges ~ Add Glitter or Sparkles

Crafty Creations Challenges ~ Halloween or Autumn

Crafty Purple Frog Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Created Byhand Challenge ~ Spooky Spiders or Monochromatic with a Touch of Black

Frosted Designs ~ Holiday Treats

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge ~ Let's Go Batty

Little Red Wagon ~ Halloween
Lots to Do ~ Halloween

OLLCB ~ Scary Stuff

One Stop Craft Challenge Blog ~ Anything Goes

Our Daily Bread Designs ~ Sparkle, Dies / Punches or Texture It
Paper Playtime ~ Halloween

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog ~ Black, Purple & Orange

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge ~ Happy Halloween with Orange and Black
Simon Says Stamp and Show ~ Show Something Spookay
Simple Doodles ~ Shape it Out

Tellen's Place ~ Dark and Creepy or Anything Halloween

The ABC Challenge ~ G is for Glitter
The Creative Cottage Challenge Blog ~ Embossing

Top Tip Tuesday ~ Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss ~ Ooo Spooky
Totally Papercraft Challenge ~ Bling it On
Tuesday Taggers ~ Deep Purple Halloween
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Halloween! 

Tam

SUPPLIES

STAMPS:  OCL Spook-tacular; SU Good Neighbors, July Fourth
PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Basic Black
INK:  Black Soot Distress Ink; SU Craft White

ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Sizzix Bag with Scallops Die; Nestabilities Standard Circles Small; X-Acto knife; Glossy Accents; Quickie Glue Pen; OCL Eyelinder Black Sparkly Fluff, Sugar Crafty Sparkles; wire from my stash and wire cutters; SU Embossing Buddy; VersaMark; clear embossing powder; heat gun; Bazzill brads; black twine from my stash; paper piercer; 1/4" Scor~Tape; bone folder; Dimensionals; sponge

SALTY KISSES

Wow...there really are some fabulous challenges out there to get the ole creative juices flowing!  I had no idea!  I can already see I'm going to get hooked on them.  Just what I need...my hubby already thinks I stamp too much.  Ha!  I made this card to include the following challenges:

2 Sisters Challenge ~ Anything Goes
A Spoonful of Sugar ~ Lets Get Punchy
Cards for Men ~ Anything Goes (as long as it's male)

Club Anya & Friends  ~ Sketchin' it Up!  (http://clubanya.blogspot.com/2010/10/sketchin-it-up.html)

Crafty Purple Frog ~ Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenges ~ Anniversary

I Did it Creations ~ Surprise Me

Let's Ink It Up ~ Make a Scene

Lots To Do ~ Easel card
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge ~ So Long as it Flies
Pocket Full of Posies ~ Champagne & Roses
Simon Says Stamp! ~ Punch Em'
Simple Doodles ~ Shape it Out
Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge ~ Use die cuts or a punch
Top Tip Tuesday ~ Anything Goes

So...onto the card.  I used one of my all time OCL favs.  I realized I don't have any luvy duvy stamp sets but then I thought of this one.  I absolutely love Sandy Sunsets but have never actually stamped the people silhouettes before now.  Sheesh...what was I thinking!?!  This scene will make a beautiful anniversary card!  Hmmm...maybe even retirement?  Happy birthday?  The possibilities are endless!

Two masks were cut out of sticky notes; a circle for the sun and another to cover the beach.  *Hint*  Stamp directly onto your sticky note then cut the mask accordingly but don't discard the piece you cut; you'll use it later to mask the sky.  Once both masks were in place, I sponged Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust and Ruby Red for the sky.  The sun mask was removed leaving the beach mask in place.  The sun was softened by adding the same four colors as before starting with Apricot Appeal.  The beach mask was removed and the sky mask was put into place.  The beach was sponged with Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip.  Itty Bitty Backgrounds was stamped for the sand in Close to Cocoa not inking every time.

The sky mask was removed and the people, palm tree, grass and seagulls were stamped in Black Soot using a Stamp-a-ma-jig.  A white gel pen was used to add highlights to the stamped images.  The second panel uses the same four inks as stated above also using sticky notes for masks.  To tie it all together, I used a black marker to extend the horizon from the main image.

The background "ocean", was sponged with Bordering Blue, Not Quite Navy and Night of Navy.  The waves were made with a white gel pen, a mat pack and paper piercing tool was used to poke holes in the corner for the brads, twine was wrapped and tied around the card and the main panel was popped up with Dimensionals.   For the inside "beach" panel, I sponged Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip leaving an area of white to write a greeting.  The sentiment was cut using a Spellbinders die and also sponged with the same three colors.  Both the panel and the sentiment were stamped with Itty Bitty Backgrounds in Close to Cocoa without inking every time.  Another brad was added to the sentiment and it was popped up with Dimensionals.  Everything was layered with Basic Black CS.




Thanks for stopping by!

Tam

SUPPLIES

STAMPS:  OCL Sandy Sunsets; SU Itty Bitty Backgrounds

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Basic Black

INK:  Black Soot Distress Ink; SU Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Ruby Red, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Bordering Blue, Not Quite Navy, Next to Navy

ACCESSORIES:  Big Shot; Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 2; sticky notes; sponges; Stamp-a-ma-jig; black marker; white gel pen; SU mat pack & paper piercing tool; Bazzill brads; twine from my stash; Dimensionals

OCLDT33 - SANDY SUNSETS

Wow, how did I let myself get so far behind in the OCL challenges?  My goal this weekend is to get caught up.  I can do this!  There's only three...that's not so bad, right?  Ha!  We'll see how far I can get.  I made this card for Kris, the guy who does my hair.  He recently took a trip to Hawaii so I wanted to make a birthday card that would remind him of his trip.  I immediately thought of the Sandy Sunsets stamp set.  It's one of my OCL favs!

The Creamy Caramel CS panel was sponged with Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip working towards the center but not going all the way.  I stamped one of the Itty Bitty Background stamps in Close to Cocoa randomly around the panel without inking every time.

A circle was punched out of a sticky note to use as a mask.  I placed it where I wanted my sun and used another large sticky note to mask the horizon.    I sponged Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust and Ruby Red for the sky.  The sun mask was removed leaving the large sticky note in place.  The same four colors were sponged on the sun to soften it a bit and to also create the thin strip for the background panel.  The happy birthday sentiment is from the OCL Coastal Wishes set.

Next I got a clean sticky note and masked the sky.  For my water, I sponged Bordering Blue, Ballet Blue, Not Quite Navy and Night of Navy not going all the way to the edge of the paper.  Then I sponged Creamy Caramel and Close to Cocoa going up to the water's edge.  The Itty Bitty Background was stamped again in Close to Cocoa for the speckled, sandy look on the beach.  Then I used a Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the trees, hammock, grass and seagulls.  To create the shadows for the trees and hammock, I sponged a little Chocolate Chip ink.  A white gel pen was used to put in the foam at the water's edge and highlight the trees, hammock, grass and seagulls.  A Basic Black marker was used to add a few shadows on the trees and grass.

To finish, everything was layered with Basic Black CS, a sailor's knot was tied by following this awesome tutorial and the main image was popped up on Dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tam

DETAILS

STAMPS:  OCL Sandy Sunsets, Coastal Wishes; SU Itty Bitty Backgrounds
PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Basic Black, Creamy Caramel
INK:  Ranger Black Soot; SU Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Ruby Red, Bordering Blue, Ballet Blue, Not Quite Navy, Next to Navy
ACCESSORIES:  Creative Memories corner punch; sticky notes; sponges; Stamp-a-ma-jig; SU 1 3/8 circle punch; white gel pen; EK Success punch; SU Basic Black marker; twine from my stash; Dimensionals

WISH

So we have another birthday today...my friend from work is turning 30!  Happy bday, Tina!!!  I broke out my Bloomin' Beautiful set to make her a card.  I haven't inked it up in a long time and I've always only watercolored it.  This time I used my Copic markers and I really like how it turned out!

It was actually pretty easy to create.  The hardest part was placement of the butterflies.  Once I got them where I wanted, I masked them so I could stamp the poppy from Bloomin' Beautiful.

I colored everything with Copics not forgetting the shadow under my resting butterfly.  I used the out-of-the-box technique when I cut the image down to size.  I used two pieces of Old Olive (one of my fav SU colors!), ran them through my Big Shot with a leafy embossing folder then sponged some Old Olive around the edges (it's very subtle...if I were to do it again, I think I might go with Always Artichoke so it would stand out a little).

I layered everything with black card stock and started assembling it on my Cajun Craze panel.  Before adhering the small Old Olive piece, I used my mat pack and paper piercer and made three holes for the brads.  I used two sizes of tag punches and the word "wish" from the Small Script set.

The bow is from one of the jumbo wired ribbons I bought at Costco (it's 1.5 inches wide and has 50 yards on it).  I think I'm set for life with this stuff.  Ha!  Lastly, I popped the butterfly/flower image up on Pop Dots and the tag on Dimensionals.

The inside stamps are from Happy Everything and one more CC Designs butterfly.  These butterflies are so quick to color and really stand out!

Copic coloring:

Flower:  YR18, YR04, YR00, Y19, YG95, YG91  Butterflies:  Y19, Y15, YR04  Shadow:  C3, C1

Thanks for stopping by!

Tam


DETAILS
STAMPS:  CC Designs Butterfly; SU Bloomin' Beautiful, Small Script, Happy Everything
PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Basic Black, Old Olive, Cajun Craze
INK:  Ranger Black Soot; SU Old Olive
ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Cuttlebug EF; sponge; SU tag punches; SU mat pack and paper piercer; Bazzill brads; Pop Dots; SU Dimensionals; Costco ribbon

VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

Happy Saturday!  My friend emailed me a link to Penny Black's Octoberfest challenge.  The challenge rules are to create a card using stamps from the Christmas 2010 catalog.  The grand prize is $100 in Penny Black stamps and you can enter as many times as you want.  Sweet!

This card uses stamps from the Jolly Friends set.  That little snowman is too stinkin' cute!

The panels and snowflakes were cut out with Spellbinders dies and sponged while still in the die.  The main panel was stamped with Ranger Black Soot and colored with Copic markers.  The bird and snowman were masked so the snowflakes could be added.  The bird's hat has Sugar Sparkly Fluff and the snowman's has Daiquiri Ice and Sugar Sparkly Fluff from OCL (love that stuff!).  The berries on the plant and the snowman's nose have Glossy Accents on them, the snowman is covered with Distress Stickles and the sentiment is from the SU Short & Sweet set.  I finished the card off with a little bow and Spellbinders snowflake.

Copic Coloring

Snowman:  RV10, R37, R35, R32, BG10, YG95, YG91, 0  Snow:  BG10  Bird:  RV10, R37, R35, R32, B01, BG10, Y38, 0

Thanks for stopping by!

Tam




DETAILS
STAMPS:  Penny Black Jolly Friends; SU Short & Sweet
PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Cherry Cobbler; SEI Kris Kringle DP
INK:  Ranger Black Soot; SU Baja Breeze
ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Spellbinders; Clear Rock Candy Distress Stickles; Glossy Accents; sponge; OCL Sugar and Daiquiri Ice Sparkly Fluff; Quickie Glue Pen; ribbon from Ben Franklin's; gem from JoAnn's; SU Dimensionals

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EARL!

A new challenge just started today at Doodle Dragon Studios and will run through October 16th.  It's the Macho, Macho Man challenge.  To play along, you just need to use a DDS image and make the card masculine...no flowers, no bling.  Hmmm...I wonder how they feel about Sparkly Fluff and Distress Stickles.  Ha!

This challenge couldn't have come at a better time since my hubby's step-dad just celebrated his 88th birthday!  He's finally home from the hospital / nursing home after about 3-4 weeks.  He had emergency surgery and when he was well enough, he was transferred to the nursing home so he could go through daily physical therapy.  He hated every minute of it!

I printed the Dustin Pike freebie digi (gotta love those freebies, huh?) on Neenah Solar White.  This cute little party animal was colored with Copic markers and I used the out-of-the-box technique to cut him out.  The candle's flame and balloons have Glossy Accents on them and the hat has Sparkly Fluff and Distress Stickles.  The sentiment and Basic Black CS is from Stampin' Up.  The DP is from City Park.  The brown DP was put through my Big Shot with a Cuttle Bug EF to give it texture.

Copic coloring:

Bear:  E55, E53, E37, E34, E33, N6, N4, N2  Cupcake:  RV17, RV11, RV10, Y38, YR00, Y13, Y11  Party hat & balloons:  Y38, YR00, YG23, YG21, RV11, RV10, Y13, Y11  Box:  BG15, BG10, RV17  Ground:  C3, C1  Sky:  BG10, 0

Thanks for stopping by!

Tam

DETAILS

STAMPS:  Dustin Pike digital image; SU Short & Sweet

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Basic Black; Balboa Park DP by City Park (both sides)

INK:  Ranger Black Soot

ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Spellbinders; Cuttlebug embossing folder; EK Success punch; Glossy Accents; OCL Lemon Drop Yellow Sparkly Fluff; Ranger Spiced Marmalade Distress Stickles; Quickie Glue Pen; paper snips

WITH HEARTFELT SYMPATY

So...I found myself needing a quick and easy sympathy card and no matter what I tried this morning, nothing seemed to work for me.  I finally grabbed my SU Elements of Style set and inked it up.  I would have liked to have used a little color on it but alas, no time.

I used two stamps in the set...one for the base panel and the other for the top.  The sentiment is computer generated and the bow is wired ribbon I bought at Costco (you know...the rolls where you get a million yards for $10).  Gotta love it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tam

ADDITIONAL INFO
STAMPS:  SU Elements of Style; PC generated sentiment
PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; black I had in my stash
INK:  Ranger Black Soot
ACCESSORIES:  Big Shot; Spellbinders dies; Bazzill brads; ribbon from Costco

SU - PENGUIN PLEASANTRIES

Helloooo out there.  *testing 1, 2, 3*  Just checking to see if this thing works.  So, as you can tell, I'm brand new to blogging.  Hope this works!

I spent the day with my mom yesterday and we finished by digging through my stamp sets to pick out what she wants for her Christmas cards this year.  She picked this cute penguin (not her first choice...sorry Mom!).

I don't normally doodle on my cards, but it seemed appropriate on this one.  The penguin was colored with Copic markers.  The stars on the background were VersaMarked then clear EP and the Merry Christmas was done with VersaMark, SU Night of Navy then clear EP.


Thanks for looking!


Tam


ADDITIONAL INFO


STAMPS:  SU Penguin Pleasantries, Four the Holidays
PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Black, Night of Navy, Yoyo Yellow; Mat Pack I bought ages ago (not sure where it came from)
INK:  Ranger Black Soot; SU Night of Navy
ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Nestabilities; EK Success punch; Creative Memories punch (star); VersaMark; Stamp-a-ma-jig; clear embossing powder; 2 way glue pen; OCL Sugar Crafty Sparkles; SU Dimensional; button