Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Witch Please Bewitched card for Atlantic Hearts Challenge

Witch Please!  I had so much fun with this one.  I stamped and colored one of the hat stamps from the Stampin Up set I used.  I then punched the hat and the band. I layered that on a scrap piece of paper, this is my one and only card with it.  I just love it!  If someone can identify it leave me a comment below.  I would love to have more!


You can play along with this sketch on the blog HERE.


I stamped my sentiment and cut it down to fit.  I used a tearing tool for the top of the witch hat paper.  I inked all the edges.  I added sheer ribbon and popped up the witches hat on pop dots.  I finished off the card with sequins in the upper left corner.


Ingredients:
Stampin Up Bewitched Stamp set and Witches Builder Punch
Kindred Stamps Weirdos sentiment stamp
Stampin Up Black ink
misc papers and card stock
sheer ribbon
sequins

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:



Don't forget to play along at Atlantic Hearts Challenge until Sunday evening.



Thanks for stopping by and happy spooky month!

Alicia


Friday, October 17, 2025

Dance your way through bad days...Wednesday card

Tis the season and another witchy card.  Actually, I did go down a rabbit hole about Wednesday and the conclusion is she is a witch with psychic abilities inherited through her maternal family.  I spent a lot of time piecing this little lady together.  


I tried several different adhesives to keep the layer of lace on the dress.  I ended up with glue dots in strategic places on the dress.


I fussy cut slivers of the same black paper as the hair to create the strands that hang down by her face.


Ingredients:
Hero Arts Fancy dies Lifestyle Forms
Hero Arts Fancy dies Lifestyle Picnic
Hero Arts Fancy dies Lifestyle Victorian Lady 
Hero Arts Hero Lifestyle Faces stamps
Hot of the Press Paper Artist 10 tiny things and shadow dies
My Favorite Things die-namics stitched sentiment strips
Kindred Stamps Gothic Vibes 6x6 paper pad
Kindred Stamps Unusual Ones Stamps sentiment stamp
Momenta Tuxedo Black ink
misc papers and card stock including Bazzill
lace


I would like to enter this in the following challenges:







thanks for reading today and have a wonderful holiday

Alicia


Friday, October 10, 2025

Bubble, Bubble, Toil & Trouble Halloween card

A little more October wickedness...another with lots of die cutting, my favorite technique. I used a Tim Holtz Sizzix Mixed Media #1 die to create the green bubble background.  I layered a Spellbinders label die on top with my Quickutz Cauldron die as the focal point. I stamped the sentiment in the corner.


I finished it off with some black sequins.


Ingredients:
Stampin Up Cauldron Bubble Stamps 
Quickutz Cauldron 2x2
Spellbinders Labels Twenty die
Tim Holtz Sizzix Mixed Media #1
misc card stock
sequins

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:







thanks for reading today.

Alicia

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Open if you Dare Halloween card for Atlantic Hearts challenge

Hello, open if you dare is the sentiment of the day!  I am using this week's sketch from Atlantic Hearts Challenge.  I used my nesting coffin dies for the first time with this card. I stamped and embossed the sentiment on the black die cut coffin.  I also cut the ghosts and spiderwebs.


Here is this week's sketch.


Another view where you can see the ghost on pop dots.


A close up of the ghost. Both the paper and dies are from Scrapbook.com and coordinate.


Ingredients:
Scrapbook.com Willow Lane A2 paper pack
Scrapbook.com Pumpkin House dies (ghosts)
Scrapbook.com Nested Coffin die
Karen Burniston Halloween Scene dies (spiderweb)
Stampin Up Hallows Night Magic sentiment stamp
Colorbox Popcorn ink
white embossing powder

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:







Thanks so much for stopping by

Alicia


Friday, October 3, 2025

With Heartfelt Sympathy card

I created a batch of sympathy cards recently. I noticed that my stash of that sentiment was depleted.  Unfortunately, I am glad I made them.  I have sent out two in the last month.  I sent this one to a crafty friend who lost her husband.  The background paper was from a second hand stash that I purchased which was already cut down to A2 size.  I suspect it is Stampin Up but have not confirmed such.  I found some coordinating scraps and die cut the foliage and word.  I stamped and die cut the "with heartfelt".


Ingredients:
Divinity Designs With Sympathy Stamp/Die Duo
Stampin Up Mango Melody ink
misc papers


I would like to enter this in the following challenges:




Thank you for reading my blog today

Alicia

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Gorjuss Witch card with Creative Memories papers

Today's October post is a cute blonde witch.  I sent this one to a blonde friend of mine for Halloween. I hope she thinks it's a sweet as I do.


I die cut several of the pieces in white and colored them with alcohol markers and distress inks. Other pieces I used printed papers like the dress.  I loved it with three black gems as buttons. 


Another view. The banner was a die cut embellishment from the Creative Memories Hocus Pocus paper pack.  I still have one lots of pieces left and one unopened pack!


Ingredients:
Gorjuss "The Hour" Witch dies
Creative Memories Hocus Pocus 6x6 paper pack with embellishments
Alcohol markers: 
Distress inks: Squeezed Lemonade and Fossilzed Amber
Divinity Designs pierced circle dies
various papers and card stock including Bazzill
gems

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:









Thanks for stopping by today

Alicia



Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Kindred Stamps Raven Mad Nevermore card

Good morning and welcome to October!  I have high hopes of posting lots of spooky witchy cards this month.  I will begin with this Poe card.  I stamped and colored my man then placed him on lots of layers of blacks, whites and silvers.


Here is a side view.


Ingredients:
Kindred Stamps Raven Mad stamps
Alcohol markers
Kindred Stamps Sentiment strip die
Frantic Stamper Stitched Corner-cut Tags die
Oval die set of 5 alternating dotted and stitched die
Nevermore rubber stamp
Green Pepper Press Crow About bird stamp
7 Gypsies 6x6 papers
misc papers and card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:



Thanks for stopping by and Happy October!

Alicia

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Stampin Up Watercolor Wonder DSP and Lemon Pancakes for Sketches in Thyme

 Happy Day! I have a yummy looking scrapbook page using this weeks sketch from Sketches in Thyme Facebook Group.  I used the last full sheet of Stampin Up Watercolor Wonder DSP and some scraps.


Here's the sketch.


A close up of my foodie pics and die cuts.


I layered Creative Memories yellow and marshmallow letters to provide more pop and mimic the yellow white of the sliced lemon die cuts.


Ingredients:
Stampin Up DSP Watercolor Wonder
Find It Trading Birds & Berries Die: Berries & Cherries dies
Creative Memories Sticker letters
Creative Memories ink pen
misc card stock including Stampin Up Island Indigo and Gumball Green
pop dots

Thanks for stopping by and hop over to the Sketches in Thyme Facebook Group to play along with this sketch of any of the previous three September sketches.

Alicia

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Scrapbook.com Charming Friend card for Atlantic Hearts challenge

Today's card uses the latest sketch from Atlantic Hearts Challenge. It's a super sketch for showing off some pretty papers.  I used a paper pad from Scrapbook.com so all the papers coordinated.


Here is the sketch.


Ingredients:
Stampin Up Midnight Muse ink


I would like to enter this in the following challenges:



Play along with AHSC until Sunday evening.



Thanks for stopping by!

Alicia


Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Lawn Fawn Big Scripty Falala card for Atlantic Hearts Challenge

Welcome to my blog today.  I have continued to create Xmas cards since "Christmas in July" season, it's always good to build stock.  I thought this latest sketch from Atlantic Hearts Challenge really lent itself to scraps of Christmas patterned papers.


Here is this week's sketch.


I stamped and die cut the sentiment. The poinsettia embellishment was premade.


Ingredients:
Lawn Fawn Big Scripty Words stamps and dies
Carta Bella Have a Merry Christmas 6x6 papers
Stampin Up Sizzix Banners Framelits
Stampin Up Gumball Green

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:



Don't forget to play along with Atlantic Hearts Challenge until Sunday evening.


Thanks for stopping by.

Alicia