Eerie Trick or Treat Bella

Hello!! Finally back with something new, some halloween cards!! I had so much fun with these, I had to make two. I have this habit of stamping and colouring my images in rough first so I can try out colours and I use plain old white cardstock and then when I'm happy I stamp on Bella's Best paper and colour with the copics. Well, this time, I like the rough copy just as much so I used her too and doubled up on the cards!! Can you tell which one was the rough and which one was the good copy?

I used Basic Grey's Eerie paper and skull brads and I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder called Skeleton Scroll and brushed on some black ink on the orange card stock and some whisper white ink on the black cardstock to highlight the embossing. Bella has some Paprika Stickles on her costume and I used a glittery bat and web for a little more embellishment. The Thriller stamp set from CTMH ties in nicely with the Eerie paper too I though so I used the skull image and one of the sentiments on the insides. Quite happy with how they turned out!!

I used this week's sketch from Stamping Bella's Bellerific Fridays

and I'm also entering this in the Crafty Calendar Challenge which is 'Spooky' this month.

Stamps: Stamping Bella's Trickortreatabella, CTMH Thriller
Paper: Basic Grey Eerie, Stampin Up Pumpkin Pie
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up Whisper White, copics
Accessories: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Skeleton Scroll, Basic Grey Eerie brads, Paprika Stickles, bat and web from stash

Happy Belated Birthday

Here is the third card of four birthday cards I need this month. Actually the birthday was in July but luckily we haven't got together yet so I'm good!!

I continued with the Bo Bunny Barefoot and Bliss paper pack. This time I used Kraftin' Kimmie's Eleanor. She was fun to colour. I used a bit of some homemade glitter spritz on the flowers and some Hero Arts gems for the center. And for a bit more bling, I added some Diamond Stickles to the flowers on Eleanor's hat. The sentiment was popped up using some mini pop dots.

I finally made my own cloud background with some sponge and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. I simply cut out a piece of cardstock in the shape of a cloud and sponged around it all over the white background of the stamped image. I'm very happy with how it turned out and it's actually not so intimidating like I thought :-)

I used I Love 2 Stamp's August Sketch for You to Try.

I'm also entering this in the Crafty Calendar's August Challenge - Hot Colours and The Crafty Pad's Challenge #134 - Cute n' Girly and of course I also entered The Spotted Chick's That's Krafty Thursday #53.

Paper: Bo Bunny Barefoot and Bliss, Stampin Up Night of Navy cs, kraft cs
Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie Eleanor, Amy R's Birthday Sentiments
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tumbled Glass Distress Ink, Copics
Accessories: glitter mist (flowers), Diamond Stickles, Hero Arts gems, flowers from stash, Mini Pop Dots

{Make A Wish}

Okay - here we go! This is the third birthday card for this month, which I forgot about, so I still have two more to do

This is for a friend's little boy who is turning two. I'm so glad to finally use this stamp. I used it once at a card class and had to have it!! I'm loving these bright colours and cordoroy brads!

I used this weeks Sweet Stop Sketch #120. I'm also entering this card in Crafty Calendar's August Challenge - Hot Colours and Catch the Bug's August Anything Goes Challenge.





Paper: Bo Bunny A Gift of Love dp, Stampin Up Pumpkin Pie cs
Stamp: Stamping Bella Turtle Tots Birthday, Amy R's Birthday Sentiments, Inkadinkado Kids Quotes You Make Me Smile
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up Perfect Plum, copics
Accessories: Nestabilites petite circles, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Stampin Up Summer Sun Cordoroy brads, Spica Clear Glitter pen, ribbon from stash

You're Fin-Tabulous!

Hello - well before I'm off to enjoy this beautiful long weekend I wanted to share a birthday card I made for a friend last night. I used last week's Sweet Stop Sketch but unfortunately I was too late to enter :(

No worries though, it was the perfect sketch for this card. I am entering this into Paper Sundaes Challenge #79 - Beachy or Summer and the Crafty Calendar Challenge for July - Under the Sea or Water.

This is my first time inking up Arianna from Kraftin Kimmie and using Amy R's Summer Sentiments. I used my new paper pack from Bo Bunny - Barefoot and Bliss. The sparkly starfish is from their matching button collection as well.

Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie Arianna, Amy R's Summer Sentiments
Paper: Bo Bunny Barefoot and Bliss, Stampin Up Night of Navy and Marina Mist cs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, StazOn Jet Black, Copics
Accessories: Crystal Stickles, Prima Crystals. twine from stash