I'm Sorry

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the  Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps challenge and the theme this week  is 'Black & White with some Red or Green'!  Challenge start date is Oct 17th, 2012. I used  two Doodle Pantry  digital stamp sets    'Old Pistol  and  "Cowboy Gear'.   Both  sets contains coloured and outline images, digital papers and sentiments.   For this card I used the hat image from Cowboy Gear  and the pistol and  sentiment   from the Old Pistol set. The black background paper is dry embossed with Cuttlebug's embossing folder 'Diamond Plate' It is really hard to see in the photo.

Note: Old Pistol stamp set is from the Doodle Pantry Oct 1st new release  and is just one of many, to see them all go here!

Card Details:
Stamp:  Doodle Pantry's 'Old Pistol' and 'Cowboy Gear'
Sentiment:   Doodle Pantry's 'Cowboy Gear'
Paper: Card stock  Stampin' Up 's basic black, whisper white,
Punch and Die Cuts:   Martha Stewart Butterfly  punches and Marianne Design Creatables LR0157 for the corner embellishment (used two of them,one in white and one in black)
 Colour Medium: Prismacolor Markers
Other: pearls

Challenges:
Bearly-Mine Challenges: Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenges: Three-must have the number 3 or 3 of something  I have 3 butterflies
Through the Craftroom Door: Anything Goes
Creative Stamp Friends: #62 Men's Card
My Grafico Challenge: #138 Anything Goes
 Tammy's Scrapin Corner:#32 Anything Goes
Sentimental Sundays:#124 Black/White plus Another Colour
CMC Cpic Challenges Group (or any alcohol marker)L#54 A touch of Red (I used Flagstone Red & Tuscan Red)

DT Card for LEJ Designs - Gothic/Dark

This is my first card for LEJ Designs and the LEJ Designs Challenge Blog this week  has as their theme  'Gothic/Dark'. Now I am no expert whatsoever in Gothic art so bare with me, this is my first attempt.  One thing I can say it was so much fun to make.  I Goggled Gothic art and one picture had all these bare branches looking quite eerie  so I decided to base my card on that feature.Luckily  I  had some graveyard  paper with bare branches  displayed on it.. The branches were purple so I made the gravestone and accessories purple to go with it. I added the corner die cut  in green just for some relief from the other dark colours.   The image is from QKR Stampede who is sponsoring this challenge and isn't it a beaut!I cut the image out by hand and  I shaped the skeleton head up from being level with the tombstone by squeezing the paper into a fold where his neck meets his head, I think it makes it look quite dimensional.  I also added three little ants crawling  on the stone for some more eeriness.  Hope you like my attempt:O)

Card Details:
Stamp: QKR Stampede digital image
Paper: Stampin ' Up's basic black, whisper white card stock  and  K&Company  Haunted Specialty Paper
Colour Medium: Prismalcolor Markers
Die Cuts: Memory Box Madera Corner, Bare Branch; Crealies 'Creative Flower' #CLCF 05
Punch: EZSuccess retro flower 1/2 inch punch
Other: brads, and black rhinestones

Challenges:
Cards by Lady Anne: Anything Goes
Eureka Stamps: Halloween and/or Spooky
Forever Friends: Halloween and/or Autumn
Haunted House Design: HDH 155 R.I.P. - I have a headstone, and if you look closely a  graveyard,and a skeleton
Hooked on Craft Challenges #25 Halloween
There She Goes: TSG177 Fall/Halloween
Victorine Originals:#45 Halloween
Dream Valley Challenges:#43 Halloween
Eclectic Ellapu: Anything Goes
No Matter Which:#3 Halloween Creations or Halloween Colours

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #76 Halloween

My DT Card for Lexi's Creations    Challenge #76 Halloween. The challenge will run Oct 15th - Oct. 29th, 2012. 

Please join us, I'm so looking forward to seeing your creations

 and while there be sure to check out the work by my team mates  at Lexi's Creations, they are a very talented bunch!! 

Sponsor:    Our sponsor  this fortnight   is 'Joanna Sheen':   

                                                      
Winner will receive a gift certificate  worth £10.00

Card details:

Stamp:'Little Minx' from Fairy Dust Crafts  ; sentiment from Stampin' Up's 'Best Friends' stamp set.

Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities   Standard and scalloped ovals, Memory Box 'Madera Corner'; Marianne Designs Creatables  'Frames and Swirls' for the Flourishes; Cuttlebug 'Creepy' die cut for the bats. 
Punch:  1" circle punch

Paper:   Stampin' Up basic black, whisper white,tangerine tango cardstock; Designer paper from 
the Bella Amoire Stack .  
Colour medium: Prismacolour markers, Copic's for the skin (E00,E000,E11)

Challenges:

Challenge Up Your Life: #80 Fall, Autumn Halloween, Halloween
Crafty Calendar Challenge: All Things spooky
My Sheri Crafts: #96 Halloween
CardMakinMamas: Time to Get spook
DillyBeans Designers&Friday Challenges: Spooky Girls
PolkaDoodle: Week 41 Halloween
Stampin For The Week-end : #19 Something Spooky
StampinWithTheDragon: Halloween
PixieDust: Full of Fantasy- Mine is a minx with bat wings
Shelly's Images: TTTChallenge -Tic Tac Toe - I used the diagonal line  of The colour orange, Free, and Digi

Quirky Skunk - Happy Halloween

I love this little skunk from Doodle Pantry. I wanted to make a non scary card  and this image seemed to do it for me. I did emboss a spider web background and added two bats and a spider but counter balanced that with three little hearts!  It is for a young child  and wanted the love to show through.

Doodle Pantry is having a sale from Oct 10th thru Oct 16th with 25% off the entire order (not including gift certificates ). You can use the coupon code 254U when you check out  (please go here to get all the details!)

Card details:

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Digital 'Quirky Skunk' stamp set ;  

Sentiment: made by rubber stamping two different sentiment stamps together

 Colour medium: Prismacolor Markers      
Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Scalloped Circles. 'Standard Circles';      Cuttlebug 'Creepy'

Punches:  little heart punch from bought a Michael' s ??
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug 'Spiderweb'

Challenges entered:
Aud sentiments:#65 Use a HALLOWEEN sentiment
Crafts and me Challenges:#105 Anything Goes
Paper Pretties Wed.Challenge: PWC227 - Halloween Cards
Simon Says Stamp: Dies and/or Punches
Anything Goes Challenge Blog: #77 Animals
Can You Digi It: Fresh Friday- Creepy and Kooky - my quirky skunk is a bit kooky and the spider and bats are always creepy:O)
Crafty Sentiments: Anything Goes
Papelitos Challenges: #15 Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly: All Creatures Great and Small
TopTipTuesday: Things with Wings

GDT for My Crafting Heaven - Poinsettia

I am   delighted to do another  Guest Spot for My Crafting Heaven this time  showcasing the digital stamp 'Poinsettia'.   Christine Gray  sent me an image of  this beautiful flower to post for  her  Oct.10th showcasing  of this image. It is hard to tell but the poinsettia's second and third layers are popped up for dimension.I have seen many lovely different coloured poinsettia's the last few years so I went with a cream coloured one, rather than the traditional scarlet and red.    Christine's wonderful digital stamps  can be found  here at her shop! You can also visit her blog here: My Crafting Heaven.

I posted the bottom picture so you could see the spotted background paper, in the top picture it appears more black like than it really is (although I must admit it is rather hard to see in that photo too).

Card details:
 Digital Stamp'Poinsettia' by Christine Grey from My Crafting Heaven 
 Colour medium: Prismacolor  markers - cream
Ink:  Tim Holtz Distress Ink - antique linen
Paper: Stampin' Up whisper white  the Bella Armoire Stack
Die Cuts: Spellbinders  standard circle,   Memory Box 'Quinn Flourish' for the black scallops; Marianne Designs  for the doily
Punch: Martha Stewart     small corner punch for mid sized   snowflake and an edge punch for the small   snowflakes.
Other: lace ribbon  from stash

Challenges:
House that Stamps Built- sketch ends Oct16th
Emerald Faeries Challenge #33 - Flowers
DeepOcean Challenge #36 Anything Goes
Papelitos Challenges #15- Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door #39- Anything Goes
Tuesday Alchemy #35 Anything Goes
The Crafty Bloggers #4 Anything Goes
House of Gill Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs: Anything Goes
 My Grafico Challenge: #138 Anything Goes

Poppies

New release, New Challenge 

RELEASE DATE - Oct 1st ,2012  It is October release  time at Doodle Pantry   and Laurie has some wonderful new  digital stamp sets for sale  plus  precoloured versions of some  older stamp sets! Please go to the 'Latest Release' section to view them all!

CHALLENGE  DATE: Oct 1st  1200 Noon EST-Oct 24th 9:00 PM .   The featured  image will be available from Oct 1st to 24th only and can then be purchased online at the Doodle Pantry Shop. DPDC28 featured image is the POPPIES stamp set(which I have used for the above card) and will be emailed to all who participate in the challenge!

See Here for :Challenge  DPDC#28

Card details:

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Digital 'Poppies' stamp set ; Local King Rubber Stamp: Garden Party  

Sentiment: from same stamp set as image

 Colour medium: Prismacolor Markers  

Design paper:   from a friend who got it from a magazine

Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Beaded Circles'. 'Standard Circles'; Local King Rubber stamp 'Garden Party' matching Die (Dragonfly); Stampin Up's 'Beautiful Wings' (butterflies), Sizzis Birds & Blooms Scallop Circles; Memory Box 'Macarens Corner'; Marianne Designs  Creatables - flourish, 

Punches:  EC Success 1/2" retro flower punch

Challenges entered:
Creative Inspirations paint: Anything Goes
The Crafty Pads Designs: #190 Floral
Speedy Fox and Friends: #127 Circles
Sugar Creek Hollow: #31 Things with wings-my card has an old fashioned look to it (at least I think so and hopefully it will fit into the vintage type catagory, if not  give it a toss:O))
Crafting for all seaons: #36 Things with Wings
Flutterby Wednesday: #207 Open
The Paper Shelter #83 Anything Goes
Whimsy Inspires #51 Anything Goes

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #75 'Pink'

It's a new challenge over at Lexi's Creations and this fortnight  the challenge  is 'Pink' (breast cancer awareness month)  and you have to use the colour pink as the main colour but it can be used with other colours. The creation does not have to be about breast cancer but of course it can. 

The challenge will run Oct 1st - Oct 14th, 2012.   I'm so looking forward to seeing your creations so please head on over to Lexi's Creations for all the details and some awesome inspiration  from my most talented teamies!

The Sponsor for this challenge is 'My Heart Pieces' 

Card details:

 Stamp: My Heart Pieces 'Ankhi' 

 Die Cuts :  Spellbinders Nestabilities -  Deckled rectangles;Marianne Designs Creatables 'Anja Lace' (section of it displayed right side of card under image frame),'Frames & Swirls'  for the flourishes; Memory Box 'Honeysuckle Vine' cut into two  and attached to card.

Punch: Martha Stewart Butterfly and branch punches; EK Sucess 'Retro' small&medium flower punches

Paper: Stampin' Up  garden green, whisper white cardstock;Textura textured card stock (the pink); Designer Paper  Recollections Plaid

Colour Medium: Copics flesh (E11, E00.E000), Blush (R20), Dress (R20,R22,R24) Hair (Y17,Y23,E00)
Other: pink pearls,rhinestones

Challenges:
1. Dream Valley Challenges: #42 Go Pink
2.Joanna Sheen: Down in the Garden
3. One Stitch at a Time: Butterfly's or Buttons
4.A Gem of : a Challenge#56 For the Girls
5. Hiding in My Craftroom: #65 Freestyle
6. Totally Gorgeous: #151 Punch and Die
7.Patties Creations : #53 Anything Goes
8.Pause Dream Enjoy:#39 Faces
9.Stampin for the Week-end: #18 Feeling Floral