Joy to you

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

It's a foggy, rainy day here so I thought

it was a good day to craft away the day. LOL!

Here's a card I'd like to share:

This is a mix of old and new items. My 'new stuff' is the

Joy stamp and die set. I filled it in with Prismacolor pencils.

Pretty much everything else I've used is at least 5 years or more old.

That paper and the holly sticker are both from 2010!

Here's the inside:

Yay, another Christmas card in the books!

(only a gazillion more to go!)

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have better weather than I do!

Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Jingle Belles - Something Old/Something New

Atlantic Hearts #561

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Peace Love Joy, Home for the Holidays

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Webster's Pages - Waiting for Santa

CS: Thunderbolt; Recollections

Accessories: Sunny Studio - Stitched Circle dies; Anna Griffin - Calisto Christmas stickers; Prismacolor Pencils; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner; Ranger - MMM

Joy slimline card

 Hello there and welcome.

Got a card to share that I was able to combine

some challenges for:

...and here is the inside:

I used a couple of patterned papers from an older Webster's Pages collection. The 

red one has this gorgeous script that is lyrics from the song, "Do you hear what I hear?"

I matted it with black card stock, then adhered it to a scalloped gold glitter panel.

The 'JOY' was die cut three times, twice in black card stock, and once in 

the music score paper. Those were stacked and glued to the card. 

I gold heat embossed the smaller sentiment and used the coordinating

die to cut it out. Last year I found this package of tiny poinsettia

flowers at Tuesday Morning, and finally opened the package

for this card! Another stamped sentiment finishes the inside.

That's all for now. I hope that you are staying safe during

the pandemic, and also in this string of nasty weather too!

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Christmas Kickstart #47 - slimline cards

Jingle Belles - Text Me Christmas 

Just Us Girls #571

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - slimline cards 

Supplies:

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips Christmas; Sunny Studio - Season's Greetings

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Webster's Pages - Waiting for Santa

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Nicole

Accessories: GC; Penny Black - Mirthful (Joy) die; Sunny Studio - Slimline Scalloped frames; Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips dies; Stampendous - detail gold EP; heat gun; Little Birdie - paper flowers; MISTI

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #368 - Hot, hot, hot!!

Welcome friends! This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we are getting Hot, Hot, Hot!!

Which means, we'd like to see anything that is hot on your projects,

for instance, the weather, spicy food, cooking related, etc.

Me? I touched on the theme in a very personal, yet humorous way:

Hot flashes. Aren't they the best? - said no one ever.

I unearthed an ancient paper pack from Webster's Pages for my card. 

As soon as I saw this particular paper, I knew I was going to use it,

because of the bit of leopard print on the edge.

(Sort of a nod to the Cougars out there! LOL!)

And only used one piece of paper. The hounds tooth is the B side. Love it!

I screwed up when using a tiny hole punch on the earrings. I cut off a bit on the 

second one, so I embraced the oops and snipped the other earring for a

more cohesive look. (As if I totally meant to do that!) 

You can't tell, but I've added Glossy Accents to her fabulous glasses.

(Am I the only one who wants a pair shaped like these too?)

Somehow, I don't already own a stamp with this sentiment, (a travesty!),

so I used my computer and printer this time around.

Now it's your turn! How would you interpret the Hot theme? We'd love

to see your take on it in the gallery at Shopping Our Stash!

Need more ideas? Simply check out what my teammies created.

While visiting their blogs, please leave a comment about what you think.

Thanks for visiting. Hope you have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Art Impressions - Golden Oldies Eunice

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Ground Espresso

DP: Webster's Pages; scraps

CS: Crafter's Companion; TE; scraps

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Prismacolor pencils; MISTI; computer & printer; Ranger - Glossy Accents; Westcott- hole punch; GC; MFT - vertical greetings II die; blending tool

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

 

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #42 F is for Fart!

Wait. Whaaaah?!! Are you serious?!! Yep.

Well, what did you expect from the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS! LOL! Ya gotta admit, we do offer unique challenges! Ha ha ha! So anyway, here's my cad:

At first, it looks like a pretty card with a butterfly on it. Then you read the sentiment and WHAM! (or should that be POOF!)

I hope you take the challenge and play along with the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! Wait until you see the hilarious things my Sistahs and our Guest Designer, Michelle, came up with! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
DP: Webster's Pages - Hollywood Vogue
CS: Bazzill, Darice
Accessories: GC; Paper Smooches - Duo Dies 3; Nicole rhinestones; computer generated sentiment
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Scotch- Scrapbooker's glue

Ho Ho Ho!

No, I'm not talking about my sisters. BUAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Just kidding! (and I apologize if you spit out your beverage after reading that. But seriously, you should know by now not to eat or drink anything whist reading my blogs. (wink!)) Anyhoooooooo, I've again made a card under the gun for Merry Monday #107, which is a sketch challenge. Here's my take on it:

Here's the inside:

and the sketch:

I took a bit of liberty with the sketch. Instead of using the smaller round element over the banner, I used rhinestones on both sides of it. Other than that, it's pretty close. 

Well, better get this entered before it's too late! LOL! If you are celebrating, I wish all Mothers a Happy Mother's Day today! Thank you for being so incredibly awesome!! Hugs!

Chris

Supplies:

Stamps: MME - Lost & Found Christmas

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Forest Moss

DP/stickers: Webster's Pages - Waiting for Santa

CS: Bazzill (green); scraps

Accessories: K&Co. - dimensional sticker; JoAnn Craft Essentials - ribbon; Recollections - small rhinestones; large rhinestone from stash

Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam squares; Glue Dots

Happy Birthday - Mojo Monday #338

Hello and happy Thursday to you! I have a card to share using the sketch from Mojo Monday #338:

Here's the inside:

A couple weeks ago, I was at the beach in NC with my sister and her family. It was supposed to be mid 70's there and we were so looking forward to basking in the sun. Well, it was that warm.....for two days. After Monday? Not so much. If it got up to 52 degrees, we were lucky. And it was soooo windy! First time I've been on the beach walking in jeans, running shoes, winter coat, hat and gloves! That's Cray-Cray!! So, what's a girl to do? Luckily I brought my SN markers and a bunch of images to color, you know, just in case. This was one of them. I did something different also. Usually I'll pick out the papers I want to use first, then color an image based on the colors in the papers. Not this time. I asked my sister to pick out the colors to use for this image. At first I thought they weren't going to go well. But I gotta say, I really love how this turned out! (Way to go, Sandy!) It's kind of hard to see, but I covered the balloon with Glossy Accents. I used the other cut piece of patterned paper and repeated the scalloped circle to finish the inside.

That's it for now. Thanks for hanging out with me, and I hope you have a great day!

Chris
Supplies:
Stamps: Some Odd Girl - Balloon Kaylee; Paper Smooches - Hullabaloo
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Staz On - Jet Black; Ranger DI - Shaded Lilac
DP: Webster's Pages - Hollywood Vogue
CS: Copic - X-Press It; Darice (white); The Paper Co. (blue)
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Sakura - white Gelly Roll pen; Ranger - Glossy Accents; Grand Calibur; Std. circles sm & Lacey circles Nesties; Vellum scrap; Nicole Crafts - sequins
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam squares; Ranger - Glossy Accents

MFW-Tuesday Trigger - A little romance

Good morning all! I have a card to share. Something I made that's so, vintage. So girly. So not me! LOL! This is my take on Moxie Fab World's Tuesday Trigger: A Little Romance.

The inside:

Here's the inspiration picture:

Gorgeous, isn't it? Very Victorian and girly girly! I went shopping in my stash and came across this printed vellum from Webster's Pages. The lace was originally white, but I sponged Antique Linen distress ink on it - worked like a charm! I die cut two flowers from pink felt and cream card stock. I edged the card stock flower with rose chalk ink and glued pearls to the inside of both. The gray flower bud was cut from a sprig. The leaves were cut free hand then bent slightly for dimension. Shopping my stash again found me that cool pearl/rhinestone swirl. Score! Die cut and stamped the streamer, then adhered everything together. A bit more vellum, lace and stamping and the inside was done also!

Well, I guess it's time to get some more yard work done. We are finally getting some cooler weather. I had to put it on hold because of the Africa hot weather we've been getting. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have an enjoyable day!

Chris
Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Kinfolk, Streamers, Woofers & Tweeters (heart), Pretty Momma, Digits (Happy B-day)
Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa; Ranger DI - Fired Brick, Antique Linen; Clear Snap - Rose
DP: Webster's Pages vellum - Country Estate
Card stock: DCWV - frosted white; Recollections - white, cream; green scrap
Adhesives: SA by 3L - Crafty Power Tape; Helmar 450 adhesive; American Crafts - foam dots
Accessories: Simplicity lace; Grand Calibur; MFT - Rolled Rose Die-Namics; Paper Smooches - streamers die; Prima - pearl/rhinestone swirl; Studio 112 - lg pearl; Creative Charms - sm pearl; Webster's Pages - gray flower; felt from stash