Think Outside the Box

For the 2nd week of celebration for the CASE Study's Anniversary the challenge is to Think Outside the Box. Try something new to you...well I have only tried paper piecing once before with disastrous results so I stayed far far away from it. You would think it would be easy to paper piece something, but for me, it's WAY HARDER than it looks! Well, I decided to give it another go...starting out simple at first...

 I took my Mummy stamp and pieced in some of his bandages...

 Here is a close up of the little guy. I didn't want to do all of the bandages because I thought that would look over loaded. I like that just a few of them are different. ;)

 Aren't those little glitter ghosts fun?

Anyhoo, hope you like it. :) I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish.

Supply List:

Cardstock: PTI Stamper's Select White and Smokey Shadow patterned pack: Bitty Dots

DP: DCWV

Stamps: Mummy from the Michael's dollar bin, and the sentiment is Martha Stewart

Inks: PTI Smokey Shadow

Dies:PTI Limitless Layers ovals

Other: Recollections Glitter Ghost tape, Foam Tape, and a bat button from my stash

Jay Gee's Challenge #22

So I'm trying a new to me challenge over on the Jay Gee's Nook blog. I don't know why it took me so long to find it and play along! ;) Here is the inspiration photo...

 And here is my interpretation...

 I took some of the colors and the chevron and incorporated them into my card.

Clean and simple but fun to make. ;)

Hope you like it. I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. ;)

Supply List:

Cardstock: PTI Stamper's Select White, Melon Berry, and Berry Sorbet

Stamps: Chevron stamp from Michael's, PTI Happy Hexagons, PTI Half&Half stamp set.

Ink: PTI Fine Linen, Berry Sorbet, and True Black

Other: Foam Tape

A CAS-ual Fridays Halloween

I actually made this card on Friday, but I have been doing a major overhaul of my craft space so I haven't posted it until now. I wish I had taken before pictures but I didn't, oh well. I'm still not 100% satisfied, and I don't think I'm done purging old stuff yet...maybe a giveaway soon? :) Who knows...stay tuned!

So enough babble and on to the CAS-ual Fridays challenge...

 And the card...

The card base is 4x4 square. ;)

 I felt like I couldn't get a good picture. I am the world's worst at taking photographs of my cards. If you have any suggestions I would really appreciate it. I'm so not a photographer. :)

I really like this layout...I'm sure I have seen it several places before. ;)

 I hope you like it. I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish.

Supply List:

Cardstock: Recollections Kraft, Colorbok Black Glitter, PTI Stampers Select White

DP: Recollections Midnight Magic and K&Company Ghostly Greetings

Stamps: PTI Happy Days stamp set

Ink: PTI Smokey Shadow and Scarlet Jewel

Dies: PTI Doilies, Double Ended Banner, and Happy Days

CASology

I did a little abstract stamping for this weeks CASology Challenge. Here is the cue card for the  Challenge...

 I used colors I thought would be in and around a pond...

...and I always think of getting muddy and messy when playing around a pond! :)

Hope you like it! I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. :)

Supply List:

Cardstock: PTI Stamper's Select White

Ink: PTI Aqua Mist, Simply Chartreuse, Berry Sorbet, True Black

Stamps: PTI Grunge Me, Boy Basics: Frog Hop

Other: Studio G Light Blue rhinestones

Make It Monday #77 With Papertrey Ink

Well let me just say, when I saw the title of the tutorial video I went, "Oh poo, I suck at water coloring...I have the shakiest hands known to man when it comes to trying to paint something halfway decent." Then I watched the video (because I LOVE EVERYTHING that Dawn McVey creates. She is my paper crafting hero!;) And I thought that maybe I could do this...it doesn't have to be perfect and to get the hang of it I can do some really abstract stuff at first. So, if you have been hanging around my blog lately (thanks a bunch if you have! ;) you know that I am in the process of making all of my Halloween invites, so this is where the abstract water coloring comes in... ;)

 I started off just making a patch of color.

 Then I tried the mixing technique.

 For this one I wanted a gradient patch of the red...

I probably could have gone a bit lighter on the bottom end.

 This is the one where I started to try the coloring in...I picked a nice safe image to start off with. ;)

Then I decided I wanted a stormy sky so I just fiddled with some masking and shading until I was

  satisfied. ;)

Afterwards I was feeling pretty confident, but I realized I don't have many image stamps...they are mostly sentiments...I think I will have to work on a remedy for that! :)

Hope you like them. :) I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish.

Supply List:

Card #1:

Cardstock: PTI True Black and Stamper's Select White

Stamp: Frankenstein is from Michael's and sentiment is Martha Stewart

Inks: PTI Simply Chartreuse, True Black, and New Leaf

Card #2:

Cardstock: PTI True Black and Stamper's Select White

Stamp: The skull is from Dollar General and sentiment is Martha Stewart

Ink: PTI Scarlett Jewel and True Black

Card#3:

Cardstock: PTI True Black and Stamper's Select White

Stamp: The Haunted House is from Michael's and sentiment is Martha Stewart

Ink: PTI Smokey Shadow, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Scarlet Jewel, and True Black

CR84FN It's Been A Long Time :)

It's been awhile since I've played along with the CR84FN Color Challenge. I had an idea rolling around in my head for the Grunge Me stamp set and couldn't think of a color scheme...so it was CR84FN to the rescue! :)

 Super pretty huh? :) Here is my take...

 I have seen people using label stamps to make a background and I thought "what do I have that I can do that with?" and the Grunge Me set came to mind. :)

 I also found this cool ribbon in my stash. It's black with blue metallic stripes! I know it's hard to see, it's raining here today and I had a hard time getting good photos. I am TERRIBLE at taking photos!

Thanks for looking. I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. :)

Supply List:

Cardstock: PTI Stamper's Select White and New Leaf

DP: Recollections

Stamps: PTI Grunge Me, Happy Days, and Rock On stamp sets

Inks: Tsukineko Purple Hydrangea, Martha Stewart blue, and PTI New Leaf and True Black

Dies: Happy Days

CASE Study's 2nd Anniversary!

I'm usually just a creeper over on the CASE Study blog. I love the idea behind the challenge and the design team is one of my favorites ;) I don't often get a chance to play along but I really wanted to get in on the fun for their 2nd Anniversary. The first challenge is to show off your personal style...

 I think I do my best when I keep it clean and simple. ;) And Halloween is my favorite holiday (second to Christmas but a VERY close 2nd :)

I hope you like it. I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. :)

Supply List:

Cardstock: Recollections Kraft and Black

DP: Recollections Midnight Magic

Stamps: Martha Stewart

Ink: PTI Fine Linen

Dies: PTI Limitless Layers Circles