JUST US GIRLS! #285 - Color Week!

Hello there, and happy Saturday to you! Color Week starts today at JUST US GIRLS! Nancy is your Hostess this week and she's picked Black, White.....and the 3rd color is YOUR choice! I can't wait to see what you all come up with. ☺ I picked red as my 3rd color - here's my card:

here's the inside:

I saw this card by the lovely Leslie, and knew I was going to CASE it. (but without the foil, and without lining everything up with a ruler. Living dangerously, that's me) Thus, weird spacing, but with the loopy script, perhaps you won't notice it too much. *koff* I needed some bling, so added a row of red rhinestones under the main thanks. A simple sentiment stamped in red finishes the inside.

I hope to see you play along this week at Just Us Girls! Be sure to check out what the rest of the team, and our March Guest Designer Jen Mitchell, created to amaze you! Remember that if you win Chic of the Week for any of our March challenges, you'll be in the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of May! Good luck, now go get your craft on!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Many Thanks

Ink: Memento - Rhubarb Stalk

CS: Darice

Accessories: GC; Taylored Expressions - Thanks die; Recollections - rhinestones

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Scotch Scrapbooker's glue

SHOPPING OUR STASH #193 - I Made This....Make your own background!

Good morning and Happy St. Patrick's Day! Time for corned beef and cabbage, and green beer! It's also the start of a new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH!! This week, we challenge you to make your own background! But - not just stamping a background stamp. Nope. You could make a collage, use washi tape, paint, stamps, stencils, emboss resist, or even alter patterned paper with doodles. Use your imagination! Here's my card:

and the inside:

My background was made using a wave stencil and three colors of Distress Ink. I started with one color, randomly sponging it on. I took the stencil off and flipped it around, then sponged on the next color. Repeated for the last color. I printed out this sultry mermaid digi and colored her up with my Spectrum Noir markers. The sentiment came with the mermaid. She was fussy cut and sits at the bottom of the ocean on cork 'sand'. A few holographic dots as air bubbles, some Stickles on the fin veins and scales, and she's done! 

I hope that you get a chance to make your own background and link up at Shopping Our Stash! We can't wait to see what you came up with! Please be sure to check out the fantabulous creations that my teammies came up with to wow you with! Have a happy St. Paddy's Day!! Erin go bragh(less!) 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Simply Betty Stamps - Spika the bad mermaid digi; Paper Smooches - Happy Birthday

Ink: Ranger DI - Salty Ocean, Broken China, Peacock Feathers

CS: Darice

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Simon Says Stamp - waves stencil; Ranger - Crystal Stickles; Momenta - holographic dots

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

JUST US GIRLS! #284 - Trend Week

Good morning crafty peeps! Sue is your hostess this time around for Trend Week at JUST US GIRLS, and she's picked SPLATTERS! How fun is this?!! Here's what I came up with:

 Here's the inside:

I started with white card stock and got out my Hero Arts neon ink cubes. I smooshed ink on my craft mat then spritzed with some water. Stirring it up with a paintbrush, I then spattered the white card stock with color. I repeated the process for all four colors. Once that was dry, I heat embossed the sentiment with white EP onto some black card stock, cut to size and adhered. I wrapped twine around one side, matted it onto black card stock then onto the blue card base. Of course, I felt compelled to add more, so out came the enamel dots. ☺ I trimmed another panel to size, matted it, stamped it, and adhered to the inside to finish my card. I really love the bright colors in this card. Makes me think that Spring is right around the corner!! 

I hope that you get a chance to play along with our splatter challenge at Just Us Girls! Also, please check out the incredible creations that my teammies and our Guest Designer, Jen Mitchell, created. A.Maz.Ing! I'm tellin' ya! Remember, if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our March challenges, you'll be in the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of May! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope that you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at 

Seize the Birthday - Sentiment as focal point Topper

Supplies:

Stamps: Crafter's Companion - BeBunni Hooray; Avery Elle - Cheers

Ink: Hero Arts - Neon cubes; VersaMark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Darice

Accessories: Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; Doodlebug twine; MME enamel dots

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #192 - Counting On You

Hello and welcome! We have a new challenge starting at SHOPPING OUR STASH, and it's all about NUMBERS! We'd like to see you incorporate a number (or numbers) into your card or project. Here's what I came up with:

Here's the inside:

I had some fun with Distress Inks and masking. I die cut the larger Bam Bubble die and used the negative as my mask, then went to town using a couple different inks and sponged them in. I spritzed some water onto it then blotted off for the spots. The 'seriously' was stamped first in VersaMark then another DI color and embossed with clear embossing powder. I dug through my stash of number stickers and found these to use. Another stamp finishes the inside. 

I actually made three of these cards, all basically the same design, but with slight differences to them:

They all use the same three DI colors and all have the main panel edges distressed. I have four nephews that are all turning 21 this year. (two live in the same state, so I will need to make a different card for him) But since three of them live in different states, why not mass produce?! (And yes, 1994 was a very fertile year for both my hubby's and my family!) LOL!

I hope you get the chance to play along with this week's number challenge at Shopping Our Stash! Wait until you see the awesome creations that my teammies came up with! Please do visit their blogs and leave some love! Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you have a great day!

Challenges I'm entering:
CAS-Colours & Sketch #114
The Crooked Stamper Sketch Challenge #2
Addicted to Stamps and More #134 - clean & simple
Addicted to CAS #58 - Distress

 

Supplies:
Stamps: MFT - Twisted Threesome; Inkadinkado - Humorous Birthday
Ink: Ranger DI - Salty Ocean, Peeled Paint, Dusty Concord; Versa Mark
CS: Darice
Accessories: GC; Classic Sm & Lg Oval Nesties; Paper Smooches - Bam Bubble Die; water spritzer; WOW! - clear EP; heat gun; Faber Castell - black Pitt pen; Tim Holtz - bubble EF; Tonic - distress tool; AC - Thickers & mystery chipboard number stickers
Adhesive: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #29 - L is for Leprechauns!

BUAHAHAHA! EDNA AS A LEPRECHAUN!!

Hello and good morning crafty peeps! We have a new challenge starting at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS! The Luck O' the Irish is upon us, so we want to see your St. Paddy's Day cards/projects!! Here's my card:

Here's the inside of my card:

 

I hope that you didn't fall off your chair because my card is snarkless. It's all right, and I'm ok. Just couldn't bring myself to snark up this adorable little bear. You'll just have to be satisfied with the punny sentiment on the inside. :)

My image is from Bugaboo stamps. I think it was a freebie last year, but this is the first time I've used it. (NBUS!) He's colored with Spectrum Noir markers and die cut from Nesties. The image already had a highlight drawn on the nose, but since it wasn't the side I used for my 'light source', I just colored it in with black, then added a white highlight with a white Gelly Roll pen.The paper is all older stuff from my hoarded stash. (the polka dot paper is dated 2006!) I've added Crystal Stickles to the buckle and the clovers because - glittery!!

 I hope that you get the chance to play along with our St. Paddy's Day challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! Please check out what my sisters and our guest designer, Dana, have come up to wow your socks off - you won't be disappointed!! Thanks for popping in and remember, March is National Craft Month - go make something awesome!!! 

Spectrum Noir markers used:
Bear: TN5, EB3, EB5; TN2, TN3, CR3, True Black
Clovers: LG2, LG5, JG7; GT2, JG3, JG7
Hat: LG2, LG5, JG7; LY1, GB7; IG2, IG5, IG8
Outline: TB2

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Sunday Stamps Challenge #96
Spectrum Noir March Challenge - use a sentiment

Supplies:

Stamps: Bugaboo - St. Patrick's Theodore Digi; Paper Smooches - A Magical Spring

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Frances Meyer (dots); MME- Quite Contrary Jack & Jill

CS: Darice

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Ranger - crystal Stickles; GC; Classic Scalloped & Std. Sm. Circle Nesties; Sakura - white Gelly Roll pen

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

JUST US GIRLS! #283 - Word Week!

Good morning all! It's the start of a new challenge at JUST US GIRLS! Ina is your hostess for Word Week, and she picked the word Masculine for you to incorporate into your card or project. Here's what I came up with:

 and the finished inside:

I just scored this wooden stamp at Tuesday Morning the other day (at a steal of a price!) while gallivanting about town with my neighbor. I loaded it up first with Versa Mark then with Paris Dusk ink before stamping and embossing it with clear EP.

Oooh! Shiny!!

I used the largest deckled rectangle Nestie (which was just too small), but I solved that problem simply by tracing around then fussy cutting it. (The things we do for our art!) The inside sentiment is also stamped with Paris Dusk, although it looks black. (Trust me, it's blue.) I stamped a tweed pattern on the card base with Versa Mark ink, and took my heat gun to it before adhering the main panel with thin foam squares.

I hope that you get a chance to play along and enter your masculine card or project at Just Us Girls! Remember, if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our March challenges, you'll be in the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of May! Sweet! Thanks for stopping by. Also, please check out what my teammies and our March Guest Designer, Jen Mitchell, have created to inspire you! Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Color Throwdown #332

and Seize the Birthday - Masculine

Supplies:

Stamps: Momenta - growing old; Hero Arts - Tweed pattern; Stampendous - Party Invite

Ink: Versa Mark; Memento - Paris Dusk

DP: mystery scrap from my scrap heap

CS: Darice; Bazzill

Accessories: GC; Deckled Rectangles Nesties; WOW! - clear EP; heat gun

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

It's a two-for!!

I made two, count 'em, two cards for the Merry Monday #148 challenge. Go me! Check it:

the inside:

Here's card #2:

the inside:

I stamped the image twice, just in case I screwed one of them up. Turns out they both came out ok. Yay me! So I dug through my scraplet pile for the patterned paper, selective colored the images, and wah-la! Two pretty cards!

Well, that's all I got. I'm wiped out. We got slammed with another 8" of snow today. Hubby thankfully worked from home today, and we just got done shoveling ourselves plus three of our neighbors out. I'm really starting to feel it in my lower back! Thanks for stopping by, I hope your day was better than mine! LOL!

I'd to enter these at Merry Monday #148 - red and green

Supplies:
Stamps: Impression Obsession - Winter Scene; Unity - October 2012 KOM (card #1); Hero Arts - Celebrate Everyday (card #2)
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo
DP: HOTP
CS: Bazzill; Darice
Accessories: GC; Classic Lg. Ovals & Lacey Ovals Nesties; SN markers
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH #191 - Not So Heavy Metal

Welcome to another fun challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH! What does that subtitle mean? Well, we'd like you to use your oldest metal embellishments! (brads, eyelets, photo corners, ribbon bands, etc.) I've acquired many brads since starting out paper crafting back in 2007, and have rarely used them. That being said, here's the card I came up with using brads:

 Here's the inside:

A rainbow made of brads? Get out! I'm even amazed by it - mostly because it came out better than what I envisioned! LOL! My camera didn't want to show that some of the tiny brads are glittery. I stamped the pot, and then I stamped it again to get a better ink coverage. (AND I didn't even have one of those stamp-liner-upper-tools, totally free handed it - and it worked!) I went over the pot with Glossy Accents because - shiny! 

 I have a friend who's birthday falls on St. Paddy's Day, thus a birthday/St. Paddy's Day card. I had a ball making this, and in the process used a bunch of hoarded brads! Yay me! 

I hope you get a chance to play along this week at Shopping Our Stash. Please be sure to check out what my amazingly talented teammates created for your viewing pleasure. Have a great day!

Challenges I'd like to enter:

CAS-Colours and Sketches challenge #113

Paper Smooches - Sparks challenge - Anything Goes 

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - A Magical Spring, Happy Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: DCWV - Spring Mix Stack

CS: Darice

Accessories: brads from stash; piercing tool; Ranger - Glossy Accents; GC; Std. Circle Nesties: Paper Smooches - Cloud dies

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