SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #202 - G is for Gel Printing

 

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Hello hello!

Welcome back snarky peeps! It's time for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight, it's all about Gel Printing!

I searched through some prints I made over the years and

decided to use this blue one for a masculine birthday card:

and the inside. Forgive my hand modeling, the card didn't

want to stay flat.

Gotta love a great snarky sentiment!  LOL! I stamped the balloons

twice, once onto gray card stock, then again on a scrap of this

funky gray DP that had a nested squares design on it. By angling how

I stamped the balloon image I was able to get a different design on each balloon.

I just fussy cut the bunch and glued it onto the gray card. Cool beans!

I hope that you'll join Edna, my sisters, and our reigning Queen,

Fran, in our Gel Printing challenge! I look forward to seeing

your projects linked up at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - A Snarky Birthday to You

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah

DP: scrap

Accessories: Gel Press; DecoArt Americana acrylic paints - Sapphire, Williamsburg Blue, Berry Red, Black; brayer; ARTplorations - Confetti Circles stencil; Dylusions - Arrow Lg stencil; MISTI

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

A birthday mix of old and NBUS

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

It seems like it's been a long time since I've posted anything,

so I'm changing that right now. :)

Here's a card I've made using a mix of older

and new stash:

and the inside:

Like probably most of you, I took advantage of one of the

gazillion sales at the end of last year/beginning of this year.

My NBUS is the layered flower dies from Altenew.

(I may have pulled a 'Jennifer McGuire' and made

a bunch of these)

After a few days of cutting and slowly gluing these

together, I needed another day or so for my eyesight

to readjust. LOL!

I love a little bit of snark on the inside of a card,

so, this sentiment was perfect.

(This will be sent to my best friend, who's birthday

is coming up!)

We survived the current storm, with a couple inches of snow

which turned into a rain/sleet mix. Happy times. Not.

I can't wait until warmer weather shows up.

That's it for now. More cards to make!

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Freshly Made Sketch #518

NBUS #34

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee - Inside snarky birthday sentiments

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions; scraps

Accessories: Gemini; Altenew - Jumbo Garden Picks layering die set; STAMPlorations - Wonky stitched grid texture plate; Tim Holtz - small talk occasions sticker; Recollections - rhinestones; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares: Ranger - Multi Medium Matte; Taylored Expressions - foam strips

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #201 - I is for Ink

 

Hello and welcome snarky peeps! Holy Crap, it's 2022!

It's also time for the new challenges to start up at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

For this first challenge of the new year, we want to see

your inky creations! Speaking of inky, Sister Lee has

done it yet again with this glorious colorful graphic!

For my card, I used Dylusions ink sprays on the background

panel, plus alcohol ink markers to color the cake image:

This was a labor of love. In the below picture, the original

cake image is shown, along with a bunch of stamped and fussy cut

candles that I added. Once I had everything stuck down, I gave

the flames a coating of Crystal Stickles for a bit of sparkle.

I continued the snark on the inside of my card:

Guess what? I decided to make TWO cards! Yay me!

I hope that you'll join Edna and the Sisters and play along in our

Ink challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

Need more ideas? Just visit the blogs of my Sisters and our

reigning Queen, Stephanie, to see their amazing projects!

Thanks for visiting, have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Tuesday Morning Sketches #638

Inspire.Create #107

Just Us Girls #614

Supplies:

Stamps: Technique Tuesday - Umpteenth Birthday; Honey Bee Stamps - Inside Snarky Birthday Sentiments; PhotoPlay - Dog Lover (2nd card)

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Dandelion; Altenew - Crimson

CS: Neenah; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Altenew - Angled Mosaic EF; Sunny Studio - stitched Ovals 1 die; Dylusions ink spray - lemon zest, pure sunshine, postbox red, pomegranite seed, (fresh lime, vibrant turquoise, crushed grapes on 2nd card); Taylored Expressions blending brush; Ranger - Crystal Stickles; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares, adhesive sheets; Scor Tape

Getting a head start on Christmas cards

 Happy Fri-Yay crafty friends!

I'm just popping in with a card or two that I made yesterday.

Here's the inside:

I know, it's kind of CAS for me. This was my second attempt at

creating this card. I originally used a circle die and I didn't like

how it looked at all. Then I thought, what about snowflake dies?

Major lightbulb moment. LOL!

For reference, here's the first card:

See what I mean? But now I have two Christmas cards made, 

so there's that. :)

Both sentiments were stamped in purple ink to complete the

rainbow. Thankfully, I had enough R stickers to complete 

the second card!

Well, since we were "gifted" with another 5" of snow overnight,

guess I'll just stay put and make some more cards. :)

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Christmas Kickstart #58 - Rainbow Christmas

Freshly Made Sketches #517

Supplies:

Stamps: Avery Elle - Nutcrackers; Picket Fence Studios - Inside Quotes Christmas

Ink: Memento - Grape Jelly

DP: snippets

CS: Neenah

Accessories: GC; Paper Smooches - snowflake dies; Penny Black - Elegant rectangle die; MISTI;

American Crafts - Thickers alpha stickers

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

STAMPlorations January Theme and Photo Prompt Challenge

 

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Happy New Year to you all!

I hope that your holidays were filled with love and laughter.

It's time again for the newest Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge

at STAMPlorations!

Use the theme, or the photo, or combine both.

My card was created using the photo for inspiration:

I loved all the fun colors of the cereal, so I drew from that.

I found this great balloon paper in my stash for the background.

(Which has both the star and heart shaped balloons in the design!)

Once I had it adhered to the card base, I started to tackle all the

die cutting. The Birthday Wishes die was cut three times, stacked and

glued together. For both the Shaker Balloons #1 Heart and 

Shaker Balloons #2 Star dies, the solid die was cut once from the pink card and

once from acetate. Now for the outline dies, I cut those at least 9 times for each,

stacked and glued them. I added sequins from the 

Color Confetti ShakerBlends before adhering the solid shape to it, then

adhering everything to the card base. 

I hope that you find some time this month to play along in the

STAMPlorations Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge!

I'm looking forward to seeing how you interpret the theme and/or photo.

If you need more ideas, please do check out what my teammates

created to inspire you!

In need of some crafty supplies at the STAMPlorations store?

Feel free to use my discount code,

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for an extra 20% off!

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

Supplies:

DP: Doodlebug - Hey Cupcake

CS: TE; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: GC; STAMPlorations - Birthday Wishes word die, Shaker Balloons Heart & Star dies, Shaker Blends - Color Confetti; Pinkfresh Studio - Slim Diagonal stitched rectangle die; Grafix - acetate

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