October New Sets Release...

To celebrate the October Release Day I created my card today using stamps from ALL 3 New The Alley Way Stamp sets, Kid 'n Caboodle, Trees Company and It's Fall About You!

Playing along at Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge 
(even included some October Afternoon checks!)

Deep Ocean More Than Two Colours Challenge
and CR84FN Colour Challenge too!

BE Inspired The Alley Way...

Can you tell I was SERIOUSLY inspired by the chocolate and strawberry dessert in this fortnights BE Inspired Challenge at The Alley Way Stamps!!!  This gorgeous slice of strawberry cheescake with chocolate biscuit base was created using AdoraBOWL and Hey Cupcake sets, using papers from Crate Paper Pretty Party and American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neapolitan, and Posy Trendy Twine.

I used this FAB sketch from Retro Sketches, and joined in the fun at The Ribbon Carousel Button & Twine, and Catered Crop Knot Now Challenges too!

Why don't you BE Inspired at The Alley Way Stamps and WIN some FAB stamps!!!
You have until October 11th to join in the fun!

The Alley Way Stamps October Blog Hop...

One person will win ALL 3 NEW SETS!! YEP!! So if you want that person to be you... 

all you have to do is comment on the hop! 

Here are the ways you can win. You can pick and choose which ones you want to do...

but the more you comment, the more chances you have to win.. 

1-Comment on The Alley Way Stamps Blog

2-Comment on the DT girls blogs (below)

3-Post about it on facebook or your blog

4-Like us on Facebook

(leave a seperate comment on  The Alley Way Stamps Blog for each that you do)

 You have until September 30th by 9:30 PM TAWS time to leave comments.

Here are the DT Blogs to visit

Alison
Annette
Arielle
Audrey
Danielle
Jessica
Kim
Lyndal
Tracy

Today's card features the gorgeous lady bug from the new 

The Alley Way Stamps Kid N Caboodle set.

Inspired by the colours from the Embellish Magazine Stripe & Polka Dot Challenge.

Playing along at Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge too!

This made me smile!

A Colour Q Paper Play The Alley Way...

This weeks Colour Q colours are just too perfect for a Fall card, and this gorgeous Paper Players sketch was perfect for my falling leaves!  This card was created by applying Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie and Tangerine Tango (in lieu of Dusty Durango!) to my clear stamping block, spritzing it with Gold Glimmermist and stamping the block onto watercolour paper.  I then stamped these gorgeous new The Alley Way Stamps It's Fall About You maple leaves in Chocolate Chip (in lieu of Soft Suede) and fussy cut them out of the watercolour paper.  The sentiment was created using Alphabet Soup, Chatterbox and Jibber Jabber.

TAWS Sneak Peek Day One - Pairfection!!!

Tuesday Trigger - Envy Becomes You

As soon as I saw the inspiration from Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World I knew I wanted to break out this gorgeous The Alley Way Stamps It's Fall About You pear stamp - but I had to wait til today's Sneak Peek to show you!!!

Just as these gorgeous chartreuse shoes are pairfection (the art of perfection in pairs!), so too is this new stamp set from TAWS, heat embossed using Zing Orchid, and coloured with Copics YG03 Yellow Green.  Matched with this lovely net ribbon from Create on Ormond, and completed with this sliver of Scenic Route paper I had been saving for a pairfect occasion.

Don't forget, today is the first day of the October Sneak Peeks over at The Alley Way Stamps!!!  Each Sneak Peek day you will have the chance to win one new stamp set. All the comments posted on the TAWS blog today will go into a random drawing and someone will win a new October set. But wait - there's more!!!  Join in the blog hop on Thursday you have a chance to win ALL 3 new sets!

Playing along with Simon Says Stamp - Emboss It Challenge 
and this weeks CASE Study - Challenge #109 too.

This made me smile :)

A Play Date The Alley Way...

Two of my favourites together!  The Alley Way Stamps are sponsoring this weeks Play Date Cafe Challenge - and with such a FAB colour inspiration, how could I resist!  

Throw in a sketch from Retro Sketches - and it's a match made in heaven!!!  I used  The Alley Way Stamps Awesome Blossom to create my three off-set stamped panels, together with this sentiment from Talk to Me. The die-cut butterfly is from Spellbinders, and this gorgeous wood-grained paper from My Mind's Eye.

Perfect for the Inchies Challenge at City Crafter too!

 

Why don't you come and Play ... You know you want to LOL!

This made me smile...

Happy Whoo-lloween!

Inspired by the colours in this weeks Dynamic Duos - and with a name like that how could I resist including The Alley Way Stamps Ghoul-Friend bat in my Halloween Theme LOL!  A perfect theme for black & white plus one at CAS-ual Fridays too!

The closest I had to Lucky Limeade was my Shabby Shutters Distress Ink, which I layered to create a die-cut full moon.  I stamped  The Alley Way Stamps Ghoul-Friend and Cover Ups spider webs and spider, and the Crazy Critters owl in Versamark Embossing Ink and clear embossed them on black cardstock - I love the contrast between the glossy clear and the matt black.  The owls branch is part of the Memory Box Tall Birch die-cut, and these gorgeous letters are from Lily Bee Design Double Dutch Collection.