It's Day 9...

Happy Saturday!

You hopefully noticed the blinkie on my side bar 

in reference to the 

14 Days of YNS Holiday Fun. 

If you have missed any of the days

you will be giving yourself 

a big treat by going back to day one!

Karen has done a fantastic job with

these new releases. She asked me to help out this month

because her release is huge!

I am lucky enough to share

Jenny From Canada.

Isn't she great?

I don't follow Hockey with exception to a single

match every few years. My kids however

love these Bey Blades I used as props

so I pulled out a tiny metal lunch box

distressed the heck out of it

and altered it. 

What do you think of the

brown Corduroy?

I recycled it from a pair of my 

kids hole-in-the-knee pants.

I Mod Podged the back of the fabric

to stiffen it up and used my 

rectangular spellbinders as the die.

Now they can keep all there metal tips

in one place with style.

By the way 

Anything But A Card

Is the YNS Challenge right now

so you can bet I'll be entering this.

Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamps  Anything Goes
More than Favors Wacky Wed  Anything Goes
Paper Shelter  Anything Goes
Ruby's Rainbow  Metal
Crafty Sentiments  No Designer Paper
Party Time Tuesday  Anything Goes

Do you like being scared?

Well I sure do!

Welcome all to our fantastically 

Haunty Halloween  Hop!

Whether you prefer seriously spooky or

cutie I know you find all of

these creations amazing!!!!

If you came from Tanya Johnson's blog

you are at the right place if not you will miss

out big time if you don't start from the

beginning which is Cyndi Bundy's blog 

The Scrappy Chick.

I'd like to give Cyndi Bundy a huge

thanks for all her organizational efforts

you are the best! 

In case you get lost along the way 

here is the entire hop list:

Cyndi Bundy

Pam Hornschu

Suzi McKenzie

Jingle

Krissy Fossmeyer

Alison Heikkila

Wendy Price

Wendy Jordan

Berenice Rendon

Lynn Mercurio

Maria Levine

Lee Kellogg

Stampendous! Blog

Sandie Dunn

Tanya Johnson

Beth Ranney-Thomas

Mary Collins

Lea Kimmel

Angelique Nederpel

Betty Roberts

Taylor Usry

We have TONS of fabulous Halloween prizes from our wonderful sponsors!

Stampendous! ( 5 winners... 1 Halloween bg cling stamp each winner..Crowscape, Graveyard, Beware Gate, Castle Gate, Pumpkin Fence)

Karber Digital Designs...2 digis to one winner

Skipping Stones Design...Halloweenie set

Smeared Ink  (5 single digis...1 each to 5 winners? or 5 to 1 winner?)

Strange Skin...1 set of choice (except Zombies)

Jens Digi Stamp...(5 images to one winner)

Simply Betty Stamps...($10 Gift Certificate)

La-La Land Crafts ($10 Gift Certificate)

Dreamweavers Stencils: 3 prizes: each is 4 stencils, 2 brushes,  with 3 technique sheets each!

Be sure to leave comments along the entire hop
because these prizes are hidden along the way,
you have until Wed October 26th 8 PM EST.
GOOD LUCK!!!
Are you ready to see my creation?
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 (close up)

Now you can chose to believe me or not
but I swear I made 80 of these
for my kiddo's class treats this year.
They are all packed up and ready to go!
I used Thurston The Vampire
A Sweet November Stamp
by Amy Young.
As a time saver I did a black and white
of this dapper vampire.
Seriously, can you imagine coloring every one of these?

OK enough about me I am
really excited for your next stop
Mary Collins, she is sure
to inspire.
Have a great hop!

Challenges:

Paper Play  Use black
Delightful Challenges  Halloween
Crafting For All Seasons  Halloween
Decorate To Celebrate  Halloween Decorations
Divas By Design  Something Spooky
I Brake For Challenges  Halloween
Party Time Tuesday  Totally Spooky
Sweet Stamps  Lots of layers
Crafty Boots  Halloween or Autumn
Hooked On Crafts  Something Spooky
Make It Monday With Kraft  Spooky Stuff
My Craft Spot  3D creation
The Crazy Challenge  Halloween
Corrosive Challenges  Flying Things
Addicted To Stamps  Halloween
Gingerloft  Halloween or Fall
Paper Sundaes  Fall or Halloween

Pink Cat Studio Release!

Happy Thursday to you!

So, have you been having a great time

playing along with  

The Digi Stamp Designer?

Today Melissa has created some

super terrific Christmas images:

 I immediately fell in love with

the darling Christmas Frogs on Candy:

(click for sharper image)

You have got to stop over at Melissa's Blog

there are some fun cards especially

the Cool Santa!
Thanks for Stopping bye!

Challenges:

Aud Sentiments Challenges  Winter Theme
4 Crafty Chicks  Marker It Up
The Pixie Cottage  Sweet as candy
OLLCB  Let it Snow
Little Claire's  Christmas
Christmas Inspirations  Punches/Diecuts
Crafting When We Can  Christmas

The Cutest Christmas Elves

 I love Christmas cards
 especially when I get to

use my favorite stamps such as 

The Christmas Elves from Squiggle Stamps. 

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I don't know if you can tell but I added
 liquid applique and glitter
to the girl elf's hat and dress
 for some dimension and sparkle.
The papers are from the kit that came
with the stamps and the fiber
is from a very old stash from Close To My Heart.
The cute red Jingle Bells circle tag is maybe
Bo-Bunny but don'y quote me on it!
Well that's it!
May your Monday transition go smoothly!

Challenges:

Christmas Inspiration  Die Cuts
Squiggles and Giggles  Christmas

Crafting When We Can  Christmas

Little Claire's Christmas
Sparkle's Christmas Challenge  Song Inspired "Jingle Bells"
Jingle Belles   Song Inspired "Jingle Bells"
Christmas Stamping  All Year Long Seeing Spots
ABC Christmas Challenge  Unused stash since last Christmas!

Desert Island Crafts Designer!

Yep that's me, I was asked by 

the amazing Cyndi aka 

The Scrappy Chic

if I'd like get stranded with them

and I just couldn't resist!

This week's Itinerary comes from the 

Simply Betty Stamps Design Team

The Itinerary

1 Halloween

2 SBS Image

3 Favourite colour

4 Found Object

5 Candy Colours

6 Not Square

7 Stripes

8 Shades of Grey

9 Bats and Spiders

10 The UnDead

I was fortunate enough to receive

Jack Skellington Chibi

I love Tim Burton he is amazing 

on so many levels!

Here is my card hitting 1,2,6,8,9, and 10.

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I love these BasicGrey Eeerie papers, 

they create the perfect backdrop especially that tree.

To see some true inspiration be sure to 

hop over to the Desert Island Crafters challenge sight and heck...

why not play along?

Challenges:

Fussy and Fancy  Fall or Halloween

Crafty Creations  3 dp, 2 embellishments, 1 image

Card Makin' Mamas  Halloween

Alphabet Challenge  S=soon to be Halloween

Pixie Cottage Challenge  Dark and Spooky

Simon Says Stamp  Halloween or Gothic

Creative Card Crew  Spooky Fun

Going Grey  Halloween

Tip Top Tuesday  Use DP
Cupcake Craft  Halloween

Cupcake Inspirations 

MIA

I know it's been a week since I last posted, 

I am trying to get ahead on my Kiddo's/Teacher's

Halloween goody bags all 70 of them!

I will share the final outcome Saturday

October 22nd on The

Halloween Blog Hop!

Don't forget I have candy! 

Click Here for Details.

Yippee for me!

Thank you for the recognition! 

This week at 

Sketches In Thyme there is 

a fantastic sketch:

It's A Go!

Woohoo, today is the Digi Stamp Designer Launch!

Melissa the mastermind behind

this concept has been working on this

project for some time now adding 

a plethora of elements so you can go all

out creating your perfect digi.

When you create a design 

that you are happy with and would

 like to purchase as a digi stamp

 it’s very easy to place your order 

and the price is only $2.99US per design. 

Visit this webpage to get started:

http://www.pinkcatstudio.com/Digital/DigiDesigner.ht

I had a ton of fum playing around with

the Digi Stamp Designer

came up with  Lily Moon Fairy.

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  Now don't fret if your not up to

making your own digis yet because Melissa 

created a bunch of fabulous digi's

you can find at the shop

I just love the pig on the broom!

*New Facebook Page & Win A Digi

Melissa has created a new Facebook page

 for Pink Cat Studio.

 If you follow us on Facebook 

you will be entered into a draw

 to win a free digi stamp.

 On Friday at 5pm EST she will

 randomly pick 3 of our Facebook

 followers and they will each win a free digi!

To enter the draw please visit

 our page 

and click on the “Like” button.

Wow that's a record breaking
 post for me I think.
Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges: 

Crafty Card Makers  Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion  Anything goes + ribbon

Crafts and Me  use a digi

FabN'funky  Diecuts/punches

Flutterby Wednesday  Anything Goes

Truly Scruptious  Distressing

One Stitch at a Time  use a digi

Thanks Some Odd Girl!

Top 3 is okie dokie with me!

Bright and Happy Christmas Card

I have just finished my  first

Christmas card for the year!

I thought it would be fun

playing along with the 

Some Odd Girl Challenge

which is to use this photo as inspiration:

This non-traditional color scheme 

is so appealing to the eye

(click for sharper image)

Isn't this elf the cutest? 

As you can probably guess,

this is a Some Odd Girl image 

Elf Kaylee.

Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:
Raise The Bar Challenge  Hats
Cardmadfairy's Digi Day Challenge  Christmas
Crafts 4 Eternity  Open
4 Crafty Chicks  Anything Goes
Digistamps4joy  Anything Goes
Fabulous Fridays  Fussy Cutting
Simon Says Stamps  Anything Goes

I have Candy!

So I have some candy to share, I have been cleaning house

and here a few items I want to share.

Not everything is brand spankin new but I still felt it was

worthy of being passed on.

So how do you get a chance to win?

-Follow Me
-Make a Blog Post about My Candy
-Leave Me A Comment
That's it.  

I will keep this open until Halloween night and draw November 1st

Good Luck!

Pocket Card...

Well Good Afternoon everyone I hope your
week is turning out wonderfully!
Today I would like to share a pocket card
with a bookmark:
(click for sharper image)

The Basic Grey Olivia Collection 

is the designer papers I used

and the 2 Spellbinders sets are

Labels 14 and Blossom Tags and Accents.

I used Phoebe Ketto on the bookmark,
she is my new favorite if I had to pick one.
I found these cute clear tags
under the rubble and they are from
Close To My Heart.
The cardboard is from a cracker box,
I ran it through the Argyle embossing folder
and inked up the edges to give
off a shabby chic appeal.
The grey rickrack is from an old sewing box
my mom gave me from back in the 70's.
I have only a foot left...
Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:
Crafty Boots  Wings
Birthday Sundaes  Birthday + Buttons
Paper Crafting Journey  Die Cuts Or Punches
Corrosive Challenges  Punches or Dies
Paper Sundaes  Anything Goes
The Cheerful Stamp Pad  Use Something Transparent
Pollycraft  Tags and or Bookmarks
There's Magic In The Air  At least 3 punches or Die Cuts
Die Cuttin Divas  Shabby Chic or Vintage
Going Grey  It's A Girl Thing
Part Time Tuesdays  Anything Goes
Aud Sentiment Challenge  Birthday

Do You want to be a digi designer?

Well, soon you can be a digi designer!! 

I'm exciting to tell you about our new software 

that lets you design your own digi stamps using

 Pink Cat Studio characters and accessories! 

It's called the "Digi Stamp Designer". 

 The Digi Stamp Designer runs in your Internet browser

 so you have access to it from anywhere. 

Melissa you are a genius!

 Want to know more?

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Click here!

                                                      

CAS Card

Time is what I have very little of now-a-days,

but I find it almost unbearable to not post

on this blog so how do I cope?

A CAS card!

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Do you recognize the sentiment?

I stole it for my last blog posting 

about my Isabelle.

What I really like about this card is 

the corner adornments made up

of the butterfly wings as well as

the single pearl.

What I am not sure about is the

flourish, perhaps I should have

forgone it but all in all it pleases me.

Thank you for stopping by and have a

 wonderful day!

Challenges:
Crafty Boots  Wings
OLLCB  Punches and Dies
 Allsorts  Keep It Simple
Mark's Finest  Things With Wings
Alphabet Challenge  Q is for Quick ans Simple
Southern Girls  Anything Goes
Stampin B's  2 Or More Spellbinders
Truly Scrumptious  Clean and Simple
For Your Inspiration    This Breathtaking Photo  WOW!!!

She Goes where she pleases and pleases where she goes...

that's how I feel about my daughter Isabelle.

She makes me so proud! 

I created a layout using some photos 

captured last fall.  We were going

out to see a production of

Fiddler on the Roof 

so I made up her hair

and she is so beautiful!

I used sketch 55 from Sketchabilities:

Here is my layout:

(click for sharper image)

See I told you she's beautiful!

After a few tips from my readers I was able

to use my butterflies with slightly greater ease...

Cereal boxes are my new must upscale

because the thickness is perfect for the shadowed

butterflies and the texture really 

shows when running through

a folder.

The bottom layer of the butterfly was gray

 so I inked it white

 then rubbed in some color 

and add some pearlized ink.

Do you recognize the stamp sets?

They are Close To My Heart's

Playful Flourishes (single word sentiments)

Blooming Flourishes and

Butterfly Wings.

The rest of the embellishes were 

pretty old items

just waiting to find a home. 

I stamped the word dream onto a button

that I used black cord to attach to the layout

leaving it lose to mimic 

the flourishes. 

Well That's about it have a wonderful Saturday!

Challenges:
 Raise The Bar  Things With Wings
Sketches in Thyme  Open use any sketch
Flutterby Wednesday  Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp  Die and or Punches
Anything Goes Challenge  Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenge  Buttons And Bling
Sweet Stamps Challenge  No Cards
CES  Recycle