Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Friday everyone and Happy Halloween! :):) I'm so sorry I haven't posted much this week. I'm still not feeling very well (although I'm feeling better than I was) and I wasn't able to get into to the craft room much this week. I do have a card to share with you today though. I inked up another of my new adorable Halloween Magnolia stamps with Memento black ink and stamped her onto Georgia Pacific cardstock. I colored her in with copics and cut her out. Next, I created my card base (which measures 5 1/4 by 5 1/4) out of SU's Sage Shadow. I layered Perfect Plum on top of that followed by this gorgeous design paper from Debbie Mumm's fall stack (from JoAnn's). I used my rectangle nesties to cut out the rectangle and scalloped rectangle and I adhered Tilda with dimensionals. The ribbon is from M's dollar bin (all of their Halloween ribbon is on sale for $1, I stocked up for next year LOL :)). The sentiment is also from M's, it's a Studio G $1 clear stamp. I inked it up with my new Versamagic chalk ink (WOW! This stuff is awesome, I LOVE it! :) It works great on clear stamps).

I hope you like it. I'd love to hear what you think. Well, that's it for me today. I should be back to my regular posting schedule so I'll see you back here tomorrow. Have a safe and happy Halloween! :)

Hugs, Christine :)

Happy Haunting

Good morning everyone :) I hope your week is off to a great start. For my card today, I used last week's sketch challenge (SC199) over on Splitcoast for my layout. I stamped my new Halloween Tilda (I LOVE this image, she's so cute :) ) with Memento black ink onto Georgia Pacific cardstock and colored her in with copics. I mounted the image onto SU's Basic Black followed by Elegant Eggplant. I used my Martha Stewart spider web corner punch and adhered the webs to the corners of the image.

My card base, which measures 5x7, is SU's Elegant Eggplant. I layered Basic Black on top of that followed by my designer papers. All of my designer paper is from DCWV's Fall stack. The sentiment and spiders are from two separate clear sets from Inkadinkado. I sponged purple ink (from Memories Direct) around the sentiment panel.

I hope you like it. I'd love to know what you think. Thanks so much for stopping by. More tomorrow.
Hugs, Christine :)

Blog Candy Winner!!!

Happy Monday everyone! Thank you all so much for participating in my blog candy! I loved reading all your comments and I now have lots of new books to check out :) It's so hard for me to pick a favorite book, but if I had to, I'd probably say To Kill a Mockingbird. It's a wonderful book. Anyway, now onto the winner :)

I used a random number generator and the number that was randomly picked was 22. That means, congratulations Bumblebee Creations, you are the winner!!! :):):) Please e-mail me (christinemriley@gmail.com) your snail mail address and I'll get your prize right out to you.

Thank you again everyone for participating. I haven't had a chance to check out many of your wonderful blogs yet (I haven't been feeling too well), but I'll be around to check them out this week. Thanks again! :)

Hugs, Christine

PS I hope to be back tomorrow to my regular everyday posting schedule, I'm determined to feel better! :) See you back here tomorrow :) Hugs, Christine

Two Challenges in One

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you have had a wonderful weekend. I'm feeling a little bit better, but unfortunately not much. I was able to get a card made today though. This card uses the sketch challenge from Sketch Saturday and also incorporates the challenge from Cute Card Thursday , which was to use stars and/or something spooky on your card. I stamped the witch, from CC Designs, onto Georgia Pacific cardstock with Memento black ink and colored her in with copics. I added Glossy Accents to her shoes to make them shiny. All my cardstock is Stampin Up (Elegant Eggplant and So Saffron). The design paper is from K & Co. I used my nesties to make the circle and scalloped circle. The ribbon is from M's.

I would love to hear what you think of my card. Also, don't forget about my blog candy (see my post a few down from this one). The deadline to enter is midnight tonight. Thanks for stopping by :)

Hugs, Christine :)

Blog Candy Reminder

Hi everyone,

I'm sorry for not posting yesterday and for not having a project to share with you today. I'm still feeling under the weather and it's also been a crazy week at work. Hubby and I are off shortly to my sister's house to celebrate my niece's birthday and then hopefully this evening when we get home or tomorrow I'll have some time to craft. I should have a project for ya tomorrow :) I also wanted to remind everyone of the blog candy I'm giving away. See this post for all the details. Have a wonderful day everyone and I'll be back tomorrow :)
Hugs, Christine :)

Whiff of Joy Challenge

Happy Thursday everyone! I'm sorry for the late post, it was a crazy day at work today. My card today is my first submission to the Whiff of Joy Challenge Blog. This week's challenge was a sketch challenge. I had so much fun with this sketch. I inked up my Willow with Cookies stamp (from WOJ) with Memento black ink, stamped her onto Georgia Pacific cardstock, and colored her with copics. All of my cardstock is from SU (Rose Red and So Saffron). The design paper is from the new yummy Eva collection from Basic Grey. The sentiment is from Funky Kits. I used my SU 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 circle punches to punch out the sentiment. I used Fiskar's Threading Water Punch for the scallops along the left side of the image. Finally, for a finishing touch, I added Primas and pearls.

I hope you like it. Don't forget about my blog candy (just leave a comment on this post by Sunday at midnight for a chance to win. Thanks so much for stopping by. More tomorrow :)

Hugs, Christine :)

Blog Candy!!!

Happy Wednesday everyone! :) As a thank you to all of you who stop by my blog and leave me such wonderful comments, I would like to give away some blog candy. I reached 5,000 hits on Monday! Thank you all SO much for visiting my blog, it means so much to me.

Now, onto the candy :) I am giving away this adorable Christmas House Mouse stamp, an 8x8 paper pad of Cosmo Cricket's new Wonderland patterned paper, some ribbon, and some flowers by Imaginisce. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post by midnight on Sunday, October 26, to qualify to win. To make things a bit more interesting, I am a book lover, so tell me your favorite book :) I will post the winner on Monday morning so check back then to see if you won :)

Okay, that's it for me today. I'm so sorry I don't have a project to share, but I've been feeling under the weather the past few days and haven't been doing much crafting. I'll have something for ya tomorrow though, I miss my stamp room! :)

Hugs, Christine :)