Santa Tags

 Adding to my tag stash, they go so quickly! These were pretty easy and fun to color. Stampin' Up!'s Jolly Old St. Nick, I love this old fashioned Santa face. For Simon Says Stamp's Monday "Tag" challenge.

Glittering Gifts

 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge calls for sparkle, one of my favorite crafty things. I used Simon's "Brilliant Gifts" die with silver stars and glimmer paper, slimline scallop dies, and DCWV "Sparkling Snow" paper.

ALL the books

 Lots of Copic coloring on this Hero Arts Bookcase stamp. Aside from collecting books, I also have quite the Barbie collection and was so thrilled to see her in the bottom portion of this stamp!

Dancin' Deer

 Spellbinders Dancin' Deer is so adorable. Popped up on dimensionals it's legs move from side to side when you tilt it.

Gift Tags

 Starting on the Christmas gift cards. This is an easy card style tag, various sizes, between 2 1/2 or 3", using Craft Consortium "Candy Christmas" paper and toppers.

Peaceful forest

 t's hard to capture all of the shimmer and sparkle in this photo. I used Holly Branch and Snowflurries mica stains, Sparkle texture paste and dabs of Picket Fence distress paint, by #timholtz . Into the Woods 3D embossing folder is by #honeybeestamps and the sentiment is by Stampin' Up!

Hero Arts October Card Kit

 The card kit from Hero Arts is fabulous! Lovely dies and stamps make putting a card together so fun and easy.

3D Trees

 An easy embossed card using Honey Bee Stamps 3d embossing folder "Into The Trees".  It's never too early to start making Christmas cards! 

Trick or Treater

 This is the last of the Halloween cards for the year, I think!

For Simon Says Stamp's "Spooky" themed Monday challenge found HERE. 

Boo To You!

 This is for Simon Says Stamp's Monday challenge theme of "Spooky". I used the Halloween Envelopes stamps from Pretty Pink Posh, old retired Stampin' Up! Halloween papers and spider web doily.

Grateful

 For Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday challenge of anything goes, used their Autumn Cascade stencils and grateful die on a background done with acrylic paint and stenciling in distress oxides.

More Envelopes

 Getting some more Halloween cards finished before I move along to fall/Thanksgiving.

Pretty Pink Posh "Halloween Envelopes", Honey Bee Stamps "Halloween Harvest" paper.

Halloween Envelopes

 A fun shaker card using Pretty Pink Posh stamps "Halloween Envelopes".

Sugar Skull

 A Dia de los Muertos card using Spellbinders "Sugar Skull" dies, Bumblebee card stock, and an unknown designer paper. I stacked all of my papers into decorative boxes so I'm not sure of some of the makers.

He's just a Poe boy

 This is the kind of week I had. One thing after another. "Poe Boy" from Whimsy Stamps.

Golden Nature

 Waffle Flower sneak peek kit featuring Fall Leaves background die, Honey Bee gold pearls, sentiment from my stash that I've had forever.

Pastel Leaves

 Having lots of fun with the new Waffle Flower kit that includes this stencil, background die and sentiment. Thought I'd try it in some unusual colors.

Colors of Fall

 I just went for a nice long walk to enjoy the colors of fall. My favorite time of the year! This card uses various alcohol inks and markers for the background along with the new Waffle Flower Fall Leaves background and  Give Thanks dies.

Give Thanks

 Give Thanks kit from Waffle Flower's using just the stencil and die cut sentiment.

Stencil challenge can be found at Simon Says Stamp found HERE.

Halloween Damask

 I love this stencil! Halloween Damask by Simon Says Stamp for the Stencil Fun challenge. The ghosts are Spellbinders dies, not sure of the sentiment.

Tropical Hibiscus

 I made a first anniversary card using the ribbon and wax seal that was part of the wedding invitation. Texture is the gold embossing and seal for the Simon Says Stamp add some texture challenge found HERE.

Background is Stampin' Up! embossed in gold, tropical flowers are by Pretty Pink Posh.

Batty

 Another card with the Simon Says Stamp and Whimsy Stamps Stamptember collaboration. Made a shaker card using a bat die cut background, Lawn Fawn washi tape, sequins, Orchid Opulence card base.

Spooky and Mice

 Loving these sweet little mice trick or treaters from Stamptember's collaboration between Simon Says Stamp and Whimsy Stamps called Spooky and Mice. Wednesday's challenge theme was stencils and I used Tim Holtz's moon stencil and a spider web for the card front. 

Going Batty

 Another with the Envelope of Wonder die sets from Spellbinders. The papers are Honey Bee Stamps (purple) and Authentique for the bats and webs. For the Take Flight challenge at Simon Says Stamp.

Envelope of Ghosts

 Ghosts taking flight for Simon Says Stamp's Monday challenge found HERE.

I used the Envelope of Wonder bundle from Spellbinders with the main die set and the Halloween one for the ghosts and other fillings. Added some glow in the dark sequins and a sentiment from Poppy Stamps. Attached to a card that I cut out using the envelope die.

Halloween Wonder

 Taking Flight! The Monday challenge at Simon Says Stamp.

I used the ghosts from the Envelope of Wonder bundle with Tim Holtz's Sizzix Layered Stripes die, weaving in other cut strips. Sentiment is glitterfied with Nuvo gloss.

Queen Bee

 

For the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge of Sparkle and Shine I added Nuvo glitter gloss to the bee wings for a nice bit of shimmer. The September card kit is really awesome and can be found HERE. Great if you love bees and sunflowers!

Be A Sunflower

                                         

The September card kit from Simon Says Stamp is bee-utiful! If you love sunflowers and bees, this is the one for you. Everything coordinates so perfectly, makes it is so easy to create with.

For the Wednesday Anything Goes challenge found HERE.

Bee Happy

 I stamped the bee hexagon repeatedly to create the background, spritzed it with Flickering Candle mica spray (very shimmery), added bee and sentiment from this month's Simon Says Stamp Bee Happy September card kit. 

Trick or Treaters

 Ready for fall and some cooler temps! Is it too early to start Halloween cards? I like the cuter spooky cards and not the terrifying ones :) This is for the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge with the theme of Sparkle and Shine. I covered the entire card front with silver glitter dust spray (Thermoweb) and used holographic silver card stock for stars, lunar paste with some Wink of Stella glitter gloss  on moon and shiny black metallic card stock for fence. Distress oxide ink colors were Villainous Potion, Dusty Concord, and Spiced Marmalade. Tim Holtz Sizzix dies Ghost Town #2, Dash Away All for moon and stars, Graveyard Colorize for fence, Halloween Night for trick or treaters.

Beach Floor and Turtley Awesome!

Some more summer cards before I begin my fall/Halloween projects. I will be happy for some cooler temps!

Turtley Awesome stamp set is by Pink & Main, the Beach Floor stencils (set of 3) by Hero Arts, and Aqua Texture background stamp is also by Hero Arts.

 

Level Complete

 This adorable stamp set is a must have for making cards for your favorite gamer! Stampin' Up! Level Complete. 

Strawberry Shaker

                                       
The Monday challenge at Simon Says Stamp is to use your favorite technique and mine is probably die cutting. This card uses Honey Bee Stamps strawberry dies with the Fancy Weaving die by Hero Arts. Added some sequins and embellishments from various makers.

Beach Time!

This week's fun Monday challenge at Simon Says Stamp is for Architecture/Buildings. I have quite the collection of house stamps but wanted to choose something summery so I went with the adorable stamp set and dies Beach Huts. This is one of those sets that I will always keep in my collection, I love it! The sand was made using Dylusions paints Vanilla Custard and Desert Sand.  Gentle Waves is by Stampin' Up! 

Summer Cats

 I really love the Anita Jeram artwork made for the Colorado Craft Company stamps, they make me smile. I combined two sets to create this scene, Picnic Cats and Lift Higher. This is for one of the challenges going on for Dare To Get Dirty at Splitcoast Stampers. You have to be a Fan Club member to play along and be eligible for prizes.

Also for the Simon Says Stamp Instagram challenge for Coloring!

Dare To Get Dirty 2023

 

The Dare To Get Dirty challenges are going on at Splitcoast Stampers and are lots of fun and so inspirational. You have to be a Fan Club member to play and it is really a fabulous deal for all that you get to motivate your creativity every day. Prizes are available so that is pretty awesome too!

These are some of the samples I created for some of the challenges! Most, if not all, challenges are things that you probably have in your supplies. If not, use whatever you have that is the closest. We just want you to have fun participating!