Little Miss Spider Princess

Today is Jo's turn to host our challenge over at Stampotique Designer's Challenge and here is what she has challenged us with:

"It's my turn to set the theme this week at Stampotique Designer's Challenge so I decided on something that I usually avoid- using photographs along side stamping.

No...come back...don't panic, it's not as scary as it sounds!  As a non-scrapper I too, feel that fear that perhaps washes over so many when the word 'scrapping' is mentioned, but this challenge theme can incorporate your photographs in any way possible either on a page, inside a journal, on a canvas, a mini book, an altered item...anything you wish, just as long as you are using stamping somewhere too.  If you are natural scrapper, this theme couldn't be better!  And if you are not, make it work for you.  Please take a look at the fantastic contributions from the team to see how diverse the artwork has turned out to be."

I haven't done much scrapbooking other than my Project Life albums, but I decided to make a cute little page from two years ago when my daughter was Little Miss Spider.

Libby Hickson from the design team was over this weekend and it was great to bounce some ideas off her (and borrow some goodies!).  Her contribution to my page was these darling little spiders as I didn't have any of the Stampotique spider stamps.

Hope you will join us over at Stampotique Designer's Challenge this week and show us how you "Scrap-It" for a chance to win one of two $30 gift certificates.

I also am entering this in the October Gallery Challenge over at the Paper Crafts Connection.

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Page details:

Stamps: Princess 3001, Web 3025 from Stampotique Originals

Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Melon Mambo

Inks: Perfect Little Black Dress, Paint the Town Pink

Embellishments: Braddies (spidies) from Doodlebug Design

You're the Pick of the Patch

Today over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations our theme is Pumpkins.  Last week I shared a short, stumpy carrot I created on my Silhouette Cameo and this week I've converted it over to what it's supposed to be and that's a pumpkin.

Of course I couldn't go without creating a cute little card to go with it.  I pulled out my Halloween Cube 2 from Stampotique Originals and masked several of the pumpkins across my card.  I colored them with my copics and then applied Crystal Lacquer over all of them.

The sentiment I pieced together from my Clear & Simple Stamps Icon Sentiments set.  What a perfect sentiment for all my pumpkins.

My card/pumpkin also is for the Gallery Challenge over at Paper Crafts Connection which is all about Halloween.

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Pumpkin template from Pebbles in my Pocket

Card details:

Stamps: Halloween Cube 2 from Stampotique Originals, Icon Sentiments from Clear & Simple Stamps

Cardstock: Dish all the Dirt Brown, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake

Inks: Perfect Little Black Dress

Embellishments: Amuse Creative Candy-orange, Crystal Lacquer

BC281: Fall

Today over at Blogger's Challenge we are working our way into Fall.  With the temperatures cooling off (just a little anyway) and the leaves about to start changing, and football season in full swing-we start thinking of FALL creations.

I sat down the other night to stamp and was on a roll.  That doesn't happen too often and I'm hoping that tonight will prove to be another one of those nights as I have a lot I want to get accomplished so that tomorrow night I can work on getting caught up on my Project Life album.

When I think of fall, it's the changing leaves here in GA that really make the season for me.  I love the cooler weather but my husband reminds me as I complain about how hot it is that soon I'll be complaining how cold it is (there is not heating or air in my little basement stamping area).

I pulled out this gorgeous tree from Clear & Simple Stamps called Happy Fall.  I created my little strip by coloring various copic markers on a strip of paper and blending them.  Once I was happy with that, I stamped the leave background randomly on it to create my pattered paper.

I combined a few different challenges for this card- I used the SSD144 Sketch but instead of adding a sentiment, I added the cute little park bench with squirrel on top.  The Paper Craft's Gallery Challenge this month is the Natural Element (I used twine and twill ribbon) and the Paper Player's Challenge this week is to use Leaves/Trees.

Hope it's cooling off where you are and that we'll see your fall creations over at Blogger's Challenge.

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Card details:

Stamps: Happy Fall by Clear & Simple Stamps

Cardstock: Gina K. Luxury White, Crumb Cake, Creamsicle Cardigan

Inks: Dish All the Dirt Brown, Copic markers

Embellishments: Memory Box jewel stickers-Halloween, twill ribbon, twine, distresser

Girlfriends

This week over at Stampotique Designer's Challenge,  Valerie challenges us to try altering a page in a book - any book: novel, journal, sketchbook, cookbook, music book, coloring book, dictionary, whatever!  Any book counts!  Valerie said that she chose this topic to challenge herself to try something new.  She said it worked too well and she found herself waaaayyyyyy outside of her element with this one but gave it a go anyway and she hopes you'll give it a go too even if you've never tried one before!!  If you have Stampotique stamps already, we'd love to see how you incorporate them into this challenge.  If you haven't started your Stampotique collection yet, the Stampotique Designer's Challenge invites you to participate using stamps from any company this week for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate for stamps at Stampotique.

I will be sharing my creation next week, but wanted to share another card I had made a bit ago with an image I love.  This card is very clean & simple (at least in my book, it's CAS).

I stamped my background with the Spiraling out of Control and then used Girlfriends as my main image.  Two very cool colors, baja breeze and black look fantastic together.

What would we do without girlfriends to get us by?  I know I have made some great girlfriends through this wonderful craft!  This card also fits the August Gallery challenge over at Paper Crafts for girlfriend themed projects.

Hope you will join us over at Stampotique Designer's Challenge using any stamps this week.

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Card details:

Stamps: Spiraling out of Control and Girlfriends from Stampotique

Cardstock: Basic Black, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla

Inks: Perfect Little Black Dress

Embellishments: Perfect Little Black Dress ribbon