HEADS UP! Important Information re:The Cat Lovers Hop for 2018

I just wanted to shout out to my friends who play in Her Peaceful Garden's Cat Lover Blog Hop - Janis, the owner, has changed things up a bit this year.

You now have to SIGN IN to be eligible for prizes and it is NOT too early to do that! So, please, click the link above, or click on the Badge on the side of my blog to go to Her Peaceful Garden and sign up!

Remember, the hop runs from October 22 until the 27, 2018.  Get making those cat creations! 

The Eyes Have it. . .

This month's theme at Stinkin' Inkers is "The Eyes Have It," which opens up a whole bunch of interpretation!  I struggled with this theme for a bit; I looked through every single pad of paper I have, looked online for some sort of "eye" background paper {and of course, I found one in a paper pad but I cannot remember what pad or who made it!} and went to our fearless leader for some inspiration.  Then I remembered a stamp and die set that I just bought; it's not new, but it's new to me!  That set, coupled with some googly eyes, bore this card:

What I Used to Make my Card:
Purple Card Base
Authentique "Spirited" Paper Pad, 12" x 12", #SPI020 {retired but available}
My Favorite Things/Die-Namics BB Which Way is the Candy Stamps 
My Favorite Things/Die-Namics BB Which Way is the Candy Dies
Zig Clean Color Brush Markers
Watercolor Paper
Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black
White Scrap Card
Cross Stitched Rectangle STAX by Tutti Designs, #TUTTI-410
Googly Eyes
White Gel Pen

I had already stamped a few images from the stamp set onto some watercolor paper and had colored them in with my Zig markers; one of the images happened to be the bat.  Bingo!  I quickly stamped, colored, and cut four more bats, added the googly eyes, and set them aside to dry.

Another Peek

Even though they are supposed to be black, I think the bats look more purple to me.  I know if I had colored them in solidly with any black marker I could have achieved a true bat black, but I wanted these guys to seem sweet, not scary.  I matched the bat color to the dotted designer paper and mounted that onto the purple card base.  I almost forgot - I used a white gel pen to color in the fangs of the bats.

Once the bats were dry, I stamped the sentiment on a scrap piece of white cardstock, cut it out with the cross stitched rectangle die, {truthfully I only used that die because none of my other shapes fit around the saying} and glued all the pieces together.  The longest part of making this card was waiting for everything to dry!

I think this can be a really fun theme so I hope you can get your eyes on something that will fit and join us at Stinkin' Inkers - you have all month to play and with Halloween right around the corner, I'm sure you have something {monsters, perhaps?} you can use.  Thanks for popping by and I hope to see you at the "The Eyes Have It" challenge. ~ Christi

I am entering my card in the following challenges:
Dragonfly Journeys - Happy Halloween!
Stamping Sensations - M, Something Beginning with B {Bats!}
Creative with Stamps - M, #31, Halloween or Leaves

Just For Fun - M, Halloween!
Papercraft Business Challenge - M, #11, Anything Goes, Twist of Halloween
Scrap from your Heart - M, #26, Use Dies
Always Fun Challenges - #78, Dies and Punches
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Cards in Envy - M, Something Spooky!
Sweet Stampin' - Spots
YNS (Fun Friday) - #98, Fall Fun