Ingenious Inkling

Monster Mash

I've had this little Frankenstein (who looks like he is by Darcie Heater Designs) in my Halloween stash for several years (I think I saved it from a card someone sent to me ... he was too cute note to use again), so I thought he was absolutely perfect for The Dream Factory Challenge based on the movie Hotel Transylvania.

 

 

Since the poster had several Monster friends, I added a few Doodlebug Shape Sprinkle Monsters for Frank.  I also found the perfect sentiment from Impression Obsession.

 

 

Since his pants were purple, I added some purple paper, purple bling and of course a purple Monster for the Simon Says Spooky / Add Some Purple Challenge.  The Layout is from Sketch Saturday.

 

 

And it's Spooky Season at the Papercraft Challenges.

Happy Halloween

Since there's still a little more time to timely mail some Halloween Cards, I had to pull out these googly eye pumpkin stickers and find one a home.

 

I used the color combination from Color Throwdown.  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp CZ Design Witch Please.

 

 

I also took inspiration from the Halloween Theme Challenge at TGIF Challenges.

 

 

And I'm joining the Double D Challenge to use a Pumpkin on your card.

 

 

Lastly, the Sketch is from the Sketch~N~Scrap Challenge (I liked the idea of using two different colors of embellishments).

 

Like It's a Bad Thing

The October Challenge at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is H is for Halloween.

 

 

I featured one of my favorite Halloween stamp sets, Simon Says Stamp If the Hat Fits.  I stamped the hat on polka dot designer paper and used markers to add some highlights.

 

 

I stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set and attached the hat with foam tape for dimension.  I finished with some coordinating gems.

 

 

I also took inspiration from the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge theme of Anything Goes.

I'm also joining the Little Red Wagon Challenge where the theme is Black and White with just one other color.

Ghostie Boo!

My friend made me the most adorable little ghost, so I needed a ghostie thank you card.

 

 

I cut a strips of adorable ghosties from some designer paper, matted it with orange cardstock, and then attached it to some night sky paper.  I finished with a puffy Boo! Sticker.

Seriously, isn't that round little guy adorable.

Hey Boo

The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to create a Halloween Card or alternatively create a card featuring colors usually associated with Halloween - Orange, Black, Green, Lime and/or Purple.

 

 

I built my card around this Essentials by Ellen Hey Boo Die Cut Sentiment, which I positioned on two layers of vellum.  I added some Doodlebug Design Shape Sprinkles Eye Balls to the *o*s.

 

 

I positioned the die cut onto a piece of ghosty paper from DCWV Monster Movie paper and finished with a Doodlebug Design Monster Madness Shape Sprinkle.

I'm also linking-up at the Patterned Paper Challenge at Simon Says.

I can't wait to see how you get spooky.

Vintage Halloween

I keep all of my Halloween crafting products together in one big drawer (most of my other products are sorted by manufacturer) because they don't seem to really cross into other use cases.  That drawer is open and I'm having fun creating for October (I need to get them done soon & get them in the mail soon the way postal delivery has been working lately).

I'm starting today with the Inspire.Create.Challenge to create and Autumn/Halloween card.

 

 

I built my card around this Journaling card from Simple Stories Vintage Scary Stories.

 

 

I matted it with black glitter paper and used foam tape on top of a lovely Halloween Plaid from Pebbles Spooky Boo! collection (which it looks like has now gone digital).

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the TGIF Challenges with my Halloween color palette.

If You Got it ... Haunt it!

Love Those Pretty Papers October Challenge is to feature Halloween Papers.

 

This card features four different designer papers including one from Simple Stories Vintage Scary Stories as the focal image.

I'm also linking-up at the To Spook or Not Challenge at Double D Challenge.

If You Got It, Haunt It

There are a couple of current fun fold challenges, so I went to SplitcoastStampers and did my version of the Corner Tuck Folded Card.  I decided to make the card vertical, so I could feature another fun journaling card from Echo Park Spooktacular Collection.

Rather than use designer paper, I chose cardstock colors from the colors in my journaling card including some orange cardstock for the base that is shimmery on one side and solid on the other.

 

 

I added a few enamel dots to my fun ghosty card and made my corner tuck piece from punches shares from two of the shades on the card (which also gives it a bit more structure for tucking).

 

 

I'm linking-up at The Male Room Fun Fold Challenge.

 

 

I'm also joining the Fun Fold Challenge with the Paper Craft Crew Challenge.

 

#squadghouls birthday

 This months AAA Birthday Challenge is all about backgrounds.  I made this background this weekend with my GelliArts Press and some stencils.

 

 

I thought it paired perfectly with this Echo Park Spooktacular Journaling Card (that I turned into a tag and added an Impress Birthday Sentiment) for the Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog.

 

 

I finished by attaching my two tags together with an Eyelet Outlet Bat Brad before attaching them to my rockin' background using foam tape.

Feeling Inside My Bones

I spent several hours yesterday morning slowly wandering through my local papercrafting store Scrapmania (if you like to take road trips to a shop, this one is worth it). 

I picked-up some fun new Halloween papers and used one from Echo Park's Spooktacular Halloween to make this card for this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch.  I trimmed one of the journaling cards into a tag and attached it to a second larger black cardstock tag using an Eyelet Outlet Bat Brad.

 

 

I created my background cutting 3/8" paper strips from two different scraps of two-sided coordinating orange and black papers.

 

 

Let the Halloween card making commence (PS we just finished binge-watching KAOS on Netflix this weekend, and we loved it ... finally all of those hours studying Greek Mythology were put to good use).