Sugar & Spice ATC - My 1st ATC!!!

Ok so this is my 1st attempt to create an ATC (I hope I did it right)?  I was graciously invited to try my hand at this by Jenn over at Wicked Wednesday ATC so here it is.

I used these items to create the ATC:

• Dilly Beans digital stamp #256-framed zombie girl with bow 1
• colored with Sharpie Markers
• pattern paper
• computer generated title "Sugar & Spice" - outlined with black ink pen
• pink gingham ribbon
• Genuine Kids button
• Green and pink stickles - the bow, hair, eye lid and lips
• Pop Dots - layered the green bow in her hair

I am entering this ATC in the following challenges:

• Shopping Our Stash Challenge #61 - Something New - use something you haven't used before (mine is the pattern paper and gingham ribbon) - open til 7/30
• Wicked Wednesday ATC #42 - Sugar and Spice - open til 7/31
• Dilly Beans Challenge - Ribbon - open til 8/2

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my 1st ATC - Sugar & Spice

Zebra Many Thanks card

I just threw together a very quick and simple thank you card today.

I used these items to create this card:

• Black cardstock
• Zebra print paper
• Hot pink ribbon
• tag
• misc. clear Many Thanks stamp
• Recollections Rhinestone stickers

Here's a close up of the bow and tag:

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

•  CAS-ual Fridays - CFC62 - create a clean and simple card using a black card base - open til 7/25
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #120 - Black and White + One Other Color - open til 7/29

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Zebra Many Thanks card.

Haunted Window

I can't believe it I designed, cut, and completed a card in just a couple of hours (and that's with taking care of a 2 year old and making dinner, too)!  I have here for you my Haunted Window card.

I used these items to create this card:

• Design Studio 
• October 31st Seasonal Cricut cartridge - the window
• Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge - the ghosts
• clear craft plastic - the window
• misc. pattern paper (that I've had for who knows how long) - outside and inside card
• stone ghost sign sticker * my favorite hoarded item *(another piece that I've had for who knows how long)
• brad - to hold on the stone ghost sign sticker
• misc. clear BOO stamp - on the inside
• misc. clear Happy Hauntings stamp - on the inside

Here's the inside:

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• Bitten By the Bug 2 - Window Challenge - open til 7/22
• Shopping Our Stash Challenge #60 - Precious Hoarded Item - open til 7/23
• Cooking with Cricut #95 - Buttons and/or Brads - open til 7/24

Thank you so much for stopping y and checking out my Haunted Window card.

Santa in a Chimney Pocket card + a BONUS

Today I give you my 1st Christmas card of this year!!!  It seems everyone is doing something for Christmas in July so I just had to join in.

I created this pocket card with these items:

• Design Studio - welded the shadow of the chimney to create pocket
• Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge - Santa and Chimney
• Martha Stewart glitter - the snow
• Recollections flock - Santa's beard, hat trim and ball
• Glossy Accents - Santa's nose, belt and boots
• google eyes
• misc. clear Merry Christmas stamp
• ribbon

Now for the BONUS...

...they are BOTH ornaments!!!

Here is the a close up of both pieces:

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• Exploring Cricut - Christmas in July - open til 7/21
• Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #74 - Christmas in July - open til 7/23
• More than Favors - Wacky- Wednesday #74 - Pocket Card/Layout - open til 7/24
• DL Art - Thankful Thursday Challenge - Christmas in July - open til 7/28
• Go Fish Challenge #21 - Christmas in July - open til 7/31

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Santa in a Chimney Pocket card.

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Music Mayhem HDH 142 - He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)

This week over at Haunted Design House Macabre Monday the challenge is to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece that uses a song or song title as your muse.  I did some research on the internet and found a song that totally inspired my creation.  I can't believe I had never heard this song, Alice Cooper's "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)."  I have always been a HUGE fan of The Friday the 13th films and Jason Voorhees is one of my all-time favorite slasher film killers!  That is why I was so surprised I had never heard this song, plus who doesn't love Alice Cooper!!!  If you are interested in listening to and watching the video you can check it out HERE on YouTube!

I used these items to create this card:

• the mask image is from the internet
• the machete is from the internet too but I didn't like the way it looked printed so I hand cut out and painted my own and applied a little Glossy Accents to the paint and handles
• the background paper (inside and out) are from DCWV The Immortal Love stack
• Martha Stewart edge punch
• Design Studio
• Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge - Friday the 13th
• Pooh Font Cricut cartridge - HE'S BACK!
• (inside card) Studio G clear stamp - TREAD LIGHTLY - which I cut out and made to look like a camp sign
• (inside card) white gel pen - for the letters of the sign

Here is the inside of the card:



Here is a close up of "the mask..." so that you can see some of the blood on the machetes:

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• Smudgy Antics Challenge - Creatures of the Night - Jason Voorhees definitely a Creature of the Night - open til 7/21
• Haunted Design House - Macabre Monday - HDH #142 - Music Mayhem - open til 7/22

I am so pleased with the way this card turned out...I think even Jason would be proud.  Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask) card.

Frightfully Delightful Spider Halloween card

I have here for you today a card I was inspired to do because of a couple of challenges:

• Krafty Girls Challenge #11 - Color Splash - create a paper kraft that is black and white with a burst of color of your choice - I used green - ends 7/15
• Haunted Design House - Macabre Monday - HDH#141 - Butchered Blueprint -You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece that uses the following sketch.
  
  
   You can follow the sketch completely, or you may take some
  artistic license. Either way, the sketch should be obvious and easy to find - ends 7/15

• I think I was able to follow the challenge with just a minor change in the location of the stiches

• Party Time Tuesdays Challenge #76 - Lets Get Punchy - ends 7/16
• Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday Challenge - Anything Goes - ends 7/20

I used these items to create this easel card:

• Design Studio
• Martha Stewart punch
• Eyelets
• Floss
• October 31st Cricut cartridge - spider
• Paper Dolls Dress Up Cricut cartridge - web
• Glossy Accents - spider
• misc. Halloween clear stamps
• foam squares - spider

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my Frightfully Delightful Spider Halloween card.

Candy Witch card

I know, I know, a Halloween card?  Yes, a Halloween card!  If I haven't said it before I'll say it now, Halloween is my favorite holiday!!!  I love making cards, crafts, decorations, absolutely anything for Halloween.  I believe this is my 2nd card already this year for Halloween.  I was inspired by the challenge over at Dilly Beans.

I used these items to create this card:

• Dilly Beans digital stamp
• Sharpie markers
• Stickles
• Martha Stewart punch
• misc. Halloween stickers
• Glossy Accents - on all the candy parts and the "inside" parts of the easel card
• silver star brad

Here is a close up of all the stickling  and glossy accent:

Here is a closer look at the "inside" part of the easel card:

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• Party Time Tuesdays #76 - Let's Get Punchy - open til 7/16
• Dilly Beans Challenge - Sparkle and Shine - open til 7/19
• Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday Challenge - Anything Goes - open til 7/20

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Candy Witch card.

Vintage and Vile - HDH 140

This weeks challenge for Macabre Monday over at Haunted Design House was to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece - take something vile and make it appear vintage, or maybe use something vintage that would be considered vile!  I hope I got this right?

All week long I could only think of dolls, porceline dolls to be exact.  There are many people that feel that porceline dolls and mice are vile in their own way.  Well, my "vintage" porceline doll became "vile."

Before the mice:

She looks like a very normal "vintage" porceline doll...

After the mice:

When the mice began to crawl all over her she let one of them have it and tore it's head off!  Blood began to flow everywhere!  Part of its head peaks through her lips.  My "vintage" porceline doll was attacked by "vile" creatures which in turn caused her to become a "vile vintage porceline doll."
I am entering my "Vile Vintage Porceline Doll" over at HDH140 - Vile Vintage

I hope you enjoyed my "Vile Vintage Porceline Doll."