Spooky

Another Halloween card - Grrrrrr....I'm almost to the point of slapping a bat in the middle of the card and then adding "ye olde bat" underneath it!  But, on the bright side, I've almost finished all of them - and that's a good thing!

I used an old CTMH set on this called Happy Haunting.  I'd finished the card and then decided those little spiders needed some red rhinestones on them - instant black widows.  Eek....I hate spiders.

Thanks for stopping by.................
Lynn

Pig Sub

For the progressive challenge over at the Hambo Hoedown we were given this cute little Pig Sub - if you didn't get the image free by playing in the last challenge you can always find it in the Hambo store.

The challenge for this week is to make a card (using any Hambo image) for Operation Write Home.  I kept this very simple by printing out the image and then doing a little paper piecing on it.  Isn't that blue background paper with the bubbles on it just the best!! It's from Paper Studio and thought it'd look good on cards that needed some water - I'm not talented enough and way too lazy to try to "do" water otherwise! The sub was pieced with some very subtle yellow and white check - I just HAD to do the "yellow submarine"!.  And how about that little piggy inside the sub!

Thanks for stopping by........and be sure and check out the Hambo challenge.

Lynn

Seeing Stars

Time for another Funny Friday - BUT on a Thursday this week - thought I'd shake things up a bit!

Nothing like a little moonshine to take you into the weekend, is there!  This is another one of those cute images  by Bonibleaux Designs and can be found in the Dude Time Doodles STORE.  Mr. Hillbilly Moonshine has hit the jug one too many times and is seeing stars!  I colored him with Copics and SU markers and paired him up with some DP from Close To My Heart.

The sketch I used for this is for the challenge over at The Sweet Stop (sketch with a twist - Starstruck)

Thanks for stopping by............and have a great weekend (just don't hit the jug too much). 
Lynn

Masculine Birthday

A very clean and simple card  using one of the In Wilderness stamps from SU.  I elected not to color this since it's pretty, as is..  The sentiment is from Well Scripted - also from SU.  I used some Cajun Craze and Paper Studio DP.  I don't think guys like a lot of frou frou and fluff on their cards and thought this would be a nice one - especially since I have so many masculine birthday cards to complete in the next two months.

The sketch I used for this is from Lily Pad Cards.  Be sure and check out this wonderful sketch on their blog.  I'll also enter it in the challenges at Crafty Boots Challenges (things with wings), Totally Papercrafts (clean and simple), and Mami Doodles (all creatures great and small).

Thanks for stopping by...........
Lynn

DTD Inspiration Challenge

It's time for another Inspiration Challenge over at Dude Time Doodles.  Show us your HERO!  We all have so many heroes in our life - some big ones and some very small ones.

I've decided to showcase a card using Nerd Ned as he reminds me so much of one of the small heroes in my life.  Ned looks like a computer techie and to me, someone with the knowledge to repair computers, is a hero!  I think this will make a great card to give to my computer tech next time he repairs something on my computer that I've messed up!  You can find Nerd Ned in the Dude Time Doodles STORE - along with so many other cute images.

Check out  DUDE TIME DOODLES and our challenge this week......we'd love to see who you consider a hero in your life.

I'll enter this into the challenge at Crazy Challenges (men only), Fairy Fun Fridays (masculine) and last but not least, Cardmadfairy's Digis Days (lots of layers).

Thanks for stopping by............
Lynn

Pop A Cork

The challenge we're having this week at Stamps R Us is themed Birthdays!  Our sponsor is The Paper Shelter. Our challenge is a little different this time.  The theme is to make a birthday card for Operation Write Home.  Make an A2 sized birthday card using any products for your cards except glitter and send it to one of the Operation Write Home shippers listed on the Operation Write Home main blog.  You have two weeks to submit your creation to Stamps R Us Challenges - and who knows....you may be the winner of a wonderful prize package from The Paper Shelter.

 This was one of the Pre-Colored images we received from The Paper Shelter to showcase our cards for this challenge.  Trust me - there's no way I could have colored it this pretty.  Using a pre-colored imaged was a "first" for me but I enjoyed using it.  I think if you're in a hurry to make a card for someone this is the route to go.  When I saw this image I thought of a young boys birthday card - and then I turned it around and added this sentiment so I could use it for an adults card.  Kathy had sent me this piece of DP not long ago and I paired it with some Pacific Point (embossed with the Swiss Dots folder) from SU.  To give it more of a western feel I added the burlap fabric behind the main image and the square brads.

Thanks for stopping by............and be sure and check out Stamps R Us Challenges - and show us your Birthday creations!
Lynn

Picking Cotton

Yep, I've been picking cotton - at least somewhat.  All the farmers around here that planted cotton are now harvesting it and there's cotton bolls everywhere!  All you have to do is drive down the highway, and the road is just littered in cotton.  It almost looks like snow!

Anyway,  I received my little House 2 image from Hambo for playing along in their progressive challenge last week and found that the challenge this week is to use something  you wouldn't normally use on a card.  I was completely stumped - until I thought of all that cotton laying around on the roadside.  Bright idea.......I'll make a haunted house with the image and use the cotton like spider webs hanging down!  It didn't come out like I originally planned but that's ok as nothing usually does.   

If you've never been around cotton, let me tell you - it's much better when you get a package of cotton balls in the store!  The real stuff isn't very white at all and has all kinds of grass,sticks,weeds, and bugs stuck in it.  It's really hard to work with and just sticks to everything.  But here's my card with the cotton all around the main image panel (the idea here is to represent spider webs).  The little ghosts are from a CTMH set and I made the gray clouds with Going Gray ink from SU.  AND hubby didn't even mind getting out on the roadside and help me pick cotton!

Thanks for stopping by..................and be sure and check out the Hambo Challenge.  So much fun!  Also, there's still time to join in the Blog Hop at Hambo....check it out HERE.
AND - last but not least - there's also time to join the challenge over at Dude Time Doodles!  We have a FREE image for you to use and you could be our next Guest Designer.

Lynn