A La Card Monkey Challenge Guest Designer

Good morning, Friends! I hope your weekend is off to a fantastic start! It is definitely much colder around here! I think it should be a little warmer today, though. Nick has a soccer game later today and I do hope it warms up for that!!

I am excited to announce that I have been asked to be a guest designer at A La Card Monkey weekly challenge blog! Here is the super fun sketch they have for us!
 

So many fun ideas to use with these shapes! I used an idea that I got from my friend, Becky and combined it with this sketch. Take a look!
 

A cute and fun Halloween card! My card base is Basic Black with another piece of Basic Black that was cut down to which I glued my squares to. Then I punched squares using the 1 1/4" square punch - three of Rich Razzleberry, three of Pear Pizzazz, and three of Peach Parfait. Then I used the 1" circle punch to punch circles - two of Rich Razzleberry, two of Pear Pizzazz and two of Peach Parfait. Then I stamped the three images from the Batty For You set in black StazOn on Whisper White and punched out just the images using the 1" circle punch. The image circles are popped up onto the squares while the rest of the circles are glued flat. The squares are glued flat to the Basic Black piece and then to the card. I took a strip of Whisper White and stamped the greeting from Grateful Greetings and flagged the ends. This is popped upon to the card and then I added two rhinestones at each end. 

I hope you will take a look at the rest of the creative ideas at A La Card Monkey to get more inspiration! Then make your own project and upload it to their site. I look forward to seeing what you will do with this great sketch! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Batty for You, Grateful Greetings; Paper- Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Whisper White; Ink- black StazOn; Accessories- 1 1/4" square punch, 1" circle punch, rhinestones, dimensionals

Monkey 78

Good morning, Friends! Another week is flying by! I can't believe that it is almost Wednesday! This week ends the first quarter of the school year and so we have had a little "down" time with the studies (once he decided to finish up all of his projects). And no school on Friday! Yes, I am looking forward to that, too - lol! 

For today's card, I decided to try a sketch at A La Card Monkey. They have some fun sketches and challenges but I just never seem to get around to playing along. So I thought now is a good time! The sketch is nice and simple with a Halloween theme. Perfect - since I am trying to make as many cards as I can with this borrowed set! I also tried to incorporate the LNS 1-2-3 challenge (1 stamp set, 2 embellishments - 2 rhinestones, and 3 colors). Hope you are inspired, too! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- House of Haunts; Paper- Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black; Ink- Basic Black, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- Spider Web embossing folder, basic rhinestones, ovals die, sponge, dimensionals