Happy Whoo-lloween!

Inspired by the colours in this weeks Dynamic Duos - and with a name like that how could I resist including The Alley Way Stamps Ghoul-Friend bat in my Halloween Theme LOL!  A perfect theme for black & white plus one at CAS-ual Fridays too!

The closest I had to Lucky Limeade was my Shabby Shutters Distress Ink, which I layered to create a die-cut full moon.  I stamped  The Alley Way Stamps Ghoul-Friend and Cover Ups spider webs and spider, and the Crazy Critters owl in Versamark Embossing Ink and clear embossed them on black cardstock - I love the contrast between the glossy clear and the matt black.  The owls branch is part of the Memory Box Tall Birch die-cut, and these gorgeous letters are from Lily Bee Design Double Dutch Collection.

BE Inspired...

This is my second post for today, please scroll down for my Trendy Twine Guest DT post :)

Can you tell it's creeping closer to Halloween!  Love this months BE Inspired Challenge at The Alley Way Stamps.  This gorgeous pumpkin image and stitches stamp are from Ghould-Friend, with the sentiment created using Alphabet Soup.  Papers are a mix from My Minds Eye.  This perfect fall Orange Truffle Twine is from Trendy Twine, and the stitched heart was from my stash.  LOVE this weeks Retro Sketch too - perfect for my pumpkin patch!  Dotty enough to join in the City Crafter Polka Dot Palooza too.

 

For your chance to WIN some FAB stamps, why don't you BE Inspired too!  

RULES:

1) You MUST use an image from The Alley Way Stamps (you can find freebies here!).
2) You must mention this challenge and link to it in your blog post.
3) - The challenge linky closes on 27 September 2012 at Noon, TAWS time!!!

This made me smile...

Runway Inspired Alley Way...

 

  
Love this weeks Runway Inspired Challenge! I was inspired by the graphic blocks of bold colour, stamped with this cool stitching line from The Alley Way Stamps Ghoul-Friend, loved the spotlight contrast between light and dark, circles and straight lines, added the orange border to reflect the bold repetition in the background of the photo - and couldn't resist using The Alley Way Stamps Mad Gab and Jibber Jabber to create "So Snazzy" just because it seemed too perfect not to!  Stamped with Stampin' Up Pacific Point ink and coloured with Whispers Strokes. 

Less is More Awesome...

Pink & Brown

I couldn't resist that title now could I!!!  For this weeks Less is More Pink & Brown Challenge - I had to go with fuschia, 'cause I'm just not a pale pink kinda girl, and what goes better with fuschia than dark, dark chocolate - at least 70%!  And 'cause it's pink it perfectly suits this weeks Catered Crop In the Pink too!

I LOVE the versatility of The Alley Way Stamps Awesome Blossom set - here I've used the small petals to create an almost lotus-like flower, adding a small button and twine stalks.  As I have repeated my flowers - in an odd way as you do - it is perfect for the Card Design Handbook Week Repetition Challenge in the Moxie Fab World. The "What's Up" sentiment was created from the Ghoul-friend set, just adding a question mark from Alphabet Soup.

I love this fibre ribbon I purchased at Create on Ormond when I caught up with a friend recently :)  I wrapped the ribbon around some white cardstock and pop-dotted it so the twine stems would tuck neatly behind, and I could stretch the twine to secure the sentiment chipboard in place.  The chipboard is covered in MME paper - love that it looks like an old wooden sign.

Join in the fun @ Repetition Challenge over at Moxie Fab World, til September 24th

TAWS Sneak Peek Day 2... Your Chance to Win Stamps!!!

I can't believe it's almost September already, and that means Sneak Peek time for TAWS!  Don't forget to drop by the The Alley Way Stamps blog for your chance to win one of the September sets!

Frankly I just {heart} this little monster!  I love that stamped stitching too!!  Just to show the versatility of these sets I have created a Valentine's Day card using two The Alley Way Stamps new September release sets - Ghoul-Friend and Touchdown. inspired by this gorgeous Retro Sketch by Danielle.  The hearts were created using Heidi Swapp chipboard hearts as a template.  Franky is coloured using Copics YG03 Yellow Green, YG17 Grass Green, YG67 Moss, Neutral Greys N0. N3 and N5 and R59 Cardinal.