SHOPPING OUR STASH #272 - Duck, Duck, Goose

Good morning to you, crafty friends! This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH, we'd like to see birds and/or feathers on your projects. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!! Here's my card:

 and the inside:

I love this sketchy bird stamp. It's colored using my Spectrum Noir markers, and popped up on a die cut/embossed circle. The paper I used for the top panel is meant to be leaves, but I thought they could also be feathers too. I was extremely happy to find that ribbon in my stash, which matched perfectly with the color in the paper! I edged the circle die cut with gold ink, and to add some more gold accents, I colored several rhinestones with a gold SN marker before adhering them on my card. 

I hope you find some time this week to play along at Shopping Our Stash! Since it's a new month, we have a new Guest Designer - welcome Gina of Daydream Believer! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with this month with us! For more inspiration, please do yourself a favor and visit the blogs of my teammates, and leave them some bloggy love!

Remember: We are looking for Guest Designers now! If you are interested to be our GD for November, simply leave a "DT" after your name when you link up! Super easy!

Thanks for visiting, now go forth and get your craft on!

I'd like to enter this at The Challenge #80

Supplies:
Stamps: STAMPlorations - Birds of Paradise; Technique Tuesday - Umpteenth Birthday
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Color Box/Susan K. Weckesser - Shimmer
DP: DCWV - Harvest House stack
CS: Darice; Crafter's Companion
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; STAMPlorations - Birds of Paradise dies; SB - Tear drop circle Nesties; Cuttlebug - Swiss Dot EF; Martha Stewart - ribbon; Darice/Nicole - rhinestones; MISTI; Fiskars - corner rounder
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH #268 - Mary Had a Little Lamb

Hello crafty peeps and welcome! This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH, we'd like to see farm animals on your cards or projects! Here's my card:

and the inside:

In another attempt to use my NBUS, I unearthed a stamp that I won at Kraftin Kimmie stamps in 2013, and yes, this is the first time it's been inked. (Can I tell you that coloring pig tails is very hard to do? This image was my 3rd attempt.) Here's a tip: if you screw up coloring an image, keep it, and use it to practice on for future color combos. 

Ok, so it's your turn. Just create a card or project using a farm animal and link it up at Shopping Our Stash!  For more inspiration, please check out what the Design Team have created for your viewing pleasure, and please leave them some bloggy lovin! And 'hay'! We have a Guest Designer joining us this month! Please also welcome Jennifer Fahnestock and check out the adorable card she made!

Remember that we are looking for Guest Designers now! If you wish to be considered as GD for October, simply add "DT" after your name when linking up! 

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

I'd like to enter this at:

The Challenge #76

Retro Rubber Challenge #46 - critter time

Ellibelle's Let's Color linky party #12

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie - Down on the Farm 2013; Stampendous - Birthday Wish 2012
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: DCWV - The Spring Mix stack
CS: Crafter's Companion; Darice; scrap
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; SB - Deckled Rectangle die; Martha Stewart - loop punch; Rhinestones - a gift two years ago from my Snarky Sister Barbara Godden; MISTI
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares

JUST US GIRLS #338 - Trend Week

Hello crafty friends. I'm home and in between flights back to Illinois, so I wanted to have some fun in my craft room (a.k.a. therapy!)  I'm popping in real quick with a card I made for this week's smooshing challenge at JUST US GIRLS! Here's my card:

Here's the inside:

I used four Distress Inks on my water color paper panel and had a lot of fun shooshing the colors. I took my heat gun to it to speed up the drying time. Using my MISTI, I stamped the sentiment a few times in black ink to get a dark impression, but it was still not working (because of the water color paper texture). So I stamped it again in VersaMark ink and heat embossed it with black embossing powder. Worked much better! I added that over a scalloped frame then added some silver sequins.

I'm late to the party, but you still have another day before this challenge ends! I hope you find some time to play along at Just Us Girls! While there, please check out what my teammates, and our new Guest Designer, Angie Cimbalo, have created! Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this card at The Challenge #68

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT - Written in watercolor; Technique Tuesday - Umpteenth Birthday

Ink: Ranger DI - Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Mermaid Lagoon, Picked Raspberry; Memento - Tuxedo Black; VersaMark

CS: Bazzill; Strathmore Water color paper

Accessories: GC; Avery Elle - Pierced Rectangle die; SSS - Frames die; Inkadinkado - black EP; heat gun; Darice - sequins

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Scotch scrapbooker's glue; Ranger - Glossy Accents

JUST US GIRLS #325 - Trend Week

Hello friends and welcome to Trend Week at JUST US GIRLS! Sue is your hostess this week and she's wants you to use METALS/METALLICS on your card or project. Do you have foil papers? Embossing powder in silver/gold/copper/pewter colors? Hoarding those charms or brads? Time to break them out and use them! ☺ Here's the card I made:

 ...and the finished inside:

This card came out much better than I thought it would, considering it has a white on white theme to it. All the card stock and papers are slightly different. For example, I started with a card base that has a linen texture to it. The vertical strip is glittered. The banner was cut from card stock that IRL is very shimmery. With my crack photography skillz, you may not see it, but it shimmers! I heat embossed the sentiment in silver, and also the scalloped circle die behind it. See? 

In hindsight, I probably should have used sliver glitter paper, but me being me, I had to do things the hard way. What's really funny to me is that it looks like I cut it out of duct tape. LOL! For some additional metal elements, I glued a few silver bells onto my card. The inside was stamped in silver ink, and I also edged the panel with it.

I hope you get some time to join us at Just Us Girls for our Metals challenge! Please do check out what our two Guest Designers - Deepti and Vicki - have created, along with my talented teammates! If you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our January challenges, you'll be in the running to be our guest designer for the month of March! Good luck, happy crafting, and thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this card at:

The Challenge #55 - sketch

Merry Mondays #186 - White on White

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Hero Arts - Merry Christmas Message
Ink: VersaMark; Brilliance - Starlite Silver
CS: Bazzill, DCWV, Darice
Accessories: GC; SB - Std. Lg Circle & Classic Scalloped Sm. Circle Nesties; Whispers - Metallic Silver EP; heat gun; Creatology by Michael's - foam snowflake stickers & bells; Wilton - doily; DMC - floss; Provo Craft - decorative scissors; Nicole - rhinestones
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - Glossy Accents; Glue Dots

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #48 - Naughty Christmas

Yes, the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS brought it back: The Naughty Christmas challenge!! Woot! Woot! We had way to much fun with it last year not to! LOL! But before I show you my card, I must put out the warning label:

Now that you've had time to get the kiddies out of the room, I'll show you my card:

not so bad, but look at the inside:

Looks like Santa had one too many cookies in his travels and got stuck in the chimney. I can just hear him saying that, once he finally shoe horned himself out of it. LOL! 

Now it's your turn. You know you have family and/or friends that have a rather risque' sense of humor. Time to let your freak flag fly and make a naughty Christmas card or project. Please link it up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers because we want to see it!! While there, be sure to check out what my Sistahs and our newest Guest Designer, Louise (a.k.a. Evil Edna) have made for your viewing pleasure and leave them some bloggy love! Thanks for visiting and now go forth and get your craft on!

Spectrum Noir markers used: DR3, DR6, DR7, IG4, IG7, IG9, BGR2, BG1, BG2, BG4, CT3, CT4, GB6, IB1, IB2

I'd like to enter this at:

Tuesday Morning Sketches #328

The Challenge #52 - make a Christmas card

Simon Say Stamp Wednesday challenge: Anything Goes

Spectrum Noir November challenge: Christmas/Winter 

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Crackerbox Palace - stuck Santa; Paper Issues - Freaking Sentiments; Hero Arts - Merry Christmas Message

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Deja Views - Fair Isle Christmas

CS: Darice

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Avery Elle - Pierced Rectangle die; Paper Smooches - Frames 3 die; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - Glossy Accents

JUST US GIRLS #321 Photo Week

Welcome friends! I hope those of you who celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday had a wonderful time with family and friends!

And now that we've passed that holiday up, it's really time for all-Christmas-all-the-time-mode! LOL! With that in mind, it's Photo Week at JUST US GIRLS. Vicki is your hostess this week and she found this amazing picture to inspire you! Here's what I came up with:

 Here is the inside:

This is only the second time I've tried the Bokeh technique, and I think I did much better this time around (although truth be told, this was my second attempt for this card. The first panel was a crash and burn) Lots of glitter and shine going on here. Foil paper is sooooo hard to photograph so here's another shot so you can see all the glittery/shiny goodness. The two smaller ornaments were cut from a scrap of gray card stock, then I swiped them all over with a silver ink pad. One of them I traced a smaller circle on the back side then fussy cut. (That's why it looks wonky. I cannot fussy cut a curved edge to save my life! LOL!) The silver ornaments are popped up with thin foam squares and the largest one with regular foam squares, for a bit of dimension. The sentiment was embossed in silver.

See? Lots of shiny! 

We hope to see what you create using this awesome photo as inspiration! Be sure to link up at Just Us Girls so we can stop by your blog! While there, do check out what the other gals, and our Guest Designer, Louise, have made and please visit their blogs! 

FOR OCTOBER & NOVEMBER ONLY: If you win Chic of the Week in any of our October or November challenges, you are in the running to be chosen as one of two Guest Designers for the month of January 2016! The Team will be taking a two week break at the end of December, and therefore, will not have a Guest Designer for December.

Thanks for visiting and I hope to see your project in the gallery! Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes

The Challenge #52 - make a Christmas card

 

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT - Seasonal Sentiments; Paper Smooches - Gently Seasoned

Ink: VersaMark; Ranger DI - Picked Raspberry; Memento Luxe - Wedding Dress; Brilliance - Starlite Silver

DP: American Crafts - silver glitter; Recollections - Raspberry Foil

CS: Darice

Accessories: GC; Avery Elle - Pierced Rectangle die; Slice die cutter & Noel cartridge; Whispers - silver EP; heat gun; DMC - silver floss; piercing tool

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & Thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - Glossy Accents

SHOPPING OUR STASH #229 - No Stamps

Hello and welcome crafty peeps! Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, the new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH will run for two weeks. As for the challenge: we want you to make a card or project that does NOT include stamps - clear/rubber/digi included. Here's my card:

 And the inside:

Mostly card stock with some die cuts, stickers and rhinestones. Can't get any easier than that. Of course, I made it harder on myself by die cutting the wine glass 12 times! (9 out of white card stock and 3 out of red glitter paper) Then I stacked and glued them. That probably took the longest to do for this card. ☺

So, break out your stickers, your die cuts, your patterned paper, and create something that doesn't include stamps! Please link it up at Shopping Our Stash so we can be impressed! While there, do check out what my gals have created for your viewing pleasure and leave them some bloggy love! 

Thanks for visiting, and for those of you in the States celebrating, have a tryptophantastic Thanksgiving! 

I'd like to enter this at:

Case This Sketch #150 

The Challenge #52: Christmas

 


Supplies:
CS: Bazzill, Darice
Accessories: GC; Paper Smooches - Drinks dies; Cuttlebug - Kitchen Weave EF; American Crafts - Christmas word stickers; Nicole - rhinestones
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & Thin 3D foam squares: Ranger - Glossy Accents

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #36 D is for Dudes

(I don't know about you, but this picture of Edna reminds me of

 Mrs. Trunchbull from that movie Matilda! LOL!)

Mornin' snarky peeps! It's time for a new challenge at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS! With Father's Day approaching, we want to see what you create for the guy(s) in your life. It doesn't necessarily need to be for that holiday. Anything dude related will do! Here's the card I came up with:

 Here's the inside:

Ok, so if you haven't figured it out by now, I have a very sarcastic, punny, sense of humor....which I get from my Dad! So yes, this is being sent to him for Father's Day! LOL! Come on - who doesn't love a great flatulence card?!!!! That top hat guy was a crafty gift from my Sister Donna! (Look! I finally used some more of it!! You know, instead of hoarding it!) The stencil saw ink for the first time, and those alpha letters are so old, the glue on the back of them didn't stick any more. I had to dot the backs with Glossy Accents. But, I used up some more of my hoard of alpha stickers. Yay me!

So, now it's your turn to make a guy card. (Really, it's easier than it seems!) Just be sure to link up your card or project at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! While there, please check out the amazing things my Sisters, and our newest Queen of Snark and GD Susan, have created for your viewing pleasure! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at The Challenge #38

Supplies:
Stamps: Top hat guy - a gift from Donna!; Studio G; Hero Arts
Ink: Memento - Paris Dusk; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo
DP: Echo Park - Metropolitan Dots & Stripes; AC - #Summer
CS: Darice (kraft); Recollections (white)
Accessories: GC; Classic Lg & Sm Oval Nesties; AC - Mr. Huey chevron stencil; AC & Colorbok - alpha stickers; Tonic/TH distressing tool
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Ranger Glossy Accents