Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love Challenge #32

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenge.  As always the BEWAS (Birthday, Engangement, Wedding, Anniversary, Sympathies) theme is Anything Goes with the optional theme of Youth Day (kids/teens).  For my card, the BEWAS is birthday for kids/teens using digital stamps from Sweet November Stamps.  

 

I started out by combining the following SNS digital sets using Photoshop©: Aliens vs Robots QT3, Aliens vs Robots Alien 1 and Aliens vs Robots Background Builder/Sentiment Pack before printing out onto Hammermill white card stock.  I then pulled out my Ohuhu markers and colored the whole scene before lightly stippling memento tuxedo black ink to fill in space before adding some old Stampendous Class-A-Peel diamond stickers for stars.  Once all of that was done, I went and layered the image and added some brads before highlighting parts of my scene using 3D glaze pens.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #91 - Use Your NBUS (images, brads)

CD Sunday Plus #193 - Anything Goes Digital (images Sweet November Stamps)

Digi Choosday #10 Wk 1 - Anything Goes 

Krafty Chicks #840 - Birthday (belated birthday) 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join us for this month's challenge at  Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenge blog.  

 

 

Stamps: Sweet November Stamps

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Hammermill; Stampin Up

Accessories:  Computer, Printer, Ohuhu Markers, Diamond Stickers, 3D Glaze Pens, Brads 

 

 

 

Heart's Quest Shaped Cards and Tags #20

Hello and welcome.  A little behind in posting.  Yesterday began a new challenge at Heart's Quest Shaped Cards and Tags challenges and this month's challenge will run until Nov 20, 2026.  For my project, downloaded, then printed, a free ghost template from Monday Mandala before fussy cutting it out to create a cute Halloween card.  Once I had the card cut out, I added some shading to the folds using my Ohuhu markers before adding some antique linen distress ink along the edges to "age" the ghost a bit.  The only embellishments added was a Jolee's Halloween trick-or-treat bag sticker from my stash, googlie eyes and a die cut bat.  I'm happy with how this turned out especially since I've been having a lot of migraines, and fibromyalgia flares, lately.

 

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #91 - Use Your NBUS (template, bat die)

Two Old Bats Halloween October 2026 - Anything Goes Halloween 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter this month's challenge at Heart's Quest Shaped Cards and Tags.

 

 

Stamps: None

Ink: Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress

Card Stock: Hammermill White

Accessories: Computer Template, Printer,  Markers, Jolee's Sticker, Googlie Eyes, Big Shot, Bat Die

 

A Little Mixed Media For Christmas

 

  

Hello and welcome.  I'm guest designing this month over at the Creative Artiste Mixed Media challenge blog.  Let me say how thrilled I am to be guest designing for them.   For my project this month, I decided to make an ornament for our Christmas tree using items from my stash I bought at Dollar Tree©, Michael's© a 1-2 years ago and hadn't used yet.

 

I started out by cleaning the clear ornament before adding some batting to the inside before adhering the child with snowball using Ranger glossy accents.  Once I had that done, I then added the "pine trees"  At this point, I decided to add some snow-tex paint directly onto the batting to help give it more texture.  After painting, and adhering, a Dollar Tree© wooden snowman, I dug out the "mom with presents" and added her to my scene.  While all of that dried, I added some snow-tex to the top of the ornament before adding a small foam bird I've had for years.  A ribbon hanger, stickles and confetti "snow" finished my ornament off.  My mixed media elements are: snow-tex, clear ornament, ribbon, bottle brush pine trees, figurines, stickles, batting, foam bird and confetti snow.

 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #91 - Use Your NBUS (bauble, figurines, snowman)

Creative Inspiration #43 - Anything Goes 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #286 - Anything Goes  

  

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join us this month at Creative Artiste.

 

 

  

PIP Challenge 2638

 

  Pattie's Creations 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're sponsored by Pattie's Creations.  I would like to thank Pattie for her sponsorship and for providing images for the design team to use.  My card today features Pattie's image Winter Flamingo.  I just love this cute image that's great for Winter, Christmas or even a Just Because theme.  

 

After printing the image onto Hammermill white card stock, I colored it using my Ohuhu markers.  I wanted to keep the card clean and simple so the only embellishments I added were some faux brads and some star dust stickles to highlight the snow. 

 

Challenges entered:

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter this week's challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

 

Stamps:  Pattie's Creations

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky Distress

Card Stock: Hammermill; Stamping Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Markers, Stickles, Faux Brads, White Gel Pen  

 

Conjurer of Dreams September 2026 Inspiration And Challenge

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today is my day to share my inspiration projects for this month's theme Anything Goes/Autumn Vibes at Conjurer of Dreams. 

 

 Cards

 

Sets used: Harvest Moon, Noble Elk, Wood Bark Background, Wondering Wolf, Fall Leaves Background, Nature Quotes

 

 

Sets used: Fall Cabin On The Lake, Fall Clipart, Majestic Moose, Fall Window Frames, Fall Quotes, Fall Silk Background, Fall Leaves Background

 

Sets used: Fall Cascade, Fall Clipart, Autumn Mini Tags and Labels, Fall Silk, Black Silk 

Sets used: Fall Silk, Fall Water Mill, Anne of Green Gables, Rugged, Aged Paper, Cute Dogs, Cute Cats, Photo Corners

 

 

ATC's

 

Sets used: Vibrant Fall, Victorian People Clipart, Photo Corners, Aged Paper, Alice In Wonderland Clipart, Cute Dogs Clipart 

 

 

Sets used: Photo Corners, Fall Watermill, Alice In Wonderland Clipart, Cute Dogs, Cute Cats, Fall Quotes, Fall Silk Background, Wood Bark Background

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIP Challenge 2634

 

Lawn Fawn

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're sponsored by Lawn Fawn.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship of our challenge.  My project this week is a tag using their Garden Before 'n Afters stamp set.

 

I stamped everything, on a pink tag I had, in memento tuxedo black  before coloring using Castle Arts colored pencils. After layering my tag, I added an eyelet and some twine to finish it off.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #89 - Use You NBUS (stamp set, tags/twine)

Triple B Challenge Aug 2026 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (blooms) 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter this week's challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

 

Stamps: Lawn Fawn

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, Eyelet, Twine 

  

Just Because You're Special

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a cute little gift card holder I made using the Hippo With Butterfly stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs.  

 

I started out by stamping the images/saying in memento tuxedo black ink using my MISTI© onto Hammermill white card stock.  Once that was finished, I colored the hippo/butterfly using my Ohuhu markers before layering and adding some faux brads.  I then lightly stippled stormy sky distress ink then added some die cut flowers/stems and a punched butterfly.  As a final touch, I added stickles to the flowers, bling to the butterflies and a small butterfly "flight trail" using a black gel pen.  The final touch was adding a gift card to the inside.  

 

  

Challenges entered: 

 

Critter Crazy #113 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (hippo)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 766 and 767 - Anything Goes Uplifting (just because)

Paper Funday #90 - Anything Goes Optional Fun Fold (gift card holder inside)

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky Distress

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: MISTI, Ohuhu Markers, Butterfly Punch, Big Shot, Dies, Bling, Glue, Faux Brads 

World Goat Day

Hello and welcome to the World Goat Day Instagram hop.

We HERD today is World Goat Day and we couldn’t GOAT without celebrating! Welcome to our IG hop and we’re excited to share our goat themed cards and project with you. We hope you’ll hop along with us, learn fun and fascinating goat facts and check out all the crafty creations! Did you know goats are natural weed control experts?  Let’s face it, goats are the best at weeding! Farmers often use goats to clear out unwanted plants and weeds from fields. They’re like the eco-friendly lawnmowers, munching on everything from grass to dandelions.  Goats have even been used as wildfire prevention and "mowing" overgrown historic cemeteries.

 

My card today is using a long forgotten There She Goes (now closed) stamp set called Tastes Like Chicken along with the Hot N Spicy stamp set from MFP Stamp Shop (now closed).  After stamping my images in memento tuxedo black ink, I colored everything using my Ohuhu markers before stenciling the cloud background.   As an afterthought, I added some twine and adhered a chili pepper charm to the card.  I'm really happy with how this turned out.

 

 

Challenges entered: 

 

Neglected Stuff Challenge Aug 2026 - Use Your Forgotten Stash (chili pepper, stamp set)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2026 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamp set, chili pepper)

Critter Crazy #113 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (goat)

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #277 - A Is For Animal (goat)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: There She Goes; MFP Stamp Shop

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Fired Brick, Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: MISTI, Ohuhu Markers, Brads, Stencil, Blending Brush, Glossy Accents, Twine, Chili Pepper Charm