Shopping Our Stash #133 - Use something new

Good Morning and Happy New Year my friends! Today marks the beginning of my new term with the Shopping Our Stash crew! I'm so excited to have been invited to be on this design team! Since it's the start of a new year, our first challenge is about using something new on your project! Perhaps you received some crafty goodness from Santa - now is your chance to stop admiring and petting the pretty packages and actually USE what's inside! LOL!  Here's what I came up with:

the finished inside:

My new supplies (new to me, at least ☺) are the stamps and the bling. I covered the card base with some DP from my stash. I took some white card stock and stamped the word bubble repeatedly in gray and once in purple then added the additional sentiment. I lined both sides with the bling strips and adhered the panel with foam squares. It still needed something to me, so I stamped another word bubble in purple, fussy cut and adhered it over the original one with more foam squares. Me likey much better! LOL! A bit more DP and another sentiment on the inside, some corner rounding, and I was done.

I hope you get the chance to play along this week at Shopping Our Stash and use some of the new goodies you have! Please be sure to also stop by my teammates blogs to see what crafty deliciousness they came up with!

Thanks for dropping in, now go forth and get your craft on!

Chris
Supplies
Stamps Mama Elephant - Hello 
Ink: Ranger DI - Dusty Concord; Memento - Gray Flannel
DP: Teresa Collins - Sweet Afternoon
CS: Darice
Accessories: Recollections - rhinestone strips; Fiskars corner rounder
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam squares

True friends...

Hello and Happy New Year! This is my first post of the new year. I hope your holidays were fabulous! We drove home to be with family and friends in Illinois and Wisconsin. It was truly a very merry Christmas! (coming back with colds didn't even put a damper on it!) After spending a few days not doing anything, ahem, I finally got back into my craft room and made this card using Sweet Sunday Sketch #201:

 

Here is the inside:

using this sketch:

I inked up a stamp I've had for a few months, but never used until now. My best friend and I both adore Anne of Green Gables and I bought this set specifically with her in mind. If you've ever watched the movies, Anne says "kindred spirits" at least a gazillion times, so of course the inside was custom made using it! LOL! 

Thanks for hanging out with me for a bit. I hope you get the chance to play along with this challenge - Karen's sketches are so wonderful to work with! Stay crafty my peeps!

Chris

Supplies:

Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie - Anne of Green Gables

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Antique Linen

DP: MME - Collectable

CS: Darice (white); Bazzill (blue)

Accessories: Grand Calibur, Std. Lg & Sm Circle Nesties; Spectrum Noir markers; inside sentiment printed from Microsoft Word

Drunken Stampers #156 Person: Marilyn Monroe

Hello and good morning! I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and that Santa gave you everything you wished for! LOL!

It's a new week at the Drunken Stampers challenge blog. This weeks person/place/thing challenge is a person - Marilyn Monroe! (or you can use the sub theme and make something with glam or glamorous!)

My team the Tropical Hooters are up to inspire you this week! Here's what I dreamed up:

Clip Art to the rescue! Again! A bit of glitter paper, some rhinestones, and a printed quote make for an easy card! And look at it sparkle! LOL! You may have noticed that there is no picture of the inside. That's because I haven't finished it. (a rarity for me!) I'm not sure if this will be a graduation, a congratulations, or a just because card. I'll figure it out. Sometime. ☺

That's it for me! Please make sure to see what my teammates dreamed up for your viewing pleasure over at the Drunken Stampers blog! Thanks for stopping by and stay crafty my friends!

Chris
Supplies:
American Crafts - glitter paper
CS: Recollections
Accessories: Clip Art and sentiment printed from internet; Grand Calibur; Labels One Nestie; Recollections - rhinestones; Berwick - tinsel cord
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam squares; Glue Dots; Recollections red tape

Secret revealed!

I have happy news to share! I was invited to be one of the new design team members over at Shopping Our Stash! I'm so excited!

My term will start in January, but why not play along with their current challenge: #131: Use one color on your project. This is a great blog, as it challenges you to actually USE your stash!! All paper craft hoarders welcome! LOL!

Happy Happy Joy Joy!

Chris

Oh Ship!

Ok, so yes, the last couple of posts have been about belated birthday cards. It's December. Christmas approaches. We've had a medical crisis with a family member. I wasn't focused and missed birthdays. It happens. At least I didn't lose my sense of humor. Here look, see:

Here's the inside:

Punny sentiments? Oh, hell yes please! LOL! I'm a firm believer in the "humor is the best medicine" theory. Plus, my family is just as nuts as I am (apple. tree.), and my nephew, for which this is intended, will get a kick out of it.

Anyhooo, that's it for me. I'm not sure I'll be blogging the next couple of days. Christmas is upon us. So, just in case, I hope that you and your family have a very Merry Christmas! Enjoy!

Chris
Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Wicked Nauticool, Birthday Sampler
Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa; Ranger DI - Walnut Stain
DP: MME - Indie Chic
CS: Darice; Recollections
Accessories: Grand Calibur; Paper Smooches - Border 1 Dies; Making Memories - Alpha stickers
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik Permanent, 3D Foam Squares; Elmer's extra strength glue stick; Glue Dots

Ah Crap!

Another stellar post title! LOL! Ok, this is really going to be short and sweet. The challenge I'm using ends in less than two hours. (I'll never learn! HA!) I apologize for the, ahem, crappy, pictures. It's dark out now so I just went with the flow. (OMG! Punny bathroom humor! I just kill myself! Buahahahaha!)

Here is the inside:

I'm using the (almost not) current sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches #229. I keep forgetting about this cool challenge blog. (Any chance you can add a "subscribe by Bloglovin" and/or by email on your sidebar? That would be awesome!)

Ok, so back to my card. Yep, totally used the chalkboard technique to stamp a toilet and plunger. LOL! I have a very twisted sense of humor. I make no apologies. (wink)  I doodled the lines and dots with a white Prismacolor pencil, then went over the dots with a blue pencil. The heart was colored in first with the white then colored over in the red pencil. (Otherwise, if you use the colored pencils directly on the black card stock, you won't see them hardly at all. A tip, from me to you!) On the inside, I masked part of a sentiment stamp from Unity's December 2012 KOM, the rest is from a tiny set by Lawn Fawn.

That's it for me. Got to get some dinner started for the hubby and myself. Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening!

Chris
Supplies:
Stamps: Unity - Ah Crap set, December 2012 KOM; Lawn Fawn - Year Two set
Ink: Clear Snap - Frost White; Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Walnut Stain
DP: October Afternoon - 9 to 5
CS: Recollections
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils; Fiskars border punch; heat gun
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam squares

Hey Stud....

How's that for a blog title! Buahahaha!

I have to try and make this a quick post before the hubby comes back from the driving range. This is his birthday card and I don't want him to see it yet!

the inside:

I really wanted the playing cards paper as my background to go along with the hey stud sentiment. (See what I did there? Hey stud - 5 card stud? A card game. Get it? Anyone? Bueller?) Ok, well the association game I may not be good at, but when I was making this card last night, I thought it was a brilliant idea. I also may have been into my second glass of wine by then. Just sayin'. (wink)

I used the (just about not) current sketch from Mojo Mondays #324. (Procrastinate? Me? Say it ain't so!)

Thanks for hanging out with me. And now I must go and hide this card! Have a great day!

Chris
Supplies:
Stamps: Unity - Hey Stud Itty Bitty; July 2012 KOM
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Walnut Stain
DP: Carta Bella - Well Played
CS: Recollections
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent

Party Time....

Hi there and happy Friday! Just wanted to pop in to share a card I made for one of my nieces. I'm using the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch #58, and, since I got my bling on with this card, I'm entering this in the current Simon Says Stamp Wed. challenge - Bling It On:

Here is the inside...

Glitter paper, rhinestones, and sequins. Can't get much more blingy than that! LOL!

Now I'm off to wrap presents and get some last minute cards made. Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Chris
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Birthday Sampler; Borderlicious
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Lady Bug
CS: Darice; American Crafts Glitter paper
Accessories: Grand Calibur; Paper Smooches - Drink Glasses dies; Recollections - rhinestones; Nicole Crafts - sequins; Fiskars corner rounder
Adhesive: SA by 3L - MyStik Permanent, 3D foam squares; Glue Dots; Helmar 450 glue

Winter Wonderland....

Good morning crafty peeps! I hope you all had a great weekend! I finally got the rest of my Christmas decorations up, saw the new Hobbit-2 movie, and got some house cleaning done. (If you know me, housework is NOT my strength. So it was a personal victory for me. LOL!) I also made more cards. Here's one of them:

Here's the inside:

I've challenged myself to use more scraps, stamps that have never seen ink, and embellies that I keep hoarding. I did pretty good with this card. Even used both of my die cutting machines! (Slice and Grand Calibur) I cut the snowflakes from three colors of card stock with the Slice, then cut the circles with the GC. After gluing the green strip, I adhered the circles and snowflakes, switching out the colors. I was originally going to put rhinestones in the center, but remembered that I had these wooden snowflakes. Out came the mists and Shimmerz! When they were dry, I glued them with Helmar 450 adhesive. (Those bad boyz ain't going nowhere! HA!) I stamped the sentiment in the corner, and another simple sentiment finished the inside.

I've used the sketch from CAS(E) this sketch #57, the colors from Color Throwdown #272, and the 'Let it snow' themes for CAS-ual Fridays #123 and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.

Thanks for hanging out with me and I hope you have a great day!

Chris
Supplies:
Stamps: BoBunny - Holiday Wishes
Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel
CS: scraps
Accessories: Grand Calibur; Std. Circles Small Nesties; Slice die cut machine and Noel cartridge: Recollections - wooden snowflakes; Tattered Angels Graphite Glimmer Mist; Maya Road Mist - Eggplant Purple; Shimmerz Pearls - Blue By You; Q-tip
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik Permanent; Helmar 450

Merry Kissmoose....

Hello again. Here's another card I made last night. Yes, the design is very similar to the one I just posted, just changed up a little.

Here's the inside:

I liked this super simple design so I made another card with it. Both sentiments are heat embossed and I rounded one corner of the card. This time I stamped, colored, and fussy cut the moose. He's popped up on the popped up banner. I also added a pearl to his hat and gave him googly eyes. (Gotta love a googly eyed moose! HA!)

I'm entering this one in the Paper Smooches Sparks - Anything Goes challenge.

Ok, I'm done for now. I have more cards to make. (That always helps, since I have to mail them out still!) Thanks for hanging out with me. I hope you have a great day!

Chris
Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Chubby Chum Pals; Joyful Greetings
Ink: Versa Mark; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo
DP: MME - Signature Christmas
CS: Bazzill; Copic X-Press It
Accessories: Grand Calibur; Paper Smooches - Flag Tag dies; Spectrum Noir markers; Stampendous - White EP; heat gun; Prima - pearl; Nicole Crafts - googly eyes; Fiskars corner rounder
Adhesives: SA by 3L - 3D foam squares; Helmar 450 adhesive