Booooooooo To You

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Happy Thursday, everyone!

I hope you're enjoying the fancy fold card I have for you, today. I made this for Bugaboo Stamps' Oldie But Goodie Thursday. Isn't it always nice to revisit those older images that we sometimes forget about?  That's exactly what we're doing, over at Catch The Bug, so head over and check out all the rest of the Oldie But A Goodie creations. You will love them!

My fancy fold card, today, uses the image Boo Ghost, from Bugaboo Stamps. I used a fun mix of Halloween papers to decorate both the inside and outside of the card.  The stripes and polka dots on the front just go great together, don't they? I've used a velcro adhesive tab from Tombow, to secure the card closed.  The ribbon is attached only to the front and includes a handmade bow. Two funky zebra striped gemstones were used to embellish the front. This fun Halloween card is perfect for  the guy or little boy in your life.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Anything Goes at Creative Inspirations Paint
Anything Goes at Send A Smile For Kids
For  A Boy at Paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #77 Pumpkin, Mushroom and Bat at Fairy Tale Challenge
R#143 Anything Goes at Crafts 4 Eternity
Show Off Those Coloring Skills at Di's Digi Designs
Challenge #163 Anything Goes at 2 Sisters
Challenge #99 Use Black at Pink Gem Designs
Challenge #184 Cute And Creepy at The Corrosive Challenge
Challenge #30 Anything Goes at Challenges 4 Everybody
TSG227 Decorate The Inside at There She Goes Clear Stamps
Challenge #160 Anything Goes at Make It Monday
Challenge #82 Anything Goes at Digi Darla's Challenges
Challenge #14 Fall Colors at Get Inky Challenges
Challenge #21 Anything Goes at Scrapbook Stamp Society
Challenge #167 Colors of Fall at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #20 Anything Goes at Creative Craft Challenges
Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly
PTT #140 Spooky Little Monsters at Party Time Tuesdays
Challenge #106 Halloween at Bearly Mine Designs
Challenge #80 Ink Technique (Coloring) at Let's Craft and Create
We're Going Dotty at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #188 Songs (Ghost Busters Theme Song) at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #90 For A Child at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #147 Anything Goes at Penny's Paper Crafty
Anything Goes at Crafting By Designs
Anything Goes at Moving Along With The Times
Challenge #64 Anything Goes With Ribbon at Crafty Ribbons
October Linky Party at DL Art
RCC86 Halloween (with Ribbon) at The Ribbon Carousel
Anything Goes With A Handmade Bow at Craft Dee Bowz
RRR #82 Halloween (With Skull Ribbon) at Really Reasonable Ribbon

You're Spooktacular

It's freebie challenge time at Dude Time Doodles! I know how you all love freebies, so you aren't going to want to miss out on this one! Hurry on over to Dude Time Doodles, grab the featured freebie image and play along with us for your chance to be a Dude Time Doodles guest designer! (It is so much fun to be a guest designer! Don't miss out on your chance!)

Today's featured freebie is Gavin Ghost from Dude Time Doodles and Bonibleaux Designs. He's a fabulous ghost and so fun to create with!

My card uses the sketch at Sketch N Stash for the card layout. I used a fun mix of these new Halloween papers, and then made a drippy border with the drippy goo punch by Martha Stewart. After all, what's a ghost without some drippy goo?! Gavin Ghost is colored with Promarkers. I did some sponging around the image with yellow and purple inks. The brads are from my stash and were originally black and white.

This brings me to a little tip for you, today. You can alter brads and other bling my coloring them in with alcohol based markers or paints.

I used my Promarkers to alter these brads and make them the colors I needed to match my card.

How's that for a fun tip?!


I'm entering this card in the following challenges:


August Digi Day at Stamp Something
Anything Goes at AI Factory
Challenge #78 Holidays at Totally Paper Crafts
Coloring at Frosted Designs
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug
Challenge #74 use A Digi at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #67 Sketch at Sketch N Stash
HSC7 Pantone's Fall Colors at The Hotspot
Challenge #95 Holiday Fun (Halloween) at Die Cut Dreams
Inspired By: A Tutorial (tutorial on coloring on embellishements with markers) at Creative Inspirations Paint
Challenge #69 Anything Goes at Raise The Bar
Challenge #106 Something Old (Brads) Something New (Halloween papers) at Incy Wincy
Challenge #46 Straight Edges (Tip) at Top Tip Tuesday
Challenge #5 Digi + The Color Green at Kich N Bleus

Monsters For Sale! Special Price!

The Stitchy Bear Stamps store is having a huge sale in celebration of Halloween! They sell images from tons of talented designers! There are o many cute images that are being revealed today, especially for this special sale. Hurry over to the Stitchy Bear Stamps shop and check them out while you're able to get them at the special price. They have images priced individually as well as in a multiple image collection pack.

Check out the Stamping Dragon DT on their individual blogs, for some awesome Halloween creations!

Today, I am featuring the new images by Stamping Dragon Designs, available at the Stitchy Bear Stamps shop right now! I am using Sam the Vamp, Halloween Word Art, Monsters and the Too Cute To Spook images.... And all on one card! Sam the Vamp is a real glamour puss... look at how he is showing off! Or is at a she?

I wanted to try and get most of the new Halloween images on one card, so I went with a side step card. I absolutely love making this style of card! It would also be a fantastic table centerpiece for Halloween parties. They have such an awesome look and are so much fun to make.

All designer papers are from an old Halloween stack by K & C Company, that I've had in my stash for ages. The images are colored with Promarkers and the ghosts are glittered with a clearstar gelly roll pen to add sparkle. I used my new Halloween punches by Martha Stewart to make the fence and the witch. The skull is a piece of printed acetate that I just bought at Michael's in a new Halloween pack by Recollections. I attached the skull to white cardstock and cut it out, to make it stand out. All of the images and most of the elements on the card are attached using foam mounting tape, to add dimension and the 3D effect.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #61 Anything Goes at Incy Wincy
Halloween at Totally Stampalicious
Challenge #18 Critters (On DP) at Daisy Doodles
Challenge #20 Autumn at Cards For Men
No Ribbon Or Buttons at The Crazy Challenge
Challenge #19 Punches at Tuesday Throwdown
Here Comes Autumn at Tuesday Taggers
Challenge #14 Something For A Teenager at Crafts And Me
Purple, Green & Black at Delightful Sketches
Challenge #110 More Than One Fold at Stamp With Sarah Kay
Out Of The Box at Whimsie Doodles
Challenge #16 Hump Day Inspiration at Inktegrity
Challenge #76 Animals (Bats on DP) with orange and purple at Shirley's Two Girls
Challenge #27 3D It at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Anything Goes at Sew Many Challenges
Challenge #12 Halloween at Aud Sentiments
Anything Goes at Stamp N Doodle
Challenge #069 Grid (Fence) at Treehouse Stamps
Challenge #0028 Starts with E (I used an eerie skull--does that counte?) at Other Lovelies
Something To Celebrate (Halloween) at Stamp Something
Wings (Bats on DP) at Alphabet Challenge
Challenge #36 The Great Outdoors (Outdoor Halloween scene) at Totally Paper Crafts
Challenge #49 Use Some Orange (Orange monster) at If The Shoe Fits
Halloween at The Town Scrapper
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug (Bugaboo)
Challenge #22 Purple at Easy Craft projects
Open theme at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle
Challenge #14 Do I see Black and Orange at Ellephantastic
Challenge #6 Get Ahead, Get A Hat at Crafty Emma's
What A Glamour Puss at Creative Craft Challenges
Challenge #79 Layer It On at Stamptacular Sunday
Challenge #24 Spooky at I Did It Creations
Challenge #46 Punch It Out (fence & flying witch)at Sweet Stampin
Chapter 33: Dictionary of Nonsense (Text on DP) at Oh! Alice
Challenge #8 Animal Fun (Bats on DP) at 2 Sisters
Challenge #33 "Spooky Halloween" Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
Anything Goes at Cowgirl Up
Challenge #23 Autumn or Fall at Sentimental Sundays
Challenge #79 Halloween at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #3 All That Glitters (Glittered ghosts) at Gingerloft
Occasion Oasis at Stamping Vacation
Challenge #1 Halloween/Fall at Baby Bud Designs
October Challenge-Spooky at By The Cute And Girly
Challenge #10 Pick Your Favorite at Iris' Spot