Shabby Chic birthday card

 Hello and welcome friends!

Here's a card that I made for my Mom, who's

birthday is later this week:

I combined papers from two different companies.

The woodgrain and fussy cut flowers/watering can are from

Mintay. The two teal papers are from 49th & Market.

I thought these paired rather well together.

Here's the inside:

My card is based on the current sketch challenge at

Sunday Stamps #353. Since I've used multiple papers,

I'm also adding this at Love Those Pretty Papers Feb 2025 challenge,

but without the option to use red.

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Inside Birthday & dies

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Mintay - Shabby Book; 49th & Market - Sky

CS: Neenah

Accessories: Sunny Studio - Scalloped Oval and Stitched Oval dies; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam squares

Just dusting off the cobwebs here...

 Hello and happy Thursday!!

It's been over a month since I've posted anything.

If you're a procrastinator like me, you've

been in 'Christmas card making mode' for at

least a month or two. I'm happy to say all

my cards have been made and sent out.

(insert sigh of relief here)

Now I'm starting to work on building up my

much depleted stash of birthday cards.

Here's one with a bit of snark:

and the inside:

I used the sketch from the current challenge at Sunday Stamps #324

but tipped it on its side. The part about the ship sailing got me

thinking about using paper that had destination stickers all over it.

Remember back in the day when travellers put stickers 

of the places they visited all over their trunks? 

That was the thought process behind picking that paper. LOL!

Ok, that's it for this post. I have more cards to share soon. 😊

Thanks for visiting! I hope you have a great rest of your day!

I'm entering this card at Sunday Stamps #324

Supplies:

Stamps: Crafter's Companion - Getting Old; Honey Bee - Inside Snarky Birthday Sentiments

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Basic Grey - South Pacific

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Bazzill; Thunderbolt

Accessories: MISTI; My Mind's Eye - enamel dots

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner

SHOPPING OUR STASH #416 - Happy Birthday!

Hello and welcome crafty friends!

This fortnight at SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we have an incredibly easy challenge: Birthday cards!

We all need them, so now you have an excuse to

add to your stash!

Here's my card:

Here's the inside:

Now it's your turn! Since we all are pretty much on lock down due to 

covid-19, why not spend some time stocking up your birthday card stash.

We'd love to see what you come up with, so be sure to link up

at Shopping Our Stash so we can admire it! For more inspiration, simply

visit the blogs of my teammies for their takes.

Thanks for stopping in. For those who celebrate, have a

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Sunday Stamps #226

The Flower Challenge #42

Time Out challenge #157

AAA Birthday #11
Just Us Girls #527 

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Blossom Overture; Taylored Expressions - In & Out Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Bamboo Leaves

CS: TE; Spectrum Noir; Nicole

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; GC; Darice - Damask Background EF; Craft Essentials- ribbon; WOS pen; Fray Check

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & thin 3D foam squares; Glue Dots; Score Tape

SHOPPING OUR STASH #382 - Washi Washi Washi!

Welcome back crafty friends!

This week's challenge at 

SHOPPING OUR STASH is a fun one:

Use Washi tape on your project!

I have a couple dozen tapes that I very rarely use, so

this was the perfect challenge for me to use some of them.

Here's my card:

and the inside:

I simply made rows of a bunch of colorful tapes, then die cut

the tree. I added some gold glitter paper behind the cut out for a 

bit of glitz, and finished off with a die cut sentiment.

Since I had the tree die cut, I made another card:

and the inside:

That green paper behind the tree is some ancient paper I've been hoarding. It is

glossy and has the feel of vinyl rather than paper. Very fun and funky!

Now's your turn to break out those neglected Washi tapes and have some fun

using them! Be sure to link up at Shopping Our Stash so that we can admire it!

If you're in need of more inspiration, do check out what my fabulous teammies

have created using Washi tape!

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

I'd like to enter my second card at Sunday Stamps #192

Supplies:
Card 1:
Stamps: Taylored Expressions - In & Out Christmas
Ink: Memento - Cottage Ivy
DP: DCWV - gold glitter
CS: Neenah; Darice
Accessories: GC; STAMPlorations - Christmas Tree 1 die and Warm Winter Wishes die; Recollections and mystery mfg - Washi Tape
WOS pen; MISTI
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

Card 2:
Stamps: STAMPlorations - Christmas Bell Medley; Taylored Expressions - In & Out Christmas
Ink: VersaMark; Memento - Cottage Ivy
DP: HOTP
CS: Neenah; Darice
Accessories: Recollections and mystery mfg - Washi tape; GC; Darice - Damask Background EF; STAMPlorations - Christmas tree 1 die; Stampendous - detail white EP; heat gun; MISTI
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

SHOPPING OUR STASH #358 - Summer Color Pallet

Hello friends and welcome!

Today starts a new challenge at

SHOPPING OUR STASH!

Yours truly is hosting, and I've picked

a Summer Color Pallet for you to design with: 

Here's what I came up with:

I thought the colors would work for a male themed birthday card.

For some reason, the dark blue seemed much darker when 

viewed from my laptop (which is in my craft room) than on the PC. 

Oh well. I also found that striped paper that had the orange/rust colors

already on it. Bonus!

Ready to play along? Of course you are! Be sure to link up your

project at Shopping Our Stash so we can admire it! For even more

ideas, simply visit the blogs of my teammies to see what they created!

Thanks for visiting!

(Yes, this is a crappy picture of us. I took off my hat and look, hat head! LOL!

If you've ever been to Arches NP, you'll know that it is a HIKE to get to this arch. 

It's sooooo worth it though!)

I'd like to enter this at Sunday Stamps #180

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - A magical Spring; Birthday Sampler

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Paris Dusk

DP: Carta Bella - Work Hard Play Hard

CS: Crafter's Companion; Bazzill; scraps

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; SB - sm & lg standard oval Nesties; MISTI

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

And now for a little subversive cross stitching...

Hello crafty friends!

I broke out my neglected embroidery floss to

work on an idea for a card I had rolling around in my head.

I've been working on this card for a couple days,

and I'm finally finished with it.

Check it out:

and the inside:

 

I used some ancient floss for this project. I think I've had this floss for at least 20 years,

from back when I was doing a lot of cross stitching projects.

I have a booklet of different cross stitch alphabets and I picked 

this one to use, mostly because it fit. LOL!

I used the stitched circle die along with the embroidery hoop die. The embroidery 

hoop was cut 4 times, stacked, and glued.

The patterned papers I used are from the same collection. (2012)

I cut flowers and leaves from the flower dies set (2015) and added them to the hoop.

My sentiment is stamped on the inside using the Happy Birthday set (2014).

I gotta say, this is probably one of my favorite cards to date. I'm sure

happy that my family shares the same sarcastic sense of humor I have because

some lucky member will get this in the future. LOL!

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Sunday Stamps challenge #178

Happy Littel Stampers - ATG with Dies

Retro Rubber challenge #86

Paper Smooches May Fun challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Happy Birthday (2014)

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: My Mind's Eye - The Sweetest Thing (2012)

CS: Neenah; Thunderbolt; scraps

Accessories: GC; Paper Smooches dies - embroidery hoop, stitched circle, flowers (2015); DMC floss; needle; STAMPlorations - Art Edges die; MISTI; Goodnatured Girls - Alphabet Order cross stitch pattern booklet

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & Thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - multi medium matte

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #96 - C is for Chipboard

Hiya crafty peeps and welcome to another challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight's challenge is to use Chipboard on your projects.

Aaaannnndddd:

We have a sponsor!!!

Woo Hoo!

MAKE IT CRAFTY

Not only do they have digi and rubber stamps, but they also

carry some amazing chipboard pieces!

Do yourself a favor and check them out!

The lucky winner who is crowned our Queen for the

Chipboard Challenge will also be gifted

a $10.00 voucher to Make It Crafty!

How cool is that?!!

And so, on to my card:

 and the inside:

No snark this time around. And go me, I made another Christmas card!

My chipboard item is the JOY word, which came from a MAMBI Christmas

collection from 2010 (I think). I dug deep into my stash for this card.

Now it's your turn to create something with chipboard, and link it up at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! For more inspiration, visit the blogs of my

Sisters, and our Guest Designer, Echo, and leave some lovin.

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Sunday Stamps #164

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - ATG

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Taylored Expressions - In and Out Christmas
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: Recollections - Believe
CS: TE; scraps
Accessories: GC; Darice - snowflake EF; MAMBI - Joy chipboard; MISTI; twine from stash
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Scotch foam tape; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

SHOPPING OUR STASH #320 - Emboss Like A Boss

Hello and welcome friends!

This week at

SHOPPING OUR STASH

we have an easy challenge for you:

Use heat embossing AND dry embossing on your projects!

For my card, I heat embossed the floral background stamp in gold, then

water colored it using various Memento inks smooshed onto my craft mat,

and a water brush. (as always, my supply list is at the end of my post)

This particular stamp also came with a matching embossing folder (bonus!)

so I used it for the dry embossing:

 You can see the some of the dry embossed areas better here:

 and the inside:

I did use 5 inks on this card. Tangelo (mandarin), Elderberry (verve violet), Teal Zeal (turquish),

Summer Sky (resonant blue) and Nautical Blue (honorable blue). Tangelo and Elderberry for the flowers, Teal Zeal for the flourishes, and Summer Sky for the background with Nautical Blue around

the edges, using a water brush. Water coloring is not my strength. LOL! After everything was dry, I used a couple PrismaColor pencils to add dimension to the flowers, then I ran the panel through my Grand Calibur using the accompanying embossing folder. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment onto vellum and attached it to the main panel, then die cut a stitched frame to adhere over it. 

Another stamped sentiment finishes the inside.

I hope you get a chance to play along this week at Shopping Our Stash! We'd love

to see your take on our challenge! If you need more ideas, then simply

visit the blogs of my teammies to see their amazing creations!

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this card at:

Sunday Stamps #161 - Autumn Rainbow

The Flower Challenge #12 - tic tac toe (embossing, water color, blue)

Naughty or Nice #43 - framed (I went Nice this time around. LOL!)

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Hero Arts/Sizzix - floral background stamp & matching EF; Gina K - Sweet Thing;  Stampendous - Wishing you many...
Ink: VersaMark; Memento - Tangelo, Teal Zeal, Elderberry, Nautical Blue, Summer Sky
CS: TE; Strathmore Mixed Media paper
Accessories: MISTI; Kuretake water brush; Stampendous - champagne EP; Inkadinkado - black EP;
heat gun; PrismaColor pencils; GC; MFT - Stitched Rectangle Frame die; Recollections - Vellum;
Hampton Arts - rhinestones
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Recollections - tacky tape