I finally had a chance to try Jay Jay’s sketch for the new Stampavie challenge. You can see the sketch here and be sure to play along for a chance to win a great prize!

stamps- Tina Wenke Mouse-Bird-Ladybug- Cupcake by Stampavie, words- AmyR Birthday Sentiments; paper- white, Cocoa, Regal Rose, Saffron; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Copics, Oval Nesties, ribbons, Word Window punch, buttons, Primas, Stickles.

So how about some candy?  Just post a comment telling me which blinkie is your fave.  AND if you add one of the blinkies in the sidebar on your blog, I’ll add your name into the hat a second time.  AND if you mention my candy on your blog, you’ll get a third chance.  Just help me out please and tell me in your post if you add a blinkie or mention my candy.  Thanks!  ;0)

I’ll pick a random winner on Sunday to receive a Miss Anya stamp set (this was cut and only stamped once for indexing) and some chipboard pieces.   

Here’s some codes so you can just copy & paste…

for the Bumble B. Bear blinkie…

<a href=”http://allthatscraps.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=360_361_786&zenid=8343d37104e1a86f712ec84f8c1fa1ac” mce_href=”http://allthatscraps.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=360_361_786&zenid=8343d37104e1a86f712ec84f8c1fa1ac”><img src=”http://www.allthatscraps.com/phptopro/data/500/mtw49c.gif” alt=”All That Scraps” border=”0″></a>

and for the cookie mouse blinkie…

<a href=”http://www.allthatscraps.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=360_361_786&zenid=8343d37104e1a86f712ec84f8c1fa1ac” mce_href=”http://www.allthatscraps.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=360_361_786&zenid=8343d37104e1a86f712ec84f8c1fa1ac”><img src=”http://www.allthatscraps.com/phptopro/data/500/70gm89.gif” mce_src=”http://www.allthatscraps.com/phptopro/data/500/70gm89.gif”></a><br>

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Halloween!  :0)

a close-up…

stamps- Garden Time Jumbo Rollagraph wheel, retired SU! Sweeter Treaters, AmyR Spooky Sentiments; paper- white, black, Pumpkin; ink- Memento Black, SU! Basic Gray; accessories- Marvy punch (word bubble), pop dots, green bag, Copic markers, Martha Stewart Embossed Zigzag and Spider Web Edge punches, square Nestabilities, ribbon, computer- words in bubble.

I just wanted to pop in to share a sneak peek of my new set for November…Country Shelf.

This set, along with the others, will be available Monday night at ATS!  Go check out the ATS blog for samples of each and a chance to win them!  And be sure to also check out the new Challenge blog…there’s still time to try for one of the DT spots!

This set includes the shelf, lots of things to sit on it, and some country sayings too.  I hope you like it!

I spotlighted the candle with some oval Nesties to add a little interest.

stamps- Country Shelf and Reason For The Season (holly) by Cookie Crumbs; paper- vanilla, Olive, retired SU! dp; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Copics, Oval and Double Ended Tags Nestabilities, ribbon, brads, Stickles.

Today’s challenge at ATS is to make a Halloween item.  Go check out the new ATS Challenge Blog for all the samples! 

This candy jar was part of my gift swap on Saturday.  I had a package of chocolate covered sunflower seeds but I didn’t know what to call them.  The only thing I could come up with was….Witches’ Warts!  LOL.  So I just had to use Griselda! 

I had the jar in my stash…I think it may have had something like marshmallow fluff inside?? 

The words were printed from the computer and then masked before I stamped the witch.

Gotta run…have a great day!

stamps- Ollie and Griselda by Cookie Crumbs; paper- white; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Copics, ribbon, jar, Scor-Tape, Chocolate covered sunflower seeds, computer for words.

I decided to make mine a bit 3D this time and since I had fun creating a stair step card recently, I figured out the measurements to make it a miniature ATC size.  Here’s what I came up with, using my Ollie and Griselda set once again.  The shoes were paper pieced and boy was I tired of cutting out those curly shoes!  LOL. 

Below is a side view so you can see the folds a little better.  I had to make 24 of these for the swap so I wanted to figure out the best measurements to avoid a lot of waste in scraps.  I pulled out some 12 x 12 cardstock and cut the base of the cards so that I started with a 3 1/2 x 6 piece of cardstock.  Then I scored the 6″ length @ 1 1/2, 3, 4, 5, and 5 1/2.  The scored lines are folded mountain and valley style to create the base.

And the last photo shows how the die cut bat was attached with a small strip of clear acetate.  I sandwiched the bottom between the cardstock and the punched border. 

Tomorrow I have one more project I made with this set…and it is yummy! 

stamps- Ollie and Griselda by Cookie Crumbs; paper- Navy, White, Celery, Black, Pumpkin, retired SU! dp- Halloween Night; ink- Memento Black, Pumpkin, Saffron, Olive; accessories- Long Rectangle Nestabilities, M.S. Drippy Goo punch, clear acetate, Cuttlebug Halloween die, Scor-Tape, yellow glitter pen, Stickles.

I hope you had a great weekend!  I sure did.  On Saturday I attended another fun day of stamping with some of my NY and PA friends.  Fun, fun!  I have a few projects from this gathering that I will share with you this week.  And the sneak peeks for the new ATS sets for November start this week too, so be sure to check the ATS blog each day! 

This card was my shoebox project on Saturday that I prepared for everyone at my table to make.  I used my Ollie and Griselda set, along with the Retiform Grid technique that I haven’t done in a long time.  It was fun to try it out again.  I don’t remember where I first learned this technique, but I learned to make it two different ways…one by drawing in the lines with a marker and the other by sponging without drawing the lines.  I forgot to take some pictures as I was making it, so hopefully I’ll explain it well enough to understand.

First I started with a square of white cardstock.  Then I made a pattern for my grids by cutting a second square into 3 random pieces.  You do not need to make a pattern but I needed to be able to make several cards exactly alike so a pattern was very helpful.  Then I traced the pattern pieces with a Sharpie marker to get the black lines. 

Next I masked off each section, one at a time and stamped the images with black ink.  Then I masked them each again, sponging them with 3 different colors of ink.  It really doesn’t matter if you stamp first or sponge first by doing it this way but if you stamp first, then you have a little more control over where your lighter, highlighted areas are.

The second way I learned to do this technique is to not draw in any lines.  In this way, you must do your sponging first.  Mask off a section and sponge it.  Then move your mask and sponge another section.  Your sections may overlap if you want.  Continue until you fill the cardstock.  Then come back and mask the sections again, this time stamping various coordinating images in each one.  By doing it this way, it is sometimes best to choose only 2 colors of ink that blend well together to avoid the sections looking “muddied” where they overlap. 

I hope I explained it well enough and you give it a try!  It is really a fun technique which is quick and easy when you don’t have time to do a lot of coloring.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

stamps- Ollie and Griselda by Cookie Crumbs; paper- Elegant Eggplant, Not Quite Navy, Olive, Pumpkin, Black, White; ink- Memento Black, SU! Not Quite Navy, Pumpkin, Olive; accessories- Cuttlebug Halloween die and Spiderweb embossing folder, Sharpie marker, Martha Stewart Spiderweb Edge punch, brad, sponges. 

In honor of her birthday, and to play along with the monthly DD/DDA challenge over at Splitcoast, I made this card. 

Well, I should say that I kinda screwed up the card!  The challenge this month was set by Jodi (Kharmagirl).  She asked us to paper piece our card.  check.  I got that part right. 

But last night as I was typing up this blog post I realized that I forgot all about the required element…to use fall or Christmas colors.  Ugh!  Do pink, brown and orange qualify?  LOL.  I guess not.  :0(

Oh well…I’ll share my card here anyway.   

When I first saw Christine’s Birthday Bash set, I knew the puppy with a cupcake would be perfect for this occasion…even though Riley could care less!  LOL.  And when I paper pieced the cupcake and party hat, I decided to paper piece the puppy too.  It had to be a pink puppy…because Riley’s favorite stuffed toy (that she even sleeps with) is a pink dog that we call “Pink Puppy”.  Original name, huh?  Pink Puppy lost her eyesight and can’t hear very well since she only has one ear now but she is still well loved. 

Riley must think that cupcake is mighty yummy. 

card deets:

stamps- Pixie Pets Birthday Bash by C.C. Designs; paper- White, Pink Pirhouette, Choc. Chip, Pumpkin, Regal Rose, dp- SU! Sweet Always; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Copic markers, Stickles, felt flowers, brad, ribbon.

I wanted to pop in today, though, to remind you that it’s time for another challenge at Stampavie!  You can check out the details here.  I hope you can play along and try to win another great prize! 

The new challenge today is to make a Halloween card.  This one is really a challenge since it requires you to think outside the box a bit, but I know you can do it! 

This is what I came up with.  I used the oh-so-cute Helz Cuppleditch Home Sweet Home image.  I love that sweet house and almost hated to make it ummm…not-so-sweet!  LOL.  

The background was created first with a brayer and a spectrum inkpad.  Then I colored the house in shades of gray.  The heart window on the door was turned into a pumpkin decoration and the topiary trees were cut off, leaving only the pots which I turned into tombstones! 

The diecuts are from the Cuttlebug Halloween die and the words are from my Ollie and Griselda set.  

Here’s a closeup of the image that was altered. 

I hope you have a great start to your week….thanks for stopping by!

stamps- Helz Cuppleditch Home Sweet Home by Stampavie, Ollie and Griselda by Cookie Crumbs; paper- white, black, Pumpkin, dp- K&Company; ink- Memento Black, Kaleidacolor Blue Breeze; accessories- Copic markers, Martha Stewart Spider Web punch, Cuttlebug Halloween die, Stickles, brayer, Oval Nestabilities.

This is Christine’s newest Swiss Pixie…Birgitta!  She is so cute with her sunflower.  I pulled out some fall papers from the DCWV Indian Summer pack and used the plaid pattern to also paper piece her dress.  There’s a new challenge blog that my friend Lisa is a member of called “Just Us Girls” and their new challenge is paper piecing…check it out!

This is a long card…not the usual A2 size card.  I started with a  6 1/4 x 7 piece of cardstock and folded it to a 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 inch card.  It will fit into a regular letter size envelope. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

stamps- Swiss Pixie Birgitta by C.C. Designs; paper- White, Choc. Chip, DCWV Indian Summer; ink- Memento Black; accessories- EK Success Falling Leaves and Dotted Waves punches, SU! Oval punch, gel pen, pearl stickers.