Double, double, toil and trouble..... fire burn and cauldron bubble!

I don't usually make Halloween cards, but made this one today for a couple of challenges.

The background was made using two ink pads,  Adirondack 'Purple Twilight' and 'Black Soot' Distress Ink.  The ink was applied with Ink Dusters, using a mask for the hills and moon.  All the stamps are by Lavinia and stamped with a Versafine 'Onyx' ink pad.

I would like to enter my card for the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog ~ Halloween or make a card for October

The Craft Barn Weekly Challenge ~ People
Crafty Calendar Challenge ~ Halloween

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #165 - Photo Inspiration

Emerald and Amethyst

What a busy week, no time to even pick up a roll of double-sided tape!  So many blogs to catch up with too.  The Less is More Challenge this week is 'Jewel Colours' and the Butterfly Challenge is 'Butterflies + E for Embossing'.  I decided to make a card to be able to enter both of these challenges and as I used snippet of green (Emerald) and purple (Amethyst), I'll be able to share my card over in the Playground.  The Country View Challenge is 'Add Some Texture' so I'll be entering that challenge too.

The corner die is one of the Memory Box 'Baptista Collage' dies which I cut out with white card. I used the die again on green and purple snippets and used a few pieces of the waste to randomly put back in the tiny hexagonal apertures.  The butterfly is a Stampin' Up punch, layered up in two colours, with the top layer embossed with a Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' embossing folder and finished off with tiny purple pearls.  White pearls were used for the flight path of the butterfly.

I would like to enter my card for the following challenges:

Less is More - Week #244 Colour ~ Jewel Colours

Butterfly Challenge #40 ~ Butterflies + E is for Embossing

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week 197 ~ Use Snippets

Country View October Challenge #32 ~ ADD some texture

A Little Crazy Bird

I was lucky enough to win a set of Crazy Birds stamps, dies and accessories stamps over on Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge.  This is the stepper card I made for Di to thank her for her very generous prize.  I felt like Christmas had come early when it popped through my door last week!  I was unexpectedly asked to work three days this week as a supply teacher, so Wednesday evening was the first time I had a chance to play with the stamps and dies.

As I used some white snippets for my card, I'll be sharing this card over in the Playground when I know it's arrived at its destination.

Row of Poppies

The Less is More Challenge this week is 'Something Shiny'. 

 I used a snippet of red holographic card  with a Memory Box 'Row of Poppies' die and a Lawn Fawn 'Stitched Hillside Border' die to cut the bottom panel.  The sentiment was stamped with Versafine 'Satin Red'.  I finished off the card with three punched circles using the red holographic card.

I would like to enter my card for the following challenges:

Less is More - Week 243 - Recipe ~ Something Shiny

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week 196 ~ Use snippets