Shepherds in the Field

| Lisa K

I am getting into Christmas card making mode and used the colors from the As You See It Challenge for the inspiration.

http://www.asyouseeitchallenge.com/2022/10/285.html
https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2022/10/peace-on-earth-christmas-challenge-25.html https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2022/10/challenge-193-anything-goes.html

I used the stamp set Every Blessing from Stampin Up, issued in 2015. I have used it each year since I purchased it. The colors used are Starry Sky in ink and cardstock, Mango Melody, which I used Sweet Mango from Gina K Designs for the substitute, and Parakeet Party. I laid the card on Parakeet Party for the photo. The black cardstock is My Favorite Things with Gina K Designs Black Onyx ink.

I really enjoyed blending these colors together. I was inspired by the DT Heather Cooper on the As You See It Challenge. I liked how her blended background looked so I gave it a try. Mine looks quite different from hers.

Thanks for sharing in my card. I enjoyed stopping my busy life and creating.

Orange You Glad

| Gayle Chrvala

Colorful Options: October 2022

Outrageous Orange is the color challenge for October with the Colorful Options challenge blog and for some reason the old knock knock joke came to mind when I was thinking of a title for my card. Maybe I have covid brain fog??

For my card today that will be entered into the Colorful Options challenge, I enjoyed making my Distress Oxide background using Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon and Abandonded Coral inks. My stencil is DL Stencils’ Creative Expressions Wild Oat Grass which I attempted to ink in white pigment ink and then wanted to offset with black but that wasn’t working so I just inked black ink for my wild oat grasses. Maybe my white pigment ink needs to be reinked? I did notice that the stencil seemed to be cut from a heavier material and I should possibly try a different medium. My sentiment and the leaves are Gina K Designs Thankful Leaves Stamp n Foil Mates set.

It’s a yummy looking mood board for inspiration although being a redhead I don’t wear orange but it is a fun color!

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and be safe.

P.S. Banana — the punchline for the knock knock joke! LOL!!

Witchy Legs

| Gayle Chrvala

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge

If it’s October it must mean that the October challenge with the Two Old Bats is a very timely anything Halloween….finally! For my card today, I stamped and colored the lovely legs from Colorado Craft Company’s Sitting Witch stamp set. After adding some doily spiderwebs and a splatter of purple ink my card was complete. I won a blog hop last year from Colorado Craft Company and chose this stamp set and have been “dying” to ink it up.

My house is decorated for Halloween thanks to the help from my granddaughter and their day off from school on Monday. Our community has a designated Trick or Treat night the Friday before Halloween instead of trick or treat on Halloween and I’m hoping that we can keep the number of kids under 100. Although last year was a bust and there was a lot of candy that I had to eat!!!

Happy 2nd Anniversary to the Two Old Bats and their always interesting and inspiring mood boards.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and be safe.

Ghost Teacher

| Gerry Morse

https://makethecardschallenge.com/make-the-cards-challenge-65/

Hello and welcome. Hope you’re having a good day.

When I found this quote “What did the teacher ghost say to her class? … “Watch the board and I’ll go through it again.” I immediately thought of my daughter who teaches fifth grade. Since my Silhouette wasn’t working when I made this card, I used a clip art ghost and fussy cut it. I think my daughter will get a kick out it. I’m entering this in Make the Cards Challenge

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

Gerry

Please Hold

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Wow, this is the first day we have not had the AC on, what a wonderful feeling.

Today’s card is dear-old-sister’s chuckle of the month. Sentiment “…Please continue to hold. Your call is important to us.” Inside “But your time is not.” This is from a Frank & Ernest cartoon strip. Image was found online, circle frame is Stitched Circles by Die-namics. EF used is from Michael’s. D-o-s could relate to one of those calls.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

Gerry

Stacked Pumpkins Card

| Lisa K

Another image that I stamped recently and finally colored. I used patterned paper from Gina K Designs with the fun image from Stampendous.

https://makethecardschallenge.com/make-the-cards-challenge-65/
https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/
https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/10/october-anything-goes-fall-challenge.html https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2022/10/octoberfest-challenge.html https://twooldbatshalloweenchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/10/october-anything-halloween.html

Recently I learned that the owner of Stampendous was moving her studio to her home. The store and factory have closed so for right now, any new stamps can be purchased from a store near you or online. This image came from someone whose Hardware store was selling all of it’s rubber stamps. The name of this set is Jack Stack. I colored it with several alcohol markers. The patterned paper is from the Grateful Heart pad from GKD. The word Boo is from Feeling Fall from Power Poppy.

This card will be entered in Make the Cards Challenge, Crafting Happiness, Four Seasons, and Double D Challenge. All are about pumpkins or Halloween.

I did enjoy coloring this image. It took me a while to settle on patterned paper, the card layout, and all of the needed pieces. I am happy with the card.

Adding this card to Two Old Bats challenge. Not sure how I missed it…I think I was trying to get the ones I remembered and just missed this one.

Thanks for sharing in my card! I did have fun and it is ready to be mailed to someone whose birthday is Halloween.

Pumpkins and Cat card

| Lisa K

A few weeks ago, I stamped several images. Recently I colored a a fun image with stacked pumpkins and a cat.

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2022/10/octoberfest-challenge.html https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/10/october-anything-goes-fall-challenge.html https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/2022/10/135-halloween-all-month-long.html http://powerpoppy.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-blossom-challenge-eat-your-fruit.html

This is the Feeling Fall image from Power Poppy. I colored it with alcohol markers and cut it out with ovals from Gina K Designs. The card base is Coral Reef from GKD with a layer of Turquoise Sea, and a strip of Slate. The pumpkins on the Turquoise Sea layer are from GKD Autumn Wreath Builder also the smaller ones are from SU Halloween Scares. The cat images and the splatter on the Slate strip are from the same SU set.

The Power Poppy challenge is to use an image with fruit or vegetables. I chose fruit as pumpkins are a fruit due to the seeds.

The Crafting Happiness challenge is all about Halloween. This image definitely fits the Halloween vibe.

The Four Seasons Challenge is to use anything about October. Pumpkins are definitely part of October.

The Double D Challenge is also anything to do with October. I saw pumpkins on the mood board.

I left the greeting off of the front as it would be too busy. I placed it inside. Thanks for sharing the time with me today to view my card.

Yellow White Orange

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Hope you have had good weekend.

Today’s card is for our 1 1/2 year old great-granddaughter. Now all our great-grandkids are taken care of for Halloween. This is a CASE of one I saw on Pinterest you can see here https://www.pinterest.com/pin/342555115412370170/. Pumpkin head is from an online coloring page colored with Copic’s. Since I didn’t have any orange or yellow ribbon, I Googled Halloween bow clip art and thought this bow would work quite well so I printed and fussy cut it. What did I ever do before Google??? I ran the yellow and orange panels through the Fancy Fan ef from SU. I used a sponge dauber and Crumb Cake stamp pad to edge around all the panels.

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your visits. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

Gerry

Orange & Black

| Gayle Chrvala

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge is anything goes embossing with a twist of orange & black. I did go back to the drawing board after making an orange & black card on my previous post but forgetting about the required embossing folder. The Sizzix 3D Dandelion Wish textured impressions embossing folder used as a freebie from Scrapbook.com. After embossing, I opted to use and ink the debossed side, then added a die cut dandelion from my stash and the large hello sentiment which is from Gina K Designs A Little Hello stamp and die set.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and stay safe.