The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #255 - H is for Halloween

 

Hi Snarkettes, it's time for a brand new challenge over at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers and it's one we all enjoy! We want to see your Halloween creations, and if you so desire, make 'em Pink Halloween creations to honour Breast Cancer Awareness month.

I grabbed this fabby Inkadinkadoo cat (I've had this gorgeous stamp for years), a couple of bats who flew past, plus an old Hero Arts background stamp, some Distress Oxides and this is the result! I was going to add a sentiment, but I kinda like it without one. 

Don't forget to make a card for our challenge, and don't forget to check them boobies too!

It's important, girls!

The Card Chain Challenge Reveal - September 2024

Hello and welcome, it's time for another Card Chain Challenge Reveal!

We had 28 fabulous participants who exchanged cards this month, bringing the total number of cards exchanged thus far by Card Chain Challenge participants to 4,495. We are chasing down that magical figure of 5,000 cards sent! 

 

All the cards exchanged this month used at least one of the following options:

Colour Palette Option

 

(Exact matching is not required.)

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

Theme Options: Egypt / Paws / Friendship

Product / Technique Options:  Embossing Powder / Inlaid Die Cut

 

I had so much fun creating this card for Daja in Germany:

Julia in Massachusetts sent me:

Both beautiful AND educational! Thanks, Julia, I love it.

You can sign up for the Card Chain Challenge here.  All sign ups run in advance, from the 7th of the preceding month to the 6th of the exchange month.  All reveals happen on the 2nd of the month after the exchange is complete.

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #91 - Colourful Christmas

 

It's time for a brand new Christmas Kickstart Challenge and I'm delighted to welcome the lovely Faith from Daffodil Cards as our elf for the new month. I feel blessed to have Faith as a Follower, and now a friend, as she leaves the sweetest comments.

For the whole of October we're inviting you to join us for 

a COLOUR Challenge as we play:

Challenge #91 - Colourful Christmas

Exact matching isn't necessary, but we'd like to see our palette reflected in your card, please. You can see Faith's gorgeous card by heading over to the main blog. 

Here's my card. Unfortunately, the photo-editing process has taken all the beige/pinky tones out of the picture, but trust me they are there on the reindeer's face and belly! I'm not sure why the brown tones aren't shown in the palette at the side as they are definitely in the picture. 

I love this little skating reindeer, having fallen for this card created by Di Wray for a previous Christmas Kickstart Challenge. The snowflakes come from various sets and were stamped in ink, and some were heat embossed.

Rudolph was delighted I used one of his kin for my card, and so provided an extra lovely prize for our October Random Raffle:

Faith and I both hope you'll come and play along!

Now where's my cake?

 Another day, another card...I know, it surprised me too. 

Just look at this little cross-patch from Visible Image - so cute! I paired him with a sentiment from Purrfect Sentiments by Waffle Flower plus a stenciled and splattered background so I could play a few different challenges. 

AAA Birthday are playing Background Focus for Game #65.

Time Out Challenges are getting Snarky! 

And the lovely folk over at The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity would like to see Animals.

BTW, there are some fabulous new Animal images at Lost Coast - you can find them here.

Here's hoping your Thursday is going well and like mine, includes some crafting time.
 

With a Cherry on Top!

I had the chance to sit down and make a card this morning! Oh, the joy and relaxation of colouring, stamping, cutting...

And this is what I made:

I needed a little inspiration to get the creative cogs turning and was delighted to find this challenge over at AAA Birthday Game #65 - Background Focus. 

I knew which stamp would be perfect for this challenge: Darkroom Door Word Block Stamp -  Birthday and I stamped in two different Altenew inks to add a little interest. The tiny Penny Black mice were a joy to colour, and I love how they are bustling along to bring the fun.

My card is rectangular in shape, so I'm linking-up at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge where their Anything Goes Challenge has an Anything but a Square option. Nice!

Take care and Happy Tuesday to you all. 

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #90 - Reminder

It's mid-month reminder time over at The Christmas Kickstart Challenge and for the whole of September we're in great company with Jenny from My Paper Epiphany as our elf as we play Embossing Folder Fun!

 

Jenny created a stunning card to inspire us all...

I, for one was blown away by Jenny's card and knew I wanted to attempt the same technique for myself. 

To be honest, I'm not quite sure that I like my card. I also made a version using black as the colour you swipe across, and liked it even less. Hats off to Jenny for making such a stunning card for our challenge - the technique is harder than it looks and she did a great job!

My second card for this Reminder is this one:

I got smoochy/swipey with some Picket Fence Distress Ink to make the reindeers 'pop', and then simply added a Hero Arts stamp from a very old set that's lost it's packaging. So quick, and so simple - isn't that just one of the joys of using embossing folders!

Rudolph has a lovely Random Raffle prize on offer for this challenge:

 

I very much hope you'll come and join Jenny and me as we invite you to give your embossing folders a workout!