PIP Challenge #2243

 This week over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges we are being sponsored by The Cutting Cafe.  

For my project, I chose the 3D Small pumpkin file.  

I used a solid color orange and the striped paper for my pumpkin.  After seeing some of the other pumpkins that the design team did, I wish I would of added more layers. 

Check out the one The Cutting Cafe has on their website.  That is what your pumpkin could look like.  

Also be sure and check out what the rest of the design team did on PIP Challenges this week.

Dueling Darlings 2

 The 15th of the month is here which means it is time for our Dueling Darling challenge.  Kelly decided that our theme this month would be Gotcha Day!  Which means that this is the 1 year anniversary of Kelly rescuing a kitty cat named Oliver.  He sure is a lucky cat to be adopted by Kelly's family.  It seems like just yesterday that we adopted 2 kitties from a rescue center.  Can't believe they are 15 years old now and not slowing down one bit.  

Their names are Rocky and Reggie and are usually the best of friends.  A few spats here and there but hey that is what siblings do.

For my card I am using CC Designs Cat with chickies.  I used the half circle die to cut the image out.  The papers are from S.E.I Crafts called Madeleine collection.  

Thanks to Kelly for a great challenge this month.  What a great theme.

You can see the other cards by clicking their names below.

Barb

Carol

Darlene

Jeanette

Kelly

Lorraine - SCS Gallery

Terry

PIP Challenge #2241

 Today's challenge over  at Pammie's Inky Pinkies is being sponsored by Pammie's Inky Pinkies.  The winner will win a $10 gift certificate to My Favorite Things.

                                   

I decided to go through my stamps and use one from My Favorite Things Store.  

I am making several of these treat bags.  Found these green and white striped bags in my stash and thought they would make a nice candy gift sack.  The bunny is from MFT BB Frightfully Sweet stamp set.  There are some adorable critter images on this stamp set so I stamped them all off and started coloring away.  This one used the bunny.  The sentiment is also from that stamp set.  

I hope to see lots of entries this week over at PIP Challenges.  I know everyone would like to win a gift certificate to My Favorite Things.

Create From Your Stash

 I should of had this post done for first thing this morning but the day has gotten away from me.  It has been a cleaning day for me.  The weather is gorgeous so it always inspires me to clean my screened in porch which lead to sweeping out the garage.  One thing always leads to another.

For today's challenge on Splitcoaststampers, Vickie is our hostess and she challenged us to go to our stash and make a card with Autumn Leaves.  I dug through my stash and pulled out one of my favorite Newton's Nook Stamp sets called "Autumn Mice".  The paper I used was from Newton's Nook called "Autumn".

I colored the image with my copic markers and then cut it out and made a tag with the image.  I found the sketch challenge over at Inky Paws Challenge and decided to make my card using it.  I just turned my card upside to give it a little different perspective.  

Thanks to Vickie for a great challenge this month for us and thanks to Inky Paws Challenge for providing such a great sketch challenge.

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2239

 Today I made a card for Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2239.  This week is being sponsored by Beccy's Place.  

For my card I was able to use an image from the Snow Time Digital Stamp Set.  On this amazing stamp set, there are 3 snowman images and 5 different sentiments to pick from.  

For my card I decided to use a simple layout because I wanted to focus on the adorable snowman.  I printed the image off and then colored it with my copic markers.

My copic color choices were:

Red - R27, R24, R22

Orange Nose - YR16, YR12

Green - YG17, YG13, YG11

Hat - C7, C5, C3

Yellow Stars - Y19, Y15

Brown - E33, E31, E50

I always love to go around all my images with BG000 to make it pop.  

I then cut the card down to 4 x 5 1/4 and added a 1/2" strip of red striped paper and a 1/4" strip of green paper to the left side of card.  I then backed it with a 4.25 x 5.5 piece of red cardstock.

What a simple card but this snowman is just so adorable and fun to color.  Special thanks to Beccy's Place for sponsoring PIP Challenges this week.

Inky Paws Challenge

 I have been having fun with some new Stamps and Dies I recently purchased from Vintage in KC (my favorite paper arts store in our area).  They are designed by Newtons Nook Designs.  I decided that I would check out the Inky Paws Challenge this week and make a card for the challenge.  The challenge this week is a color challenge.

I always love color challenges.  For my card I am using one of their new fall stamps called Harvest Haul.  I stamped the image on Neenah Classic Crest Paper and then used the matching Die to cut the image out.  The background paper is from their Autumn Paper Pad which is a really nice quality paper.  The oval die and scalloped oval dies are from their Oval Die Frames Set.  

The small fall leaves are from the same set as is the sentiment at the bottom.  I am loving my new purchases of Newtons Nook Design stamps and dies.  

Dueling Darling 2

 The 15th of the month is here which means it is time for the Dueling Darling 2 challenge.  This month our hostesses were Terry and Darlene.  Darlene sent me an adorable kit that was so fun to make something with.  The challenge this month was "Free For All" and Darlene sent me some fun freebies that she had collected over the years.

For my card I used a little stamp from Inkadoo and the sentiment was from a little set from Taylored Expressions.  The flowers are cut with a flower die from Taylored Expressions.  I tried my hand at stamping on ribbon with a stamp set from Taylored Expressions.  The ribbons are from American Crafts as the papers are also from American Crafts.  I added a gem from The Paper Studio in the center of the flowers.  I cut out the hearts from one of the pieces of paper that Darlene sent me.

What a fun challenge this month.  I can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with.

You can see the other cards by clicking their names below.

Barb

Carol

Darlene

Jeanette

Kelly

Lorraine - SCS Gallery

Terry