A Mummy Kitty.

 Hello everyone: I'm always hoping you and your families are doing well, staying healthy and safe.

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I'm here with a fun Halloween card to inspire you to join us and play at the 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE, this is our mood board.

And this is my card.

I took my inspiration from the adorable kitty on the mood board, she totally looks like my "Ivy".

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This is the INSIDE 

THIS IS WHAT I USED.

The image is from Whipper Snapper Designs, it's called "Mummy Cat",

the stamp I have from a long time ago came with the background of the moon, clouds, and tombstones, I think this one is discontinued.

The ghosts are from "Kraftin Kimmie", I stamped them on Vellum with gray ink

and fussy cut them, I put a small piece of double-sided tape to hold them in place.

I sponged the sky with Distress Inks.

I used Prismacolor pencils for the cat and the moon.

The inside sentiment is from a Flourishes set called "Witching you a Happy Halloween. 

I punched the witches with a Martha Stewart punch.

I hope you go and check out the 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE for more inspiration from my awesome teammates.

Thank you for your visit and your comments.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

A Mousey Birthday.

 Hello dear friends: As always, I hope and pray that you and your families are doing well, keeping each other healthy and still wearing your masks.

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I have a few Whipper Snapper plain rubber stamps that I haven't used in a long while so, here's a card created with one of them.

This is the INSIDE

This is what I used.

The Mouse is from Whipper Snapper Designs but I think this particular

image is discontinued.

I colored it with Prismacolor pencils.

I die cut the image and then, stamped the candle, colored it

and glued it to the image.

The sentiments are from Power Poppy's "Party Time" and

"Tea in the Garden".

The balloon is from Hero Arts "Be Happy Today". 

The pattern papers are from my stash.

Now, for some unknown reason, my usual "swimbikerunandstamp" watermark that I use for my non-Designer Team's cards, is not working, I don't know why, it just doesn't want to stick to my image so, I resorted to putting the watermark from  "The Flower Challenge" which is one of my Designer Teams.

I hope I can figure out what the heck is going on with my regular watermark.

Anyway, I want to play with the following challenges.

The Paper Players 

A Sketch Challenge from Jaydee.

AAA Birthday

Game #25 "Happy Birthday"

Crafting Happiness Challenges

Anything Goes, option "Color It"

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

They Call Me a Witch!!

 Hello dear friends: I always hope and pray that each one of you and your families are ok, that you are taking care of yourselves and each other and that you are wearing your masks.

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I'm here again with another theme from TWO OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE and I hope you come and play with us in our gallery.

This is our Mood Board, lots of fabulous images to choose from, colors and ideas (I would love to have that hat) so I hope you get inspired and join my fabulous teammates and me and play along.

And here's the card I made to inspire you, hope to see your creations in our gallery.

This fun and fabulous image is from Whipper Snapper and it's called Hitchin' A Ride, I love it, especially love that kitty hanging on for dear life.

I stamped it on Canson Mixed Media paper with Stazon black ink and colored it with some distress inks and Prismacolor pencils.

The sentiment is from a retired Stampin' Up! set called "Tee-Hee-Hee", (2014), the ribbon is from my stash, the pattern paper from "My Paper Studio", from Hobby Lobby.  The "craters" on the moon were stamped with one of the stamps on a Waffle Flower set called "Layering Marble"

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This is how the INSIDE looks like.

The sentiment and accessories are from the SU set.

I hope you come and play along, we can't wait to see what you create.

Stop by the TWO OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE blog to get more inspiration from the rest of the Design Team.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe and PLEASE wear your masks.

XO
Maria.

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All Wrapped Up for You!!

Hello everyone: Well, it's finally here.....HALLOWEEN!!!!!  and, since our challenge fell right on the very date we at SHOPPING OUR STASH want to see some spooky, frightening cards to start your stash for next year so, be sure to stop by the challenge blog and check out what my teammates have there for your inspiration.  Here is my card, I hope you come and play with us in the gallery.

This spooky cat is from Whipper Snapper Designs and it's called Mummy Cat, when I bought this image some years ago, it came with the background moon, tomb stones, clouds and bats, now they just sell the kitty.

Anywho, I stamped it on water color paper with Versafine black ink and clear heat emboss it, then I colored with SU markers, I sponged some distress inks for the sky and I stamped more of the bats that came in the set. The big bat on the tomb stone is from Kraftin Kimmie as well as the ghosts, I stamped them onto Vellum with Versamark ink and heat embossed them in white then, believe it or not, I fussy cut them and placed a small piece of double sided tape just at the end to prop them in my scene. Hope you can see they are transparent.  The ribbon and enamel dot are from my stash.

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I always finish the inside of my cards, it saves a lot of time when I decide to mail them.

Sentiment is from my stash, the rest of the images from Kraftin Kimmie.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Use Your Stuff Challenge #286 "Halloween"

Cards in Envy "Lets Play Dress Up" My kitty is going as a Mummy.

Aurora Wings Challenge #59 "Darkness Falls"

Artistic Inspiration Challenge #189 "Anything Goes, option of "Spook it Up"

Always Fun Challenges #30 "Halloween"

Hope you come and play along with us at SHOPPING OUR STASH and be sure to stop by the blog to check out what my teammates have there for your inspiration.

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.