**MAGICAL MONSTERS** Fantasy IG Hop!

Good morning, everyone!!  Today is the first Sunday of the month, and that means it's time for the Fantasy Inspired Instagram Hop!  I'm sharing my card here as well as on my IG, @royalpumpkinart.

Our theme for March is Magical Monsters!!  When I think about a magical monster, I instantly thought about Ursula in The Little Mermaid!  Not only is she one of the best villains, she has a FABULOUS song!

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• A Perfect Time To Craft - Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - #02-2025 Anything Goes
• The Crafter's Cafe - #316 Anything Goes
• Fab N Funky - #611 Fantasy
• Paper Rocks Scissors - #2 Anything Goes using Paper or Scissors (used lots of papers, fussy cut Ariel and Ursula) 1/5
• Gem of a Challenge - #3 Anything Goes 4/4
• Digi Chooseday - #2 Anything Goes 4/4
• Polkadoodles - #3 Anything Goes 4/4

Be sure to hop through everyone's cards on Instagram!  Thanks so much for looking and happy hopping!  Laters!!

**SCOTLAND OR IRELAND** New Post with Fantasy Inspired IG Hop!!

Good morning, everyone!!  Today is the first Sunday of the month, and that means it's time for the Fantasy Inspired Instagram Hop!  I'm sharing my card here as well as on my IG, @royalpumpkinart.

Our theme this month is Ireland or Scotland, and honestly I've got a tiny bit of each in my ancestry, but I really don't think I have any Scottish stamps or dies (except maybe for a Scottie dog!) so I went with Ireland.  I used old Spellbinders dies to create this card and added the fairy for a bit of fantasy and whimsy!

Just a few challenges:

• Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - #705 Anything Goes

Be sure to visit Instagram to follow along with the rest of the hop and see how everyone else was inspired.  Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping!!  Laters!!

**MAGICAL BOOKS** Fantasy Inspired Instagram Hop!

Good morning, everyone!!  Today is the first Saturday of the month, and that means it's time for the Fantasy Inspired Instagram Hop!  I'm sharing my card here as well as on my IG, @royalpumpkinart.

Our theme this month is Magical Books, and I'm sure it's no secret where I got my inspiration!! I bought this paper just because it gave me Twilight vibes!!

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Classic Design Challenge - #9 Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - #679 Anything Goes
• The Fairy and the Unicorn - #9 Anything Fantasy Goes 1/3
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - Sparkle and Shine 1/5
• Penny's Paper Crafting Challenge - #554 Anything Goes 2/3
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - #109 Anything Goes 3/5
• Creative Fingers - #260 Anything Goes 3/6
• Stamps + Fun = Creativity - #437 Sketch
• Crafting Happiness - #146 Anything Goes
• Pammie's Inky Pinky Challenge - #2334 Anything Goes 3/3

Be sure to visit Instagram to follow along with the rest of the hop and see how everyone else was inspired.  Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping!!  Laters!!

Phoenix Rising - First Ever Fantasy Inspired Instagram Hop!!

Good morning, everyone!!  Today is the first Fantasy Inspired Instagram Hop, and I'm sharing my card here as well as on my IG, @royalpumpkinart.

Our first theme is Phoenixes, and to say that it took awhile to create this card would be an understatement.  It also was about three different cards before it was this one, but hey, that's life as an artist, right?

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Word Art Wednesday - #608 Anything Goes 1/5

Be sure to visit Instagram to follow along with the rest of the hop and see how everyone else was inspired.  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!!

STAMPtember - Day Fourteen - Be A Unicorn

Happy Friday!!!  I hope everyone has had a great week and is going to get their art on this weekend.  I'm planning to stock up on supplies because I'm running dangerously low!

Ya'all know I love unicorns.  This is a new stamp and I absolutely love it!!  I see more cards with it in my very near future!

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Artistic Inspirations - #206 Anything Goes
• My Besties Spanish Challenge - #51 Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time To Craft - #75 Anything Goes
• Creatalicious - #146 Anything Goes
• Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
• Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
• Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies
• Monochrome Magic - #14 Monochrome and Girly
• Craftee Bowz - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow
• heARTful Stamping - Anything Goes with a stamp 1/2
• Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 1/2
• Crafting with An Attitude - #43 Anything Goes 1/3
• Creative Fingers - #152 Anything Goes 1/3
• The Crafty Addicts - #52 Anything Goes 1/3
• Let's Craft and Create - #141 Anything Goes 1/3
• Pause, Dream, Enjoy - CARDS 1/3
• Catch The Bug - Make Us Smile 1/3
• If You Give a Crafter A Cookie - #102 Anything Goes 1/5
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Pop It Up 1/5
• Scrappy Land - #97 Anything Goes 1/5 (Crafters Companion dies)
• Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes 2/3
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #9 Anything Goes 2/3
• Word Art Wednesday - #352 Anything Goes 2/5
• Love to Scrap - #113 Anything Goes 2/5
• Love to Craft - Anything Goes 3/5
• Little Miss Muffet - #197 Anything Goes 1/1
• Sognando Scrap - #59 Anything Goes 2/2
• Dare 2 B Artsy - Your Favorite Color 3/3 (PURPLE!!)
• Crafteezee - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping!  Laters!!

**ANYTHING GOES** New Challenge with Crafting From The Heart!!

It's a new challenge at Crafting from The Heart and as always our theme is Anything Goes!!!  We don't have a sponsor this week so we're just for fun and free to create whatever we like!  I'm in a fantasy mood so of course I made a unicorn card!!

Just a few challenges:

• Artistic Inspirations - #206 Anything Goes
• My Besties Spanish Challenge - #51 Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time To Craft - #75 Anything Goes
• Creatalicious - #146 Anything Goes
• Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies
• Word Art Wednesday - #351 Anything Goes 2/5

Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT have created!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

**FANTASY** New Challenge with Get Creative Challenges!!

Hi everyone!  It's a new challenge at Get Creative Challenges and our theme is Fantasy!!  It's the perfect time of year for love cards, but I chose an Asian theme for this card.  Our lovely sponsor is The Art of Nikki Burnette and I'm working with Fallon Wolf!!  Of COURSE this is Twilight inspired for me!  Soon as I saw this image I thought of Renesmee and Jake.  I know that Jacob is brown but that didn't match the card and I figure he looks lighter with the moonlight shining on him okay? :D

A few challenges for this card:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Inspiration Destination - #69 Anything Goes
• Artistic Inspirations - #148 Anything Goes
• Sweet Stamps - Anything Goes
• Not Just Cards - #28 Anything Goes
• Scrappers Delight - #51 Anything Goes
• Scrappy Land - #34 Love/Romance (Spellbinders, Tim Holtz) (I consider this a love card as the two subjects of the image are in love)
• Word Art Wednesday - #218 Anything Goes 3/5
• A Bit More Time To Craft - #12 Anything Goes 3/5 
• Create and Inspire - #37 Anything Goes 3/3 
• Simply Papercraft - #21 Anything Goes 3/3 

Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT created.  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!!

It's Such A Sweet Sweet Fantasy Baby....

....when I close my eyes, you come and you take me....oops sorry got carried away singing there.  When I saw that the Hobby Cutz Challenge this week was Fantasy, I got instantly inspired, and not just by one miss Mariah Carey, either.  PLUS, Hobby Cutz is having a DT call right now!  I'm really excited--wish me luck!!

I loooove Tinkerbell.  I'm having issues with the background showing up despite taking about a hundred photos of it, but it's actually a shimmery blue ombre effect.

A close-up of Tink, the flowers I made and the die-cut frame.

I wanna thank Hobby Cutz Challenge for the opportunity to join their DT!  Thanks everyone for looking, have a great day!  Laters!