I survived the closing shift.

 It was a long night but I made it through. Learned a lot of what has to be done to close a restaurant. Made it home by 2 AM, had to unwind and was asleep a little after 3. Luckily I have today off and have been busy working on some great challenges. The first one is from The Play Date Cafe. It's a color challenge.

I went through my stash and found this piece of Faux Barn siding I had made a few weeks ago. I decided on this old truck from SU. Colored it with pencil and Gamsol. Layered the light green and light blue card stocks. Used the same colors on my truck. This is a great image to color. I have another truck and was never happy with it but this one looks good every time.

     A while back I did a red, black & white challenge. This was one of the card bases I had made but just couldn't make it work. I found it today and these scalloped shapes I had also cut out for that challenge and couldn't make them work either. Today they all went together in no time. I had colored this Poinsettia last week and to me it was perfect. One more Christmas card finished.

This is the absolutely last Halloween card I will make this year!

I think I'm ready to stop coloring pumpkins and move on to the next holiday. I'm working the closing shift today so I have had all day to work on cards before I have to leave for work. I was able to use this card for 3 challenges and I am quite happy with it. First off the Halloween part comes from Challenge #17 from Paper Craft Star. They are using this Martha Stewart picture as the inspiration. Very festive looking with those Halloween colors. I used the Mojo Monday sketch to help me along and I had seen a tutorial somewhere last week on making stripes which I wanted to try. That's where the Speedy the Cat Challenge fits in.

 They wanted you to use stripes. So I got out my distress inks. Used the 3 orangey colored ones Marmalade, Marigold, Rust Hinge and Black to make my stripes. The pumpkin is from SU. Colored with Copics. The Happy Halloween stamp is one of those dollar stamps at Micheals. I added some black glitter pen to the web and the little bat is a Cuttlebug die.

                                       And now for my card.

Lets Ink It Up Challenge # 4

It's time for another challenge at Lets Ink It Up. This one is to make a card using Halloween colors BUT the card does not have to have a Halloween theme. There is a great prize this month.

 It's a Goodie Package valued at $15.00 (Will be made up to suit winners taste)

  Bec says, Bizzy Becs sells a wide variety of products that suit all cardmakers. Gorgeous rubber stamps, including Bizzy Becs Stamps, Magnolia, Bildmalarna, Whiff of Joy to name but a few, Copics, Spellbinders, Cuttlebug and lots of embellishments and other yummy goodies………

This is my card. The stamps are from Inkadinkado. I masked the moon on an oval Nestabilities and sponged the sky using distressed inks. The background is a cool piece of designer paper that I sponged black distressed ink on the edges. So be sure to get your card made and enter it at Lets Ink It Up. Be sure to also check out what the rest of the Design Team created while you're there.

Fall is in the air

Even here in Florida. The air is cooler in the mornings now and the grass has stopped growing so fast. That leaves me with more time to stamp. These stamps are from Eureka stamps. I bought them 4 years ago and this week they came to mind for a swap due later this month. They are all colored with Copics. The ground and sky were made with a torn piece of paper as my guide and brushing ink over the edge. This also qualifies for the Stampin Bs challenge make a fall card.

Mojo Monday sketch

I'm getting a better start on this weeks Mojo Monday sketch than I did last week.  The little scarecrow is from SU and is colored with Copic markers. The leaves are punched out of background I had made and found in my stash. 

This one may be too late

But I'm going to enter it anyways. The Monday Mojo sketch has been sitting on my desk all week and I really liked it so I was determined to get it done. I combined it with the color challenge at The Play Date Cafe. I actually found a piece of Polished Stone in my stash that had all the colors. They don't show well in the picture. The lily was filled in with copic markers and then shaded with gamsol and markers  .

Buttons, Bows and a sketch

This is a brand new stamp to me from Su and my first time using it. I colored it with copics and shaded with gamsol and pencils. I am using it for 3 challenges and have myself one more Christmas card for this season. First the sketch is from a new challenge site. I had a post on my blog this morning inviting me so I checked it out. This sketch is for a challenge starting on Wednesday the 6th at Paper Craft Star.




I'm using it for The Speedy the Cat Challenge-use buttons and bows at Marks Finest Papers. The challenge at Pals Paper Arts is to use buttons so it works for this one also.