woodland winter

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I'm sharing a card I created using nothing

but cardstock:

It's really hard to see, because of my crack

photography skills, but I added gray smudges on

the trees to give them even more of a birch tree vibe.

I also stamped the deer die cut with a linen stamp for

more texture.

And of course, I finished the inside:

Now I have one less Christmas card to make in December. LOL!

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

I am entering this at Jingle Belles - Cardstock Christmas

Supplies:

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips Christmas, Handlettered Holidays 2, Linen Background

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark; Gina K. - Kraft

CS: Taylored Expressions; Neenah; Thunderbolt

Accessories: GC; Taylored Expressions - Birch Tree cover plate, Birch Tree Accessories, Simple Strips dies; MISTI; Stampendous - Champagne EP; heat gun; Faber Castell - black PITT Artist pen; Spectrum Noir markers - IG1 & blender

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; SA by 3L - tape runner; Taylored Expressions - foam sticky strips

Easy peasy birthday card

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I'm sharing a quick card I made

for the current Paper Players challenge:

It's a clean and simple challenge with a flower theme.

I used an ATC for my main panel, added a thin black matte,

stamped a sentiment and that was it!

Another simple sentiment finishes the inside:

I've used products from STAMPlorations.

If you follow the blog, you'll know that the owner, Shery Russ,

has been battling a cancer diagnosis for the past year. To focus

on her health, she made the incredibly hard decision to close the

store except for a handful of bundles and the digi stamps.

She just recently received the BEST news from her

doctors! Here's a link to her blog post so you can

read it in her own words. 😍 I'm beyond excited for her!

That's all I've got for now. Thank you for visiting, and I

hope that you have a great day!

I'm entering this at The Paper Players #632

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Birthday Bash, Sketched simple gift (retired)

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: STAMPlorations - mixed media spring ATC ephemera; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #230 - Y is for Yuck

 

Welcome snarky peeps!

The new challenge has started at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS,

Y is for YUCK!

Interpret this however you'd like. I'll admit I had no clue what

to do with the prompt, but as I was looking at the stamps

I had from Viva Las Vegas Stamps, I came across this

image that immediately reminded me of

Spanish Inquisitors. I printed out the sentiment

on my computer and this is what emerged:

I'm not really sure if that is an actual quote from the inquisitors,

but it sounded like something they'd say. LOL!

It's your turn to challenge yourself and create something 

yuck-worthy and add it to the gallery at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! Need more ideas? Simply 

visit the blogs of my Sisters and our reigning Queen,

Beverly, to see how they interpreted the challenge.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps - monk image from plate 1505

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa

CS: Taylored Expressions

Accessories: MISTI; computer and printer; Tim Holtz distressing tool; blending brush

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

Here's a cute 1st birthday card

 Hello crafty friends and Happy St. Patrick's Day!

May the luck of the Irish be with you always! 💚

I'm popping in with a card I made for

one of my grand nephew's 1st birthday:

Here's the inside:

I decided to shop my stash again and use some products

by Paper Smooches. (I miss their stuff!)

The main panel needed a bit of something extra, so

I sponged a darker blue ink through a star stencil

before assembling my card.

I found a #1 sticker that fit perfectly on the onesie 

to complete the front of my card.

I hope that you have a wonderful day, and if you are

celebrating St. Paddy's Day, remember,

Erin Go Braugh(less!) LOL!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #257

Happy Little Stampers March Birthday challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Digits; Honey Bee Stamps - Inside Birthday Sentiments

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Paris Dusk

DP: Lawn Fawn - Perfectly Plaid

CS: Darice, Taylored Expressions, Thunderbolt

Accessories: GC; Paper Smooches - Onesie die & Frames 2 die; Echo Park - Twinkle twinkle little star stencil; TE - blending brush; Colorbok - #1 sticker; MISTI

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

Sunshine and Rainbows

 Hello and welcome!

The other day was a very exciting one for me.

I met Jules, one of my fellow design team sisters face to face

for the first time from the

 Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

We had a nice visit, getting to know each other better,

and having a good time.

(Don't mind the mess. We recently moved and we are still 

trying to figure out where things go!)

Jules made quite the impression on Colby. We tried to

get him in the picture with us, but all he wanted to do

was play tug-of-war with her!

We look forward to getting together when she's in town again. 😊

Yesterday was a sunny, but another very cold day here, so

I spent some time making some bright, cheerful cards.

here's the inside:

I played with the color arrangement and created

some more cards:

and the inside:

I've had this stamp set for a few years and I think only

used it once, so it was time for it to see some ink again.

I love how you get a different look to the rainbow

simply by changing which color you start with!

Well, that's it for now. Colby is in my face telling me

he wants to go out. LOL! Thanks for visiting,

and I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Just Us Girls #670

Shopping Our Stash #492 - Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Supplies:

Stamps: Dare2BArtzy - Sunshine and Rainbows; Hero Arts - Let's Celebrate

Ink: Memento - Lady Bug, Tangelo, Dandelion, Cottage Ivy, Bahama Blue, Paris Dusk, Grape Jelly, Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: MISTI; GC; Penny Black - Elegant Stitching rectangle die

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

Think Spring

 Hello friends and welcome!

Recently, I had some fun in my craft room

making a rainbow of background

panels using Magenta Nuance powder dyes.

I could have sworn I took a picture of them before I cut into 

some of them, but no, so I took a quick picture

 to show the fun panels I made:

Using the three shades of purple and some designer paper,

I made pretty coneflowers using some new dies I recently purchased:

Here's the finished inside of my card:

Since I know the recipient of this card received it,

I felt it safe to blog about her card! 😊

I just adore these coneflower dies, and will be making more

flowers with them soon!

Thanks for visiting. Enjoy your day!

I'm entering this card at:

The Flower Challenge #78

NBUS Challenge #48

Happy Little Stamper - ATG with Dies

Supplies:

Honey Bee Stamps - Inside birthday sentiments

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Craft Consortium - Ink Drops: Vivid; Mintay - Shabby Book

CS: Neenah; Strathmore mixed media paper; scraps

Accessories: GC; Honey Bee Stamps - Lovely Layers Coneflower and Inside birthday sentiment dies; Avery Elle - double pierced rectangle die; Magenta Nuance powder dyes; water mister; Nuvo Crystal Drops - Crushed Grape; MISTI

Adhesives: Ranger - Multi Medium Matte; SA by 3L - tape runner and thin 3D foam squares

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #229 I is for Ink

 

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

It's time for the new challenge starting at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

As those fabulously amazing sleeves on Edna suggests,

we want you to get INKY! Blending, stenciling, smooshing,

splattering. How ever you want to use your inks,

we want to see it!

I decided to so a bit of smooshing with Distress Oxides,

and created a couple panels to work from:

I came across a card that I saw, liked it a lot, so I cased it,

 putting my own spin on it. (Thank you for the inspiration, Bobbi Smith!)

I didn't smoosh the flower panel, but I did sponge around

the edges with Antique Linen DI to age it a bit. I used

Small Talk stickers for the sentiment. The inside

was simply stamped with Happy Birthday to finish.

Not super snarky, but just a bit of sass. LOL!

I hope that you'll get inky with us at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! 

Need more inspiration? Simply check the inky projects my

Sisters and our reigning Queen, Sanna, have created!

Thanks for visiting, and have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee - Inside Birthday

Ink: Ranger DOX - Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed; Ranger DI - Antique Linen; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Strathmore mixed media paper; Thunderbolt; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: GC; Memory Box - Daisy Stems die; Tim Holtz - Small Talk Occasions stickers; MISTI; water spritzer

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

Happy Birthday balloons

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

I've been a bit MIA here on my blog lately,

except for the scheduled posts. I took

a trip home to Illinois for a bit of a visit,

and more importantly, to join my family in

celebrating my Mom's 90th birthday.

She's so cute...and keeps shrinking! LOL!

So, now that I'm back home, I thought it was time to

kickstart my crafty mojo by making this card:

Here's the inside:

I spent way too much time trying to find some red striped paper

in my stash, with no luck, so I made my own:

I mixed the red Magenta Nuance powder dye with water and painted 

some stripes on my paper. I wound up reapplying a couple more

times to get a deeper red.

This turned out pretty good, and so perhaps I'll be

revisiting the 'paint my own paper' thing again. 😉

That's all I got for now. I hope that you

have a great day. Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #256

Try Stampin' On Tuesday #595

Supplies:

Stamps: Sunny Studio - Inside Greetings Birthday

Ink: Altenew - Lagoon

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Magenta Nuance Red powder dye; paint brush; GC; Avery Elle - double pierced rect. dies; Paper Smooches - Balloon dies; MISTI; white Gelly Roll pen; Faber Castell - black PITT Artist pen

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS 228 - E is for Expletives

 

Hello and welcome, snarky peeps!

It's time for one of my favorite challenges at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS:

E for Expletives!

Let's see you use those swear words in all their glory!

Here's a little somethin' I came up with:

I had the brilliant idea (I thought) to use the wreath builder template

with a bunch of swear word stamps. LOL!

How glorious! 😂😂😂

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

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

For more ideas, do check out what my Sisters and our

reigning Queen, ___, have created.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Issues - Oh Hell No sentiments; Gina K. - Mini wreath builder 

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Pear Tart, Cottage Ivy, Teal Zeal, Nautical Blue

CS: Neenah, Taylored Expressions

Accessories: MISTI; Gina K. - Wreath Builder template; GC; Sunny Studio - Stitched circle die

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