Happy Halloween 19

 Hi! Today I have a couple of fun Halloween cards to share featuring a variety of stamps from the PTI Friendship Jar Fall Fillers and Friendship Jar Summer Fillers. I'm not sure how old these sets are but they remain some of my favorites!

 I'm not a big Halloween fan but I thought these were cute enough to send some fun Halloween cheer ;)

I pulled out my Copic markers to color the pumpkins shown below and boy, do they seem to glow more like tomatoes than pumpkins in the photo! :) LOL

I'm joining along with the following challenges. For color inspiration: Color Throwdown:

For sketch inspiration: CAS(E) this Sketch!:

and for my second card, Just Add Ink ~ Just Choose Two (I chose colouring and sequins):

I hope you have a great week ~ Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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Boo to you 14

Hi there! Hope you had a great weekend! Today I have a couple of Halloween themed cards to share featuring fun ghosts from the PTI Friendship Fall Jar Fillers:

They are both very similar with the exception of the background and trim around the jar lid. Up first is the card with the stamped newspaper print background:

I changed up the second one using an embossing folder to create a dry embossed background:

For color inspiration, I joined along with the current colourQ challenge with the ONE spot color being ORANGE and for the sketch, I was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches sketch but missed the deadline:

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ hope you have a great day / evening!
Be Sweet ;)

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Happy Halloween 26

Hi there! Today I have a mixed media style Halloween card to share featuring a Tim Holtz industrious owl sticker:

I applied additional texture and design using texture paste, stencil, distress stain and gesso:

I'm playing along with the following challenges: 
For color inspiration (Black and Orange), The Mixed Media Card Challenge:

For theme inspiration, The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge ~ I chose the word "OWL":

For sketch inspiration, the retro sketches sketch challenge:

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

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love 28

Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! Today I had a lot of fun creating a layout for Prima's October Build A Page sketch challenge:

I scrapped a photo of Connor and Meredith that was taken over 10 years ago when we were on vacation in California exploring around the Santa Monica Pier:

I also had a blast helping Meredith get ready for her costume contest tonight! The costume was ALL her idea, I just had to mist some flowers from my stash, adhere them on her and paint her body green! She did all of her own makeup! She is a fairytale nymph :)

Hard to believe she was only 3 when we met and now she is already 17! Where does the time go??

To create the layout, I combined fun papers from Prima's Cartographer collection (black flowers and photo mounts) along with paper from the Something Blue collection (background):

Peeking out from under the famous Santa Monica Pier ferris wheel is a Prima die cut doily and below that is a stenciled Prima doily. I embellished with mostly Prima flowers with the exception of the three turquoise ones:

For the title, I used a teeny Prima light bulb and embellished with a sweet Prima resin cherub. All the fun heart gear die cuts were made using a Prima Sizzix die:

I added lots of texture to the background and finished out with splashes of paint:

For color and theme inspiration, I joined along with the current CSI challenge:

This is how I solved the case:

The Scheme: I used all 5 colors

The Evidence: I used: paint, polka dots, a lightbulb and flowers 

The Testimony: I journaled on the back of the layout using the Q & A format. This is what I wrote: Where does the time go? We met when you two were 3 & 4 years old. Meredith, you were just starting Pre K and Connor you were just starting Kindergarden. Now at the ages of 17 & 18, you both have blossomed into beautiful young adults. I'm so grateful and feel so blessed to had the opportunity to watch your grow up.

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

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beware 32

Hi there! I hope you are having a great week! Today I have a few Fall inspired projects to share.

I'm not a big fan of the color orange so I painted the decorative pumpkin using a shade of blue chalk paint followed with an application of dark wax:

Both the tag and card were created using a combination of PTI stamps, My Favorite Things/Die-namics, Spellbinders and Sizzix dies:

It's been years since I inked up the fun Halloween set from PTI ~ an oldie but a goldie:

I went with the chalkboard technique for the sentiment tags: 

Here's a pumpkin that Angie painted using a shade of gray chalk paint :)

Also topped off with a chalkboard technique sentiment tag:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge:

Thanks so much for stopping by - I hope you have a great day / evening!

Be Sweet ;)

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Happy Halloween 39

Hi there! Hope you are having a great weekend! Popping in to share a Halloween card I made for my dear GF / boss. I used a hod podge of various products to create this one! I dusted off and pulled off a 2 year old PTI stamp set that I never used but just HAD to have along with an assortment of awesome Die-namics! The fun layered fishtail banner was made using a combination of Die-namics Fishtail Flags Layers STAX and Die-namics Fishtail Flags STAX.

I made a Grapesicle felt flower embellishment using Die-namics Flower Trio & Leaf Trio. 

For the sketch inspiration, I joined along with Pals Paper Arts:

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you have a great weekend! 
Be Sweet ;)

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A fancy witch hat... 46

Hi there! Hope you all had a great weekend! I have a fancy witch hat to share with you today which may just be the last Halloween decoration I make until next year. If you were visiting me this time of year in 2011, you may recall this hat (HERE) that I made. Well, I gave that one to my sweet sister Tina who has shown it a good home and made one to decorate my home this year :)

 Using Die-namics Large Royal Rose, I made several homemade blooms like the one shown below:

 After covering the paper mache hat with tissue paper, I used Mod Podge to adhere a fun die cut spider web that was made using Die-namics Spider Web Die & Stamp Set. The glittered kissed die cut spider and stamped sentiment were made using the Die-namics Spider Web Die & Stamp Set as well. Peeking out from behind the flowers are a die cut fancy flourish that was made using Die-namics LARGE Fancy Flourish as well as a leafy flourish that was made using Die-namics Medium Leafy Flourish:

 Along with the rose blooms, I made a tissue paper bloom using Die-namics Plentiful Petals:

For color inspiration, I joined along with The Play Date Cafe:

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a great Monday! 

Mark your calendar, I will be back Wednesday, October 9th Midnight Eastern with October MFT Teasers ;)

Be Sweet :)

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