SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #267 S is for Spooky

 

Hello snarky peeps and welcome!

Can you believe that it's October already?

A new month means a new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

No surprise here. We want to see your spooky

projects! Also, this being 

Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as an option,

use the color pink on your creation.

I decided to make an art journal page:

I went all out spooky for this page,

my inspiration being the movie, The Shining.

What started it was the two girls (Tim Holtz Halloween

Paper Dolls). I coated them with Liquitex matte gel and once

dry, colored them using a water pen and Derwent

Inktense Block 0400. I used a spiderweb stencil with

crackle paste. After it dried, I painted orange and raw umber acrylic 

paint over it. Random stamping, splatters, and gold Stickles were also added.

I added some themed paper and boarders, and finally alpha Thickers 

to spell REDRUM.

Here are some process photos:

I hope that you'll join us this month at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for our Spooky challenge!

Please do yourself a favor and check out what my 

sisters created and also our reigning Queen, Wendy! 

Thanks for visiting. Have a fabulous day!

Supplies:

Strathmore: art journal; mixed media paper w/vellum

Golden Gesso

Ranger Texture Paste - opaque crackle

Echo Park - Spooky Spiderweb stencil

DecoArt Americana - bright orange, raw umber

Stazon ink - Timber Brown & Jet Black

Indigo Blu - Tasty Textures stamps

Ranger - gold Stickles

Tim Holtz - Paper Dolls Halloween; water mister

Liquitex - matte gel

Derwent inktense block 0400

American Crafts - Thickers alpha stickers

Authentique - Enchanted papers

Recollections - Halloween boarder stickers

EK Success - Vampire die cut borders

Bearly Art glue

various brushes & pallet knife

COWabunga!

You may be aware that I have a slight obsession with Paper Smooches stamps. They are so whimsical and cute! The punny sentiments are awesome! So it's a no brainer that I'm trying out for the current SPARKS DT Call. Here is the second card I made for it:

(The finished inside of my card:)

(Here is the inspiration picture:)

So, I had the Shadows stamp set out, and it occurred to me that the big speech bubble looked like a surf board. Ok, I can make that work! I choose some red polka dot dp, and using the back side of the stamp, I stamped on the back side of the paper and fussy cut. (Did that make sense?) Originally I was going to use one of the doggies from the Woofers & Tweeters stamp set. Then a eureka moment hit me when I thought about the sentiment, cowabunga. Use the cow stamp! (Did you happen to see that bright flash of light over Maryland? Yep, that was my eureka moment! LOL!) I colored and fussy cut the cow, cutting off and reattaching her tail to give the appearance of motion. I used a wave punch on vellum for the water, tucking the surfboard behind some of the waves. After die cutting and stamping the streamer, I used Alphadots to stamp 'COWabunga!' 

Isn't it amazing how a picture of a bedroom can inspire something completely different? Using the colors (red, green, white, and yellow-from the stripes in the stuffed animal's arms), some red polka dot paper, and my vivid imagination, I came up with this goofy card! I love it! I stamped the inside with a sentiment and another cow to complete my card.

Thanks for hanging out with me! It gives me great joy, not to mention an inflated ego, to read your comments! LOL! Have a great weekend my friends!

Chris

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Green Acres, Alphadots, Shadows, Streamers, Digits, Slang Gang

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Lady Bug, Gray Flannel

DP: Echo Park - Happy Days

Card stock: PS- Ed Collection (green); Recollections (white); Copic X-Press It

Accessories: Grand Calibur; Paper Smooches Dies - Power Rays, Streamers; Spectrum Noir markers; Glossy Accents; Recollections vellum; EK Success - Tidal Waves punch; 

Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik, 3D foam squares; Elmer's extra strength glue stick; Scotch vellum tape

Drunken Stampers challenge 138 Person: Party Planner

Good morning peeps! It's time for another fun filled challenge at the Drunken Stampers! This week's challenge is based on a Person - specifically a Party Planner.

If that throws you off your game, never fear. You can create a project that has to do with any celebration, be it a birthday, anniversary, wedding, etc. It's team Tropical Hooter's turn this week to dazzle you! Here's what I came up with:

I tried using some foil paper for the card. I really like how it looks, but it's a b*tch to photograph! LOL! Here are some different angles so you can bask in the reflectiveness! HA!

Here is the finished inside:

Yep, I used my beloved Paper Smooches stamps! It's an obsession that I do not want to be cured of! LOL! So, on to my card. I thought that a little scene depicting a happy little doggie celebrating a birthday would work splendidly for this challenge! I heat embossed him, then colored and fussy cut him out. Even added Glossy Accents to give his eyes some dimension. Here's a tip for adding a custom party hat to an image: on a piece of scrap paper stamp just the top of the head, then draw two lines to make the hat. Cut out using the contour line from the head and you will have a perfect fit for your party hat! I used some glitter glue along the bottom of the hat and added a rhinestone at the tip. Easy peasy! And what's a party without a banner, cake, and presents! To keep with the doggie theme, I used a paw print border punch along the edges of the foil paper. Super cute!

So, what are you waiting for? Go and play along with our new challenge, Party Planner, and have FUN! Don't forget to check out what my Tropical Hooter teammates dreamed up! You won't be disappointed!

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

Craft on my friends!

Chris 
Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Chubby Chums, Birthday Sampler
Ink: Versa Mark; Clear Snap - Dark Peony
DP: MME - Dolled Up; Recollections foil paper
Card stock: Recollections (white); Bazzill Basics (pink)
Adhesive: SA by 3L - MyStik, 3D foam squares; Glue Dots
Accessories: Marvy Uchida markers; EK Success - Paw Print Edger; K&Co. stickers; KI Memories - alpha stickers; Doodlebug twine; Glossy Accents; Inkadinkado - black embossing powder; heat gun; rhinestone from my stash; Glitter glue - happy mail from MFW's Cath Edvalson!

Drunken Stampers #136 - Place: A Beach

Good Morning and happy Saturday to you! It's time again for another challenge at Drunken Stampers! For this term, the challenges will be either a person, a place, or a thing, and will alternate each week! How cool is that?!! You can create a project using the main objective, or the sub title, or go bold and use BOTH! HA! This week's challenge is a Place: A Beach, with the option to use water/the beach/tropics as your theme.

Team Tropical Hooters (Love that name! Our team names are based on drink names! LOL!) is up to bat this week to amaze you with their crafty genius! Here is what I came up with:

Here is the inside:

This was such a fun challenge to create for. Mainly because the beach IS my Happy Place! There's nothing more relaxing than parking your butt in a beach chair with the sun on your face, the smell of the salty breeze and suntan lotion, the sound of the waves crashing on the shore, and a cold drink in your hand! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

I wanted to create a scene for my card, and since I have a ton of beach themed stickers, I went to town using them! The background panel was made with scraps of blue card stock and two different patterned papers to mimic sky, ocean, and sand. After those were adhered, I just picked a bunch of dimensional stickers to make the scene. Even though the umbrella already was sticky on the back, I only adhered the pole directly to the back panel, but used foam dots on the umbrella. (I wanted the top of the chair to fit under the umbrella.)  I die cut some clouds and adhered, and stamped the sentiment. Finished the inside with another sentiment and a pair of sunglasses and I was done!

I hope you have the chance to play along with the Drunken Stampers this week! Oh, and don't forget to check out what my Tropical Hooters teammates came up with! You won't be disappointed!!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous day!!

Chris
Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Get Outta Town
Ink: Memento - Nautical Blue
DP: DCWV (tan); EK Success (blue)
Card stock: Recollections
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik; American Crafts - foam dots; Elmer's extra strength glue stick
Accessories: Grand Calibur; Paper Smooches Dies: Clouds, Borders 1; Jolee's - various stickers; Fiskars corner rounder

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