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Butterfly Kisses in the Air - Color Throwdown #178

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Hello there, everyone!  It's Wednesday, so it's time for a new challenge at the Color Throwdown!  Keva is our hostess this week and I love the warm earthy colors she's chosen.

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I'm also playing along with this week's Our Craft Lounge blog challenge - OCL#103 - "In the Air".

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I used my Butterfly Kisses stamp set from OCL.  The butterfly was stamped on patterned paper and shaded with Copic markers.  Do you see the "washi" tape?  I made it myself using Nichole Heady's video tutorial HERE.  It was really simple.  I stamped the tape with the print stamp from the Butterfly Kisses set and then sponged it with Ranger Distress ink in Antique Linen and an ink blending tool.  I love the design possibilities that this opens up!

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Be sure to check out the great inspiration at the DT's blogs and then play along with us!  All the details are on the CTD blog. 

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The OCL DT would also love for you to play along with us…check out the challenge at the OCL blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit!  I'll have another new A Day For Daisies card using a new release image for you on Friday!  Please come back to check it out!

Gobble, Gobble! - Color Throwdown #169

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Hello!  It's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge and the oh-so-talented Lori is our hostess for the first time!!  She's chosen a gorgeous color combo….but I used it in a whimsical, eclectic way.

Here's the challenge combo:

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And here's my wacky, fun card, using the Holiday Cruiser stamp set from Our Craft Lounge:

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See?  I told you!  And it really was fun to put together!

So now it's time for you to check out what my CTD sisters have come up with and then play along with us!  You can find all the details and rules at the CTD blog!

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Thanks so much for dropping by again even though I know you must be really busy with Thanksgiving preparations!  I hope you all have a beautiful, grace-filled, happy Thanksgiving holiday weekend!

 

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Thankful Thoughts - OCL92

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Hello, guys!  Can you believe it's already Thanksgiving week?  Me either!  Don't blink, 'cause it'll be Christmas!  Yikes!

Today's card was made for the Our Craft Lounge blog challenge OCL92 - "Be Thankful".  I'm so thankful for you!  For everyone of you who comes to my blog every time I post and for those of you who just come occasionally.  You all are an inspiration to me to keep creating and posting.  Thank you so much for your visits and your comments!

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I used this week's Fall to Layout sketch FTL167.  It's so versatile.  Definitely a keeper!

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I also used the colors from the Play Date Cafe challenge #108:

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And here's the CAS/thankful card:

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Thanks so much again, y'all!  Please play along with us at the OCL blog.  We're thankful for you!

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Best Witches!

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How about another Halloween card using the A Little Witchy set from Our Craft Lounge!  I can't get enough of it!! 

I decided to play along with Jen's SFYTT for October.  It's definitely a great one!  And yeah, I'm cutting it a little close, huh, since this is almost the last day of the month?! 

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Yikes, tomorrow is Halloween, folks!  Time to dress up, walk from door to door (probably in a strange neighborhood), and beg for candy.  Sounds like fun!

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Ok, here's my card…

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Thanks for dropping by today.  Here's hoping you all have a safe and VERY fun Halloween!  Are you trick-or-treating??

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Zoomin' By - Color Throwdown #164

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Hi, people!!  It's Wednesday and time for a new Color Throwdown challenge!  This week I'm the hostess and in order to get caught up in making Halloween cards for all the grandkiddos, I chose some colors to inspire me.

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I LOVE this Holiday Cruiser stamp set from Our Craft Lounge!  How many stamp sets do you know that are appropriate for Halloween, Thanksgiving AND Christmas!  Amazing!

Of course, for Halloween I used the Witch to drive, and paired the image up with some cute paper from the Mischievous 6x6 paper pad.  I love that car!

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Please drop by the Color Throwdown blog and join us!  There's so much inspiration for you there and we'd love to see what you create using these colors!

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Barbara Anders	Broni Holcombe	Carole Burrage	Danielle Kennedy	Joan Ervin	Keva Brown
Kristin Eberline	Laura Pryor	Lori Tecler	Lynn Put	Tammy Hershberger	Wanda Cullen

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And don't forget to visit with our fabulous October Guest Designer, Amy Sheffer!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

 

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Fun Filled Fall - OCL87 sketch

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Hi, everyone!

I'm back today with a card based on the OCL87 sketch challenge.  I'm afraid I missed the part about the "spooky" something that needed to be added.  Oops!

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Isn't that a great sketch?

I decided to go with a Fall theme.  It's just in the air, I guess.  In fact, I'm headed up to the mountains today, to take in the fall colors and hopefully pick up some fresh-picked apples!  Hopefully, I'll have some photos for you next week.

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I stamped my pumpkin and leaves in Memento Desert Sand ink.  It's light so you don't see such a prominent outline.  I love how this pumpkin looks when it's colored!

Check out all the details at the OCL blog  and play along with us!!

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend and can enjoy some beautiful fall weather!  Thanks so much for dropping by!

 

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Seasonal Tags 2 - Be Thankful with the E-Team

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Welcome back to another fun and inspiring blog hop with the E-Team!  We're presenting our second in the Seasonal Tags series.  This time our challenge from our fearless leader, Daisy,  is to make ANYTHING BUT A CARD using the theme "Be Thankful".

As always, Daisy will be giving prizes!!  Woo hoo!!  There will be 3 winners chosen randomly from all the comments on the E-Team members blog posts.  And maybe even something special will be given away on the eclectic Paperie blog!

I was browsing the internet for some inspiration and came across a plethora of pumpkin ideas on Pinterest.  (I just LOVE that site!!)  So, the idea to make pumpkins as a Thanksgiving centerpiece was of course the first thing that came to mind.  I used a couple of linked sites for my inspiration, and I'll give you the links to the original creations later on.  But the pumpkin ideas that I found were so cute and simple that I just had to try them and show you my results.

So do you want to know what I started with?

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Ha!  That's right!  Toilet paper!  Here's the link to the original idea: Toilet Paper Pumpkin

And here's my process:

First I chose these papers from My Mind's Eye and Fancy Pants to use.  I only had 1 sheet of each, so I also chose some orange and some black 12 x 12 cardstock to use.  I cut all my sheets of paper into 2 inch strips.  This gave me 6 strips of each patterned paper and 6 strips of a solid color cardstock to use for each pumpkin.

[You can click on any of the photos to see them larger.]

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For the orange pumpkin, I inked the edges of all the patterned paper strips with Distress ink in Frayed Burlap, then crumpled and re-straightened all the strips.

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I started stuffing one end of each strip of orange cardstock into the bottom of the toilet paper roll, then into the top, leaving a little space in between the strips.  Then I did the same with the patterned paper strips.  I also took an empty toilet paper roll, collapsed it by crushing it in my hands and then twisted it to look like a pumpkin stem.

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For the blue pumpkin, I used Distress ink in Weathered Wood for the edges of the strips, and then crimped instead of crumpling them.  I used Wild Honey Distress ink on the edges of the black patterned paper and crimped them as well.

The idea for the twine pumpkin came from this site: Crochet Thread Pumpkin

I had loads of these spools of thread from making crocheted flowers for my cards, so I decided to repurpose one of them.  I used some gardening twine and a twig from my yard to make it look more like a pumpkin.

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After adding some vines die cut with a Spellbinders border die, and tying some ribbon around each stem, this is what I had:

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So that's my Seasonal Tags "Be Thankful" project.  I hope you enjoyed reading about it!  It's great to know that I can use this centerpiece from now through Halloween and the Thanksgiving holidays and not have to worry about the pumpkins going bad! 

Now it's time to move on to see the projects of the other E-Team members.  They're going to WOW you for sure!

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Daisy Sparks, E-Team	Broni Holcombe	Latrice Murphy	Linda Duke
Linda Ledbetter	Micki Harper	Starla Nelson	Sherry Cheever

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Thank you so much for stopping by to see me today.  I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

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A Happy Haunting

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I've moved back from making Christmas trees to creating more Halloween greetings!  I started this tag when I was making my Be Spooky Seasonal Tag, and I'm just now finishing it.  I just love this A Little Witchy stamp set from Our Craft Lounge!

I used a die cut of the PTI Mat Stack 3 to create my tombstone and a tiny ATC sized glassine bag as a treat holder on the tag.  The tombstone and witch's legs are attached to the front of the bag.

For the tag, I punched a circle from a Post-It note and used the circle as a mask for the moon.  The background of the tag was covered with Tumbled Glass Distress stain, clear embossed with the flourishes, then swiped randomly with Dusty Concord and Weathered Wood Distress stains.  Then I used the negative of the mask while sponging the moon with Distress ink in Scattered Straw and Wild Honey.

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I'm betting one of our granddaughters will enjoy receiving this for Halloween.  Especially if I fill the treat bag with a chocolate bar!

Thanks for dropping by!  LOL!  It looks like that's what my witch on the tag did!!  I hope y'all have a great weekend!

OCL A Little Witchy Stamp Set	OCL Fabulous Florals Stamp Set	Inkssentials #8 Manila Tags	Stampin' Up! cardstock	Memento ink - tuxedo black
Ranger Distress Stains	eP Ranger Distress inks	Ranger blending tool	Copic Markers	PTI Ribbon
PTI Dies - Mat Stack 3	Ranger Heat-It Craft Tool	Ranger clear embossing powder	Twinery	Scor-Tape

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Fiskars 9" paper trimmer

Scor-Buddy

Rock-A-Blocks

Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet

Tim Holtz Tonic Scissors

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Happy Fall, Y'all - Color Throwdown #161

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Well, I hate to admit it, but it's officially Fall, y'all.  Bummer.  Guess I'll have to pack up my bathing suits and beach chair until next…..April, maybe.  Here's my last weekend at the beach:

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Perfect!  Sigh.  Ok, enough whining from me!  On to the Color Throwdown! 

This week Kristin is our hostess and she not only chose some beautiful Fall colors, she also was sweet enough to share some of her new Trendy Forest digi papers with us!  I love them!  Here's the combo:

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So I pulled out my (also) new Simply Fall singles stamp set from Our Craft Lounge and what a perfect match these were to the Trendy Forest digi papers.

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See?  A match made in digi heaven!!

This card using OCL stamps and digi patterned paper qualifies for the Our Craft Lounge blog challenge this week - OCL#84.

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I also decided to use this week's CPS sketch 237.  It's really cool!

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I'd love to see what you gals come up with using this week's colors.  Just link up your creation over on the Color Throwdown blog!  Now here is some great inspiration for you from the other CTD designers:

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Barbara * Carole * Danielle * Kristin 

Tammy * Julee Tilman (September Guest Designer)

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Thanks for visiting today.  I'd like to invite you to come back on Friday, Sept 30th, for our next E-Team blog hop!  We're teaming up with Want2Scrap!  Fun, fun, fun!!

Until then, enjoy the rest of your week!

 

• Paper: poppy parade, chocolate chip 
• Ink: Memento - rich cocoa, Distress - dried marigold, ripe persimmon
• Other: corner rounder tool

   

Our Craft Lounge - Singles	MTME Pretty Impressions Printable Papers	Neenah cardstock	eP Ranger Distress inks	Copic Markers
Ranger blending tool	Papertrey Ink ribbon	Spellbinders Fancy Tags	Glue Dots	TE foam mounting tape

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Fiskars 9" paper trimmer

Scor-Buddy

Rock-A-Blocks

Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet

Tim Holtz Tonic Scissors

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Seasonal Tags - Be SPOOKY!! An E-Team blog hop!

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Hello again, everyone!  The E-Team has been challenged by our fearless leader, Daisy, to create a Seasonal Tag or ATC….and be SPOOKY! 

Ok, so I went a little on the cutesy side of spooky, but ya gotta have some variety here, right?  I generally enjoy the cuter side of Halloween goblins anyway!

***There WILL be prizes folks!  Daisy will select 3 winners randomly from comments left on the participating blogs.  And if you post a comment about your favorite Halloween treats on the eP blog, you'll have a chance to win a $25 eclectic Paperie voucher.  Now you have to admit that's a real treat!!

Comments will be taken Friday, Sept 16th, through Sunday, Sept 18th, and the winner will be announced on Monday, Sept 19th.***

On to my SPOOKY tag…

I wanted to use one of the neat SM plastic tubes that Daisy sent me as a treat holder for MY favorite treat, Reese's Pieces.  So I tried one of the new #5 black craft tags to see if it would wrap around the tube.  And yes, it did!  So I marked where I needed to punch a hole in the other end of the tag.~

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Next I pulled out some Maya Road chipboard alphas and painted them with Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso.  When that dried, I painted them with some Glow Green craft paint.

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I cut papers from the ADORABLE (in a Tim Burton sort of way) Mischievous 6x6 paper pad to fit both the front and back of the tag.  I also cut an extra witch's head and pumpkin head and some stars for the night sky.  I added a little cloud die cut too.

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I put it all together without the tube, because I knew I wanted the recipient to be able to remove it from the tag.

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Here it is with the tube slipped into the opening of the black tag:

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I cut a piece of black felt, trimmed the bottom edge with my pinking shears, and adhered it to the cap only, using Scor-Tape.  Then I tied some Twinery twine around it in Halloween colors and slipped it onto the tube.  The finished Cutesy SPOOKY tag:

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This was really quite easy, folks.  It was also really fun, especially because I had to keep refilling the tube with Reese's Pieces.  I don't know how they kept disappearing! 

And you know what?  The BOO really does glow in the dark!!!

Now it's time for you to continue on the hop.  Here are the participating E-Team members:

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E-TEAM

Linda Duke

Linda Ledbetter

Sherry Cheever

Starla Nelson

Daisy Sparks (eP blog)

Micki Harper and Latrice Murphy

(They won't be joining us today, but you can still

visit them and leave some love!)

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Don't forget to leave comments along the way.  And if you are inspired to create a SPOOKY tag or ATC, please come back and let us know.  We'd love to see!!

• Stamps: None
• Paper: Mischievous 6x6 paper pad (My Mind's Eye) 
• Ink/Paint: Ranger Distress frayed burlap, Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso, Glow Green craft paint (Synta, Inc. purchased at Hobby Lobby), T5 and T2 Copic markers 
• Tools used on every card: Fiskars 9" trimmer, Scor-Buddy, Tim Holtz scissors, Ranger non-stick craft sheet, Rock-a-blocks
• Other: #8 Manila tags, #5 black craft tags, SM plastic tubes, ink blending tool, Ranger Crackle Accents, Star Dust & Black Diamond Stickles, Cropadile, Drippy Goo punch (Martha Stewart), sanding stick, Cloud die (PTI), felt, pinking shears, Reese's Pieces, Mandarin, Lemondrop & Charcoal twine (Twinery), Glue Dots, Scor-Tape, foam mounting tape, ribbon, vintage button, Claudine Hellmuth paintbrush