Trick or treat

Good afternoon everyone...

i was busy playing around in my craft room and this image was just calling me for a couple of challenges!

I believe that the image is Saturated Canary... but if not someone please correct me - a friend gave me the stamp and it looks like her images but not 100% ... too cute

and the challenges that called my name:

saturated canary - seasons 

get inky - buttons on a halloween card

totally gorjuss - string

digidesigns - colours of halloween

designed to colour - tie it up 

stamp and create - october challenge 

cupcake inspirations - challenge 233

hiding in my craft room - colour it 

crafting by designs - atg

copic marker europe - classic halloween

papercraft star - photo inspiration

addicted to stamps and more - make your mark

papertake weekly - happy halloween hues

crafty sentiments - halloween

felling sketchy - sketch

Lmcb - grandparents

hey everyone,

lasting memories has another great challenge this week. 

"Grandparents"

easy peezie... can be old pictures, newer pics, a thought, a memory... anything !

here is my inspiration for you.  I used my Artbooking Cartridge to create the overlay

here are some close ups...

We'd love to hear a favourite memory if you have one to share as well. Leave us a comment. One lucky person will receive a package in the mail full of scrappy goodness! You have to play along AND leave us a comment telling us of a memory you share with your grandparents. One of mine is when I was little and up at the cottage and my papa would always sneak candy to me when my parents weren't looking. 

challenges that inspired me:

natalie and amy - shabby chic

live & love crafts - use pink

bearly-Mine challegne- atg

ikes' world challenge - atg

craft my life - october challenge 

unstampabells - stitching 

4Krafty girls - atg 

Wedding card for Chris and Sally

Hey everyone!!

I made this card for my cousin Chris and his fiancee's wedding... I hope they like it !

all products are close to my heart! except for the cuttle bug embossing

and the inside - this was the first time that i tried to do a bling swirl on my own!!  what do you think?  little yes but it is always in baby steps - lol

items used - for always paper pack, perfect fit frames, artiste, sparkles flourishes, sparkles clear, clear embossing powder, and the black ribbon was from my stash!

all can be purchased from me here or take a look at the many different products that ctmh offers! 

challenges that inspired me:

sugar creek hollow - romance

bearly mine challenge - atg

cuttlebug mania - black and white

shopping our stash - oldest ribbon

dancing in pajamas - its all about the papers

digistamps4 joy - embossing

creatalicious - wedding day 

top tip tuesday - black and white with a splash (mine is the silver... not sure if it counts)

With age...

hey everyone... 

I made this card with some left over... still using up the hexagons from a couple of scrapbook pages ago!!

i love my new artbooking cartridge!!

the stamp is from Saturated canary

challenges that inspired me:

digitally sweet - favorite colours (yep...loving this combo!)

sister act card - atg

stampin for the weekend - atg

totally paper crafts - 1,2,3

dancing in pajamas - its all about the paper

the kraft journal - something new (my artbooking cart! love it!)

creative craft - atg

bearly mine - atg

hiding in my craftroom - scraps

clean and simple - sketch

Cool Yule with MFT and basic grey

Hey everyone 

I am starting to get my Christmas card started and I found a bunch of challenges that fired me up!!

Here is my card....

I used paper from basic grey that has been in my stash for ever!!!  Lol. More like since 2010 since that is the date on the paper.  I also used MFT "cool Yule". The tag and snowflakes were cut out with the artbooking cartridge.   Seriously I don't think I used any other carts at all!!

Here are some close ups...

The bling and ribbon from my stash

The merry Christmas banner at the bottom is an old CTMH stamp

I paper pieced the bear, ice, scarf, and ice cube.   Added stickles to the cube and snowflake stamps to the scarf and used an old embossing rub on thing for the snow flake background 

I hope you little my little card,  here are the challenges that inspired me: 

Crafting musketeers - Christmas in October 

card-a-day - christmas animals

fairy tale challenge - bingo (almost everything)

cutie pie challenge - tagtastic

quirky crafts challenge - favorite things (my cricut)

stamping sensations - all creatures great and small

scrapbooker phd - winer with cricut and pop

hiding in my craft room - scraps

there she goes stamps - be prepared

fun with shapes & more - winter wishes

the rubber buggy - bling

die cutting diva's- brown

simon says - stamp

cute care thursday - neutual colours

the sisterhood of crafters - atg

through the craftroom door - atg

My favorite things - sketch 

Lmcb - black background

hey everyone... wanted to say Happy thanksgiving!!! plus lasting memories has another great challenge going on this week and i hope you are able to join us!!

"Black Background"

and here is my inspiration for you...

of course i used my "new" ARTBOOKING cartridge... which I so love!!

and can you see the stickles on my spider!!

some challenges that inspired me:

parade your crafts - halloween

my crative moments - word play saturday

Lexi's creations - halloween

all sorts challenge blog - use your abc's 

through the craft room door - atg

crafty catz - halloween

all that stickles - halloween linky party

hiding in my craft room - super scraps saturday 

scrapmuch - colours

scrapbookers paradise - sketch

PIO #41 - Humor me

Good morning everyone...

Pile it on has another great challenge for you this week..

Humor

Our great sponsor is Hambo Stamps who is offering up a great prize of 5 digis!!

the stamps are adorable

Right now Hambo Stamps is also having their 'annual "HOGtoberfest" sale (one of only 2 big discount sales of the year)!  so you must go and check them out!

and here is my card!!

ok... so Hambo hoedown has a challenge going on to use velum... that was very difficult for me... i only have a couple of velum sentiments and none of which would go with my images... i took my hole punch and started to punch... i think the velum bubbles turned out pretty good!

the card actually looks so much nicer in person... i think i need to start working on my photography skills

I used liquid pearls, my copics, Hambo stamps, cuttle bug, blue and pink gel pens

challenges that also inspired me:

(ps... it took me three hours to complete this card!  took a while to find challenges that really inspired me this week)

hambo hoedown - vellum

bunny zoe's crafts - something blue

card mania - pastel colours

craftin desert diva - atg

eureka stamps - atg

crafty sentiment - atg

the sisterhood of crafters - atg

paper take weekly challenge - two by two 

marker pop - copics

case this sketch - sketch

Blog hop winners

Thanks to all who hope along our FALL blog hop, and today is the day to announce the winners.

Ardilla's  is giving away  Little Scarecrow and the winner is Maryann

Angeline's  is giving away Grateful Mouse and the winner is Vicki F

Jenn  is giving away and the winner is Aussie Annie

Kimberly  is giving away happy ghost and the winner is Andreja - please contact me 

Rose  is giving away Happy Spider and Spider Web and the winner is JANICE

Sharla  is giving away choice of image used on project, winner is LAURA

Shell  is giving away Silly Monster and the winner is Chrissyxx

Valerie: Excited Ghost, the winner is Vicky F (craftingvicky@gmail.com)

and the winners of the 2 FALL mini kits from SKdigis are

Chitra Nair and Sandy please contact Sonia with your e-mail and she will reply with the files.

Baby card

My cousin had a baby girl the other day.  Super excited to meet her

Here is the card I made for her..

I used all close to my heart stamps and a cricut cut monkey that was given to me in a swap.. 

isn't she the cutest monkey you ever did see!

challenges that inspired me..

wags n whiskers - pink (breast cancer awareness)

cut it up - think pink

moving along with the times - atg

daring cardmakers - pic

retro sketch - sketch

Skdigis scarecrow thanks giving card

good morning everyone...

SKdigis has another great sketch for you to try this week!!

I used little scarecrow

and here is my take on the sketch

and other challenges that inspired me...

simon says - going dotty

4 crafty chicks - fall autumn

QKR - fall colours

loves rubber stamps - polka dots

hiding in my craft room - halloween colours

sweet stampin - autumn is here...

allsorts challenge - autumn colours

simply create too - fall autumn

LMCB - Just one colour

For SKdigis blog hop please go here 

hey everyone... 

welcome to Lasting Memories new challenge...

Just One Colour

(can include all "shades")

as you can tell I picked brown

and some close ups...

I used CTMH artbooking to make the overlay on one and used the reverse on the opposite page!

thanks for stopping by...

here are the challenges that inspired:

heart 2 heart - au naturale

bitten by the bug - overlay challenge

paper take weekly - atg

crafty creations challenge - winged things

moving along with the times - atg

613 ave - atg

southern girls - monocromatic

SKdigi blog hop!

Hi all you FABULOUS  people in blogland, I hope you are having a wonderful day!!  :)

  Welcome to our  FALL Blog Hop brought to you by the SKdigis design team

This blog hop is only 9 stops, that's quick and easy and you have the chance to win a free SKdigis image at each stop along the way.  You will start at SKdigis blog, where Sonia has another chance to win an even bigger prize! Fun and easy, yes?  We have all been working hard to bring you some fabulous projects and hope you will find eye candy and lots of inspiration along the way.

If you arrived here from Jenn's Blog you are in the right track and the next stop is Rose's blog but if you just came accross the hop, you may want to start HERE!

Here is my project!!

My Spooky Spider Ghost Door Wreath!

I found this great spider web at the local dollar store and it screamed at me - love it

I used a bunch of the ghosts that is available at SKdigis 

check them all out here

and a couple more close ups of my wreath

the banner is made with my CTMH art philosophy cart - love my CTMH products

the winner from my blog will receive happy ghost... how cute is he!!

The next stop on the hop is  Rose
Here is the list of blogs in case you get lost along the way.
SKdigis

Ardilla

Angeline

Jenn

Kimberly - this is me!!!

Rose

Sharla

Shell

Valerie

It's been great having you hopping along!!

Now, I want to enter my project in some challenges:

patties creations - ribbon

cutin and stampin - halloween

bearly mine - halloween

rose blossom garden - halloween

papertake weekly challenge - atg

the ribbon carousel - halloween

party time tuesday - spooky

little scrap pieces - linky party

hiding in my craft room - halloween colours

crazy 4 challenges - photo

CCC - Spiders, Spooks and Spells

Hey everyone...
hope you have been having an amazing start to October!!!
Crafty Calendar Challenge Blog has another great challenge for you 
our theme 

Spiders, Spooks and Spells 

 Our Sponsor is Whimsy Stamps 

and here is my card 

and some close ups..

hope you take some time to join us!!

Challenges that also inspired me...

sarah hurley - halloween

through the craft room - atg

my mum craft shop - halloween

ribbon carousel - halloween

the crafting cafe - atg

delightful inspiration - sketch