JUST US GIRLS #289 - Color Week!

Hello and happy Saturday to you! Lisa is hostess this week at JUST US GIRLS. It's Color Week and she's picked out a fun color combo for you to try out. Plus, you get to pick your 3rd color! I've gone with white/brown/pink:

Here's the inside:

My good friend and neighbor, Cathy, gifted me with some paper she found in her stash, and so I used some of it instead of hoarding it! LOL! I was cruising Pinterest a few days ago and found a card I wanted to case. (Sorry, I can't find it again! DOH! But if this design looks familiar, thank you for the inspiration!) The flower stamp was colored with brown and two different pink markers, spritzed with water and stamped onto my white panel. The pearls started out white, but I took a Spectrum Noir marker to them and colored them brown. 

I hope you play along with this week's color challenge. Be sure to link up at Just Us Girls so we can see it! LOL! While there, please check out what my teammates and Kathy, our guest designer, have made and leave them some bloggy love! Remember, if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our April challenges, you'll be in the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of June! Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubber Stampede - Daisy Stem; Inkadinkado

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa

DP: DCWV

CS: Bazzill (brown); Darice (white)

Accessories: Marvy Uchida markers; water mister; Spectrum Noir EB5 marker; Recollections - pearls

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

SHOPPING OUR STASH #197 Lost and Found

Hello and good morning crafty peeps! It's time for a new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH! What do we mean Lost and Found? We'd like you to use something that you've re-discovered. Perhaps you put some crafty stuff away in a 'safe place' two years ago and only just found it again. Maybe in searching for something else, you came across a stamp set you forgot you owned. Well - use it! Here's what I came up with:

 Here's the inside:

In a previous post, I was searching (for a couple hours) for some acetate that I recently purchased. While riffling through drawers and boxes, I came across an unopened package of gold pipe cleaners and re-discovered my Epiphany Crafts shape studio tool. Ok. That'll do. I can make bugs with them. The pipe cleaners were too gold, so I took my Staz On jet black ink pad and went over them to darken them up. Even though it's much darker, I like how you can still see the gold. I used the shape studio for the bodies, and after coloring some googly eyes with an orange marker, adhered them to the bodies.

I hope you get the chance to play along with the Lost and Found challenge at Shopping Our Stash. Please be sure to check out the awesome creations my teammies came up with and leave them some bloggy love! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:
CAS Colour & Sketches #119
Crafty Gals Corner #14 - Any Holiday

Supplies:
Stamps: Hero Arts - Celebrate Everyday
Ink: Ranger DI - Black Soot; Staz On - Jet Black; Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: American Crafts - Haunted
CS: Darice
Accessories: Westrim Crafts - pipe cleaners; Epiphany Crafts - Shape Studio & bubble caps; AC - Thickers; Nicole - googly eyes; SN OR3 marker
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - Glossy Accents

JUST US GIRLS #288 - Trend Week!

Good morning crafty peeps and welcome to a new challenge at JUST US GIRLS! It's Trend Week and Sue is your Hostess this time around. She's picked a fabby trend - a shaker card!! I've never made one before but I've been itching to try it out. Here's what I came up with:

 Here's the inside:

I was kind of flipping out because I just recently purchased a pack of heat resistant acetate, with making shaker cards in mind, and put the package in a safe place....then I couldn't find it! GAH!! I finally found where I stashed it about two hours later. Geesh! I did some Pinterest stalking and decided a simple card to start with would be a good thing. I came across this card and went with it. There's even pins about how to construct a shaker card, so double bonus for me! (I need all the help I can get! LOL!) 

I hope you step out of your comfort zone and try your hand at a shaker card. Be sure to link it up at Just Us Girls so we can marvel over it! While there, please check out what my teammates and our April guest designer, Kathy Schweinfurth, have created for your viewing pleasure. Remember that if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of the April challenges, you'll be in the running for our Guest Designer for the month of June! Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp - Adult Beverages; Paper Smooches - A Magical Spring, Happy Birthday

Ink: Hampton Arts - Lavender; Ranger DI - Dusty Concord

CS: Darice

Accessories: Slice Die Cutter & Noel cartridge; Nicole - sequins; Crafter's Companion - acetate sheets

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #196 - The Earth Has Music

Hello crafty peeps! We have a new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH, and it's a special one. This week we are collaborating with the talented ladies at Words 2 Scrap By, where they give you word prompts to inspire you by! Very cool! This month, their challenge is The Earth Has Music. Here's how I interpreted this:

 and the inside:

Isn't that the sweetest little Hydrangea Sprite?!! I colored her with Spectrum Noir markers, fussy cut, and popped her up on foam squares. Her wings and the centers of the flowers have diamond Stickles on them for added sparkle. 

Oooh! Sparkly goodness!!

I hope that you get the chance to play along this week at Shopping Our Stash and also Words 2 Scrap By! Please do check out the amazing talents of my teammies and the gals at W2SB! Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at 

Sweet Sunday Sketch #263

Seize the Birthday - anything goes

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Aurora Wings Stamps - Hydrangea Sprite digi; Stampendous - music score; Recollections - Wishing you...; Paper Smooches - Happy Birthday
Ink: Memento - Elderberry
DP: Pebbles - Garden Party
CS: Crafter's Companion; Paper Smooches; Darice
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers: Ranger - diamond Stickles; Recollections - rhinestone swirls; computer & printer
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #31 - J is for Just Kidding

Good morning all! It's time for a new challenge at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS! This go around, we'd like you to get Edna to laugh and make a funny card! (Just look at her face - good luck with that!) Here's my card:

 and the inside:

Of course the snarky punch line is on the inside - that's how I roll! (and don't we all do this? I mean, who has time to clean the house when you want to make cards?! LOL!) 

The sentiments are actually one stamp, but I did some masking to get the punch line on the inside. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. So now it's your turn to make a funny card. We'd love to see it, so please link it up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers. Do make sure to visit my Sisters and leave them some bloggy love! Thanks and have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Nacho Average Challenge #135

Supplies:

Stamps: Riley & Co.

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Studio Calico - Snippets

CS: Darice

Adhesive: SA by 3L - tape runner

LIGHT IT UP BLUE FOR AUTISM BLOG HOP!

Hello crafty peeps and welcome to the Light It Up Blue For Autism Awareness Blog Hop! This is the brain child of Veronica Zalis  and Tenia Nelson, two incredibly talented ladies with hearts as big as the sky! I was honored to be invited by my Snarky Sister and Evil Doublemint Twin, Jessi to contribute to this fantastic hop! It is something near and dear to her heart, and I could not let her down! A boatload of amazing sponsors have pitched in to show their support for Autism Awareness and you can see the complete list at So Many Stamps So Little Time blog and Jazzy Paper Designs blog.  If you would like a chance to win a prize from one of these fabulous companies leave a comment on this blog, and any of the other blogs participating in today's hop! Winners will be chosen at random and will be announced on Monday April 6.

 Here is the card I made for today's hop:

Sweet, simple and to the point. I know there are a gazillion crafters participating in this worthy cause, so I hope you get the chance to check out what they all did! If you'd like to learn more about autism, please check out Autismspeaks.org. Thanks for hopping by!

SHOPPING OUR STASH #195 No Foolin' - Use a Faux Technique

Good morning all! We have a new challenge starting today at SHOPPING OUR STASH! As the subtitle suggests, we want you to push yourself and use a Faux Technique on your card or project. Just some suggestions: faux stitching, faux silk, faux leather, there are many faux techniques to try! I've chosen to try the faux metal technique. Here's my card:

 Here's the inside:

This was the first time trying this technique out. The first thing I did was Google 'Splitcoaststampers faux techniques' and found this tutorial. Looked easy enough. And it was. Of course, what you don't see is the first three images I tried this on, and rejected because I didn't get a good enough impression in the gooey mess. Also, because I did this four times, I used up half of my copper EP! LOL! I used a couple of my all time favorite sentiment stamps and made a guy card. Both Andy's and my family are blessed with a sarcastic sense of humor, so this will go to either one of my brother's or one of his. ☺ I love how the antique car really looks like it's cast from metal! 

Oooh! Shiny!

I hope you try a faux technique and play along at Shopping Our Stash! While there, please check out the amazeball creations that my teammies made! Thanks for hanging out with me! 

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS(E) this Sketch #116

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Supplies:

Stamps: Unity Stamp Co. - February & July 2012 KOM

Ink: VersaMark; Ranger DI - Walnut Stain

DP: Echo Park - This & That Charming

CS: Darice; Core'Dinations

Accessories: Stampendous - Detail Copper EP; heat gun; Cuttlebug - Diamond Plate EF

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

JUST US GIRLS! #286 - Photo Week

Hello and good morning to you all! It's Photo Week at JUST US GIRLS! Cheryl is your Hostess this week and she found this adorable picture! There is so much to inspire you: bunnies, the colors, the patterns, flowers - so much eye candy! Here's what I came up with:

 Here's the inside:

I was inspired by the bunnies and the colors in the photo. The bunny and basket are two separate stamps. I stamped the bunny twice and colored one completely and the other one only the arm, then fussy cut them. After coloring and fussy cutting the basket, I glued it to the bunny, then over that, I glued the other arm. I used patterned paper that had a lot of the colors in the photo to finish my card.

I hope you get the chance to play along this week at Just Us Girls! Please check out what the other gals made to inspire you! Also, a big huge THANK YOU to our March Guest Designer - Jen Mitchell! It was great to have you designing with us this month!

Remember that if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our March challenges, you'll be in the running for our Guest Designer in May! Hope to see you there!

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Tuesday Morning Sketches #293
Some Odd Girl Linky Party
Paper Issues SOG color inspiration challenge
Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Supplies:
Stamps: Some Odd Girl; Hero Arts
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: DCWV - The Spring Mix Stack; MME - Everyday Tango
CS: Darice; Crafter's Companion
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Std. Sm. Circle Nesties; Darice - Flower Frenzy EF; MME - Enamel Dots; Sakura  white Gelly Roll pen
Adhesives: SA by 3L- tape runner, 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH #194 - Neon Rainbow

Hello and good morning! We have a fun new challenge starting at SHOPPING OUR STASH! We are looking for rainbows! It could be interpreted as using a rainbow die cut, the colors of a rainbow, a picture of a rainbow, or, as the title suggests, you can use neon colors! Lots of options here! Here's the card I made:

 Here's the inside:

I started with a panel of water color paper. I stamped in VersaMark then heat embossed in clear EP. I used Distress Inks as my water colors. I smooshed the pads directly onto my craft mat, then took a paint brush loaded with water and scribbled on the colors, making sure each color touched the ones next to it so it bled together a bit. I'm digging this emboss resist technique! I rummaged around to find some iridescent rhinestones (more rainbows), and mounted the panel on my card base with foam squares. Super easy!

Here's a somewhat better pic of the embossing:

I hope that you get a chance to play along this week at Shopping Our Stash! Please check out what my teammies created - Wow! Amazing creations! Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you have a great day!

Supplies:
Stamps: Momenta; Some Odd Girl
Ink: VersaMark; Ranger DI - Barn Door, Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, Mowed Lawn, Faded Jeans, Dusty Concord; Memento - Tuxedo Black
CS: Strathmore water color paper; Darice
Accessories: WOW! - clear EP; heat gun; Recollections - rhinestones
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #30 E is for Easter!

Edna's all ready to do the Bunny Hop!

Good morning crafty peeps! It's time for a new challenge at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS! The next two weeks are brought to you by the letter E - for Easter! That's right, Edna and the Sisters challenge you to make an Easter card or project. ☺ Last challenge I made a cutsie card with no snark on it - I broke out in hives. So, I remedied it this go around:

 Here's the inside:

Love this bunny stamp! It just speaks to my snarky heart! LOL! I hope that you get a chance to play along with the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for the Easter challenge. The Sisters want to thank both Majo and Glo for jumping in at the last minute to fill in for Jane, our newest Queen of Snark, who is on vacation at the moment. But don't worry, she'll be joining us for another challenge soon! If you have a chance, please check out the awesome creations that my Sisters made for this challenge - Sooooo amazing! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this card at Nacho Average Challenge #133

Supplies:

Stamps: Crackerbox Palace - Chocolate Bunnies; Hero Arts - Celebrate Everyday

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa

DP: MME - Dolled Up

CS: Darice; scraps

Accessories: GC; Std. Sm circles & Classic Scallop circle Nesties; brown marker

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner