Halloween Tea Party And Haunts

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a not so spooky Halloween ATC made using the Well Read Haunts ATC backgrounds along with a few other sets from Conjurer of Dreams.  

I started out by digitally layering the following Conjurer of Dreams sets:  Well Read Haunts, Alice in Wonderland Background/Clipart, Bokeh and Floral Teacups, Floral Borders and Corners clip art, Victorian Maid clip art and Cute Dogs before printing and adding to the Black Silk and Aged Paper backgrounds. I liked how it turned out so I kept it clean/simple and didn't add any additional embellishments.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #74 - Use Your NBUS (images)

ATC Around The World May 2025 - Anything Goes 

Park Hopping My Happy Place May 2025 - Anything Goes Theme Parks Optional Galaxy's Edge (anything goes - Disneyland French Quarter, Alice in Wonderland, Haunted Mansion)

CD Sunday Plus #159 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #254 - Anything Goes 

Two Old Bats May 2025 - Anything Goes Halloween

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

 

Barnyard Friends

 

 

Hello and welcome. Today I'd like to share with your a fun image I colored over the last month or so - little by little while dealing with this migraine, and fibromyalgia, flare.  The image is a digital from Impression Obsession which is unfortunately closed now. To color my farmyard scene, I pulled out my Lyra and Castle Arts pencils and got to work adding layer/shades until I was happy with it.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered it and added some vintage brads. As an afterthought, I also went and distressed the bottom layer using my paper distresser.  For my card base, I dry embossed a green panel using my Cuttlebug Branches embossing folder and big shot.  After adding my layered image panel using glue dots, I tied part of a jute ribbon around one side of the card.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #74 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Can You Handle The Pressure May 10, 2025 - Anything Goes Embossing Folders Option Floral (branches embossing folder)

FarmQuest General Store #28 - Anything Farm or Country Goes (barnyard scene)

A Place To Start May 2025 - Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Impression Obsession

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Colored pencils, Brads, Big Shot, Embossing Folder, Jute, Glue Dots, Lyra Pencils

 

PIP Challenge 2520

 

 Our Sponsor is

Pattie's Creations

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Pattie's Creations.  I would like to thank Pattie for her sponsorship of this week's challenge.  My card this week uses Pattie's image Kitty On Books and is colored using Ohuhu markers.

 

Once the coloring was complete, I lightly stippled tumbled glass distress ink around the main image before layering and adding some red brads.  For my card, I dry embossed a red card using my Cuttlebug paisley embossing folder and Big Shot before lightly stippling some fired brick distress ink over the embossed images.  After adding my layered image panel, I stamped the saying from a long retired Close To My Heart set, layered and also added brads.  As an afterthought, I distressed the edges of the saying layers before popping it up using some pop dots.  I then went back and ran my fingernail along the edges of the main image layers to distress those.  The final touches were some red organdy ribbon from my stash and bling.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Pattie's Creations Challenge May 2025 - Anything Goes 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #74 - Use Your NBUS (main image)

Digi Choosday #5 Wk 2 - Anything Goes 

CD Sunday Plus #158 - Anything Goes Digital (image/saying)

Can You Handle The Pressure May 10 2025 - Anything Goes Embossing Folder (paisley)

 

 

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

 

Stamps: Pattie's Creations; Close To My Heart

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Fired Brick Distress Ink

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Bling, Ribbon, Brads, Glue Dots, Glue, Pop Dots, Ohuhu Markers, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder 

I Said So That's Why

Hello and welcome.  Raise your hand if your mother ever said this to you......🙋🙋 Now raise your hand if you've ever said this to your own children (fur children included). 🙋🙋 So when I saw this My Mother Taught Me set from Conjurer of Dreams, I had to get it.

 

I did all of the layering digitally, so when I printed it out (minus watermark), it would make technically a one-layer card; especially with the price of postage now.  I started out by combining the My Mother Taught Me mom with the Bokeh and Floral Teacups background before layering onto the Purple and Pink Silk backgrounds.  I finished it off by adding the gold Photo Corners, plus elements from the Cool Cats and Cute Dogs sets.  I'm sending this card to a friend for Mother's Day.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #74 - Use Your NBUS (bokeh background, my mother taught me sets)

Little Red Wagon #806 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (use some yellow - bokeh, photo corners, mom's hair) 

Digi Choosday #5 Wk 1 - Anything Goes

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #262 - R Is For Rude

Crafter's Cafe #318 - Anything Goes 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers

 

Crafter's Cafe

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

 

 

Gone But Not Forgotten

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a scrapbook layout I made today.  I'm still dealing with this migraine and fibromyalgia flare but I needed a distraction today.  With Mother's Day coming up this weekend, here in the States, I've been missing my mother, my mom, and my mother-in-law.  My mother especially.  She passed away from breast cancer just one week after Mother's Day so it's always hard on me.  I've been wanting to make a page for her and my grandfather, so I used the last one taken, on the beach in Carmel-By-The-Sea, the summer before we found out her breast cancer was back.  She was only 41 when she passed away.

 

I pulled today's free mermaid image from  Conjurer of Dreams blog post, and paired it with the following Conjurer of Dreams sets: Coral clip art, Beach Grass clip art, Ocean Creatures clip art, Photo Corners, Blue Silk, Black Silk and the seagulls from a special set Kim made me.  The rosettes, and designer paper, is from a sample set by Raspberry Road Designs.  I'm happy with how it turned out.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Conjurer of Dreams May Free Image - Anything Goes Using A Free Image April/May (May)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #74 - Use Your NBUS (Mermaid, Raspberry Road elements) 

Double D Challenge May 5, 2025 - Designer Paper (Raspberry Road)

Digi Choosday #5 Wk 1 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 698 and 699 - Anything Goes Uplifting (remembrance and healing) 

 

Double D

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and please make sure you get the "girls" checked every year (men too) because men can develop breast cancer.  It's just a taboo topic for some dumb reason.

 

 

 

Garden Gnomes

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Short post today as I've been dealing with a nasty migraine and a fibromyalgia flare since the weekend, to the point of crying, but that would have hurt worse.  So I forced myself to do something creative just to keep my sanity and used some images from Conjurer of Dreams along with this week's progressive freebie.  After adding the gnomes from a special set Kim made me, I added the butterflies, dragonflies and saying digitally so all of my layers would already be there for a one layer mailing since postage continues to go up like everything else. I'm really happy with how it turned out.  You can find out more about the COD progressive challenge in the Inspiration Group.

 

Challenges entered:

Word Art Wednesday Wks 698 to 699 - Anything Goes Uplifting (Just Because)

CD Sunday Plus #157 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

The Four Seasons May 2025 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by the flowers)

Beautiful Blossoms #28 - See Mood Board (inspired by flower colors)

Triple B Challenge May 2025 - Anything Goes Blooms, Butterflies, Birds (blooms, butterflies)

 

Four Seasons

 

Beautiful Blossoms

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

 

Be A Mermaid

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you an ATC I made using the mermaid freebie over on the Conjurer of Dreams blog for the May free image challenge.  I did all of my layering digitally, little by little, so when I printed it out, I was able to add to card stock for the layer.  The COD sets, besides the freebie, I used are: Coral Clip Art, Mermaid Scales, Ocean Creatures Clip Art, Blue Silk, and Black Silk.  I'm really pretty happy with this since I created it while still dealing with this migraine.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #74 - Use Your NBUS (images)

ATC Around The World May 2025 - Everything Is Possible 

COD Free Image Challenge May 2025 - Anything Goes Using April or May Free Images (mermaid)

Art Nudge Challenge May 2025 - See Insp Pics (inspired by 525D colors)

Pattie's Creations #230 - Anything Goes 

Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge #5 - Mermaids (I'm guest designing, but please enter)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter either the free image or monthly anything goes challenges.

PIP Challenge 2518

 

 Sponsored by 

Sunbird Spark

SS Challenge Blog

SS Blog

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Sunbird Spark.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship of this week's challenge.  My card this week uses their My Favorite Chapter digital stamp set.  

 

After combining the digital images, I typed the Dr Seuss saying myself before printing the image then colored it using my new Ohuhu Direct markers.  Once the coloring was complete, I lightly blended some tumbled glass distress ink around the colored image before layering and adding some faux brads and adhering the image panel to my card.  I then added some white/silver bakers twine, sequins and a googlie eye to finish the card off.  I'm really happy with how this turned out since I'm dealing with another migraine.  

Challenges entered:

 

Allsorts #822 - Anything Goes Optional Inspired By A Song (anything goes)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #74 - Use Your NBUS (images)

Polkadoodles #6 Wk 1 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Calendar May 2025 - For A Child 

CD Sunday Plus #157 - Anything Goes Digital (Sunbird Spark My Favorite Chapter digi)

Critter Crazy #98 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (dinosaur)

 

 

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

 

Stamps: Sunbird Spark

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Ohuhu Markers, Small Hole Punch, Glue, Sequins, Bakers Twine, Blending Brush 

 

Conjurer of Dreams May 2025 Inspiration And Challenge

 

 

Today is my turn to show my inspiration projects for this month's Conjurer of Dreams monthly anything goes challenge.  So here we go:

 

Sets used: Rugged Cowboy, Desert Sunset

 

Challenges entered:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #252 - Anything Goes 

Creative Inspiration #26 - Anything Goes 

 

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Sets used: Desert Sunset, Cowboys On The Horizon

 

Challenges entered:

 Creative Fingers #300 - Anything Goes 

 

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Sets used: Waterfalls Greyscale Coloring Book 

 

Challenges entered:

Can You Handle The Pressure 4/25 - Anything Goes Optional Weather (anything goes, used branches embossing folder) 

Inkpirational #340 - Seasonal (went with late summer/early fall)

 

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Sets used: Old Red Barn, Quirky Chicken 

Challenges entered:

Critter Crazy #98 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (chickens)

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #262 - R Is For Rude 

 

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Sets used: Treehouse, Owl Wizard Clipart 

Challenges entered:

Gem of a Craft #5 Wk 2 - Anything Goes 

 

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Sets used: Treehouse, Christmas Gnomes, Acorn Sprite, Quirky Fairies, Mice Fliers, 

 Watercolor BlueJays

Challenges entered:

 Crafty Catz #693 - Anything Goes Optional Flowers (anything goes)

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

 

 

May The Fourth Be With You

 

Today and always...

Stained Glass Mermaids

 

Hello and welcome.  I'm guest designing this month over at Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge blog.  I would like to take a moment to thank Becca for the invitation to guest design.  For my card, I went with the optional focus of mermaids using images from Conjurer of Dreams. 

 

After combining the Stained Glass Sunken Ship with the Quirky Mermaids and a Sea Siren freebie from last year that was posted in the COD Inspiration group.  Once I had everything combined, I printed the finished image twice so one could be a mat layer.  After layering my card elements, I added some old photo corners I found in my stash (remember when we used to use those), some copper cord, copper bling and ice stickles to highlight the waves.  I'm happy with how this turned out especially since I've been dealing with another migraine.  

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (photo corners) 

CD Sunday Plus #157 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams images)

Crafty Catz #693 - Anything Goes Optional May Flowers (anything goes)

Little Red Wagon #805 - Use That Stash (twine, photo corners, bling) 

Creative Fingers #300 - Anything Goes

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join us this month over at Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Bling, Copper Cord, Glue, Photo Corners, Ice Stickles