A Tiny Craft (ATC) Challenge - December: Happy Holidays

 Hello and welcome!

It's time for the December challenge at

A Tiny Craft (ATC) Challenge!

This month's theme is HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

Whatever holiday you celebrate at this time of year

is what we'd like to see!

Artist Trading Cards and Coins are both accepted.

We celebrate Christmas, so that's what I went with:

Here are some close ups:

All those fiddly die cuts! But I'm so happy with how these came out.

The background paper edges were swiped with a 

Veramark inkpad, then gold heat embossed. To continue

with the gold accents, all the flower centers were Stickled in gold.

I hope that you will join us in making some holiday ATC's and

link up at A Tiny Craft (ATC) Challenge! Need some more eye candy?

Just check out the blogs of my teammies to see their amazing creations.

We will be taking January off but will be back on February 15th

for the next challenge, so stay tuned!

From my home to yours, I wish you a very Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year!

I'd like to enter this at:

ATC's mit Herz #111 - Christmastime

ATC's Around the World #84 - Christmastime

Supplies:

Substrate: Neenah - white card stock

DP: Sunny Studio - All Is Bright

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: GC; Sunny Studio - Pristine Poinsettias dies; Poppystamps - Shasta Twigs die; Stampendous - detail gold embossing powder; heat gun; Tim Holtz - Christmas Small Talk stickers; Ranger - Gold Stickles; Recollections - rhinestones

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #200 - S is for SNARKY!!

 

Hello snarky peeps and welcome!

We are celebrating our 200th challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

Holy Crap! 200! Of course,

it is S for SNARKY!

To mark this historic event, we even have a sponsor!

LOST COAST DESIGNS has generously supplied

us with $10 for the winner to spend on their site!

You'll see that many of my Sistahs created snarky

Christmas projects, but your creation need not be

holiday specific to play along, just add some snark!

Here's what I came up with:

OMG, I made another CAS card. Who am I!

Love this sentiment paired with Tim's paper dolls.

I even tinted the boy's clothes with ink, but with my

crack photography skillz, you can't really tell.

I hope that you'll join Edna, my Sisters, and our current

reigning Queen, Michelle, and play along in our SNARKY

challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

This is the last challenge of the year, but we will be back

at it on January 8th. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas

and a safe, healthy, Happy New Year!

Supplies:

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios - Inappropriate Christmas

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Nautical Blue; Altenew - Hunter Green

CS: Neenah

Accessories: MISTI; PFS blending brushes; Tim Holtz - Paper Dolls

Adhesives: SA by 3L - 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH #460 - Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

 

Hello crafty friends and welcome!

It's time for the last challenge of this year over at

SHOPPING OUR STASH:

Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

I'm pretty sure you've figured out that we want to see a 

snowman or more on your projects.

Here's what I came up with:

Here's the inside:

I broke out some ancient snowman stickers from my stash

for this card, along with some beloved Paper Smooches

sentiment stamps. On the front panel, I added a tiny heart

sticker, and when I was burnishing it with my bone folder,

I discovered it wasn't a heart, but a bird! LOL! 

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

Shopping Our Stash! Your projects don't necessarily need to

be holiday themed. Snowmen are around all winter, and people

do have birthdays in winter. Just sayin'. :)

Also, some news. As of this challenge, I'll be stepping down as a

design team member here. It was a hard decision to make,

but sometimes life gets in the way. I've loved the past

8 years being on this team, and will miss all these

wonderful, amazing, creative ladies. 

(But don't worry, I'll still be stalking the blog

and playing along!)

Thanks for visiting. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas

and a happy New Year!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches -All Yule Need, Christmas Sampler

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Lawn Fawn - Snow Day Remix

CS: Taylored Expressions; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: Cloud 9 Designs - snowmen stickers; GC; Penny Black - Swirly Rectangle die; MISTI

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

STAMPlorations December Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge

(This post contains affiliate links. When you click on any of the STAMPlorations

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cost to you.)

Hello and welcome crafty friends!

It's December 1st! HOW is it December 1st already?!

I'm pretty sure it was just August yesterday. 😉

Well, since it's a new month that means it's the start of a

new STAMPlorations Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge!

This month's theme is stamps and candles.

As always, you can use just the theme, just the photo, or

combine both on your projects. My card uses mostly the

theme, but it does use colors from the photo:

I started by stamping the Christmas Candles large image onto

my panel and coloring with Spectrum Noir markers. I added

a thin frame around it using black glitter card stock.

I stamped one of the sentiments from the Christmas Bell Medley set in the

corner then adhered to a green card base. On the inside I

stamped a sentiment from the Yuletide Deer stamp set.

It's hard to tell but the flames and poinsettia centers received a 

healthy dose of diamond Stickles, and the candles were winked

by Stella.

I hope that you'll join us and link up your project at

STAMPlorations Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge!

We'd love to see how you interpret the challenge. 

Just a reminder, if you feel the uncontrollable need to shop

the STAMPlorations store, you can use my discount code

STAMPGIRLCHRIS

 for an extra 20% off plus a free product of 

your choice (up to a $7 dollar value, after discounts and

before shipping):

Do visit the blogs of my teammates and see some amazing

creations to inspire you.

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

Supplies:

Stamps :STAMPlorations - Christmas Candles Large, Christmas Bell Medley, Yuletide Deer

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Spectrum Noir; Nicole

DP: DCWV - black glitter

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; GC; Hero Arts - rectangle nesting dies; Sakura - Gold Gelly Roll pen; Ranger - Diamond Stickles; WOS pen

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - MMM

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #199 - Y is for Yuletide

 

Hello and welcome back, snarky peeps!

I hope all who celebrated Thursday had a fun and

food filled happy Thanksgiving!

Since we are now past that holiday, we can

really start to get into the Christmas spirit.

(Actually, some people in my neighborhood have

had their Christmas decorations up outside for at least

three weeks now. Along with Autumnal decorations.

....and Halloween decorations. <<< slackers)

Anyway, Edna and the Sisters are getting into the

Yuletide spirit with this fortnight's challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

Here is my offering:

and the inside:

I think this is an accurate sentiment. (Goodish. HAHAHA!)

I hope that you find some time to join the fun with my

Sistahs, and our reigning Queen, Justene, over at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios - Holly Jolly Christmas

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Echo Park - A Lumberjack Christmas

CS: Spectrum Noir; Thunderbolt

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; GC; PFS - Holly Jolly Christmas die; WOS pen;          Smooch - Sundance ink; Penny Black - Elegant Stitching die

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #459 - Triple Threat

 

Hello and good morning to you all.

It's time for the new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH!

This fortnight, it's a Triple Threat challenge: just add three of

something on your project.

Here's what I came up with:

Here's the inside:

Like many of us, I'm in Christmas card making mode.

Yes, I do make them throughout the year, but not nearly

as many as I wind up sending out. I've started mass 

producing and that helps considerably.

Obviously, I went with three tree images.

They all received a heathy dose of glitter glue,

plus the center tree's star was heat embossed in gold glitter.

I hope that you'll join in our Triple Threat challenge at

Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see how you interpret it.

For more ideas, please do check out what my teammies

created to wow you!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Penny Black - Oh Deer; Picket Fence Studios - Inside Quotes Christmas

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocas; Altenew - Hunter Green; Brilliance - Galaxy Gold; Versamark

CS: Neenah; scrap

Accessories: MISTI; GC; Penny Black - Elegant Stitching die; Stampendous - Jeweled Gold EP; heat gun; Nuvo - white blizzard Glitter Drops

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

A Tiny Craft November ATC challenge - We Remember

 Hello and welcome!

Time for the new challenge to start at

A Tiny Craft (ATC) Challenge!

This month's theme is We Remember.

Think Remembrance day/Veteran's Day/the color red/poppies/military, etc.

You can make an ATC card or coin.

Here's what I came up with:

I lucked out as I had these poppies already stamped. They were

leftovers from another project I made a couple months ago.

I printed out the sentiment and matted it in the same

blue card stock I used as the base.

I hope that you'll join our We Remember challenge at

A Tiny Craft (ATC) challenge!

Need more ideas? Just check out what my teammies, and our

guest designer, Laura-Lee, created for this challenge.

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at ATC's mit Herz challenge #110 - ATG

Supplies:

Stamps: Sunny Studio - Poppy Fields

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Photo Scraps custom paper

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: MISTI; computer and printer

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; 3D foam squares; Ringer - MMM

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #198 - N is for Naughty

 

Hello and happy Saturday, snarky peeps!

It's time for the new challenge starting at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This is one of our all time favorite challenges:

N is for Naughty!

I actually went rather PG on my card. Unbelievable, I know!

...and the inside:

It is one of the hardest questions to answer at this time of year. LOL!

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

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more inspiration, do visit the blogs of my Sisters and our

current reigning Queen, Tristan, to see what naughty projects

they made!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Atlantic Hearts #446

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT - Candy Cane Kisses

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Sunny Studio - All is Bright

CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah; Nicole

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; GC; Sunny Studio - stitched Oval 2 & Scalloped Oval Mat 1 dies: WOS pen

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #458 - Tic/Tac/Toe

 

Good morning and welcome crafty friends!

It's time for a new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH!

Yours truly is hosting and I came up with a 

Tic/Tac/Toe board for you to create from:

For my card, I've used the center column:

Embossing Folders/ Stamps over 3 yrs old/ Slimline card.

I don't know if there is such a thing as a slimline sized embossing folder,

but I got around that using a standard sized one by simply adding

a bit of designer paper on top of the panel that didn't get embossed.

The packaging that the snowman and snowflakes came from is dated

2011. The sentiment packaging is dated 2013. On the inside,

that stamp set is from 2013:

I added a bit of snowy dimension to ground the snowman:

I hope that you'll play along in our Tic/Tac/Toe challenge 

this fortnight at Shopping Our Stash! Just be sure to let us know

which row, column, or diagonal you used because it may not

be easily recognizable. For more amazing creations, simply 

check out what my teammates made to inspire you!

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

Supplies:

Stamps: The Alley Way Stamps - Chill Out (2011); Simon Says Stamp/Kelly Purkey - Tis the Season (2013); Hero Arts - Merry Christmas Message (2013)

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Peacock Feathers

DP: My Mind's Eye - Collectables (2013)

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Darice - snowflakes background EF; Gina K - Lg & Sm stitched square dies; Sunny Studio - slimline scalloped frames dies; MISTI; Pinkfresh Studio blending brush; DecoArt - Glistening Snow-Tex; pallet knife

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

Fall colors birthday card

 Hello there and welcome!

It seems that I've finally recovered some mojo as I've

not been very busy making cards lately, other than DT duties.

(And I have soooo much to make: birthday cards, pretty much

depleted my stash. Christmas cards. I have some made,

but not nearly enough needed.) Ugh.

So here is a birthday card I came up with yesterday:

Here's the inside:

For the focal point, I used a NBUS die, Lawn Fawn's Magic Iris Fall Leaves add on.

I die cut one from kraft and one from white card stock. On the white one,

I smooshed Spiced Marmalade and Crackling Campfire DI's on it. I also 

used the same on all the single maple leaf dies, and flowers. For the

rest of the single leaves, I smooshed them in Ground Espresso DI.

Once dry, I realized that there was too much orange, so I blended

the Ground Espresso DI over the maple leaves and also edged the flowers

with it. I used a shiplap stamp on the background panel, stamping in

brown ink, matted with brown card stock, on an orange card base. The kraft die cut was 

adhered, along with the stamped sentiment insert. The inked die cut and the rest of the 

leaves and flowers were glued down. I added Nuvo glitter drops in white blizzard

on all the 'berry' bits and the flower centers for some sparkle. I finished

the inside with another sentiment and the last inked maple leaf.

I love how this turned out!

That's all for now. I appreciate you stopping by!

I'd like to enter this at:

Color Hues #29 - Orange & Brown

Just Us Girls #608 - Leaves

NBUS #32

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Offset Sayings Birthday; Taylored Expressions - Shiplap background

Ink: Ranger DI - Spiced Marmalade, Crackling Campfire, Ground Espresso; Memento - Rich Cocoa

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; TE; Bazzill

Accessories: GC; Lawn Fawn - Magic Iris Fall Leaves add on; MISTI; Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard; water mister; heat gun; Ranger blending tool

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