Thankful for My Friends - Rubbernecker Stamps

I have this one up on the blog over at Rubbernecker Stamps!  There are some beautiful new seasonal sets in the shop!

Hop over there for all of the details!

Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!

 

Come In For A Spell - Miss Ink

Welcome back!  I have one more Halloween card for you this year!  I just had to create one with the new Welcome Home set from Miss Ink!

I created the background using the new Windmill stencil and the Ins and Outs: Hollywood stencil with blue and purple distress oxide ink and stamped and embossed the front door scene from Welcome Home over the top.  I splattered some water over the top and soaked up the extra.

Then I just added those adorable costumed critters and a sentiment along with a few sequins!

Thanks so much for stopping!  I hope you enjoyed it and have a fun holiday this weekend!  Come again soon!

 

Jillian Vance - Be Jolly

I'm up on the blog over at A Jillian Vance Design with this slimline!

I had some fun with this his beard and Nuvo Drops!

Hope you'll hop on over there for links and details!

Also did you know it here’s a fun Holiday Hop going on over at Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers right now??  Check it out and play along!

Thanks for stopping! Be sure to check out my Crafty Elves post for today too!  There's a chance to win some Happy Mail!

 

Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas - October 2021 Edition

Welcome back to this month's Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas!  Every 25th of the month, my fellow elves, Debra and Michael share the Christmas cards we created for the month!  And this month we have a special guest, Terri Albro Burson is joining us!  Be sure you visit them after you leave here to see what they've got for you!

Now!  Here's how I was inspired:

Some of you may or may not know, but my mom is a Close to My Heart Consultant and I love to see the new catalogs and (sometimes) even indulge and buy something.  When I saw these beautiful deer in the Holly and Ivy stamp set I knew I needed them!

I love the vintage look of these sweet deer!  I decided it was time to pull out my paper flowers  and create some bumpy cards for my Christmas stash.  I also used that cool frame also from CTMH, the Oval Frame Thin Cuts is perfect for this vintage feel!

All of my cards use a similar layout, but different papers and colors all from a Tim Holtz paper pack I picked up last year.

And I used all of the same Copic markers for each of them too... easy peasy!

Also, over at Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers they’re having a Falling For The Holiday Hop with lots of inspiration and prizes!  Check it out and play along!

I used die cuts from Rubbernecker and A Jillian Vance Design as well as some paper flowers from my stash and crocheted flowers from a crafty friend in Australia.  It was so much fun working in this style again... lots of layers and flowers.

I can't pick a favorite ... they all are similar but have a different feel and I love them all!

The white crocheted flowers were from a bundle I purchased on Etsy.

And the deer are so easy to color because there is a lot of shading on the image.  I stamped them in a dark brown Memento ink because I knew I'd be coloring them with Copics.

Of course I have some plaid in here... I'm Mad4Plaid!

These will all definitely take some extra postage!   But I've gotten pretty good at figuring that out without going to the Post Office... I think... hope you'll all let me know if I'm wrong!!  I usually round up though so I should be good!

That's me!

Before you go let's see who won some Happy Mail from last month's post:

Kim!  Email me your snail mail at bzscrapper66 at gmail dot com!

Thanks so much to everyone who hopped with us last month and we're gonna play again!  Leave a comment here and you could win some Happy Mail!

Now don't forget  to hop over to Michael, Debra and Terri's places to see what they've created for you this month!  Links are above!

 

An Autumn Watercolor with CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

I'm up on the blog over at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps with this watercolored slimline.

Hope you'll join me over there for links and details!

Thanks so much for stopping and I hope you'll come again soon!

 

Stencil Week at Miss Ink Stamps With Perfect Plaid!

Hey there!  It's Stencil Week over at Miss Ink Stamps and we've got some fabulous new stencils for you and a chance to win some!

I used two of the new stencils for this one... 'cause why not??  I started by blending some distress oxides from Squeezed Lemonade (bottom right) to Spiced Marmalade (top left) across a panel through the Perfectly Plaid stencil.  Then I removed the stencil and blended more Squeezed Lemonade over the yellow plaid... you could still see the lines but a little less contrast.  I laid the Fall Mandala Stencil over the yellow and blended some of the Spiced Marmalade and Rusty Hinge over it.  Finally I splattered a few drops over water over the top and soaked up the extra with a towel.

Loved it so much I didn't want to cover it up!  So I opted for Hey There using the Ei-Ei-O Word Dies and a little sentiment strip from the Decaf Background stamp set to finish it off.. well... of course a few of my favorite sequins from Trinity.

That's me for today!   Be sure to check out the new Miss Ink's Pad Facebook Group here and request to join (be sure to answer the questions!)  And you'll find there a chance to win some of the new stencils (your choice!).  And then head over to the Miss Ink Stamps IG account here and find the Stencil Release Graphic to see how you can win there!

Thanks for stopping!  Come again soon!

 

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play - Boo Sheet

I'm up on the blog over at Coffee Loving Cardmakers with some new Miss Ink Stamps stamps and stencil!

Hope you'll hop on over there for links and details!

Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!

 

Jillian Vance - Change is Beautiful

I'm up on the blog over at A Jillian Vance Design with this Beautiful Butterfly.

Hope you'll join me over there for links and details!

Thanks so much for stopping!  Come again soon!

 

Blessed to Have You - Rubbernecker Stamps

I am so very thankful to have you all.  I appreciate how you've stuck with me over the years and especially these last couple as we've all been struggling.  Just felt the need to say that.

I created a very fun interactive card using one of the fabulous card kits in the shop by The Paper Cut!  It's a Z Fold Box Card and you'll find details about how I created it (using almost all Gel Press prints!) in this post here!

I spent a lot of my life in Western New York and while here in AZ you can drive up north and catch some colorful foliage in the Fall... it's nothing like the spectacle back in WNY that happens for about a two week period each fall... it's beautiful for a lot of the season, but for that week or two window it is truly amazing... and that's not hyperbole.

Hope you'll join me up on the Rubbernecker Blog for all of the details!

Thanks so much for stopping and I hope you'll come again soon!

 

 Below are links to all of the Rubbernecker products I used for this one!  Should you choose to purchase using these links I will receive a small compensation at no additional cost to you.  And thank you!

Happy Meowlloween!

Welcome back!  I've got some more Halloween fun using the Feline Spooky stamp set and another background I created when I made yesterday's using the Halloween Mandala!

For this one I used the watercolor panel that I used to soak up some of the color burst color before I got the transfer for yesterday's.  Only a small amount of the Halloween Mandala stencil detail showed so I layered the stencil back over this panel and distressed with some orange ink.  Then I heat embossed the larger image from Feline Spooky in white and splattered on some acrylic paint.  I stamped, cut and colored the individual cat from the set and popped it up onto the front along with a cute and punny sentiment!

That's it!  Easy peasy!

Thanks so much for stopping!  Hope you enjoyed it and you'll come back again soon!

 

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps - It's Time to Paaarrrrtayyy!

We're celebrating a birthday over at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!  I created a fun Birthday Card for the party!

Hope you'll hop on over there and join me for links and details for this one!

Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!

 

Purrfectly Wicked! - Mixing It Up

I'm up on the blog over at Miss Ink Stamps today with this one and sharing how I created that cool background!

Join me over there for details and links!

Thanks so much for stopping and I hope  you'll come again soon!

 

Jillian Vance - Elegant Vintage Flourish

I'm up on the blog over at A Jillian Vance Design with this one!

You can hop on over there for links and details!

Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!