365 Cards - Day 191 & A couple D2D samples

Well, I think Pam is back on her "special coffee" if today's challenge at 365 Cards is any indicator!! So today she wants to see us make a card that is in a style "opposite" of what we typically do...that is "So not me!":...hum...I had to think about this one...I really don't see me having a "style" I just do what I like but I guess in looking at the cards I've done lately, I'm really into cutesy but usually clean cards with Copic colored images...well, mostly but not always! So my opposite is a vintagey collage type. UGH! I'm not in love with what I came up with but I really tried to not leave a blank spot on this card! Oh well, that's why it's called a "challenge!" Most of the images are from a CD of vintage images and I added a bit of rubber stamping here and there. There a tag in the middle and the key charm was just for fun.
Here's some other challenges this one fits:
1. Aly's Sunday Challenge - bows
2. Anything Goes Challenge Blog - vintage/shabby chic
3. Craft your passion challenges - anything goes with flowers
4. Creative Inspirations Challenge - set 3 (vintage, ribbon, flowers)
5. fun with shapes and more - what you want (+ something punched/cut): the large heart, the tag and the small image on the left middle were all punched out
6. Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog - vintage
7. Cute Card Thursday - a pinch and a punch

Next up are two cards for Delightful Inspiration/D2D. First is a "just for fun card" and it's my version of Harry Potter using Faith's Abracadabra image.

I erased the puppy and the sparkles from the wand in Paint and then colored him to death with Copics! I love how his hair turned out (check out Jen's site for a tutorial and some inspiration on coloring realistic hair)!! The frames of the eyeglass lenses were made with hole punches and then I drew in the connecting lines. The sentiment is a line from one of the books/movies and I thought it was perfect for a Halloween card! Of course, had to bling him up a bit with rhinestones coming out of his wand! The patterned papers are SU! Cast-a-Spell and the mustard yellow panel is embossed with a spiderweb folder.
Here's some other challenges for this one:
1. Alota Rubber Stamps - green, yellow, orange: well I had to throw in a bit of some other colors but it's mostly the green/orange/(mustard) yellow
2. Card Makin’ Mamas - digital
3. Catch The Bug Challenge Blog - anything goes
4. Craft Us Crazy - autumn colors
5. Crafty Sentiments - Halloween
6. Delightful challenges - Halloween
7. Digi Doodle Shop 's Best - Fantasy/Fairytale: HP is a bit of a fantasy to me!
8. Fairy Fun Friday - inspired by a book: Hello? Harry Potter?!? The books are soooo much better than the movies, IMHO
9. i{heart}2stamp - sketch
10. Speedy the Cat’s Friends Challenge - bring on the bling
11. Stamp Something  - digi day
12. Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - anything except a birthday card

Lastly is my sample for this week's progressive challenge at D2D. I combined the freebie "Falloween Cat" with the recently released, "Puppy Magic." It just looks like these two friends are so cute, I just imagine they are up to no good, hence the sentiment! :)

As almost always, the images are colored with Copics and there's a bit of dry embossing on the orange layer. And other than the fun spiderweb ribbon, it's pretty simple! Here's some other challenges for this one:
1. 2 Sisters Challenge Blog - friends
2. BasicGrey Challenges - celebrations: the patterned paper is from the Eerie pad and we're celebrating Halloween for this one!
3. Bee Crafty - dramatic borders and frames: I thought this super big scallop/hole border punch was pretty dramatic!
4. Crafty Creations Challenges - anything but a square: this card is 9.25x4"
5. Do you Stack up - Friendly Critters
6. One Stitch At A Time Challenge  - use a digi
7. Papertake Weekly Challenge - anything goes
8. Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog - let's emboss
9. Sketches by Carly - sketch: I did move the ribbon element to fit better with my image layout...
10. Stamp-n-doodle - anything goes
11. The Crazy Challenge - spots and/or stripes

Thanks for stopping by and can't wait to see what you come up with!
Aloha,