IT'S A SNARK OFF!!

Hey crafty peeps! Just popping in to give you all a heads up: The SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS is having a SNARK OFF!!!

That's right! Edna and the Sisters are looking for a few good women (or men!) to join our design team for a 6 month gig! For all the details, check out our SNARK OFF post here! 

Why not let your freak flag fly, get your sarcasm on, and try out?! You KNOW you want to!!

SHOPPING OUR STASH #244 - Cuckoo for You

Hello and good morning crafty peeps! This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH, we are going cuckoo! LOL! That is, we want to see clocks on your card or project! Here's what I came up with:

 Here's the inside:

I pulled out a stamp set I've had for 3 years, and used two of the stamps for the first time on this card: the cuckoo clock and the sentiment. Also, I created the background paper with a stamp I won 3 years ago from a Unity FWF challenge. That also saw ink for the first time. On the inside, I added another sentiment (with a bit of snark!) to finish my card.

Now it's your turn. Break out your stamps/dies/embossing folders/papers with a clock theme and have fun making something fun with them! Just link up at Shopping Our Stash so we can admire your creative genius! While there, please check out what my teammies created and leave them some bloggy love! Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Unity/Samantha Walker - Cuckoo Clocks, Unity FWF 2013 winnings - clock faces; LOL/Hampton Arts - Officially Old

Ink: Memento - Nautical Blue, Rich Cocoa

DP: Echo Park - Times & Seasons

CS: Bazzill, Darice

Accessories: GC; Cuttlebug - Labels & Such dies; Fiskars - corner rounder; Michael's - burlap ribbon

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & Thin 3D foam squares; Recollections - red tape

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #55 L is for Legend!

Sister Lee really outdid herself in creating this AMAZING graphic!! A round of applause for Sister Lee!!!

That's right. This fortnight, the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS challenge you to create a card or project based on legends. Think fairies, unicorns, Pegasus, mermaids, etc. You get the drift. Here is the card I made:

 and yes, snark on the inside!:

Who doesn't love a good dragon image?! I bought this image when Sweet Pea Stamps was going out of business. (sigh.) The artist is Rebecca Sinz, and she's an amazing illustrator!  I colored her with my Spectrum Noir markers, then gave the dragon some sparkle with Crystal Stickles. See?

Oh and look, there's some blob thing on her hair. Great. Of course I didn't notice that until I was composing my post. Luckily, I scratched it off with no damage to the image. I decided to step outside my norm of using a white or kraft card base, and went with a fire-y red. Makes her flaming red hair stand out even more. hee hee. The sentiment was computer generated, and I felt had to be used! LOL!

I look forward to seeing what clever creations you come up with for our Legends challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! While there, please leave some bloggy love for the Sisters and our new Guest Designer, Sharon!! I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

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

Spectrum Noir markers used:
Skin: FS2, FS3, TN2, TN3, CR3,CR5, CR7, BG2
Hair: CR1, CR8, TN9, DR7
Dragon: CG2, CG3, DG3, DG4
Dress: BG1, BG4, BG7, BG9
Moon: LY2, LY3, IG1
Background: TB5

I'd like to enter this card at Spectrum Noir March challenge - show us your sparkle!


Supplies:
Stamps: Sweet Pea Stamps/Rebecca Sinz - Moonlit Companions digi; Paper Smooches - Streamers
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Walnut Stain
CS: Bazzill; Darice
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; SB - Tile Works Nesties; Avery Elle - Pierced Rectangle die; Paper Smooches - Streamers die; Sizzix/TH - Honeycomb EF; Ranger - Crystal Stickles; computer & printer
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares

JUST US GIRLS #335 - Color Week

Hi everyone! I'm your hostess for Color Week at JUST US GIRLS. Since Spring/Easter is just around the corner, (it's really early this year!), I thought some pastel colors were in order. I chose PASTEL PINK, YELLOW, and PURPLE. For my challenge, any light neutrals are welcome, but please only use the three colors picked for the challenge. (That means no blues, oranges, greens...you know who you are! LOL!) Here is the trio (Yep, three!) of cards I've made:

It's the same sentiment on the inside of all cards: 

I started with an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of white card stock, and went about randomly stamping the bunny then the basket in the 3 challenge colors. Then I die cut 4 panels from it. (I still need to make one more card) I made card bases with card stock in the three colors. I stamped the sentiment onto scraps of the same card stock using similar colored ink, and cut them into a banner. As a last touch, I added sequins in the same challenge colors to all the cards. So simple, and I was able to crank out more than one card in a session of crafting! Yay me! 

I hope you find some time to play along with our color challenge at Just Us Girls! I look forward to seeing what you make with the colors! Just a reminder, if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our March challenges, you'll be in the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of May! Good luck and happy crafting!

I'd like to enter this at Just Add Ink #303 - Just add "E"
Simon Says Stamp - Cute and Cuddly

 


Supplies:
Stamps: Some Odd Girl - Hip Hop Hooray; Hero Arts - Celebrate Everyday
Ink: Simon Says Stamp - Lemon Chiffon, Lavender; Memento - Angel Pink, Tuxedo Black
CS: Simon Says Stamp; Darice
Accessories: GC; Avery Elle - Pierced Rectangle dies; Darice/Nicole - sequins
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - Glossy Accents

SHOPPING OUR STASH #243 - Oh Me Lucky Charms!

Top O' the Morning to ya! This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH we want to see you go GREEN! Whether you make a St. Paddy's Day card or project, use a charm(s), or use the color Green predominantly, we want to see it! See? Lots of choices, cuz that's how we roll! Here's my card:

 Here is the inside:

Gotta have green beer for St. Paddy's Day! Just gotta! While stalking Pinterest for some inspiration, I came across this card and knew I was going to CASE it. I'm sorry that I don't know who made it. When I clicked on the image, a pop up box came up saying you had to be invited. So whomever you are, thank you!! Hey, did you know that a Snow Writer pen also makes for awesome beer foam?! Yep, just check out that frothy mug of green beer! Love it!

I hope you get the chance to play along in our St. Paddy's/charms/green themed challenge at Shopping Our Stash! Please do check out what my teammies created for your viewing pleasure, and leave them some bloggy love! Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a fabulous day!

Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - A Magical Spring, Birthday Sampler; Hero Arts - Celebrate Everyday; Unity Stamps - February 2012 KOM
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Mowed Lawn
DP: mystery paper
CS: Recollections, Bazzill, Crafter's Companion
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Darice EF; May Arts ribbon; Simon Say Stamp - frames die; SB - Std Sm Ovals Nesties; EK Success - border punch; Fray Check; DecoArt - Snow Writer pen
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & Thin 3D foam squares; Recollections - red tape

SHOPPING OUR STASH #242 - In A Galaxy Far Far Away

Hello crafty peeps and welcome to a new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH! This week, we want to see your cards or projects that go boldly! See what I did there?! LOL! (a Star Wars theme, space, aliens, UFO's, etc.) Got it? Great! Here's the card I made:

Who doesn't love a 'little green man' looking through a telescope at the Earth, from the Moon?!! The little guy, his scope and the Earth are all colored with Spectrum Noir markers, and fussy cut. I used a circle die for the moon, ran it through the pierced rectangle die to keep the piercing consistent, then used a bubble wrap EF to achieve all those 'craters' on the lunar surface. LOL! The sentiment is heat embossed in white and the stars in gold. I just love how stinkin adorable this looks! 

Now it's your turn! I hope you get the chance to play along with our challenge at Shopping Our Stash! While there, why not check out the out of this world creations by my teammies, and leave them some bloggy love! Thanks for visiting! Now don't get sucked into a black hole - use the Force and create something spaceballs fantastic! (Too many punny space jokes? Naaaaahhhhh!) 

Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Space Cadet
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; VersaMark
DP: MME - Lost & Found: Union Square
CS: Bazzill, Darice
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Avery Elle - Pierced Rectangle die; Sizzix/TH - bubble wrap EF; Stampendous - Detail White & Champagne EP; heat gun
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Glue Dots

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #54 G is for Gears (Steampunk!)

Good morning snarky peeps! It's time again for a new challenge at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS! We are bringing back one of our favorite challenges: Steampunk! (Thus the gears) Here's my card:

And the inside: 

I wasn't sure what kind of sentiment to put on the front, and I when I came across the one I used, I may have done the happy dance. I had no idea I that that stamp! (Perhaps I should really start looking at my stash more closely) *cough hoarder cough* I also used the sketch from the now ended Paper Players #284.

Ready to get your freak on and make a steampunk card or project featuring gears? Sure you are! Just link it up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers so we can admire it. While there, please check out what the other Sisters, and our newest Guest Designer, Cyndi, have created for your viewing pleasure and leave them some bloggy love! Thanks for visiting and have fun crafting!

Supplies:
Stamps: MFT - Totally Witchin', Fiesta WTG, More Essential Sentiments
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Walnut Stain
DP: Graphic 45 - Steampunk Spells
CS: Bazzill, Darice
Accessories: OTC - gear brads; Simplicity - lace; Tonic/TH - distressing tool; brads from stash
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Recollections - red tape

JUST US GIRLS #333 - Word Week

Good morning and welcome! It's Word Week at JUST US GIRLS! Maria is your hostess this week and she wants you to add flowers to your card or project! Here's my card:

 And the inside:

Basing my card over the now ended TGIF#43 sketch, (sigh), I die cut and stamped a bunch of flowers and leaves, adhering them over a die cut frame. For some added sparkle, I've added Crystal Stickles to the flowers and sequins too. 

In hindsight, I should have used a darker green ink for the leaves. (Another sigh)

I hope that you get a chance to play along this week at Just Us Girls! We have a new Guest Designer joining us this month: Steph Castro! Please welcome her and leave some love on her blog, along with the design team! 

Just a reminder, if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our March challenges, you'll be in the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of May! Good luck and happy crafting!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Reflections, Happy Birthday

Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel; Simon Says Stamp - Lavender; Ranger DI - Cracked Pistachio, Squeezed Lemonade, Carved Pumpkin, Worn Lipstick

CS: WRMK; Bazzill, scraps

Accessories: GC; Paper Smooches - Reflections flowers & leaves, Duo Dies 1; Darice - sequins; Cuttlebug - Oxford EF; Ranger - Crystal Stickles

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & Thin 3D foam squares; Scotch scrapbooker's glue

SHOPPING OUR STASH #241 - White Out

Hello and happy first day of March! Spring is on it's way! Woo hoo!! I can't wait! This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH we challenge you to make a card or project that does not have any WHITE PAPER on it!! That's right - no white paper allowed. It's a piece of cake. Here's my card:

 and the inside:

Yep, used my favorite sentiment stamp again, but this time I masked and stacked the words.(hard to do with a rubber stamp, thus the off kilter-ness) I also had to mask the page to extend the size so it would fit. A happy accident: when I stamped the word 'you' I had ink on the edge of the stamp and it smudged on the top left. So I doodled to make it look as if the corner of the paper had curled. 

Now it's your turn. Just create a card or project that does NOT include white paper and link it up at Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see it. While there don't forget to check out what the other ladies created and leave them some bloggy love! Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:
The Male Room #29 - Monochromatic
The Challenge #62 - Masculine inspiration

Supplies:
Stamps: Recollections - typewriter; Unity Stamps - February 2012 KOM
Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa; Ranger DI - Walnut Stain
DP: G45 - Raining Cats and Dogs
CS: Darice, Bazzill
Accessories: Recollections - burlap ribbon; brads from my stash; Marvy Uchida brown marker; GC; Avery Elle - Pierced Rectangle die
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & Thin 3D foam squares; Recollections - red tape