Halloween Kitty

One more Halloween card - because Halloween is going on at Fantabulous Cricut. Make a Halloween project and join in the fun! This card is Martha Stewart papers/EKSuccess punch/Paper Doll Dress Up images. Add a little polka dot embossing.....ribbon.....and white Jelly Roll Pen. And that's the recipe! This is for Fantabulous Cricut, PaperCutz Challenge, and My Sheri Crafts this week - everyone has a Halloween challenge!

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Jitterbuggin' Challenge #21

Here is my card for Jitterbuggin' this week. The idea for the pumpkin with distressed stripes and spiders came from the Cricut msg. board. .....but I can't remember from who???? If you know, please tell me so I can thank them properly!!!

Paper is Imaginisce and the black polka dots was some scrap. Embossing with distressed stripes and Sizzix Swirls. Added Doodlecharms spiders to Stretch your Imagination pumpkins.....attached some jute with a button and attached a little scrap ribbon bow. Sentiment is $1 Michael's stamp (I love those things......) This is one of those cards that looks better in person than in the picture.......

Frank!

I was blog hopping last night and stumbled into Stamping with Natalie - she's a Stamping Up Demonstrator who focuses on punch art. Cute, cute, stuff! Well, she had a Frankenstein monster made from punches I loved...and thought he would be easy to translate into Cricut cuts. So here he is:

Marquee cut from Storybook: 4 1/4" one for head and one for hair.....hand trim

Cricles from George: 3 1 1/4"- 2 white - 2 green 2 3/4" black 1 1 1/4" oval

That's it.....detailed him with a Sharpie......embossed the hair. Sentiment is a Big Lots "treasure".

Trick or Tweet

My first easel card....and it won't be my last! I was inspired by one of the sketches at RAQ's challenge on the Cricut boards to make an easel card. Of course, I strayed from the sketch....but I loved making this type of card.

I used the little duck (but it really kind of looks like a chick) off of Create a Critter and added some witches hats from Paper Doll Dress Up - with some star punches. Ribbon from Wal-Mart.....MS star border punch....and computer generated sentiment. Swiss dots embossing and trimming with the pinking shears finished this one up.

The colors are from today's color challenge at 365 cards.

Zig Zag Spiders

Well, I've never made a z-fold card before but I was inspired to do so by Cricut Cardz Challenge this week and a sketch at RAQ's challenge on the Cricut board. Followed a YouTube tutorial...and it was easy. I used double sided cardstock....edged it with MS spider web punches....added a sticker "boo"....and spiders from Doodlecharms. I discovered if I took the "o's" from the word "HOOT" on Create a Critter and added wigglys, the spider matched the paper. Attached them all with pop dots and added a ribbon. Also for the Spooky Challenge over at My Pink Stamper as well as the recipe challenge (aqua, designer paper, embelllishment) at The Pink Elephant.

You Stinker You!

I haven't used Create a Critter in a few days, and I am suffering from withdrawal.  I loved the skunk, and he is my first attempt at flocking.  Added some glitter too...and white gel pen.  Flowers are from Oriental trading company with some "jewels" added.They are stacked on MS punch circles.   Paper is scraps....so is the ribbon.  Sentiment is from a sticker package....I love it when that works out.

This card is for several challenges:  Critter Sketch Challenge (use a critter), Polka Doodles (summer blossoms), Cricut Cardz (use three circles)

Trick or Treat!

My last Halloween card (I think?)   I used PDDU for most of it.   The little witch is cut at 3"....then I  cut and pasted to get the side view.   Used Witch's hair, Witch's shoes, Witch's hat (star punch), Wizard's dress (backed in green to show the stars), and the Wizard's cape (cut at 2 1/2" instead of 3)   Face is hand drawn....chalked and inked a lot (green fingernails.......)    The broom is cut at 5 1/2"   Used my MS circle maker to cut a 3 3/4" circle....inked it....embossed with swirls in the cuttlebug.   Added some PPDU bats and rub-on sentiment.  Trimmed it out with orange ribbon and a button.  Here's a close up:

From Your Mummy

I saw this cute little clip art mummy while browsing at the computer.....thought he would be easy to reproduce with the cricut.  3" George circle for the face....1" circles for the cheeks.   Nose is one of the snowballs from Doodlecharms, cut at 1".  I cut thin strips of white paper with some deco edge scissors, inked the edges, and cut strips to put on the mummy.  Then I took a cotton swab with ink and went over the edges again after they were glued for a little more impact.  Eyes are a sharpie; sentiment and spiders are little clear stickers from the Dollar Tree.   And of course, the inside says, "From Your Mummy!"

Witchy Cat

Tried a little bit of paper piecing today.  I'm gonna have to break down and get the Gypsy....it's perfect for the way I craft.   Anyway, followed a sketch posted on RAQ's challenge on Cricut....orginally from pagemaps.  Used Heidi Grace papers...and the yellow is from the scrap drawer. 

Cat is made with Pooh and Friends hat (shadow, regular, layers(polka dots)...cut at 3"....inked and ribboned.   Head is George Heart (shift) cut at 4" and placed upside down.  Eyes are 1" heart and 1" oval (cut in two)   Cheeks are 1" ovals...inked and chalked and doodled.  Nose is a little heart punch.  Added some George Stars #2 and crescent moons.  Handcut the brackets.

Spooky Fun!

Over on the Cricut message board, there is a weekly thread called RAQ's card challenge.  There are three sketches....just for fun and feedback.   Lots of nice people over there, and I try to do at least one sketch.  Here is my card for sketch #1:

Used the ghost from PDDU, cut at 2 1/2", 2", and 1 1/2".  Used Sharpie and silver ink from details; glued some flat and some with pop dots.  Used nesties for the sentiment frame.   Paper is Daisy D's and the spider webs are black translucent stickers from the Dollar Tree.   Sentiment is vellum.  Doodled with my white pen (I think that is my favorite scrap tool right now....)

Abra-CAT-dabra!

I wanted to make a little witchy cat and really loved the little kitty's head on Doodlecharms.  I cut it out on 2".....got the face like I wanted with chalk, ink, and embellishment cuts...and attached the head to a 4" grey Paper doll cut on blackout.   I rounded off the hands, and inked in some paw markings.  I used the Frankenstein's bride dress with the prairie girl's apron (I think....we were at the beach when I did this and it's been a week ago!)  The hat is the witch's hat....the stars are a punch.   Paper is last year's DCWV's fall stack....sentiment is a little glitter sticker from a pack at the dollar store.  Added the sentiment to a rectangle, punched stars in the corner and attached with pop dots.  Attached two little Favorite Findings flat back spiders to the background.

Halloween card for my parents.....this is all 7 of their grandchildren in their Halloween costumes. Pickachu was hard! I'm most proud of the Barney....I used the dinosaur from PPDU and the side facing body...then cut and fit until he was made!

Spider card

This card went together so quickly. Doodlecharms spiders with glass bead eyes...PPDU ghost with chalk and wiggle eyes. I like the combination of the papers.