It's Sunday and once again we're starting a new challenge at Sunday Stamps. This is a fun sketch challenge with a large banner on the front. I don't have a die that would work for this banner but it's easy to create the same effect with a sharp pair of scissors.
It's time for a new monthly challenge at Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges! This month's theme is "Spooktacular". I love all things Halloween so I was excited to make a card with this theme! This month's sponsor for the challenge is LeighSBDesigns. I choose this really cute stacked pumpkin digital stamp. Since the image is tall and thin, I decided to make a slimline card. I colored the image with Prisma pencils and added some patterned paper and a Halloween sentiment from my stash.
Hello and welcome to our new challenge at Get Creative Challenges! This month's theme is "Black and Purple Only". I have been waiting to use this stamp set for a few years now and I somehow always forget when Halloween season rolls around. I am glad I finally had the chance to use it. My kids, particularly the teenage boys, don't pay any attention to my cards. I can't blame them, I think there are 1001 things teenage boys would rather be doing than card making. But I showed this card to one of the boys and he said "Oh, wow, that's pretty drip". I think that's a compliment. 😂
Happy October!
I'm excited to be back as a guest designer for this month's challenge at Once Upon a Time Challenge Blog! As I've said before, I love the idea of this challenge and this book is certainly a classic! It was originally released in 1971 so I've been reading it my entire life and have read it to all of my kids. Here's my take on The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone.
My inspiration for this card is definitely the blue monster (Grover) on the cover of the book. Right away, I knew which stamp set I was going to use.
The two monsters on the front of the card are on wobblers so they wobble and bobble around. This card is going to my little cousin who is turning the big 4 years old in a few months. I'm going to send it with the book because he's one of my favorite little monsters! Since I've already decided on a specific person that this card will go to, I filed it away in my special bin. This is where I keep all the cards that have a designated recipient. Sometimes I make a card for a certain person but need to wait for the occasion/birthday/season to come along. My special bin helps me remember and also keeps them from getting used by someone else. My family and friends know that they are welcome to take any cards from any other bin but they are not allowed to touch or look through my special cards box!
I hope you'll join in on the challenge at Once Upon a Time Challenge Blog this month. The challenge details and design team inspiration can be found at the blog. Happy Crafting!
Hello and welcome back to another challenge at Sunday Stamps! The challenge this time around is a color challenge. I like the blue mixed in with the more traditional fall colors. For this card, I pulled out one of my favorite fall stamps from Rabbit Hole Designs. I just love this pumpkin and her crazy pumpkin hair and the "leave me alone" look on her face. This is definitely me every Monday when my 6:00 am alarm starts screeching.
Happy Sunday! It's time for another sketch challenge at Sunday Stamps and, of course, I had to incorporate some fall colors in my card. Again. And also a gnome. Again. 😁 What can I say, I love fall and gnomes so I expect most of my cards for the next few months to include both of those!
I have a stack of these gnomes that I've been working on coloring in my free time for another project. I hadn't planned on using them for a card but plans are always changing in my craft room! I needed a card to send to my best friend and I couldn't find the perfect one in my card stash. So I looked through other projects and decided on using one of the gnomes I'd already colored. The sketch for this challenge worked well with the card I had in mind!
I colored my gnome with Prismacolor pencils and added a little Wink of Stella for some sparkle on the green leaves, stems and grass. I finished it up with a simple Happy Birthday sentiment and a few fall colored rhinestones.
Happy Sunday! We have a new challenge starting today at Sunday Stamps and I absolutely love the color palette for this challenge. It is full of stunning fall colors and makes me think of pumpkin patches and changing leaves.
I decided to use the yellow, orange and red colors in the palette to make an ink blended background. Have you ever had an ink pad that leaked? It is the worst! I had a huge mess all over my hands and desk. I think I may have ink stained hands for the next week 😃 I used a matching green card stock for the card base and finished it off with little twine and orange jewels.
I'd love it if you'd join us for this challenge at Sunday Stamps. All of the challenge details and design team inspiration can be found on the blog.
