Christmas wreath

 Hello there, I'm back with another card:

 

 

Here's the inside:

 

 

It's hard to tell from my excellent photography skills, but the green paper I

 

used to cut the wreath from is pre-glittered, for some extra sparkle.

 

A simple sentiment finishes the inside.

 

Guess I should get off my butt and get some things done. LOL!

 

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

 

 

I'd like to enter this at:

Case This Sketch #395

The Flower Challenge #49 -circle(s) 

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #27 - ATG

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Sunny Studio - Petite Poinsettias

Ink: Memento - tuxedo black, lady bug, rhubarb stalk, bamboo leaves, cottage ivy; SSS - lipstick red

DP: HOTP; Darice - green glitter

CS: Thunderbolt; Darice

Accessories: MISTI; GC; Memory Box - Bubble Circles die; Darice - snowflake EF; 

Ranger - gold Stickles

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #405 - Dream the Embossible Dream

Hello and welcome crafty friends!

It's the start of a new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH,

and this fortnight we'd like to see how you use embossing

on your projects. It can be dry embossing, heat embossing, or both.

Here's what I came up with:

and the inside:

I've used two embossing folders on my card. The first is the oval doily background, 

and the second one is the snowflakes under the die cut sentiment.

Pretty simple card to make, and I liked combining the white card stock

with the silver mirror paper. I even edged the back panel with some silver ink.

The sentiment was die cut three times: twice in white card stock and then in silver

mirror. I stacked and glued them atop each other for a bit of dimension.

 I hope that you can play along in our embossing challenge at

Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see what you create. For more

ideas, do check out what the design team have made to inspire you!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts - Merry Christmas Message

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Brilliance - Starlite Silver

DP: Nicole - silver mirror

CS: TE; Darice

Accessories: GC; Darice - snowflake & oblong doily EF; CUTplorations - Oh Holy Night word die; SB - Std. Lg. Oval Nesties; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3d foam squares; Ranger - multi medium matte

SHOPPING OUR STASH #310 - Flag Day

Hello crafty friends and happy 4th of July to you!

With Canada Day just passed and Independence Day today,

at SHOPPING OUR STASH

we want you to use the colors of your flag in your design! 

Here's my card:

I let the embossing folder do most of the work.

I even 'painted' over the embossed image with my

Wink of Stella pen!

Oooh! Shimmery!

Now it's your turn! Regardless of what country you live in, we want

to see your creations using the colors of your flag. (Bonus points for

showing an image of your flag in your post!)

Can't wait to see what you create in the Shopping Our Stash gallery!

I'd like to enter this at:

Less Is More #335 - Country flag colors

Just Add Ink #366 - A for AMERICA! (ok, maybe I'm stretching that...)

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts - Celebrate Everyday

Ink: VersaMark

CS: TE; scraps

Accessories: GC; Darice - fireworks EF; Wink of Stella pen; Whispers - silver EP; heat gun; Recollections - star rhinestones

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

STAMPlorations and the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Welcome crafty peeps! I'm participating (for the first time) in the

Spring Coffee Lover's Blog Hop which starts today on the

Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog!

STAMPlorations is a super sponsor for the hop, and I've made my card

using the awesome Coffee Donut Row stamp, colored with Spectrum Noir markers,

and the Thanks a Latte Phrase CUTplorations die. I cut that from some

holographic paper, in keeping with the rainbow of to-go coffee cups! It's

much more vibrant IRL. (Holographic paper is really hard to photograph!) 

 and the inside:

On the inside, I used a sentiment from the Fond Expressions stamp set. 

Did you know that there are some amazing prizes up for grabs?! Amy Tsuruta 

who is the hostess for this blog hop, has a boat load of fabulous sponsors, along

with STAMPlorations, that are giving away some major crafty goodness!

I hope you get the chance to hop along (whilst sipping your favorite caffeinated

beverage of choice, of course)! 

Also, unitl March 31st, you can use my special discount code:

STAMPGIRLCHRIS

for 20% off at the STAMPlorations store!

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

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Coffee Donut Row, Fond Expressions

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Darice - holographic paper

CS: Taylored Expressions; Crafter's Companion

Accessories: GC; CUTplorations - Thanks a latte die; Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI

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

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #6 - E is for Embellishment

What up, peeps! To those of you celebrating, I wish you a very Happy Easter tomorrow!

Now, onto the fun stuff! The SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS has a brand new challenge starting today! The next two weeks is brought to you by the letter E, as in Embellishment!

Doesn't Edna look fabulous all decked out in her bits and bobbles?! LOL! 

This challenge is sooooo easy, so there is no excuse for you not to play along! HA! Just use at least 2 embellies. They can be two of the same, different, or a gazillion things! Here's the card I made:

Here's the inside:

Ok, not only did I make a Christmas card, but it's not even snarky - just cute and punny! (Our motto: Snark if necessary, but not necessarily snarky!) So, my embellishments? I've used lace, ribbon, floss, and a jingle bell. Except for the card base, all papers are scraps from the scrap pile. YAY! The stamps are new, but the ribbon, twine, lace and bell are all from my stash. (Love to be able to chip away at the stash!) 

So, if you are making a card or project with embellies on it, why not link it up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers embellishment challenge?! You just might be crowned our Queen or Princesses of Snark! Don't forget to check out what my teammies and our guest designer, Princess Queen Judy, came up with to WOW and inspire you! Thanks for stopping by and stay crafty my friends!

Chris

Challenge hook ups:

Merry Monday #104: use slate, kraft, white or cream.

Seize the Sketch #18.

Some Odd Girl - April Linky Party.

Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday challenge - Animal Antics

Supplies:

Stamps: Some Odd Girl - Holideer

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa, Gray Flannel; Clear Snap - Frost White

DP: DCWV

CS: Darice (white); scraps

Accessories: Grand Calibur; Lacey Ovals, Std. Sm. Ovals, Scalloped Circles, Std. Sm. Circles Nesties; Spectrum Noir - gray marker; Simplicity - lace; May Arts ribbon; DMC floss; Cuttlebug EF; bell from stash

Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam squares; Ranger - Glossy Accents; Recollections - red tape

Shopping Our Stash #142 - Sentiment(s) only

Good morning my friends! It's the start of a new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH! This week, we want you to only use a sentiment, or sentiments on your card or project. Only stamps with words. How hard could that be? Hmmmmm, a bit. But I over came. Sort of. Actually, I loved this card by Heidi Van Laar, so I CASEd it. Here's my version:

Here's the inside:

And that big speech bubble? I created it following Savannah's tutorial video at the Virtual Smooches blog. Seriously easy to do. I even went a step further and added a white frame around it with some scrap paper. Bonus!


So, ready to take on this challenge? Cool beans! Don't forget to add your project to the link up at Shopping Our Stash! Please be sure to check out what my teammates created while there! Thanks for stopping by! Now, go get your craft on!

Chris
Supplies
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Happy Birthday
Ink: Memento - Teal Zeal
DP: Echo Park - Happy Days
CS: Darice; scrap
Accessories: Grand Calibur; Paper Smooches - Bam Bubbles, Cardbooking dies; Fiskars corner rounder
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam squares; Glue Dots

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

Shopping Our Stash #137: Love Me Tender

Good Morning and welcome to another fun challenge at Shopping Our Stash! Since we know you still feel compelled to make Valentine's Day cards or projects, this week's challenge is to make something with a theme of Love or Valentine's Day. ☺ My hubby and I do not celebrate Valentine's Day. We always felt that it was a 'Hallmark Holiday'. That being said, here is my take on this challenge:

and the inside of my card: why does the white card base look pink?!

I was actually going to give this to him, but he came into the craft cave while I was making it and, well, there went that idea. :P All of the stamps used I've had for at least a year. Plus this was the first time they all saw ink. (A goal of mine was to start using more of the gazillion stamps I've accrued over the years. That's easy to do when you subscribed to a stamp kit of the month club. Or two. Like I was.  I nailed it with this card. Yay me!) Did some fussy cutting also, with all those hearts. There's navy blue in the paper collection I used, so the main panel is framed in navy card stock, from the scrap pile no less. (although it looks black, it's navy. Trust me)

Well. If you are completely bedazzled by my card making prowess, (LOL! Just kidding!), why not make a card or project with a love or V-Day theme to it and link it up at Shopping Our Stash? Come on, you know you want to! And don't forget to check out the amazing cards my teammates made for your viewing pleasure!

Thanks for hanging out with me. I hope you have a great day! Stay crafty, my friends!

Chris
Supplies
Stamps: Unity Stamps - January 2013 KOM; Paper Smooches - Quick Qwips (heart); MFT - More Essential Sentiments
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: Glitz Design - Love You Madly
CS: Darice (white); Bazzill (blue)
Accessories: Fiskars corner rounder; Marvy Uchida pink & aqua markers
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam Squares; Elmer's extra strength glue stick

MFW - Birthday Party Invitations Challenge

Hi there and happy Wednesday! I'd like to share with you a project that I was working on a couple weeks ago. I received a call from my nephew and niece one night asking if I would make custom invites for them. Their twins are turning 1 years old next month and they are throwing a Mickey and Minnie themed party for them! Fun! I jumped right on that request! (I edited my pictures to blur out any private information. That's why they look funky!) Here is the finished invite:

Yep, a totally paper crafted custom invite! Well, 50 of them! All stamped, colored, die cut, printed, corner rounded and trimmed by hand (well, with a paper trimmer)! From start to finish, it took me a week to get them done and shipped. (Oh, did I mention we live in different states?)

The day after getting the call, I went searching for anything with Mickey and Minnie on it. (I went to three different craft stores, you know, to see what they all had available. May have picked up things at all three stores....wink wink!) I found this stamp set that had this image on it. Score! I whipped up 3 samples for them, took some pictures, and emailed the pics for them to look over, the above was the one they went with. Once I got the go ahead, I got down to it!

 (all stamped and colored)

 (this Nestie got A LOT of use!)

 (I only have the Classic Ovals Lg Nesties, couldn't find the Small Nesties at all. What's a girl to do? 

Take same oval and trace the inner edge on the back of your images! Then cut them all out by hand! 

Yep, that's me, using my dining room window as a light box! LOL!)

(invites all printed out and beginning to trim them to size)

 (After trimming everything to size, I went into assembly line mode!)

(And of course, the envies had to match!) 

(The finished product!!)

And there you have it. A very photo filled post about super cute invites! (Yeah, I still am patting myself on the back from time to time! LOL!) 

Thanks for reading until the end, and if you haven't already done so, why not try your hand at Moxie Fab World's Birthday Party Invite challenge?! 

Have a fantastic day!

Chris

Supplies:

Stamps: EK Success - Mickey and Minnie

Ink: Staz On - Jet Black

Card stock: Darice

DP: Echo Park - Metropolitan Dots & Stripes

Adhesives: SA by 3L - EZ Runner

Accessories: Grand Calibur; Classic Ovals Lg. Nesties; Marvy Uchida markers; Fiskars corner rounder and trimmer; Sakura white Gelly Roll pen; printed from computer

Sup?...CTS#38 & PS Sparks - Anything Goes

Quick post. I've got less than an hour to get this posted! (I'll never learn!) Finally was able to start making cards again. (story in a later post) Here's what I came up with for CAS(E) This Sketch #38 and also for Paper Smooches Sparks - Anything Goes:

The inside:

Here are the challenges:

This just screamed skyscraper to me...with Superman flying over it....saying "Sup?" LOL!!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Chris
Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Slang Gang, Studio G - alphas
Ink: Staz On - Jet Black
CS: Darice
DP: DCWV - Mariposa
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik, 3D foam squares
Accessories: Grand Calibur; Paper Smooches - Hexilongs Dies