Spooky Saturday

 Happy Saturday friends and happy World Card Making Day!  Are you stamping today?  I have a few friends coming over this afternoon to participate in the Stampin' Up! World Card Making Day virtual event.

I'm warming up my stamping engine by playing along with this week's Freshly Made Sketches Challenge made by the amazing Amy.  Join along in the fun!

Halloween is coming and this sketch was a fun way to use the super cute Spooky Halloween bundle.

Aren't these Trick or Treating critters just the cutest?  I love the Frankin-dog!

The house is super cool with windows that you can "light up" with some bits and pieces of Daffodil Delight.  And you have to have a full moon and a few bats on Halloween, right?

Wishing you a stamptastic Saturday that is filled with creativity!

Happy Stamping!

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Candy & Crafts

Halloween is a month away and this weeks TGIF Challenges Theme Challenge is the perfect way to get a jump start on some treats for all the little ghosts in your life!

I love the Nested Treat Boxes from the Mini Catalog.  They are the perfect size for a few trinkets and treats or even a pair of warm fuzzy socks!  With just a bit of Them Bones DSP a super cute candy corn tag, this little treat box came together in no time. I love the Trick or Treat sentiment from Tricks & Treats...the font is so good!

Not only are there cute candy corn dies in the Tricks & Treats dies, but there are coordinating dies for the spooktacular Tricks & Treats stamped images.  The ghost is adorable, but the Frankenstein is my favorite!

Now I have a question for you.  Candy corn...take it or leave it?  I am not much of a candy consumer, but I do love candy corn season!

Take a peek at what the rest of the design team has to share today.  You are sure to find some great inspiration!

Happy Stamping!

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Merry Monday ~ Halloween Edition

Happy Halloween stampers!

It's another Merry Monday...the Halloween edition!  I cased one of this months Crafty Carrot Collective Spruced Up tutorial's, turning Jennifer's Christmas card into a Halloween card.

I love the Black & White DSP pack!  All of these patterns were perfect for some Halloween ornaments.  I die cut the ornaments from two different patterns, outlining them with Basic Black.  Adhesive Sheets are you best friend with these dies!  Be sure to add that to your order if you order this adorable bundle!

A little Fresh Freesia was blended in the background, along with a few snowflakes helped to create a not-so-spooky background.  My favorite part of this card are the lights!  I die cut them from a piece of Basic White and colored them with Stampin' Blends. Aren't they the cutest?!? 

I snuck in a little Bewitching spider and a Parakeet Party sentiment from September's Paper Pumpkin Kit.   That little spider just makes me happy!

I hope you have a fun and safe Halloween!  Mummy dogs and a little trick-or-treating are on our agenda this evening.

Happy Stamping!

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Trick or Treat and Spooky Spells

Welcome to the October edition of Control Freaks!  This month we are celebrating the upcoming holidays.  There are so many holidays packed into the last few months of the year, so the creative possibilities are endless!  Hop along and see all of the fun holiday creations!

Did you just arrive from Cindy Elam of Hearts Delight Cards or are you just starting?   Either way, just keep hopping until you make the full loop!

I switched back to some Halloween cards for todays hop.  I paired up Best Witches with the stamps from the September Paper Pumpkin Spooky Treats for some spooktactular creations!

I decided on a colorful witch for the first card, giving her a Parakeet Party dress and Rich Razzleberry cape and hat. I think the only spell she could put on someone is a spell of sweetness!

This next little witch is a bit more traditional with her black hat and cape.  I love her "golden" Daffodil Delight dress...she's a happy, sunshiny witch!

As you can see, I used the same layout and patterns of Celebrate Everything DSP for both cards.  I made a few sets of each card for a special order, so this was a quick way to get them all done!

Next up is my friend Wendy Weixler of Wickedly Wonderful Creations.  You don't want to miss her Happy Holidays creation!

Happy Stamping!

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Boo-tiful Cottage Wreaths

Happy Sunday stampers! Did you have a World Card Making day full of creativity yesterday?  I sure did and the creativity is carrying over to today as I play along with the latest Freshly Made Sketches Challenge.

I still had Country Wreaths out on my desk after using it during the World Card Making Day Creative Event, so I decided to keep on creating with it. I switched gears and went with a fun Halloween card today.

I created a Boo-tiful Halloween wreath by stamping the twig wreath in Memento Tuxedo Black along with a few Pumpkin Pie leafy sprigs.  Some Basic Black and Silver Foil die-cut leaves were added, as well as a Basic Black bow.  I needed a bit more, so I tucked in a little Metallic Mesh Ribbon. I forgot how much I love this ribbon!

I stamped the sweet little Boo sentiment in Memento on a piece of Pumpkin pie and cut it out with the cute tag from the Happy Forest Dies.  A bit more Metallic Mesh Ribbon was tied on with some Basic Black bakers twine.  A few Rhinestone's and a spooky spider were added as a final touch.

The diagonal black and white stripes from the Rustic Harvest DSP was the perfect background for a grown up Halloween card.  This is my favorite pattern of the pack!

Wishing you all a happy Sunday and hopefully a little stamping time.

Happy Stamping!

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If You've Got it, Haunt it!

 

Hi stampers! Welcome to another awesome Monday Montage blog hop!

Fall is officially here, but it sure hasn't felt like it!  We had a weekend full sunshine and warmth and I'll take every moment of it that I can!

While the weather may not feel fall-like yet, that isn't stopping me from inking up the adorable Bewitching stamp set!

My intent was to place the 3 hats, all upright, across the front of the card.  But I didn't like the way they looked, so upside down one of them went!  If you've got it, haunt it, right?!?!

The images were colored in Stampin' Blends shades of Fresh Freesia, Parakeet Party and Pumpkin Pie.  The hats were punched out with the coordinating Witch Hat Builder and one set of the boots and socks were fussy cut.

The creepy-cute little spider filled in a little space in the upper right corner and a single black Classic Matt Dot was the only embellishment needed.  The fun sentiment comes from the Best Witches stamp set, which was meant to be paired up with these fun witch hats and boots!

Wishing you all a fantastic week!

Happy Stamping!

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Casting Spells

Happy Friday friends and welcome to an all new TGIF Challenges sketch challenge!

I always love a good sketch and this one gave me a great excuse to pull out the new Best Witches stamp set and Black & White DSP.  4th of July is over, so it's time to start decorating for Halloween, right?!?!  Just kidding...I hold off on Halloween decorations until at least mid September, but I can still have fun creating cards now and being ready when it rolls around!

I love Parakeet Party with the Black & White DSP, especially mixing a couple of the patterns.  I colored the witches dress in Fresh Freesia to add a bit more color.  This is such a fun Halloween color combo!

If you love to color like I do, Best Witches is a must have for your Halloween creating this fall!

Join along in the fun and play along with our sketch challenge.  I can't wait to see what everyone creates!

Happy Stamping!

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Fa(BOO)lous Freshly Made Halloween

Happy....Thursday?  I had to really think about what day it was!  Between it being a school conference week and having a sick kiddo at home, this week has been a blur.  The good news is that it really is Thursday, which means tomorrow is finally Friday!

If you've been following me for sometime, you may know that I am an early riser.  My early morning hours are spent working out and getting in a little stamp time before I head into whatever the work day may bring me.  I was super excited for this weeks Freshly Made Sketches sketch to guide me through my craft session this morning!

Halloween is quickly approaching and I've been working on some fun special request cards this week.  The Cute Halloween Suite has been well loved by me this year.  I love all of the adorable images in the Cute Halloween DSP and was happy to fussy cut some of the images that don't coordinate with the Halloween Punch.

Aren't these little skeleton heads just so cute?  I love all of their facial expressions!  I fussy cut a few to go along with the circles of the sketch, as well as a few little tombstones.  The sentiment was heat embossed in white on Pumpkin Pie and, you guess it, fussy cut for that perfect placement!  A few Pumpkin Pie Cute Star Sequins brough everything together.

Did you notice the fun stamped edges?  I finally inked up the Natural Textures host stamp set.  Why did I wait so long to do this?!?!  I love the brick pattern!

I hope you all have a Fa(BOO)lous day!

Happy Stamping!

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Cute Halloween Critters ~ #GDP310

Hooray!  We made it to Friday!  

It has been another insanely crazy week at work and stamping has kept me calm in the mornings.  This weeks Global Design Project Sketch Challenge was just what I needed to start my day today!

I've been working on a few Halloween cards and have been having so much fun fussy cutting the cute little ghosts and goblins from the Cute Halloween DSP.

These cuties were perfect for this weeks sketch!  I paired them up with some Halloween stripes and polkadots, also from the Cute Halloween DSP.

My sentiment was, once again, heat embossed in white on black and fussy cut for that perfect placement.

A little bit of Black & White Gingham Ribbon and a few Cute Stars Sequins were the final touch.  So cute!!!

I hope your weekend is off to a great start!  I have a busy weekend ahead of me, but I am certainly looking forward to a break from the craziness of the work week!

Happy Stamping!

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Sketchy Control Freaks ~ Controls Freaks Blog Hop

 

Hello and welcome to Septembers Control Freaks Blog Hop!  You may have arrive here from Melissa Davies of Rubber Funatics or you may just be starting.  Either way, make sure you hop your way all the way through!

This month we have a fun sketch that we are all playing along with.  It is so much fun seeing all of the different creations with the same sketch!

Fall is here and I am loving all of the rich fall colors that are all around!  I was drawn to the Harvest Meadow suite again for my first card.  I love the Harvest Meadow DSP and I broke out the Cork DSP for the first time too.  This paper is AMAZING!

I colored the cone flowers in shades of Daffodil Delight and Cajun Craze, which were actually inspired by some Mums that I just recently planted.  I used the Diamond Weave Ribbon as part of the sketch, weaving some Linen Thread through the diamonds for a pretty added touch.   The Happy Birthday sentiment from Peaceful Moments was heat embossed on Cajun Craze and die cut with the Tasteful Labels Dies.  This card will certainly make for a wonderFALL birthday card!

With fall comes the excitement of Halloween and the fun of creating cute Halloween cards!  The Cute Halloween DSP is so stinking cute and perfect for some adorable Halloween cards for the littles.  I love the cute little bats and fussy cut a few to incorporate into the sketch.

I layered up some fun patterns of DSP and added a heat embossed sentiment from the Cutest Halloween stamp set.  A few of the Cute Stars were added and this card is ready to send out next month!

Next up on the hop is my friend Wendy Weixler of Wickedly Wonderful Creations.  You're going to love what she has to share with you today!

Happy Stamping!

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Happy Haunting ~ Monday Montage

Welcome to an all new Monday Montage Blog Hop!  You won't want to miss a single creation from this amazing group of stampers!

EEEK!  Halloween is now officially less than a week away!  Halloween is usually one of my favorite holidays to decorate and create for, but I just haven't been able to muster up much holiday spirit this year.  But, after getting a costume all lined up for my youngest and myself and making some quiet Halloween plans with some close friends, I'm feeling a bit more of that Halloween spirt!

Stampin' Up! had some really cute Halloween/Fall DSP a few years ago that had some Bermuda Bay mixed in with some of the more traditional Halloween colors and it was my FAVORITE!  I inked up the spider web from Banner Year in some of those fun colors and added a few Stitched Shape circles in the same colors.  

And since every spider web needs a creepy, crawly spider, I added this cute little guy from the Little Treat Box Dies.  I love the detail that this spider has!  I pulled some of the silver from the Misty Moonlight/silver Bakers Twine to give the spider a little something to climb down.

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Paper ~ Basic Black, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White

Ink ~ Memento, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Bermuda Bay, VersaMark

Stamp Set ~ Banner Year

Other Supplies ~ Stitched Shapes Dies, Little Treat Box Dies, White Embossing Powder, Misty Moonlight/silver Baker's Twine

Are you ready for Halloween?!?  What are your plans for this year? Whatever you may be doing, I hope it is happy and safe!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Now, on to the next stop on the hop!

Happy Stamping!

We've added a list of everyone's home pages so you can hop along in any order you wish!  Just make sure you don't miss any!

Amy O'Neill - Amy's Paper Crafts

Breelin Renwick - Craft-somnia Momma <-- You are HERE

Cathy Casey - Sugar Shack Designs

Charlet Mallett - Painted Orange

Cheryl Curtis - Pomp and Sustenance

Dani Dziama - Dani's Thoughtful Corner

Elizabeth Price - Seeinginkspots

Julie Warnick - Creating on the Run

Melissa Stout - The Stamp Doc

Wendy Weixler - Wickedly Wonderful Creations

Spooky Corners

I can not remember the last time I came home from work and had time to make a card!  My hubby is on vacation right now and has been awesome about helping out with things around the house, leaving a lot less for me to have to worry about in the afternoons/evenings.  I think I'll keep him!

Since it was Wednesday, I had to check out the latest Freshly Made Sketches card sketch and this weeks did not disappoint!  

I still have a few Halloween cards to make so I pulled out the Festive Corners stamp set and got to work.  I love the spider web!  I created a fun little spider web frame for the SPOOKY sentiment and added a couple shimmery spiders.

These spooky spiders and webs were layered on a piece of Whisper White cardstock embossed with the Cobwebs 3D Embossing Folder, then layered on the beautiful spider-webby piece of Magic in This Night DSP.  I love the simplicity of the black and white!

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Paper ~ Basic Black, Whisper White, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper (retired)

Ink ~ Memento, VersaMark

Stamp Set ~ Festive Corners

Other Supplies ~ Cobwebs 3D Embossing Folder, Little Treat Box Dies

It is conference-week for my kiddos, which means no school on Thursday or Friday.  I am looking forward to taking Friday off and hopefully doing something fun with them before my hubby and the twins head out for deer camp. 

Happy Stamping! 

#TGIF234 Inspiration Challenge

Halloween is quickly sneaking up on us!  Do you have all of your Halloween crafting done?!?!  If you are like me and wait until the last minute, you're in luck!  TGIF Challenges has a fun Inspiration Challenge for all of us last-minute-pro-craftinators!

I usually go crazy buying ALL of the Halloween stuff from the Holiday Catalog every year, but this year time got away from me!  Thankfully my friend let me borrow the adorable Birds of a Feather stamp set so I could create this cute little trick or treat ducky!

Falling behind in purchasing Halloween stamp sets means I also didn't get around to purchasing any Halloween DSP...so sad!  But no worries...there are lots of other DSP options available to create your own Halloween-y designs!  The Brights DSP was perfect to go along with the fun Stampin' Blend colors I chose!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Basic Black, Whisper White, Brights DSP

Ink ~ Pumpkin Pie, Memento, Stampin' Blends:  Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Highland Heather, Basic Black

Stamp Set ~ Birds of a Feather

Other Supplies ~ Stitched Shapes Dies, Glitter Enamel Dots, Glittered Organdy Ribbon, Brick & Mortar 3D

I am heading out for a weekend retreat with our Women's Ministry today.  While I will miss my boys and hubby, I have been looking forward to this time away since this summer!  Things may be quite on the crafty front this weekend, but I'll be back on Monday with something new to share.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Happy Stamping!

Bone Appetit Mr. Skeleton

Hello stampin' friends and happy Thursday!  It's a no school day for my kiddos, which means I have a little bit of extra crafty time this morning and got to play along with this weeks Freshly Made Sketches Challenge!

Our crazy weather has me feeling like we've skipped over fall and moved right on to winter, but I'm not going to let some crazy snow (Yes, SNOW at the beginning of October!) steal away some fun Halloween creations.  I had a few pieces left over from the September Bone Appetit Paper Pumpkin kit and used them for a festive Halloween card!

I love the fun skeleton stamps that were included with this kit.  They are such happy little guys!  And all of the fun bits and pieces for the tags made for great embellishments for this card!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Basic Black, September 2019 Paper Pumpkin Kit

Ink ~ Memento, Gorgeous Grape

Stamp Set ~ September 2019 Bone Appetit Paper Pumpkin

Other Supplies ~ Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Glittered Organdy Ribbon, Silver Metallic Thread

My kiddos may have the day off, but I still have to work.  There are very few days that they have off that I have to work, which they love to give me a hard time about!  I just keep telling them their time will come when THEY have to go to work and I don't...HAHAHA!

Have a terrific Thursday!

Happy Stamping!