A bit of Fluffles' spookiness

Today I have a couple more cards for you that I created for the Stampendous! 2010 Summer catalog. Just a quick post tonight though, I have been trying to spend a bit more time this weekend with my kids. Tonight I must suffer through "Diary of a Wimpy Kid".

This is Ghost Fluffles, paired with some spots from April Flowers and Spring Flowers to create the background paper. Below is Fluffles Brew, an old favorite of mine. Here Fluffles' hat and cauldron are blingin' with a bit of Black Stampendous pearl glitter. The bugs n hisses sentiment is also from Stampendous.

OK, I am off to my movie. Had a great nap this afternoon after staying up late to finish "Clockwork Angel" and then we grilled out tonight with my parents :) Hope you have a great evening and enjoy your long weekend for my US friends.

-Cyndi

HUGE BLOG CANDY Giveaway!!

I have a HUGE giveaway for one lucky winner! Here's the picture of the whole she-bang. Below I have closeups of different parts :)

Why? I am doing this giveaway in honor of my NEW online store, The Scrappy Chick Boutique! Its not up and running yet, but I have started posting on the Scrappy Chick Boutique Blog. Today you will find some eye candy, and in the coming days there will be sneak peeks of my kits, more eye candy, and another giveaway!

SO< what do you have to do to win?

1. Post the above picture on your sidebar with a link back to this post.

2. Head over to The Scrappy Chick Boutique blog

3. Come back here and leave me a comment with your name and tell me one brand I will be carrying and also your favorite paper company

4. You don't have to follow me on either blog, but I would sure love it if you did!!

When is the deadline to enter? September 24, midnight EST

OK, here's some closeups of whats in the candy:

OK, thats it! Good luck! -Cyndi

Stampendous! Challenge STMC21

I'm back with some boo-t-ful boots for you! For this weeks challenge at the Stampendous! blog we were to use embossing powders. I did a couple of different techniques. The first is pretty straight forward, I embossed the boots (from Stampendous!) in Midnight Black and then colored the image with my copic markers. The boo-t-iful sentiment was done the same.

The Giant spiderweb was embossed in White on white cardstock then I did a resist technique using Tim Holtz distress inks and sponge daubers. I also used the same spiderweb stamped in black on the black pattern paper.

To join us for this challenge head over to the Stampendous! blog to get the details and then send a link to your creation back to that post! You can win some goodies!!

Again, thanks for visiting with me! Have a great Thursday :)

-Cyndi

Back to School with Pixie Dust Studio

First post of two again today! This is my card for this weeks Pixie Dust Studio Challenge...Back to School! I used Ron from the new Harry Potter collection at PDS. Look at the cute trunks on the paper I found! Love it! The rest of the card is pretty simple, but I did stitch all my layers since the machine was already out :)

Be sure to play along with us this week! Go to the Pixie Dust Studio Challenge blog to get the deets and to leave a link to your creation. Remember, you don't have to use a PDS image to enter, but we sure love it when you do!!

-Cyndi

In Style Stamps Sketch Challenge

***Scroll down for my card for the Pixie Dust Studio Harry Potter release today!!***

Hello again! Today is also the day for this months InStyle Stamps Sketch challenge! Here's the cool sketch that Taylor came up with for us:

BUT, there was a catch this month! It has to be a T-slide card. What's that you ask? I didn't know either! I thought I had tried every fun, funky and outrageous fold out there, but this was a new one on me. HERE is the link to the tutorial in the resources section of Splitcoast Stampers.

So here is mine. I used Violet, from InStyle Stamps. I think I was drawn to her because I played violin as a child. I always wished one of my kids would play, but only band is offered in school where we live...no strings. So sad. Anyway, I used the new Steampunk Debutante paper line by Graphic 45 as my color inspiration.

Here is the front of the card open. And below you can see the open version from a different angle. Its actually a very cool card, just not a pattern to start with for a beginner or the faint at heart!! (JK Taylor!)

The sentiment is from a really old Stampin' Up! set called Musical Manuscript.

So, be sure to head over to the ISS blog to get all the details on the sketch challenge. You have all month to play along with us, and the winner gets either 1 FREE digi from InSTyle Stamps, or 2 FREE images if you used an InStyle Stamps image for your card!

Thanks for hanging with me today! I may have one last post for you today, if not there will be 2 tomorrow! Have a great hump day :)

-Cyndi

Pixie Dust Studio...Harry Potter release!!

He's here! Harry and all the crew are being released to day as digi stamps at Pixie Dust Studio! Just look at how cute he is! And if you scroll down to the bottom of the post I have a pic for you of all the images in this release...Hermione, Ron, Dumbledore, and even Scabbers, Crookshanks and Hedwig! A Harry Potter fans' ultimate stamp collection!

For my card I kept with the Gryffindor colors using the same Graphic 45 paper as yesterday's card. The "H" is a chipboard letter that I inked with Old paper distress ink and a touch of Fired Brick. The H can also stand for his pal Hedwig, hehe! I am so in love with these images!!

Here's the rest of the crew. And don't worry, if you can't decide then you can get the whole collection and save a bit! So rush on over to Pixie Dust Studio and pick up some magic!

Thanks for visiting today...look out, this is the first of 3 posts for the day! AND I will be back with more tomorrow!

-Cyndi

Its off to Hogwarts...

One more day til Harry and his fellow wizards arrive at Pixie Dust Studio! But today you can have a peek! For my card I used Hermione. No, she's not my favorite character, but this did turn out to be my favorite card of the bunch this week :) And yes, my jaw dropped to the floor when Kathy showed us this release! It is magically magnificent!!

I used Wendy's sketch for Papercraft Planet this week and in keeping with the simplicity theme there I went with the Dyeing for Punches challenge at Cute Card Thursday also...to use NO punches or diecuts. Wow, thats hard. Just a trimmer.

I was stressing finding any burgundy or gold paper in my stash...but Betty had the perfect group of Graphic 45 papers in stock at the crop this weekend! Totally Gryffindor, eh?

OK, head to the Pixie Dust Studio blog for more peeks today and tomorrow, and check in at the Pixie Dust web store later for the full release! Its scheduled for tomorrow, but hint...Kathy never waits!

Thanks for flying by today! I have lots for you this week including challenges, new releases, blog candy, and maybe even an announcement, so check back in!!

-Cyndi

Ultimate Vamp Fan

OK, I know you don't all want to hear my life saga, LOL, but the crud has entered my house. Taylor says it feels like the flu. I know I am pooped and achy but I thought I was just feeling my age! I did have a blast cropping with Denise all day Saturday :0 Maybe thats what wore me out yesterday? We went to Betty's and saw tons of friends! I am ready for the next one!

Here's my card for this weeks Pixie Dust Studio challenge...Stitch it Up. I have had this finished for days but just haven't flet like even getting the mac out of the car. How sad is that.

I used "Ultimate Vamp Fan" from Pixie Dust Studio's last release...Funhouse!! Look at that little glossy of Edward in her hand, gotta love it! I used some old SU! paper I have been hoarding apparently, I didn't even realize I still had any, but it worked perfectly!

She is colored with Copics of course. And I stitched up all the layers with my handy dandy sewing machine. Had to dust it off first of course. The Bite Me is one of my all time favorite A Muse sentiments!

OK, thats it for now. I gotta go catch up on reading blog posts! Check back tomorrow for sneak peeks of the new Harry Potter release from Pixie Dust Studio! These images are AWESOME and you don't want to miss out! Thanks for hanging with me today, have a great one!

-Cyndi

InStyle Stamps Blog Hop

Happy Friday! Its the end of the kids first partial week of back to school. The girls have their first football game tonight...Taylor is a Dancing Boot this year and Rachael is in Marching Band. Its an away game so I am not going. I will have the evening to spend with just Michael. Perry is at work :) He finally goes back to school on Tuesday since he's at UNCSA.

BUT, today is the last Friday of the month which means its time for the InStyle Stamps blog hop! Virginia has an extra special prize for the winner this month so be sure to hop through all the blogs then go back to the ISS blog and vote for your favorite project!

Be sure you started at the beginning, at the ISS blog. If you came from Patti's blog you are right on track!

For my project I needed to do something 3D and end of summer and Jax was the image I left myself to work with...so I decided he would be cute as a title on a Mini journal for my son. You know how they always want the kids to talk about what they did over the summer? well, this way he can write about all the things he did then pick one memory for school :)

I simply covered a plain notebook with this Piggy Tales paper then printed Jax out really small and stamped "Summer" and some dots on the tag. The "Memories" is hand written. Tag was colored with copics. Pretty simple!!

OK, so now its time to hop on over to our fearless leader's blog...and I am sure that Taylor has something extra special in store for you!! Thanks for hopping by today, have a great weekend! I am going to an ALL day crop with Denise tomorrow, I can't wait!!

-Cyndi

Bugs and Hisses!

Can you guess what today is? Its Wednesday, yes, but that is not the important detail. Its the first day back to school!! Oh, yeah! I can get some work done again! Before I start off my day I am leaving you with a touch of eye-candy.

This is Broomstick Fluffles! He is one of the Halloween cards that I sent in to Stampendous! a few months back. I actually have a whole pile of Halloween cards to share at some point! The bugs and Hisses is also from Stampendous as are the cobweb class-a-peel stickers in the corners of the card. Paper is by Heidi Grace.

And don't forget this weeks sketch challenge at the Stampendous! blog....its a back to school challenge hosted by Rachel, The Gingerbread Gal! New challenge will be this Saturday!

Have a great hump day and enjoy your day of relief for my friends whose kids also went back today :) Most of NC did I think, maybe elsewhere! Thanks for flying by!

-Cyndi