Hiking through the snow

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

Today I'd like to share a winter

themed birthday card:

As usual, this is a mixture of old and new products. The new products are

the boot dies. Also, the grass die cuts were a gift from my friend, Jules,

who was just in town, so we were able to meet and catch up.

I love it when crafty friends can actually meet face to face! 😊

Here's the inside:

There are a few challenges I'd like to enter this at. First is the current

sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. Second, Just Us Girls has a die cut challenge.

Lastly, AAA Birthday calls for a winter themed birthday card.

We are supposedly getting some snow within the next hour. It's a rare

occurrence where I live, so I'm kind of excited to see it.

(I just don't want so much of it I have to shovel! LOL!)

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee - Inside Birthday (and dies)

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions; Bazzill; Thunderbolt

Accessories: Spellbinders - Wander Boots dies, Sm & Lg Standard Circle dies; Picket Fence Studios - Scene building grass tufts dies; Darice - Snowflake Background EF; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; MISTI

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #257 - H is for HO HO HO (Naughty Christmas)

 

Hello and Happy Holidays to you!

It's time for our annual Naughty Christmas challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

Let your freak flag fly and play along with us!

Here is my very classy card:

My family loves raunchy tasteless cards, so

guess who's getting these?! (Yes, I made several!)

Here's the inside:

I hope that you will play along in our Naughty Christmas challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! This is the last challenge for this year, but 

we will be back on January 4th with all new challenges for 2025!

Until then, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas

and a happy, healthy New Year!

Supplies:

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps - Finger; Picket Fence Studios - Inappropriate Christmas

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Cardstock Warehouse; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: computer & printer; free Santa hat clipart; Lawn Fawn - scalloped rectangle die; TE - frayed edge die; Prismacolor pencils; Nuvo Glitter Drops - white blizzard; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam squares

'Tis the season

 Hello and welcome!

In my last post, I used this

adorable sweater wearing moose.

I had so much fun with it that

I made a couple more cards using it:

This time, I grunged it up some. Once I blended the stenciled

backgrounds, I added some Vintage Photo Distress Ink around the edges

then splattered both black and white paint on them.

Here's the inside:

Both cards are very similar. I just flipped the colors and

used two different die cut sentiments.

There's a few challenges out there that I'd like to enter:

Jingle Belles - While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - animals

Just Us Girls #750 - stencil week

Just Add Ink #725 - stencils

That's all I have for now. I'm still in Christmas card

making mode, so you'll probably be seeing more of

those here. LOL!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios - Inside Quotes Christmas

Ink: Altenew - Hunter Green, Crimson; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo; Memento - Toffee Crunch, Rich Cocoa, Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Thunderbolt; Cardstock Warehouse; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Poppy Stamps - Nordic Moose die and Nordic Motif stencil; My Favorite Things - scalloped rectangle die; Spellbinders - Make It Merry dies; DecoArt Americana acrylic paint - white & black; MISTI

Adhesives: Bearly Arts glue; SA - tape runner, foam squares

You Rock

 Hello and welcome friends!

As I mentioned on this post, I needed to create

another card using the other drum set I die cut.

Ta-Da! Here it is:

For some reason, I felt compelled to use orange on this card.

Gotta say, I'm digging it! LOL!

Since I still had the stamp out, I used the same one on the inside:

I'm happy to have yet another dude card ready. 😊

Thank you for stopping by. Enjoy your day!

I'd like to enter this at The Paper Players #691

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Knick Knacks; Picket Fence Studios - My man my friend

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Reminisce - Got Ink?/ Bazzill - gold & silver mirror

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Pink & Main - Zig Zag circle die; Sunny Studio - stitched circle die; My Favorite Things - Keep On Rockin' dies; Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots EF; MISTI

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

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers are guest elves at Christmas Kickstart Challenge #80!

 Hello and welcome!

This month at the

Christmas Kickstart Challenge

the guest elves are Edna and the sisters at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For this month's challenge,

the idea is to use NON-TRADITIONAL products and/or

color combinations to make a Christmas card.

Of course, pairing those non-traditional items with, say,

a Santa hat and holiday sentiment will be essential.

Here's what I came up with:

I used an Autmn themed stamp set, and combined it with a couple

Christmas sentiments to create my card.

I searched my stash of papers and found this paper to fussy cut

that teeny tiny wreath to hang on the door!

I may have gone cross eyed the rest of the day. LOL!

Here's the inside:

I hope that you'll join our sister Jo, and the rest of the Sisterhood

and play along this month at Christmas Kickstart #80!

We look forward to seeing what you create!

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Fanciful Fall, Gently Seasoned, Dude Block; Picket Fence Studios - Inside Quotes Christmas

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Altenew - Volcano Lake

DP: Simple Stories - Hearth & Holiday

CS: Spectrum Noir; Thunderbolt; Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; Nuvo Glitter Drops - white blizzard and ruby slippers

Adhesives: 3L - tape runner; Ranger - MMM

Getting a head start on Christmas cards

 Happy Fri-Yay crafty friends!

I'm just popping in with a card or two that I made yesterday.

Here's the inside:

I know, it's kind of CAS for me. This was my second attempt at

creating this card. I originally used a circle die and I didn't like

how it looked at all. Then I thought, what about snowflake dies?

Major lightbulb moment. LOL!

For reference, here's the first card:

See what I mean? But now I have two Christmas cards made, 

so there's that. :)

Both sentiments were stamped in purple ink to complete the

rainbow. Thankfully, I had enough R stickers to complete 

the second card!

Well, since we were "gifted" with another 5" of snow overnight,

guess I'll just stay put and make some more cards. :)

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Christmas Kickstart #58 - Rainbow Christmas

Freshly Made Sketches #517

Supplies:

Stamps: Avery Elle - Nutcrackers; Picket Fence Studios - Inside Quotes Christmas

Ink: Memento - Grape Jelly

DP: snippets

CS: Neenah

Accessories: GC; Paper Smooches - snowflake dies; Penny Black - Elegant rectangle die; MISTI;

American Crafts - Thickers alpha stickers

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #200 - S is for SNARKY!!

 

Hello snarky peeps and welcome!

We are celebrating our 200th challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

Holy Crap! 200! Of course,

it is S for SNARKY!

To mark this historic event, we even have a sponsor!

LOST COAST DESIGNS has generously supplied

us with $10 for the winner to spend on their site!

You'll see that many of my Sistahs created snarky

Christmas projects, but your creation need not be

holiday specific to play along, just add some snark!

Here's what I came up with:

OMG, I made another CAS card. Who am I!

Love this sentiment paired with Tim's paper dolls.

I even tinted the boy's clothes with ink, but with my

crack photography skillz, you can't really tell.

I hope that you'll join Edna, my Sisters, and our current

reigning Queen, Michelle, and play along in our SNARKY

challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

This is the last challenge of the year, but we will be back

at it on January 8th. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas

and a safe, healthy, Happy New Year!

Supplies:

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios - Inappropriate Christmas

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Nautical Blue; Altenew - Hunter Green

CS: Neenah

Accessories: MISTI; PFS blending brushes; Tim Holtz - Paper Dolls

Adhesives: SA by 3L - 3D foam squares

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #199 - Y is for Yuletide

 

Hello and welcome back, snarky peeps!

I hope all who celebrated Thursday had a fun and

food filled happy Thanksgiving!

Since we are now past that holiday, we can

really start to get into the Christmas spirit.

(Actually, some people in my neighborhood have

had their Christmas decorations up outside for at least

three weeks now. Along with Autumnal decorations.

....and Halloween decorations. <<< slackers)

Anyway, Edna and the Sisters are getting into the

Yuletide spirit with this fortnight's challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

Here is my offering:

and the inside:

I think this is an accurate sentiment. (Goodish. HAHAHA!)

I hope that you find some time to join the fun with my

Sistahs, and our reigning Queen, Justene, over at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios - Holly Jolly Christmas

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Echo Park - A Lumberjack Christmas

CS: Spectrum Noir; Thunderbolt

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; GC; PFS - Holly Jolly Christmas die; WOS pen;          Smooch - Sundance ink; Penny Black - Elegant Stitching die

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #459 - Triple Threat

 

Hello and good morning to you all.

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

This fortnight, it's a Triple Threat challenge: just add three of

something on your project.

Here's what I came up with:

Here's the inside:

Like many of us, I'm in Christmas card making mode.

Yes, I do make them throughout the year, but not nearly

as many as I wind up sending out. I've started mass 

producing and that helps considerably.

Obviously, I went with three tree images.

They all received a heathy dose of glitter glue,

plus the center tree's star was heat embossed in gold glitter.

I hope that you'll join in our Triple Threat challenge at

Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see how you interpret it.

For more ideas, please do check out what my teammies

created to wow you!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Penny Black - Oh Deer; Picket Fence Studios - Inside Quotes Christmas

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocas; Altenew - Hunter Green; Brilliance - Galaxy Gold; Versamark

CS: Neenah; scrap

Accessories: MISTI; GC; Penny Black - Elegant Stitching die; Stampendous - Jeweled Gold EP; heat gun; Nuvo - white blizzard Glitter Drops

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