It's Christmas card making mode now!

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

Look at that, it's already almost halfway through

November, and I'm way behind making

my Christmas cards. My crafty mojo has

been MIA for the last 4 months or so,

and it finally reappeared at the end of October.

I did finally start on cards last month, and will

be posting about them soon. In the

meantime, here's a little something

that I came up with:

I'm finally playing with the Christmas Poinsettias card kit from

My Favorite Things, that I purchased in September. A lot

of die cutting, a snowflake embossing folder, a snippet of

paper, and some gold Stickles. Plus, the sentiment was

first stamped in black ink, then I heat embossed it with

clear embossing powder before die cutting it. 

I used another stamp from the same set to finish the inside:

I'm glad that I saved the cardstock that came with the kit, and

used what I already had on hand, because, you know, I 

really want to make those cards! LOL!

That's it for now. I appreciate that you stopped by for a visit!

Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Freshley Made Sketches #611

Shopping Our Stash #509 - Emboss Like a Boss

NBUS #56

Happy Little Stampers November ATG w/dies

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT - Christmas Wishes

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark

DP: Carta Bella - Home for Christmas

CS: Thunderbolt; Neenah; Taylored Expressions; Recollections

Accessories: MFT - Winter Poinsettias & Christmas Wishes dies; Lawn Fawn - scalloped rectangle die; Nicole - scalloped square die; Darice - Snowflake Background EF; Fiskars - corner rounder; WOW! - clear EP; heat gun; MISTI; Ranger - gold Stickles

Adhesives: 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - MMM

A dude card

 Hello and welcome!

I've managed to finally make a masculine card, something

of which I need more of. Why are they so hard to make?!

Anyway, here it is:

and the inside:

I've used a bunch of dies from various companies to put this together,

and I like how well it came out. I even did some clever die cutting with

the grass die to extend it to fit my slimline card. (it's an A2 sized die)

Well, that's all for today. I wish you a happy first day of Spring!

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

The Male Room #160 - Animals

Cardz 4 Guyz #291 - Slimline cards

Happy Little Stampers March ATG w/Dies

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Offset Sayings Birthday; Honey Bee - Inside Snarky Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa

DP: Photo Play - Our Friendship Thru the Years

CS: Thunderbolt; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: GC; Simon Says Stamp - Painted Happy word die; Taylored Expressions - grass border, deer from Birch Tree Accessories and blending brushes; Pinkfresh Studio - Slim Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - MMM; Scor Tape

Cute penguins? Yes please!

Hello and happy Thursday to you!

I have another Christmas card to share. (I know, I'm just

as surprised as you are)

 I'm not sure how long this will last, but I'm trying to actually use my supplies

instead of just hoarding them. LOL! When I trimmed the mountain paper to size,

I didn't pay particular attention as to where it might show up in the circle die cut.

But with sheer dumb luck, you can see it peeking out behind my happy penguin.

I adhered a snippet of white card stock to the inside bottom of the cut out to ground

my little friend. The white panel, and penguin have been adhered with foam squares,

as is the sentiment strip.

Here's the finished inside:

I think now I really must concentrate on making birthday cards, as I'm

dangerously low on them. (But there may be more Christmas cards

showing up here too. It could happen. *wink*)

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Christmas Kickstart challenge #27 - Penguin Parade 

ABC Christmas Challenge - B is for Bingo (patterned paper/lots of layers/die cuts

Happy Little Stampers - ATG with dies 

Supplies:

Stamps: Avery Elle - Polar Playtime

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: SN: Bazzill; Core'dinations

DP: American Craft - Jack Frost

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Gemini; Avery Elle - Polar Playtime dies; Penny Black - Stitched Circles dies; Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard; MISTI; red Prismacolor pencil (on inside candy cane)

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #126 - B is for Books

 

 Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

The SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS is back from their

holiday break, and raring to go this year!

The first challenge of 2019 is something near and dear to my heart:

B is for Books!

For my card, I used a new (to me) die from Lawn Fawn called Double Slider Surprise.

You pull the tab and.... 

Ta-da!

 

If you watch the how-to video, you'll discover that the item used to make

the slider mechanism work is a poop bag! Once it was assembled

 I attached it to a standard A2 card base, and stamped

another book related sentiment on the inside.

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

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

more ideas? Do yourself a favor and check out what my Sistahs, and

our newest Queen and GD - Cornelia, have created for your viewing pleasure.

Thanks for visiting. Have a fantastic day!

I'd like to enter this at:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Use Something New
Craft Stamper TIMI January Challenge
Happy Little Stampers - ATG with dies

Supplies:
Stamps: Unity - books from the December 2012 KOM; STAMPlorations - Good Books & Coffee; Hero Arts - tweed pattern
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Gray Flannel
CS: Neenah; Crafter's Companion; TE
Accessories: GC; Lawn Fawn - Double Slider Surprise die; Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; Inkadinkado - masking paper; Computer & printer; Sakura - gold Gelly Roll pen; poop bag
Adhesives: Score Tape; SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares

And now for a little subversive cross stitching...

Hello crafty friends!

I broke out my neglected embroidery floss to

work on an idea for a card I had rolling around in my head.

I've been working on this card for a couple days,

and I'm finally finished with it.

Check it out:

and the inside:

 

I used some ancient floss for this project. I think I've had this floss for at least 20 years,

from back when I was doing a lot of cross stitching projects.

I have a booklet of different cross stitch alphabets and I picked 

this one to use, mostly because it fit. LOL!

I used the stitched circle die along with the embroidery hoop die. The embroidery 

hoop was cut 4 times, stacked, and glued.

The patterned papers I used are from the same collection. (2012)

I cut flowers and leaves from the flower dies set (2015) and added them to the hoop.

My sentiment is stamped on the inside using the Happy Birthday set (2014).

I gotta say, this is probably one of my favorite cards to date. I'm sure

happy that my family shares the same sarcastic sense of humor I have because

some lucky member will get this in the future. LOL!

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Sunday Stamps challenge #178

Happy Littel Stampers - ATG with Dies

Retro Rubber challenge #86

Paper Smooches May Fun challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Happy Birthday (2014)

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: My Mind's Eye - The Sweetest Thing (2012)

CS: Neenah; Thunderbolt; scraps

Accessories: GC; Paper Smooches dies - embroidery hoop, stitched circle, flowers (2015); DMC floss; needle; STAMPlorations - Art Edges die; MISTI; Goodnatured Girls - Alphabet Order cross stitch pattern booklet

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #339 - He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

Hello and welcome back crafty peeps!

This week at

SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we are getting all lovey dovey!

Yep, in case you weren't sick of Valentine's Day yet,

we are jumping on the band wagon 

and challenge you

to make a Valentine's Day card or project!

 Here is my card:

 Here's the inside:

Did a little die cut inlay for this.

The papers I used on the front either are shimmery or have foil accents,

thus the reason for the weird photos.

(Soooo hard to photograph those types of papers!)

Here you can see the shimmer of the bottom part and

the foil dots in the hearts. 

The heart die I just bought a month ago (year end sales ROCK!), but 

the stamps and papers are probably at least 8 years old.

I hope you find some time to crank out a V-Day card or project

and link up with us at Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see

what you made! For more ideas, simply visits the blogs of

the SOS CREW and leave some love while there!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Happy Little Stampers - ATG with Dies challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT - You Make My Day; Hero Arts - Celebrate Everyday

Ink: VersaMark; Memento - Elderberry

DP: DCWV - Black Currant

CS: Neenah; Recollections

Accessories: GC; Poppystamps - Heart String die; STAMPlorations - Crazy Double Running Stitch Nesting die; Stampendous - detail White EP; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

SHOPPING OUR STASH #311 - CAS for National Simplicity Day

Hello crafty peeps and welcome!

July 12 is National Simplicity Day!

So for the new challenge at

SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we want to see your CAS cards!

 In the spirit of NSD, you can also include

something recycled or upcycled on your CAS project, but it's not mandatory.

For my card, I recycled a bit of cardboard from a box:

 and the inside:

Also in the spirit of NSD, I've recycled a birthday age. (wink!)

The pineapple and festive drink was die cut, colored, then I covered both

with a layer of Wink of Stella for some subtle shimmer.

 Now it's your turn to create a CAS card! (you know you want to!) Just link up at

Shopping Our Stash so we can admire it! For more ideas, please visit the blogs

of my teammates and leave some lovin while there!

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Paper Smooches - July 2017 ATG challenge

Happy Little Stampers - July 2017 ATG with Dies

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Pineapple Crush, Getta Outta Town, Birthday Sampler

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tangelo

CS: TE, Crafter's Companion

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Merry Go Round stencil; Recycled cardboard from a box; MISTI; Spectrum Noir markers; Wink of Stella pen; blending tool

Adhesives: Recollections - red tape; Ranger Multi Matte Medium