Orange and black Cricut Pumpkin card

I made this card for the challenges listed below. The polka dot paper is by Paper Pizzazz. The striped paper is by Stampin Up. The skeleton stamps are also by Stampin Up. The white border punch is my Fiskars. The pumpkin in the center was made with my Cricut. And the ribbon is from Michael’s. Thanks for looking.

Spooky or cute

Autumn or Halloween

Autumn or Halloween

Crafty Uncles

Sweet Stamping-Halloweeen

Upcycled Cat with a Mason Jar card

I have an upcycled card today. 

The sentiment stamp is by TPC Studio

The scallop square die-cut is by Spellbinders

The striped patterned paper is by Paper Pizzazz (Maybe).

Everything else is a store-bought card.

I did add Glossy Accents to the mason jar.

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Lawn Fawn Purple coffee Cups Card

I love this coffee stamp set called Love You a Latte. The matching dies always kick my butt. I can't line them up. I started doing them with the MISTI, and it works so much better. The stamps by Lawn Fawn are colored in with Copic markers. The die-cut borders are by Spellbinders. The patterned papers are by Creative Memories and Paper Pizzazz.

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Manly Monday Fish on Black Paper Cards

I saw this technique on Splitcoast Stampers. When the card is in your hands the fish catch your eyes making you want to look at it more closely. 

I stamped the fish with Versa Mark ink and then dried the images with a heat gun. 

Then I colored the open area of the images in with some colored pencils by Stampin Up and Faber-Castell. The Faber-Castell pencils produce very vibrant colors that go well with this technique. I found that regular colored pencils didn’t show up on the black cardstock. 

 The fish stamps are by Close to my Heart

The hook die-cut is by Quickutz and the silver string is from my stash

The sentiment in the card below is a Lawn Fawn die cut.

For the next two cards, I think the bubble patterned paper is by Paper Pizzazz.

The sentiment stamps are both from Michael’s dollar bin

Best wishes sentiment stamp is hiding in my room. So I’m not sure on that one.

And the last card,

The sentiment is a Lawn Fawn Stamp.

The background paper is dry embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

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Lacy-Plaid Pink and Black Card

This is the first time I've played with distress oxides on the oval die cut. I inked the die cut, sprayed it with water and let it dry before stamping. The patterned paper is by Paper Pizzazz. The black rim oval is by Maya Roads-something I've wanted to use or get rid of. Stamps are by American Crafts and Lawn Fawn with black ink by Hero Arts.

The lacy tape is from Dollar Tree, the two pink oval die cuts are Spellbinders and the buttons are from my stash.

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Peace Tree Die Cut Christmas Card

No stamping on this card.
Background patterned paper: by Paper Pizzazz.
Peace die cut: Clearly Besotted.
Eyelet: by Making Memories.
Scallop oval: Die-cut by Sizzix and pp by Provo Craft.
Oval: Die cut from Cricut and pp by Making Memories.
Felt ribbon from Oriental Trading Co.

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Boy Teddy Bear Duet

I have two baby cards for you today. They are similar so I figured put them together in one post.

The bear stamp is by Stampin Up and it is stamped with Tsukineko brown ink and colored him in with Copic markers. I fussy cut the image out with a small white border around him and adhered him to two Cricut cuts. The first one in white patterned paper by The Paper Studio is from Close to My Heart Art Philosophy (Square 7) and the blue and brown patterned paper by Deja View is on the same cartridge as Square 5.

There are a lot of layers to this card. Starting closest to the card base is a light blue cardstock by Recollections. The white on top of that is the same patterned paper the bear is on. The darker blue paper is by Paper Pizzazz and the brown with circle like stars is by The Paper Studio. The sentiment is on Stampin Up grey cardstock and is made using Lawn Fawn stamps and brown ink. I think I should put an exclamation mark at the end. Hmm. 

The next card I stamped and colored the same way but I didn't cut him out. Instead I die cut the image with a Design Objectives die and inked the inside with distress ink. The die behind it is same paper as above and same cartridge (Square 3). The embossing on the brown cardstock is a Gina Marie folder called Fluff. That brown cardstock is by Coredinations. The blue grid patterned paper is by Basic Grey and the white paper is same as above. The sentiment is a stamp by Fiskars stamped in brown ink and the epoxy sticker is by Sticko/EK Success.

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Autumn Blessings Card

Today's card has all kinds of different products on it. I'll start from the first layer and work my way out. The white card base is a pre-made card by Recollections. The background paper is by The Paper Studio, woodgrain paper by Paper Pizzazz, and the script paper is by K and Co. All the die cuts are by Spellbinders and I inked the inside of each with distress ink while the paper was still in the die. The woodgrain chipboard frame is by Recollections, stamps by Inkadinkado, and the brads are by The Paper Studio. 

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Challenges:
http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/ Leaves
http://open-mindedcraftingfun.blogspot.ca/ Fall Autumn
http://treasuredtimesrubberstampschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/-Metalogy {Brads}
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://jellyparkchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Fall/Autumn
http://craft-roomchallenge.blogspot.com/ Seasonal colors
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/ Dies
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

Friends with Flair Blog hop

Happy Friday!! I welcome you to my blog for the Friends with Flair Blog Hop. The card I made for today is a little out of my comfort zone, but that's good to do every now and then. I chose a color combo from My Sketch Worlds card challenges. Out of the five colors below you had to chose at least three. The green in my card didn't photograph well. I am using this card at Sisterhood of Scrap for day #10 of 25 days of cardmaking-embossing. The stars are heat embossed with glittery gold embossing powder. There is still time to get in on this contest. Check it out here. This card also qualifies for the following challenges:
Simon Says-sparkle (stars have glitter embossing powder on them)
Flourishes-glitter
The Craft Pad-Christmas sparkle
Paper Sundeas-Ribbon and embossing
Crazy for Challenges-Christmas card
Ellephantastic Challenge-Christmas card
No time to Stamp-nontraditional colored Christmas card
ABC Christmas Challenge-X for Xmas
Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies: Ribbon and brown cardstock-unknown, white cardstock by The Paper Co; gold paper by Creative Memories, green patterned paper by Paper Pizazz; stamps by Unity (Stylin' stars and Christmas Bough); ink by Memento, Ranger Distressing ink and Versamark; embossing powder by Stampendous. Have a great weekend. 

Scrapbook Layout-Having a ball

I made this layout for Lasting Memories challenge to use your Cricut which I did for the letters, circles and star and I used a sketch from Creative Scrappers at Sketches in Thyme.

Supplies: cardstock by Sunborn, CTMH and The Paper Co; patterned paper by DCWV (polka dot) and Paper Pizazz (red grid); ink by Ranger (Broken China) and Stampin Up (Real Red); stamp designed by Brenda Carpenter at The Scrap room; Cricut cartridge Plantin Schoolbook. Thanks for looking.