STAMPlorations Perfect Pairs: Classic Christmas + plus!

 Hello there! I'm back with a couple more cards using

the Perfect Pairs: Classic Christmas along with the

coordinating Ephemera Cuts from STAMPlorations!

This time, I've added more to my cards to kick them up a notch. 😁

A scrap of holiday paper on one edge, repeat stamping of the

definition stamp, and one of the images from the Ephemera Cuts

still makes for a quick card.

For the inside, I stamped the sentiment stamp to finish.

For my second card, I took a piece of kraft paper, glued a strip of

patterned paper on the diagonal, die cut it using one of the

Crazy Double Running Stitch rectangle dies, then die cut it

again using the Circles All Over Texture plate. I added the

Nutcracker in the Ephemera Cuts package with foam squares.

Part of the sentiment was masked off and heat embossed

 in white embossing powder.

If you make quick cards, or like to throw on all the things, the

Perfect Pairs series is entirely capable of doing both! Check

out all four sets at the STAMPlorations store.

If you are in the mood to shop, you can use my discount code

for an extra 20% off.

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Card 1:

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa

DP: Carta Bella - Farmhouse Christmas

CS: Taylored Expressions, Thunderbolt

Accessories: Coordinating Ephemera Cuts; MISTI

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - Tape runner & foam squares

Card 2:

Ink: Versamark

DP: Echo Park - A Lumberjack Christmas

CS: Taylored Expressions; Thunderbolt; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: Coordinating Ephemera Cuts, Circles All Over texture plate, Crazy double running stitch nesting dies; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner & foam squares

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #270 N is for New or Never

 

Hello and happy New Year!

If you celebrated, I hope that your

holidays were wonderful and relaxing.

For this month, we want to see your NEW or NEVER used stuff

at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

That could be all new crafty goodies, something you already

had but haven't broken the packaging yet, or

perhaps a technique that you've never tried before.

We want to see it!

Here's what I came up with:

I purchased this stamp set last year as well as the paper pad, and only

just now cracked open the packaging on both.

(Yep, I'm starting out the year with a two-finger salute. LOL!)

As usual, an inside sentiment to finish my card:

I hope that you find some time this month to play along in our

New or Never challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more inspiration, do check out what my sisters and our first Queen

of the year, Michelle, have created to wow you!

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Whimsy Stamps - Old Fartness, Old Geezer

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Echo Park - Sunny Days Ahead

CS: Spectrum Noir; Taylored Expressions; Neenah; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; sketch from Sketch Saturday #693; Sunny Studio - scalloped oval die; bow die gifted by Jules; MISTI

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner & foam squares; Bearly Art Glue

Hooray It's Your Birthday!

 Hello and welcome!

It's been kind of a ghost town here lately, as I've been

busy making my annual Christmas cards. Now that I got

that done, I've switched to some much needed

birthday cards. Here's one:

I love to use collection kits that have a sticker sheet included. It takes

the guess work out of trying to match totally unrelated items together.

I wanted a really thin matte around the main panel, so I traced

around the die and fussy cut it. The panel is adhered with foam squares.

Another simple sentiment finishes the inside:

My card is based off of this fabulous sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #712.

That's it for now. Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Mini Messages: Birthday, Inside Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Echo Park - Fairy Garden

CS: Taylored Expressions; Neenah; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: Echo Park - rainbow sticker from the Fairy Garden collection; Sunny Studio - Rounded Rectangle matte die; MISTI

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner and foam squares; Bearly Art glue

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

Cherry Blossom blooms

 Hello there and welcome.

I seem not to be on my blog much, but

I am making cards again now that my

fur baby is feeling better.

Here's one that I had fun making:

Here's the inside:

I am entering this at Freshly Made Sketches #674 and also

The Flower Challenge #99.

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #259 - L is for Love

 

Hello and welcome, snarky friends!

It's a new month, so time for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This month, we'd like to see your Valentine,

or Anti-Valentine projects!

I'm not one to celebrate it, so of course I went with 

the Anti version:

The snark is subtle, but it's there! LOL!

I'm not even quite sure how that paper with the hearts came

to be living in my craft room. I'm guessing that I bought it for the back side,

which is the strip of flower paper under it. LOL!

I printed out the sentiment then added the "SS" with a pen.

I hope that you'll play along this month in our Love challenge

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

There's lots of inspiration from my sisters, so do check 

out what they've created!

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Supplies:

DP: Echo Park - Hello Valentine

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Spellbinders - scalloped heart die; computer & printer; Freshly Made Sketch #668;

MFT - scalloped rectangle die; Faber Castell - black Artist PITT pen

Adhesives: SA - tape runner

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #245 - J is for Jessi

Hello and welcome friends!

Edna and my sisters are back from the Funny Farm,

I mean, an extended break, and

are gearing up for some snarky shenanigans in 2024!

(Not to mention our 10th year!)

Our last challenge of 2023 is a very special one,

as we pay tribute to our beloved sister and friend, Jessi,

who lost her heroic battle with gastroparesis on December 27, 2018.

My "Evil Double Mint Twin", she shared my intensely 

sarcastic sense of humor, as well as a love of swearing! 😉

She was a fellow design team member at Drunken Stampers as

well as Shopping Our Stash. 

We'd love to see your Jessi inspired projects in our gallery. If you knew

her, let us know what about your project reminded you of her. If you

didn't know her, you can visit her blog for inspiration.

I've CASED one of Jessi's cards, for my inspiration.

It took a while to whittle it down, as she had sooooo many

fantabulous cards!

I even had doilies in my stash!

Here's the finished inside:

I hope that you'll join Edna and my sisters in

celebrating our dear sister, Jessi. While we won't have a

Queen or Princesses for this special challenge, there

may be a special prize to be had!

(nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean?!)

Thanks for visiting. 💖

Forever in our hearts and in our thoughts. Love and miss you Sistah.

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Birthday Wishes

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Echo Park - Summer Fun kit

CS: Neenah

Accessories: Sunny Studio - Slimline scalloped frame; flower sticker from DP kit; Amscan - doily; Tim Holtz - Small Talk Occasions sticker; MISTI

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

Here's a cute 1st birthday card

 Hello crafty friends and Happy St. Patrick's Day!

May the luck of the Irish be with you always! 💚

I'm popping in with a card I made for

one of my grand nephew's 1st birthday:

Here's the inside:

I decided to shop my stash again and use some products

by Paper Smooches. (I miss their stuff!)

The main panel needed a bit of something extra, so

I sponged a darker blue ink through a star stencil

before assembling my card.

I found a #1 sticker that fit perfectly on the onesie 

to complete the front of my card.

I hope that you have a wonderful day, and if you are

celebrating St. Paddy's Day, remember,

Erin Go Braugh(less!) LOL!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #257

Happy Little Stampers March Birthday challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Digits; Honey Bee Stamps - Inside Birthday Sentiments

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Paris Dusk

DP: Lawn Fawn - Perfectly Plaid

CS: Darice, Taylored Expressions, Thunderbolt

Accessories: GC; Paper Smooches - Onesie die & Frames 2 die; Echo Park - Twinkle twinkle little star stencil; TE - blending brush; Colorbok - #1 sticker; MISTI

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #227 - V is for Vintage

 

Happy Saturday to you, snarky friends, and welcome!

It's the start of our new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS,

and this fortnight we would like to see your vintage projects!

Here's what I came up with:

Some vintage looking papers, an ornate picture frame sticker, and of course,

a handlebar mustache to top it all off.

Here's the inside:

 

I hope that you'll have some fun and play along in our vintage challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more inspiration, check out what my Sisters and our newest

Queen, Faith, have created for your viewing pleasure!

Thanks for visiting, and have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Issues - Oh Hell No, and Ahh Real Birthday sentiments; Unity Stamps - February 2012 KOTM (Consider yourself vintage)

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Staz On - Jet Black; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo

DP: Echo Park - Times & Seasons

CS: Thunderbolt; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: MISTI; Picket Fence Studio - blending brush; stickers from the same paper collection

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