Three Holidays

For this week's challenge at QKR Stampede, I made a snow globe card using a QKR digi image (Q-digi14514-Birdhouse2) that you can find on stamponit.net. I printed the image on white cardstock and colored it with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and a white gel pen, fussy cut and lay it aside. Made the snow globe (with a template from www.birdscards.com) upcycling the packaging from a set of stickers to make the wooden base and using snowy patterned paper for the globe. Created a snowbank with torn white cardstock and perched the little snow guy comfortably on it. Attached the sentiment [a freebie from www.birdscards.com/snowflake-easel-card] and finished the scene with puffy snowflake stickers. 

PS Stop on by the QKR Stampede where the weekly challenges are always Anything Goes and prizes are awarded (qkrstampede.blogspot.com)

  

Entered into: 

Word Art Wed Challenge- #358-359 Anything Goes                   (wordartwednesday.blogspot.com)

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #408 Anything Goes  (craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk)

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge                               (craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com)

Happy Little Stamper- Christmas-Anything Goes (ribbon)       (happylittlestampers.blogspot.com)

This card, made with one of my favorite stamps named "Crazy Kitty" is from a company named Biblical Impressions. There is also a paw stamp that adds a wonderful 3-D touch of fun to cards. [These stamps are available from stamponit.net the company that also sells QKR stamps.] I stamped the images with black pigment ink and embossed them with fine black embossing powder to get a dark and crisp impression. Fussy-cut the paws and attached them with foam tape. The sentiment is computer generated.

Entered into: 

2018 Cat Lovers Hop     (herpeacefulgarden.blogspot.com/2018/10/main-hop-post-2018-cat-lovers-hop.html)

Made a Thanksgiving card using an image from an old wood mount rubber stamp from Northwoods to enter into the current BINGO challenge at Bugaboo. It includes the bottom row- three layers, orange, and ribbon. Clipped the corners of the card and its layers with a seldom used corner punch and added some colored micro-glitter for a bit of sparkle. The sentiment is a freebie from thelatestfind.com/2018/09/free-fall-svg-welcome-fall.html

Entered into: 

Cute Card Thursday- #553 Sparkle                 (cutecardthursday.blogspot.com) 

Bugaboo Stamps- BINGO                                  (catchthebugblog.blogspot.com)

I recently discovered a new challenge, Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Inspiration & Challenge. I've admired Ching-Chou's drawings of beautifully haunting ladies on several challenges and finally visited her blog. Discovered that the blog is giving away a free image in honor of its 4^th Birthday for everyone who entered the current challenge, a Halloween themed one. So I purchased one of Ching-Chou's images. It wasn't easy to decide on an image but finally decided on one called "So Long Yesterday" that included butterflies AND that I could repurpose into a Halloween card by replacing the butterflies with bats. The sentiments are both freebies from TLC Creations (createwithtlc.blogspot.com) I added tiny red rhinestones to the bats eyes on the inside of the card to up the spooky factor. 

Entered into: 

Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Inspiration & Challenge-Halloween (cck-digitalstamps-challenge.blogspot.com)

Colour Crazy Challenge- #42 Anything Goes                        (colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.com)

Simon Says Monday Challenge-Halloween/Spooky            (simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge)

The Paper Shelter- #359 Halloween                                       (thepapershelter.blogspot.com.ar)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Halloween/Spooky     (simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge)

Stampendous 31 Days of Halloween Challenge                    (stampendousblog.wordpress.com)

Doing Life- Create with TLC Challenge #24                          (desiref.blogspot.co.za)