Color Hues Challenge #143 - Orange & Black - Halloween Ghost and Mansion (Scrapbook and Cards Today - Halloween Wishes Kit)

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Mid-October and time for Colour Hues Challenge #143 where our hostess,Tracey, has selected hues of Orange and Black as inspiration for the next two weeks. Definitely a combination that speaks to the time of year - Fall and Halloween - and beyond. 

We're delighted to have Annette joining us as our Guest Designer.

Once again, I'm playing with my favourite dies from the Halloween Wishes kit created by Scrapbook and Cards Today. I've created a 'bridge' style base (I think that's the name) for my little bespectacled, ready-to-party ghost; essentially, the top/bottom of the card are separated from one another, then rejoined by the center focal panel. 

Inside, you'll find a spooky mansion and stars (also from the kit), along with a sentiment strip from an old Doodlebug paper pad.

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from our guest and my talented teammates.
Looking forward to a gallery filled to bursting with your Orange and Black creations.

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Just Us Girls Challenge #845 - Moodboard - Happy Boo Day (SCT Halloween Wishes, TE Ghost EF)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #845 where, as hostess, I've selected the following photo as inspiration this week.

Plenty of possibilities Here: Fall/Halloween, cozy vibes, textures, colours, 'clean and simple' design...and more. I'm sure that your creativity with this rather 'simple' image will dazzle us completely.

Once again, we're delighted to have Carrie Sheridan joining us as our October Guest Designer.

I'm still in Halloween mode so that's the direction I've gone. My "Happy BOO Day" card draws inspiration from: the knit background = embossed ghosts background, single leaf = single balloon, ghost mug = little ghost. A sprinkle of stars and sentiment - which could be used for Halloween or someone with a Halloween birthday - finishes it off. 

This ghost from Scrapbook and Cards Today Halloween Wishes kit has certainly been making the rounds on my cards of late. Just too cute to resist! 

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from Carrie and my talented teammates.

Looking forward to seeing how the photo captures your imagination.

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Christmas Kickstart Challenge #115 - Gothic Christmas - REMINDER POST - Merry Christmas Poinsettia

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Popping in once again - as a Guest Elf - with a reminder post and a card for Christmas Kickstart Challenge #115.

For this month, the theme is Gothic Christmas:

We even have a photo for you just in case, like me, you need an inroad to the challenge.

For my reminder card, once again I - as Jo so aptly put it - leaned into "darker colours, ornate images and a degree of ‘elegance." Similar to my first card for the challenge, I've continued with a traditional colour combination, plaid trim. I've added a 'stylized' poinsettia, an embossed background and, as with the previous card, a Spellbinders better press sentiment.

Looking forward to seeing your Gothic Christmas cards in the gallery; you still have plenty of time to share your interpretations with us!

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AAA Colourful Challenge - Colourboard #33 - Thanks Today and Always Pumpkins (Better Press Society)

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Mid-October already - and time to welcome you to AAA Colourful Colourboard #33 where we're drawing inspiration from the mottled hues of orange, coral and black featured in the colourboard below.

 15th October - 14th November

We're delighted to have Stephanie L joining us as our Guest Designer.

My Better Press Society pumpkins plate came out for a play; it's one of my favourites for the Fall season.

Please visit the main blog to see how this colourboard inspired our guest designer and the rest of my talented team.

Looking forward to seeing your cards/projects in the gallery. 

Thank you for dropping by!

AAA Cards Challenge #325 - Colour Challenge - That Was So Sweet of You Sunflowers

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Welcome to AAA Cards Challenge #325 - Colour Challenge. For the next two weeks, we invite you to draw inspiration from the colours featured below.

I brought out my sunflower dies from Paper Smooches, die cutting them in two hues of dusty pink. Centers are deep green and the leaves...well, I made a bit of a substitution as I don't have this particular artichoke green in my stash. Ooops...but I tried!

Please visit the main blog to see my teammates' fabulous takes on the colours.
Looking forward to seeing how it inspires you.

A reminder that we're looking for Clean and Simple designs; you can find the description of what that means here. 

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Inkspirational Challenge #378 - Word Prompt - CAS - Optional Twist: Plaid - Season's Greetings (Graphic 45)

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #378.

For the next two weeks (Oct. 10 - 23), we invite you to play along in our Clean and Simple (CAS) Challenge with the optional twist of PLAID.

When Graphic 45's new Merry-ful Collection, along with their Postage Stamp Collage dies  released a few weeks back, I told myself I didn't need any of it. Nope. Uh uh. No way.

That stance lasted all of a minute before I dived right in: collection + dies + a card-making class (which I LOVED!). 

My clean and simple card (not from the class) is exactly that: clean and simple Two sheets of paper - one with plaid - and one focal image. I used the dies for both the background and the snowman. Easy-peasy.

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from my awesome team.

Then, bring your CAS creations to the gallery.

To help you out, here's what we'll be looking for on your Clean and Simple designs:

✅ One main focal point

✅ Lots of OPEN space (doesn't 'have' to be white)

✅ Minimal Layers

✅ Minimal Embellishments

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Just Us Girls Challenge #844 - Word Week: Move - Merry Christmas Z-Fold with Pop-Out Panels

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #844 where our hostess, Carol Mc - has selected MOVE as our Word Week inspiration. 

She's inviting you - and us - to create a card where something must physically move, shake, slide, open, etc. 

You may consider styles such as: Interactive, fun fold, a rocker card, pop-up, easel card, bridge card, shaker, wobbler, spinner, a tab to pull something, a sliding mechanism and so on. Talk about fun, right!

Once again, we're delighted to have Carrie Sheraton joining us as our October Guest Designer.

My Christmas card - created during an online class (Festive Little Things) - features a Z-fold and, when opened, pop-out panels appear. MOVE box ticked with this fun fold! 

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from Carrie and my talented teammates.

Looking forward to seeing how this prompt will MOVE you!

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