SHOPPING OUR STASH #453 - Summer Lovin'

 

Hello and good Tuesday morning, crafty friends!

The new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH has

started, and the SOS Crew are looking for all the things you

love about summer!

Here's my take on the challenge:

I shopped my stash and discovered this square block cutting plate by

Taylored Expressions I purchased at least two years ago, and yes,

it's the first time using it. Better late than never.

It even comes with those smaller wavy die cuts for each of the larger blocks!

I cut the die from white heavy weight card stock. I colored the frame with a blue marker.

On two of them, I used some ancient vellum stickers, (the sentiments). 

On the others, I sponged a couple DI's onto the panels,

 then splattered them with white paint. I die cut

the flip flops and sun from scraps of card stock, assembled and adhered to

the block frame. I found some flamingo Washi tape in my stash that

fit perfectly over the one skinny long strip. As a final touch, I added some

insanely tiny sequins to the flip flops and another onto the center of the sun.

I hope that you'll join us in our Summer Lovin' challenge at 

Shopping Our Stash! For more ideas, please do check out

what my teammies have created to wow you!

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

Supplies:

CS: Thunderbolt; Neenah; scraps

Ink: Ranger DI - Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon

Accessories: GC; Taylored Expressions - Square Block Cutting Plate, Flip Flops die; Simon Says Stamp - Hello Sunshine die (sun); Nicole - flamingo Washi tape; American Traditional Designs - vellum stickers; DecoArt Americana white acrylic paint; paint brush; Spectrum Noir markers - GT1 & TB8; STAMPlorations - Color Confetti ShakerBlends

Adhesives: SA by 3L - thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - MMM; Sakura - Quickie pen

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #192 - H is for Hormonal

 

Hello and welcome back snarky peeps!

We have a fun new challenge starting today at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

That's right, own those hot flashes like a boss and

get all HORMONAL!

I wanted to use colors that portrayed what it's like to get hot flashes,

 mood swings, and all the other not so fabulous changes our bodies go through

during menopause. Oranges and reds - all the wonderful hot, fiery colors!

I dug in my stash of gel prints and found this one to use:

 

 

 and made this:

That sentiment pretty much says it all. LOL!

I hope you can join us in our glorious hormonal rages this fortnight

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! For more funny ideas, do yourself

a favor and check out what my Sistahs and our current reigning Queen,

Tristan, have created for your viewing pleasure.

Thanks for stopping by!

I'd like to enter this at Lost Coast Designs & Carmen's Veranda #128 - Face On

Supplies:

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps - plate #1282 ATC Photos; #734 Middle Age

Ink: Memento - London Fog, Tuxedo Black

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Nicole

Accessories: pre-made gelli print from a few years ago; GC; Lifestyle Crafts - Inverted Scallop die; MISTI

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

August Demo Day to Go at Photo Scraps!

 Hey there crafty friends!

Just popping in to tell you that I'll have two card kits

available for purchase tomorrow for 

Demo Day to Go at Photo Scraps!

From 10 am to 4 pm you can stop in and pick these up along

with at least 18+ other kits by other demonstrators. 😁

 

 Here's the first card:

 

I use Spectrum Noir markers and chose colors to match that fun

background paper, but feel free to color the image however you want:

Tip: a grid mat is your friend when placing the half circle pieces, but

not necessary. Just so long as they are no less than 1/4" in from the edges, 

you'll be good to go.

*** Here's the second card ***

Spectrum Noir colors used:

I hope that you can stop by. You can also call the shop or let

them know on their Facebook page which card kits you'd like.

(Keep in mind that those who come in to the shop have first

choice of the kits available) Help support a

terrific small business!

Have a great day!

SHOPPING OUR STASH #452 - Wood You Believe?

 

Good Tuesday morning to you, crafty friends, and welcome!

Today starts the new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH!

This fortnight, as the title prompt indicates, we are looking for your

projects that have some type of wood items on it. It could be

designer paper, wood grain embossing folders or stencils, wooden

chipboard items, anything like that.

 

Here's what I came up with:

and the inside:

On my card, I used a wood grain EF then took a gray ink pad directly to

the raised design to bring it out. Over that, a piece of weathered wood DP.

I thought a nice frosty mug of beer would be the perfect

addition to this masculine card, not to mention a fun sentiment.

I hope that you find some time to play along in our wood challenge

at Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see your take on it.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at TGIF Challenge #329

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampers Anonymous - Beer (2018); Simon Says Stamp - Adult Beverages Sayings (2013); MFT - A Toast To You (2019)

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Gray Flannel

DP: Jen Hadfield - Warm & Cozy (2016); scrap

CS: Thunderbolt; Nicole; Spectrum Noir

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Darice - wood grain EF; SB- Standard Sm & Lg circle Nesties; MISTI

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

A Tiny Craft August ATC challenge

 Hey crafty peeps!

Guess what? There's a brand spanking new ATC challenge starting

today at A Tiny Craft (ATC) Challenge!

Guess what else? I'm on the Design Team!

ATC's, or Artist Trading Cards/Coins are ever popular.

The cool thing about them is that if you don't trade 'em,

you can use them on an actual card!

Here are a couple examples here and here.)

This month's theme is super easy: Anything Goes.

For my inaugural ATC's, I went with a colorful background,

and llamas!  

 

 Here are some close ups:

I hope that you have some time to play along in the

first ever A Tiny Craft (ATC) Challenge!

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

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

 

 

Supplies:

Substrate: cardboard

DecoArt Media - Gesso and Modelling Paste

Plaid paint brushes

DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paints: tangerine, coral blush, sour apple, citron green, bluegrass green, snow

pallet knife

Stamps: Stampendous - Music Score; Sunny Studio - Lovable Llama

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Staz On - Jet Black

Spectrum Noir markers: BG1, 5, 7, 9, MB1,3,4, EB8,TN1,2,3,4

Stencil Girl: ATC Mixup Evans

CS: spectrum noir; cardstock warehouse

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #191 - F is for F Words

 

Hello and good morning snarky peeps!

It's time for the new challenge at the 

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This one is near and dear to my heart, as its

F for F WORDS!! 

If you know me, then you know I love to drop

an F-bomb around...a lot!

This is no exception, so be warned before you scroll any further. 

And because I felt like making another one:

There it is, my favorite F word. LOL!

I hope that you'll join my Sistahs, and our reigning Queen, Beverly,

for this fabulous, fun challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! Not all my teammies 

have a foul mouth like me, so do check out all the 

different ways they interpreted this one!

Thanks for visiting, have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps - finger and fuck head; So Suzy Stamps - More Fingers

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Nicole; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: MISTI; GC; TE - diagonal stitch rectangle stacklets

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

STAMPlorations Retro People ATC paper goods!

 Hi crafty friends!

I'm back sharing a few cards I've made using the new

Retro People ATC cards from STAMPlorations!

There's 6 images, three each per package, so lots

of opportunities to use these. 😊

I again was compelled to add some snark to

my cards. LOL! I colored the images using bright,

vibrant Spectrum Noir markers. I wanted to have a

very neutral background on each card, so I made

a master board using various stamps from

Art Marks, Art Marks 2, Mixed Media Elements, and

Mixed Media Grunge stamp sets.

I used 4 of the images, making two A2 sized cards, and a 5" x 7" card:

These are so much fun to play with, and just a sampling of

what can be created with them! Be sure to visit the STAMPlorations blog

for more information about these awesome new paper goods! 

Thanks for visiting!

Retro Fashionistas ATC Paper Goods at STAMPlorations

 Hi there crafty friends!

Popping in with a few cards I've created using the new

Retro Fashionistas ATC's from STAMPlorations!

There are six different designs, three each, in the pack.

 As soon as I saw these very posh, elegant ladies, I

knew a little snark was in order to pair them with:

 

 

I used two each of the ATC cards, coloring just the ladies then fussy cutting them, and

coloring just the background on the other ones, and popped up the ladies

with foam squares. Also used on my cards are the Clustered Hearts,

Swirly Blooms, and Make Marks 4 stencils for the backgrounds.

Check out the STAMPlorations blog for more information

on these exciting new paper goods!

Thanks for visiting!

SHOPPING OUR STASH #451 - Let's Get Sketchy

 

Good morning and welcome crafty friends!

Happy August to you, (can you believe it's August already?!).

We have a fun new challenge starting over at 

SHOPPING OUR STASH! 

Donna is your Hostess this fortnight, and she's found a

link to some free sketches from Craft With Sarah. There are four

sketches to choose from, so have fun and I hope you play along!

I've chosen to use the first sketch for my card:

I tweaked the measurements some to fit an A2 sized card,

but I followed the sketch pretty closely otherwise:

Here's the inside:

Boy did I shop my paper stash for this. Most of the papers used are 

15 plus years old! The paper flowers were a score last

year at Tuesday Morning, (before they sadly went out

of business). so you know they are even older than a year.

I hope you can join us this fortnight at Shopping Our Stash,

and create a card using one of the four sketches.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Jingle Belles - Red and Green all over

Supplies:

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios - Inside Quotes Christmas (July 2020)

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: HOTP; Ki Memories; Echo Park

CS: Thunderbolt; Nicole

Accessories: GC; SB - Standard Lg & Sm Circle Nesties; MISTI; Little Birdie - Poinsettia flowers; Love Nicole - rhinestones; DR7 Spectrum Noir marker

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Glue Dots