SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #74 - X is for XXX Christmas

Welcome snarky peeps! It's the challenge the Sisters over at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS have been waiting for all year! Our annual XXX Christmas challenge! That's right. It's time to create a card or project that is naughty/risque'/off color! You know you want to! Here's the card I came up with:

 and the inside:

Love a great saucy card! The image was colored with SN markers. I added Crystal Stickles then once that was dry went over all the glasses with Glossy Accents. This is really sparkly and shiny in real life. LOL! (And thank you internet memes for my sentiment idea. HA!) The inside is stamped with a couple sentiment stamps and then I was done.

I hope that you get the chance to play along at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! This is our last challenge for 2016, so you have an entire month to link up. For more naughty inspiration, do yourself a favor and visit the blogs of my Sisters and leave some love! 

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope that you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:
Catch the Bug - Holiday Chaos day 5 - Funny Photo Inspiration
Mojo Monday #477

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Bugaboo - SASJJ Christmas Cheer digi; Taylored Expressions - In & Out Christmas, Impression Obsession - Naughty is..
Ink: Memento - Bamboo Leaves, Lady Bug
DP: American Crafts - Wishlist
CS: Taylored Expressions; Crafter's Companion; Darice
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; SB - Std. sm & lg circle Nesties; Ranger - Glossy Accents & Crystal Stickles; Cloud 9 Designs - epoxy stickers; computer & printer; sentiment computer generated
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares

Happy Grumpy Birthday

Hello and happy Sunday to you, crafty peeps. I have a card that I want to share:

 Here is the inside:

Love these Grumplings! When I was on vacation last month, I took a bunch of images and my Spectrum Noir markers with me so I could get some craft time in, you know, on a rainy day. ☺ This is one of the images I colored. I paired this kitty with some bright happy papers to offset his sour attitude. LOL! And yes, a bit of snark on the inside. Couldn't resist. 

Well, as usual, when I'm crafting just for fun, I tend to use challenges that are about to end, this is no exception. My card is based on Tuesday Morning Sketches #364, and I'm also entering this at Seize the Sketch - Anything Goes. Gotta run, but thanks for visiting!

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Party Grumplings; Lawn Fawn - Home Sweet Home
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Teal Zeal
DP: American Crafts - #Summer
CS: Bazzill; Crafter's Companion
Accessories: GC; Taylored Expressions - Party Grumplings dies; SB - Lacey Oval & Std Sm Oval Nesties; Spectrum Noir markers; MME - Enamel Dots; MISTI
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #3 - P is for Paddy!

Top o' the morning to ya! LOL! It's time for another alphabet soup challenge at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS! This 2 week challenge is brought to you by the letter P!

St. Patrick's Day to be exact! Our lovely model is all decked out for this most festive of drinking holidays! LOL! She, and we, want to see your St. Paddy's Day creations! Snarky or not, we wanna see 'em! Here's what I came up with - I call it "LIQUID GOLD"! (Say it how the Velveeta skillet guy says it! Buahahaha!)

(here's the inside)

I don't know about you, but finding the golden amber that is beer, at the end of a rainbow would be awesome!! LOL! I used up a lot of scraps for this card - which is also awesome! The beer mugs were stamped, colored and fussy cut before being adhered with foam squares and doubled up glue dots. I went over the rainbow (Ha ha ha! That sounds funny!) and the beer foam with Diamond Stickles for even more sparkle. I have a friend who's birthday is on St. Paddy's Day, so this is for her.

So, are you ready to play along with the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers? I double dog dare ya! HA! You have two weeks to play along. Don't forget to link up your project, and also please stop by my teammates blogs to see what fantabulous creations they came up with! Thanks for hanging out with me, and I hope you have a great day! Stay crafty my friends!

Chris
Supplies
Stamps: Paper Smooches - A Magical Spring; Happy Birthday
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: American Crafts - gold glitter paper; light blue ??
CS: The Paper Co. (green card base); Copic X-Press It; scraps
Accessories: Grand Calibur; Paper Smooches - Rainbow, Clouds, Chains dies; Spectrum Noir Markers; Ranger - Diamond Stickles
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam squares; Glue Dots; Scotch - Scrapbooker's glue

Peace

Hello peeps! I'm back with another card, this was made following Merry Monday #97 - use white, aqua, and silver on your card. Here's what I came up with:

Here is the finished inside:

Oooh! Shimmery and shiny! I custom made that aqua panel using Jessi Fogan's Faux Faux Patina tutorial. This is my second attempt at it, and I must say, it's quite addictive! The panel is adhered to a slightly larger piece of silver glitter paper then adhered to the card base with foam squares. The sentiment was stamped in Peacock Feathers Distress Ink. I thought it needed a little something more, so I traced over it with a versamarker and heat embossed it with clear EP. (Although it's really hard to see it. Trust me. It's embossed!) Another strip of the panel and another stamp finishes the inside.

(one more view!)

If you want to have fun with ink, glimmer mists and embossing powder, then you NEED to try this faux faux patina! You won't be disappointed!

Ok, that's it for now. Perhaps I should get some housework done. My house looks like a tornado went through it! LOL! Thanks for stopping by! Stay crafty my friends!

Chris
Supplies
Stamps: Inkadinkado - O Holy Night
Ink: Ranger DI - Peacock Feathers, Tumbled Glass
DP: American Crafts - glitter paper
CS: Darice
Accessories: Grand Calibur; Darice - snowflakes EF; Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists - Aquamarine, pearl, graphite; Stampendous - Clear EP; Whispers - Metallic silver EP; heat gun
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam squares

2.10 Ruff Day?

Don't freak out or anything. Put the coffee/soda/alcoholic beverage down first. Ok? I made a layout yesterday. I know, right?! It's been months since I've made one, and making pretty things on a larger scale than an A2 sized card has been calling to me. I caved. And I'm glad! Here's what I did:

My fur baby, Colby. He's a rescue dog: he rescued Andy and me! I swear I don't know how we survived so long without him! This was taken not too long after he adopted us. He had a play date with some of the neighbor's fur babies, and got himself all tuckered out. The boy sure can take up the entire couch! LOL!

I'm participating at DCWV's February Stack-a-holic challenge, using this sketch:

I broke out the Tattered Time Stack for this layout. Love the old world vibe to this stack! (Plus all the colors in my accent pillows are represented in this stack - Sweet! LOL!) I like this sketch a lot because you get to focus on just one picture. And I love this picture! I hope you get the chance to play along also.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a great day! Stay crafty my friends!

Chris
Supplies
DP: DCWV - Tattered Time Stack
CS: DCWV (rust); scraps
Accessories: Jolee's By You - paw print stickers; Studio Calico - photo frame; Clear Snap - dark brown ink; American Crafts - Thickers, black Slick Writer pen
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent 

Fa La La.....

Hello and good Sunday evening to you. I have a card to share with you using the (almost not) current Paper Smooches Sparks: Cool Shades Challenge. Yep, getting my entry in just under the gun. Story of my life. ;)

the inside....

...and the color challenge:

Nothing like stringing holiday lights around the house for the Christmas season! I stamped and fussy cut the light bulbs in the four colors and the top in some gold glitter paper. (you know, for some sparkle!) After gluing the top to the bulbs, I used a paper piercer to make the holes and strung gold floss through the holes. Adhered with foam squares, stamped the sentiment, and finished the inside. Done! 

Ok, you still have a couple hours to get your entry in. What are you waiting for? LOL! Stay crafty my friends!

Chris

Supplies

Stamps: Paper Smooches - All Yule Need; Christmas Sampler

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Gray Flannel; Staz On - Jet Black

CS: Recollections (white); American Crafts (green); scraps

DP: DCWV - Mariposa gold glitter paper

Accessories: DMC - gold floss; Paper piercer

Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik, 3D foam squares

Trick or Treat

I think I'm just about done making my Halloween cards! (I mail a great many of my cards out. The rest I need to either sell or donate!) Here's one more for your viewing pleasure! (*snort*!)

Here is the inside:

I'm entering this for Moxie Fab World's Ready Made Embellishments Challenge. Since I used some polka dot paper, I'm also entering this in Simon Says Stamp's- We're Going Dotty Challenge. And while I'm at it, also the Curtain Call - Spooky Scene challenge.

A couple years ago, I was lucky enough to win the entire Night Fall collection from American Crafts when they first showcased it at the CHA show. I've used it a handful of times but barely put a dent in using all the amazing goodies it came with! The Ready Made Embellishments challenge was a perfect way to get me to use some more items in the collection. Along with patterned paper, I've used a Flair button, ribbon, 1 layer and dimensional stickers, and a chalk label. The inside is finished with more paper and a couple more 1 layer stickers. Super easy!

That's all I have for now. Since it's raining today, (so happy about that - the ground is so dry here my backyard had cracks in it. For real!), I'll be making another card. Or two. ;) Have a great day!

Chris
Supplies:
DP, Flair, ribbon, chalk label and stickers: American Crafts - Night Fall collection
Card stock: Recollections
Adhesives: SA by 3L - EZ Runner; Recollections red tape

Happy 40th Birthday/DDWS#9

Good morning and hello my friends! I've been MIA these last couple of weeks due to back to back vacations. First a girls weekend with the ladies I play pool with. Then our beach vacation, which happily included both of my sisters joining us for part of the week. OMGee we had soooooo much fun! Lots of laughing, eating, goofing off, drinking wine, and just enjoying our time together!

See? We are a goofy bunch! LOL!

We all live in different states, and even though we talk/text on the phone all the time, it's rare that we get together in person. This vacation was an especially precious time for me! 

Ok, so enough about me, time to show you the card I made using the current Dahlhouse Designs Wanna Sketch #9:

Here is the inside:

I based this off of this sketch:

I flipped my card on it's side but otherwise I didn't stray too far from the sketch. I've used these stamps before, and had to ink them up again. One of my cousins that I've recently gotten back in touch with just turned 40, so of course I had to make a card for her! LOL! She shares our same goofy sense of humor so she'll appreciate it! The sentiment works perfectly with the paper bag die from Paper Smooches. After die cutting it, I crinkled it up, ripped the edge a couple times then went over it with Vintage Photo DI to make it look, well, old! LOL! I tucked the 40 Thickers inside the bag just enough so that you know what they are. Stamped that most excellent inside sentiment (lurves me a great punch line inside my cards!) and was done!

I hope you get to play along with Lisa's Wanna Sketch #9 challenge! This is another one of her sketches that I'm going to be using again and again!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you have a great day! I leave you with a parting shot:

Colby, our beach loving fur baby!

Chris

Supplies

Stamps: Unity Stamps - July 2012 KOM

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo

DP: Studio Calico - Snippets

Card stock: Bazzill Basics (red); Recollections (kraft)

Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik; Recollections red tape

Accessories: Spellbinders Grand Calibur; Paper Smooches Shopping Bag Die; Doodlebug twine; American Crafts - Thickers and black marker

Drunken Stampers challenge #141 Person: Bartender

Good morning my friends! Today starts another challenge at the Drunken Stampers challenge blog! This week is focused on a person. A Bartender, to be exact!

The challenge is to base your card on a bartender, or use the prompts as a guide. In this case, drinks or a bar. What an amazingly fitting challenge for this blog! LOL! Also, it happens to be my birthday today, so drinks all around! YAY! (Go shorty! It's my birthday!) ☺

Technically, it's Team Yellow Canaries turn this week to inspire you, but you know I couldn't NOT make something for this challenge! LOL! Not only did I make something, but I made TWO somethings! HA! Check it out:

and the inside:

The planets must have been aligned since I just got the wine stamp from Unity, then Paper Smooches came out with drink themed stamps and dies. HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY! I started with a card base made from "wine" colored card stock. Cut a strip of patterned paper and die cut the wine glass and adhered with foam dots. Stamped the sentiment and added some rhinestones for a bit of bling. On the inside I die cut the wine glass again and added the cheers sentiment. Super easy card!

My next card I totally cased from Laura Bassen. (Thanks Laura! You are brilliant!) I just fell in love with her card and KNEW I was going to make one myself!

Here's the inside:

another angle of the front so you can see the Glossy Accents in action!

I used my new Spectrum Noir markers to color this. (My Hubby surprised me with the last 7 sets I hinted at wanting for my birthday present. And gave me my gift early so I could play with them a bit this week! He is THE best husband in the Universe!! ♥ Love you Andy!!)

I plan on giving these to my sisters later today. As you are reading this, we (including our fur baby) are on our way to the beach house we rented in NC. Even better, BOTH of my sisters will be joining us for most of the week to drink ,celebrate, drink, bake in the sun, drink, and just have fun and be goofy! (Did I mention we'll be drinking?) This just may be the BEST birthday week for me EVER! I'm SO excited I can barely sit still!!

Ok, enough about me. Go check out what the Yellow Canaries team came up with at Drunken Stampers. I guarantee you won't be disappointed!

Bartender! Another round please!

Chris
Supplies

Drink your wine card:
Stamps: Unity - Drink your wine Itty Bitty; Paper Smooches - Birthday Sampler
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: Studio Calico - Snippets
Card stock: Bazzill Basics
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik; American Crafts foam dots
Accessories: Spellbinders Grand Calibur; Paper Smooches dies - Drink Glasses; Colorbok & Studio 112 rhinestones; Fiskars corner rounder

Let's Celebrate card:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Free Spirits, Birthday Sampler
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: Graphic 45 - Bohemian Bazaar
Card stock: Recollections
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik, 3D foam squares
Accessories: X-Press It blending card; Spectrum Noir markers; Ranger Glossy Accents

Congratulations!..../FMS#94

Hello again! This is my second post today. I made a couple cards last night and for this one I used Freshly Made Sketch #94:

Here is the inside:

and the sketch:

What a great CAS sketch! I'm sure to be using this one again! The sentiment panel is adhered with foam squares, as is the kitty after fussy cutting it. (I stamped it twice, on both gray and white card stock, fussy cut the teeth and eyes, then glued them to the gray image.) A little shading with a gray marker finished the kitty.

Now for some more housework...yay! NOT! The floors are mopped and carpet vacuumed. Now I need to find the will power to do some dusting. BLAH! I swear I'm allergic to housework. I hope that you have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Chris
Supplies
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Simply Said, Nine Lives
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Gray Flannel; Clear Snap - Chestnut Roan
DP: American Crafts - Color Crush
Card stock: Core'Dinations (teal); Recollections (gray, white)
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik, 3D foam squares; Elmer's extra strength glue stick
Accessories: Marvy Uchida marker - Lt. Gray

Hope Your Day Rocks!

Good morning and TGIF!!! I want to share a card I made just for fun. I do have someone in mind for this. One of my neighbors is celebrating his birthday today, and he happens to be a radio announcer, so I made an artistic version of a sound board on his card! (Yes, I know, it's a major stretch!) LOL! Check it out:

Here's the inside:

He's also a major Orioles fan, so, except for the red, I kept the card in the O's colors. On the main panel, I drew a light line in pencil to line up the yellow 'lights', then stamped orange and red randomly above it. I drew a line using a pen under the lights, then stamped the play/stop/reverse, etc. icons. I tried stamping the sentiment in Clear Snap orange chalk ink then covering with clear embossing powder, but I over heated one side of it. Grrrr!!! Oh well. I finished the inside and was done!

This set has such fun stamps for scene building. If you have it, break it out and get crafty! LOL! Thanks for stopping by!

Chris
Supplies
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Be Boppin, Digits (Happy Birthday)
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tangelo, Dandelion, Lady Bug; Clear Snap - Orange; Versa Mark
Card stock: DCWV card base; Recollections - black, white
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik
Accessories: American Crafts - bold Slick Writer pen; Stampendous clear EP; heat gun; Fiskars corner rounder

You're the Bomb/RS#70

Good morning all! It's raining here. Again. Does anyone on the east coast remember what a sunny day looks like? Anyone? My yard looks so much like a jungle from all the rain we've been getting. It's not that it's coming down in buckets, just that it's enough that you can't run the lawn mower or hedge trimmers. Just when you think you can use those, BAM!, more rain! Geesh!

Anyhoo, here is the card I made using Retro Sketches #70:

...the inside:

Here's the sketch I based it off of:

As I was looking at the sentiments on the Paper Smooches set: Slang Gang, "you're the bomb" caught my eye. Then I had the idea to cut out a circle for a bomb. Once I die cut it, I cut a little notch for the top. I pierced a hole close to the edge to run the twine through, but was too close and it ripped. DOH! All was not lost: I 'McGyvered' it (Anyone else watch that show? I loved it! LOL!) with some scotch tape on the back side! Speaking of McGyvering things, see that 'spark' sort of stamp at the end of the wick? That's the 'leaves' from the tomato pin cushion on the Needle Little Love set by Paper Smooches! Cool Beans!! LOL! I used some gold Stickles to color in the spark and the tip of the wick, then used it to hold the wick in place. I used a tiny spot of Glossy Accents to shape the wick how I wanted it to look on the card. After I stamped and embossed the sentiment, I added the main panel to the card base with some 3D foam squares. For the inside, I die cut another circle, using the negative from that, I cut the little top out and taped it from the back side. Stamped Happy Birthday, cut a tiny 'V' in the top where the twine came out from (taped to the back side). Added some more Stickles to the end of the wick. Once everything was dry I adhered to the card. (Wow, I just read back what I typed, and even though it looks like it took forever to make, this card came together pretty quickly! LOL!)

Thanks for hanging in till the end of my wind bag of a post! LOL! Hope you have a great day!

Chris
Supplies
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Slang Gang, Needle Little Love, Hullabaloo
Ink: Versa Mark; Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: American Crafts - Color Crush
Card stock: Bazzill Basics
Adhesive: SA by 3L - MyStik, 3D foam squares
Accessories: Grand Calibur; Small Std. Circle Nestie; Doodlebug twine; Ranger - gold Stickles; Stampendous white EP; heat gun; Glossy Accents

Happy Anniversary.../RS#5

Hello and happy Friday! I made this card the other day, but only realized that I never blogged about it. And the challenge that it's for is due in, oh, a couple hours. I excel at procrastination! LOL!

Here is the inside:

I used the sketch from Retro Sketches #65:

Well, I mostly used the sketch. I took some liberty with it and omitted the first layer. I made this super CAS. And I also used some dimensional stickers that I've had for ever! Woo Hoo! Not my best work by far, but I tried to make a card in under a half hour and I did it! (Finally! Normal time to make a card? at least 2 hours. I know, it's so sad!) I get distracted by all the different papers, patterns, ideas, etc then I can't make up my mind what to do. Anyone else like that?

Anyhoo, that's all for this post. I have one more to do then I'm gonna relax and continue to read the book I'm into right now. I'm reading a series by Nevada Barr about a Park Ranger (Anna Pigeon) who always seems to find murder and mayhem at whichever park she's stationed at. A good whodunit series without all the blood and gore! LOL!

Have a great evening and thanks for stopping by!

Chris
Supplies
Stamps: Hero Arts - Everyday Sayings
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: American Crafts - Color Crush
David Tutera card base
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik
Accessories: K& Co. Ladybug Stickers; Fiskars corner rounder

Happy Mother's Day - RS#62

Good Morning my lovelies! I can't believe that it's been over a week since I last posted anything! I've been away having fun at our annual 'Girl's Week at the Beach'. My sister's good friend (and neighbor) owns a beach house on Topsail Island in NC, and we've been renting it for the last few years at this time to get away from hubbys, kids, life, reality, etc. and to celebrate my sister's birthday, which was this past Sunday. I'll talk more about it but first I want to share a card I made using the current Retro Sketch #62:

Here's the inside:

and the sketch:

I kept it simple and followed the sketch closely. After I stamped the image, I colored it lightly with Prismacolor pencils, just to give it a hint of color. I fussy cut and popped it using some foam squares onto an ombre panel. I really like how the hint of color in the image looks against that bold ombre background.

So, quick-like, getting back to the beach, even though I didn't bring any paper crafting supplies, I did do some crafting! Mary did some updating in her house and one of the things she did was add a cute little shelf in the master bathroom. She asked me to glue some seashells to the shelf to give it a more beachy look. Here's what I did:

Simple and easy to do! Mary had the glue gun there already and we just used found shells! How cool is that?! If you are interested in renting a beach house, THIS is the house to rent! She has everything there! (well, you do have to bring your own food, booze, and clothes! LOL!) Here is a link to the beach house: Nextasea  to get information on this house and see some pictures of it. (Ok, so I told Mary that was going to blog about the shelf, but didn't tell her that I was going to try to get her house rented! LOL!)

Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you all have a wonderful day!

Chris

Supplies:
Stamps: Unity Stamp Co. - April 2012 KOM; Hero Arts (Happy Mom's Day); MFT (Enjoy...)
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: American Crafts - Color Crush
Card stock: Bazzill Basics
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik, 3D foam squares; Glue Dots
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils; Doodlebug twine