Fright Night!!

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

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hello again, dear Halloween friends, and welcome to the may 2022 Halloween challenge over at 2 OLD BATS 

here's the mood board for your inspiration, I think it's so beautiful.

and here's my card, I took my inspiration from all the beautiful golden accents, especially on those fabulous pumpkins.

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This is the inside.

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And this is what I used.

Stampin' up! "jack of all trades" (2011-2012)

stampin' up! "dark and dreary" (raven and spider, 2010)

stampin' up! "best friends" for the "boo" (2006)

inkadinkado for the sentiment inside.

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments, they always make my day.  pLEASE, HOP OVER TO THE 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE FOR MORE INSPIRATION FROM MY AWESOME TEAMMATES, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IN OUR GALLERY.

i KNOW THAT MAKING HALLOWEEN CARDS IN THE MIDDLE OF SPRING MIGHT BE A BIT UNUSUAL BUT BELIEVE ME, YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO HAVE A STASH OF CARDS BY THE TIME oCTOBER ROLLS AROUND.

 

until next time, stay healthy and safe.

maria.

 

Verve Pumpkins.

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

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The new challenge over at SHOPPING OUR STASH is "Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice", so you have a lot of fun choices like using Pumpkins, make Halloween cards, cups of fragrant pumpkin spice coffee or tea, etc.

Here is the card I made to inspire you to play along.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

All the stamping was done with the Verve set called "Bountiful Harvest".

Unfortunately, Verve Stamps closed its online shop in 2018.

Stampin' Up! "Ornate Border Dies"

DSP from my stash.

So hop over to the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog for more inspiration from my talented teammates then, come along and join us in our gallery.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Please stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

 

In The Mood.....

 Hello everyone: Hope you are all doing well, keeping each other safe and healthy. We've all gone through some very rough and trying times and, even if things are better, we are still taking all the precautions, especially wearing our masks.  Please, take care of yourselves and each other.

So, it's time for another fun Halloween challenge over at 2 OLD BATS, here's the mood board followed by my card, we hope you come and play with us in our gallery, it's so much fun to make Halloween cards in the Summer plus, you'll have a great stash to send out when October rolls along.

This is the INSIDE

This is what I used.

Power Poppy "Feeling Fall" (2016)

Flourishes "Witching you a Happy Halloween" (2010)

Stampin' Up! "Crackle Paint"

Ranger "Lime Green Tinsel" embossing powder.

Martha Stewart Witch punch.

Ribbons from my stash.

Prismacolor pencils.

I hope you find some time to come and play along with us, for more inspiration, fly over to the 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE and check out my awesome teammates' cards.

Thank you for stopping to visit me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

Hugs.

Maria.

Halloween Fun!!

 Hello everyone: As always, I hope and pray all of you are doing well, keeping each other healthy and safe.

The 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE has arrived at the half way point so, my teammates and I have some fun cards to inspire you and encourage you to play along so we hope to see you in our gallery.

This is the card I created, hope you like it.

This is the INSIDE 

And this is what I used.

The Pumpkins are from Stampendous, but I think they are retired.

The sentiment in front is from a Flourishes set called

"Witching you a Happy Halloween" (2010)

The bats inside are from Stampin' Up! "Googly Ghouls" (2012)

The witch is from a Martha Stewart punch.

Thank you for visiting me today, I hope you come and play along with us at 

2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE.  It's so much fun to make Halloween cards all year round and, think about it, you will have a nice stash to send out when October rolls around.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Favorite Season.....

Hello everyone: I've been absent for quite a while, I had some family situations I had to take care of that involved traveling to Mexico with my elderly mother to bring her back after 5 1/2 years of living with us here in the USA. Her health was the major issue for this decision since she is 94 years old.  It was a very difficult time for me for a lot of reasons and that is why I took some time off from blogging. I'm happy to report that she is doing well in her new place and this gives me comfort and peace of mind, she is close to 3 of my brothers, my sister and I will visit as often as we can.

Anyway, we have a new challenge for all of you to play with over at SHOPPING OUR STASH, this time we want you to make a card showing your favorite Season of the year.  

I love all them but my favorite is the Fall, with its gorgeous colors and cooler temperatures and for me, the celebration that jumps start the Holidays is Halloween. So here is my card that I hope inspires you to join my teammates and me in the gallery.

I just love this pair of Pumpkins, I've used this images several times to make cards for my grandkids and also for friends. They are old so I really can't remember if they are from Penny Black or somewhere else, I do not have the packaging so, I apologize for that.
I stamped this images onto water color paper, colored them and fussy cut them, the bats are die cut, the sentiment is from an old Flourishes set called "Witching you a Happy Halloween"
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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card.

All the images are from my stash of Halloween stamps, I sure wish I knew where they came from.

So there you have it, hope you come and play with us over at SHOPPING OUR STASH, my teammates and I can't wait to see what you can create.

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.