Spooky Cute Monkey Challenge

Fun with the A La Card Monkey this week as well ... click the link to check out how others were inspired!

Here is my take on the sketch ... making use of the Fright Night DSP and my Wicked Cool stamp set!

Of course being a punch addict - I love that the Owl builder punch can be turned into a spooky ghost and also that the Tiny Tiny tags boo makes an awesome mouth sentiment for him!

I wanted some brads for this section but realized I was out of the 'black' ones - so I made my own glitter 'brads' by using some Chrystal effects and black glitter!

Thanks for stopping by and leaving so many encouraging comments!

Happy Stampin

Margaret

Spooky Butterfly

I am loving the decorating of the Butterfly Bigz Die butterflies for embellishments... this one is stamped with the web from the Wicked Cool stamp set and embossed with Iridescent Ice, sponged with Whisper White craft ink and sealed with Chrystal Effects and embellished with some Rhinestones!

Made with a single layer these make a wonderful spooky embellishment for Scrapbook page or Halloween card and layered by gluing multiple butterflies on top of each other make a nice sturdy magnet or broach.

Marvelous Magnets

Here are some more 'think pink for the Cure' themed offerings for the Run the Gibraltar Fair this weekend!

Using the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Doe as well as the Big Heart Punch I created some pretty funky fridge magnets and pins for interested customers!

The Butterflies are stamped with a number of different images and have some Dazzling diamond and Pearl accents to give them some awesome flair and all are sponged around the edges with Melon Mambo for that think pink touch! The backs have the 'Hope Ribbon' stamped on so people getting them as a gift know they are a Breast Cancer support pin.

So here is the display board for them ...

Here is the Heart to Heart magnet the back layer is covered with Dazzling Diamonds and the front is stamped with the Heart from the Hostess Set Punch Potpourri and some jazzy Rhinestone gems for bling factor.

Butterfly magnet number one is stamped with the swirls from the Priceless stamp set and adorned with some pearls and sponged on the edge with Melon Mambo and her wings are trimmed with Dazzling Diamonds!

Butterfly number two is stamped with the Elements of Style, sponged with Melon Mambo and covered in glitter and some pearls to accent her!

Butterfly number three is stamped in Certainly Celery with the floral vines from Vintage Vogue and has her wings sponged with Melon Mambo just a tiny bit of glitter and some pearls.

Butterfly number four is stamped with the Priceless vines centered around the 'Hope Ribbon' for those wanting to make a tribute to the Breast Cancer fight ... two little pearls accentuate her wings!

And or fifth butterfly is stamped with the En Fracias background stamp, sponged with Melon Mambo and edged with Dazzling Diamonds glitter and some mini pearls to accent her!

All of the pieces were then covered in Chrystal Effects medium to give them both the shine factor and the sturdiness to hold up as a pin or magnet.

If you are interested in purchasing a pin to help raise funds for Breast Cancer research come on out to the Gibraltar Market this weekend!

Circle Circus

Shhh .... I spent a little time this morning playing with my toys instead of doing my chores ... don't tell on me :)

This is a beautiful card that my upline demonstrated at a technique class a while back - featuring the Chrystal effects and Circle Circus stamp set ... I LOVE this stamp set - it is so much fun!!!!

So for my birthday I bought the 'digital download' of it for My Digital Studio .... and decided this morning to play with it trying to 'recreate' a traditional inspired card using the program. What fun!

Front of the Digital version:

Inside of the digital version...

Yup - if I were not already sold on the versatility of the My Digital Studio to create with I would be now ... definitely FUN!!

Back with more Bloomin Beautiful

Unfortunately the Bloomin' Beautiful is a retired set ... but I just love it ... there is a current set in the new catalog called Happiness Shared that is very similar just has not made it into my stampin' closet yet.

This particular set is great for 'layering' to give the flower pop factor ... I think this one might be another card to make it into the Run for the Cure fund-raising collection!

Bloomin Beautiful

This is a retired stamp set called Bloomin' Beautiful that retired July 1st with the new catty unveiling - but it is so beautiful for water colouring - I just had to share to show off how great the Stamp Write markers are for the water colour technique ... I LOVE water colouring with the markers and my aqua painter :)

With this card after I water coloured the leaves with Night of Navy and used the same colour for the shading. Then when it was dry - I topped the leaves with Chrystal Effects for that 'fresh morning dew' look for the card!

A Little Bit of Magic ...

This little set is going to be A LOT of fun ... here is my first attempt with water colouring her. Isn't she just the sweetest little thing you have ever seen!

I coloured her dress with shades of Concord Grape, her wings are in Melon Mambo and I just had to sneak a little glitter on them with some Stickles! The flower is Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie and hard to see in the photo but Chrystal Effects to make it shine ... so pretty! The grass and leaves are in Certainly Celery and shaded with Old Olive ... the sky is coloured in Bashful blue. Card stock is Bashful blue and Concord Grape with an Old Olive Ribbon to tie it all together!

My apologies for picture quality - my camera has died and I am using Paul's at the moment!