I hope your day rocks

Hello and welcome crafty friends! It's been a while since I've blogged about anything. The Christmas rush to get my cards made and sent out was even more hectic because I flew home for 10 days this month. On top of that, I decided to paint a bunch of mandala dotted ornaments to give away as gifts. (That will be an upcoming blog post) I hope that your holidays were as fun filled as mine was! It's been almost 10 years since I was back home for Christmas and it was so fun to see my family, including my newest grandnephew, Henry, who decided to make his debut a couple weeks early!

Well, onto why I'm here. After cleaning up the craftnado that went through my craft room before the holidays, I created this card with a new-to-me die set mixed with older stamps:

Not sure if the millennials out there will understand what this is, but I know my fellow Gen Xers will!

Here's the inside:

I chose to use blue and purple so that I could enter this at the current Color Hues challenge. Since

that cassette tape die has 6 different dies layered together, I'm also entering this at AAA Birthday #68,

and for the birthday challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my latest post. I hope that you have a wonderful rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Be Boppin and Birthday Sampler

Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel, Grape Jelly

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions; Bazzill

Accessories: MFT - Cassette Tape die; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam squares; Bearly Art glue

 

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #257 - H is for HO HO HO (Naughty Christmas)

 

Hello and Happy Holidays to you!

It's time for our annual Naughty Christmas challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

Let your freak flag fly and play along with us!

Here is my very classy card:

My family loves raunchy tasteless cards, so

guess who's getting these?! (Yes, I made several!)

Here's the inside:

I hope that you will play along in our Naughty Christmas challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! This is the last challenge for this year, but 

we will be back on January 4th with all new challenges for 2025!

Until then, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas

and a happy, healthy New Year!

Supplies:

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps - Finger; Picket Fence Studios - Inappropriate Christmas

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Cardstock Warehouse; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: computer & printer; free Santa hat clipart; Lawn Fawn - scalloped rectangle die; TE - frayed edge die; Prismacolor pencils; Nuvo Glitter Drops - white blizzard; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam squares

Oh Holy Night

 Hello friends and welcome!

I hope that your day is going well.

I'm sharing yet another Christmas card:

This was a rather quick card for me to make, sort of.

I die cut the main panel from a stitched rectangle die, then 

gold heat embossed the sentiment and image onto it

before adhering with foam squares onto the card base.

Another sentiment finishes the inside:

The challenge at Christmas Kickstart #92 is called Wise Men Three,

so that's where I'll be entering this at.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Inkadinkado - O Holy Night; Honey Bee - Artsy Angel

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Neenah

Accessories: WOW! - Metallic gold rich EP; heat gun; MISTI; Queen & Co. - stitched rectangle die

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner, foam squares

Gold Glitzy Snowflake

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

In my effort to crank out Christmas cards,

here's yet another card that I've made:

I die cut the snowflake from some holographic gold

paper that I've had forever. It looks really cool when you

move the card around. I kept the snowflake theme by

using a snowflake cover plate on the back panel.

I even rummaged in my stash for some blue 

rhinestones to glue to the center. 😊 

I heat embossed the sentiment in gold, die cut it, and

glued to the panel. Another sentiment finishes the inside.

Because I had all the materials out, I made a few more:

I'm playing along with the current challenge at Just Us Girls, 

which is a color challenge this week: gold, white & blue.

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

Supplies:

Stamps & dies: My Favorite Things - Christmas Wishes

Ink: Versamark; Taylored Expressions - Blueberry

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions:

DP: mystery gold holographic paper

Accessories: Gina K. - Snowflake die; Honey Bee Stamps - snowflake cover plate; Sunny Studio - slimline basic borders die; MISTI; WOW! - gold EP; heat gun; Darice - rhinestones

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner; Glue Dots

Joy and Cheer

 Hello and welcome!

Here's a card that I've been working on for a couple days

and finally finished:

I love all the die cuts and how this came out.

But wow, that was a lot of die cutting! LOL!

The reason it took me so long to make this?

I made four of them!

Did I mention it was a lot of die cutting? 😉

I'm again squeaking in at the last minute with an entry at

Freshly Made Sketches #660

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day!

Supplies:

DP: Honey Bee Stamps - Holiday Wishes; DCWV - gold glitter; Bazzill - vellum

CS: Thunderbolt; Cardstock Warehouse; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Memory Box - Joy and Cheer dies; Sunny Studio - stitched oval & scalloped oval dies; Poppy Stamps - Shasta Twigs and small wispy pine needles dies

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; SA - tape runner

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #256 - C is for Critters

 

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

This month's challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS

is C for Critters!

Here's what I created:

I stenciled the background, it's a set of four, and

I thought, this panel needs a dinosaur. LOL!

I added a snarky sentiment and there ya go!

Everything just paired so well together. 😆

The inside is finished with a simple sentiment:

I hope you find time this month to play along in our Critters challenge

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

If you need more inspiration, simply visit the blogs of my sisters

and our reigning Queen, Helen,

to see what fantastic critter creations they came up with!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Cutasaurus; Taylored Expressions - Snarky Birthday & the Inside Scoop Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Teal Zeal, Northern Pine, Gray Flannel; Gina K. - Kraft

CS: Taylored Expressions; Neenah; Thunderbolt; Spectrum Noir

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Sunny Studio - stitched circle dies & woodgrain EF; Taylored Expressions - Great Outdoors layering stencils; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam squares

A little birdie told me...

 ...that it's your birthday!

Hello and welcome, crafty friends.

Here's another card I'd like to share with you:

I love the versatility of this bird die. I used a few shades

of teal ink to blend all the bits then assembled them.

Admittedly, this is a recent purchase, but I've paired it

with items in my stash, ranging from a few years ago

 (the sentiments and stitched circle die)

 to 2012 (the paper and lacey circle die).

Anther sentiment on the inside finishes this card:

There are a few challenges I'd like to enter this at:

The Paper Players #713

Seize the Birthday #294

Shopping Our Stash #533 - Birds of a Feather

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Inside Birthday Sentiments

Ink: Altenew - Mountain Mist, Volcano Lake, Lagoon; Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: American Crafts - Color Crush

CS: Neenah; scrap

Accessories: Poppy Stamps - Nordic Plumed Bird die; Sunny Studio - Stitched Circle die; Spellbinders - Lacey Circle die; MISTI

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; SA - tape runner, foam squares

Quilled flower birthday card

 Hello and welcome!

I'm popping in at the last minute

with a card I just made:

This came together rather quickly, which is rare for me,

as I usually take hours if not days to make a card.

The background is stenciled using an olive and a

mustard-y looking butterscotch ink

I went through my ever-growing UFO pile,

(Un-Finished Objects) and came upon

these quilled pieces I made years ago and never used.

They were all white, but I used the same inks to

color them.

All I added was a few rhinestones to finish the front.

Another sentiment was added to the inside:

The latest Color Hues challenge calls for, you guessed it,

olive and mustard, two great fall colors, so I'll be

entering this card there.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts - Let's Celebrate

Ink: Simon Says Stamp - Olive; Ranger Adirondack Earthtones - Butterscotch; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Thunderbolt; Bazzill

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Leaf Prints stencil; Avery Elle - Double pierced rectangle die; mystery rhinestones from my stash; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner; Bearly Art glue

'Tis the season

 Hello and welcome!

In my last post, I used this

adorable sweater wearing moose.

I had so much fun with it that

I made a couple more cards using it:

This time, I grunged it up some. Once I blended the stenciled

backgrounds, I added some Vintage Photo Distress Ink around the edges

then splattered both black and white paint on them.

Here's the inside:

Both cards are very similar. I just flipped the colors and

used two different die cut sentiments.

There's a few challenges out there that I'd like to enter:

Jingle Belles - While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - animals

Just Us Girls #750 - stencil week

Just Add Ink #725 - stencils

That's all I have for now. I'm still in Christmas card

making mode, so you'll probably be seeing more of

those here. LOL!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios - Inside Quotes Christmas

Ink: Altenew - Hunter Green, Crimson; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo; Memento - Toffee Crunch, Rich Cocoa, Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Thunderbolt; Cardstock Warehouse; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Poppy Stamps - Nordic Moose die and Nordic Motif stencil; My Favorite Things - scalloped rectangle die; Spellbinders - Make It Merry dies; DecoArt Americana acrylic paint - white & black; MISTI

Adhesives: Bearly Arts glue; SA - tape runner, foam squares