Just one more....

I thought I'd finished with Halloween cards, but I was die-cutting these witches' legs as cake toppers and couldn't resist using some on a card.

The pumpkins are from Inky Doodles, the sign is Craft Asylum, and the legs are cutting files from the Silhouette store.

I'd like to enter:
Just Add Ink  w - witch legs
Die Cuttin Divas Halloween
A Gem of a Challenge too cute to spook
Casology heart
Addicted to Stamps holiday 

Purple Poppies

When I saw the challenge at Fusion  I immediately thought of this Stampin Bella stamp, which I've used a few times before in different colour schemes.

This time I wanted to keep all the focus on the purple poppies, so I kept the design simple and the colours subdued. The sentiment is by Clearly Besotted.

As well as Fusion, I'd like to enter:
Artistic Inspiration  birthday
Shopping Our Stash go paperless
Aud Sentiments  birthday sentiment
Brown Sugar flowers

Look at the Stars

I wanted to try out this patch of stars stamp from Personal Impressions - I wasn't sure how it would work (as opposed to  covering the whole background with stars).

The tree is also from the same PI set and the sentiment is a favourite of mine, by Sarah Hurley. I added Wink of Stella to the stars in the sky and on the sentiment.

I haven't really decided what I think about the patch of stars!

I'd like to enter:
One Layer Christmas - no twist this time
Cupcake Inspirations stars 
Winter Wonderland  anything goes
Moving Along with the Times  trees

Amazing Adventure

I love this week's colour combo at Just Add Ink and so wanted to play along but I'm not sure how well I've achieved it. It's tricky when you're trying to match up the colours from your own stash and then when you photograph them, they look slightly different again!

This is not really a card. Inspired by the books on the shelves in the Just Us Girls inspiration photo, I made a postcard that I could use (or give) as a bookmark.

The main stamp is from Stamping Bella, the sentiment is Kaisercraft and the stamps used for the background are by Uniko.

City Crafter - Creatures of the Night

I hope you'll like this week's challenge at City Crafter - if not, you can blame me , as it was my choice and the challenge is:Creatures of the Night.

Some of you may now be singing Susan Sarandon's song from the Rocky Horror Show ! But I went more Hammer Horror than Rocky Horror.

I have no idea of the brand of this stamp. It's called 'Moon Dreamer' and is a big wooden stamp, one of my oldest. The bat and vampire were cut on my Silhouette.

Please visit us at City Crafter Challenge Blog . We have a great Guest Designer , Denise Price  and lots of inspiration from the Design Team. I hope you'll join in with our challenge,

I'd like to enter:
That's Crafty  Halloween
Crafty Boots  Halloween
Addicted to Stamps  wings
Flonzcraft dies
Use your Stuff die cuts 

Make My Monday - Recipe

This week's challenge at Make My Monday  is a recipe - use sequins and teal/turquoise and twine.

I converted an electronic cutting file of a bauble into a shaker and filled it with 'shaved ice ' and sequins. The background stamp is by Darkroom Door.

Please come and see what our DT made and join in our challenge at Make My Monday .

I'd like to enter:
ABC Christmas unusual colours
Crafting By Designs Christmas
Christmas Card challenges  anything goes

Inky Pinky

Here's the second baby card I made yesterday.

I had a new set of Avery Elle stamps on my desk , awaiting their first inking, when I discovered there was an Avery Elle challenge 'pink'.  The elephant and 'hello' are Avery Elle stamps ( elephant is coloured with markers) , the clouds are Inky Doodles and the sentiment is Stampin Up. I inked the back panel using orchid Brilliance ink and then stamped that drippy background (Hero ) using raspberry. I then spray it with pearlised water for a more distressed look.

Actually I should rename this blog 'My tragic craft life' as this is the second version of the card I made. The first time, just as I was adding the sentiment as the finishing touch, I dropped the black ink pad and got it all over it!

I'd like to enter:
Avery Elle pink
My Time to Craft  inspired by The Beatles ( 'Hello Goodbye' song goes 'hello, hello'- can't stop singing it now)
Fantasy Stampers  animal antics
Addicted to Stamps  make your mark

New Baby in Blue

This is the first of two new baby cards I made yesterday. The bear is a digi-stamp (or is that digistamp or digi stamp- I never know) from Polka Doodles (or is that Polkadoodles , ha ha!) Paper Boutique 3 CD.

I coloured the bear with markers and cut out a vellum sentiment which I coloured on the back and attached with brads.  I stamped the 'stitching' (Inky Doodles) and added some buttons.

I'd like to enter:
CD Sunday - baby love
Addicted to Stamps  make your mark
Creatalicious  male

Back to the Drawing Board.....

Well, I was making this card for one of my DT's upcoming challenges (can't say which one!) the theme is 'no stamping' so I thought I'd go to town with a multi-layered Lettering Delights SVG cutting file. This is NOT a quick and easy card - there are lots of layers to cut and stick ,and some of the pieces are really tiny  (look at the girl's shoes) , so I had to keep searching for missing pieces and fishing them out of the bin (it's okay, no food waste in there, just sweet wrappers!) .

So I was just adding the finishing touches to this card when I went back to the brief to check something and , belatedly, spotted the words: 'No DP' !!!!!!!!!!

Yikes! How did I miss that?  I used a digital version of Echo Park 'Tis the Season' to add pattern to some of the layers!

So I can't use it for the challenge I made it for, so instead, I'm sharing it with you today. Back to the drawing board.

I'd like to enter :
Christmas Cards All Year Round   no stamping
Incy Wincy fun with my friends
Crafting by Designs  getting ready for Christmas
Simply Create Too baby it's cold outside
Polkadoodles  - sprkle, bling, glitter ( used Stickles on the girl's coat and Stampendous shaved ice under their feet.)

Inkspirational - Cute Halloween

Carol has chosen this theme for our new challenge at Inkspirational.

For my DT card I used a character from a dingbat font, enlarged it , layered it and cut it out using my Silhouette cutting machine.

To be honest, I'm not sure if it's a child dressed up in a clever costume or a slightly spooky , yet cutish, being. You decide.

Please visit us at Inkspirational , see what our DT and fabulous Guest Designer Becca  have made, and enter your own cute seasonal project.

I'd like to enter:
The Male Room  Halloween
Cards4Guyz I put a spell on you
Aloha Friday Halloween
Moving Along with the Times Halloween
Eureka Halloween
Addicted to CAS spooky