Tickled Pink Stamps Sponsorship: Creative Inspirations

Hello! I bet some of you are scratching your head, thinking "But it's Tuesday..." I know that I rarely post anything at the beginning of the week, but today I'm here to share a Tickled Pink Stamps sponsorship with you! TPS is sponsoring Creative Inspirations this week, and the challenge is, you guessed it - a sketch! So you know I couldn't pass it up! Nor could I pass up the opportunity to make another fun Halloween card (This makes 10 in my stash for this year so far)! My adorable image is Lil Haunting Witch Audrey from Tickled Pink Stamps' Lil Pinkette line. And she is the rubber version too! *gasp* I do own her as a digi, but TPS owner/{PINK} goddess Kellie was so kind as to send her to me as a special birthday treat earlier this month since she knows how much I love Halloween. So how could I not ink her up?!?!

My papers are from a DCWV pad (The Midnight Spell stack), and I kept my embellishments rather simple. Just a few flowers (Recollections and Prima), some brads and ribbon from my stash, and a line of black pearls. The sentiment was created with stickers because I decided to add it after my image was already adhered, and I didn't want to risk stamp and ink at that point. lol To match my paper theme I used the Martha Stewart spider web punch for the element in the upper left-hand corner.

You'll want to take a peek at what some of the other amazing {PINK} ladies have created using this sketch so go on over to the Tickled Pink Stamps blog. We hope that our projects will inspire you to join in the fun at Creative Inspirations! Thanks for stopping by! Have a fabulous day!

{hugs}
Regan

Card Supplies
Images: Lil Haunting Pinkette Witch Audrey (Tickled Pink Stamps)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Copics (E11, E21, E00, R20, E25, E27, W6, W8, W10, V04); Prismacolor Art Markers (124, 128, 149, 153, 154)
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie, and Basic Black card stock (Stampin' Up); white card stock (Georgia Pacific); The Midnight Spell stack (DCWV)
Accessories: Classic Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Martha Stewart spider web border punch (EK Success); Got Flowers? Halloween (Prima); mulberry paper floral embellishments (Recollections); Tiny Type alphabet stickers (Cosmo Cricket), Nightfall adhesive pearls (Queen&Co), Haunted Simple stripe ribbon (ki memories); brads (unknown); glue dots; 3D dots

The Corrosive Challenge #131 - Come to the Dark Side

You never realize how much "stuff" you have until you are forced to pack for a weekend away from your usual crafting spot. I am spending the weekend at my parents', hunkered down with the small man, to ride out Hurricane Irene. As you all know, I am a master procrastinator so I had not yet even thought about what I was going to do for my Corrosive Challenge card this week, other than the fact that I would be using an image from sponsor Simply Betty Stamps. The theme is "Show Us Your Dark Side" so SBS couldn't be a more perfect sponsor for this challenge! And I just received my new order in the mail (yes, Betty forced me to buy rubber, and I did it gladly for this adorably fun Teen Scene Halloween collection)! So I threw all of them, plus a random assortment of dies, flowers, bling and what have you, into my scrapbooking case and headed off. My mom thought I was moving in to stay when she saw how many bags and cases the wee one and I arrived with. I guess she hasn't been in my stamping room lately... lol

Anyway, with my limited supplies I was able to whip up this creation using SBS "Addams Family Portrait" rubber cling stamp. Betty, Christian, and Lola look fabulous as Morticia, Gomez, and Wednesday! Even Thing is there! As soon as I decided this was my image I knew I wanted to use the Fleur De Lis Squares to make a frame for the portrait. The sumptuous paper is from my new Authentique - Glowing 6x6 pad and the flowers and brad are both Recollections from Michaels. I simply ADORE Halloween, and I've been having so much fun making cards for my favorite holiday! I have to say I'm pleased to actually be ahead on something (it doesn't happen often! lol).

Now it's a waiting game to see what happens when the hurricane arrives. I am hoping we don't lose power, but we're prepared. I have the Blackberry so I'm hoping that will keep me connected even if all else fails. And I'm wondering how crafting by flashlight would go... Haha! I hope you will stop by The Corrosive Challenge blog as founder Janet has a special message for all her followers and a big announcement (*hint, hint: it partially involves me!). You'll also want to check out all the other delightfully dark creations from the rest of the Corrosive design team! Oh, and then I'm sure you'll be inspired to play along too!

To everyone in the path of Hurricane Irene, be safe and stay well! Thanks for taking a peek! All comments are truly valued and will mean I won't send the zombies to eat your brains... This time. Bwahahaha!

{bugs} and hisses
Regan

Card Supplies
Images: Addams Family Portrait (Simply Betty Stamps)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen (Ranger); Copics (E11, E21, E00, E02, R00, R04, W6, W8, W10, YG95, YG97); Prismacolor Art Markers (153, 154)
Paper: Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black card stock (Stampin' Up); white card stock (Georgia Pacific); Authentique - Glowing 6x6 pad
Accessories: Classic Squares and Fleur De Lis Squares Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Boutique Fleur mulberry paper mini roses and floral embellishment (Recollections); decorative Halloween brad (Recollections); black lace (Wrights); glue dots

Sassy Studio Designs Fabulous Freebie Friday

Well, I know I'm a little late with this one since it's now officially Saturday, but here is my project for this week's Sassy Studio Designs Fabulous Freebie Friday! The image is called "Glass of Wine" and you can snag her for free here if you are a member of our Paper Craft Planet group. She will be available until sometime tomorrow afternoon. (*Hint: If you're not a member - JOIN! lol) Every Friday, there is a new image on our PCP group, and they are posted for only 24 hours (though usually a tad longer since I'm late with everything!) before they go back in the vault or the shop. Some of them are special versions never available before. Plus there are bi-weekly challenges with your chance to win 2 SSD images of your choice! The current challenge is "Girlie Girl", and I think I've captured that with the image and the gorgeous designer papers from DCWV. The awesome sketch is #16 from The Deconstructed Sketch! Jen just does a superb job coming up with these layouts! I try to play along every week when I can. I have to admit, though, this one gave me pause when I first looked at it, but once I started working on it, it all came together quite nicely. Don't you love when that happens? I have a friend who works in a wine & cheese shop and this is her birthday card.

Thanks for taking a look and hope your weekend is off to a fabulous start!

{hugs}
Regan

Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge #34 - Sheet Music

So far this summer on the East coast we have had tornadoes and an earthquake and now a hurricane is bearing down on us! I am convinced it is a sign of the coming apocalypse and am preparing for the zombie invasion! As such, my card for this week's Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge features the ghoulish version of Lil Fashionette 80s Sookie! She is of, course doing karaoke because "Ghouls just wanna have fun...."! I thought she was the perfect image for this week's challenge which is to use SHEET MUSIC. Mine is in the background, but it is there. It's designer paper from the fabulous new 6x6 pad I bought called Authentique - Glowing. Sookie is colored with Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers and popped up above the amazing new Pink {Ink} Sketch (#4) designed by Cheri (aka Graphicat).

You will want to head over to the TPSC blog to see what the rest of the talented {PINK} challenge ladies have created for this challenge! And if you want to play along, you have all week. Just remember you must use a Tickled Pink Stamps image (Lil Lolitas and Lil Lads, Lil Pinkettes, Pink Pets, or Cherrie - all available here in the TPS shop) to join in the fun!

Thanks for looking and I love reading your comments! I truly appreciate you taking the time to leave them!

{hugs}
Regan

A Happy Birthday to Me Blog Candy Winner

Hello, my crafty friends! It appears that I need a good slap on the wrist for having forgotten to do the drawing for my birthday candy! Better late than never, I always say.... So without further ado (i.e. rambling from me) here is the lucky entrant:

Here is your sequence:

 1  16   3

4  21  11

15  17  18

8  13   9

2  14   5

20  10  19

6   7  12

Timestamp: 2011-08-25 05:06:34 UTC

(Source: random.org)

Congratulations, Rachelle!!!
You have won my Happy Birthday to Me Blog Candy!

Please e-mail me at charmed_stamping(at)charter(dot)net so that I can arrange to get your prizes to you. And since I added 10 followers during that time, I will slip a little something extra into the package for you as well!

Thanks to all who entered!

{hugs}
Regan

Dare To Be Sassy Thursday #87 - Back To School

Well, I've had a few days off from crafting. The beginning of the week is always tough for me as I work late on Monday and visit my family on Tuesday night. I am usually much too tired by the time I get home to start a project on those evenings. So here I am in the wee hours of Thursday with only one of two design team projects completed. I'm wondering how sleep is going to fit into this equation but don't really want to think about that right now.... lol

First, let's talk about my card! It's another Dare To Be Sassy Thursday at Sassy Studio Designs and the theme this week is "Back To School"! With lots of kids everywhere already back to hitting the books, it is a perfectly timed challenge! For my card I chose one of SSD's teen images. She is an older image, called Backpack Brandy, but is still available in the shop here if you are interested. My layout is courtesy of The Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge, though I flipped it upside down for this project. My designer papers are School Days - General Studies from TPC Studio and Grandma's Kitchen - Pen Pals from We R Memory Keepers. The edger punch is from EK Success and I used a portion of the die from Tom Holtz's File Tab die for my sentiment. Some hard ware (from both TH and Stampin' Up), flowers, and bling complete my creation!

If you want to play along, you have a full week to do so and you can enter with any image you like, though we do love to see you using SSD ones. Also, we select our guest designers for the following month from the DTBST challenges so if you'd love to earn some free Sassies and work with the design team for the month of September all you have to do is add your DTBST challenge project, which MUST contain a SSD image, to the InLinkz tool and put "GDT" after your name.

Thanks for stopping by and start taking bets on whether I'll be back with design team project #2 on time....

{hugs}
Regan

Card Supplies
Images: Backpack Brandy (Sassy Studio Designs)
Ink: printer; Tuxedo Black (Memento); Copics; Prismacolor Art Markers
Paper: More Mustard, Night of Navy, and Old Olive card stock (Stampin' Up); white card stock (Georgia Pacific); School Days - General Studies (TPC Studio); Grandma's Kitchen - Pen Pals (We R Memory Keepers)
Accessories:

The Corrosive Challenge #130 - Girlie

Gee, is it Sunday already? I feel like I haven't slept all weekend with everything, crafty and otherwise, that has been going on here this weekend! Maybe this will teach me not to procrastinate so much.... Nah! So last minute or not, here I am with your Corrosive Challenge for the week! This time around we want you to go "Girlie"! That's right - bling, flowers, ribbons, lace, charms, pink.... If it's girlie, we want to see it!

I have used an image from our sponsor this month, Simply Betty Stamps. I am having so much fun working with these images and this one is called Rio Birthday Girl. She can be found here in the SBS shop. It is perfect for my best friend's daughter, who turns 13 next month. (Well, would you look at that? A card made a whole month in advance! I guess I don't wait until the last minute with everything after all! lol) She is done up in shades of purple and black so that she is girlie and goth at the same time. The sketch is #169 from Sketch Saturday, but my image is fussy cut instead of being a rectangular panel. I used my usual embellishments, which are always girlie anyway; that's just my style. Though it's hard to see in the photo the Tim Holtz token says "unique".

I am off to go back to bed for a few hours until the small man wakes up. I'm looking forward to spending the day with him, hopefully cooling off in my brother's pool.. It's supposed to be a warm and humid one here today.

Thanks for visiting and hope you have a fabulous day!

{hugs}
Regan

Card Supplies
Image: Rio Birthday Girl (Simply Betty Stamps); Harlequin (Stampin' Up)
Ink: printer; Tuxedo Black (Memento); Copics; Prismacolor Art Markers
Paper: Perfect Plum and Basic Black card stock (Stampin' Up); white card stock (Georgia Pacific); Cast a Spell designer series paper (Stampin' Up)
Accessories: