Have a Spooktacular Day

I love Fall and Halloween and all the cute things and colors that go along with it.  I just can't seem to get enough of Jodie's digistamps at Bugaboo Stamps.  I got a few of the Halloween ones and have been doing some more coloring with Copics.  I did the "Spooktacular Day" and just love the characters she designed. I colored the mummy two different ways.  I think I like the gray one better.  

Bugaboo Stamps -- Have a Spooktacular Day

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Melanie

Alcohol Inks

I remember taking cards classes at a great little stamp store about four years ago.  I so looked forward to those Wednesday afternoons.  One of the cards we did was with Adirondack alcohol inks and Stazon ink. While doing a make-n-take earlier this month at another store, there was a card similar to that.  So naturally I had to try some on my own.  I had so much fun seeing the different backgrounds I could come up with.  I just love the final results.  Here are the cards I made last night.  

One of my favorites

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Melanie 

Monstrous Party

Here's another digi stamp that I found over at Tiddly Inks. They really have some super cute images.  I did some basic coloring them with my copics and just tried to pull the colors together with my background papers.  A very quick and easy card.  

Monstrous Party - Tiddly Inks

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Melanie

Lunch Box Notes

I love writing little notes on post-its for my kids' lunches, so when I saw these lunch box notes on Jennifer McGuire's Blog a couple weeks ago, I knew I had to make some myself.  I made up  a few so I would have them for the first couple months of school.

Simon Says Stamp - Lunch Box Notes

I used the Simon Says Stamp Lunch Box Notes dies, and stamps from the the Lunch Box Notes set, Birthday Farm Animals set, Hey Teacher set, You are Pawesome set, and Hero Arts Missing You set.  I can't wait to put them in their lunches next week.

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Melanie 

Froggie Thoughts

I have had some extra time this week to myself and have put it to good use... coloring, making cards, and lunchbox notes. I will post the notes next week.  

I found some really cute images at Tiddly Inks this week and got this super adorable frog image.  I just love frogs and had fun coloring him a couple different ways.  I made this one into a card.  

Froggie Thoughts -- Tiddly Inks 

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Melanie

More Copics

Hello.  Can you believe it's already time for the kids to get ready to go back to school.  We did some school supply shopping this week.  I love the crayons.  No surprise there, as much as I love to color.  I did a little more coloring with my Copics.  I found another Bugaboo digi stamp.  I just love all the cute critters that she has.  I colored four different ones but only ended up making two cards so far.  

Umbrella Mouse -- Bugaboo Stamps

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Melanie

Inked backgrounds

I was on vacation last week and it was just wonderful.  But, I have been itching to spend some time at my craft desk, and finally made that happen last night.  I have watched so many videos on stencils and inks.  I decided to play with my stencils and new Tim Holtz mini blending tool and distress inks.  I had picked up a couple stencils awhile ago at Michaels, but hadn't used them yet.  I loved how they turned out.  I did four backgrounds and turned two of them into cards. Here they are.

The cards are very simple, but I didn't want to cover up all that inking I had done.  
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Melanie