Crazy 4 Challenges ~ Guest Designer!

Well hi there! I have some fun news to share. My sweet friend Silke Ledlow of My Life sent me an email a few weeks ago inviting me to be her guest designer for the month of October at Crazy 4 Challenges! Of course my answer was an excited yes!! This is a new to me challenge and I am so very honored to be sharing my inspiration for you along with the design team. And on World Card Making Day to boot!!! Thanks again Silke, you're a sweetheart!

As you can tell from my card, the first challenge this month is a Halloween theme.

I started by stamping this trio of pumpkins from DeNami Design, aren't they sweet!  It doesn't show well in my photo, but the pumpkins are coated with Ranger Glossy Accents. The branches I've stamped in each corner are actually the tops of a tree from Stamps by Judith! The teeny fluttering bats are also Judith. Before adhering this panel to the MME polka dot panel, I inked the edges with creamy brown ink. I die cut a woodgrain paper (again MME) with a PTI medium scallop border then added it to the stamped panel. Before adding my layered panels to the SU Pumpkin Pie card base, I wrapped a length of Halloween twine around it. And finally I used an alphabet set to stamp out "boo", then punched the letters with a circle punch. The edges were inked then they were added to the card with foam tape. 

I hope I've inspired you to play along! You'll want to stop by the C4C blog to see what the team has in store for you. I'll be back a little later with a fun DeNami post! ~Lisa