Stay Spooky

 We have had some beautiful Fall weather lately - I really hope it holds out for trick-or-treating!  It's so great that Halloween falls on a Saturday this year - we are going to have a little Halloween party at my daughter's with the kids and then Jeremy and I sit and pass out candy while Cass and Jordan take the kids trick-or-treating. It's my favorite holiday by far.

I'd like to enter the card below into the following challenges:

Color Hues #143 - Orange & Black

Make My Monday #289 - Use the Colour Orange

Stencil Fun October - Anything with Stencils/Optional ORANGE

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Halloween/Spooky

Tic Tac Toe #304 (I used orange, heat embossing, stitching)

I used Carved Pumpkin Distress Spray Stain with water on watercolor paper, layering and drying until I was happy with the saturation. I then applied the Mr from the Mr & Mrs Skeleton stencil from A Colorful Life Designs with Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink and heat embossed with a clear sparkly embossing powder. I stamped the sentiment from Ink Road Stamp's Basic Witch set and embossed the same way, die cutting with a sentiment die set from Unity Stamp Co. that has a stitched edge. Peace.

Mums and Friends

Hi friends!  As much as I love crafts and art, I do NOT have a green thumb.  One of my favorite friends does, however, and she always makes sure I have plenty of blueberries, raspberries, and beautiful flowers from her garden. Her name is Greere and Greere definitely has a green thumb!  She shared some photos of her gorgeous Fall flowers and I decided to make her a card and a gift with those photos. I'd like to enter my first project in the following challenges:

Let's Create #236 - AG + The Colors of Fall

Triple B October - Anything Flora/Optional Mood Board

Beautiful Blossoms #46 - Anything Floral/Optional Mood Board

Cupcake Inspirations #642 - Fall

I put Canva to work and printed out the resulting images on cardstock. I die cut this one above, stamped a bit on it, added some kraft sentiment stickers, and then matted it on a postage stamp frame. I then used some mixed media stamps from Funky Fossil on a piece of Kraft cardstock and attached to that, applying another sentiment sticker to the top. I framed this in a desktop 5x7 frame for Greere.

I then decided I had to also make her a card to go along with the gift:

It was so much fun gifting this to her - she opened it and her eyes went wide and she was like "OHMYGOD those are my flowers!".  Totally worth it. :)

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While I was at it, I also made a little ATC for the following challenges:

ATC Around the World #142 - Autumn Flowers

The Little Things #09 - Pumpkin and/or Pink

Tag-alongs and ATC's - All Things Autumn

For this one, I just took a scrap piece of watercolor paper left over from another project and cut it to ATC size, then sponged the edges with black ink. I printed out the photo of the flowers that I had edited in Canva, leaving the background dark for contrast, and used a postage stamp nesting die to cut it out. Layered a sticker on top of it from a Tim Holtz Halloween themed sticker book to finish it off. Peace.

You're Frightfully Fun

 One more Halloween card - this one is for the following challenges:

The Greeting Farm FB - Halloween

A Place to Start - Anything Goes/Optional Spotlight

Tic Tac Toe #304 - I used stitching, heat embossing, and orange

Time Out #324

Color Hues #143

I wanted to do the spotlight technique on this one so I kept it very clean and simple! I stamped Wicked Anya from The Greeting Farm with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder on kraft cardstock twice. I then colored the Jack-o-Lantern and fussy cut, attaching with foam tape. I stamped the sentiment under her, die cut with a stitched deckled edge nesting die from Mama Elephant and sponged the edges with black ink. I matted it on an orange card base. Peace.

The Magic of Christmas

Hi friends - here to share one more card using one of the stencils from the October release (don't forget to use code JennFan10 for 10% off!) at:

This one is called Love Forest:

I used Lindy's Magicals from the Christmas Cheer set on watercolor paper - first through the stencil sparingly and again on a scrap piece that I then stamped the sentiment on. I die cut the sentiment using the Deckled Frames Creative Cuts from Mama Elephant and attached it with a small red brad from my stash. I matted the panel on a kraft cardstock base.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

The Outlawz - Christmas Only Challenge

Christmas Cards All Year Round - T and U (I used T for Tree)

The 12 Months of Christmas Link-Up - Anything Christmas Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Just Us Girls #846 - Stencil Week

Thanks for stopping by! Peace. 

Thank You Pumpkin!

 Hello friends - I finally forced myself to take a break this weekend and it was really good for my mental health. I tend to run myself ragged and the older I get, the more I realize I can't do this anymore without paying the price later. And now I've got all these delicious grandchildren to make sure I'm around for so I'm really trying!  LOL  Art is truly my therapy. I'd like to enter my card below into the following challenges today:

Paper Funday #92 - AG/Optional Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice

Make My Monday #289 - Use the Colour Orange

Passion for Markers #860 - Autumn Colors

Shopping Our Stash #585 - If the Shoe Fits (include shoes/a shoe)

Cupcake Inspiration #624

I used the Smiling Pumpkins background paper from Mo's Digital Images. I then used a rounded edge rectangle die set to cut out the green cardstock that I stenciled with gold embossing powder and the main panel. Digi stamp is Little Pumpkin from All Dressed Up Stamps, printed out on Very Vanilla cardstock from Stampin' Up! and colored with Copics. Sentiment is a very old sticker from my stash from SRM Stickers. Peace.

Witch Please!

 Good morning! I was so excited when Stephen King announced he was wrapping up the Jack Sawyer trilogy with the final book release, I accidentally bought a paperback version. In Spanish. ROFL  It arrived yesterday and I almost cried when I realized I couldn't start reading it!  LOL So off to Walmart I go to exchange it for a hard cover version - in English. :)

I'd like to enter the card below into the following challenges today:

Crafty Calendar - Autumn/Halloween

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Halloween/Spooky

Creative Inspiration #43 - Anything Goes

Try it on Tuesday - Halloween

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Halloween/Spooky

I created my background by ink blending Black Soot & Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Inks on watercolor paper. I then flicked some Black Soot Spray Stain and a silver Mica Spray on it and let it dry. I printed out the image from Krista Smith, colored with Copics, and used a filmstrip frame die from AALL & Create to cut out, die cutting another one in black to layer her on. I added some little green pearl stickers from my stash and stamped the sentiment from MFT with Versafine Black, then embossed with clear embossing powder. Peace.

Wee Bit of Magic

 OMG another Halloween card - shocking!

This one is for the following challenges:

Whimsy Stamps - Halloween

Classic Design Challenge - AG/Optional Sketch

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Colorful Options Mood Board (focused on reddish orange)

I used Lindy's Magicals and stamps from the Exquisite Beauty set at Whimsy Stamps, stamped with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. Peace.