Spooky Minion Style

Hello Sunday!

It's warmish Fall-ish day here.  Some leaves are falling at least.  

AND it's my favorite month, October because of - - HALLOWEEN! Those who know, probably thought I meant because it's my birthday month.  Yes but, that even takes 2nd seat to the Halloween season for me.  

I may love Halloween, but the Hubs loves Minions and over the years has accumulated various seasonal/holiday Minion inflatables he sets in our front yard.  They tend to grow in number particularly during this season and Christmas season.  Sadly, though this year, we are missing one due to electrical difficulties.

So in that spirit, I made a Halloween Minion card.  

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge

Card Supplies: 

Stamps: Dracula Minion stamp (Crackerbox Stamps); Sentiment - Betterpress Halloween Icon Sentiments(Spellbinders).

Paper: Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock; Black cardstock (Stash); Purple cardstock (Stash); Patterned Paper (Reverse Confetti).

Ink: Lime Rickey, Midnight (CP Inks)

Extras: Decorative Scallop circel die (Sizzix); Stitched circle die(Sizzix); Drippy Goo die (Your Next Stamp); EF (Tim Holtz/Sizzix); Bat dies (Stash).

I couldnt leave without sharing our Halloween Minions and the Hubs' Detroit Lions flailing guy. I have "allowed" him to have it during football season ONLY.  I have to draw the line somewhere! LOL

      

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"Creativity is a drug I cannot live without.” 

Cecil B. DeMille

Be Spooky! 👻

Nance

 

Furry Stocking

 Good Evening!

Hope your weekend has been nice. Hubs and I went to the ballet Saturday night, the first ballet of the season for the Carolina Ballet. It's a nice Date Night usually with dinner out first. I also got some time in my craft room the last few days.  Been cleaning out a bit and re-organizing.  In the process I found a lot of background panels for various seasons and decided to try and form them into cards.  

This is the first one I've done for the Freshly Made Sketches this week hosted by Narelle.  I took a stamped background I had made with the Ho Ho Ho background stamp by My Favorite Things and sliced it up.  So that is not only an element of the sketch but the sentiment too.  Then I cut out that cute kitty in the stocking by Simon Says Stamp.  I got it last year and this is the first time I've played with it.  I cut out several in various colors so I have them all ready for another card. 

For Following Challenges:

NBUS #78

ABC Christmas Challenge - S & T

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you come back soon!

"To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage."

Georgia O'Keefe

Nance

All About You

Hello there! 

I cannot believe it's already Thursday. It's been a very busy week. We traveled the first few days. Hubs celebrated his 60th for three days. Now trying to get back to regular scheduled programming. 

I can't believe it's already the 2nd Thursday of the month and close to mid-month.  It's going too fast!  And since it is the 2nd Thursday, it's time for a new Topping over at Seize The Birthday.  Jenny is our hostess and she chose Embossing for our Topping.  

I used a beautiful embossing folder by Catherine Pooler and Sizzix I recently acquired.  I inked up the folder on the background side to create that bright and cheerful yellow background and boost those beautiful blooms.  I framed in on a lovely scalloped frame cut in silver and added a little silver embossing on some of the dry embossed areas. 

If you're not a Toppings person, you can always play in our Anything Goes Birthday challenge each time.  Either way, come play along and have fun with us while extending your stash of birthday cards!

For Other Challenges:

Card Supplies: 

Stamps: Sentiment - Little Something (Catherine Pooler)

Paper: Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock; Silver cardstock (Lawn Fawn)

Ink: Lemon Sorbet (Catherine Pooler).

Extras: Happy Garden EF (Catherine Pooler/Sizzix); Scallop frame die (Gina Marie); silver emboss powder (Stampin' Up)

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you come back soon!

"To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage."

Georgia O'Keefe

Nance

 

Beautiful Floral Birthday

 Happy FriYAY!😎

Happy September too, I guess.  

I'm still in summer mode so it doesn't feel like September to me. I've been creating this week here and there and so I have some things to share over the next couple days. Today, I'm skirting in at last minute to The Paper Players challenge with Joanne's Tic Tac Toe Board and Cupcake Inspirations challenge.

I used the colors of Cupcake Inspiration with the top row of Joanne's tic tac toe board (Celebration, Flowers, Stencil).  I recently purchased this beautiful layered stencil by Catherine Pooler and Sizzix, Happy Garden. I used Lemon Sorbet, Creamsicle and Pistachio dye inks (Catherine Pooler). I added a decorative scalloped border (Catherine Pooler) inked from the Creamsicle as well. Below that I inked a small panel in Pistachio and embossed it with a wavy embossing folder (Sizzix/Stampin' Up).  The sentiment (My Favorite Things) I stamped in Twilight (Catherine Pooler) and cut from a banner die (Reverse Confetti). I added a little sparkle bling on the border and stenciled layer.

For Following Challenges:

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you come back soon!

“To practice any art, no matter how well or how badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. So do it.” – Kurt Vonnegut

Nance

Hello Burst

Good Evening!

I've been away this week and almost forgot I did have another card to share.  This one was quick and easy to pull together.  One reason being that I had the ink blended stenciled panel sitting on my table begging to be incorporated into a card.

I wanted this clean and simple to showcase the stenciled heart, so I used the stencil again to emboss my background.  I added the yellow heart in the middle and then decided I wanted a blended sentiment.  So, ink blended my die cut sentiment, popped it up behind 3 white die cuts of the sentiment. 

For Following Challenges:

Addicted to CAS #265

August Stencil Fun - Option: Summertime

Thanks for  stopping by my blog. Have a creative day! 

 Come back soon! 💖

Nance 

 

I'm So Proud To Love You

Good Evening!

I have another card.  Whatever are you going to do? This is the most consistent in cardmaking and blogging in months! LOL

Recently, our oldest adult child, Arrow(they/them), who is nonbinary, went through the official legal process to change their first name from their birth name to their chosen name, Arrow.  It's been a process and it's not over yet, but the most important part is - receiving court approval to do so. So, last week, as a family, we celebrated this important milestone for them in being truly themself. And, of course, I couldn't let such a moment go by without commemorating it with a card for them.  

I was really thrilled last year when My Favorite Things came out with a set of Pride stamps and die-namics. I've used the stamps more and now that I've tried the dies, I will definitely be using them alot for many things, not just Pride or LGBTQ cards. Sometimes I get a little intimidated by dies.  I don't know why since I love them.  I guess all the various parts and colors needed.  hahaha If you peruse my blog recently, you'd think differently.  I guess I've really embraced all the dies now. 

I did use the Wavy Flag die for this card. It was a bit of a challenge since I made the Progressive Pride flag which includes the colorful triangles on the side.   For the triangle part of the Progressive Pride flag, I cut corners off inked up cardstock in the various colors, adhered to the flag and trimmed it down. 

For Following Challenges:

My Favorite Things - June Card Cue - Summer Lovin'

Card Supplies: 

Stamps: Sentiment - Pride is for Everyone (MFT Stamps)

Paper: Neenah 110#; Midnight, retired (CP Designs)

Ink: Cotton Candy, Samba, Orange Twist, Limoncello, In the Park, Oh Boy, Something Borrowed, Grape Crush,  Sand Castle (CP Inks).

Extras: Wavy Rainbow die (MFT Stamps); Woodgrain emboss folder - Sizzix. 

 I'm glad you visited my blog. 

Have a great day! 

Come back soon! 💖

Nance

Warm Hearted Friendship

 Happy Monday!

I feel like a hermit as I've basically been hiding out in my cool (as in temperature) craft room to avoid the sweltering heat outside.  So I have a card to share.  I tried to get it completed yesterday but it didn't happen.  

I've been wanting to play with these tropical birds for a while and finally cut out a bunch of them in several different tropical colors. The embossing folder I thought was too stark white against them so I took a small blending brush and light brushed some of the raised areas to get just a bit of color.  

For Following Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #641

Four Seasons Challenge - June ATG Summer

Card Supplies:

Stamps: Sentiment: Flock of Friends (CP Designs)

Paper: Neenah 110# Solar White;  

Ink: Cotton Candy, Catching Rays, In The Park, Suede Shoes (CP Inks).

Extras: Tropical Birds, Flowers Dies (Spellbinders);  Tropical leaf dies (Waffle Flower); Embossing Folder (Sizzix).

I'm glad you stopped by my blog. 

Happy Monday! 💖

Nance