It was a graveyard smash...

Just wanted to make a quick post to say 

THANK YOU!!!

My son has always loved to doodle and recently began his own blog

at

A Little More Twisted

These are some of his images 

and here are some of our amazing blogger buds 

who have taken the time to use his creatures for cards. 

Margaret

at

Black Shadow Creations

Hilarious lady with a heart of gold.  

OH and crafty too ;)

Mitralee 

at

Mitralee

Amazing recycled projects and scrapbook pages,

She's got some incredible crafts coming up too!

 Donna

at 

Stamp TV

Amazing crafter.  

She could slap a fried egg on piece of paper 

and make it look like a masterpiece.

and last but not least,

Lynn!!

at

Stamp TV

Fantastic crafter and an amazing tutor with a great sense of humor!

If you need some inspiration, I would definitely check out these wonderful ladies' pages.

These digis on my son's page are free and if you need some Halloween images,

 please feel free to have a visit and tell him Mom sent you.

Have a great night and happy stamping!

Lisa xx

Another peek at his work...

Wiper Mania...

Good morning to you all!  

I hope this week is going well and you all have your mojo with you because it's time for another challenge at 

TOP TIP TUESDAY

Here's my DT sample for our challenge...

Trick or Treat?

Double Wiper Card example

Here's the "scoop" on this weeks challenge...

presents

The Birthday Project Challenge

and our ever wonderful sponsors are

The Emerald Faeries Garden

2 digi faeries to one lucky winner

Robyn's Fetish

4 stamps to the lucky winner! 

There are also the most amazing DT inspirational cards using the 

Wiper and Double Wiper Card tutorial!

If you've never made one, they are SO easy and SO much fun...

Be sure to check out the other Top Tip Tuesday's amazing creations and leave them some love.

Here's a close up of the "ice cream" scoop

&

 Kiss The Cook

Single Wiper Card using the square measurements

(all details are located at Top Tip Tuesday)

Ok, I won't keep you any longer because I know you'll want to head right over to 

TOP TIP TUESDAY 

and see who the lucky 

winners, winners, winners are!

Thanks so much for all your fantastic and funny comments.

You all make me laugh and smile everyday.

Lisa xx

Supplies Used: (Trick or Treat?)

Cardstock (unknown origin and scraps)

Stamps: Scream4icecream (The {Stamps} of Life), Simon Spider (GTC), sentiments (typed on PC)

Google eyes

Inks: Pear Pizzazz, Gable Green, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa (Stampin' Up!), Stamped images (Black, Close to my Heart)

3D dots, Tombow adhesive, Fiskar scissors

Supplies Used: (Kiss The Cook)

Cardstock (unknown origin and scraps)

Pies For Sale Image (Robyn's Fetish)

Background B & W paper (Sizzix Square texturz plate) and BigShot

Embellishment designs ( Spellbinders; Classic Frame)

Sentiments (typed on PC)

Inks:  More Mustard, Really Rust, Old Olive, Blush Blossom, Close to Cocoa, Going Grey (Stampin' Up!)

3D dots, adhesive, scissors

I drink a little coffee with my creamer...

Well, hello there sunshine!

How are my wonderful blogging friends on this beautiful day?

Are you ready to tackle the world with your wit, charm and talent? 

Are you wondering why I sound so "perky" 

Wanna know my secret?

It's because I'm completely jacked up on COFFEE!!!

This cheerful demeanor is brought to you by my dear friend Folgers....

for without it, I'd probably be blogging from cell block C. 

I love these vintage signs, but not as much as I love a great challenge at

WOO HOO!!!

Your not going to want to miss today's post, because there are going to be 

winners, winners, winners, 

from last week's FIRST BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP!!!
Also, our winners of the blog candy!

But before you go,

here's our amazing sponsor for this weeks 

Anything Goes Challenge.

Ladybug Crafts Inc.

Kerry is very generously offering the winning commenter

a stamp of their choice to the value of £6.50!!!

Also...

I can't hold it in any longer.

I HAVE to show you my 

PICK OF THE WEEK!

This very humorous, play on words card, is from

Dawn Lancaster at

Dawn's Crafting

Thanks for the giggles, Dawn.

Love your card!

Here's my Make It Monday DT sample to get you started.

 This awesome stamp is from Kerry at Ladybug Crafts, Inc and is called

Slobbing Nikki

Coffee With Your Creamer?

The basket is made from Oriental Trading's 

Summer Template Pack

Nikki is so much fun to color, 

but I kept her colors subdued brown and blue to match the coffee paper basket

The sentiment is also a stamp from Ladybug Crafts Inc

Coffee Talk paper from a local scrapbook store

Well, that's it for this post, but I just wanted to say 

THANK YOU

for all the wonderful comments last week and for the amazing Birthday Wishes that everyone left for Make It Monday's 

First Birthday Blog Hop!

Have a great day everybody and thanks so much for stopping by my blog.

Lisa xx

Supplies Used:
1 1/2" brown ribbon (Michaels)
1/4" taupe ribbon (Stampin' Up!)
Antique Brads (Stampin' Up!)
Inks: Nikki (Black ink from Close to my Heart), colored her in with Close to Cocoa and Bashful Blue (Stampin' Up!)
Gold Glitter glue, 3D dots, Fiskar scissors.

Party like it's your birthday....

Happy 1st Birthday Top Tip Tuesday!!

The votes are in at Top Tip Tuesday and the final decision for this weeks challenge is

Easel Card or Easel Topped Box Challenge

And to celebrate our one year birthday,

check out these AMAZING SPONSORS

Stamp and Create

The Crafty Pad

Digital Stamp Oasis

Pink Gem Designs

Fred She Said

Simon Says Stamp

Limited Runs

Arty Farty

Crimson Cloud

WSDesigns

Bugaboo Stamps

Thank you SO much to these wonderful sponsors who are so generously helping us host our first birthday party!

Here I Am

Glossy Accents applied to the cupcake 

Sentiment generated on Microsoft Word 

The End...

I hope you do come over to Top Tip Tuesday and join us for our 1 year birthday party and get in on the chance to win prizes, PLUS,  you'll see the amazing projects that the talented DT's have come up with just for you!

Thanks for stopping in and have a great day!

Lisa xx

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Candles, Happy & Birthday sentiment (Studio G)

Images:  Scarlette Cupcake (Bugaboo Digi Stamps)

Here I Am sentiment (typed on PC)

Paper: Light blue card base comes from a pre-made/folded card

White and dark blue cardstock (stash)

Ink: Peach Parfait (Stampin' Up! Ink pad)

Watercolor pencils; red, blue, yellow, orange, brown, grey (SU!)

E04 Lipstick Natural (Copic)  THANK YOU MARIE GAMBER!!!

Other:  White ribbon (Crafting & Floral Ribbons)

Red ribbon (Celebrate It)

Classic Scalloped Large Ovals, Classic Scalloped Large Circles, Standard Large Circles (Nestabilities)

3D dots, Tombow adhesive

Glossy Accents (Inkssentials)

Isn't She Prettyful?

"Alright Mr. DeMille, 

I'm ready for my close-up"

Miss America she is NOT, but she might have been at one time.

So what, you ask, is this post all about?

Well, it's Monday and that means

another outstanding ANYTHING GOES challenge at

and our spookily terrific sponsor this week is none other than...

Who is so graciously offering 4 digi images of the winning commenters choice.

WOOHOO!

Also,

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY TO MAKE IT MONDAY

It is a very special week for us here at Make It Monday, we are celebrating our FIRST BIRTHDAY!!

Because the success of this weekly linky party is built on the creativity, inspiration and encouragement of the entrants each week we thought we would like to say a big thank you by having a BLOG HOP with two fabulous prizes up for grabs.

Now while it will be business as usual for MIM with a fabulous prize from our sponsor this week for the winning commenter there will also be some extra chances to win.

There are prizes on two MYSTERY DESIGN TEAM MEMBER'S blogs!

All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning one of these fabulous prizes is visit each DT member's blog and leave a Happy Birthday message.

Prizes will be drawn by the DT members and announced on their blogs next week.

Good luck! and thanks again for all your wonderful support!

Here is what you could win...

Prize 1

Prize 2

But, before you go running over there to celebrate and see what other amazing projects the DT's have made to inspire you, let me show you my

PICK OF THE WEEK

(Yet again...NOT an easy task AT ALL)

Amazing creations, every one of them, but this one just really made me smile.

This gorgeous creation comes to you from

Tracey Brossart

Way to go!

  This project is completely stunning and should be framed in an art gallery!

Great job and thank you so much for the inspiration. 

Ok, now on to the walking dead.

This is my Make It Monday DT card 

This fantastic image of the zombie female is from Teri at 

Delicious Doodles, called I'm ba-aack!

You can find it here.

I don't have any tombstone stamps or bones, so these are hand drawn for the cemetery ambiance.

I didn't have hands crawling out from under the earth either, so again, hand drawn.

Also, I really wanted to accent the rotting, decaying skin that was apparent in the original black and white image.   In order to do this, I had to find a way to make dead skin.

Here's how I did this.

Instructions:

1.  Use Acrylic dimensional white writer gel and place it over the area you want "dead skin"

2. Heat it up with the heating tool

3. Drag a toothpick through it once it bubbles and stretch the gel out

4.  Allow it to dry for about 5 minutes

5.  Apply paint and color until you reach your "grossness" quota.

Ok, that's it for me now.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and also a 

HUGE welcome to the latest "Amazing Crafters" on my blog.

Thanks so much for the generous, constructive, humorous, and kind words.

Happy stamping...

Lisa xx

Supplies:

Paper - Stash supply (still on mission to use it up)

Ink: Stampin' Up! Inks - Going Grey,  Blushing Blossom, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip,

Bordering Blue, Brocade Blue, Bliss Blue.

Other - Setting sun, hand, bones, tombstones, and trees are all hand drawn

 black yarn, heat embossing tool, Tombo adhesive, 3D dots

Fence Post Border Punch from Fiskars, white gel marker

Challenges I Would Like to Enter:

Gingerloft Challenge - Create a sky

The Hybrid Chick - (Card Caravan #1) - Use Twine (unraveled twine for the black "web" appearance)

Forever Night - # 7Devilish Intentions

Delicious Doodles - #1 New and Fresh (New image, new technique (dead skin)

Designing With Numbers

I'm Late, I'm Late...

If you'd like to see how I made this card,

check it out at

PLUS,

You'll also find incredible inspiration from all the 

other amazing Artistic Guides at

Stamper's Quest Magazine.

Happy stamping...

Lisa xx

Dabbling In The Shabby...

Shabby What? 

Hello!

I'm glad you stopped because I have a fun and unique challenge to share today.

It's Tuesday so that means that over at

Our challenge this week is....

SHABBY CHIC

If you're like me,  you just said, "huh?"

I had heard of it, but actually doing it was a whole other thing.

I asked a great cyber blobbing guru friend of mine, Sue, 

who is fantastic at doing Shabby Chic"ish" type cards, 

 "What exactly is Shabby Chic?" 

This is what she said...

"Almost anything is acceptable and there is no particular style"

She also added some guidelines.

* The cards are always made up of Pastels

(soft whites, pale pinks, muted grays, pale blues and greens)

Distressing

Vintage ephemera - lace, pearls, beads, old paper, flowers)

Add something 3D

Basically, take something new and make it look old.

For more of Sue's inspiration check out her blog at

Srumplescrunch.

Now if that hasn't got you running to your craft table yet,

check out TOP TIP TUESDAY'S amazing sponsors!

Digital Delights

3 Digital Stamps to our Random Org Winner

  &

Ooh La La Creations

1 CD to our Top Tipper

We also have some CRAZY AMAZING inspiration from our Design Team Members,

 so be sure to check them out and leave them some love.

And as ALWAYS, not only can you WIN a prize if you enter your card into our current challenge with Mr. Linky, but you can ALSO be eligible for an ADDITIONAL PRIZE if you have a TIP you'd like to SHARE.  

All you have to do is write your tip somewhere in your post and then when you link your project at 

TOP TIP TUESDAY, be sure to ADD TIP by your entry name and wa-la.....

Instantly you're IN the drawing!

Here is my inspirational photo

Here is my Top Tip Tuesday DT card

Front View

Inside View

Stamped an image, border punched the edge and fan folded a piece of vintage paper

Printed out a digi onto DP and then fan folded butterfly and added gems

Side View

Ok, it's all over to you now.

The possibilities are endless and we really look forward to seeing your interpretation of 

SHABBY CHIC

Supplies I used are:

Card measures 4.5" x 6"
4 DP papers from stash (Shabby Chic is perfect for using scraps)
Key and flower tags from K&C Co., LLC
Doily (Fancy Wal-mart purchase)
SU! Paper for the fan (Designer Series name unknown)
Spellbinders Nestabilities Fancy Tags
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Chandelier
Digi Images (butterflies, woman's image, image on the fan) all FREE
from Shery K. Designs.
Stash - Button, ribbon, pin, gems and roses
Stamp - Art Impressions G-2542; Eiffel Tower
Ink - SU! Close to Cocoa, Basic Black
Border Punch - Scallop Trim Border

Challenges I'd love to enter:

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - #104; Recipe (ribbon, button, swirl, hat pin)