BBTB Monster

Boy, oh boy, am I ever having a hard time getting my computer to cooperate this week. It's been one thing after another. My laptop touchpad wouldn't work one day, lost pictures, couldn't get pictures to upload, grrrrrrrrr, very frustrating. Anyway, I finally got this one on but I think I missed the deadline for the Bitten By The Bug weekly challenge for this monster cut from Paper Doll Dress-up. This guy is very simply made. Orange background paper is DCWV and the monster is cut from Debbie Mumm's Holiday stack from last year. The sentiment is from The Cutting Cafe's (www.thecuttingcafe.typepad.com) Halloween This and That set. I printed right on to my orange printed paper. Quick and easy.

Squigglefly,Sketch&Stash,Allsorts,CCC,ABC,Papertake, CuteCardThursday,Paperplay

I swore I wasn't going to make one more Halloween card, but too many challenges were asking for one. I used the sketch from Sketch and Stash http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.com/.
They also ask that you have never used paper, or a new or neglected item. My new item is my border punch from Martha Stewart (drippy goo). The other challenges are:

• Squigglefly (www.squigglefly.com) - Halloween with black, orange and purple
• Sketch and Stash (sketch)-Never used paper, new border punch, neglected flowers
• Allsorts-Halloween
• Creative Card Crew-Scallops (scalloped squares)
• Papertake-The dark side (papers)
• Paperplay-Favorite embellishment (buttons)
• ABC-F is for flying (witch on broom)
• Charisma Cardz-Distressing (all paper edges distressed with ink)
• Cute Card Thursday-Spookfest

Whew! Never did this many challenges for one card. Good thing my visiting adult children went off to see the Red Wings hockey game tonight. I needed the peace and quiet to think of all this stuff. My old stash of Halloween paper from last year's Debbie Mumm collection had this orange, black and purple stripe and the black and purple print behind the stripe. Perfect for the Squigglefly challenge and the witch digital image from them. I colored her with my Copics and added glitter to her hat, mounted it on light orange cardstock and trimmed around it. Then I mounted her onto my black scalloped square that I cut from my Nesties. The scalloped squares are for the Creative Card Crew Challenge (http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/). Also used the Nesties for the sentiment scalloped square. Charisma Cardz(http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/) asked for distressing so I used ink to distress all the edges of my papers. My papers are all dark colors to fit the Papertake Weekly (http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/) challenge.

It was hard picking one favorite embellishment for the challenge at PaperPlay (http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/), but I love to use buttons so that's what I chose.

ABC Challenge (http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/) this week--F is for Flying--worked great for a witch on a broom. I had another image I was going to use on this card but when I saw this challenge I knew I had to use the witch on the broom. Love her striped socks. Both Allsorts

Challenge (http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/) and the challenge at Cute Card Thursday (http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/) are for Halloween cards. It seems to be the going theme, but absolutely, positively this is my last one.

Delightful Sketches Bear in Cauldron

This adorable bear in a cauldron is the Freebie for Friday from Digital Delights. Thank you so much for giving everyone the opportunity to get this delightful digital stamp. I just love the image and used the Delightful Sketches sketch for this week to make my card. This card is a

5 1/4" square and I used the following supplies:

• Debbie Mumm Harvest and Holiday paper stack
• Polka Dot paper is Target $1 bin
• Orange and white cardstock
• Sentiment-The Cutting Cafe
• Brads-Target $1 bin
• Orange ribbon from Hobby Lobby
• Cricut-Plantin' Schoolbook cartridge

I was so dissapointed last Friday when a class I was going to take to learn how to use my Copic markers got cancelled. So I am still working on learning how to blend and have taken to the internet for more tutorials. Anyhow, I gave the little bear my best try. I know I'll get better with time (and more markers, LOL). I printed him out on a white cardstock oval I cut with my Cricut Plantin' Schoolbook cartridge. I inked the edges then mounted it on orange cardstock and popped it with foam dots. My sentiment came from The Cutting Cafe's Halloween This and That set. I printed it on orange cardstock,added a few dots and lines and shadowed it with purple cardstock. The two brads are purple with little ghosts on them but they don't show up very well in the pics. I added a little glitter to the stars on the bear's hat that also didn't show up very well.

Sketch & Stash,A Spoonful of Sugar, Our Creative Corner, Creative Belli Blog, Alphabet Challenge (W), No Time To Stamp

It's the time of year to make fall and Halloween cards. I love fall, though I am not known for my fondness of Halloween. I think it comes from having to make Halloween costumes for five children, way back when. Or it could be all those years working in elementary school. Being up close and personal to children who a) don't think they should have to learn on Halloween and can think of nothing but the candy they're going to get or b) are so sugared up the day after they can't sit still. But now I have a 2 1/2 yr. old granddaughter who loves to get mail from Nana. This card is for her. So many challenges this week are looking for fall or Halloween cards. This card uses the Sketch & Stash bi-weekly sketch and will qualify for fall or Halloween requests from A Spoonful of Sugar, Our Creative Corner, Creative Belli Blog, ABC Challenge, and No Time To Stamp. Whew, that's a lot! My patterned papers on this card came from a variety of sources. The word paper is from the Target dollar bin as well as the little spider brad. The orange and the stripe behind the image came from a Debbie Mumm Harvest and Holiday stack I bought last year. I just embellished with a little orange ribbon from my stash and three buttons that I stacked together. Although it doesn't show well in the pics her wand and necklace have glitter on them.

The sweet digital image of the witch came from:

Lindsay Stamp Stuff: http://www.shophandmade.com/Store/Lindsay

The BeWitching sentiment came from:

The Cutting Cafe: http://www.thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/

BBTB Owl Card/ABC circles, Paper Play sketch

Wow, life has been so hectic around here. My granddaughter (2 1/2 yr. old) has been here for several days while mom had a new baby sister. My 8th grandchild was born on Tuesday. Now we have an even 4 grandsons and 4 granddaughters. Paige Marie came into the world at 6 lbs. 2 oz. and 19" long. Somehow, I managed to get a card done while Payton was napping. The challenge this week at Bitten By The Bug was the adorable owl cut from the Wild Card cartridge. The ABC challenge was for circles and the Paper Play sketch was terrific this week so I combined them all together into my "Owl-oween" card. I didn't want to use the traditional orange and black so I used orange and brown instead. My card is a 5 1/2 by 5 1/2" square from brown cardstock. My orange pattern paper is one from my stash and the vertical stripe "ribbon" is from Paper Pizazz. I embellished the owls eyes with orange rhinestones and an orange glitter pen. A brown check ribbon has a brown button attached with hemp cord. Now I'm off to get Payton cleaned up and dressed to go home and meet her new baby sister.