SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #187 - T is for Texture

 

 

 Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

It's time once again for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight is brought to you by the letter T:

as in TEXTURE!

 I dug out the only 3D embossing folder I own to make

this very pretty, non snarky card:

 

 

 (Yes, Jennifer McGuire had a major influence on this! Thank you!)

I used some teal mirror paper with the EF for the background. The

solid die cut of the butterfly received a thin coating of crackle paste, the 

intricate die cut was cut from black card stock then coated with White

Blizzard Nuvo Glitter Drops, which picked up the teal card

brilliantly IRL! I used a Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker for the sentiment.

I did manage to stamp a sentiment on the inside and added a

snippet of the teal paper to finish it off.

See? Snark isn't mandatory at the Sisterhood,

(but you know we LOVE it!)

I hope that you find some time to play along in our Texture challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! For more inspiration, do check out what

my Sistahs and our reigning Queen, Tristan, have created to wow you!

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Mixed Media

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Sunny Studio - Inside Greetings Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Bazzill - teal foil paper; Best Creations - brushed silver

CS: Neenah; Nicole

Accessories: Gemini; Crafter's Companion - Ornate Lace EF; Memory Box - Vivienne & Darla butterfly dies; DecoArt Media - Crackle Paste; pallet knife; Tim Holtz - Small Talk Occasions sticker; Nuvo - white blizzard Glitter Drops

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

The Sisterhood is back! #176 - A is for ATC

 

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

The SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS

is back with our first challenge of the new year: ATC's!

If you don't know what that is, it's an Artist Trading Card/Coin.

There's plenty of links you can check out on the Google.

This is what I came up with:

 A bit of recycled cardboard, some paint, splatters, ink, a stencil (NBUS!), stickers,

and of course, a snarky sentiment and this came together better 

than I thought it would. LOL!

I hope that you find some time this fortnight to play along in our ATC

challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more inspiration, do yourself a favor and check out what my

Sisters, and our reigning Queen, Beverly, have created for your

viewing pleasure. Thanks for visiting!

 

I'd like to enter this at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge- use a new/unused product

 

Supplies:

Substrate: recycled cardboard

DecoArt Media gesso

Loew-Cornell paintbrush

DecoArt Americana acrylic paint - Desert Turquoise, Titanium White

DecoArt Media - Carbon Black mist

Staz On ink - Blue Hawaii

Tim Holtz blending tool

Echo Park - Catching Waves stencil

white card stock scrap

Sticko & Jolee's Boutique stickers

Simon Says Stamp - Adult Beverages Sayings stamp

SA by 3L thin 3D foam squares

 

Shimmery snowflakes

Hello crafty friends! I had some play time up in the craft room,

and decided to use a die that I bought last month but hadn't used yet.

...well, the main panel is all shimmery, that is:

and the inside:

I made a bunch of water color-y backgrounds last year, and one of my goals this

year is to actually use them. This one is Dylusions spray inks, then pearl Glimmer Mist

over that, on mixed media paper. I edged the main panel with some black card stock strips
to make it pop more. A simple sentiment and some star shaped rhinestones in the
center of all the snowflakes finishes this card. 

This card was fitting as we had our first decent snow fall yesterday. Ok, maybe it
was only about 2", but it was enough to delay school openings.
Being originally from and growing up in Illinois, I still find this completely hilarious.
(Perhaps more like ridiculous.) As a kid, if the schools closed for a snow day, it would
have had to snow at least a foot before closing was even considered. LOL!

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Just Us Girls #517

CAS Watercolour Card Challenge- cool colours

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Something New (new snowflake die)

The Paper Players #472  (new snowflake die)

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts - color layering Christmas tree

Ink: Memento - nautical blue

CS: Strathmore mixed media paper; Neenah; scraps

Accessories: Gemini; Memory Box - Tisdale Snowflake Collage die; Dylusions ink sprays; Tattered Angels Pearl Glimmer Mist; MISTI: Recollections star rhinestones

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #147 - T is for Tea

Hello and happy Saturday to you.

Today starts the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS, and it happens to be

about my second favorite drink of choice,

T is for TEA!

As I'm wont to do, I've used a meme as my inspiration for this

art journal page:

I'm usually on the ball and take step by step pictures as my tutorial,

but I got into the painty, crakle paste, messy part and totally forgot 

about taking pictures from the beginning. So, here are

a few that I remembered to take along the way:

I was thinking soft colors paired with a stencil that sort of looked

like a lace tablecloth.

I couldn't find a teacup stamp large enough for what I needed so 

free clip art to the rescue! Note that I went over most of all the

gold parts on the teacup and saucer with a gold Gelly Roll pen:

To add to the 'vintage' vibe I wanted, I used crackle paste with the stencil:

The sentiment was typed and printed from my computer.

(Sometimes you just have to make your own sentiment. Instant digi stamp!)

One more look at the finished page:

I hope that you find some time to play along in our Tea challenge

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

Need more ideas? Simply check out what my Sisters, and our 

returning Queen and GD, Laura, have made for your viewing pleasure!

Thanks for hanging out. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge: Art Journaling

Supplies:

Strathmore - Art Journal

DecoArt Media - Gesso

various paint brushes: Plaid; Loew Cornell

DecoArt Americana Acrylic paints: bleached sand, cotton candy, blue haven, lilac meadow

water mister

The Crafter's Workshop stencil

DecoArt Media - Crackle Paste

pallet knife

STAMPlorations - Trendy Spring Blooms & Bloom Factory stamps

Ink: Staz On - Iris, Blue Hawaii; Memento - Rose Bud

card stock: scraps

Computer and printer: teacup image is free clip art; sentiment was typed and printed

Sakura gold Gelly Roll pen

Stabilo All pencil

Faber Castell - Artist PITT pens: purple violet, pink carmine, phthalo blue

Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

SA by 3L - 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH #391 - Best Friends Day

Hello and welcome crafty friends!

This fortnight at SHOPPING OUR STASH we are

celebrating our best friends!

I really shopped my stash, and uncovered this stamp set

that had never seen ink! It's got to be at least 7 years old.

(***cough hoarder cough***)

Here's my take:

She is so cute! And bonus, that sentiment came with the set. I had that bit

of butterfly paper left so I based my coloring from it, using Spectrum Noir

markers. She's fussy cut and popped up on foam squares, as is the sentiment.

It's hard to see in this photo, but the barrette, beads, belt, bow and shoes have all been 

winked by Stella. A few rhinestones and done!

I hope that you find some time to play along in our Best Friends challenge

at Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see your projects.

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Creative With Stamps #36 - Friends

Inspire Create Challenge #38

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Feminine/Girly

Supplies:

Stamps: Some Odd Girl - Gifty Gwen

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: MME - Dolled Up

CS: Crafter's Companion; Neenah; scraps

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; SB - sm & lg standard circle dies; MISTI; Wink of Stella pen; Ki Memories - rhinestones; Sakura - white Gelly Roll pen

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #383 - Happy Birthday Dude!

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

Donna is your hostess this week at

SHOPPING OUR STASH and she's thrown a curve ball right

in the midst of the Christmas-card-making-frenzy.

This week we want to see your birthday cards for the men in your lives!

 Here's what I came up with:

here's the inside:

 

 I did have help with my design, as I cased this card while perusing

Pinterest for ideas. (Not sure who made it as the link takes me

to a web store that sells the stamps, not the artist, so thank you

whomever you are!) I've had these tree stamps for at least a couple years, and

I think this may only be the second time using them. Glad I rediscovered

them while searching for something else, because I want to make a

bunch more cards like this now. LOL!

So now it's your turn. Put a brief hold on those holiday cards and

create a birthday card for a guy! Be sure to link up at

Shopping Our Stash so we may admire it! For more fabulous

male-themed cards, please do visit my teammies to see what

they've come up with.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - B is for - Birthday

Supplies:
Stamps: Stampers Anonymous/TH - Tree Line; Simon Says Stamp - Messages for Everyday, Birthday Celebration; Paper Smooches - Surf & Turf (bird)
Ink: Ranger DI - Iced Spruce, Forest Moss; Memento - Rich Cocoa
CS: Neenah; Darice
Accessories: GC; Poppy Stamps - Regal Deer die; Taylored Expressions - rolling hills dies; DecoArt - Snow-Tex; MISTI
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares

I Ain't Got No...Body

Hello peeps and happy Wednesday to you!

I was working on a mixed media canvas the last few days

and finally finished it.

Still in the Halloween mood, of course,

as it's my favorite holiday. Take a look:

 

 Here are a few process pics. I prepped the canvas with gesso, and once dry

added the music sheet paper with matte medium. I got into playing and forgot

to take pics of that first. LOL!

Next layer was the skull stencil with crackle paste and the snakeskin stecil

with modeling paste. I added some texture sand paste randomly around the

edges once the stencil layer was dry.

 Added a wash of Paynes Grey around skull.

 Then Primary Yellow and more Paynes Grey over that.

 

Next I went over the entire canvas with Quinacridrone Gold,

 blotting some back with a baby wipe, especially on the skull.

I wanted it to look aged, but not too orange.

I swiped a Jet Black Staz On ink pad over the snakeskin stencil to bring

the texture out more, and also around the canvas edges.

The sentiment? Well that was what inspired this canvas.

And it was my husband's idea!

We have this big skull sitting on the stair landing, and he 

just started singing "I ain't got no body." After laughing

our asses off, I said that was brilliant and I needed to

make a punny skull project! 

I used alpha stamps to stamp the sentiment on white card stock,

then aged it with tan and brown sponged ink. Also stamped some

texture using gray ink.

That was applied with matte medium. Once dry I sealed it with 

matte varnish.

I added the flowers to ground my skull and that was it!

You made it to the end of my post! Yay!

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Craft Stamper - October Take It Make It

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Halloween/Spooky

Mix It Up challenge #18 - ATG/Monochrome

 

Supplies:

Substrate: Premiere by Nicole 8" x 10" canvas

Loew- Cornell & Plaid paintbrushes

DecoArt Media: Gesso, crackle paste, modeling paste, texture sand paste, matte medium

American Crafts; music sheet paper

pallet knife

Plaid Folkart: skull stencil

Andy Skinner: snakeskin stencil

DecoArt Media Acrylic paints: Paynes Grey, Primary Yellow, Quinacridrone Gold

Staz On - Jet Black ink

Memento - Rich Cocoa, Toffee Crunch, London Fog inks

Stamps: My Sentiments Exactly - Alphas; Dare 2B Artzy - Textures

Flowers: Recollections; Nicole

white card stock: Core'Dinations

E-6000 glue

DecoArt Americana Dura Clean matte varnish