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Halloween card for a cute kid

I need to make some Halloween cards for some darling kids.  They are all very little so I wanted to use bright colors for them.  Crazy 4 Challenges is challenging us to use a color combo that screams halloween to me:

Then I rotated the sketch from Retro Sketches:

to make my Halloween card:

One of the kids likes purple.  I think this card will go to her.  She is, in fact, the cutest.

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Give Thanks

A quick post to show you what I did quickly with my beloved Artiste cartridge.

I used Accent 4 of the <Thnkgvng> to make the card base, then trace the oval on a piece of New England Ivy cardstock for the lining.  However, I changed my mind and think that it will give an accent to the card, so I've used the oval on the card front.

Using the same key, I cut out the sentiment "Give THANKS" at 1.5".  Two Goldrush brads were added to give it some interest.  It is done.

Quick and simple, yet an elegant Thanksgiving card. 

I'm using this card to enter the challenge presented by Bitten by the Bug 2, which is asking us to make a Shape Card by cricut.  Go check out what others have come up with!  You'll be inspired!

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Leaves

Because of the long weekend, I took advantage of the extra time to visit my old friends - my stash.  I saw the stamp set Many Thanks and wanted to try something new with it.

I had this idea because of the challenge over at The Paper Players - it is asking us to create a project with leaves or trees.  This stamp set has many different styles of leaves and I thought I should take the challenge and try it out. 

Then I saw the sketch at Fetch a Sketch:

So I've picked two leaves that are pretty much the same in pattern but different in size to create this card:

I'm happy that the old stamp does blend in quite well with the new Flirty paper.  Glad that I've spent some time with my old friend!

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Happy Hauntings!

I missed the opportunity to participate in Mojo Monday's challenge last week.  Glad that we have a long weekend and I could make my card for this week's challenge today!

The sketch looks a little intimidating at the beginning:

But once I've decided to make a Halloween card it is not as bad as I thought.  I pulled out the Moonlight Workshop on the Go stamp set and the Spellbound Workshop on the Go stamp set, together with some cardstocks and the retired Dotty for You paper, this card was born:

Who can resist the owl?  It is so cute!

Happy crafting!

Fall Favorites

We are getting into the last four months of 2012!  Fall is approaching!

Close to My Heart's September Stamp of the Month is called Fall Favorites.  It is a set of 11 stamps and all of them are pertinent to the theme of fall.

My card based on the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches :

Two stamps from the set were used:

I just used the Flirty paper as the background, then added the New England Ivy and Chocolate panels.  Finally Cricut Art Philosophy was employed to cut two ovals - one in Colonial White and one in Smokey Plum.  The word "fall" was stamped in Autumn Terracotta and raised by using 3-D foam tape. 

Bang for the Buck

Yay!  It's long weekend and that means time for craft!

I came across this sketch from Unscripted Sketches:

Then I wanted to try one thing - is it possible to use every single stamp of a stamp set to make a card?

YES!

I've used all 8 stamps from the stamp set Perfect Fit - Halloween to make this card.  Fun and easy to make. Isn't that cool?

Happy crafting!