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When I saw the Cinema Saturday challenge was Sleepy Hollow, I was stumped. I had no idea what to do, especially since I had to include a tree in my creation. Then I took a stroll through my digital archives and found this cute tree. I am sorry but I don’t know where it came from, but it is perfect for this card. Here is the final product.

I colored it in with colored pencils and then blended with Gamsol. All the papers is from the Fall Stack by DCWV from at least 3 years ago. The shiny strips that criss cross in the middle of the card is actually skateboarding grip tape. It is adhesive, so it is great to use, plus I love the bit of sparkle it adds. Finally I used another one of those fabric flowers by Making Memories.

Card Challenges:

• My Time to Craft: In My Garden
• Cute Card Thursday: Material girl
• Friday Sketchers: Sketch
• Stampin’ for the Weekend: Shabby or Vintage
• Crazy 4 Challenges: Inspired by a book (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
• Etsy Inspired: Glamasaurus
• Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge: Sleepy Hollow
• Stamptacular Sunday Challenge: Distress It!

Enjoy! Erica

I love Angel Ivy by The Wild Flower Patch. I used her a lot last year and plan on keeping her in the mix this year. I used the IC Sketch this week as my template to also showcase the DCWV papers. I also added a little sparkle will gel pens in the wings, flame and halo which follows the Oh, Alice challenge.

Enjoy! Erica

I am trying to get a jump start on Christmas cards. I know it is 3 and a half month away, but then again, it is only 3 and a half months away!

I got this cute Santa image from Doodle Dragon Studios. I just couldn’t resist coloring it up! I do want to point out the his inner tube is green even though it looks a bit gray here.

I made this for a few challenges:

• Cards & Things: color challenge
• Sweet Sketch Wednesday: Sketch
• Stamp Something: Something Cute
• Drunken Stampers: Serenity Now
• Corrosive Challenge: colors

Enjoy! Erica

I decided to do a little creating this evening. I hadn’t made a Halloween card yet, and wanted to play with this Inkadinkado image I got as a gift from the Crafty Ho challenge. I embossed it in black. I used some DCWV paper I have had for a while. I finished the card with the lattice Martha Stewart punch and Making Memories black flowers.

Here are the challenges this was made for:

• Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge- Sketch
• OWH Midweek Throwdown- Halloween cards
• Delightful Challenges- 2 Cute 2 spook
• Charisma Cardz Challenge- Inspired by a song (Addams Family (the rap by MC Hammer (remember that)))
• Raise the Bar- URL (well I inked up an image and played)

Enjoy! Erica

I decided to make a card tonight. I wanted to relax and Wade was monopolizing the tv for the first quarter of the Chiefs game, so I created. Here is what I made.

I need some fall cards, and just love this little guy. He is from The Angel Company a couple seasons ago. I randomly found this stamp that I have had for ages and it just works so well, especially since I am from Kansas and whenever I see a scarecrow I think Wizard of Oz. All my paper is DCWV, including the leave DP that I have had forever! A bunch of challenges helped me put this card together.

• Sketch Saturday- Sketch
• Our Creative Corner- color challenge
• Corrosive Challenge- For the Boys
• 52 Card Pickup- No Fear (this guy reminds me of the scarecrow from Wizard of Oz and when you have a heart you can face anything. Also, I have no fear at home)
• Papertake Weekly Challenge- Just the One (one DP or one ribbon, you choose!)
• A Crafty Little Place- Anything goes
• The Wild Flower Patch- Fall Colors

Enjoy! Erica

Sorry for the late post guys, but this week has been a little hectic. I started my student teaching assignment this week and the kids came yesterday. It has been so fun! I know most of their names and I even got to read a book I had picked out aloud to the class!

This week at Stamp Insanity, we have a combo challenge. Use the sketch provided, but distress it a bit!

Here is the sketch…

I have to admit that in the chaos that is this week, I didn’t realize their was a sketch and just used the distressing techniques on my card BUT when you look at my card, Beth and I must have telepathy, because my card follows the sketch pretty well!

I used Henry from the Sunscreen set. I tore part of the matting around him. I also tore out the sentiment, from the same set, and inked it up with a red ink pad. To add a little flair, I used some orange ribbon I had laying around. The background paper is Bo Bunny and the cardstock is DCWV.

Check out the other Groovy Gurls:

Enjoy! Erica

I got to play a little more with my new Artful Inkables sets. This one is called Fun & Friendly and I bought the set for this particular stamp. I knew it had to be the first one I inked up!

I just love it. It makes me think of Amy and I’s relationship. I used the Mojo Monday sketch from this week but flipped it on its side.

I took this photo outside because I just couldn’t get the right colors inside. Even this one isn’t perfect, but much better than the others.

Enjoy! Erica

Here is card number two! This was the original card. I think the silver embossing turned out really cute. I like the blue from previous card, but those white flecks pissed me off a bit! I used the same Kaiser Craft paper and Making Memories orange embossing powder. I don’t remember the brand of the silver, but it whatever it is, it covers beautifully!

Here are the challenges this card was made for:

• 2S4y: Sketch
• Cards for Men: Off on an adventure
• Stamptacular Sunday Challenge: Out of this World
• Saturday Challenge #95: It’s a Man’s World

Enjoy! Erica

I love this little guy! I love him so much that I made two cards with him. The other card will post very soon. I couldn’t decide what color to emboss him, so he got two treatments and two cards! For this one I embossed him with bluish embossing powder. I don’t remember the company but I think it was Making Memories. This color for some reason has white flecks in it, so the color variation you are seeing isn’t unembossed areas, it is white embossing. It is the strangest thing, but it works. I used some Kaiser Craft paper I have. Both of the patterns are from the same sheet. I finished the card off with an orange embossed sentiment from the same Reflections set. The orange is the same kind of embossing powder as the blue, minus white specks!

Here are the challenges this card was made for:

• IC Sketches #77: Sketch
• Flourishes: No embellishments

Enjoy! Erica

I did another card today! I saw a challenge was using primary colors and I knew that would be a great palette for my Sunburst Dandies set from Artful Inkables. I combined a few challenges to create this…

Since I was using the Artful Inkables set, I wanted to play along with their new challenge, anything but a traditional card. You are probably wondering how this fits. Well…

Yep, I made an easel card! I love that I found these buttons that worked so well with the colors I was using. Here’s the problem though. So I got so caught up in my primary colors, that I forgot the Artful Inkables challenge was also to use PURPLE. I don’t see any purple. Well, I guess I will be making another card. At least this pushed me to make something different!

Here are the challenges that this card was made for:

• CPS- Card Sketches: Sketch
• Allsorts Challenge Blog: Primary Colors
• ABC Challenge: A is for August

Enjoy! Erica