SHOPPING OUR STASH #454 - Back to the Books

 

Hello and welcome, crafty friends!

We have a fun new challenge starting at SHOPPING OUR STASH:

Back to the Books! 

Anything related to books, reading, or even using a page from a book

or text design paper on your projects can be used.

I decided to make a few bookmarks, upcycling some old

library checkout cards that were gifted to me by my teammate Mimi!

I stamped flower images on opposite corners, colored them with

Prismacolor pencils, sponged some ink around the edges, and added

glitter glue to the centers of some of the flowers. My neighbor

has a laminating machine and she let me use it to laminate these cards.

Added some ribbon and twine and these babies were done!

Here are some close ups:

I also stamped and colored on the back sides:

I hope that you'll join us for our Back to the Books challenge 

at Shopping Our Stash! For more inspiration, please do check out

what my teammates have created to wow you!

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Blossoming Buds

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Mermaid Lagoon

Accessories: Upcycled library checkout cards gifted by Mimi; Prismacolor pencils; MISTI; Nuvo

white blizzard Glitter Drops; laminating supplies; hole punch; May Arts ribbon; My Mind's Eye twine; Fray Check

Adhesives: Ranger - MMM; Glue Dots

SHOPPING OUR STASH #344 - Celebrate National Dress Day!

Welcome and happy Tuesday!

Did you know that March 6th is

National Dress Day?

To celebrate, the SOS Crew at

SHOPPING OUR STASH

challenge you to add a dress to your project!

For my card, I stalked Pinterest and found this template that I

printed out onto the back side of the paper I used for my dress.

I thought a little black dress with pink polka dots would make

for an adorable dress. The ribbon I won years ago from May Arts. It's

a pale pink, although with my crack photography skillz, it looks more white.

I found a teeny little flower in my stash to add to the waist. So cute!

and the inside:

My sentiments are from a couple stamp sets that I just rediscovered.

(the fabulous stamp saw ink for the first time! NBUS!)

I hope that you find some time this week to play along in our dress challenge

at Shopping Our Stash! Need more ideas? Simply visit the blogs of

my teammies to see the amazing creations they came up with!

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Some Odd Girl - Dare to be Gwen; Mama Elephant - Speech Bubbles

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Taylored Expressions; Recollections

DP: MME - Everyday Tango

Accessories: dress template from Pinterest; GC Cuttlebug - Modern Wallpaper EF; May Arts ribbon;

Nicole - flower; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares; Recollections - tacky tape

SHOPPING OUR STASH #300 - Caffeine Fix

Welcome friends!

This week at 

SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we challenge you to make a coffee/tea themed

card or project.

Simple, eh?

Here's the tag I made:

I started by spritzing Glimmer Mist over a stencil. Just look at the shimmer!:

Some paper piecing, sponging and stamping and this tag came 

together pretty quickly.

Now it's your turn! You know you have coffee or tea themed

crafty goodies. Why not use them and link up at Shopping Our Stash?

We'd love to see what you create!

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

Hugs,

I'd like to enter this at STAMPlorations April Mixed Media challenge.

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Good Books & Coffee; Mixed Media Grunge

Ink: Staz On - Jet Black; Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Mermaid Lagoon

DP: American Crafts - Color Crush

CS: upcycled cardboard

Accessories: ARTplorations - Flower Puzzle stencils; Tattered Angels - Strawberry Cream Glimmer Mist; Spectrum Noir markers - EB1 & BT4; May Arts ribbon; Fray Check; MISTI; Ranger blending tool; Fiskars - hole punch

Adhesives: Elmer's extra strength glue stick