SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #151 - H is for Headache

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

The SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS is back!

Our first challenge of the year is H for Headache.

So, I had some fun with my paints and stencils and made an art journal page:

I found a meme with this sentiment and built my page around it.

(Note to self: find a less wordy meme in future!) Why? Because I

used an alphabet stamp set to stamp. every. letter. to. form. my. words. UGH!

Grab your beverage of choice. Here come some process pics:

 

One last look:

I hope that you get a chance to play along in our Headache challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! We'd love to see your take on it. For more

inspiration, do check out what my Sisters, and our first Queen of the new year,

Julie, have created for your viewing pleasure.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

613 Avenue Create - ATG no option

More Mixed Media Challenge - ATG + blue option

Mix It Up Challenge #33 - ATG no option
Craft Stamper Take It Make It Challenge 

Supplies:

Strathmore Art Journal

DecoArt Media Gesso & Matte Medium

Loew-Cornell paint brushes

DecoArt Americana acrylic paint: Dragon Fruit, Bright Orange, White, Black

toothbrush & water mister

Stencils: Stencil Girl; Dylusions; Dina Wakely

Imagine ink blushers

Stamps: Dylusions - Cat/Dog, Shattered Bits, Clearly Under the Sea; Paper Smooches - Mini Monograms

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

Spectrum Noir markers

Spectrum Noir paper

copy paper

Faber Castell black Artist PITT pen

SHOPPING OUR STASH #402 - Gone Fishin'

Hello crafty peeps and welcome!

It's the start of a new challenge at

SHOPPING OUR STASH! 

Gone Fishin' is our theme this fortnight. We'd like to see

fish themed or a fish on your projects.

I made a couple punny fish cards:

For my first card, I broke out these creepy-cute fishes and colored them

with Spectrum Noir markers. The background is a gelli print that I made last

year. I simply used a circle stencil that I blended over it. I used my 

computer to print out the sentiment.

Here's the inside:

My Twofer is yet another punny (and perhaps bizarre), card:

Fish-as-Christmas-Ornaments? Sure, why not?

I stamped two different sizes of pine boughs with two colors of distress inks.

Stamped, colored and fussy cut my fish and popped them up with foam

squares. I dug in my Christmas stash and found these ancient mylar light bulb 

stickers. Last, I tied some silver floss around the fish tails, you know,

because they needed to be all festive like. LOL!

Here's the inside of this card:

I hope that you find some time to join in our Fish challenge at

Shopping Our Stash! We look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Needing more ideas? Simply visit the blogs of my teammies, and leave

some love while there. 

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter the Birthday Fishes card at:

Twofer Challenge #19 - Nautical

Just Us Girls #500 - Circles

Craft Stamper Take I Make It

I'd like to enter the Merry Fishmas card at:

Twofer Challenge #19 - Nautical

Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge - ATG

Supplies - Birthday Wishes card:

Stamps: Dylusions - Under the Sea; MFT - Birthday Greetings

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Nautical Blue

CS: Crafter's Companion; Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Gelli print using DecoArt Americana Acrylic paints; Gelli Plate; printer paper and brayer; Spectrum Noir markers; Ranger Glossy Accents; Wink of Stella pen; MISTI; GC; SB - Lg & Sm standard circle Nesties; Lawn Fawn - scalloped rectangle die; STAMPlorations - Retro Circles stencil; Picket Fence blending brush; computer and printer

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

Supplies - Merry Fishmas card:

Stamps: Dylusions - Under the Sea; Rubber Dance - Pine Fir Yew; The Ink Road stamps - Are you serious, Clark?

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Northern Pine; Ranger DI - Iced Spruce, Evergreen Bough

CS: Crafter's Companion; Neenah; Taylored Expressions; Darice

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; Ranger Glossy Accents; Sticko - metallic lights stickers; DMC floss; computer and printer

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #395 - May Flowers

Hello and welcome crafty peeps!

It's time for another challenge at

SHOPPING OUR STASH, 

and as the subtitle suggests, we'd like to see

flowers on your projects.

Here's my offering:

and the inside:

I've mentioned in earlier posts that I spent the holiday season

coloring up a lot of images. This is one of them. I miraculously

found some card stock that matched perfectly with the purple pencils

I colored with. Score! I broke out a much neglected corner punch

to add a bit of detail to one corner. A few rhinestones for sparkle

finishes my card. I hope you find some time this 

fortnight to join in our flower challenge at Shopping Our Stash!

Looking for more ideas? Simply visit the blogs of my

talented teammies to see what flowery works of art they've

created for your viewing pleasure.

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Craft Stamper Take It Make It challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: Aurora Wings - Pansy Corner 2 digi stamp; So Suzy Stamps - Happy Birthday, Enjoying you

Ink: Memento - Elderberry

CS: Crafter's Companion; TE; Darice

Accessories: Prismacolor pencils; Spectrum Noir GT1 marker; computer & printer; MISTI; Fiskars - corner rounder; Recollections - rhinestones

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

Playing with embossing powders

Hello and happy Tuesday to you!

I had a little play time in the ol' craft cave yesterday, and

wanted to share what I made. I tried a new to me technique

called layered heat embossing. This technique works great with

any of those layering stamps, of which I have maybe two: a peacock 

and a Christmas tree. I used the peacock for my experiment:

here's the finished inside:

I don't think I've used my anti-static bag so much on one project ever! LOL!

And miracle of miracles, it worked for me!

Just look at all those layers of embossing powder:

I was happy to find that I had a couple of blue embossing powders to use.

The one I used for the solid body had glitter in it, as did the gold I used on

the tail feathers, so there's a bit of sparkle all over this bird!

This was a fun technique, and I hope to experiment with it again soon.

That's it for now. I'm going to go play in the dirt and plant the

flowers I bought on Sunday. Had to wait for decent weather first.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Mix Up Challenge - Layered Stamping + Heat embossing + fussy cutting (the banner)

Seize the Birthday #163 - ATG

Craft Stamper - April Take It Make It challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts - Color Layering Peacock; MFT - Birdie Brown Greetings Galore

Ink: VersaMark; Memento - Nautical Blue

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

DP: scrap (I think it's HOTP)

Accessories: MISTI; Stampendous EP - Blue Tinsel, Alexandrite, Jade Pearl, Jeweled Gold, Detail White; Inkadinkado - black EP; heat gun; static bag

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

Faux Stained Glass Flower card

Hello there friends!

I tried a new to me technique called

Faux Stained Glass, and it was

very fun to do!

Here's what I created:

and the inside:

For my card, I used the Spring Flower Layering die. I cut the solid die from a

background I had previously made using powder dyes and spritzing with water.

I cut the outline die 4 times, stacking and gluing 3 of them together then to the 

solid die cut. I filled all of those teeny tiny bits with Deco Art Media Liquid Glass,

and left it to dry overnight. The last outline die was heat embossed in gold embossing

powder before adhering to the rest of the stack. 

I stamped a grungy image stamp multiple times on my card base 

for more interest behind the flower. After stamping the sentiment,

I glued the flower to my card base.

Here's a couple close ups:

That water colored background with the Liquid Glass really does

look like stained glass!

That's all for now. You made it to the end! Thanks for

visiting and I hope you have a great evening!

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Mix Up Challenge - Faux Stained Glass + stamping + die cutting + heat embossing

The Flower Challenge #30 - ATG

Time Out Challenge #131 - Inspired by Words

Craft Stamper March Take It Make It challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Mixed Media Elements, Sketched: Simple Gift; Recollections - Wishing you

Ink: Memento - New Sprout, Tuxedo Black; VersaMark

CS: Neenah; Strathmore mixed media paper

Accessories: GC; CUTplorations - Spring Flower layering dies; Stampendous - champagne EP; heat gun; Magenta Nuance powder dyes - turquoise, purple, jade; water mister; DecoArt Media - Liquid Glass; MISTI

Adhesives: Ken Oliver - Stick It adhesive sheets; Ranger - multi medium matte

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #130 - O is for Ombre

Hi there and welcome snarky peeps!

It's time again for a new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

For the next two weeks, we'd like to see OMBRE

incorporated into your projects!

Here's what I came up with:

here's the inside:

The flower image was one that I colored while I was visiting with

family last month. The main panel started out as white card stock but I

sponged over it with yellow ink to create my ombre element. It looked a little

plain to me so I broke out a stencil and lightly sponged more yellow ink over it.

Much better. Of course, I had to include a bit of snark with my

sentiment! A few enamel dots balanced it out.

(With that image I chose, I bet you couldn't tell that I'm

sooooo ready for Spring and warmer weather! LOL!)

I hope you find some time to play along in our Ombre challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! For more ideas, please check out what my

Sisters and our newest Queen and GD, Pip Lewer, have created for 

your viewing pleasure. Thanks for stopping by and I hope 

you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #160 - Make Us Laugh

Craft Stamper March Take It Make It

The Flower Challenge #30 - ATG

Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Blossoming Buds; STAMPlorations - A Snarky Birthday to You
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Dandelion
CS: Crafter's Companion; Neenah; Darice
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils; GC: STAMPlorations - Crazy double running stitch rectangle dies; Paper Smooches - Blossoming Buds die; Tim Holtz - burlap stencil, blending tool; My Mind's Eye - enamel dots; MISTI
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares