Hattie and Horace❤️

 Hello everyone: as always, I hope you and your families are doing well, keeping each other healthy and safe.

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Welcome to the reminder post for "2 old bats halloween challenge", I hope my card inspires you to come and play along with us.

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this is the inside.

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this is what I used.

Kraftin' kimmie "hattie and horace"

flourishes "witching you a happy halloween"

stampin' up! "etched in nature" (inside sentiment)

DsP from Hobby Lobby.

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments, they always make my day.

please, stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Love Bites!!!!!!😶‍🌫️

 Hello everyone: as always, I hope you and your families are doing well, keeping each other healthy and safe.

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hello and welcome to another "SHOPPING OUR STASH" challenge. 

the theme is "frightfully delightful", and this is the card I created to inspire you to play along with us.

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this is the inside.

and this is what i used.

kraftin' kimmie "I'm batty for you"

the inside sentiment is from "inkadinkado"

prismacolor pencils.

please hop over to the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog for more inspiration from my awesome teammates.

thank you for stopping by and for your comments, they always make me smile.

stay healthy and safe.

maria.

Miss Batty Princess......

 Hello everyone: as always, I hope you and your families are doing well, keeping each other healthy and safe.

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Today is the reminder day for the "2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE" so here's my card and I hope it inspires you to play along.

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this is the inside

and this is what I used.

Kraftin' Kimmie "Batty princess", she is a cutie pie!!

the inside sentiment is from "inkadinkado"

the little tombstone is also from Kraftin' kimmie.

Prismacolor pencils.

so i hope you decide to get a head start on your halloween cards and come and join my teammates and me in our gallery, go check out the rest of the team's fabulous creations.

Please, stay healthy and safe.

xo

maria.

You and Me Forever......

 Hello everyone: As always, I hope you and your families are doing well, keeping each other healthy and safe.

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I have this card to share with you today for the "2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE", this is an "anything goes Halloween" challenge, the mood board is just for your inspiration.  since is February, I went with the love theme so I'm featuring "hattie and Horace", a pair of ghosts who are totally ready for a party.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Kraftin' Kimmie "horace" and "Hattie"

flourishes "tokens of affection" and "love sweet love"

for the sentiments.

prismacolor pencils.

I hope you come and play with us over at "2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE", even if halloween is not here yet, it will be before you know it so, come join my teammates and me in our gallery to get a  head start on your Halloween cards.

thank you for visiting me today and for your comments.

please stay healthy and safe.

xo

Maria.👻

                    

Bewitched......

 Hello everone: I hope all of you had a beautiful and peaceful holiday season, I hope you were able to get together with dear family and friends in a safe way, and enjoy great company and good food.

I wish for you health and joy in 2022

this is a reminder post for the 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE, I hope you find some time to play along, remember, our challenge is always "anything goes", the inspiration board is just to give you some ideas of colors and images.

this is the card I created to inspire you to play along.

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this is the inside.

and this is what I used.

kraftin' Kimmie "witchy poo" (2010)

spellbinders "fleur de lis" die set.

stampin' up! "ornate borders"

stampin' up! "jar of haunts"

stampin' up! "tee-hee-hee" (boots)

clearly besotted "good to be bad" (inside sentiment)

prismacolor pencils.

ribbon from my stash.

I hope you come and play along with uS AT 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE, by the time october rolls along, you'll have a good stash of fun cards to send to family and friends.

please stay healthy and safe.

xo

maria.

A Darling Ghost for The 2 Old Bats Halloween Challenge.

Hello everyone: As always, I hope and pray you and your families are doing well, taking care of each other, staying healthy and safe.

The 2 old bats Halloween challenge has a new mood board for you to play with in the month of August, here it is.

Here is my card, I went with the ghostly inspiration.

this is the inside.

And this is what I used.

The sweet little ghost is called "Hattie" from Kraftin kimmie.

the little floating ghosts and the bat are also from kraftin kimmie.

I stamped the image, colored it with prismacolor pencils, and painstakingly fussy cut it.

the embossed background trees are from sizzix.

all the images on the inside are from Kraftin kimmie.

the sentiment is from a stampin' up! set called "jar of haunts" 

I hope you visit the 2 old bats Halloween challenge to get more inspiration from my awesome teammates and then, come and play along with us.

Thank you for visiting me today, I appreciate your comments and love to read them, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

PS. how do you like this font? I found it browsing the fonts on top of the blogger draft page, it's called "creepster", Lol!!  I think I will use it from now on for all of my Halloween-themed cards.

 

I'm Batty for You!!

Hello everyone: I hope and pray you and your families are doing well, taking care of each other and wearing your masks.

My hubby and I got our first Covid-19 vaccine shot last March 18th., we'll go to get our second shot on April 14th.  Aside of sore arms, we didn't get any adverse effects so we are so very grateful for that.  We will continue to wear our masks and practice all the guidelines prescribed by doctors and scientists.

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So, my teammates and I from the 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE want to invite you to play along.  I know we celebrate other Holidays this month but still, I think it would be fun to step out of the usual themes and create something a little spooky and fun at the same time, how about it, eh?  This is the card I created to inspire you and encourage you to play along.

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This is the INSIDE 

And this is what I used.

This fun image is from Kraftin' Kimmie and it's called "Batty for You".

Unfortunately, it's retired, so, so sad!!

I used Prismacolor pencils on everything except her dress.

When I colored it, I didn't like the way it looked, I wanted a lime green

color but I didn't have it so, I stamped the image again on a piece of lime green card stock and fussy cut it, I like it a lot!!

And, of course, I gave this beautiful lady some awesome eye shadow with a Q-tip and a lime green chalk.

The sentiments inside are, I think, from Stampendous, but I'm not sure.

I hope you get inspired to play along, get into a Halloweeny kind of mood for a little while and join my awesome teammates and I in our gallery.

For more inspiration, don't forget to hop over the 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE  and check out the DT creations.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

 

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A Brand New Halloween Challenge.

 Hello everyone: As with each post I write, I pray and hope you and your families are doing well dealing with these difficult times.

Take care of yourselves and each other and please, wear your masks.

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It's no secret to most of you that I love creating Halloween cards, to me, they are spooky and fun at the same time but I have not seen any Halloween only challenges out there, ahh! that is about to change starting today.

First of all, I was invited to be a part of the Designer Team for TWO OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE challenge, and I just couldn't pass this up. 

So here's my first card that I hope will inspire you to come and join us as we launch this new and fun challenge.

This is a Kraftin Kimmie image, stamped on light gray card stock and colored with Prismacolor pencils, the little ghosts are from Poppy Stamps and the sentiment from an old Flourishes set called "Witching You a Happy Halloween" (2010)

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This is the INSIDE 

The sentiment is from Inkadinkado and the little ghosts from Kraftin' Kimmie.

I hope you come and join my new teammates and I in the TWO OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE challenge and play along, we can't wait to see what you create.

Thank you for visiting and I hope you stop by the challenge page to get even more inspiration from the rest of the Designer Team.

Stay healthy, safe and please wear your masks.

XO
Maria.

 

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Haunting you!!!!!

Hello dear friends: How's your Halloween card stash? Well, mine is in dire need of some new cards so, here's this one that might inspire you to get your spooky stamps out of that drawer into the light.

This ghostly and adorable image is from Kraftin Kimmie, I haven't used these stamps in a while so I'm happy I decided to use this one for my card.
The spooky background is done with a stencil from The Crafter's Workshop and it's called Aspen Trees, I sponge it with Memento black ink.
The Ghostly Girl is "Hattie" from Kraftin Kimmie and it's unfortunately retired, but she is a cutie.
I stamped her on a piece of Drawing Paper because I needed to fussy cut it to make her look like she's actually floating around the trees.  I colored her with Prismacolor pencils and then, fussy cut it, I put a bit of painter's tape behind the delicate parts to give the paper a bit more sturdiness, this really works.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The little bats are from My Favorite Things and the sentiment I think it's from my stash of unknowns, very old too. 

I would like to play with the following challenges.

Always Fun Challenges 

 

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge

#241 Autumn Colors.

Dream Valley Girls

Challenge #209 Autumn Colors

Get Creative Challenge

#84 Anything Goes/No Twist

Mod Squad Challenge

Stenciled Backgrounds

Thank you for stopping by, your comments always make my day.

Hugs.

Maria.

The Sweetest Bat Girl.....

Hello dear blogging friends: Tomorrow is Halloween so here at SHOPPING OUR STASH, my teammates and I are showing off our Halloween cards and we hope you come and join the fun showing us yours in the gallery.

Here is mine and I hope it inspires you to come and play along.

This little Bat Girl (no, it's not Batman's sidekick, LOL!!) is from Kraftin' Kimmie and it's called "Batty Princess", (I've had this rubber stamp for at least 3 years), I absolutely love her wings, her hair, her dress, her batty friend and, of course, her spider friend too. 

I stamped her on a piece of watercolor paper with Gray Stazon ink and colored her with my Sakura Koi watercolors and my Prismacolor pencils.

The spider is from a super old Stampin' Up! set called "Best Friends" that came out back in 2006, talk about OLD, eh? the BOO sentiment was punched with a punch that is so old also I had forgotten where I got it.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

All of the images are from a retired SU set called "Bite Me"

So I hope you get your Halloween stamps out and come and join my teammates and me in the SHOPPING OUR STASH gallery, don't forget to stop by the DT's blogs to check out their creations and get more inspiration from them.

Thank you for stopping by, I always read every single comment you so kindly leave on my posts, I want you to know I appreciate them more than words can express.

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.

Green Beauty.....

Hello everyone: There is a new challenge over at SHOPPING OUR STASH, this time we want to see ZOMBIES, WALKING CORPSES, ETC. we are trying to encourage you to add some fun Halloween cards to your stash so, here is my card and I hope it inspires you to join my teammates and me in the gallery.

Ain't she gorgeous? she is from Krafting Kimmie but I'm afraid this particular stamp is discontinued, I bought it a good 5 years ago.

So this time I did a mayor Shopping of my Stash to create this card. I used two leftover pieces of card stock, the one with the bats and the black one with the embossed Birch Trees from SU.  The spider web in the corner is also from SU, I just cut it in half and then in fourths.

The image is stamped on a piece of watercolor paper with Versafine ink and colored with Sakura Koy watercolors, I sponged a bit of Shabby Shutters and Black Soot distress inks all around this cutie pie.

The spider on the corner and the pumpkin she is holding are, believe it or not, confetti.

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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card. I always finish the inside to save me time when I need to mail my cards to family and friends. 

I used the other fourth of the cut our spider web and another little confetti spider, the sentiment is from a Stapin' Up! set called "Dark and Dreary", from the 2010 Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini.

So come and join my teammates and me in the SHOPPING OUR STASH gallery, be sure to check out the rest of the cards the Designer Team created for your inspiration.

Leave us your comments, we love to hear what you think.

Thank you for stopping by, I always read every single comment you so kindly leave on my posts, I want you to know I appreciate them more than words can express.

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.