SHOPPING OUR STASH #403 - It's A Charmed Life

Good morning and welcome crafty friends!

I'm your hostess this fortnight at 

SHOPPING OUR STASH,

and as the title hints to, we'd like to see you incorporate a charm

on your project! Here's what I came up with:

It's hard to see in the above photo, but the charm on the butterfly

finishes the sentiment:

On the inside, I stamped Happy Birthday.

(Guess I forgot to take a pic of the inside.)

I hope you play along in our Charm challenge at Shopping Our Stash!

I can't wait to see what you come up with. For more 

fabulous ways of using charms, you need to check out 

what my dear teammies have created!

Thanks for visiting, have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Seize the Birthday #172 - butterflies

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampendous - Party Invite; STAMPlorations - A snarky birthday to you

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Nautical Blue

DP: Teresa Colins - Sweetest Afternoon; scraps

CS: Neenah; Darice

Accessories: GC; CUTplorations - Flutter Zen 1 layering dies; Tim Holtz - typed tokens; Provo Craft - Victorian scissors; DMC floss; MISTI; Recollections - rhinestones

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner 3D foam squares; Ranger - multi medium matte

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #142 - V is for Violent

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

First of all, gotta give props to our Graphic Arts Guru, 

Sistah Lee for this fabulous graphic! Spot on!!

I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone creates for the new

challenge at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS,

V is for VIOLENT!

I went super CAS on my card, but the stamp I've used had the

perfect combination of snark and violence. Here, check it out:

In case you can't read it:

This was originally a one layered card (GAH!), but my ears and eyes

started bleeding from all that white space, so I stamped it again, added

a black matte, and popped it up with some foam squares.

Wow, two nods to two movies on this post (Kill Bill for the graphic,

and The Princess Bride for my card). If you've never seen

either of these movies, what are you waiting for? They are fantastic!!

I hope you get to play along with our Violent challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: The Ink Road Stamps - As You Wish

Ink: Memento - Lady Bug, Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: MISTI

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

Fun with paper doilies

Hello crafty peeps!

It's apparently a two post day today.

I created this card for my soon to be niece-in-law for

her bridal shower earlier this month.

and the inside:

 

I found some tutorials on Youtube in regards to folding paper doilies to make

a wedding dress. This was my second attempt, and I'm pretty happy with it.

I started by lightly sponging a pale blue ink through a stencil for the main

panel. Both the sentiment on front and back are computer generated.

Once I adhered the dress onto the front of the card, I added rhinestones 

for some pretty bling!

Thanks for visiting again! I should probably get off the computer and

do some housework. It may happen. LOL!

I'd like to enter this at:

Double D Challenge - pearls, gems or rhinestones

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - clean and simple

Time Out Challenges #142 - fashionable

 

Supplies:

Ink: Memento - Summer Sky

CS: Neenah; Darice

Accessories: Wilton and Amscan - paper doilies; computer and printer; STAMPlorations - Flower Puzzle stencil; Picket Fence Studios blending brush; David Tutera and Nicole - rhinestones

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

Floral birthday

Good morning and hello crafty friends!

I had a play yesterday in the craft room and

had some fun using one of my favorite stencils::

I used bright pink and gray inks to blend, then with Prismacolor

pencils, went back over the flowers in red and gray on the leaves.

The sentiment is white heat embossed on a strip of black card stock.

I found some much neglected red washi tape and added

a strip before adhering the sentiment with foam squares.

 It still needed something, so I found some hot pink rhinestones

in my stash that matched the ink perfectly! Bonus!

Another stamped sentiment finishes the inside.  

That's it for this post. Thanks for visiting.

I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Just Us Girls #501 - color week

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Sentiment Builders: Celebrate

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Lilac Posies, Gray Flannel, Lady Bug

CS: Strathmore mixed media paper; Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Bold Florals stencil; Picket Fence Studio blending brushes; Prismacolor pencils; Stampendous - white embossing powder; heat gun; MISTI; washi tape from stash; Colorbok - rhinestones

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

Pretty Dogwood Blooms

Hello crafty friends!

How was your weekend? I had an exciting Saturday, as

it was my first time as a card demonstrator for my LSS, Photo Scraps!

As an introvert, this was way outside my comfort zone, but

all the ladies made me feel so welcome and at ease, that I had

a great time. Plus, I'll be back in October for that month's Demo Day! YAY!

So on to my card. This is pretty CAS for me, (I love my layers!), and it's

almost a one layer card. 

I stamped the image in versamark ink onto watercolor paper, and heat

embossed it in black. Then I did the fast water coloring technique
using a few different Distress Inks. While that dried, I stamped the
image again onto my card base. I masked around the edges and added
some light blending with blue ink. Once the water colored image was dry,
I fussy cut it and adhered with foam squares. I added rhinestones and
a sentiment sticker, then rounded one of the corners.
 

That's all for now. We are trying to stay cool and keep indoors as it's
rather hot and humid here. I'm almost, but not quite, ready
for Autumn and cooler weather. LOL!
Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

The Flower Challenge #35 - use your favorite flower (yes, I know the dogwood is a tree,

but it does have these gorgeous flowers that bloom in Spring, so...)

Addicted to Stamps and More #354 - CAS

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Framed Dogwood

Ink: versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky; Ranger DI - Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, Fossilized Amber

CS: Strathmore water color paper; Neenah

Accessories: Stampendous - black EP; heat gun; MISTI; STAMPlorations - Just Everyday Greetings clear stickers; Picket Fence Studios blending brush; Recollections - rhinestones; Fiskars corner rounder

Adhesives: SA by 3L - 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH #402 - Gone Fishin'

Hello crafty peeps and welcome!

It's the start of a new challenge at

SHOPPING OUR STASH! 

Gone Fishin' is our theme this fortnight. We'd like to see

fish themed or a fish on your projects.

I made a couple punny fish cards:

For my first card, I broke out these creepy-cute fishes and colored them

with Spectrum Noir markers. The background is a gelli print that I made last

year. I simply used a circle stencil that I blended over it. I used my 

computer to print out the sentiment.

Here's the inside:

My Twofer is yet another punny (and perhaps bizarre), card:

Fish-as-Christmas-Ornaments? Sure, why not?

I stamped two different sizes of pine boughs with two colors of distress inks.

Stamped, colored and fussy cut my fish and popped them up with foam

squares. I dug in my Christmas stash and found these ancient mylar light bulb 

stickers. Last, I tied some silver floss around the fish tails, you know,

because they needed to be all festive like. LOL!

Here's the inside of this card:

I hope that you find some time to join in our Fish challenge at

Shopping Our Stash! We look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Needing more ideas? Simply visit the blogs of my teammies, and leave

some love while there. 

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter the Birthday Fishes card at:

Twofer Challenge #19 - Nautical

Just Us Girls #500 - Circles

Craft Stamper Take I Make It

I'd like to enter the Merry Fishmas card at:

Twofer Challenge #19 - Nautical

Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge - ATG

Supplies - Birthday Wishes card:

Stamps: Dylusions - Under the Sea; MFT - Birthday Greetings

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Nautical Blue

CS: Crafter's Companion; Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Gelli print using DecoArt Americana Acrylic paints; Gelli Plate; printer paper and brayer; Spectrum Noir markers; Ranger Glossy Accents; Wink of Stella pen; MISTI; GC; SB - Lg & Sm standard circle Nesties; Lawn Fawn - scalloped rectangle die; STAMPlorations - Retro Circles stencil; Picket Fence blending brush; computer and printer

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

Supplies - Merry Fishmas card:

Stamps: Dylusions - Under the Sea; Rubber Dance - Pine Fir Yew; The Ink Road stamps - Are you serious, Clark?

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Northern Pine; Ranger DI - Iced Spruce, Evergreen Bough

CS: Crafter's Companion; Neenah; Taylored Expressions; Darice

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; Ranger Glossy Accents; Sticko - metallic lights stickers; DMC floss; computer and printer

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #141 - R is for RIP

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

We have a new challenge starting today at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS:

R is for RIP!

My Sistahs came up with various ways to interpret this. You could

simply rip up some paper, use the letters R.I.P., or use the American

slang term, 'Let one rip', (which means to pass gas! LOL!)

I decided to rip up parts of the paper I used on my card:

and the inside:

I scored this paper kit cheap last year at Tuesday Morning and it's the first time

I've used it. The glittery, dimensional witch sticker has been in my stash for quite a few 

years and went perfectly with the sentiment sticker I used from the paper kit.

A stamped sentiment on the inside plus more ripping and distressing finishes

my card. Now it's your turn to play along! Simply link up your ripped creations

to the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers so we can admire them!

Looking for more ideas? Do visit the blogs of my Sistahs, and our reigning

Queen, Samantha, for their creative takes on the challenge. 

Thanks for popping by!

I'd like to enter this at Addicted to Stamps and More #353 - Holiday

Supplies:

Stamps: Inkadinkado - All Hallow's Eve

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Ground Espresso

DP: Echo Park - Hocus Pocus

CS: Taylored Expressions; Thunderbolt

Accessories: Anna Griffin - witch sticker; blending tool; Tonic - distressing tool; MISTI; Recollections - spider sticker; Faber Castell - black Artist PITT pen

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

Dude!

Hello crafty peeps and welcome!

Got a card to share that I just made. I kept adding to it, and now

I think it's 'finally' finished. LOL!

 

 Here's the inside:

Things I kept going back and adding: detail coloring with Prismacolor pencils; I extended the

sand to the edges (originally just under the table and dude); added the ocean; masked and 

stenciled the clouds. I've been working on this panel on and off the last couple of days.

Anyone else like that? Anyone? Beuller? (crickets chirping)

Sigh.

Anyhoo, I'm really happy how it turned out and amazed that I didn't 

destroy it with all the additions. LOL!

That's all I have for now. I have more cards I've made, just 

can't blog about them yet. ☺

Thanks for hanging out. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

AAA Birthday #4 - For the Boys

Just Us Girls #499 - Summer

Addicted to Stamps and More #352 - Make Your Mark -
Oops! This one closed! Grrrrr!

The Male Room #117 - birthday

Supplies:

Stamps: Simply Betty Stamps - Surfin Christian digi stamp; Paper Smooches - Slang Gang, Digits, Happy Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Salty Ocean

CS: Crafter's Companion; Thunderbolt; Darice

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Prismacolor pencils; MISTI; Sakura - white Gelly Roll pen; Cloud template; Picket Fence Studios - blending brushes; GC; Avery Elle - pierced rectangle die

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner