Simon Says ,,,,,, Joy's Eeerie Inspiration :-)

Hi all, thank you for joining us for the Dies and Punches Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too :-)

This week the challenge is ,,,,,,,,

JOY’S EERIE INSPIRATION

Our lovely teamie ,Joy, created this fabulous Pinterest board for us to use :-)

As always Heidi will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store!

I used this fabulous Witch from a new Penny Black Best Witches set. Isn’t she gorgeous !  I know witches are supposedly ugly, green and warty, but she is more of a ‘Charmed’ sort of beautiful witch eh  :-)
 I loved the picture of the witches legs sticking up with the green and black stripey stockings and the haunted house, so I used those 2 pictures mainly for my inspiration :-)

I coloured her with Copics and fussy cut her out ,,, took me ages ,,, she would be fab as a stamp and die cut !!! Isn’t her little cat cute,,, looks just like my Cassie or Jack,,,, :-)

If you were here yesterday you will recognise the  haunted house and spiders web that were cut on the Silhouette Cameo as I used them on my PTW card :-) The moon was coloured with Pumice Stone Distress Ink and then smothered with Perfect Pearls ,, really beautiful and shimmery IRL.  I added Star Dust Stickles onto the windows and glossy accents on the spider, I also used a white gel pen for the eyes. The papers are from a new Bazzill Basics All Hallows Eve pack ,,, LOVE these :-)

Close up of the spiders web 

Inside using the haunted house shape 

I also made a little treat bag :-) Unfortunately we don’t celebrate Halloween here so I had to eat all the liquorice allsorts,,, shame eh ! :-) I had to buy 2 big bags to get just the right sweeties !! :-)

Thanks for looking , Laura and the DT have made some gorgeous cards so please hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog to see them :-)

So now it's YOUR turn ! Happy Crafting !!

You have until Wed Oct 24th 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in :-)

Challenges :
Shopping Our Stash ,,,,, Trick or Treat
Party Time Tuesdays ,,, Colour / Photo Inspiration
Love to Create ,,,, Trick or Treat or Something Sweet
The Cutie Pie ,,,, Halloween
The Pink Elephant ,,,, Treat Holders
Creative Inspirations Paint ,,, Halloween Treats
Crazy 4 Challenges ,,,, Halloween Sweet treat
Diva’s By Design ,,,, Something Spooky

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Snowman Hugs ,,,,,, :-)

Hi all :-) Christmas is only 68 days away and as we need to get the cards in the post a couple of weeks in advance at least then there’s not much time left is there !! I hope you’ve all started your preparations ! I must say I have a box full now !YAY !! 

It is Carissa’s turn to host the challenge this week on the ABC Christmas Challenge and she has chosen ,,, 

U for Up to YOU !! 

that’s it ! basically anything you like as long as it’s Christmassy

We are sponsored by our lovely teamie, Lacey, the owner of Stamp and Create  and she is giving a fabulous $25 voucher to go shopping !

AND the lovely Melissa from Meljen Designs will give a choice of 4 digi images !! Woo Hoo !! :-)

I used this cute Wild Rose Studio image called Snowman Hugs,

 which is available to buy in Stamp and Create :-)

I coloured with Copics and inked the edges with Tumbled Glass DI andf added glossy accents to their noses. I then added Star Dust Stickles and dotted the snowflakes with a Viva Decor Ice White pearl pen. I have just bought this fab Spellbinders Fancy Ribbon Threader and cut it out of blue card, layering it on silver stardream and added some saddle stitch ribbon from Crafty Ribbons. So simple and easy to do, expect to see more of these ,,,, :-)

Thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some gorgeous creations so please hop on over to the challenge blog to see them :-)

Challenges :
Crafty Sentiments ,,,,,, Ribbons and/or Bows
Creative Card Crew ,,,,, Birds ( Penguin)
Top Tip Tuesday ,,,, Things with Wings
Stamp and Create ,,,, Winter Wonderland
Totally Stampalicious  Christmas

BOO !! :-)

Hi all :-) No points for guessing the theme over on the Papertake Weekly ,,, I think most challenges have the same/similar theme so lots of scope for entering loads of challenges ! :-)

FRIGHT NIGHT !!   soo scary ,,,, :-)

We are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps this week ! :-)

I put my Silhouette Cameo machine through its paces and cut everything on it ! 

The ghost was a freebie from SVG cuts, I cut this out of white card, sprayed with Studio Calico Shine and popped up on a wobble ,,, so cute IRL,, I spent ages playing with him, making him shake while I made woohooo ing noises ,,,, lol :-)  Doesn’t take much does it ,,,,, :-)  don’t answer that :-)

The haunted house was from the silhouette store as was the spider and his web. I made the silvery moon by inking plain white card with Pumice Stone DI and then smothering with perfect pearls ,, so lovely and shimmery IRL.  I added star dust stickles on the windows, glossy accents on the spider and dotted the eyes with a white gel pen.  I LOVE this Bazzill All Hallows Eve pack, the paper designs are fab and such a lovely quality, almost as thick as card ! I coloured plain white card with Dusty Concord Distress Ink for layering  

 

I couldn’t resist popping another ghost on the inside :-)

Thanks for looking :-) the DT have made some sooo spooky cards so hop on over to the PTW to see them:-) I really appreciate your comments so please leave me one and a HUGE welcome to my new followers too :-)

Challenges :
Cards for Men ,,, Orange and Black ( this is for a little boy)
Paper Playtime ,,,, BOO-ville
The Cutie Pie ,,,,, Halloween
Stamptacular Sunday ,,,, Boo-tacular
Allsorts ,,, too cute to Spook
Crafty Calendar ,,, All things Spooky
Card Makin Mamas,,,Halloween/Spooky
Stampin for the Weekend ,,, Something Spooky
Aud Sentiments ,,, Halloween

Midweek Squeeek for ATC Turn-arounds :-)

Hi all :-) I am back again with a reminder for the House Mouse and Friends Challenge :-)

The current theme is to make an ATC ( Artist Trading card, which measures 2 and a half by 3 and a half inches ) and make it into a card or somethin ,,,, :-)

We have 2 fabulous sponsors for this challenge :-) 

 Simon Says Stamp, one lucky winner will have a fabulous $25 spree  !! :-)

AND

the Sweet Stamp Store are sponsoring too so a fab $10 Gift Certificate to spend there too :-)

I used this very cute House Mouse image from an unmounted set from Joanna Sheen called  Singing Angels, the wood version is called  Along for the Ride  and is a little bit bigger.

I coloured with Copics and inked the edges with Stormy Sky and Pumice stone DI. I tore some plain white card and embossed with a Sizzix snowfake folder, the paper is from a Memory Box Pixie pack and I added Star of Wonder stars and a punched Himalayan snowflake. I finished with oodles of stickles and a little Crystal glitter.

Thanks for looking :-) some of the DT have made lovely cards for this reminder so please hop on over to the challenge blog to see them :-)

Challenges :
Addicted to Stamps ,,,, Animal Friends
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas ,,,, Snowflakes
Cupcake Craft ,,,, 2’s company
Totally Stampalicious ,,,, Christmas card/creation

Wise Wishes for Less is More Challenge :-)

Hi all :-) I hope you all had a lovely weekend :-)

This week on the Less is More Challenge Mandi and Chrissie are asking for one layer with wings :-)

As I have to post so many Christmas cards I think one layer is BRILL,,, cheaper to post ! so I got out my Wise Wishes stamp from Penny Black and inked it up :-)

I used a spellbinders label die to create an embossed frame and used a stamp positioner to get the image placement right, then stamped with Archival ink onto plain white card ,,,, mistake there ,,, I should have used watercolor paper :-/   I used Distress Markers to colour ,,, need more practise  ,,,, I didn’t want to use copics cos they would have shown through on the inside. I then smudged some light blue pan pastels over the background, then added oodles of Star Dust stickles, some crystal glitter, glossy accents and highlighted the cones with a galaxy marker.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts and I embossed this with clear EP. 

Thanks for looking ,,, going to go and practice colouring with those markers now ,,,,, :-)

Challenges :

Christmas Stampin' ,,,,, Anything Goes

Sparkles Christmas ,,,,, Traditional ( red & green??)

Harry Potter’s Hedwig :-)

Hi all :-) I was just having a little play and made this cute corner bookmark to pop in a Harry Potter book, I thought it would make a cute gift and maybe encourage someone to open the book and read it ,,,, no names here ,,,,, don’t want to spoil the surprise ,,, :-)

The cute stamp is  from Art Impressions and is called Little Whoot . I thought he would make a perfect Hedwig ! :-)

As you know Hedwig is a Snowy Owl so not much colouring to do ,,,  what little I did was done with Copics :-) The paper is from a 7 Gypsies Camden pack (keeping it London themed ,,, ) :-)  and the branch is made using a Twigs and Berries die. Now comes the clever bit !! I made the lightening bolt on the Silhouette Cameo! ,,, worked out how to do that all by myself !!  ,,,,, lol ,,, I am useless at these things so this was a big achievement for me

I kept this really simple as it is going to be crushed between the pages ,,,, hopefully !!  I used some Scrap Dots to adhere Hedwig so he is filled up with silicone and hopefully he won’t get crushed :-)

Back View ,,,, very simple :-)

edited to add another one I made using the Griffindor colours ,,, :-)

thanks for looking :-) I hope you all have a lovely day and I would also like to say a HUGE welcome to my new followers

Challenges :
Art Impressions ,,, Child’s Birthday It is a bookmark for a  child’s birthday pressie ?
All That Scraps Wednesday ,,,, Anything But a Card
Penny’s Paper Crafty …… Anything But a Card
Creative Card Crew ,,,,, Birds
Party Time Tuesdays ,,, Anything But a Card
Top Tip Tuesday ….. Things with Wings

Simon Says ,,,,,, Dies and/or Punches ,, :-)

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge !! Thank you for joining us for the Glimmer and Sparkle Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too :-)

We will be back soon with the names of the lucky winners of the $50 Voucher  and the fabulous prize from Lindy's Stamp Gang  !! :-)

This week the challenge is ,,,,,,,,


USE DIES and/or PUNCHES

The design team have created some awesome projects for your inspiration, we are all featuring the BRAND NEW  Stamps and Dies from Simon Says Stamp Exclusives :-)

You don't have to use them to join in but we would love to see them used if you have them :-)

As an extra bonus for this challenge Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant this FABULOUS pack of Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Dies  !! Woo Hoo !!

I will be doing a random draw for this prize from one of the DT or our GD's  blogs. SO you will need to comment on all of our blogs otherwise you could miss out !! :-)

PLUS 
 Heidi will be giving a $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store!   
 

so 2 chances to win a fabulous prize !! :-)

  I used Tall Forrest Tree, Small Forrest Tree, Folded Banner and Holiday Shapes

I have to say I really LOVE these dies and have bought several of them, they are made by Memory Box and have the same quality and fine details :-)

I will link the products I used at the bottom of this post. Just to say that  the layering card, trees, banner and hearts were sprayed with Tawny Turquoise mist and is so beautiful and shimmery, I love it :-)  The little birds were cut on the Silhouette Cameo  and I used some black Enamel Accents for the eyes.

Close Up :-)

 you can see the lovely gimmer on the tree a little better on this one, and isn't the bird CUTE !! :-)

Inside ,,, the sentiment is from Hero Arts :-)

Thanks for looking :-) Our lovely GD  Laura and the DT have made some gorgeous cards so hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them

So now it's YOUR turn ! Happy Crafting !!

You have until Wed Oct 17th 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in :-)

Challenges :

Creative Card Crew ,,,,, Birds
Top Tip Tuesday ,,,, Things with Wings ,
(tip, mop up excess glimmer mists with watercolour paper, it is fab for making embellies, flowers, leaves etc ,,,, )
Tuesday Alchemy ,,,,,, Anything Goes
Crafty Boots ,,,, Three ,,,, 3 Birds

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