STAMPlorations Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge reminder

Good morning and welcome!

I'm just popping in with a reminder about the October

Theme & Photo Prompt challenge 

over at STAMPlorations!

Here's the card I made: 

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commission at no extra cost to you.]

And the inside:

The main panel was cut using the Crazy Double Running Stitch rectangle dies.

The flowers are from the Bloomfully Sparkle stamp set. I heat embossed

it in gold, then used powder inks to water color the image. Once dry, I fussy

cut it and gave it a good coating of Pearl Glimmer Mist for some

major shimmer. I stamped the sentiment from the

Sketched: Simple Gift set, notched an end and also adhered on foam squares.

The inside sentiment comes from the Birthday Bash stamp set. 

 

I hope that you find some time this month to play along

at STAMPlorations Theme & Photo Prompt challenge.

We'd love to see your creations in the gallery!

 

For the Theme & Photo Prompt challenge prizes, one entry will win a $20 gift code

to be picked by one member of the design team. Also, 3 randomly selected entries

will each receive a $7 gift code.

 

If you happen to place an order in the STAMPlorations shop,

feel free to use my personal discount code, STAMPGIRLCHRIS

for an extra 20% off. 

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Bloomfully: Sparkle; Sketched: Simple Gift; Birthday Bash

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Gray Flannel

DP: Kaisercraft - Mountain Air

CS: Strathmore mixed media paper; Core'dinations

Accessories: Magenta Nuance powder dyes - grass green, jade, golden yellow, orange, scarlet; MISTI; Stampendous - champagne EP; heat gun; GC; CUTplorations - crazy double running stitch rectangle dies; Nicole - rhinestones; water and paint brush; Tattered Angels - pearl Glimmer Mist

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

 

 

SHOPPING OUR STASH #431 - Happy Fall Y'all!

 

Happy Tuesday to you and welcome!

It's time for a new challenge at 

SHOPPING OUR STASH!

I'm your hostess this fortnight. The cooler temps and turning of the

leaves have inspired this challenge. We are looking for your

Autumn themed/Autumn holiday projects!

Be it Thanksgiving, Halloween, a fall birthday or thank you card, we want

to see it! Here's what I came up with:

Here's the inside:

Admittedly, this is a new stamp set, but just look at that

adorable fox image! The papers that I used are at least 6 years old, 

and of course the oval dies are probably one of the first ones I bought.

I hope that you find some time to join us in our Fall themed

challenge at Shopping Our Stash!

We'd love to see how you interpret it. For more ideas, simply visit

the blogs of my teammies to see what fantastic creations

they've made. Thanks for visiting!

 

I'd like to enter this at TGIF #285

 

 

Supplies:

Stamps: PhotoPlay - Mad 4 Plaid Fall

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa; Ranger DI - Antique Linen

DP: American Crafts - Night Fall

CS: Thunderbolt; Spectrum Noir; Bazzill

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; SB - Std Lg & Sm Oval Nesties; Sunny Studio - Slimline Basic Borders; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Ranger - multi matte medium 

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #170 - C is for Chalkboard

 

 

 

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

There's a new challenge starting at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS! 

C is for Chalkboard!

Some of the Sisters went with the chalkboard technique, some

made their cards look like a chalkboard sign, others 

were very creative in interpreting this challenge.

I did a bit of both the chalkboard technique and created

my card to look like a sign:

 

Barely no effort went into the making of this card. LOL!

The sign I recreated from this inspiration pic:

 

The sentiment is from a magnet I have on my fridge. LOL!

 I hope that you find some time this fortnight to play along

in our Chalkboard challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more ideas, do check out what my Sistahs, and our newest

reigning Queen, Michelle, have created for your viewing pleasure.

 Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

CS: Taylored Expressions; scraps

Ink: Colorbox - Frost White

Accessories: GC; Darice - Wood grain EF; MFT - vertical greetings II die; Spectrum Noir Metallic

markers - Blue Topaz, Amethyst; Sakura - white Gelly Roll pen; cottonball

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

STAMPlorations October Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge!

Good morning and welcome crafty friends! Can you believe we've made it thru to

October?! It seemed like February thru May dragged on for a whole year, then when June showed up, 

whoosh! The months started flying by! 

Well, now that the summer is just about over, the 

STAMPlorations Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge

is starting up again. Yay! 

Above is your inspiration for the month of October, and here is the

card I created:

 [This post contains affiliate links. When you click on them and place an order, I will receive a small 

commission at no extra cost to you.]

I started by creating a panel of kraft card stock and using the Mosaic Slimline Stencil

with a few Distress Inks. Over that I splattered some black ink spray.

Putting that aside to dry, I die cut the Zen Coffee Cup Layering dies, the solid in

dark brown card stock, and the detail in metallic gold. The sentiment is one from

the Literary Caffeine-ations stamp set. Once I adhered the panel to the kraft card base, I wrapped some rust floss around it, 

then adhered the coffee mug and sentiment with foam squares.

I hope that you'll play along this month! We'd love to see 

your take on the theme & photo prompt.

If you feel the need to shop at STAMPlorations, feel free to

use my personal discount code -

STAMPGIRLCHRIS

for an extra 20% off! 

Thanks for visiting, I hope you have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Literary Caffeine-ations

Ink: Ranger DI - Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo; Memento - Rich Cocoa

CS: Thunderbolt; Bazzill

DP: Bazzill - metallic gold

Accessories: ARTplorations - Mosaic Slimline Stencil; CUTplorations - Zen Coffee Cup Layering dies; GC; DMC floss; Picket Fence Studios - blending brushes; Dylusions - Black Mable Ink Spray;

MISTI; SB - Std Sm circle nesties

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #430 - On Trend: Slimline cards

Happy Tuesday and welcome!

The new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH starts

today, and we are getting all trendy, as in,

Slimline cards!

 

Here's my take on the slimline card:

and the inside:

I've only just started to make this size card. At the time I made this a few weeks

ago, I didn't have any slimline stencils or dies....but I do now! 

I like this different size as a nice change of pace from the standard 

A2 card I usually make. I used some older DP and die cut three

scalloped squares, matted them with brown card stock and adhered

to the card base. I remembered that I had this package of flowers

and selected a few to add. A simple sentiment and some

rhinestones finish my card.

I hope that you find some time to play along in our Slimline Card

challenge at Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see your projects

in our gallery. For more ideas, simply check out what my teammies

have created to inspire you!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Offset Saying:Birthday; Stampendous - Birthday Wish

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa

DP: My Mind's Eye - Indie Chic

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Tim Holtz - Botanical Layers; GC; Nicole - Scalloped Square die; MISTI; Recollections rhinestones

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #169 - S is for Slider

Hello and happy Saturday!

It's time again for a new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight is brought to you by the letter 

S - for Slider!

That's right, we are looking for slider cards!

Here's what I came up with:

and when you pull the sliders....

Here's the inside:

Now it's your turn! We can't wait to see what you come up with for 

our Slider challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more ideas, and out of the box ways of making sliders, do check

out what my teammies have come up with to inspire you!

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

Stamps: Art Impressions - Golden Oldies Jean; Riley & Co. - Damn Girl; Technique Tuesday - Umpteenth Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Pink Paislee - Birthday Bash

CS: TE; Darice; Spectrum Noir

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Lawn Fawn - double slider surprise die; poop bag; MISTI; Ranger - Glossy Accents, Diamond Stickles

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #429 - Make A Mess

Hello and welcome crafty friends!

This fortnight at SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we want you to get messy!

Think glitter, powder inks, paint, etc.

I broke out my sadly neglected gel press, some paints and

stencils and made some prints. I quartered one of them to

create four cards!

Here are some close ups:

#1

#2

#3

#4

This is my favorite one from the bunch. I love this technique!

I hope that you find some time to join in our Make A Mess challenge

at Shopping Our Stash! We can wait to see what you come up with.

Need more ideas? Simply visit the blogs of my teammies to see

their projects.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies for all cards:

DecoArt Americana Acrylic paint - berry red, winter blue, coral blush, tangerine, white

Gel Press

brayer 

copy paper

Stencils: Dylusions - Arrows; ARTplorations - Confetti Circles

Imagine ink blushers

Card #1:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Gone Postal

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: GC: CUTplorations - Cheers word die; MISTI; Spectrum Noir markers; Sizzix - Dots EF; WOS pen

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

Card #2:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Sentiment Builder-Celebrate

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: GC; CUTplorations - Happy word die; MISTI; Avery Elle - Citrus Blend sequins

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

Card #3:

Stamps: Winnie & Walter - Big Bold & Party

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: GC; W&W - big bold & party dies; MISTI; Nuvo Glitter Drops - Summer Sunrise

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - MMM

Card #4:

Stamps: Simon says stamp - Messages for Everyday

Ink: Versamark

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: GC; Taylored Expressions - Sweet & Simple Upper Alpha dies; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - MMM

Hues of color...

Good morning crafty peeps!

I hope that those who are celebrating this Labor Day

weekend are having fun (while maintaining your

social distancing, of course. 😉)

I'm popping in with a card I made for a brand spanking new

challenge - Color Hues #1!

These are the colors to use:

As some of the design team had, I also thought 'sunflowers'

immediately when the hues were revealed.

Here's what I came up with:

and the inside:

I gathered my much neglected Distress Inks in all the greens and yellows I had,

then took an agonizingly long time trying to figure out which colors to

use for these color layering stamps. Once I had that hurdle behind me,

I set about stamping the NBUS flowers and leaves.

I chose kraft for my card base and also cut out a herringbone die

for some added texture. The 'Happy' die cut and birthday sentiment

are from the same stamp & die set, (also NBUS).

The centers of the sunflowers got Winked, then I added a smattering

of rhinestones for some extra shiny bling.

Congrats to Nancy for starting up this fun new challenge! I'll definitely

be playing in future challenges!

That's all for now. It's a glorious day out,

and I want to be out in it. 😎

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

I'd also like to enter this at:

NBUS Challenge #18 

Seize the Birthday #198  - no toppings, unless you count the sunflower as golden...?!

Supplies:

Stamps: Sunny Studio - Sunflower Fields; Hero Arts - Happy stamp & cut; Taylored Expressions - In & Out Birthday

Ink: Ranger DI - squeezed lemonade, mustard seed, scattered straw, fossilized amber, shabby shutters, mowed lawn, pine needles; Memento - rich cocoa

CS: Thunderbolt; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: GC; Sunny Studio - Frilly Frames Herringbone die; Hero Arts - Happy die; Recollections & Hampton Arts - Rhinestones; MISTI

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #168 - F is for Friend

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

It's time for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

For the next two weeks, we want to see your projects that

focus on Friends!

Here's the card I made:

This stamp set was part of a package that I won last year (or two years

ago, I can't recall), but it's the first time I've inked this up.

No snark this time around, but here are a couple of Oompa Loompas.

And hey, a punny sentiment!

Now it's your turn! Edna, my Sisters, and our reigning Queen Bev look forward to seeing 

what you create for this challenge! 

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!

I'd like to enter this at NBUS Challenge #18

Supplies:

Stamps: Kindred Stamps - Candy Man

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Lady Bug, Dandelion, Tangelo, Cottage Ivy, Bahama Blue, Grape Jelly; VersaMark

DP: Sunny Studio - Polka Dot Parade

CS: Spectrum Noir; TE; Darice

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; Gemini; Sunny Studio - Stitched Semi Circle die; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; Sakura - white Gelly Roll pen; Prismacolor Sepia pencil

Adhesive: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & thin 3D foam squares; Score Tape

SHOPPING OUR STASH #428 - A Color Challenge

Hello crafty friends and welcome!

Can you believe it's the first day of September already?!

To me it felt like February thru May took all year to get through, then,

WHOOSH! June thru August sped right on by! 

To help ease into this new month, the new challenge starts at

SHOPPING OUR STASH! This fortnight brings you a color challenge:

We'd like for you to use at least three of these colors: Mustard, Orange, Purple, Dark Green, Pale Green and Gray. Neutrals are OK to use (white, black, brown, kraft, beige). 

Here's what I came up with:

and the inside:

I loved the rich, vibrant colors in the inspiration photo, and originally

thought to use flowers. But, I picked this photo at least a month ago, and

completely forgot which flower stamp I wanted to use for it. (typical)

So instead, I used all the colors to create my Halloween card.

I hope that you find some time to play along in our color challenge at 

Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see your take on the colors.

Looking for more ideas? Simply visit the blogs of my teammies where

they will delight you with their projects!

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Falling For You, Halloweenies; Taylored Expressions - Mini Strips Halloween; Hampton Arts - Beware

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Black Soot

DP: American Crafts - Haunted

CS: Spectrum Noir; Darice; Bazzill

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; GC; Taylored Expressions - Frayed Edge die, Mini Strips dies; Lawn Fawn - grassy border die; Ranger - Glossy Accents & Diamond Stickles

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares; TE - foam sticky strips