Happy Halloween

5/14/23 Rising Star at A Place To Start!
5/15/23 Top 3 at Halloween Crafts All Year ‘Round!

Hey everybody! Well, are you enjoying any Spring weather where you are? It’s absolutely gorgeous here in southwestern Colorado! A new challenge has launched this morning over at Mix It Up Challenge Blog and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project for MIUCB #65 – Anything Goes + optional Embossing! If you decide to play the technique twist, you can use either heat or dry embossing. I’ve had a couple Stamp Anniething Halloween stamp sets in my stash for a while and wanted to share a super cute card with a heat embossed image that I made with Diana! Is she not the cutest ever?!

I cut a standard A2 size top-folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock along with layering panels from the Printable Cuttable Creatables Halloween Treats Digital Paper Pack which I adhered together. I adhered strips of CutCardStock Astrobrights Solar Yellow and 80# Solar White cardstock at the seam with a strip of Eyelet Outlet Halloween washi tape. I added three Eyelet Outlet 8mm black Cut Jewels just under the band.

I stamped Diana from the Best Witches stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Solar White cardstock, stamped the image a second time in Versamark (over top the black ink) and heat embossed it with Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder. I colored her with alcohol markers and cut her with the coordinating die. I adhered an Impression Obsession Cats die cut from Pop Tone Black Licorice cardstock on her hat and popped her up on EK Tools 3-D Dots.

I cut the inside panel from 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with a strip of Halloween patterned paper used on the front and a narrow strip of CutCardStock Curious Metallic Night cardstock. I stamped the sentiment (from the same stamp set) in Tuxedo Black ink.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: May #4-2023 – Anything Goes
2. A Place To Start: May 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional And Another Thing
3. Classic Design Challenge: May #5 – Anything Goes
4. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: #111 – May Anything Goes
5. Halloween Crafts All Year ‘Round: #3 – Anything Goes
6. Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge: May Anything Goes
7. Sparkles Monthly Challenge Blog: #163 – Emboss It (image is heat embossed)

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Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Astrobrights Solar Yellow, Curious Metallic Night and Pop Tone Black Licorice cardstock, Printable Cuttable Creatables Halloween Treats Digital Paper Pack
Stamps: Stamp Anniething Diana Best Witches stamps
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Versamark; Arteza alcohol markers- Y02/31, B28, RP09, PB03/06, YG05/07, YR33, BR28/52
Dies/Punches: Kadomaru Pro Corner Rounder, Stamp Anniething Diana Best Witches die, Impression Obsession Cats dies
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Tape Runner, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder, Milwaukee Heat Tool, EK Tools 3-D Dots, Eyelet Outlet Halloween Washi Tape and 8mm black Cut Jewels

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this time! We’d love to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Happy Halloween

** 10/13/18 Top 3 Winner at A Gem of A Challenge! **

Hello, my crafty friends! It’s a cool brisk morning here in Colorado (weather I truly love) and I’m happy to be back this morning to share my Stinkin’ Inkers DT inspiration project for The Eyes Have It Challenge! We want to see your project… yep, you guessed it… with eyes on it! I had an absolute blast creating this card. I have a pack of mini wiggly eyes in my stash and out they came, four pairs of them!

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I cut a large circle aperture in my background papers and stamped the sentiment, a spider web and some bats. Then I stamped four mummies, punched them out and colored them with Spectrum Noir markers. I added the mini wiggly eyes and tiny shimmery hearts to them after I positioned them in the aperture.

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I kept the inside fairly simple with a stamped sentiment and a couple bats on a layered panel.

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One more angled shot so you can see how cute these little mummies really are, lol! And yes, the patterns on their mini wiggly eyes is from the LED lights in the top of my light box, and it does kind of give them a little creep-appeal, lol!

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Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White cardstock, The Paper Studio Entirely Textures paper
Stamps: Stampin’ Up Spooky Fun and Cookie Cutter Halloween stamp sets
Ink: Spectrum Noir- GG1, GG2, GG3, BGR2, DR2, Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen, StazOn Black ink, Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: EK Success 2-1/4″ circle punch, Stampin’ Up Cookie Cutter punch
Accessories:  Tim Holtz Stamp Platform, mini wiggly eyes

Happy to enter this fun Halloween card into the following challenges:
A Gem of A Challenge: #228 – Halloween or use Halloween Colors
A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge: #77 – Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge: #10 – October Anything Goes
Always Fun Challenges: #78 – Dies & Punches
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: #213 – Use A Two Word Sentiment
Crafty Sentiments Designs: October Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut’s Patterned Paper October Challenge
Creative With Stamps Challenge Blog: #31 – Halloween or Stamps
Cupcake Inspirations: #455 – Bump In The Night
Digi Choosday Craft Challenge: Week #40 – Anything Goes
Dragonfly Journeys: #128 – Happy Halloween
Sparkles Monthly Challenges: #108 – Dies or Punches
Unicorn Challenge Blog: #37 – Autumn or Halloween
Your Scrapbook Place: October Anything Goes

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up something with eyes this month! We can’t wait to see what you create! Thanks for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig