Spooky Treat Boxes

I have some more Halloween treat boxes to share today...to match this one that I made  couple of weeks ago.

Once again, I used my We R Memory Keepers punch board and some Core'dinations 'Black Magic' card. I used a 12x12 piece of card, and made the largest size of box (a 4x4 cube). I sanded the edges of the card to reveal the coloured core (they're all different)...then added some pieces of the same card embossed with a selection of 'spooky' embossing folders...I scuffed up the edges a little and then sanded over the raised surface to reveal the coloured core. I added a little tag made out of more of the same card...decorated each one with a different Penny Black image (from the 'Be Very Scared' & 'Spooky' sets) and tied them to the boxes using a variety of co-ordinating twine.

Here are some photos of each of the boxes...fist the 'white' one:

And...the embossing on the back:

'Yellow':

'Blue':

'Purple':

'Red':

And, finally...with their 'green' buddy:

I'm entering these treat boxes into the following challenges:

• Amusing - Halloween
• As You Like It - New or Old Stash (Old...I  find it terribly difficult to use my new stash...especially papers...and it's always lovely to discover forgotten gems amongst your old stash...like this Core'dinations card that I've had for several years...and these cute Penny Black stamps that I get out each Halloween)
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (Embossing)
• Crafty Creations - Not a Card
• Creative Inspirations - Halloween/Fall
• Creative Moments - Anything Goes (Pumpkins)
• Cut It Up - Pumpkins
• Cute Card Thursday - Halloween
• Daring Cardmakers - Add a Tag
• Fantasy Stampers - Halloween Fun
• Give a Crafter a Cookie - Photo Inspiration
• Inky Chicks - Too Cute to Spook
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Halloween
• Ribbon Girls - Use Any Image
• Shopping Our Stash - Halloween
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Treat Bags & Boxes
• Sparkles Forum - I Put a Spell on You
• Stampavie & More - Halloween
• Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Autumn/Halloween

Mice Treats

I have a Halloween treat box to share today...made using my We R Memory Keepers punch board and some Core'dinations 'Black Magic' card. I used a 12x12 piece of card, and made the largest size of box (a 4x4 cube). I sanded the edges of the card to reveal the coloured core (green in this case)...then added some pieces of the same card embossed with a selection of 'spooky' embossing folders...I scuffed up the edges a little and then sanded over the raised surface to reveal the coloured core. I added a little tag made out of more of the same card...decorated with a Penny Black cat image (from the 'Be Very Scared' set) and tied to the box using some multicoloured twine.

Here's the other side:

Challenges for this box:

• Animal Friends - Autumn/Halloween
• Crafty Boots - Halloween
• Crafty Calendar - Halloween
• Crafty Creations - Halloween
• Fantasy Stampers - Black Magic
• Gem of a Challenge - Halloween
• Inky Chicks - Animals
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Halloween

Winter Treescape

Another Christmas card from me today...this time using some dies and snippets of Core'dinations card...it's from one of the Tim Holtz packs, and has a 'shattered' effect on the surface. I used one of my circle Nesties to cut the...er...circles (!) then Hero arts dies for the trees, and Lawn Fawn 'Stitched Hillside' border dies for the snow drifts. I embossed the background using my Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' folder to look like falling snow. To add a bit of definition, I sanded the edges, and over the raised embossing to reveal the kraft core. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous.

Challenges for this card:

• 4 Crafty Chicks - Die Cuts
• Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
• Dream Valley - Embossing
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes
• Winter Wonderland - Let's Get Krafty

Pile It On! Challenge - Use Red & Green

We have another fun Pile It On! Challenge starting today...the theme is:

'Use Red & Green'

Our sponsor this week is Dr Digi's House of Stamps:

Prize - 2 Digi's of the Winner's Choice!

Although it's not one I use very often, the red and green colour combination screamed 'Christmas' at me...so I picked a cute Penny Black image called 'Wishes for Kisses' to use on my card. The papers are a mixture of My Mind's Eye (the reds - 'Winter Wonderland' and 'Bright') and a magazine freebie set (the green). I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I cut some snowflakes from some Core'dinations glitter card using Cuttlebug and Marianne Designs dies...adding adhesive gems to their centres. For more sparkle and bling, I added some Stickles glitter glue to the 'snowy' ground, and some adhesive pearls. The sentiment is from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous.

Here are the challenges I've piled on:

• Pile It On! - Use Red & Green
• Addicted to Stamps - Anything Goes
• As You Like It - Favourite Season (Winter - I just love cold, frosty mornings!)
• Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes
• Artistic Impressions - Anything Goes (Twist of Pearls)
• Clear It Out - Christmas & Glitter
• Come & Get It - Anything Goes with a Sentiment
• C.R.A.F.T. - Winter
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Dies/Punches
• Crafting for All Seasons - Brr...it's Cold Outside!
• Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes
• Crazy Challenge - Everything Goes
• Creative Card Crew - Cold Outside
• Creative Moments - Anything Goes (Bling it up)
• Hiding in my Craft Room - Any Holiday (Christmas)
• Incy Wincy - Bingo (Pearls - Free - Use a Die)
• Inky Impressions - Traditional Christmas Colours
• Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly - Take Your Pick (Red & Green)
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Something from Your Stash (The glitter card is ancient!)
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - Sparkle & Shine
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
• Winter Wonderland - Sparkle & Bling

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Pile It On! Challenge.

Witchy Mouse

I have another Halloween treat bag to share today...using another of the cute images from the 'Be very scared!' set by Penny Black. I combined it with some spotty paper is from the 'Breeze' pad by My Mind's Eye and some Core'dinations 'Black Magic' card, that I'd embossed using a Cuttlebug Pumpkin folder, then sanded to reveal the orange core. I inked all of the edges using 'Black Soot' Distress Ink, then distressed the edges a little before adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and  black gel pen.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• 4 Crafty Chicks - Halloween
• Allsorts - Purple, Orange & Black
• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Halloween
• Crafter's Cafe - Purple, Orange & Black and/or Ghosts
• Crafty Catz - Monsters (Spooky or Cute)
• Fantasy Stampers - Animal Antics
• Fussy & Fancy - Orange, Black & Purple
• Gem of a Challenge - Too Cute to Spook
• Moving Along with the Times - Halloween
• That's Crafty - Haunted Halloween
• The Stamping Boutique - Halloween

Spooky Cat

I have another Halloween treat bag to share today...featuring another Penny Black image from the 'Spooky' set, which I coloured using watercolour pencils. I combined a piece of black & white paper from the 'Breeze' pad by My Mind's Eye, and a piece of Core'dinations 'Black Magic'card, which I embossed using a Tim Holtz/Sizzix cobweb folder...I sanded over the top to reveal the purple core. I inked all of the edges using 'Black Soot'  Distress Ink, then distressed them with my distressing tool before adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Artistic Impressions - Anything Goes with a twist of Halloween
• Crafty Catz - Embossing
• Crazy 4 Challenges - Halloween Costumed Characters
• Dream Valley - Halloween
• Fantasy Stampers - Fright Night
• Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
• That Craft Place -Halloween

ABC Christmas Challenge - G is for...

We have a new ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...Lacey is the host, and the theme is:

'G is for Glitter'

We are sponsored for this challenge by The East Wind:

Prize - 3 Digital Images!

I made a couple of  super simple cards using die cuts and glitter card by Core'dinations. The letters were cut using Cuttlebug 'Olivia' alpabet dies, and the snowflakes are a die from the 'Reindeer' stamp & die set by Sizzix/Hero Arts.

I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:

• Christmas Cards - Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Stick It (I got out my old Xyron sticker maker to stick down my die cut letters)
• Hiding in my Craft Room - Any Holiday (Christmas)
• Simply Create Too - Anything Goes

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.

Present Pile

I have a Christmas card to share today...I hand't made one in a few weeks, so had a little burst of Christmas crafting yesterday and got another three made. This one uses one of my favourite James the Bear stamps...'Present Pile'...which I coloured using watercolour pencils. I kept the card really simple...trying to get some more 'masculine' cards done...although there are quite a lot of layers! I used my old faithful Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes' folder for the embossing on some Core'dinations card...sanding over the top, and tearing along the bottom edge to reveal the core. I simply doodled a couple of borders, and added a Lili of the Valley sentiment. 

Challenges for this card:

• Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - For the Men
• Crafty Little Fairies - Anything Goes
• Here Come the Boys - Christmas in Brown & Cream
• Sweet Stop Sketches - Last ever sketch :0(

Oldie but a Goodie Challenge - Spooky!

It's my turn to choose the theme for the Oldie but a Goodie Challenge this fortnight, and with Hallowe'en at the end of the month, I've gone for:

'Spooky!'

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

SK Digis

I've used an image from our sponsor SK Digis on my card called 'Spooked Ghost', which I coloured using watercolour pencils. For the background, I embossed some Core'Dinations 'Black Magic' card using Cuttlebug and Tim Holtz/Sizzix folders. I distressed the edges and then sanded over the surface of the card to reveal the coloured core, then added a couple of cobwebs cut using a Memory Box die.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Card Makin' Mamas - Trick or Treat
• Crafty Calendar - Hallowe'en
• Crafty Catz - Hallowe'en
• Creative Inspirations - Happy Haunting
• Delightful - Distressed
• Moving Along with the Times - Spooktastic
• Paper Crafting Journey - Hallowe'en Colours
• Simply Create Too - Hallowe'en
• Stamp & Create - Fall or Hallowe'en
• Sweet Stampin' - Hallowe'en

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Oldie but a Challenge.

Oldie but a Goodie Challenge - Bingo!

It's time for a new Oldie but a Goodie Challenge, and this fortnight the theme is:

 'Bingo!'

 Pick a vertical, horizontal or diagonal line, and use all of the items in that line on your project.

We are sponsored for this challenge by Robyn's Fetish:

 The prize is 5 digital products of the winner's choice from the Robyn's Fetish store.

I chose to use the bottom line (Embossing - Glitter - Die Cuts) and made a couple of simple Christmas cards. The reindeer are from the 'Reindeer' stamp and die set by Hero Arts & Sizzix...I stamped the reindeer on to kraft card, then gave them coloured jumpers by stamping them again on to white card using Distress Inks ('Chipped Saphire' and 'Fired Brick'), cutting them out and laying them over the top. For the background, I embossed some light blue card using my old faithful Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes' folder, and added a torn piece of white Core'dinations glitter card for the 'snow'. The sentiment stamp is from a Lili of the Valley set.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges: 

• 2 Sisters - Anything Goes  
• Christmas Cards - Anything Goes
• Crimbo Crackers - Embossing

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Oldie but a Goodie Challenge.

Agapanthus Clusters

I have a flowery card for you today...using a favourite of mine 'Agapanthus Clusters' by Stampendous. I stamped it in Distress Inks (Dusty Concord and Bundled Sage) using the watercolour technique. For the background, I used Distress Core'dinations card in the same two colours...stamping Penny Black 'Circles & Lines' on to Dusty Concord card in Dusty Concord ink...and Hero Arts 'Scattered Dots' on to the Bundled Sage card in...yes...Bundled Sage ink. The purple lace was a gift from my lovely friend Samantha...and the sentiment stamp is from the Hero Arts 'Cupcakes' set. I inked around all of the edges with some 'Pumice Stone' Distress Ink, and added a few adhesive pearls.

Challenges for this card:

• Bunny Zoe's Monthly - Flowers & Pearls
• Crafty Cardmakers - Blooming Images
• Creative Card Crew - Birthdays
• Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
• Fab 'n' Funky - Flower Power
• Sketchy Colours - Green, Lilac & White

Mr Fixit!

I must have been a good girl this year....Father Christmas brought me quite a few lovely new craft goodies ;0) I had a little play with some of them yesterday, and made a couple of cards...the one I'm showing you today, uses a Lili of the Valley stamp called 'Mr Fixit' that was a gift from my lovely crafty friend Samantha - thank you! I coloured him using watercolour pencils, to match the blue/green colours of Distress Core'dinations card I used for the background. I embossed the strips of card using my Cuttlebug 'Spots & Dots' and 'Diamond Plate', and Sizzix/BasicGrey 'Plaid' folders...sanding over the surface to reveal the lighter core. I added some Craftwork Cards Card Candi, and a sentiment (from the 'Anytime Messages' set by Hero Arts).

Challenges for this card:

• Challenges4Everybody - Anything Goes 
• Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes 
• Hiding in my Craft Room - Anything but Christmas
• Hotshot Craft - Clean & Simple
• Lili's Little Fairies - Something New (The teddy stamp was a Christmas present)
• Ready Teddy Go - Clean & Simple
• Seems a Little Sketchy - Sketch
• Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
• Stamptacular Sunday - Embossing

Doggy Pile

I've used a rather neglected stamp on today's card...it's called 'Doggy Pile' by Whipper Snapper...I love how squishy they look! For the background, I embossed Core'dinations card using my Crafts Too 'Bone & Paw Print' embossing folder.

Challenges for this card:

• Crafty Ann's - Birds and/or Animals
• Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
• Forever Friends (Monthly) - Anything Goes
• My Time to Craft - Domestic Pets
• Simon Says Stamp - Sketch

Garden Bouquet

I had a little break yesterday from making Christmas and Hallowe'en cards to make a birthday card for my Aunt. I started by inking a white piece of card with 'Old Paper' Distress Ink...then stamping a Hero Arts music background stamp in Old Paper over the top...I wiped some of the ink off before stamping to create a distressed effect. I then used the watercolour technique to stamp the Hero Arts 'Garden Bouquet' over the top in 'Dusty Concord' and 'Forest Moss' Distress Inks. I embossed the purple Core'dinations card using my Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' folder...then sanded over the dots a little. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Cupcakes' set (also by Hero Arts), the lace is from Hobbycraft, and the pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Challenges for this card:

• Crafts & Me - Lace & Pearls
• Critter - Embossing
• Daring Cardmakers - Don't Worry, Be Happy
• Gem of a Challenge - Flowers
• Lollipop Crafts - Happy Birthday
• Sketch Saturday - Sketch
• Stamptacular Sunday - No Rules

CAS Cut-out Christmas

More Christmas cards for you today...these ones were super quick to make...and make use of the 'negative' part of a die cut layered over some 'Swiss Dots' embossed and sanded Core'dinations card.

On the first card, I used the tree dies from the 'Reindeer' stamp and die set by Hero Arts & Sizzix, and a sentiment from the 'Celebrate Everyday' set by Hero Arts:

On the second card, I used my Cuttlebug 'Ice Crystal' die and a sentiment from the 'Joy to the World' set by Penny Black. On both cards the white card on top is popped up on 3D foam pads...which I think you can just about tell in the photo below:

Challenges for these cards:

• 4 Crafty Chicks - Dry Embossing
• Challenges for Everybody - Anything Goes
• Charisma Cardz - Clean & Simple
• Hiding in my Craftroom - Die Cuts
• J&C Creations - Contemporary Christmas

Spooked Cat

Another Hallowe'en card for you today...using yet another Penny Black image...this one's from the 'be very scared!' set. For the background I embossed Core'dinations card using a Tim Holtz/Sizzix spooky text folder, and Cuttlebug sweetie one...sanding over the surface to reveal the core.

Challenges for this card:

• Crafting for All Seasons - Spooky
• Crafty Catz - Hallowe'en
• Cutie Pie - Hallowe'en
• Forever Friends (Fortnightly) - Hallowe'en
• Shopping Our Stash - Trick OR Treat?

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Traditional Colours

This week at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long, we want to see the traditional Christmas colour combination of:

'Red & Green' 

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Limited Runs Digital

(Not sure what the prize is at the time of writing, so I'll update this when I find out.)

I've used a cute snowman image from our sponsor Limited Runs Digital called 'Snowman #1' on my card...which I coloured using watercolour pencils. For the background, I embossed red & greed Core'dinations card using my Sizzix/BasicGrey 'Snowglobe' and Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes' embossing folders...sanding lightly over the surface to reveal the core. The stripey ribbon is from Hobbycraft.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• CCEE Stampers - Christmas with a Snowman
• Totally Papercrafts - Christmas...9 Weeks and Counting!
• Totally Stampalicious - Christmas

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to Christmas Stampin' All Year Long.