SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #254 A is for Autumn

 

Hello and welcome!

Can you believe that it's already September!?

I swear that it was just June yesterday. 😦

Well, since it's getting to be that time of year,

this month's challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS

is A for Autumn. What does that mean for you?

Cooler weather? Colorful leaves? Sweater weather?

Pumpkin Spice? Let's see it!

For me, as always, Autumn means Halloween,

so of course I created a Halloween card:

The background panel was created by smooshing mixed media paper

into water spritzed Distress Inks, drying, then selectively adding more

inks with some cellophane packaging smooshed into the inks.

This was repeated until I liked the look of it. I did also

blend more black soot ink around the edges.

I spritzed some water droplets onto the panel then

blotted with a paper towel for more blotches.

Mr. Bones was stamped, fussy cut, and then I blended

Vintage Photo DI around the edges.

Lastly, I cracked open a vial of Aged Black embossing powder and

used for the first time. Holy Wow! It looks amazing IRL!

A mix of silver, black and gold. It really looks like

aged metal! Of course, it was impossible for me

to photograph, as usual. LOL!

Here's the finished inside:

Since I had all the materials out, I created a second card:

I hope that you'll join in our Autumn challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

Need more inspiration? Simply visit the blogs of my Sisters and

our reigning Queen, Leslie, to see their takes on the challenge.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Two Old Bats September 24 ATG challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampers Anonymous - Mr. Bones, Bold Frights; Queen & Co. - Halloween

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark; Ranger DI - Black Soot, Wilted Violet, Crackling Campfire, Vintage Photo

CS: Strathmore mixed media paper; Thunderbolt; Cardstock Warehouse; scrap

Accessories: MISTI; Stampendous - Aged Black EP; heat gun; water mister; cellophane packaging

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

Making Spirits Bright

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

I have a card to share with you

that I was going to link up

at Christmas Kickstart #74. It was

a color challenge, but of course,

I didn't pay attention to when it

ended, so I missed it. Grrrr!

Anyhoo, here's what I came up with:

I even tried making a bokeh backgroud to mimic the graphic.

IRL, the circles don't look so undefined, but that's

just my crack photography skills at work here. LOL!

Here's the inside of my card:

One more Christmas card made for the year. Yay!

That's all for now. Thank you for stopping by!

Have a good day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Addicted to Stamps and More #447

Happy Little Stampers June Christmas challenge ATG (no twist)

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Snowball Fight, Ho Ho Holidays; Stampers Anonymous/TH - Bold Tidings

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark; Colorbox/Susan K. Weckesser - Snow

CS: Spectrum Noir; Recollections; Neenah

Accessories: MISTI; Spectrum Noir markers; handmade circle stencil; Sunny Studio - Slimline basic border die; Lawn Fawn - Snowball Fight dies; Inkadinkado - black EP; heat gun; Nuvo - white blizzard Glitter Drops

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

You're how old?

 Hello crafty peeps!

I've had some playtime in the craft room and

was able to make the all illusive guy card:

and the inside:

I saw this stencil tutorial by Craftyfield and wanted to try it out.

I followed her example by blending ink for the first layer, then

using turquoise tinted gesso for the top layer.

This was my second attempt. The first attempt I tried pouncing the paint

through the stencil using a sponge and when I removed the stencil,

the paper ripped in spots:

I'm guessing that I took too long to remove the stencil, the paint dried and stuck.

You also get to see the actual turquoise color here, as the

white gesso I used lightened up the color when I mixed it.

I used an image and sentiment from a new stamp set I recently

purchased, stamped in brown ink. I added just a touch of

turquoise marker on the image.

I really love how this turned out, and I encourage you to try

the stencil technique I tried. It has a really cool effect!

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #225 - use a stencil

Color Throwdown #664

Happy Little Stampers stencil challenge - ATG

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampers Anonymous - Inquisitive; MFT - Birthday Greetings

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa; Gina K - Kraft

CS: Strathmore mixed media; TE; Thunderbolt

Accessories: ARTplorations - Tribal Swirls stencil; TE - blending brush; DecoArt Media gesso; DecoArt Americana Desert Turquoise acrylic paint; pallet knife; GC; Pink & Main - zig zag circle die;

MISTI; Spectrum Noir BT5 marker

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #452 - Wood You Believe?

 

Good Tuesday morning to you, crafty friends, and welcome!

Today starts the new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH!

This fortnight, as the title prompt indicates, we are looking for your

projects that have some type of wood items on it. It could be

designer paper, wood grain embossing folders or stencils, wooden

chipboard items, anything like that.

 

Here's what I came up with:

and the inside:

On my card, I used a wood grain EF then took a gray ink pad directly to

the raised design to bring it out. Over that, a piece of weathered wood DP.

I thought a nice frosty mug of beer would be the perfect

addition to this masculine card, not to mention a fun sentiment.

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

at Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see your take on it.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at TGIF Challenge #329

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampers Anonymous - Beer (2018); Simon Says Stamp - Adult Beverages Sayings (2013); MFT - A Toast To You (2019)

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Gray Flannel

DP: Jen Hadfield - Warm & Cozy (2016); scrap

CS: Thunderbolt; Nicole; Spectrum Noir

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Darice - wood grain EF; SB- Standard Sm & Lg circle Nesties; MISTI

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #188 - W is for Watercolor

 

Hello and welcome, snarky peeps!

It's time for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS! 

This fortnight we want to see your watercolored creations!

Here's what I came up with:

and the inside:

The back panel is made by inking up the spider web embossing folder 

(Taylored Expressions) with a few distress ink colors, spritzing with water 

and running it through my Grand Calibur. I took Black Soot DI and 

sponged around the edges before adding to my card base. The witch's hat was 

heat embossed in black and colored using more distress inks and a water brush.

 I used an ancient pumpkin border punch for the sentiment strip, which the 

sentiment is heat embossed with jeweled gold EP. It has a nice subtle sparkle IRF.

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

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! We'd love to see what you make. Need more

ideas? Simply check out what my Sistahs, and our reigning Queen of Snark,

Deanne, have created for your viewing pleasure!

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Two Old Bats June Halloween Challenge

Let's Squash It! #9 (webs are from nature!)

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Unity Stamps - You Witch!; Stampers Anonymous/TH - Mr. Bones

Ink: Ranger DI - Hickory Smoke, Carved Pumpkin, Scattered Straw, Black Soot, Dusty Concord,

Rustic Wilderness, Crackling Campfire; Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark

CS: Strathmore water color & mixed media papers; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: GC; TE - Tangled Webs EF; MISTI; water brush; Stampendous Jeweled Gold & 

Inkadinkado Black EP; heat gun; Fiskars - jack-o-lantern border punch

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

Happy Beer-day

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

Here's a fun and punny guy card:

 ...and the inside:

I used embossing paste and the Dots and Dashes stencil

for my background. After cleaning the stencil off, I sprinkled

copper embossing powder onto the paste, and tapped off the excess. 

While the paste dried, I stamped, colored and fussy cut the beer mug.

I used alpha stamps to stamp my punny sentiment and heat embossed.

Once the embossing paste was dry, I heat embossed the copper

embossing powder that I covered it with.

I blended some brown ink around the panel's edges before adhering

all the components together.

I have a lot of nephews in their 20's so this will be sent to one of them. LOL!

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

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Mix Up Stencil Challenge - heat embossing

Seize the Birthday #207 (no topping) 

Addicted to Stamps and More #398 - birthdays

Happy Little Stampers stencil challenge - ATG 

Supplies:

Stamps: Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous - Beer; Studio G - alpha stamps; Taylored Expressions - Another Year Older

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa

CS: Spectrum Noir; Thunderbolt; Bazzill

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; STAMPlorations - Dots and Dashes stencil; pallet knife;

Stampendous - Detail Copper EP; heat gun; PFS - blending brush

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

Happy Beer-thday

Hi there and happy Friday crafty peeps!

It's been a few days since I've posted anything, so I'm fixing that right now. ☺

Today I'm sharing a card I made using this

week's sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches, #494:

Here's the sketch:

...Here's my take on it:

 and the inside:

 

The infamous "guy" card.

Well, you can't go wrong with a beer themed card for a guy. I did replace

the ribbon element with a couple of beer bottle cut outs, but otherwise

kept pretty close to the sketch. 

 Well, as it's mid 60's here right now, I think I'm going to go take

Colby for a long walk before it starts raining.

I hope you all have a fabulous day and weekend!

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

Stamps: Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous - Beer; Avery Elle - Happy Hour

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Kaisercraft - Mountain Air

CS: Crafter's Companion; Thunderbolt; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; mystery metal dots; Kaisercraft - bottles from coordinating ephemera package

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #119 - M is for Monster

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

We have a fun challenge starting today at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight, it's all about MONSTERS!

You may already know, but Halloween is my favorite

holiday, so I colored up some more creepy zombies for my card:

and the inside:

Love it when you find some DP to help create the scene and mood. LOL!
This bug-eyed zombie is hiding behind a tombstone, not so patiently
waiting for his buddy to emerge from six feet under so that
they can go hunt for a bite to eat. Of course, I couldn't
resist adding a little snark to my card.

Now it's your turn to make something featuring a monster. Creepy or cute,
we'd love to see it in the gallery at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!
Need more inspiration? Simply check out what my Sisters, and our
newest Guest Designer, Sharon, have created for your viewing pleasure!
Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampers Anonymous/TH - Zombies, Mr. Bones

Ink: Versamark; Ranger DI - evergreen bough, iced spruce, twisted citron, vintage photo, hickory smoke, fired brick, fossilized amber; Brilliance - platinum planet; Memento - tuxedo black, London fog

DP: Martha Stewart - Vampire; MME - Everyday Tango

CS: TE; Strathmore water color paper; Darice

Accessories: water brush; GC; TE - grass border die; MISTI; Inkadinkado - black EP; heat gun

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