Magnificent Maple Grateful Card

This evening I was reminded by my friend Jessi's card post that the deadline for the Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World is midnight tonight. It worked out nicely because I really like the sketch at The Paper Players and I used it to make this Magnificent Maple Grateful Card. I've used a mixture of different patterned papers and they're all from different companies, My Mind's Eye (big woodgrain), American Crafts (light woodgrain), and K & Company (plaid). The Truly Grateful sentiment stamp and the Magnificent Maple stamp are both by Stampin' Up! Before I stamped the maple leaf, I sponged Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, and Cherry Cobbler ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock. I inked the maple stamp with Cajun Craze and stamped onto the sponged cardstock. Then I fussy cut the maple leaf and adhered it to a 2.5" circle. The accent banners are made from Cherry Cobbler cardstock and the final touch were three Old Olive Candy Dots. I'm also linking this card to the Anything Goes challenge at Make It Monday. Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Trigger Photo

 

Gone Batty Challenge

Gone Batty Theme Challenge (use Bats or Birds)

Welcome back to another challenge here at Savvy Handmade Cards. Our sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo Digi Stamps and they are providing the winner of the challenge a very generous $21.00 gift certificate to their store.  We can't wait to see what you create!

If you're needing an image to play along check out Bugaboo's selection of terrific digis. There are many pages to choose from.

 

This week I have a couple of ladies joining me to provide you with more inspiration. My guest designer is Jessi from OneCraftyMama, she always comes up with fun and creative ideas and I enjoy her work. I'm also excited to announce that Erin at Erin's Owl Nest has agreed to be part of the design team for my challenges. Thanks to both of these ladies for helping me out!!!

 

Inspirational designs:

 

Erin's Card using Silhouette - Pumpkin

 

Andrea's Card using Owl

 

 

Jessi's Card using Little Penguin Winter - Reindeer

 

 

Challenge Guidelines:

1. Create a New card using the challenge theme, no linking to old posts. 
2. Only one entry per blog address.
3. This is a card only challenge.
4. You must use a stamp, either rubber or digital.
5. You can combine this challenge with other challenges.
6. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to this challenge. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission.
7. All brands of stamping products are welcome.
8. HAVE FUN!!!

Entries not meeting the challenge theme and guidelines will be removed. Thanks for your cooperation and understanding.

 

The challenge will run for 12 days, 10/25/2013 - 11/5/2013.

 

Halloween Photo Inspiration Winner

Good morning! A big heartfelt thanks to each of the challenge entries for the Halloween photo inspiration challenge. The winner is:

Jackie C from Get The JC Look

 

Bat Girl

Jackie's card is fresh and unique! I love how she incorporated the colors in the challenge photo into her card. Thanks for playing along Jackie and I will send you an email to request your mailing address for the challenge prize.

Come back tomorrow for a fun theme challenge with our amazing sponsor Bugaboo Digi Stamps  Yay, I can't wait!! Have a wonderful day.

Vampire Bunny Halloween Card

Well... I thought I was done with Halloween but I remembered I had this Vampire Bunny digital image by Rick St. Dennis and decided to make one more card. The layout for this Vampire Bunny Halloween Card comes from the Mojo Monday sketch designed by Julee Tilman. My focal image is rectangle and the sketch shows a square but other than that I followed the sketch closely. Half of the patterned paper is from last years stash (spider web & diamond pattern by K & Company) and the rest is from this year (plaid and orange by DCWV). I colored the vampire bunny with my Copic markers and used the Teeny Tiny Wishes Happy Halloween sentiment stamp by Stampin' Up! A little black ribbon and four gemstones and this card was done. Thanks for stopping by and have a terrific night and pleasant tomorrow!

My Vampire Bunny Halloween Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Mojo Monday: Sketch
• Make My Monday: Halloween
• Shopping Our Stash: Halloween
• Try it on Tuesday: Halloween
• Use it Tuesday: Creatures 

Scaredy Cat Halloween Card

I'm done with my Halloween cards! This Scaredy Cat Halloween Card is the last one for this year. To create this card I combined several challenges. Inspirational challenges include:

• 365 Cards: Sketch
• Cupcake Inspirations: Photo
• Glitter n Sparkle: Halloween
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes
• Whoopsi Daisy: Halloween Colors
• Catch The Bug: Bingo 
• Punch, Orange & Black

The Halloween cat image is by Bugaboo Stamps. I colored the image with my Copic markers and added some yellow Stickles to the face of the jack-o-lantern for some sparkle. The patterned papers are from my scrap bin and I used the Fiskars spider web punch for the border detail. The sentiment by Inkadinkado is heat embossed  and if you look closely you can see two small black rhinestones for the cat's eyes. Thanks for stopping by my blog and enjoy the rest of your day! 

Spooky Sky Halloween Card

The creepy tree in this card was just begging for a spooky sky. I couldn't resist trying to make a few ominous looking clouds and moon by doing some sponging. I started with a white piece of cardstock and stamped the tree with StazOn Jet Black, then I sponged on Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Pumpkin Pie, and Summer Starfruit to create the scene. I used punched pieces as masks to create the sky (punches used were various size circle scallops and the pansy punch). The layout for this Spooky Sky Halloween Card is from Freshly Made Sketches. I love the clean lines of this sketch created by Narelle Farrugia. The designer paper is from the Witches' Brew collection by Stampin' Up! and I used the Chevron embossing folder and then sanded the Black Magic cardstock by Core'dinations. I used deckle scissors by Fiskars for the decorative edge on the black patterned paper. It adds a little interest but still allows for a clean look paired with the white paper. Thanks for stopping by and have a great night and pleasant tomorrow!

My Spooky Sky Halloween Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Freshly Made Sketches: Sketch
• By LORi Designs: Color (Black, Orange + Your Choice)
• Papercraft Star: Photo Inspiration

Googly Ghouls Halloween Card

**For the Photo Inspiration Challenge please scroll down or click here. Thanks! **

 

 

Witches and Goblins and Spooks oh my! I've only got a couple more Halloween cards to make and so I had to use one of my favorite retired Stampin' Up! stamps sets called Googly Ghouls from last year. The layout for this Googly Ghouls Halloween Card is from the Try Stampin' On Tuesday sketch challenge. The circle elements and the sentiment area worked perfectly with the stamps I wanted to use. It's always nice when I can find a sketch that brings the supplies I have on hand together so well. The Wicked Fun designer series paper is from several years back but I love the colors in this collection. Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, and Whisper White really made a fun Halloween color combo. Well, that's about it for me. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!!!

My Googly Ghouls Halloween Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Try Stampin' On Tuesday: Sketch
• Hanna and Friends: Halloween
• Craftin' Boutique: Halloween
• Paper Crafting Journey: Use Halloween Colors
• QKR Stampede: Halloween Fun