SHOPPING OUR STASH #339 - He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: Part 2!

Hello crafty friends!

I'm popping in with part 2

of my Valentine's Day cards

for the new challenge that started today at

SHOPPING OUR STASH!

You can see my first card here.

Since I had the leftover pieces from die cutting,

I whipped up another card,

but, not so lovey dovey this time.

Perhaps even a bit disturbing...

 and to continue the snark on the inside:

Ugh, don't you hate it when you use your MISTI to stamp, and you

STILL wind up stamping crooked?! Oh well, I'm just going to 

own it and say I totally meant to do that! LOL!

I just received that chloroform stamp as part of my winnings at VLVS.

I thought it went perfectly with the stamp from So Suzy Stamps.!

I just looked back at what I posted for January, and I've only really used

snark once at the very beginning of the month.

I had to fix that!!

LOL!

I hope that you'll join us this week at Shopping Our Stash 

for our Valentine's Day challenge!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: So Suzy Stamps - Weird Stalker; VLVS - from October 2017 winnings

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: DCWV - Black Currant, Summer Magic Stacks

CS: TE; Recollections

Accessories: GC; Poppystamps - Heart String die; STAMPlorations - crazy double running stitch rectangle nesting die; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

SHOPPING OUR STASH #339 - He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

Hello and welcome back crafty peeps!

This week at

SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we are getting all lovey dovey!

Yep, in case you weren't sick of Valentine's Day yet,

we are jumping on the band wagon 

and challenge you

to make a Valentine's Day card or project!

 Here is my card:

 Here's the inside:

Did a little die cut inlay for this.

The papers I used on the front either are shimmery or have foil accents,

thus the reason for the weird photos.

(Soooo hard to photograph those types of papers!)

Here you can see the shimmer of the bottom part and

the foil dots in the hearts. 

The heart die I just bought a month ago (year end sales ROCK!), but 

the stamps and papers are probably at least 8 years old.

I hope you find some time to crank out a V-Day card or project

and link up with us at Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see

what you made! For more ideas, simply visits the blogs of

the SOS CREW and leave some love while there!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Happy Little Stampers - ATG with Dies challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT - You Make My Day; Hero Arts - Celebrate Everyday

Ink: VersaMark; Memento - Elderberry

DP: DCWV - Black Currant

CS: Neenah; Recollections

Accessories: GC; Poppystamps - Heart String die; STAMPlorations - Crazy Double Running Stitch Nesting die; Stampendous - detail White EP; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

Happy Bark-Day

Hello there!

I'm gonna make this super quick as this is

a very last minute entry at Seize the Birthday - Topping: OLC

And here it is:

Some stamping, masking, blending, coloring.

It's all there!

Ok, got to get this entered!

LOL!

Thanks for popping in!

I'd also like to enter this at Paper Smooches - January 2018 ATG

 

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Birthday Buddies; Hulabaloo

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Bamboo Leaves, Summer Sky

CS: Neenah classic crest

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Inkadinkado masking paper; MISTI; blending tool; Faber-Castell medium black Artist PITT pen

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #102 - F is for Farm Life

Sister Lee has come up with yet another fantastic graphic!

Well hello there!

Have you herd? There's a new challenge starting today at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

F is for FARM LIFE

That's right, we want to see a farm animal or animals on your projects!

Here's my card:

 and the inside:

In searching through my oft forgotten stash of stamps,

I came across this farm set from My Cute Stamps,

a company sadly no longer in existence.

The date on the set says it's from 2008.

I've only used the sheep from this set, so I challenged

myself to use most, if not all the rest of the stamps.

The only one I wound up not using was the sun image. Not too bad.

I also broke out my neglected Slice die cutter and the hardly used Farm Life cartridge.

That's where the barn came from. I cut it twice, in red and white cardstock,

then inlayed them back together. What a bitch that was. (But first I stamped a 

woodgrain stamp over it!) My sentiment is computer generated. 

Once everything was adhered, it needed something more, so I die cut

 a couple wee clouds and added. Much better.

Not very snarky, but it's punny, and punny is good too!

I hope that you find some time to join our Farm Life challenge

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! We'd love to see what you

came up with. For more fabulous ideas, please do check out what my

Sistahs and our newest Guest Designer, Lisa, have made for

your viewing pleasure. (and while there, leave some bloggy love!)

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: My Cute Stamps - eieio; Paper Smooches - Kassables 2; Hero Arts - Good Things message

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa

CS: Crafter's Companion; TE; Bazzill; scraps

Accessories: Slice die cutter & Farm Life cartridge; Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Paper Smooches - cloud dies; computer & printer

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #338 - Birthday

Good morning friends and welcome!

This week at

SHOPPING OUR STASH

we have an easy challenge for you:

BIRTHDAYS!

Here's the card I made:

The infamous One Layer Card.

My Kryptonite!

(But it wound up coming out the way I had hoped it would, so there's that.) ☺

I started by stamping then masking the fish. Then blended on a couple Distress Inks,

lightly midway up the card and slowly getting darker towards the bottom corner,

for an ombre effect.

I then covered it with a wave stencil and used a baby wipe to blot out the

ink. LOVE how that turned out!

Once that dried, I removed the masks and colored the fishes,

and stamped the sentiment.

I did leave this under a big stack of books overnight because the baby wipe 

really warped the card stock.

So there you have it, a punny birthday card!

Now it's your turn to create a birthday card (you know you always

need them) and be sure to link up at Shopping Our Stash so we

can admire your card! For more ideas, do check out the

fabulous creations my teammies made!

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Less is More #363 - OLC-Cute

Addicted to CAS #128 - Ombre

Seize the Birthday - Topper: One Layer Card

 

 





Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Birthday Buddies, Briny Blue, Hulabaloo
Ink: Memento - Nautical Blue; Staz On - Jet Black; Ranger DI - Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon
CS: Neenah classic crest
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Simon Says Stamp - waves stencil; baby wipe; Inkadinkado - masking paper; MISTI; blending tools

SHOPPING OUR STASH #337 - Getting Sentimental

Hello and happy Tuesday crafty peeps!

This week at

SHOPPING OUR STASH

we challenge you to make your sentiment the focal point

of your project.

Here's the card I made:

 and the finished inside:

I used another panel I created a while back using Magenta Nuance powder dyes.

I die cut the word birthday 4 times, stacked and glued. 'Happiest' and

'wishes' were stamped in VersaMark and embossed in white EP.

I matted the panel with black card stock, then added some sequins,

because, shiny!

Now it's your turn to create something using your sentiment as the main focus.

We'd love to see it, so please link up at Shopping Our Stash so we 

can admire your work! Need more ideas? Simply check out the

blogs of my teammies and while there, leave some love!

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Watercolour Challenge - Jan 2018 - Birthday

Naughty or Nice challenge #47 - Celebrate

HLS Watercolour challenge - Jan 2018 sequins

Seize the Birthday challenge - ATG

 

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Winnie & Walter - The big the bold and Party
Ink: Memento - Elderberry; VersaMark
CS: TE; Recollections
Accessories: Magenta - Nuance powder dyes: Purple, Violet; water mister; GC; Winnie & Walter -
Birthday word die; Stampendous - detail white EP; heat gun; MISTI; Darice - sequins
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

Bloom & Grow

Hey, I'm back with my second post today.

This time I want to share an art journal page:

Lots of items used on this: Gesso, embossing paste, acrylic paints,

stamps, powder dyes, Stickles.

Here are a few process pictures. (Yep, I

actually remembered to take some this time! LOL!)

After a layer of Gesso, I used a stencil and embossing paste. Let dry.

Used a few different colors of blue acrylic paint. Went over

with gesso to soften edges some.

Stamped some texture with Staz On Jet Black ink.

close up

Using mixed media paper, I sprinkled powder dye and spritzed with water.

When dry, I stamped and fussy cut flowers, and die cut the leaves.

Die cut Bloom & Grow 3 times, stacked and glued. Added Stickles.

Adhered flowers and leaves with foam squares and added

Stickles onto the flowers. When the words were dry, I glued with matt medium.

One more look:

As always, my supply list is at the bottom of my post,

in case you wondered what all I used. ☺

It sounds as if I cranked this out within a couple hours, but this is me we

are talking about, folks. I played a bit on this for a few days before

I finally finished it yesterday. LOL!

That's all for now. I thank you for popping in!

Cheers!

I'd like to enter this at:

Craft Stamper Make It Take It January challenge

More Mixed Media challenge - ATG with blue

Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media challenge - garden

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - Winter Blues

 

 

Supplies:

Substrate: Strathmore art journal

Golden Gesso and Matt Medium

STAMPlorations - Flowers 2 stencil

Dreamweaver - embossing paste

Deco Art Americana acrylic paints - Indian turquoise, Desert turquoise, Sapphire

Plaid - various paint brushes

Visible Image - Imperfection is Beauty stamps

Indigo Blu - Tasty Textures stamp

Paper Smooches - Natural Beauties stamps and dies

Staz On - Jet Black ink

Strathmore Mixed Media paper

Magenta - Nuance powder dyes - golden yellow, orange, red, grass green, jade

Ranger - Diamond Stickles

STAMPlorations - Bloom & Grow word die

SA by 3L - 3D foam squares

Ranger - multi medium matt

We Could Be Heroes

Hello and happy Sunday!

I want to share a tiny canvas that I made.

Tiny as in 4" x 4". 

It's so cool!

Check it:

I've been wanting to use these stamps for a while, but wasn't sure what to

make with them until I saw this month's

challenge at Viva Las Vegas Stamps.

I broke out some green paint and some funky stencils and had a ball!

After prepping the canvas with a coat of Gesso and drying, the lighter green paint was 

painted on. I stamped the sentiment onto tissue paper and adhered it with matt medium.Then that funky circle stencil was used with the darker green paint. Once that

dried I doodled around all the circles with a F-C PITT pen. I used my finger

to smudge Staz On Jet Black ink around the edges, then adhered the David Bowie image

again with matt medium.

Lastly, I used a stencil to add the hash marks with embossing paste.

And yes, all the sides are painted and stenciled also!

As I'm typing this, it just occurred to me that it was two years ago on

January 10th that we lost this amazing artist,

so I'm just going to leave this here:

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

I'd also like to enter this at:

Craft Stamper Make It Take It January challenge

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #44 - Ring in the new (New craft stash: canvas and stencil)

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps - from plate #1482

Ink: Staz On - Jet Black

Substrate: Jo-Ann 4" x 4" canvas

Golden Gesso and Matt Medium

Deco Art Americana acrylic paint - Irish Moss, Kelly Green

Stencil Ease - kaleidoscope stencil

The Crafter's Workshop - xoxo stencil

tissue paper

Plaid - paint brushes

scrap of white card stock

Faber Castell - medium black Artist PITT pen

Dreamweaver - embossing paste

pallet knife