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:

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2025/10/trick-or-treat-smell-my-feet-challenge.html until 10.12

https://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/10/cut-it-up-challenge-340-use-more-than.html until 10.13

https://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2025/10/challenge-828-halloween.html until 10.14

https://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/10/challenge-271-fill-in-blank-spooky.html until 11.11

thanks for reading today.

Alicia

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:

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2025/10/october-welcomes-brass-and-bliss.html until 10.31

https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2025/10/nbus-challenge-79.html until 10.31

Thanks so much for stopping by

Alicia

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

Scrapbook.com Market Blooms Sunshine Blooms dies (foliage)

Gina K Sentiment Strips Die Set

misc papers

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2025/09/sos557-with-sympathy.html until 10.5

https://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/10/just-us-girls-795-die-week.html until 10.8

https://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/10/cut-it-up-challenge-340-use-more-than.html until 10.13

Thank you for reading my blog today

Alicia

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:

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2025/10/trick-or-treat-smell-my-feet-challenge.html until 10.12

https://creativecraftinguncles.blogspot.com/2025/09/69-males-go-feminin.html until 10.15

https://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/10/challenge-130-autumnhalloween.html until 10.27

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2025/10/october-welcomes-brass-and-bliss.html until 10.31

https://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com/2025/10/cookie-challenge-209-october-spooky-fun.html until 10.31

Thanks for stopping by today

Alicia

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:

https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2025/10/oct-2025-challenge-81-anything-goes.html until 10.31

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2025/10/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-october.html until 10.31

Thanks for stopping by and Happy October!

Alicia

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

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:

Scrapbook.com Charming 6x8 paper

Stampin Up Midnight Muse ink

Scrapbook.com Howdy and Yeehaw stamp and die set

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2025/09/atg-using-pretty-patterned-paper.html until 9.30

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/09/323-september-flowers.html until 10.15

Play along with AHSC until Sunday evening.

Thanks for stopping by!

Alicia

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:

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/322-anything-goes-optional-use.html until 9.12x

https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2025/09/atg-using-pretty-patterned-paper.html until 9.30

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Alicia

Stamps of Life Chocolate Box Birthday card as Guest Designer for FarmQuest Grocery Game Challenges

Hello and welcome.  I am excited to be a guest designer for FarmQuest Grocery Game Challenge for challenge #21, anything food goes!  My favorite food is chocolate!  I got the chance to play with this Stamps of Life set for the first time. I went wild experimenting. I die cut the chocolates (used here) and I also colored and embossed the chocolates (I will show that make another time). I did watch the Stamps of Life video on youtube and boy did it have some helpful hints.  

Play along with anything FOOD goes HERE.

I found a wonderful die cut sentiment and cut it in the same papers as I used on the chocolates.  I actually used three different papers on the chocolates.  The glitter, the Bazzil and a matte dark brown for the wrappers.

I found some vintage bias in my stash to add a bow because every box of chocolates needs a bow especially a birthday box!

It may not seem that I stamped on this make, but I did!  I stamped the box of chocolates then layered the die cuts on top if not colored it is a template for the die cuts.

Ingredients:

Stamps of Life Chocolate2stamps and dies

Simon Says Stamps happy birthday die

Stampin Up papers, Bazill card stock and misc card stock

vintage fiber

White card stock

Momento Tuxedo Black ink

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Thank you for reading today.

Alicia

Stampin Up Everything is Rosey card for Atlantic Hearts Challenge

Welcome to my inspiration for this week's Atlantic Hearts Challenge sketch #644.  It is so versatile as to lend itself to a wide variety of images.  I used a die cut pair of boots I created from scraps, beautiful scraps...

Here is the sketch.

I used a Scrapbook.com boot die set, I have you several other times, it is so versatile.  The sentiment is also from Scrapbook.com but stamped on a piece from the Stampin up Everything is Rosy card kit.

Ingredients:

Stampin Up Everything is Rosey card kit

Scrapbook.com Howdy sentiment stamps

Scrapbook.com Disco dies

Me & My Big Idea Icon gems

Stampin Up Night of Navy ink

misc card stock and papers

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://craftingacutabove.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-challenge-time.html until 8.28x

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-2025-anything-goes-woptional.html until 8.31x

https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2025/08/love-those-pretty-papers-august.html until 8.31x

https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/Challenge-198.html until 9.1x

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/322-anything-goes-optional-use.html until 9.12x

We would love you to play along until Sunday at Atlantic Hearts Challenge.

Thanks for reading today.

Alicia
 

Graphic 45 Artisan Style layout for Sketches in Thyme

Welcome to this month's inspiration for Sketches in Thyme Facebook Group. I created a companion page from a layout I did last month as guest designer for another blog. It was about my favorite brand which is Graphic 45.  This collection, Artisan Style; was perfect for my photos of downtown Chicago.

Here's this week's sketch.

I cut this image with scissors from a full 12x12 sheet and added die cuts created with coordinating papers.

I did the same here.  

I cut the Cheery Lynn flowers from more decorative coordinating papers. I used plenty of sparkly gems to embellish and added more greenery.

Ingredients:

Graphic 45 Artisan Style and Creative Ideal papers

The Paper Company Peach Shimmer card stock

Cheery Lynn Designs Mehndi Botanical Stem dies

Cheery Lynn Designs Mehndi Botanicals 2 and 3 dies

Creative Memories adhesive backed water color paper

Creative Memories sticker letters

Stampin Up blue adhesive backed gems and pink petal foiled gems

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://craftingacutabove.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-challenge-time.html until 8.28x

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-2025-anything-goes-woptional.html until 8.31x

https://paper-rocks-scissors.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-7-challenge.html until 8.31x

https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2025/08/love-those-pretty-papers-august.html until 8.31x

Don't forget to play along with all four sketches this month at Sketches in Thyme Facebook page. Thanks for stopping by today.

Alicia

Stampin Up Many Messages with Sketch N Scrap sketch

Welcome to my blog today.  I had a very productive making session over the weekend.  I purchased some precut 4x6 papers from a creative reuse store.  I am of the belief that they are Stampin Up brand but I do not know the name of the DSP.  These papers along with this great sketch from Sketch N Scrap made for a nice little collection of cards.  I pulled out my Stampin Up Many Messages stamps and die (also purchased second hand) which I have never used.  I was actually a little disappointed, there were a couple of sentiments that would not stamp well, even using my MISTI and stamping three times!  Of course, I have definitely had other brands not measure up, but never Stampin Up.  Maybe that is why the lady sold it to me?  I did stamp it twice once in Basic Gray and once in Black. Even with the few I had to ditch, I managed to create a great pile of sentiments for future use as well.

Here is the Sketch N Scrap sketch I used for my collection of cards.

More cards with the same papers and sketch.

All of the cards together.

Ingredients:

Stampin Up Many Messages stamps and die

Stampin Up Designer Series Paper

Stampin Up Basic Grey ink

Recollections flowers

dies

flowers

gems

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/Challenge-198.html until 8.31x

https://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com/  https://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com/2025/08/card-sketch-288.html until 8.31x

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/322-anything-goes-optional-use.html until 9.12

Thank you for reading my blog today.

Alicia

Leave a little Sparkle card for Atlantic Hearts Challenge

Hello and welcome to my blog today.  I am playing around with my bargain paper score from a recent trip to the thrift store.  I got this 6x6 paper pad for only $1!  I embellished with a discounted sticker from Hobby Lobby making this card a real bargain!

I thought the papers very much lent themselves to this week's sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

A close up of this puffy sticker from Hobby Lobby.

I also dug deep to find this lovely metallic ribbon. In person this is quite a sparkly, shiny card.  The sentiment is heat embossing in sparkly embossing powder as well!

Ingredients:

KCB Designs Chasing Rainbows 6x6 paper pad

Scrapbook.com Pastel Glossy 6x8 cardstock

The Paper Company Artic Snow card base

Stampin Up Leave a Little Sparkle stamp sentiment

Stampin Up Lovely Lilac craft ink

Taylored Expressions Jelly Donut Sparkle embossing powder

Spellbinders Label die

The Paper Studio La Petites dimensional sticker

Stampin Up Opal rounds assortment gems

The Paper Studio metal ribbon

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://inspirationstationchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/inspiration-station-challenge-august.html until 8.29x

I was inspired by the unicorn itself and the color palette.

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-2025-anything-goes-woptional.html until 8.31x

https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2025/08/love-those-pretty-papers-august.html until 8.31x

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

Thanks for stopping to read my blog today.

Alicia