SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #107 - U is for Umbrella

They say April showers bring May flowers, but we are

still getting snow here in the Mid Atlantic. WTH?!

Regardless, Edna and my Sisters at 

the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS challenge you to

create something using an umbrella. 

Whether you use the type which keeps the rain off of you,

or the kind that are a garnish to tropical drinks,

is up to you!

 

Here's what I came up with:

and with inside...with snark, of course:

With a little help using the sketch from Just Add Ink #401, I had some fun

coloring this sweet image (NBUS! I've had this for at least 3 years). It's amazing

what you rediscover in your craft room when you start looking inside boxes.

My sentiment was computer generated since I didn't have that as a stamp already.

You can tell a bit in the picture that her Wellies are slick from Glossy Accents.

Now it's your turn to slap a bumbershoot onto your project and link up

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! Do yourself a favor and visit the blogs

of my Sisters and our newest Guest Designer, Michelle, to see their brilliant creations!

Thanks for popping in. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Some Odd Girl - Umbrella Gwen

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Teal Zeal

DP: Pebbles - Garden Party

CS: Crafter's Companion; Neenah; scrap

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; SB - sm & lg standard circle Nesties; Prismacolor pencils;

Sakura - white Gelly Roll pen; Ranger - Glossy Accents; computer & printer

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

STAMPlorations April Challenge

Hi there and happy Thursday to you!

I'm back with a project I made for the

STAMPlorations April Challenge: Focus on the Sentiments!

 We want to see your projects where your sentiment is

the main focus. Here's the canvas panel I made:

After a coat of gesso dried, I brayered some bright, neon acrylic paints onto my canvas.

Over that I stenciled some white paint lightly through the

Flower Stencil. Once that layer dried I brayered some more bright colors

over the white. This is how it looks so far:

Next I used one of the colors to add another layer using the

Dots All Over stencil. Once the paint dried, I doodled around all the

dots with a gold Gelly Roll pen.

You can see the gold doodling in this pic.

At this point I really liked the design, but I took that leap of faith and

covered most of it up with black paint. I used the 

Art Happens mask and pounced black acrylic paint over and around it.

I'm not very good using masks and paint, because the paint seeped under

the mask in a lot of places. No fear, I just lined up the mask and traced 

around it with the gold pen.

(Now it looks like I totally meant to do that! LOL!)

I was then compelled to add splatters all around the panel. I kept the mask

in place while I did this. 

At this point, I applied gloss varnish to the panel to seal it.

While that dried, I die cut a bunch of flowers and leaves out of bright card stock

using the Trendy Spring Blooms Cutplorations dies.

I glued the leaves and flowers to my panel, and added sequins as a finishing touch.

One more look:

I hope you find some time to join in the April challenge

at STAMPlorations. We'd love to see what you make using 

sentiments as your focal point! Don't forget there are prizes to

be had. You can read all about it on the main blog. 

Feel the need to purchase any of the items I used (or anything else) at

the STAMPlorations store? Want a discount?

Simply use the discount code

STAMPGIRLCHRIS

for 20% off!!

(this is not case sensitive, and cannot be combined with other discounts)

 

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

Supplies:

Substrate: US Art Supply - canvas panel

DecoArt Media - Gesso

DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paint - Scorching Yellow, Thermal Green, Sizzling Pink, Bright Orange, Purple Pizzazz, Bluegrass Green, Ebony Black, Titanium White

brayer

various paint brushes

STAMPlorations - Art Happens mask, Flower Puzzles and Dots All Over stencils

Sakura - gold Gelly Roll pen

DecoArt - Gloss Varnish

STAMPlorations - Trendy Spring Blooms CUTplorations dies

scrap card stock

Grand Calibur

Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

Darice - sequins

A little birdie told me...

Hi there. I wanted to pop in and share a card I made

for a few challenges. This is a OLC, you know, my Kryptonite,

but I persevered.

and the inside:

 

I did the smooshing technique using a piece of acetate to control the

smoosh a bit better. My "watercolors" are actually three colors of Glimmer Mists.

Because of that, the background has an added bonus of shimmer!

I had taped the card down when I was smooshing, but when I removed the

top corner, it ripped a bit. Out came my corner rounder!

The only thing left to do was stamp the bird and sentiments.

Well, that's it for now. Thanks for visiting. I appreciate

the comments left and read every one!

Have a great evening!

I'd like to enter this at:

Just Us Girls #434 - CAS 

Seize the Birthday - Toppings: Birds 

Naughty or Nice Challenge #50 -  using challenge #22 show us some wing

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Trendy Birds 2. A Snarky Birthday to you, Blossom Overture

Ink: Staz On - Blue Hawaii, Jet Black

CS: Neenah

Accessories: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists - Cherub Pink, Spring Violet, Aquamarine; piece of

acetate; MISTI; Fiskars corner rounder

 

SHOPPING OUR STASH #348 - Black and White + one other color

Hello and welcome! Can you believe it's April already?

This year is speeding by pretty fast. (Hope it slows down in Summer. LOL!)

This week at

SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we are looking for your creations with black, white and one other color.

Here's the card I made:

and the inside:

 

Oh look, a swanky drinking card. LOL!

I had this scrap of fancy paper, not sure who it's by,

(I think Anna Griffin). The black flourishes are velvety to

the touch. I paired my black and white with a wine colored card stock.

The wine glass dies are cut from the same card stock, I just added some

Wink of Stella to them for some sparkle.

I hope to see your creations in the Shopping Our Stash gallery this week. We'd

love to see how you interpret this challenge! Thanks

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Sketch Saturday #507 - using #280

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Supplies:
Stamps: Simon Says Stamp - Adult Beverage Sayings
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: I think Anna Griffin
CS: TE
Accessories: GC; Paper Smooches - Free Spirits Icons and Drink Glasses dies; MISTI; Wink of Stella pen
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

A new to me challenge and another Christmas card

Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I want to share a card I made for a new to me challenge,

Muse: Christmas Visions. (#96)

Basically, you create a card using one of the DT's cards, given, as

your inspiration. For this challenge, they are using this

card by DT member, Chriss:

 

So very pretty. The pink ombre, the gold forest with deer, the gold JOY sentiment.

All of that I was inspired by, but I put my own spin on it.

Here's my card:

here's the inside:

 

I began with a with a white card stock base, then sponged Picked Raspberry DI on half of it, going from light to dark for an ombre effect. I die cut the birch collage die and adhered over that. The deer is die cut in gold glitter paper and adhered. Then I just used the same ink to stamp the sentiment. Super easy, and I may have finished this card in under a half hour. (truly a Christmas miracle as I usually take at least two hours). And bonus, a second Christmas card is done!

 (only a gazillion more to go)

 That's it for me. Thanks for popping by. I wish all who are celebrating a

very joyous Easter!

I'm also linking this at Poppystamps challenge #43 - framed 

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Graphic 45/Hampton Arts - Christmas Emporium; Taylored Expressions - In & Out Christmas

Ink: Ranger DI - Picked Raspberry

CS: Neenah

DP: Recollections - gold glitter

Accessories: GC; Poppystamps - Birch Collage die, Regal deer die; MISTI; blending tool

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

 

SHOPPING OUR STASH #347 - No Ink

Hello and welcome!

Today starts a new challenge at

SHOPPING OUR STASH!

This week, we challenge you to create something

without using any ink!

I used nothing but die cuts for my card:

I used scraps of DP from a collection that's at least 3 years old.

My sentiment is cut using my Slice die cutter.

The bunny die cuts are admittedly new, but I actually

used them instead of putting them away and forgetting that I have them.

Bonus!

So, now it's your turn to create something without any ink on it. We'd

love to see it, so please link up at Shopping Our Stash

so we can admire it! If you need more ideas, simply visit the blogs

of my teammies to see their ingenious creations without ink!

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

I'd like to enter this at:

The Library Challenge #3 - Inspired by bunnies!

CAS on Friday - Easter 

Crafting with Dragonflies #100 - Easter 

Supplies:

DP: DCWV - the Spring Mix Stack

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: GC; Simon Says Stamp - Oh Bunny dies; Taylored Expressions - grass border die; Slice die cutter, Holiday Words & Expressions cartridge; Fiskars - corner rounder

Adhesives: Recollections - tacky tape; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #106 - N is for Need Coffee

 

Hello and welcome!

Boy, Edna sure looks a bit worse for wear, eh?

Good thing she's got that ginormous cup

of coffee to kick start her brain. LOL!

And that is the theme for the new challenge at 

the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS:

N is for Need Coffee!

I'm a tea drinker myself, but I do have some

cute coffee themed stamps and dies in

my craft arsenal. Here's my take on the challenge:

here's the inside:

 

No snark this time around. I was stalking Pinterest for some

inspiration and came across this card by Kylie Bertucci. I thought

it was super cute so I cased it. (Thank you!!)

I doodled the hearts and the corrugated lines on the wrappers.

The to go cup is from the Gone Postal set by STAMPlorations, as

is the Thanks a Latte word die. The sentiment inside

was computer generated.

I hope you find some time to create something coffee related and link

up with the Sisters at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more percolating inspiration, do check out what my 

Sisters came up with, along with our newest Queen and GD, Sharon!

Thanks for visiting, have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Gone Postal

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa

DP: DCWV - Linen Closet

CS: Thunderbolt; Neenah

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; STAMPlorations - Thanks a Latte word die; GC; Faber 

Castell -  Artist PITT pen; anger - Diamond Stickles; computer and printer

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #346 - Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Hello and welcome!

I hope all of you who celebrated St. Patrick's Day have

recovered from all the shenanigans (and drinking)

that holiday brings! LOL!

This week at

SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we are gearing up for the next big holiday: EASTER!

We'd love to see your Easter creations!

Here's the card I made:

I used a new stitch die for the first time.

(Well, I bought it a couple months ago, and

thought I'd better stop just looking at it

sitting on my desk, and use it!)

I did a lot of cross stitching in my 20's and 30's, so the floss

I've used is probably a good 25+ years old.

I couldn't find a tiny white pom pom in all the stash I have, so

I took a bit of a cotton ball, and rolled it around my hands

to make a tiny tail.

So there you have it, a bunny butt Easter card!

I hope that you find some time this week to join in

our Easter challenge at Shopping Our Stash!

We'd love to see what you come up with.

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

I'd like to enter this at:
Just Add Ink #400 - I was inspired by the soft pastel colors
Creative With Stamps #24 - Bunny

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Critter Card Puns

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: TE; Neenah

Accessories: GC; Lawn Fawn - scolloped rectangle die; Paper Smooches - stitched square die; DMC floss; needle; cotton ball; MISTI

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

Dreamer

Hello crafty friends!

This is one of those rare posts of mine that is just for fun, and not scheduled.

(Note to self: I need to do more of those)

I created this card a few weeks ago for possible submission to Craft Stamper magazine,

for the June issue, but sadly it wasn't picked.

Oh well, I'll keep trying!

But, it turns out if fits the current challenge at

Just Us Girls #431 - Mythical or Magical 

Here's what I created:

For my cloud background, I used Tumbled Glass DI and for each cloud 'row',

alternated sponging the darker areas with Mermaid Lagoon and Broken China.

If you close one eye and squint, you may be able to see the subtle differences.

Being as how I'm a huge fan of dragons, the choice was a no brainer for me.

Using my MISTI, I achieved the blue-purple color they were looking for by

stamping first in Dusty Concord DI, then Blueprint Sketch DI over it.

I took it a step further by stamping VersaMark Ink and clear embossing it.

 You can see the embossing in this pic:

 I clear embossed the sentiment also.

So that's it for now. Thanks for visiting,

and I hope that you have a great day!

I'd also like to enter this at Craft Stamper March Take It Make It challenge 

 







Supplies:
Stamps: Lavinia Stamps - dragon; Katzelkraft - Dreamer 
Ink: Ranger DI - Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon, Broken China, Dusty Concord, Blueprint Sketch; Memento - Tuxedo Black; VersaMark
CS: Neenah; Core'Dinations
Accessories: Cloud template; stencil brush; MISTI; WOW! - clear EP; heat gun; GC; Lawn Fawn - Scalloped rectangle die
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Scotch foam tape