SHOPPING OUR STASH #197 Lost and Found

Hello and good morning crafty peeps! It's time for a new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH! What do we mean Lost and Found? We'd like you to use something that you've re-discovered. Perhaps you put some crafty stuff away in a 'safe place' two years ago and only just found it again. Maybe in searching for something else, you came across a stamp set you forgot you owned. Well - use it! Here's what I came up with:

 Here's the inside:

In a previous post, I was searching (for a couple hours) for some acetate that I recently purchased. While riffling through drawers and boxes, I came across an unopened package of gold pipe cleaners and re-discovered my Epiphany Crafts shape studio tool. Ok. That'll do. I can make bugs with them. The pipe cleaners were too gold, so I took my Staz On jet black ink pad and went over them to darken them up. Even though it's much darker, I like how you can still see the gold. I used the shape studio for the bodies, and after coloring some googly eyes with an orange marker, adhered them to the bodies.

I hope you get the chance to play along with the Lost and Found challenge at Shopping Our Stash. Please be sure to check out the awesome creations my teammies came up with and leave them some bloggy love! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:
CAS Colour & Sketches #119
Crafty Gals Corner #14 - Any Holiday

Supplies:
Stamps: Hero Arts - Celebrate Everyday
Ink: Ranger DI - Black Soot; Staz On - Jet Black; Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: American Crafts - Haunted
CS: Darice
Accessories: Westrim Crafts - pipe cleaners; Epiphany Crafts - Shape Studio & bubble caps; AC - Thickers; Nicole - googly eyes; SN OR3 marker
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - Glossy Accents

SHOPPING OUR STASH #179 - Free is Good!

Hello and good morning! It's time for a new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH! We want you to use your freebies! Did a good friend send you some craft supplies? Did you win something from a manufacturer? Did you place an order and you received something extra as a thank you? We want to see you use it! Also, since those of us in the States are about to celebrate our Thanksgiving holiday, this challenge will be open for two weeks! (Got to allow for those of you who are travelling and also for the tryptophan to wear off. HA!) Here's the card I made:

 and the inside:

The freebies on my card are: 1) the journal card - I received a little pack of them as a thank you in a Unity Stamp order. 2) the paper collection - I won the Sew Lovely collection from Carta Bella. 3) Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio tool - This was a comment-to-win prize from Card's Magazine blog.

Now it's your turn to dig out those freebies you've been hoarding and use them on a card or project! Be sure to link it up at Shopping Our Stash! We want to see it! While there please be sure to check out what my teammates created and leave them some bloggy love! Thanks for stopping by. Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating later this week! Have a great day!

Chris

Supplies

CS: Darice

Accessories: Fiskars - corner rounder; DMC floss; Making Memories - alpha stickers; SRM - birthday stickers; paper piercer

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

MFW - Trendy Triangles challenge/Simon Says Stamp - Triangle challenge

Good Morning all! I was getting crafty yesterday in the ol' craft cave, and I came up with this little number for the Moxie Fab World's Trendy Triangle challenge, and the Simon Says Stamp Triangle challenge:

Here's the inside:

A pinwheel made from layers of triangles? Get Out! No Way! Yep! Way! Woo Hoo! Fun with geometric shapes! LOL! There are some really awesome entries for these challenges. I hope you get to play along too!

It's still overcast and rainy in my neck of the woods. But that's ok - that means I don't need to break out the hose to water the plants! ☺ Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

Chris
Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Birthday Sampler, Digits
Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel
DP: Graphic 45 - Bohemian Bazaar
Card stock: Recollections (white, blue); Paper Smooches (pink)
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik, 3D foam squares; Glue Dots
Accessories: Slice Die Cutting Machine & Basics 1 cartridge; Grand Calibur; Epiphany Crafts round 25 tool; Cuttlebug EF - Swiss dots, Arrows from the James Set; rhinestone from my stash

Drunken Stampers challenge 129: The Hangover

Hello my lovelies and happy Saturday! It's time again for another Drunken Stampers challenge! This week is challenge #129 - The Hangover!

I swear we had no IDEA that the third installment of this movie series was coming out now! LOL! As always for this term, our challenges are based on the movies: either the title or the theme. (In this case, Las Vegas) I have to admit, I've never seen this movie. (hanging head in shame. Only because my boyfriend, Bradley Cooper, is in it and I haven't seen the movie yet! LOL!) Anywhooooo, it's team Midnight Margaritas turn this week so here is my take on the challenge:

So, I went with the theme. After spending hours researching this movie (Googling the story line, quotes from the movie, and Vegas themed cards) I came across a Pinterest picture that showed wine glass charms. (go figure!) One of which said "snake eyes", and an idea was formed! After printing out 'snake eyes' on card stock, I used my Epiphany Crafts tool to make the charm. And guess what? Those dice were once ice cubes!

I masked the smiley faces and the melted water, then added the dots with a marker to make them look like dice! For reals?! Yep! (Yeah, I'm still patting myself on the back for that little bit of brilliance. HA!) But that is where the brilliance ended. I haven't finished the inside yet. Not sure what to do with that. But I'll think of something, I always do! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to check out what my Midnight Margarita teammates dreamed up!

Chris
Supplies:
Stamps: Unity Stamp Co. - June 2012 KOM
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: Echo Park - Happy Days
Card stock: Bazzill Basics
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik, 3D Foam Squares; Helmar 450 glue
Accessories: Marvy Uchida markers; Epiphany Crafts round 25 tool, bubble caps & charm settings; Bead Landing jump rings; KI Memories ribbon; 'snake eyes' printed from Microsoft Word