Count Catular Treat Bag

I have another Halloween treat bag to share today...using another of the critters from the Penny Black 'Spooky' set. I stamped him onto watercolour paper, coloured him using watercolour pencils, then used one of my circle Nesties to cut him out. For the background, I used some really, really old papers from Carta Bella, and distressed the edges a little before adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and black and white gel pens. I layered them onto a piece of black card, then added the image on top, matting it onto a scalloped circle cut from some more black card using another Nestie die, then added it all to a kraft gift bag.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Crafty Calendar - Autumn/Halloween
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Fab 'N' Funky - Three of Something (Patterned papers)
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Use Patterned Papers

Mice Treats!

I have another Halloween treat bag to share today...featuring another cute Penny Black critter, from the 'Be Very Scared!' set. I stamped him onto watercolour paper, coloured him using watercolour pencils, then used one of my circle Nesties to cut him out. For the background, I used papers from the 'Boneshakin' Halloween' pad from Polkadoodles. I distressed the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I cut a scalloped circle mat from some black card using another Nestie die, then layered everything up onto another piece of black card before adding it all to a kraft gift bag.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Allsorts - Anything Autumn
• Fab 'N' Funky - Three of Something (Three papers)
• Little Red Wagon - Stitching
• Love Those Pretty Papers - Ghosts/Goblins/Things that go Bump in the Night
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Use Patterned Papers
• Sparkles Forum - Your Favourite Technique (Faux stitching)
• Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Halloween
• Sweet Stampin' - Autumn

PBSC October - Anything Goes (Optional 'Bright Colours')

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Bright Colours'

We are currently without a sponsor, so this challenge is just for fun.

I decided to get a start on making some Halloween treat bags, and picked one of the cute images from the 'Spooky!' set. I stamped him onto watercolour paper, coloured him using watercolour pencils, then cut out the circle shape using one of my Nesties. For the background, I used some brightly coloured papers from an unnamed Halloween pad from The Works. I distressed the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee and a black gel pen. I matted the image onto a scalloped circle of black card (cut using another Nestie), then matted everything onto some black card before adding it all to a kraft treat bag.

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

• Allsorts - Anything Autumn
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Everybody Art - Add Some Purple
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

October Desk Calendar

As it's the first day of a new month, I'm sharing my desk calendar page for October today. Despite the unseasonably warm weather we're currently experiencing here in London, I couldn't resist getting out my Penny Black Halloween stamps, and picked a cute cat image from the 'Be Very Scared!' set. I stamped him onto a snippet of watercolour paper, coloured him using watercolour pencils, then used one of circle Nesties to cut him out. For the background, I used snippets of patterned papers from the 'Hocus Pocus' pad from Taylored Expressions...I've had this pad for years, and although it's still going strong, I no longer have any full sheets left, just lots and lots of snippets:

I distressed the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a white gel pen, before matting it onto a snippet of kraft card and adding it to my desk calendar.

Challenges for this calendar:

• Allsorts - Anything Autumn
• Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Creative Inspirations - Hello Autumn
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Inkspirational - Photo Inspiration
• Little Red Wagon - Autumn Colours
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - Autumn

Vampire Cat Treat Bag

Today, I'm sharing one last Halloween treat bag...this time the critter is from the Penny Black 'Be Very Scared!' set. I stamped him onto a snippet of watercolour paper, coloured him using watercolour pencils, then used one of my Nesties to cut out the circle shape. I paired it with papers from the Glitz 'Raven' pad (the black one), and snippets from a pad from The Works (the purple one), and Mind's Eye 'Boo to You!' collection. I matted all of the layers onto snippets of black card...cutting the scalloped circle using another Nestie die, then added it to a kraft gift bag.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Allsorts - Autumn Colours
• Crafty Catz - Halloween
• Creative Knockouts - Halloween or Fall
• Everybody Art - Orange/Black and/or Halloween
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Purple/Black and/or Halloween
• Sweet Stampin' - Halloween/Colours of Halloween

The Cat in the Hat Treat Bag

I have another Halloween treat bag to share today...featuring one of the critters from the 'Spooky!' set by Penny Black. I stamped it onto watercolour paper, coloured it using watercolour pencils, then used one of my Nesties to cut out the circle shape. The background papers are a mixture of Carta Bella 'Spooky' (the black & white striped on), Taylored Expressions 'Hocus Pocus' (the jars of goodies) and the purple one is from an unnamed pad from The Works. I distressed the edges, then added faux stitching using my CitterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I matted the image onto a scalloped circle cut from black card using another Nestie die, then matted the other layers onto more black card before adding it to the kraft bag.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - Inspired by a Book/Song/Film ('The Cat in the Hat' by Dr Seuss)

PBSC October - Anything Goes (Optional 'Too Cute to Spook!')...More Inspiration!

It's the third Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for some more inspiration for this month's Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Too Cute to Spook!'

We're currently without a sponsor, so this challenge is just for fun.

I decorated another Halloween treat bag...and this time used one of the critters from the 'Be Very Scared!' set. I stamped him onto watercolour paper, coloured him using watercolour pencils, then used one of my Nesties to cut the circle shape. The papers are a mixture of Carta Bella 'Spooky' (the ghosts), unbranded (the cobwebs) and a pad from The Works (spotty). I distressed the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I matted all the layers onto black card, cutting a scalloped circle using another Nestie die, before adding it to a kraft gift bag.

I'm also entering this treat bag into the following challenges:

• C.R.A.F.T. - Halloween
• Crafty Gals Corner - Spooky...
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• I Spy with My Little Eye - Something Spooky
• Stamping Sensations - Autumn
• We Love Stamping - Anything Autumn

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Count Catular Treat Bag

I have another Halloween treat bag to share today...featuring a critter from the Penny Black 'Spooky' set. I stamped him onto watercolour paper, coloured him using watercolour pencils, then cut out the circle shape using one of my Nesties. I used papers from a pad from The Works for the background...distressing the edges a little, and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I matted it all onto some black card...with a scalloped circle mat for the image cut using another Nestie, then added it all to a kraft gift bag.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Crafty Calendar - Halloween
• Just Us Girls - Halloween
• Little Red Wagon - Halloween
• Love Those Pretty Papers - Halloween Colours
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Stamping Sensations - Autumn
• We Love Stamping - Autumn

PBSC October - Anything Goes (Optional 'Too Cute to Spook!')

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Too Cute to Spook!'

We are currently without a sponsor, so this challenge is just for fun.

I picked one of the cute critters from the 'Be Very Scared' set to decorate a Halloween treat bag. I stamped it onto watercolour paper, coloured it using watercolour pencils, then cut out the circle shape using one of my Nesties. The papers are from a pad from The Works...I distressed the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I matted the image onto a scalloped circle cut using another Nestie, then matted it all onto some black card before adding it to a kraft gift bag.

Challenges for this bag:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Crafty Animals - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Creative Inspirations - Autumn/Something Spooky
• Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Animals

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Witchy Mouse Treat Bag

I have another Halloween treat bag to share today...featuring one of the spooky critters from the 'Be Very Scared!' set. I stamped him on to watercolour paper, coloured him using watercolour pencils, then cut the circle shape using one of my Nesties. The papers are from the 'Apothecary Emporium' pad by Echo Park...I used a 'Pumpkin' embossing folder by Cuttlebug to emboss the orange paper, then lightly sanded over the raised areas to reveal some of the white core. I distressed all of the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and black and white gel pens.

Challenges for this treat bga:

• Creative Knockouts - Halloween/Fall
• Fab 'N' Funky - Autumn/Halloween
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Spooky and/or Add Some Purple
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - Halloween or Colours of Halloween

PBSC October - Anything Goes (Optional 'Cute or Spooky')...More Inspiration!

It's the third Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for some more inspiration for this month's Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Cute or Spooky'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I went 'Spooky' again, and used one of the critters from the 'Be Very Scared!' set. I stamped him on to watercolour paper, coloured him using watercolour pencils, then used one of my Nesties to cut the circle shape. The papers are by Carta Bella, from the 'Happy Haunting' & 'Spooky' collections...I distressed all of the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and black and white gel pens. To match the cat's purple jumper I added some purple cobweb lace, then matted it all on to some black card before adding it to the treat bag.

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

• Little Red Wagon - Halloween is Coming
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Halloween/Spooky
• Simply Create Too - Halloween Colours
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes
• The Sisterhood of Crafters - Orange, Black & Purple

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Cat in the Hat Treat Bag

I have another Hallowe'en treat bag to share today...featuring a cute Wizard cat stamp from the Penny Black 'Spooky!' set. I stamped him on to watercolour paper, then coloured him using watercolour pencils. The papers are all by Carta Bella...I think from the 'Spooky' and 'Happy Haunting' collections...but I only have snippets left, with not much info on them. I distressed all of the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and black and white gel pens.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Fab 'N' Funky - Fur or Feathers
• I Spy with My Little Eye - Something Magical
• Little Red Wagon - Black, White & One Other Colour (I went with Orange)
• Love Those Pretty Papers - Optional 'Hallowe'en'
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Use Patterned Paper
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes

Goofy Ghoul Treat Bag

I have a Hallow'een treat bag to share today...fetauring a cute little Penny Black stamp set that I got for my birthday a couple of months ago called 'Goofy Ghoul'. I stamped the ghost and hedgehog on to snippets of watercolour paper, coloured them using watercolour pencils, then carefully cut them out. I made a simple spooky background for them using a piece of star covered paper (it's from an old 12x12 sheet, and I can't remember the brand), some dies...'Silhouette Tree' by Memory Box (with the borders cut off), and 'Grassy Edge' dies by Die-namics, and some snippets of black card. I layered everything up, matted it on to some more black card, then added it to a kraft gift bag.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes (Optional 'Spooky')
• Creatalicious - Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Use Patterned Paper

PBSC October - Anything Goes (Optional 'Cute or Spooky ')

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Cute or Spooky'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I went 'Cute AND Spooky' and picked one of the stamps from the 'Spooky' stamp set, stamping it on to a some watercolour paper along with a sentiment (using a stamp from the 'Be Very Scared' set). I coloured it using watercolour pencils, then used one of my circle Nesties to cut the circle shape. The cobweb paper is from the 'Apothecary Emporium' pad by Echo Park, and I'm not sure what brand the skull paper is...it's a snippet of a 12x12 sheet I've had for years. I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and balck and white gel pens, before matting them on to some purple card. The kraft treat bag is from Hobbycraft.

I'm also entering this treat bag into the following challenges:

• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Creative Knockouts - All Stitched Up
• Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - Stamps
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

October Desk Calendar

As it's the first of the month, I'm sharing my desk calendar page for October today. I picked one of the images from the 'Be Very Scared' stamp set (by Penny Black), stamped it on to watercolour paper, and added a little bat from the 'Goofy Ghoul' set (also by Penny Black). I coloured it using watercolour pencils, then cut the circle shape using one of my Nesties. For the background, I used snippets of papers by Carta Bella, from the 'Spooky' and 'Haunted' collections...at least I think that's what they're called, I've had these for years, and there aren;'t many bits left with the branding on! I distressed the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and black & white gel pens before matting it on to a snippet of kraft card, and adding it to the calendar (from the Paper Mill).

Challenges for this calendar:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Crafter's Cafe - Include an Animal
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• Pixies Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes

Cat in a Hat Treat Bag

I have one last Halloween treat bag to share today...featuring a cute cat image from the 'Spooky' set by Penny Black. I stamped him on to watercoour paper, then coloured him using watercolour pencils, before cutting out the circle shape using one of my Nesties. I paired him with papers from the 'Spooky Spectacular' pad from Paper Mill Direct.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (Optional 'Four-legged Critter')
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - Anything Goes (Optional 'It's Alive!')
• Little Red Wagon - Trick or Treat
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Spooky
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes (Optional 'Autumn Colours')
• Sweet Stampin' - All Hallows' Eve

PBSC October - Anything Goes (Optional 'Halloween Bingo')...More Inspiration!

It's the third Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for some more inspiration for this month's Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Halloween Bingo':

(Pick a column, row, diagonal, four corners or full house if you're feeling brave!)

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

This time, I decided to use the four corners on the bingo card, but actually ended up using all but two squares! The trick or treating cat is from the 'Be Very Scared' set...I stamped him, along with a sentiment from the 'Spooky' set...on to some watercolour paper, coloured him using watercolour pencils, then used one of my Nesties to cut the circle shape. I used papers from the 'Raven' pad by Glitz for the background, distressing the edges a little, and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

I'm also entering this treat bag into the following challenges:

• C.R.A.F.T. - Halloween/Autumn Colours
• Crafty Calendar - Autumn/Halloween Colours
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (Optional 'Lots of Layers')
• Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes
• Sparkles Forum - Things that go Bump in the Night!
• Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Orange and/or Black
• We Love Stamping - Moodboard

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Haunted House Treat Bag

I have another Halloween treat bag to share today, featuring one of the critters from the 'Spooky' set by Penny Black. I stamped him on to watercolour paper, coloured him using watercolour pencils, thencarefully cut him out. I made an embossed background using embossing folders and Core'dinations card. The haunted house one is by Cuttlebug (I picked it up in a charity shop a couple of months ago) and the 'Spider Web' one is by Tim Holtz for Sizzix. I sanded over the raised areas to reveal the core, then distressed the edge a little, before layering it all up, and adding the kitty on top.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes (Optional 'Add Some Texture')
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Creatalicious - Anything Goes (Optional 'Halloween')
• Creative Inspirations - Autumn or Halloween
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

Witchy Mouse Halloween Treat Bag

I have a Halloween treat bag to share today, using an image from the 'Be Very Scared' set by Penny Black. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, then coloured it using watercolour pecnils, then cut it out using one of my Nesties. For the background, I used papers from the 'Hocus Pocus' pad by Taylored Expressions...I doodled some simple borders using a white gel pen, then matted everything on to black card, and added it to a kraft bag.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• We Love Stamping - Moodboard

PBSC October - Anything Goes (Optional 'Halloween Bingo')

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Halloween Bingo':

(Pick a column, row, diagonal, four corners or full house if you're feeling brave!)

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I used three of the Halloween Bingo elements (Patterned Papers - Penny Black Stamped Image - Not a Card) to decorate a treat bag for Halloween. The image is from the 'Be Very Scared'...I stamped it on to watercolour paper, coloured it using watercolour pencils, then cut the oval shape using one of my Nesties. The papers from the Echo Park 'The Apothecary Emporium' pad...I distressed the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and black and white gel pens.

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

• As You Like It - Favourite Halloween or Fairies (Halloween for me...I'm not really a fairy kind of girl, and anyway this treat bag will soon be filled with chocolate!)
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Creative Knockouts - Die Cuts/Punches/Stencils
• Dream Valley - Anything but Birthday
• We Love Stamping - Halloween Moodboard

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.