Seize the Birthday #332 - Funny/Pun-ny

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I have been making lots of cards but

not blogging about them, so I'm fixing

that right now. Here's one I made

at least a month ago, and I think

it fits the challenge at Seize the Birthday #332 -

Funny or Pun-ny cards:

I've had this idea to pair this sentiment with this image

for quite some time, and I finally made a card with them. LOL!

It's pretty CAS for me, but since white space

makes me cringe, I stenciled the background. 😁

Since Addicted to Stamps and More #524 has an

Any Occasion challenge going, I'll add this there also.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps - Flasher Back; STAMPlorations - Some Snark, Birthday Bash

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Taylored Expressions - Honey

CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Hero Arts - Filigree Pattern stencil; MISTI

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner & foam squares

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #269 C is for Cheeky Christmas

 

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

It's time for one of our most favorite challenges at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS:

 

CHEEKY CHRISTMAS!

That's right, time to see those raunchy, racy holiday projects!

(Or for the faint of heart, perhaps just a snarkier project. LOL!)

Here's what I made:

Yes, I did find a meme (again) as inspiration for this card.

I can't help it; there's some outstanding ones floating around 

all the time! I started by unearthing an ancient stamp that

is wood block mounted, stamped and colored up with

Spectrum Noir markers. To make it more festive, I printed out

a couple of free clip art Santa hats. Again colored, fussy cut and 

glued to the ladies' heads. My sentiment is also

computer generated. I used a white Posca marker to add the 

'special words' onto the ladies' tops. I finished with gold Stickles

for their earrings, bracelets and belt buckles.

Another stamped sentiment finishes the inside:

I hope that you'll play along with our Cheeky Christmas

challenge at the 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more hysterical inspiration, please check out what

 my sisters have created to make you laugh!

I wish you all a happy holiday season, whichever one

you happen to celebrate!

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts - Make Your Own; Sunny Studio - Petite Poinsettias

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Sunny Studio - Rounded Rectangle Mat dies; free clip art - Santa hats; computer & printer; sentiment computer generated; MISTI; white Posca marker; Ranger - gold Stickles

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

Quilled flower birthday card

 Hello and welcome!

I'm popping in at the last minute

with a card I just made:

This came together rather quickly, which is rare for me,

as I usually take hours if not days to make a card.

The background is stenciled using an olive and a

mustard-y looking butterscotch ink

I went through my ever-growing UFO pile,

(Un-Finished Objects) and came upon

these quilled pieces I made years ago and never used.

They were all white, but I used the same inks to

color them.

All I added was a few rhinestones to finish the front.

Another sentiment was added to the inside:

The latest Color Hues challenge calls for, you guessed it,

olive and mustard, two great fall colors, so I'll be

entering this card there.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts - Let's Celebrate

Ink: Simon Says Stamp - Olive; Ranger Adirondack Earthtones - Butterscotch; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Thunderbolt; Bazzill

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Leaf Prints stencil; Avery Elle - Double pierced rectangle die; mystery rhinestones from my stash; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner; Bearly Art glue

And now for an interactive card

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I wanted to share an interactive card

using a new-to-me die from Lawn Fawn,

called the Peekaboo Pop Up die:

I pretty much cased a card made by Jennifer McGuire

using what I had in my stash. And yes, this was the first card

of this kind I made. (Hey, go big or go home! LOL!)

Using the ingenious die, when you pull on both sides

of the card, a fun thing happens:

Here's a little video of it in action:

I was so excited that I got this to actually work, that I

forgot to take a picture of the back of the card,

where I added an additional sentiment. LOL!

I used a mouse from a Christmas set to make it look

like it was throwing the ball over the dog's head. 😁

I made this for one of my grand nephews, who just 

turned 5 years old! Happy Birthday (again) Luca! 💕

That's all for now. There's a certain doggie

in our household that is in need of a brushing,

and so I'm off to do that.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great day today!

I'd like to enter this at Shopping Our Stash #495 - Fold It Up

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Critters at the Dog Park, Blue Skies, Offset Sayings Birthday, Snowball Fight, You Autumn Know; Hero Arts - Starry Night Brushstroke bold prints

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Cottage Ivy; Ranger DI - Peacock Feathers

CS: Taylored Expressions; Neenah; Spectrum Noir

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Lawn Fawn - Peekaboo Pop Up die; Paper Smooches - Borders 1; MISTI; Grafix - acetate; Jennifer McGuire tutorial

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

A wintery birthday

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

I'm popping in with a card I made last night

and am finally getting around to blogging about it.

Here's the inside:

I shopped my stash for this birch tree die cut. No new items

used. We just moved and right now I'm spending money on

the house. It was soooo hard not to take advantage of all

the end of year sales like I usually do. LOL!

I sponged a couple shades of blue Distress Inks for my background,

then misted it with white shimmer spray. I inked a scrap of white card stock

with the lighter ink pad, directly to the paper, then stamped my

birthday sentiment. I really like the simplicity of the design.

That's it for now. Thanks for visiting, and I hope you enjoy

the rest of your day!

I'm entering this at Just Us Girls #661

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts - Let's Celebrate

Ink: Memento - Teal Zeal; Ranger DI - Broken China, Faded Jeans

CS: Neenah

Accessories: GC; Poppy Stamps - Birch Collage die; DecoArt Media - white Shimmer Mister; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Taylored Expressions - foam sticky strips; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #215 - M is for Masculine

 ETA:

Hello and welcome friends. 

Before we get to the challenge, some devastating news. 

It's with an incredibly heavy heart that I let you know of the

passing of our friend and Sister Lindsey earlier this week.

She was an amazing woman, friend, and one heck of a master

at the CAS card, not to mention having a fabulous snarky sense of humor.

The world lost a great woman, but I know Heaven has gained an

amazing angel. She will be so very missed.

******

Hello snarky peeps and welcome!

This fortnight's challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS

is one of those sometimes-difficult themes:

M for MASCULINE.

Luckily for me, I have a few beer mug stamps to create a guy card:

Here's the inside:

Beer and birthdays - always a good choice for a guy card

(21 years and older, of course!)

I hope that you'll join us for our Masculine challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers. For more ideas, do check out 

what my Sistahs and our reigning Queen, Gail, 

have created for your viewing pleasure.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Tim Holtz - Beer; MFT - Birthday Greetings

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Photoplay - Our Friendship thru the Years

CS: Spectrum Noir: Neenah; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers: MISTI; GC; Hero Arts - Wood Frames, Party Confetti Fancy die; Sunny Studio - Stitched Ovals 2; STAMPlorations - Cheers word die

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Scotch foam tape; Ranger - MMM

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #209 - U is for Underwater

Hello and welcome back snarky peeps!

It's time for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

For the next two weeks, we'd like to see your

underwater creations!

Here's what I came up with:

I used a new (to me) die cut plate that cuts an underwater

scene. Some blue ink blended DP serves as my watery backdrop.

The three fish cut outs I glued in the middle. I gave my

mermaid silhouettes some glam with gilding flakes, then added some

second generation bubble stamps at the top, and a few 

shells to finish the front.

 A simple sentiment finishes the inside.

I hope that you'll join my Sisters and our reigning Queen,

Monika, for our Underwater challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

Stamps: Dare2BArtzy - Under the Sea Sentiments; Hero Arts - Let's Celebrate

Ink: Memento - Teal Zeal

DP: Craft Consortium - Ink Drops: Ocean

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: GC; Hero Arts - Reef Boarder and Frame die; Impression Obsession - mermaid dies; Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; Cosmic Shimmer - summer meadow gilding flakes

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

 

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #205 - V is for Vibrant

 

(Edna a la Andy Warhol!)

Good morning and welcome snarky peeps!

It's time again for the next challenge at the 

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight, we want to see your vibrant projects!

Here's what I came up with:

Here's the inside:

I pulled a NBUS stamp and stencil set by Taylored Expressions from the 

pile to make this panel. I used three of the Hero Arts neon inks along

with some brighter Memento inks for shading, I saw this stunning card

by Tina Gillespie, and along with her amazing stenciling on

corrugated paper (!), I really liked how she displayed

the sentiment, so I cased that part of her card. (Thank you!)

Whoever I send this card to, I intend to write under the inside

sentiment "Wiser? That's questionable." LOL!

I hope that you'll play along in our Vibrant challenge

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! As always, snark is optional,

but you know we love it! Need more inspiration? Simply check out

what my teammies and our reigning Queen, Granne, created for

your viewing pleasure.

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful day!

I'd like to enter this at:

NBUS challenge #36

AAA Birthday #34 - patterns

Supplies:

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Full of Flowers; Hero Arts - Let's Celebrate

Ink: Hero Arts - Neon pink, green, & blue; Memento - Tuxedo Black, Dandelion, Cottage Ivy

CS: Taylored Expressions; Cardstock Warehouse; Neenah

Accessories: MISTI; TE - Full of Flowers stencils, blending brushes; GC; Avery Elle - double pierced rectangle die

Adhesives: 3L - tape runner; TE - foam sticky strips

SHOPPING OUR STASH #458 - Tic/Tac/Toe

 

Good morning and welcome crafty friends!

It's time for a new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH!

Yours truly is hosting and I came up with a 

Tic/Tac/Toe board for you to create from:

For my card, I've used the center column:

Embossing Folders/ Stamps over 3 yrs old/ Slimline card.

I don't know if there is such a thing as a slimline sized embossing folder,

but I got around that using a standard sized one by simply adding

a bit of designer paper on top of the panel that didn't get embossed.

The packaging that the snowman and snowflakes came from is dated

2011. The sentiment packaging is dated 2013. On the inside,

that stamp set is from 2013:

I added a bit of snowy dimension to ground the snowman:

I hope that you'll play along in our Tic/Tac/Toe challenge 

this fortnight at Shopping Our Stash! Just be sure to let us know

which row, column, or diagonal you used because it may not

be easily recognizable. For more amazing creations, simply 

check out what my teammates made to inspire you!

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: The Alley Way Stamps - Chill Out (2011); Simon Says Stamp/Kelly Purkey - Tis the Season (2013); Hero Arts - Merry Christmas Message (2013)

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Peacock Feathers

DP: My Mind's Eye - Collectables (2013)

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Darice - snowflakes background EF; Gina K - Lg & Sm stitched square dies; Sunny Studio - slimline scalloped frames dies; MISTI; Pinkfresh Studio blending brush; DecoArt - Glistening Snow-Tex; pallet knife

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

Sunset scene

 Hello and welcome!

I'm popping in with a card I made over the weekend.

There's a bit of snark on the inside:

I blended various DOX inks for my sunset background, then

simply die cut the woodland oval die and the deer die in black

card stock. After adhering, I stamped the sentiment, then adhered

to a black card stock base with foam squares.

I'm digging the dramatic look of this card. 😊

Thanks for visiting! I hope that you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #226 - Make a sunset scene

Memory Box Challenge - Circles and Ovals

AAA Birthday #31 - Animals

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts - Wish Big peek-a-boo parts

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DOX - Spiced Marmalade, Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserves

CS: Neenah; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: GC; Memory Box - Woodland Oval die; Poppy Stamps - Regal Deer die; MISTI; TE- blending brushes

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