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

 

PIP Challenge 2632

    Sunbird Spark

 

  

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're sponsored by Sunbird Spark.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship of our challenge.  For my card, I am using their retired set called Spooky.

 

I started out by stamping all of the images on to Copic© white card stock before coloring using Ohuhu markers.  Once all of my coloring was finished, I lightly stippled memento tuxedo black to darken things up a bit before layering and adding brads.  Digging through my stash of Halloween stuff, I found some black cat dimensional stickers I've had for years and hadn't used.  After adding one to my card, and some faux stitching to the top, my card was finished.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #89 - Use Your NBUS (cat sticker, stamp set)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2026 - Use Your Unloved Stash (cat stickers)

Two Old Bats Halloween August 2026 - Anything Goes Halloween 

Sunbird Spark #63 - Make The Sentiment The Star (trick or treat) 

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

 

Stamps: Sunbird Spark

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock:  Copic; Stampin Up

Accessories: MISTI, Ohuhu Markers, Cat Sticker, Brads, Faux Stitching, Black Gel Pen 

Conjurer of Dreams January 2026 Inspiration And Challenge

Hello and welcome. If you're looking for my Polkadoodles post, please scroll down one.   Today is my day to share my inspiration projects for this month's Conjurer of Dreams challenge.  This month, besides the Anything Goes theme we have the option of Time For Tea. 

 

 Cards

 Wonderland Tea Party

 

 Sets used: Time For Tea, Mermaid Scales, Mushroom Glade, 

 

Challenges entered: 

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #82 - Use Your NBUS (images)

 

 

Halloween Tea Party 

 

 Sets used: Well Read Haunts ATC, Gothic Teapots and Teacups Clip Art, Wednesday, Victorian Madame, Photo Corners Clip Art, Black Silk, Halloween Grunge Papers

 

Challenges entered:

 

Two Old Bats Jan 2026 - Anything Goes Halloween 

 

 

Wall Plaque

 

Sets used: Tea With Friends 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Jan 2026 - Anything Goes 

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Something New (plaque block, background image)

Neglected Stuff Jan 2026 - Use That Unloved Stash (charms, cork letters) 

First Cup Challenge Jan 10, 2026 - Anything Goes Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, Etc. (tea time) 

 

 

Digital Pages

 

Sets used: Tea For 2, Pink Silk, Photo Corners 

Sets used: Grumpy Senior Old Lady Morning Coffee, Tea Dyed Papers, Aged Papers
 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to check out this month's challenge over at Conjurer of Dreams.   

 

 

 

 

 

Have A Spooky Halloween

 

Hello and welcome.  Posting has been hit and miss lately since I've been dealing with both a migraine flare-up and a fibromyalgia one as well.   It's not been fun and I've been a tad grouchy.  However, I have two cards to share today that originally started out as ATC's but couldn't think straight from the migraine, so I pulled out pre-printed Conjurer of Dreams Bat Backgrounds, added them to orchid card stock and then adhered my ATC starters.  The ATC starters were combined in Photoshop© using the following Conjurer of Dreams sets: Bat Backgrounds, Moon clip art, Funny Gravestones, Halloween Photo Corners, Halloween Quotes, Black Silk and Purple Silk.  The final touches was some distressing, bling and ribbon to finish them off.  

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #79 - Use Your NBUS (gravestone, bat background images)

Two Old Bats Oct 2025 - Anything Goes Halloween 

CD Sunday Plus #169 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

Shopping Our Stash #558 - Hey Ghoulfriend/Halloween 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #267 - S Is For Spooky (snarky sayings on gravestones)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Paper Distresser, Brads, Bling, Glue, Ribbon, Glue Dots  

Halloween Spider Web

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a quick and easy Halloween card made using the Spiderweb digital stamp from Gerda Steiner Designs.  The image set comes with both a Halloween web AND a blank web so you can personalize the card - and it's a freebie!

 

After printing the image onto Neenah white card stock, I die cut a black spider using scraps and my Big Shot© before adhering it to a black card.  To finish it off, I added four black spider sequins instead of brads and a few black bling gems.  My card was finished in under 10 minutes so this is perfect for those mass produced Halloween cards.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #79 - Use Your NBUS (web image, spider die)

Craft Rocket #130 - Autumn/Halloween 

Two Old Bats Oct 2025 - Anything Goes Halloween 

Digi Choosday #10 Wk 1 - Anything Goes 

Shopping Our Stash #558 - Hey Ghoulfriend/Halloween 

Simon Says Stamp WCD2025 - World Cardmaking Day 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Big Shot, Spider Die, Spider Sequins, Bling, Glue 

Pick Your Poison

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you an altered frame I made using some of the new Halloween/Goth images from Conjurer of Dreams.  It's taken me a bit longer to make, and photograph, than I had planned thanks to my migraines.

 

I started out by combining the following sets using Photoshop©: Grungy Abandoned Background, Wednesday, Women of the Night clip art, Alice in Halloweentown, Halloween Quotes, and Poe Clip Art before printing onto Neenah white card stock.  After I cut it down to size, I die cut several ghosts, spiders, web and "black/gray greenery with flowers" using scraps before adding them to my frame using glossy accents.  Once everything was dry, I added some black bling and spider sequins to finish it off.  I'm really happy with how this turned out especially since I've been having both migraine flare-ups and fibromyalgia flare-ups.  Making this definitely helped me try to focus on something besides the pain.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #79 - Use Your NBUS (dies, sequins, Wednesday image, saying) 

Two Old Bats Oct 2025 - Anything Goes Halloween 

Craft Rocket #130 - Autumn/Halloween (Halloween)

CD Sunday Plus #168 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

Snippets Playground #516 - Use Those Snippets/Scraps (all die cut/punched items/scraps) 

Conjurer of Dreams Color Challenge Oct 2025 - See Below Insp Pic 

 

 

Two Old Bats

 

COD Facebook Group Color Challenge 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah White; Scraps

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Big Shot, Ghost Dies, MS Punches, Web & Spider Die, Glossy Accents, Pop Dots, Bling, Glue, 3D Black Glaze Pen

 

 

  

Foolish Mortals

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a card made using the Haunted Halloween set, and Spooky Eyes stencil, from Scrappy Boy Stamps. I've had these for a while now and just hadn't used them yet - until now. 

 

I started out by stamping the hitch-hiking ghosts onto scrap Hammermill white card stock before coloring using my Ohuhu markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled black dye ink around my "hitch-hikers" before setting aside.  Taking the stencil, I stenciled Opalite Sterling Frost ink that I've had for a decade, or more, and also hadn't used.  Once the stenciling was dry, I added my ghost layer, a black border using scraps before adding my layered sayings.  The final touch was adding some Thunderstorm bling.  I'm pretty happy with it even if it's a 6x6 card.  

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #77 - Use Your NBUS (stamps, stencil, silver ink)

Two Old Bats Aug 2025 - Anything Goes Halloween 

Park Hopping My Happy Place Aug 2025 - Anything Goes Theme Parks (inspired by Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland) 

The Neglected Stuff Aug 2025 - Use Your Forgotten Stash (stamps/stencil, opalite ink) 

 

Two Old Bats

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Scrappy Boy

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Opalite Sterling Frost

Card Stock: Hammermill; Stampin Up

Accessories: MISTI, Ohuhu Markers, Bling, Stencil Brush, Glue, Pop Dots 

 

  

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.

 

 

Conjurer of Dreams March 2025 Inspiration And Challenge

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today is my day to share my inspiration projects for this month's Conjurer of Dreams challenge.  Starting this month, all Conjurer of Dreams challenges are Anything Goes.  For my projects, I went with a Steampunk Western theme to start with.  Now Steampunk is normally not my style, but I'm really happy with how these turned out.

 

 Sets used: Steampunk Cowgirl Mini, Old West Ghost Town, Old West Dancing Ghost Couple 

Challenges entered:

Crafter's Cafe #316 - Anything Goes 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #249 - Anything Goes 

 

 

 Sets used: Florals and Teacups Greyscale Coloring Book (grateful is from a retired SU set)

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #72 - Use Your NBUS (images)

Triple B March 2025 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (blooms)

CD Sunday Plus #153 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams Grayscale Coloring Book) 

The Four Seasons March 2025 - Spring Mood Board (inspired by the flowers)

 

The Four Seasons

 

Digital Pages

 

Sets used: Abandoned Mine, Old West Ghost Town 

Challenges entered:

 

 

Sets used: Abandoned Mine, Misty Moor Banshee 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Two Old Bats March 2025 - Anything Goes Halloween (abandoned mine, banshee's)

Park Hopping My Happy Place March 2025 - Anything Goes Theme Parks (inspired by Thunder Mountain and Haunted Mansion in Disneyland, CA)

 

 

Sets used: Deep In Forest, Tree Stump Clipart, Model T, Grumpy Senior Men Elements, Grumpy Senior Women Elements

 

Challenges entered:

Digi Choosday Challenge 2 Wk 4 - Anything Goes 

 

 

 

ATC

Sets used: Old West Steampunk Train 

Challenges entered: 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (wood elements - glasses, mustache, arrows)

The Male Room #196 - Mixed Media (digital image, card stock, wood elements, walnut stain ink to dye elements, bling)

Neglected Stuff March 2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (glasses, mustache, arrows)

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter this month's blog challenge over at Conjurer of Dreams.  We're also having a progressive challenge over in the Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Facebook group.

Dia de los Muertos

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card inspired by my mom (step-mom) who recently passed away.  For some reason, this card was hard for me to make.  I'm not sure why.  It wouldn't happen to be the stress, COVID or migraines? *roll eyes* My card is made using the Day of the Dead and Spookytown 2 sets from Conjurer of Dreams.  

After combining the images in Photoshop©, I printed it out onto Neenah white card stock before layering, distressing, then inking, the edges and adding black brads. I then added it to my card using pop up glue dots before adding ribbon from my stash.  Taking some matching card stock scraps and my MS punches, I punched out several ferns & small flowers before running those through my paper crimper.  Once that was finished, I added them to the card using glossy accents before adding a couple of resin flowers I found in my stash.  The final touch was adding a touch of black stickles.  

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #67 - Use Your NBUS (images, background, resin flowers) 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (resin flowers)

CD Sunday Plus #144 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams images/background)

Digi Choosday Wk42 - Anything Goes 

Two Old Bats October 2024 - Anything Goes Halloween 

I Spy With My Little Eye #20 - Colors of the Season 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah, Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Ribbon, Paper Distresser, MS Punches, Glossy Accents, Stickles, Resin Flowers, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots

Witch Wisdom October 2024 Challenge

Hello and welcome.  First, Happy World Card-making Day!!!!  Second, today is my day to share inspiration for the Conjurer of Dreams October challenge.  Speaking of which, the first Conjurer of Dreams challenge has begun here on the blog.  This month's challenge is an Anything Goes or all about witches - good, bad, ugly, etc.  You know the drill.  Now, I'm normally not a witch person but I did manage to come up with some not-so-spooky projects using witches. So without further ado, I present my inspiration projects and any challenges entered.

 

 

 Uses freebies in the Conjurer of Dreams Facebook group.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #67 - Use Your NBUS (images - all cards)

Two Old Bats Halloween Oct 2024 - Anything Goes Halloween (all images/cards)

Aloha Friday #15 - Pumpkins (pumpkins in image)

 

 

Uses:

 Firefly Forest

Autumn Witch 

 

Challenges entered:

 

 

Uses freebies from Conjurer of Dreams Facebook Group 

Challenges entered:

Park Hopping My Happy Place Oct 2024 - Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween (inspired by Disneyland's Halloween Decor, Haunted Mansion)

 

 

 Uses:

Autumn Witch 

Firefly Forest 

Witch Wisdom 

 

Challenges entered:

 

 

Uses:

Autumn Witch

Dead of Night

Misty Moor Banshee

Snarky Quotes 2 

 

Challenges entered:

 

 

Uses:

Snarky Quotes 1

Autumn Witch

Rustic Fall

Challenges entered:

 

CD Sunday Plus #143 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams) 

Shopping Our Stash #531 - I'm Leafing It Up To You (digital and punched leaves) 

 

Uses:

Autumn Witch

Dead of Night

Misty Moor Banshee

Challenges entered:

Digi Choosday Wk39 - Anything Goes Digital 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter the new challenge over on the Conjurer of Dreams blog.

A Little Graveyard Dancing

 

Hello and welcome.  I'd like to share with you a card I made using the Old West Graveyard and Old West Dancing Ghost Couple from Conjurer of Dreams.  When I'm dealing with a bad migraine, I love pre-colored images and Conjurer of Dreams has some fabulous ones.  Just print them out and assemble when I can.  Whenever I use the ghost images, I keep hearing the Haunted Mansion ballroom with the music "grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize".

After combining the images in Photoshop©, I added my own saying before printing on to Neenah white card stock then layered and added brads.  Once I had distressed the edges of one of the layers, I adhered it to my card base using glue dots before adding some black/vanilla gingham ribbon I've had for who knows how long.  Taking my Martha Stewart punches, paper crimper and brown/black scraps, I punched out enough elements to make my own floral spray again.  After assembling the elements, I added diamond (moon) and platinum ice stickles to finish it off.  I'm pretty happy with how my card turned out.  That's one less Halloween card I need to make.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #66 - Use Your NBUS (images)

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge Sept 2024 - Anything Goes Halloween 

Digi Choosday Wk 36 - Anything Goes 

Halloween and Other Ocasions Sept 2024 - Anything Goes Halloween/Ocassions (ghosts at Halloween party in graveyard) 

Crafty Gals Corner #259 - Anything Goes Optional Add A Ribbon

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, MS Punches, Glossy Accents, Ice Stickles, Brads, Glue Dots, Paper Distresser, Ribbon

Dreams And Nightmares

 

 

 Hello and welcome.  Today is my day to showcase my inspiration projects for this month's Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group Facebook challenge.  This month the theme is Let Your Dreams Take Flight.  I went more with a nightmarish theme. 😏  My images, backgrounds and sayings were all combined in Photoshop© before being printed out on Neenah 110lb white card stock.  I'll put the digital sets used, and any challenges entered, under each picture:

Firefly Forest

Bat Woman

 

Challenges entered:

Paper Funday #69 - Anything Goes 

Inspired by the horror film The Swamp when I was a kid.

Firefly Forest

No Swimming 

 

Reflections

Bat Woman

Challenges entered:

Two Old Bats Halloween Sept 2024 - Anything Goes Halloween 

Galaxy Background

Aliens (special set made just for me)

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #66 - Use Your NBUS (images)

Inspired by Haunted Mansion at Disneyland

Ghost Dance

Victorian Dancing Ghost Couples

 

Challenges entered:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #237 - Anything Goes 

Park Hopping My Happy Place Sept 2024 - Anything Goes Theme Parks (Haunted Mansion) 
 

Firefly Forest

Bat Woman

 

Challenges entered:

CD Sunday Plus #141 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams images) 
 

No Swimming

Reflections

Victorian Mansion Book Page

Mice Fliers

(Victorian butterfly was a free page in August)

I'm pretty happy with how all of these turned out.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to visit the store and join the facebook group and this month's challenge.

 

All

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Card Stock: Neenah; Recollections; Stampin Up; Scraps  

Ink: Memento Desert Sand, Rich Cocoa (Ghost Card only)

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Ribbon, Ice Stickles, Punches, Small Hole Punch (faux brads), Bling, Glue, Paper Distresser