Monday, August 21, 2023

Flying in under the wire

 Hi there, crafty friends!
I'm zipping in with a quick post for
a challenge that is just about to end.
Typical me! LOL!


I've had absolutely no crafty mojo for a couple months now.
It was good to finally, FINALLY, make a card!


Here's the inside:



Ok, got to go enter this now. LOL!
Thanks for visiting!



I'd like to enter this at Freshly Made Sketches #599


Supplies:
Stamps: Honey Bee - Home for the Holidays 
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: Simple Stories - Hearth & Holiday
CS: Thunderbolt; scraps
Accessories: Honey Bee - Lovely Layers - Winter Birds; Poppy stamps - Holly Twig die; Nuvo Glitter Drops - Ruby Slippers; MISTI
Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; 3L - tape runner and thin 3D foam squares








Saturday, August 19, 2023

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS # 241 M is for Music

 


Hello and welcome snarky peeps! It's time for the new
This fortnight, it's all about MUSIC!

Here's what I came up with:




In case you didn't know, Beethoven started losing his
hearing in his 20's, thus the double meaning in his
response to the crowd. 😁

I hope that you'll play along in our music challenge at the
For more ideas, do yourself a favor and check out what my
sisters, and our reigning Queen, Carol have created for your
viewing pleasure.
Thanks for visiting!



Supplies:
Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps - Beethoven
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Gray Flannel; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo, Hickory Smoke
CS: Thunderbolt; Cardstock Warehouse; Taylored Expressions
Accessories: MISTI; Darice EF - Sheet Music; computer & printer
Adhesives: 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares









Saturday, August 5, 2023

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #240 A is for ATC

 

Hello snarky peeps and welcome back!
It's time for another challenge at the
This fortnight, we are revisiting a popular
(to some of the Sisters 😉) theme, the ATC,
or, Artist Trading Card/Coin.
A little tiny work of art on a little tiny canvas of your choice.
The sky's the limit with these gems!
Here's what I came up with:


I used some particle board for my substrate, and mod podged some
scrap bits of gel printed paper, and various papers. I smudged black
paint around the edges. I stamped and colored the fox images, as 
well as stamped the words with an alphabet stamp set.
Here's a closer look:



I hope that you'll join my sisters and our reigning Queen,
Granne, and create one or more ATC for our ATC challenge

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



Supplies:
Substrate: particle board
Stamps: Some Odd Girl - Hipster Pets; Studio G - alphabet stamps
Ink: Memento - tuxedo black; Staz On - Jet Black
Papers: scraps
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Prismacolor pencils; scrap gel prints, stamped book paper, mystery paper; DecoArt Americana black acrylic paint; 
Adhesives: Mod Podge; 3L - thin 3d foam squares









Sunday, July 23, 2023

Birthday Butterflies

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!
I'm popping in (at the last minute) with
a card I made for a couple challenges:

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I used the Shower of Flutters stencil and blended three shades of
magenta from bottom left to almost top right, leaving some
white space at the corner. Using images from the
Trendy Butterflies stamp set, I randomly stamped over the
outlines of some of the butterflies. I placed the stencil back over
the images and splattered (too much!) black paint over the panel.
I trimmed the panel using the Crazy Double Running Stitch die
in the largest size. I then die cut twice, the Happy Birthday from
the Everyday Sentiments die set, stacked and glued to the card.


This card is much more vibrant in real life, but the day I
took the pictures, it was very overcast. Ugh!
Well, that's it for now. Thank you for
visiting, and I hope that you have a great
rest of your day!



I'd like to enter this at:




Supplies:
Stamps: STAMPlorations - Trundy Butterflies
Ink: Altenew - Purple Wine, Puffy Heart, Rose Quartz; Memento - Gray Flannel
CS: Neenah; scrap
Accessories: ARTplorations - Shower of Flutters stencil; CUTplorations - Crazy double running stitch die, Everyday Sentiments die; DecoArt Americana - black acryllic paint; tooth brush
Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; 3L - tape runner







Saturday, July 22, 2023

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #238 - L is for Lindsey

 

Hello and welcome crafty peeps.
On July 21, 2022, we lost our dear sister Lindsey.
To say that we miss her tremendously, not to mention her fun, 
snarky sense of humor would be an understatement.

In her honor, for the new challenge at the
we invite you to create a project that was inspired

Some of you may have known that Lindsey and I shared a love
for the show, Dr. Who, especially the 10th Doctor, played by David Tennant.
For my card, I used papers with a galaxy/star theme. I printed
the TARDIS (free clipart) and colored it with spectrum noir markers.
The sentiment is a quote by the 10th Doctor, also printed out.
 I thought it also tied in with Lindsey's love of reading.




In her honor, we'd love to see 
your projects that were inspired by Lindsey. 
(Please make sure that you let us know what it is, as it
may not be obvious).  Clicking on her name above will take you
to her blog, where you can view it for inspiration.

Edna and the Sisterhood send our love to her family, friends,
and crafty friends worldwide.

💗💗💗




Supplies:
DP: Basic Grey - Aurora
CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Neenah
Accessories: TARDIS free clipart; Spectrum Noir markers; computer & printer; GC; Spellbinders - Standard Small circle Nestie; Recollections - star rhinestones; Sketch is Atlantic Hearts #533
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

Saturday, June 24, 2023

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #237 O is for Ombre


 Hello snarky peeps and welcome!
It's time once again for the new challenge at the
This fortnight is brought to you by the letter O:
as in OMBRE!
Here's the card I created:


The main panel was water colored using turquoise Magenta
Nuance powder dye. That stuff is so versatile to use!
Stella's wings received a coating of crystal Stickles and her
glasses a coating of DecoArt Media liquid glass.
The sentiment was computer generated.


and the inside:


I hope that you'll join us for our Ombre challenge at the
For more ideas, do check out what my sisters and our
reigning Queen, Beverly, have created for your enjoyment.
Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a great day!


Supplies:
Stamps: Bugaboo digi stamps - Stella Fairyvisit; Stampendous - Gnome Sayings
Ink: Memento - tuxedo black
DP: Craft Consortium - Ink Drops Vivid
CS: Spectrum Noir; Strathmore water color paper; Neenah
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; computer & printer; Sunny Studio - Fancy Frames Rectangles; Ranger - Crystal Stickles; DecoArt Media - Liquid Glass; Magenta Nuance turquoise powder dye; paintbrush & water 
Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; SA - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares


Thursday, June 15, 2023

Tropical hello

 Hello and welcome crafty friends.
I've got a card to share:


I die cut the flamingo from a fushia panel I made with Magenta
Nuance powder dye spritzed with water. I found that snippet of
pretty yellow-green/blue paper in my stash and thought it
would make a nice contrast for my flamingo. I was thrilled to find
that pink strip of paper matched the pink of the bird. 😊


I used a few markers to color the beak for a more realistic look.
I'm really liking how this one came out!

That's it for now. Thank you very much for visiting!
I hope that you have a great rest of your day!



I'd like to enter this at:



Supplies:
Stamps: Waffle Flower - Sweet Sentiments
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: mystery green/blue snippet; DCWV - Summer Magic
CS: Strathmore mixed media paper; Thunderbolt; Cardstock Warehouse
Accessories: Spellbinders - Flamingo die; Sunny Studio - Slimline basic borders die; Magenta Nuance powder dye; white Gelly Roll pen; black Faber-Castell PITT Artist pen; Smooch Sundance ink; MISTI
Adhesives: SA - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Bearly Art glue




Sunday, June 11, 2023

Making Spirits Bright

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!
I have a card to share with you
that I was going to link up
a color challenge, but of course,
I didn't pay attention to when it
ended, so I missed it. Grrrr!
Anyhoo, here's what I came up with:


I even tried making a bokeh backgroud to mimic the graphic.
IRL, the circles don't look so undefined, but that's
just my crack photography skills at work here. LOL!


Here's the inside of my card:


One more Christmas card made for the year. Yay!
That's all for now. Thank you for stopping by!
Have a good day!



I'd like to enter this at:




Supplies:
Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Snowball Fight, Ho Ho Holidays; Stampers Anonymous/TH - Bold Tidings
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark; Colorbox/Susan K. Weckesser - Snow
CS: Spectrum Noir; Recollections; Neenah
Accessories: MISTI; Spectrum Noir markers; handmade circle stencil; Sunny Studio - Slimline basic border die; Lawn Fawn - Snowball Fight dies; Inkadinkado - black EP; heat gun; Nuvo - white blizzard Glitter Drops
Adhesives: SA - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares








Saturday, June 10, 2023

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #236 C is for Critters

 

Hello snarky peeps and welcome!
We have a new challenge starting at the
C for Critters!

I had a idea of what I wanted to do for this challenge,
and I love how it turned out, but in hindsight,
I'm not sure if sea turtles are considered 'critters'.
Oh well, I'm sticking with it:




Not so much in snark, but punny is just fine too!

I hope that you'll join us in our Critter challenge at the
For more inspiration, do yourself a favor and check out
what my sisters and our reigning Queen, Deanne have
created for you!
Thanks for visiting. I hope that you have a great day!




Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Courteous Cuties
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
CS: Strathmore mixed media; Neenah; Spectrum Noir; Cardstock Warehouse
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Paper Smooches - Courteous Cuties dies; MFT - Single Stitch Line Oval Frame; Taylored Expressions - Frayed Edge die; Magenta Nuance powder dye turquoise; mister; MISTI; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Bearly Art glue

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Let's Shell-ebrate!

 Hello and welcome, crafty friends!
I took some time to do some organizing in
my craft room. Mostly, reorganizing my 
extensive collection of die cuts. I store mine in ArtBins.
I'm now up to 9 bins, and mostly already full of dies.
I may have a hoarding problem. LOL!
While putting things away and straightening up,
one of the new-to-me stamp and die sets,
Floral Shells by Pink & Main,
bellowed to me to be used for the first time.
These are some gorgeous images of shells
that have various flowers in and around them.
I experimented with only using two colors of markers
and the colorless blender to color them.
I love how they look like they are glowing!
Here are two cards I made with two of the images:



Here's the finished inside:

The nautilus stencil is new and also the first time used.
I just stacked both panels, cut on an angle and had four
half pieces to work with.

Here's the other card I made with the two other panels:






The finishing touch was to add some glitter glue to
the flowers for a bit of sparkle.

Now, to create cards using the last two images!
Thanks for visiting. I hope that you have a great day!


I'd like to enter this at:



Supplies
Stamps: Pink & Main - Floral Shells; Honey Bee Stamps - Inside Birthday
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Altenew - Blush
DP: Basic Grey - South Pacific
CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Pink & Main - Floral Shells dies, Nautilus stencil; Penny Black - Elegant Stitching rectangle die; MISTI; Taylored Expressions - blending brush; Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares
















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