The little things that make me happy here on Bliss Road~~Emily Keaton

Thursday, September 29, 2011

StampinB Halloween Challenge

Happy Thursday! It's time for a new challenge from the Stampin' B's Design Team. This week Faith is our hostess, and she is challenging us to make a Halloween card. I had so much fun with Mr. Smiles earlier in the week that I just had to press him into service again:

That SPOOK bingo card is another digital element from the Haunted Collection by Carina Gardner that I first used earlier this week. Mr. Smiles once again was colored with colored pencils and odorless mineral spirits. And that bejeweled spider web? An adhesive embellishment I picked up in a clearance rack at Target last year after Halloween. (Unfortunately, there was no way to try out how it would look against that bingo card without it sticking. I'm afraid that it blends into the background way too much. It would have looked better if I'd adhered the web to some vellum and cut out around that before adding it to my card. Ah, well. Hindsight really is 20/20.)

I'm playing along with these challenges:

Thanks so much for dropping by today. If you'd like to try your hand at this week's Stampin' B's Challenge, post your project on your blog or SCS gallery, and link it up to the Inlinkz tool on the Stampin' B's blog. We'd love to see what you create!! :)

See you soon!
Emily

PS The sweet Paulina of Pretty Pink Posh is offering an awesome giveaway: a Big Shot Machine and two sets of Spellbinder dies. If you are interested, you should definitely check it out HERE.
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Card Recipe:
Stamps: Mr. Smiles by Jane's Doodles
Paper: The Haunted Collection digital papers and elements by Carina Gardner, white CS, purple and lime green CS from The Paper Company
Ink: Palette noir black
Accessories: Lilac baker's twine from The Twinery, colored pencils, odorless mineral spirits, paper blending stumps, foam tape, scissors, EK BOO border punch, lime green buttons from Doodlebug, Colorbok adhesive gem spider web
Techniques: digital papers, Gamsol Magic

22 comments:

Carol Hurlock said...

Oh my gosh that is adorable Emily. I love love love the bingo card and the green buttons as the markers. This makes me smile and puts delight in my heart. Too cute to spook!!!

Bear hugs,
Carol

Auntie Em said...

Your purple monster is just as cute in purple as in the earlier orange! Love your card and the the purple twine and 'boo' border both work so nicely. I am sure the spider web twinkles quite nicely IRL! And spider webs are never obvious until you walk through them or company is visiting! :D
Thanks for sharing! :)

Pam said...

I just love that spook bingo card! Love the purple and green combo, and the web shows up fine to me!
Pam

Tenia Nelson said...

So so cute!!!

~amy~ said...

super cute...the monster is perfect with that fun bingo card!

Bonnie said...

Another great Halloween card for kids! They will love Mr. Smiles!

Jessi Fogan said...

I bet in person the web adds just the right amount of sparkle & doesn't blend in nearly as much. Hard to capture it in a photo. I love all the purple & the bright green - and Mr. Smiles is adorable in any colour, apparently :)

Benzi said...

Emily, I do love your bingo background and Mr. Smiles is just too cute. Great card for Halloween.

Colleen Dietrich said...

Emily, this is so cute! I LOVE that Bingo card a lot. The bright green buttons are great as bingo pieces. Mr. SMiles does look so cute on here, and your coloring is beautiful!

Pauline said...

Oh mr smiles is so sweet! Love this design, the colours are fab and that bingo ticket is just the ticket! And you are right, I am going to have to make some frames my daughters have demanded, in purple and teal again! No rest for the wicked!

jdmommy - Anne Harmon said...

YOur little onster is really cute.....love the bingo bg!

Stacy Morgan said...

What a cute little monster. hee hee

Anonymous said...

Very cute! Thanks for joining us at Paper Sundaes this week
Hugs Julie P

Anita said...

Such an adorable Halloween card Emily. I love that bingo background and the monster is too cute!

Unknown said...

Oh my gosh.. This is so cute. The minute I saw your creation a big smile appeared on my face.. It really is adorable..

Hope you are enjoying your week..

Hugs, Linda

Joanne (jojot) said...

absolutely LOVE that background panel.....fabulous....and your main image is a smile producer

Crystal said...

What a fun card! Love the image! Thanks for playing along with us this week over at Paper Sundaes :)

yyam said...

Hehe...this is adorable Emily! Love all the fun elements! :)

Debbie Carriere said...

Another wonderful card!! Love that bingo card! I need to look for more digital elements, it might save me some money (might not, too!)

Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin) said...

This funny looking guy is fabulous!

Meg said...

Oh, what a cute card! I love that Mr Smiles and that fabulous spooky bingo card!

nise said...

This is about the BEST Halloween card I've seen so far this season. Your monster is adorable and I LOVE that SPOOK card. Thanks for the grins!