Happy Birthday balloons

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

I've been a bit MIA here on my blog lately,

except for the scheduled posts. I took

a trip home to Illinois for a bit of a visit,

and more importantly, to join my family in

celebrating my Mom's 90th birthday.

She's so cute...and keeps shrinking! LOL!

So, now that I'm back home, I thought it was time to

kickstart my crafty mojo by making this card:

Here's the inside:

I spent way too much time trying to find some red striped paper

in my stash, with no luck, so I made my own:

I mixed the red Magenta Nuance powder dye with water and painted 

some stripes on my paper. I wound up reapplying a couple more

times to get a deeper red.

This turned out pretty good, and so perhaps I'll be

revisiting the 'paint my own paper' thing again. 😉

That's all I got for now. I hope that you

have a great day. Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #256

Try Stampin' On Tuesday #595

Supplies:

Stamps: Sunny Studio - Inside Greetings Birthday

Ink: Altenew - Lagoon

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Magenta Nuance Red powder dye; paint brush; GC; Avery Elle - double pierced rect. dies; Paper Smooches - Balloon dies; MISTI; white Gelly Roll pen; Faber Castell - black PITT Artist pen

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS 228 - E is for Expletives

 

Hello and welcome, snarky peeps!

It's time for one of my favorite challenges at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS:

E for Expletives!

Let's see you use those swear words in all their glory!

Here's a little somethin' I came up with:

I had the brilliant idea (I thought) to use the wreath builder template

with a bunch of swear word stamps. LOL!

How glorious! 😂😂😂

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

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

For more ideas, do check out what my Sisters and our

reigning Queen, ___, have created.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Issues - Oh Hell No sentiments; Gina K. - Mini wreath builder 

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Pear Tart, Cottage Ivy, Teal Zeal, Nautical Blue

CS: Neenah, Taylored Expressions

Accessories: MISTI; Gina K. - Wreath Builder template; GC; Sunny Studio - Stitched circle die

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #227 - V is for Vintage

 

Happy Saturday to you, snarky friends, and welcome!

It's the start of our new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS,

and this fortnight we would like to see your vintage projects!

Here's what I came up with:

Some vintage looking papers, an ornate picture frame sticker, and of course,

a handlebar mustache to top it all off.

Here's the inside:

 

I hope that you'll have some fun and play along in our vintage challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more inspiration, check out what my Sisters and our newest

Queen, Faith, have created for your viewing pleasure!

Thanks for visiting, and have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Issues - Oh Hell No, and Ahh Real Birthday sentiments; Unity Stamps - February 2012 KOTM (Consider yourself vintage)

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Staz On - Jet Black; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo

DP: Echo Park - Times & Seasons

CS: Thunderbolt; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: MISTI; Picket Fence Studio - blending brush; stickers from the same paper collection

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