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I took some pictures last time I used my Crop-A-Dile to show off how easy it really is.

Click on more if you don’t know how to use it. It’s such an awesome tool. Even my boys were impressed!

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Heather Imhoff Says: August 29th, 2007 at 7:14 pm eCongratulations!! I love using my punches or cutting out images for my cards. You can fill up any spaces that look too empty this way.

Entry #181

Random Org picked the number 181! Congratulations, Heather! Please send me your snail mail address, so that I can get the ribbon in the mail to you!

It looks like most of you are like me and have several must haves for your cards. Most mentioned accessory was ribbon though. I don’t know if it was because you were looking of a picture of ribbon, or because it is the number one embellishment for you.

Hugs and smiles

Can you guess what song is in my head. I don’t even like that song. That’s what purple does to me. LOL

Today’s Limited supply challenge gives you three option, all surrounding Halloween or Fall cards. Challenge Two asks to make a Halloween card with a non Halloween animal. I decided to use the Whale from Whale wishes. He wants to party too. I used this weekend’s sketch challenge layout for the card.

I stamped him in Lavender Lace (I know….Fridays in a row I am using Purple!!!! The Lavender Lace pad doesn’t know what hit it) on Whisper White cardstock, outlined him with my 03black Micron pen and cut him out. He looked less friendly that way.

I cut out part of a circle out of Pumpkin Pie cardstock with the coluzzle, wheeled it with the Whimsy Jumbo Wheel and sponged the edges. That I layered on a 1/4″ bigger black cardstock circle.

I roughed up the edges with my Cutter Kit,  paper pierced the inside edge, adhered the whale and added black eyelets to make it look like bubbles  were coming out of his spout.

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Certainly Celery cardstock, folded in half and sponged on the front edges. On top of that is a 4″ square black piece of cardstock followed by a 3 3/4″ square of Lavender lace. Both the black and the lavender layer were distressed with the cutter kit.

I added stripes with a plastic stripe template (SU!, retired) and a sponge dauber, added a doodle on the right hand side of each stripe and stamped the outlined circle border from All in a Row in between the stripes. I then randomly picked some circles and turned them into BOO’s with my black micron pen. Last I sponged the edges with Lavender lace.

Next I cut a 2″ x 2 1/2″ piece of Certainly Celery Prints Designer paper, added paper two paper piercing rows on the top, a Pumpkin Pie grosgrain ribbon in between and the greeting from Booglie Eyes on the bottom right.

Last I added a large black photo corner on the top right with silver brads in it.

Remember this card?

I received compliments on the layout of this card and thought it would be perfect for our next sketch challenge. I couldn’t add more then a 1/2 circle to the sketch with my Adobe program. Feel free to make it more then 1/2, like I did on the anniversary card.

This weeks challenge prize will be an unused Autumn Leaves Clear stamp set called Swirls, by Rhonda Farrer. I wanted this set soooo bad over the spring and Rose Ann helped me get it. (Thanks again, Rose Ann. You are the best!) But with Stampin’ Up! coming out with Baroque Motifs and Priceless……I have never touched it yet.

To participate in the challenge, make a card with this layout and upload it either to your blog, or to an online gallery.

 If you upload your card on SCS, put WSC17  (NO SPACE INBETWEEN WSC AND 17)in the keyword section. That way we can look at all of them at once!

Post a link to your card to THIS blog entry as a comment. Please add your entry# to it.

I will determine the winner of the clear stamps with Random.org on Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.

To see samples made with this sketch now, check out the blogs of

Charmaine Ikach

Jenn Balcer

Lori Craig and

Sharon Harnist.

Have fun creating! I can’t wait to see what you come up with.

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