STAMPlorations December Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge

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Hello and welcome crafty friends!

It's December 1st! HOW is it December 1st already?!

I'm pretty sure it was just August yesterday. 😉

Well, since it's a new month that means it's the start of a

new STAMPlorations Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge!

This month's theme is stamps and candles.

As always, you can use just the theme, just the photo, or

combine both on your projects. My card uses mostly the

theme, but it does use colors from the photo:

I started by stamping the Christmas Candles large image onto

my panel and coloring with Spectrum Noir markers. I added

a thin frame around it using black glitter card stock.

I stamped one of the sentiments from the Christmas Bell Medley set in the

corner then adhered to a green card base. On the inside I

stamped a sentiment from the Yuletide Deer stamp set.

It's hard to tell but the flames and poinsettia centers received a 

healthy dose of diamond Stickles, and the candles were winked

by Stella.

I hope that you'll join us and link up your project at

STAMPlorations Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge!

We'd love to see how you interpret the challenge. 

Just a reminder, if you feel the uncontrollable need to shop

the STAMPlorations store, you can use my discount code

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 for an extra 20% off plus a free product of 

your choice (up to a $7 dollar value, after discounts and

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Do visit the blogs of my teammates and see some amazing

creations to inspire you.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps :STAMPlorations - Christmas Candles Large, Christmas Bell Medley, Yuletide Deer

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Spectrum Noir; Nicole

DP: DCWV - black glitter

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; GC; Hero Arts - rectangle nesting dies; Sakura - Gold Gelly Roll pen; Ranger - Diamond Stickles; WOS pen

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - MMM

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #199 - Y is for Yuletide

 

Hello and welcome back, snarky peeps!

I hope all who celebrated Thursday had a fun and

food filled happy Thanksgiving!

Since we are now past that holiday, we can

really start to get into the Christmas spirit.

(Actually, some people in my neighborhood have

had their Christmas decorations up outside for at least

three weeks now. Along with Autumnal decorations.

....and Halloween decorations. <<< slackers)

Anyway, Edna and the Sisters are getting into the

Yuletide spirit with this fortnight's challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

Here is my offering:

and the inside:

I think this is an accurate sentiment. (Goodish. HAHAHA!)

I hope that you find some time to join the fun with my

Sistahs, and our reigning Queen, Justene, over at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios - Holly Jolly Christmas

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Echo Park - A Lumberjack Christmas

CS: Spectrum Noir; Thunderbolt

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; GC; PFS - Holly Jolly Christmas die; WOS pen;          Smooch - Sundance ink; Penny Black - Elegant Stitching die

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH #459 - Triple Threat

 

Hello and good morning to you all.

It's time for the new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH!

This fortnight, it's a Triple Threat challenge: just add three of

something on your project.

Here's what I came up with:

Here's the inside:

Like many of us, I'm in Christmas card making mode.

Yes, I do make them throughout the year, but not nearly

as many as I wind up sending out. I've started mass 

producing and that helps considerably.

Obviously, I went with three tree images.

They all received a heathy dose of glitter glue,

plus the center tree's star was heat embossed in gold glitter.

I hope that you'll join in our Triple Threat challenge at

Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see how you interpret it.

For more ideas, please do check out what my teammies

created to wow you!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Penny Black - Oh Deer; Picket Fence Studios - Inside Quotes Christmas

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocas; Altenew - Hunter Green; Brilliance - Galaxy Gold; Versamark

CS: Neenah; scrap

Accessories: MISTI; GC; Penny Black - Elegant Stitching die; Stampendous - Jeweled Gold EP; heat gun; Nuvo - white blizzard Glitter Drops

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

A Tiny Craft November ATC challenge - We Remember

 Hello and welcome!

Time for the new challenge to start at

A Tiny Craft (ATC) Challenge!

This month's theme is We Remember.

Think Remembrance day/Veteran's Day/the color red/poppies/military, etc.

You can make an ATC card or coin.

Here's what I came up with:

I lucked out as I had these poppies already stamped. They were

leftovers from another project I made a couple months ago.

I printed out the sentiment and matted it in the same

blue card stock I used as the base.

I hope that you'll join our We Remember challenge at

A Tiny Craft (ATC) challenge!

Need more ideas? Just check out what my teammies, and our

guest designer, Laura-Lee, created for this challenge.

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at ATC's mit Herz challenge #110 - ATG

Supplies:

Stamps: Sunny Studio - Poppy Fields

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Photo Scraps custom paper

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: MISTI; computer and printer

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; 3D foam squares; Ringer - MMM

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #198 - N is for Naughty

 

Hello and happy Saturday, snarky peeps!

It's time for the new challenge starting at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This is one of our all time favorite challenges:

N is for Naughty!

I actually went rather PG on my card. Unbelievable, I know!

...and the inside:

It is one of the hardest questions to answer at this time of year. LOL!

I hope that you'll join us in our Naughty challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more inspiration, do visit the blogs of my Sisters and our

current reigning Queen, Tristan, to see what naughty projects

they made!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Atlantic Hearts #446

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT - Candy Cane Kisses

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Sunny Studio - All is Bright

CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah; Nicole

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; GC; Sunny Studio - stitched Oval 2 & Scalloped Oval Mat 1 dies: WOS pen

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; thin 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH #458 - Tic/Tac/Toe

 

Good morning and welcome crafty friends!

It's time for a new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH!

Yours truly is hosting and I came up with a 

Tic/Tac/Toe board for you to create from:

For my card, I've used the center column:

Embossing Folders/ Stamps over 3 yrs old/ Slimline card.

I don't know if there is such a thing as a slimline sized embossing folder,

but I got around that using a standard sized one by simply adding

a bit of designer paper on top of the panel that didn't get embossed.

The packaging that the snowman and snowflakes came from is dated

2011. The sentiment packaging is dated 2013. On the inside,

that stamp set is from 2013:

I added a bit of snowy dimension to ground the snowman:

I hope that you'll play along in our Tic/Tac/Toe challenge 

this fortnight at Shopping Our Stash! Just be sure to let us know

which row, column, or diagonal you used because it may not

be easily recognizable. For more amazing creations, simply 

check out what my teammates made to inspire you!

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: The Alley Way Stamps - Chill Out (2011); Simon Says Stamp/Kelly Purkey - Tis the Season (2013); Hero Arts - Merry Christmas Message (2013)

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Peacock Feathers

DP: My Mind's Eye - Collectables (2013)

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Darice - snowflakes background EF; Gina K - Lg & Sm stitched square dies; Sunny Studio - slimline scalloped frames dies; MISTI; Pinkfresh Studio blending brush; DecoArt - Glistening Snow-Tex; pallet knife

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

Fall colors birthday card

 Hello there and welcome!

It seems that I've finally recovered some mojo as I've

not been very busy making cards lately, other than DT duties.

(And I have soooo much to make: birthday cards, pretty much

depleted my stash. Christmas cards. I have some made,

but not nearly enough needed.) Ugh.

So here is a birthday card I came up with yesterday:

Here's the inside:

For the focal point, I used a NBUS die, Lawn Fawn's Magic Iris Fall Leaves add on.

I die cut one from kraft and one from white card stock. On the white one,

I smooshed Spiced Marmalade and Crackling Campfire DI's on it. I also 

used the same on all the single maple leaf dies, and flowers. For the

rest of the single leaves, I smooshed them in Ground Espresso DI.

Once dry, I realized that there was too much orange, so I blended

the Ground Espresso DI over the maple leaves and also edged the flowers

with it. I used a shiplap stamp on the background panel, stamping in

brown ink, matted with brown card stock, on an orange card base. The kraft die cut was 

adhered, along with the stamped sentiment insert. The inked die cut and the rest of the 

leaves and flowers were glued down. I added Nuvo glitter drops in white blizzard

on all the 'berry' bits and the flower centers for some sparkle. I finished

the inside with another sentiment and the last inked maple leaf.

I love how this turned out!

That's all for now. I appreciate you stopping by!

I'd like to enter this at:

Color Hues #29 - Orange & Brown

Just Us Girls #608 - Leaves

NBUS #32

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Offset Sayings Birthday; Taylored Expressions - Shiplap background

Ink: Ranger DI - Spiced Marmalade, Crackling Campfire, Ground Espresso; Memento - Rich Cocoa

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; TE; Bazzill

Accessories: GC; Lawn Fawn - Magic Iris Fall Leaves add on; MISTI; Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard; water mister; heat gun; Ranger blending tool

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - MMM

Sunset scene

 Hello and welcome!

I'm popping in with a card I made over the weekend.

There's a bit of snark on the inside:

I blended various DOX inks for my sunset background, then

simply die cut the woodland oval die and the deer die in black

card stock. After adhering, I stamped the sentiment, then adhered

to a black card stock base with foam squares.

I'm digging the dramatic look of this card. 😊

Thanks for visiting! I hope that you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #226 - Make a sunset scene

Memory Box Challenge - Circles and Ovals

AAA Birthday #31 - Animals

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts - Wish Big peek-a-boo parts

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DOX - Spiced Marmalade, Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserves

CS: Neenah; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: GC; Memory Box - Woodland Oval die; Poppy Stamps - Regal Deer die; MISTI; TE- blending brushes

Adhesives: Scor Tape; SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

STAMPlorations November Theme & Photo Prompt challenge

 

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cost to you.)

Hello crafty friends and welcome!

It's the start of a new month, (how are we already in November?!).

and so the start of this month's Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge at STAMPlorations!

Shery has picked a very gorgeous photo to inspire you, as well as

a great theme, especially for this time of year.

You can use just the theme or the photo, or combine both,

as I've done:

I started by blending various inks through the Leaf Prints stencil

onto a white card stock panel. Then I die cut the panel using the

Wonky Stitched Grid Texture Plate. I stamped one of the bird images

from the For the Birds stamp set and fussy cut. On a strip of orange

card stock I stamped a sentiment from the same set. Everything was

adhered onto a brown card base.

I hope you'll join us this month and link up your project at the

STAMPlorations Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge!

We'd love to see your take on it. 😊

If you have a notion to shop the STAMPlorations store, feel free to

use my discount code for an extra 20% off plus a

free in stock item of your choice (Minimum order of $15 dollars

after discounts and before shipping)

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - For the Birds

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa, Tangerine, Cantaloupe, Potter's Clay; Altenew - Hunter Green, Crimson

CS: Neenah; TE

Accessories: ARTplorations - Leaf Prints stencil; CUTplorations - Wonky Stitched Grid Texture Cover plate; TE blending brushes; Tattered Angels - Pearl Glimmer Mist; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #197 - R is for Rude

 

Hello and welcome snarky peeps! It's time again for

another challenge at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight we encourage you to say what you really want to say,

and be rude! LOL!

Here's what I came up with:

I utilized another gel print I made a few years back for this card.

I thought this Banksy gas mask girl went perfectly

with my sentiment. LOL!

Now it's your turn. Tell us how you really feel, we won't mind!

I hope that you'll play along in our Rude challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! For more ideas, simply check

out what my Sistahs, and our reigning Queen, Jen have come

up with to inspire you.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps - Banksy Gas Mask Flower Girl, I'm not rude (#20544)

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark

CS: Card Stock Warehouse; Neenah

DP: Gel print I made a few years ago

Accessories: DecoArt Americana acrylic paints; Gel Press; brayer; Stencils - ARTplorations & Dylusions; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares