31 Days of Halloween - Day 11

Today is a very special day in the 31 Days of Halloween hop.  Today is a day sponsored by SCACD!  CAW! CAW!

Alex was sooooooooo excited to be able to highlight more of the SCACD images for me to share with you.  She has many of them and just loves shopping there.  It was difficult to decide which image to use, but she finally settled on Sugar Floral Skull

SCACD has a great assortment of Sugar Skulls in both digital and red rubber.  Sugar Floral Skull happens to be one you can get in both!!!  The digital is HERE and the red rubber is HERE.  Alex used the red rubber version and the tiny butterfly stamp that accompanies it in the eye sockets.  The background is a patterned paper with lace over it.  The flowers are from the Dies by SCACD collection and part of the Fancy Flowers and Keys Corners.  alex asked me to be sure and  tell you that you NEED (her word) to go see all the Dies by SCACD if you haven't done so before.

As for me-do not tell her I did this or I might end up in a cage prematurely- I think you should go see the Steampunk Skull.  It is pretty rockin'.

I also have on good authority that there is a new release Halloween theme digi (caw, caw).

I know you are going to get very distracted shopping at SCACD.  How do I know this?  I have watched it happen to Alex over, and over, and over, and......  However, after you finish, but certain to visit all the Wicked Bloggers, -all of their names and links can be found in the right sidebar- see the amazing creations, leave them some love and look for the hidden image to WIN your prize from today's sponsor, SCACD -details HERE.


Happy Halloween!
Edgar

SCACD Digi Day and 31 Days of Halloween - Day 1

Well HELLO there!!!  I am sooooooooooo excited to see you all again.  It has been much, much too long.  For those of you who are newer to Alex's BLOG, my name is Edgar Allen Crow, and I am the host for your 31 Days of Halloween hopping experience.

Even better, for Day 1, I also have the amazing honor of hosting while it is the SCACD Digi Day.  YES a two-for-one right from the beginning.  What else could a bird ask for?

For your viewing pleasure today, Alex has created a less soft and sweet version of the SCACD Digital image Serenity Fairy.

The tree limbs have been replaced by bones, and the flowers by spiders.  The moon was added in the background.  

 It really is quite fun to watch Alex go all giddy and crazy with this stuff.  She has more fun 'converting' images than anything else.

 She also made up this fun card using the SCACD Digital Image, Mr. Bones, and I think it is pretty fun and fabulous, for a dog and all.  She also used one of the Dies by SCACD - Ornate Hinge

So - you all need to know that it has been a long time, and Alex kept me cooped up WAY too long.  When she didn't participate in 31 Days of Halloween last year, I nearly pecked her eyes out.  Literally.  I am so glad to be back among you all.

Now, onto some of the FUN details.  For the SCACD Digi Day, you can find all the participants listed on the SCACD Store Blog - here.  In addition, there are some prizes and goodies, so I suggest you check it out.

For the 31 Days of Halloween, there are a gazillion and a half partcipants this year.  It is awesome!  They are all listed on the side bar of the blog and the details for 31 Days can be found on Terra's Blog (top of the list)

I am really looking forward to the rest of our month together and will see you back here tomorrow!

Happy Halloween,
Edgar

Wise Owl

SCACD has these amazing images called MechAnimals.  They have some in digital and some in rubber.  This Wise Owl is from the rubber release found HERE.  I love this guy and all his steampunkness.

I have paired him up with the Dies by SCACD - Alice's Clock Statement Corner.  It just goes so perfectly.  As does the charm I found in my box of goodies.

Challenges:
A Little Bit Crafty - Birds and Bees
Really Reasonable Ribbon #93 - Ribbon and Monochromatic
SanDee and amelie's - Favorite Technique goes Steampunk
Artistic Inspirations #87 - Monochrome Anything Goes

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Alex

SCACD ELEMENTS RUBBER STAMP BLOG HOP!!!

SCACD is releasing four rubber stamps which are collectively called The Elements Collection. They were inspired by nature's four elements. Thoughts of water, wind, fire and earth so powerful in nature captured in these women thru collaboration with SCACD Artist Carmen Medlin. 

The SCACD Design Team and some amazing Guest Designers have put together a hop to showcase these stunning images.  I am the first stop on this hop and the complete list of participants can be found on the store blog HERE.

For the hop I got to work with the image EARTH.  Isn't she just amazing?

I stamped the image with Momento Ink and then colored it up with Copics and Prismacolor markers.  After fussing cutting the image, I created the perfect background using the Dies by SCACD Breezy Branches Statement Corner and Dandelion Knoll Statement Corner.

You next stop on the hop is the super talented KIM and her post is HERE.

Now available in the USA are the SCACD April 7^th rubber stamp release HERE. SCACD Digital images for USA and International can always be found HERE.

For locating SCACD rubber stamps, including the New Release, our International Friends please check out Quixotic Paperie HERE!!!

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Alex

SCACD Digital and Rubber Stamp Hop!

SCACD DIGITAL and RUBBER STAMP HOP!!!

Earlier this month SCACD released the Montage collection of rubber stamps, a total of 26 rubber stamps with a contemporary yet classic look that will make them a fantastic addition to your stamping toolbox for years to come.  They are available now for purchase HERE both in full sheets and as smaller sets.

Eastern Lanterns

These five lanterns are all individual stamps, but I strung them together for a back garden decoration :).  I paper pieced them using some gorgeous paper sent to me by a friend in Japan.  I popped a couple up and love the result.
 
 SCACD has also unleashed 12 fun and fresh SCACD Digital images for purchase HERE.

 Steampunk Dragonfly

This image is from the SCACD Digital collection.  The background is created using the new rubber stamp Art of Chemistry.  I used white ink on black cardstock to give a chalkboard  look.  It seemed a bit empty and so I added the Dies by SCACD - Alice's Clock corner die cut from mulberry paper.
 
Now on to your next stop on the hop is a super special guest.  Carmen who is the image artist!  You can find her creation for the hop HERE.

International Customers:

The digital images can be purchased HERE.  The new rubber stamps can be purchased at QUIXOTIC PAPERIE for our International Friends.

If you get lost along the way, the complete hop list can be found on the store blog HERE.


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Alex

Just keep swimming....

This fun Lion Fish image is from the SCACD Digital collection. I know that lion fish are not this color in real life.  However, since I am the one with the markers, I pick the colors and I wanted to give green and blue a try.  Liking it!  :)

The fun bottom of the sea plants are actually the Dies by SCACD Fancy Flowers upside down.  I am super happy with how they turned out. You will see this from me again with a mermaid, or dolphin, or other sea creature I am certain! 

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Alex

Love Bugs

I was completely enchanted by this image in the SCACD Digital collection called Love Bugs.  They make me think of the roaring 20's and Prohibition era.  Is that just a 'wise guy' fly if you ever saw one?  The show girl spider is completely smitten.  LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!

The background paper is from the Farmhouse paper collection and I used stickles, stickles and more stickles!!!  The fabulous corners are the Dies by SCACD Garden Corners.  The great sentiment is included with the image purchase.

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Alex

Gentle Dawn

This beauty is Gentle Dawn by ching chou kuik avail at Sweet Pea Stamps.  I colored her up to match the background paper from the American Crafts Soho Garden.  Added a pearl to her head piece made with Viva Decor Pearl Pen  and some Dies by SCACD, Breezy Branches and Dandelion Knoll  in the corners.

Go see all the gorgeous new images recently in at Sweet Pea Stamps.  I know there will be several you love.

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Alex

SCACD Digital Premier Release and Hop

Today we are premiering the SCACD Digital site by adding over 40 images designed by Carmen Medlin!!! Carmen's range is fun, fresh, elegant and will have something for everyone. I have added quite a few never before seen Fab images as well as taken some classic past rubber stamps and turned them into digi for this release. 

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I am your first stop on the hop and super excited to share my creations from a great release.  First up is:

Catch 22

This just makes me giggle.  I know there isn't a man alive who wants to hear the 'does this make me look fat' or 'whatever' from his girl.  How could this sweetie with her question not be a Catch 22?  There is no winning :).  After coloring her up I paired her with paper from the Websters Pages Modern Romance collection.  Used the Dies by SCACD  Ribbons and Bows Dressform die and added bling to the bow and die cut with Diamond Stickles.

Dragonfly Dreams

I absolutely loved this image in red rubber.  It is great is digital.  I enlarged the image to cover the size of my tag.  I colored up Dragonfly Dreams and created shimmering wings on both her and the dragonfly with Icicle Stickles.  While waiting for the stickles to dry (important step, don't ask how I know) I sprayed my Inksentials black tag with Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Gold Lame.  I fussy cut Dragonfly Dreams and glued her to the tag.  To me, it looks like a night sky filled with lightning bugs and magic dust.

Love on a Limb

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - I did a third creation, don't tell!  I just could not resist!  Look how CUTE he is!  That little birdie and the bumble bee overhead that I was able to put stickles on his wings!  EEK :)  Love on a Limb is just perfect paired with paper from the Websters Pages Modern Romance collection and using the Dies by SCACD Breezy Branches Statement Corner.  I also trimmed some of the branches from a second corner die to tuck around the image.

I know you are just going to love all the creations the SCACD Design Team and Special Guest Designers have created for you for the hop today.  Your next stop is Elaine's blog.  Be sure and leave her some love.  If you get lost along the way, the master list is on the SCACD store blog.

Reminder to our International Friend: As you know, SCACD has stopped the sale of physical items. However, International customers can now purchase SCACD Digital images only :D

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Alex

Shroom to Grow

This sweetie called Shroom to Grow and accompanying sentiment are part of the recently released Oddly Sweet Curiosities #5.  After stamping and coloring him up, I paired him with background paper from the American Crafts Soho Garden collection.  The pearls on the frame were created using the Viva Décor Pearl Pen in white.  I used SCACD Dies for the corners and the mushrooms.  The corners are from the Classic Corners set.  The mushrooms are made using the Vintage Fountain. 


Did you know that SCACD currently has Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps at 40% OFF!  Yes, really, 40% OFF!  You can not pass that up!



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Alex

SCACD New Release Time!!!!

Today is New Release day for Susana Loves Stamps !!!!  I hope you have been hopping along and enjoying all the creations so far.  You should have come from Dianne's Blog.  If not, please visit the SCACD Store Blog for a complete list of stops.

First up is another round of these FUN little pranksters the Oddly SweetCuriosities #5! With their universal appeal the Curiosities were just begging for another turn in the spotlight with a new release. These little guys are the perfect way to provoke a smile or a laugh. We're addicted, and from the popularity of the previous sets we know you will be too!  Please note each stamp comes with its' own sentiment stamp.

I am excited to share my personal favorite.  Spike!  I see him and it makes my heart happy.  I had even  more fun coloring him up and turning him into a card.

Spike has stickles added in assorted places and the balloons are covered in Diamond Glaze.  The background paper is from a Valentine line no longer available, but the other ones are on sale here.  The sentiment comes with Spike and is stamped directly on the background with red ink.  The corners are the Dies by SCACD Contempo Compass trimmed down to just the center star.

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Susana Loves Stamps is also showcasing a fresh new line: the MechAnimals.  This line instantly stole my creative heart!  I am loving each and EVERY single image!!!  This edgy but endearing range of SteamPunk animals will lend themselves to all sorts of projects and styles and earn a place in your crafty hearts. Please note each stamp comes with its' own sentiment stamp.

I am SUPER excited to get to share Wise Owl.  First though, I want you to see the details in these stamps.  Just look at the clockworks that make up Wise Owl's eyes!!  WOWOWOWOW!

I could not resist creating with this wonderful image and it just went so perfectly with the Dies by SCACD Classic Timepiece and Alice's Clock Statement Corner.

The sentiment with this image is 'Take time to Spread you Wings'.  I love that.  The background paper has teeny tiny hearts on it and is part of the Webster's Pages Modern Romance collection.

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SCACD Digital

SCACD Digital is a new adventure and will see the revival into digi of "some" past releases available in rubber, and the addition of some fresh new fun in digi format! They are available now for purchase but watch out for some fun from the design team and friends to showcase the newest digital releases in the near future! SCACD Digital's first collaboration is Carmen Medlin for SCACD Digital. Carmen's range will definitely have something for everyone, from elegant to adorable and everything in between.

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NOTE: Elisabeth Bell and Victoria Case stamps will NOT be offered as digital images by SCACD at this time.

Pretty exciting things happening!!!!   Your next stop on the hop is Delphine's Blog.  I know she has something amazing to share with you so check it out and be sure to leave her some love.  Once you are finished hopping, it is time to get shopping :)

Our International Friends can still find SCACD rubber Stamps and Dies by SCACD at Quixotic Paperie. Here is their link to the new stamp release HERE !!! The dies by SCACD are always HERE !!!

In the USA you can find the Curiosities #5 Set HERE as well as the MechAnimals Set HERE and new Carmen Medlin for SCACD Digital HERE !!!

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Alex

Love Birds

Isn't this the cutest image?  I saw it at Sweet Pea Stamps and just had to have it.  It is drawn by Karen Middleton and is called Love Birds.  After coloring and cutting out I paired it with some paper from the Carta Bella So Noted collection and the fabulous Breezy Branches corner die from SCACD.

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Alex

Forget Me Not

Rebecca Sinz has a serious of images named for different flowers at Sweet Pea Stamps.  This one is titled Forget Me Not and is part of Plate #242 or you can purchase it as a single in both rubber and digi format.  Once she was colored up, I paired her with some paper from the Basic Grey Wisteria collection and the Uncaged Bird die cut with the Dies by SCACD

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Alex

Little Acorns, Big Dreams

This sweetie is Little Acorns, Big Dreams from the Fairy Dust Collection.  After coloring her up I added Diamond Stickles to her wings, Viva Decor Gloss Pen in Opaque on the frame and used paper from the Teresa Collins Stationary Noted.   I had the most fun creating those whimsical mushrooms though.

Those mushrooms are created by using THIS fabulous Die by SCACD!!!!  Yes, really!!!!

I used the Vintage Fountain die to cut red cardstock.  I backed the cut out with white cardstock and then cut the sections apart and flipped them over.

TA-DA!!  Whimsical mushrooms!!!

What can you create with the Dies by SCACD?  There are sooooooooooo many possibilities!!!

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Alex

Me and My Shadow

The most recent stamp release from SCACD is Fairy Dust designed by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD.  This image is called Me and My Shadow. 

I paired this image with paper from the Webster's Pages Modern Romance collection.  The sentiment is from the Susana Loves Stamps Blank Canvas Collection #2.  It is the word collage freebie image that comes with the complete sheet. 

These cute mushroom die cuts are actually, are you ready for this...., from the Dies by SCACD Vintage Fountain.  I know, pretty cool isn't it?  I am going to do this again.  I have some whimsical creations that need red mushrooms with white behind them for the dots. These are just perfect.

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Alex

Moon Glow

This gorgeous image is by Joanne Schemmp for Sweet Pea Stamps.  It is called Moon Glow and available in digi form.  I used a LOT of Copic Glitter Pens on this one so there is shimmer and shine all over.  It didn't photograph well, but it truly is full of sparkle.

Image: Sweet Pea Stamps-Moon Glow
Die Cuts: Dies by SCACD - Classic Corners, Memory Box - Cleaver Koi
Paper: Websters Pages - Modern Romance, Cardstock - stash
Pens: Copic markers, Copic GlitterPens


Challenges:
LEJ Designs #50- Mystical, Magical or Mysterious
Cards in Envy April 15 - Things with Wings
Love to Scrap #4 - Cut it Out (Die Cuts/Punches)
Everybody Art #233 - Two Colours


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Alex

Today SCACD releases The Fairy Dust Collection!!!

SCACD is introducing the Fairy Dust Collection!!! These are 6 sweet and sassy Fairies that just make you smile and brighten the day :D  Elisabeth Bell sprinkled just the right amount of cute, charm and gorgeous on to these special little fairies. These are stamps for right now but also classics to use years from now :D

I hope that you are hopping along with us to see the release!  You should have just come from Elaine's BLOG.  However, if you aren't, you will want to start at the store blog so you don't miss a thing!

I am super excited to get to introduce you to Looking For Love.  Isn't this the most adorable image?  I can't pick a favorite from this release, but she is certainly right at the top!

There is a lot of sparkle and shimmer on this image.  Her wings have stickles on them and the keyhole is covered with the Copic Glitter Liner in gold and the gems are garnet, lime and clear.

The background is created by using pattern paper from the Carta Bella So Noted collection.  Then, I cut four of the Dies by SCACD Contempo Compass Statement Corner.  I trimmed the edges pieces off the die for the top and bottom of the card and let them overlap on the sides.  I am completely thrilled with the end result.  I can not wait to try this with more of the corner dies in the Dies by SCACD collection!!!

Time now to head on to the next stop on your hop.  You are going to one of our Guest Designers, Kim Dellow's BLOG.

All of our International Friends can still find SCACD Stamps and Dies by SCACD at Quixotic Paperie. Here is their link to the new stamp release HERE !!! The dies are HERE!
In the USA you can find the new Fairy Dust Collection release HERE and new Dies by SCACD HERE!!!

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Alex

Raven's Soul

This image has my name written all over it.  I love and admire the raven.  Raven's Soul is a perfect tribute.  This is one of the newer images by ching chou kuik at Sweet Pea Stamps.  It is available as both a rubber stamp and a digi.

The wing dies are part of the Dies by SCACD collection and called Steampunk Wings Pair and the background paper is from the Authentique Renew collection.  The pearls in the flower centers were created using the Viva Decor pearl pen in black.

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Alex

SCACD MIXED RELEASE

Welcome, welcome!  Have you been hopping along for the SCACD release?  I certainly hope so.  If not, you should, there are some amazing things to see!

If you are hopping you will have just come from Kathi's BLOG.

I have two different items to share with you today.  The first uses the Blank Canvas Woman of Essence and two of the brand new Dies by SCACD.

The dies used are the Dandelion Knoll (trimmed a bit) and the Contempo Compass. 

Next up is an art journal spread using the Blank Canvas Woman Leap of Faith.

After creating a background with Dylusions Sprays, I stamped the Blank Canvas Woman Leap of Faith directly on the right side.

The flames surrounding the negative words were created using the Crafters Workshop Stencil FLAMES designed by Victoria Case.  The top of the pages I stamped with the lightening image from the Natures Direction Set with glue and then sprinkled with silver glitter.

I used the WORDS SETS from the prior Mixed Media collection.  In addition I hand wrote in several more that are important to me personally.  I then decided I needed the silhouette to be more prominent so stamped her on some patterned paper with words of love and friendship printed on it, fussy cut it and adhered it.

Your next stop on the hop is a Kim Dellow's BLOG.  Be sure to leave her some love while you are there.


The SCACD Stamps are available now- HERE and NEW Dies by SCACD are available now HERE in the USA and for our International Friends Quixotic Paperie has the SCACD Stamps- HERE and the Dies by SCACD-HERE!!!


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Alex

Blank Canvas Torso ATC

I have love this die set from Dies by SCACD since it was first released.  It is called Blank Canvas Torso and Charm.  I cut the torso twice.  Once from black cardstock and a second time from red velvet paper by SEI.  I trimmed the red velvet and put them together as you see here.  The smaller torsos are the charm die that comes in this set.  The background is created using paper from the Theresa Collins Now and Then paper pack.  I used the Tim Holtz Honeycomb embossing folder and then rubbed with ink and the edges distressed.

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Alex