Moon & Cascading Stars

This week's Treehouse Challenge # 073 is "Things that go bump in the night".  Here is my sample:

 This is a pretty simple card.  I struggled with different layouts and papers but the project finally came together when I added the moon and cascading stars.


I'm also playing along with the following challenges this week:



Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge #26 - Use Die Cuts or a Punch (I used 2 punches)
Crazy 4 Challenges - Halloween
Paper Playtime Challenge #22 - Halloween
The Corrosive Challenge Blog #87 - Halloween




To play along with this week's Treehouse Challenge simply post your project online and upload it to the Treehouse Blog here.

Need some more inspiration?  Check out these great samples that the Treehouse Stamps DT put together:

Ashley Bowen

Neva McMullen

Heather Prince

Kelly Hampton

Maria Levine

Gloria Morizen

Kimberly Lowrey

Stephanie Serrano

Monique Hansen

And Guest:  Jessica Lessner


Supplies:
Stamps: Kid Dracula, Halloween Extras
Paper: Basic Black, Lavender Lace, Daffodil Delight, Ivory & Black Striped DP, Very Vanilla
Ink: Basic Black, Lavender Lace, Real Red, Basic Grey, Blush Blossom
Accessories: 1" circle punch, SU Small Star Punch, SU Word window Punch, SU Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

October Treehouse Contest

I'm so excited to share my sample for the October Treehouse Contest!  This month's image is an adorable Halloween Cupcake!  Since I am a gluten free girl my cupcake is also gluten free ;-)


Here's my sample....

I thought a Halloween Themed card was the perfect place to use my white gel pen on black background.  The frosting on the cupcake is filled in with Dazzling Diamonds.  I used the Gimp program to put my watermark on my photo.  My sample also fits this week's Speedy the Cats Friends Challenge # 22 to use a pumpkin in your card.


Here are the supplies I used:


Paper:  Basic Black, Old Olive, Perfect Plum, Whisper White
Stamps:  Halloween Cupcake from Treehouse Stamps, Halloween Extras
Ink:  Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip
Accessories:  White Gel Pen, Scallop Oval Punch, Black Grossgrain Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Dazzling Diamonds

Here are the details for the October Contest:

We at Treehouse Stamps are proud to announce that we will be holding monthly card contests for all of you! You have a chance to win gift certificates and a "Guest Design Team" spot! Yep, that's right...if you've ever dreamed of being on a design team...now could be your chance. :)

Winner will get:

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  November Guest Design Team Spot (Nov 1st- Nov 30th, 2010)... you will get all of the November Treehouse Digi releases for FREE! :)
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  You will also get a $25.00 gift certificate to use on any of our digital stamps

Contest Rules & Help:

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  Create a project or card using the FREE digital images found below... Just RIGHT CLICK the images and save to your desktop! :)
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  Once you create your project... post it to your blog, link back to the October Treehouse Contest post and provide a link directly from your entry (not your entire blog) in the inLinx below the post.
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  All Entries MUST be submitted by October 29th @ 12:00am! The winner will be announced on November 2, 2010.

Questions about Digital Images?

Do you have questions on how to use digital images? I have made two tutorials showing you how to use them in GIMP and Photoshop! Gimp is a FREE downloadable program for Windows and there is also one for MAC users! :) Please feel free to email me with any questions you may have!

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  Gimp Tutorial
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  Photoshop Tutorial

We look forward to seeing your creations!!! :)

So here is this month's contest image:

Just right click to save this then print and create.  Then load your entry at the Treehouse Stamps blog here:  October Treehouse Contest so we can see what you came up with!

THT062 Sketch Challenge & WT283

Here is my sample for today's Treehouse Stamps Weekly Challenge and for SCS WT283.  This is my first sample as guest Design Team Member for the month of August.  The stamps used are Treehouse August Release digital stamps.  I just think these kids in costumes are so adorable!  I think I'm getting hooked on digi stamps.  The theme for today's Way to Use it Challenge is BUTTONS!  Who doesn't love buttons!

Here's why I LOVE digital Stamps:

1)  They are really easy to work with.
2)  They don't take up any space in my craft room.
3)  They cost less than rubber or clear stamps.
4)  No clean up required.



Check out the Treehouse Digi Stamps.

Digi Stamps:  Candy Corn Kid, Dino Kid, Ghost Kid, Halloween Extras
Paper:  (Stampin Up)  Pumpkin Pie, Elegant Eggplant, Barely Banana, Whisper White, Vellum, Basic Black
Accessories:  Tag Corner Punch, Black Grossgrain Ribbon, Button, Silver Elastic Thread


Today's challenge is a sketch.  Here is the sketch.

Thanks for checking out my sample for today's challenge.

To see more great samples of this fun sketch check out the Treehouse Stamps Design Team Members Blogs linked here:

Ashley Bowen

Neva McMullen

Kelly Hampton

Maria Levine

Gloria Morizen

Heather Prince

Kimberly Lowrey

Stephanie Serrano

Virginia Lu