More Halloween Card

Hi Everyone!! Just another Halloween card. . .again, just trying to "waste" the designer paper. I actually used up the whole 12 x 12" designer paper. Well, I have one more small piece but I'm so happy that I used the majority of it. Do you have that problem? You know, finding different ways to use up a large 12 x 12" designer paper. I don't like to make duplicate cards so I end up with lots of pieces of scrap paper.

Anyway, nothing much to this card. All I did was add the primas and attached a die cut to the prima and added the ribbon. That's it. Okay. . .on to my next card. Hope y'all have a fabulous day. Oh, before I go. . .stop by my Stampin Inspirations Club site and Stampin Inspirations . . .I posted more cards on those sites today. I was on the ball yesterday.

Card Details:

Papers: SU Green Galore, Lavendar Lace, DCWV Fall Glitter stack

Accessories: Halloween ribbon, Prima flowers, K&Co die cut

Another Halloween Card

Hi Everyone! I worked on this Halloween card last night. It was one if those 10 minute cards. . .seriously!! The designer paper and witch was already designed with glitters and all I did was add the ribbon! That's it! Gotta love these 10 minute cards that looks like you put a lot of work into it! Tricky, Maria! LOL!

Anyway, my goal today is to work on Halloween cards. . .I need to crack the whip on making them because Halloween is slowly creeping closer. I have to work on making goody bags . . .at least a 100 of them for my daughter's "Key Club". I think I better start now, huh!

Well, I hope y'all have a fabulous day!!

Card Details:

Papers: DCWV Fall Glitter Stack

Accessories: K&CO Halloween Die Cuts, Satin ribbon

More Random Halloween Cards

Hey Everyone! I created more Halloween cards using up my scrap pieces. Like I said, I have tons of them. I'm also trying to use up the K&Co Halloween die cuts that I purchased a week or so ago. I'll try to use up as much die cuts as I can. . .I don't want it them to end up in my huge pile of opened packages that I've collected throughout the years. I still have opened Halloween packages from last year, the previous year, and the year before that. I'm not sure why I don't use them up first before buying new stuff. I think my problem is when I'm in the store, I see the new stuff and don't think about the old stuff I already have. Only when I dig through my pile of stuff, I realize I still have the old stuff sitting and waiting to be used.

Anyway, I made these two cards rather quickly. No technique to it. . .just sort of sticking stuff on to a card base.

All of the papers are from DCWV Fall stack and all the die cuts are from K&Co.

Card Details:

Papers: DCWV Fall Stack, SU Eggplant envy, Lavender Lace, Pumpkin Pie, Green Galore

Accessories: K&Co Halloween Die Cuts, Ribbons (Michaels), Making Memories clip, SU Scallop Edge Punch

Random Halloween Cards

Hi Everyone! I'm trying to waste a bunch of cut up Halloween scrapbook paper that I used for other projects. I think that's the problem with 12 x 12 designer papers. . .well, they are so large and when making cards, you end up with a lot of scraps. Argggh. . . .when I finally think I've got a handle of my scrap pile, it starts to grow again. I think I have scrap papers from 4 years ago that I still need to use. LOL! Do you have that problem? I can't create fast enough to use them up.

If I have the time today, I'll try to make a few more Halloween cards before Halloween starts to creep in closer and I'll be disappointed that I didn't spend more time making Halloween cards. Maybe I'll create a few goody bags for my daughter's Key Club. If I start now, I won't have to rush later.

Card Details:

Papers: DCWV Fall stack, SU Elegant Eggplant, Only Orange, Wild Wasabi

Accessories: K&Co Halloween die cuts, SU Scallop Edge, Halloween ribbons (Michales), Nestabilities Classic Scallop Oval, Coluzzle Oval Template

Another Mini Scrapbook Album

Good Evening Everyone! Am I scrapbooker now. . .did I abandon card making and rubber stamping? No. . .all my "rubber stamping" projects are all now being posted on my Stampin Inspirations blog site and all "papercraft" projects on Card Inspired.

I'm still making cards for Card Inspired but it will be cards using paper craft materials as opposed to "rubber stamps". I do still do some rubber stamping on my "paper craft" projects but it's only limited to the sentiments because the truth is I don't have too many "sentiment" stickers and I don't want to have to type and print them out all the time so rubber stamping the sentiments is the easiest and fastest way to do it.

So why are you seeing a lot of scrapbooking on Card Inspired? Here is how I see it. . .since I've started crafting I've rarely kept any of the things I create especially handmade cards. I either swap them, RAK them, or sell them. I never get to keep any of my stuff. . .why should I keep them. . .cards are meant to be given away, not kept.

Scrapbooking and making different projects besides cards are stuff that I can actually keep for myself. Furthermore, I have all these pictures stored in my computer and nobody gets to see them, not even my kids or husband because they're all in my computer. I could do an online photo gallery so they can access the photos but I don't want to do that. The best thing is to print the pictures and create albums so they can look at the pictures. They get a kick looking at pictures of themselves, especially when they were younger. The pictures bring back wonderful memories for all of us.

Anyway. . .the scrapbook album is a mini album created with thin chipboards covered with designer papers and cardstock and embellished primarily with stickers. It was really fun making this mini album but the final album wasn't what I originally had planned to make. The album was suppose to be a vertical flip album that opened up with a stand in the back of it so I could display it in the living room. Unfortunately, without thinking of the orientation of the album, I had laid the photos out in a manner that requires that the album be opened horizontally. When I finally was going to attach it to the flip stand, I realized that the orientation of the photos were done horizontally by mistake.

I wanted to scream!!! No problem. . .I can make another one but the next one will be a "Christmas" album. All is not lost, I punched holes to the side of the album and created a traditional horizontal binding with book rings instead. The album is 5.5 x 5.5" with a total of 10 photo pages.

Materials: 5.5 x 5.5" chipbord, 2 Book (leaf) rings, DCWV Fall Designer Paper Stack and DCWV Textured Fall Cardstock. Stickers on the front cover are all by Jolee's Boutique. All ribbons on the album are Ribbon Rubons, Grosgrain Ribbons, and Organdy Ribbon. Stickers and materials are listed below for each page.


All of the photos were taken in 2003. I chose these photos for this album because we were all dressed up for Halloween. Typically only the kids dress up. We've dressed up in previous years but this is the only year that I have a "group" picture of us.

Materials: Jolee's Boutique, Dress it Up Scaredy Cat, Colorbok Doo-Dads

I was dressed up as "Foxy Cleopatra" from the Austin Power movie. . .I thought DH was a "frankenstein" but he corrected me and said he was a "zombie". On the album, I had stated that he was a "frankenstein". Oops.

Materials: Jolee's Boutique, SU Slit Punch, 1/8" punch


Materials: Dress It Up Scaredy Cat, Colorbok Doo-Dads Spooky Tags, Provocraft Alphabet Punch Out, Jolee's Boutique

Materials: Jolee's Boutique, SU Slit Punch

Alexis was "Samora" from the movie "The Ring" and Anton a "Devil". I had captioned on the album that he was a Dracula but when I showed them the album, they corrected me and said he was a "devil". Okay, he looks like a dracula with horns in my opinion so I guess he was a "Devula".

Materials: Jolee's Boutique stickers, Dress it up Scaredy Cat, Colorbok Doo-Dads

Random Cards - Halloween Cards

Good Evening Everyone! Just been working on a few Halloween cards. Nothing much to these cards. I colored the images using Prismacolor Markers and colored the background with SU Watercolor Crayons (can't really see it).

I have a new goal. . .I'm going to use an image at least twice before moving on to the next stamp. I don't use my stamps enough.

Card Details:



Stamp Set: CTMH, Stampendous Ribbon Ric Rac
Ink: Prismacolor Markers, SU Watercolor Crayons
Paper: SU Only Orange, Black, DCWV Fall Stack
Accessories: Grosgrain ribbon, Fiskar "Scallop" Scissors



Here's the other Halloween card I made. I'm not sure I'm liking the image slanted the way it is but I wanted to do something different.

Anyway, thank you for visiting my blog site. . .back to making more cards!

See yah later. . .

Card Details:

Stamp Set: CTMH

Ink: Prismacolor Markers, SU Watercolor Crayons

Paper: SU Only Orange, Black, DCWV Fall STack

Accessories: Grosgrain ribbon, SU Slit Punch

Random Cards - Halloween

Happy Sunday everyone! Wow, I'm up early for a Sunday. Do you folks go to church on Sundays? I'm catholic but I haven't been to church for such a long time. . .since we moved to California. I'm not sure why we haven't attended church. I feel a little guilty about it sometimes. Nonetheless, I think what matters most is that you live the life following the values or teachings of the bible.

Anyway. . .here's a few more Halloween cards I found tucked away in my drawer. These are "last years" cards. I have a lot of stuff tucked away in my drawers and closet. It's always a surprise, yah know what I mean.


I had stamped the image on to glossy white cardstock and colored the image with pastels and markers. I then covered parts of the colored image with Crystal Effects. Back then I used CE on many of my cards. The problem with CE is that it sometimes changes the color of your image when CE is applied. It takes on the "base" color of the color medium especially with markers.

What do I mean by base color? Well, all colors have a particular hue or tone. For example some reds have a pink tone, orange tone, etc. . .and when you apply the CE, it sort of pulls out the undertone and make the color more orange colored, pink colored, etc.

Anyhoo, hope everyone have a wonderful Sunday. I'm going to sit down and do some crafting before my family gets up and life gets busy again.

Random Card - Halloween Card

Good Evening Folks. I was going through one of my drawers and look what I found. It's a card I made for Halloween last year. Interesting. . .

I remember fibers were popular a few years ago. I don't see it on cards anymore. I still like using fibers and I still use them on my cards.

I can't give the recipe for this card because I don't know what they are. My style of cardmaking hasn't changed much. One of things that have changed was that I heat embossed my images with embossing powders a lot more often and I used pigment ink regularly. I still love pigment ink because it's a lot more versatile than die ink and when heat sealed, it resist fading with time. It's also a great sticking agent for embossing powders because they dry slowly.

I have a few more Halloween cards I found in this drawer but I need to "update" them a bit. I'll post them later when I'm done. Hope everyone is having a great evening.


Here's the sketch for the card.

Random Card - Halloween Card

Good Evening Everyone. I shopped at Target today and bought a Holiday stamp set by Autumn Leaves called "Winter Holidays". I decided to use it to make this card.

I know the card looks a bit busy but Halloween is a fun day so I decided to make a fun card. Well, I think it looks fun. What do you think?

Nothing much to the card. No special techniques, just a lot of layering with different elements.

Card Details:

Stamps: Autumn Leaves Winter Holidays, CTMH

Ink: SU Basic Black, Prismacolor markers

Paper: DCWV Fall Stack, SU Only Orange, Black, Whisper White

Accessories: Pebbles Inc. Ribbon, Grosgrain ribbon, JoAnn Brads, Fiskar scissors, Stickles

TIC Day #8 - Tuesday's Inspirational Challenge - Tag-A-Long Submissions and Samples

If interested in participating in this week's challenge, click here for the details. Tomorrow is the last day for submissions. Random drawing of the winner will be chosen on Monday!

Hey check out Jen from "Pieces of Me" CD shaker card and matching tag. I'm glad she decided to try out my CD shaker card tutorial. . .she did an awesome job. Isn't the mouse a cutie? I love this stamp from Whipper Snapper! Well as always, Jen did a fabulous job on my challenge. She always come through with wonderful creations!

Thanks Jen for participating in this week's challenge. It's always fabulous to see what you come up with!!

Here is Jen's fabulous matching tag! Love the scallop circle!

Good Morning Friends! Check out Wendy's awesome submission for this week's TIC. Fabulous! I believe this is Wendy's first attempt with my challenges. I'm glad she decided to participate. She made this card and tag for her MIL. . .how sweet of her to give such lovely creations to her MIL.

Wendy has an awesome blog site called "Crafty Butterfly Stamping Blog". Be sure to stop by and check out all her awesome creations.

Thank you Wendy for participating in my challenge! Your creations are a wonderful addition to many beautiful submissions I received so far!

Here is Wendy's fabulous tag! Beautiful!!


This is a card and tag I created for this week's challenge. I decided to do a Thanksgiving card because Thanksgiving is also around the corner and I need to get started on that too. Sheesh, I feel pressured!

Anyway, I colored the image using Prismacolor pencils with Gamsol. Nothing much else to the card but using different designer pattern paper and piercing dots to the edge.


Here is the matching tag!





















Card Details:

Stamps: D.O.T.S. Pumpkin Patch Fun, Hero Arts Happy Thanksgiving Border
Paper: SU Pumpkin Pie, DCWV Fall Stack cardstock, DCWV Fall Stack Designer Paper
Ink: Prismacolor Pencils with Gamsol, Prismacolor Markers
Accessories: Organdy ribbon, Hemp cord, JoAnn brad, SU Crafter's Tool Kit (paper piercing), Provocraft Scissors

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Hi Everyone! Here's a submission I received for this week's TIC Day #8 - Tag-A-Long Challenge. If interested in participating in this week's challenge, click here for the details.

Check out the lovely card and tag submitted by Hulda of "Aunt Scrappy". Wow, I love them! I love the designer and embossed paper that she used. I also love the non-traditional colors she used. It's beginning to feel like Christmas is right around the corner. Be sure to drop by Hulda's blog site and check out all the lovely creations she has on her blog site.

Thank you Hulda for participating in this week's challenge. I always love your submissions!




This fabulous card and tag is from Malieta! Awesome! I love her creations. She did a wonderful job on the coloring of the House Mouse image. She recently began using Prismacolor Pencils with Gamsol and she did a superb job. I love how she tied the ribbon. Isn't it great! Be sure to drop by Malieta's blog site "LIfe's Simple Pleasure" and check all her wonderful cards, projects, and scrapbook layouts.




Here is Malieta's fabulous tag! Thank you Malieta for once again participating in my challenge. I really appreciate seeing your work!











Drop by my Stampin Inspirations blog site to see the other submissions for this week's challenge!

Here's a Christmas card and tag that I created for this week's TIC Day #8. I colored the image using Prismacolor Markers, added clear Stickles to the ear muffs and snow cap and I applied Crystal Effects to the Scarf and snow cap to give it a 3D effect.

Here's the matching tag for the card.

Card Details:

Stamps: JRL Design "Peter Penguin, Inkadinkado Holiday Collection, SU Lace Snowflakes

Ink: Prismacolor Markers

Paper: Provocraft Holiday Slab V, DCWV Textured Cardstock Red and Green

Accessories: Provocraft Scallop scissors, Making Memories Swirl Clips, Grosgrain Ribbon, Santa's Workbench Ribbon, JoAnns Brads, Silver Metallic Cord, Clear Stickles, SU Crystal Effects, Crafter's Tool Kit (paper piercer)

TIC Day #8 - Tuesday's Inspirational Challenge - Tag-A-Long Sample

Hi Everyone! Well here's a Halloween card and tag sample I made for this week's challenge. I had planned to make more cards and tags but midday, I started to feel like I was coming down with a cold or something. I hope I feel better tomorrow.

Anyway, I thought I would make a Halloween card and tag instead of Christmas ones. Halloween is right around the corner so I need to hurry and make a bunch. I colored the image using Prismacolor pencils with gamsol and traced the outline with Prismacolor markers. I used the Sakura Souffle gel pen to create the dot/stitch design on the mattings. Nothing much else to the card but layering the layout.

I hope y'all will participate in this week's challenge. I would love to see your work!

Here's the matching tag. I made this tag in a horizontal orientation.

If interested in this week's challenge, click here for the details.



Card Details:


Stamps: D.O.T.S. Trick or Treat Trio, SU Sweeter Treaters
Ink: Prismacolor Pencils and Markers, Sakura Souffle Gel Pen
Paper: SU Only Orange, DCWV Fall Stack, DCWV Fall Cardstock
Accessories: SU 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" punches, Making Memories Ribbon, Sizzix Die, Fiskar "Cloud" scissors