Holly Jolly

Hey all. It's Sunday morning and I have a card to share for a couple challenges. It's the first Christmas card I've made this year. I am way behind in that! This was made using sketch #172 from Freshly Made Sketches and Merry Monday #144.

 Here's the inside:

I stamped and heat embossed the snowman and inked around the edges with Antique Linen DI. It's popped up on foam squares over the embossed panel and strip of DP with the twine tied around it. I spritzed the wooden snowflake with Sapphire Glimmer Mist. A simple sentiment finishes the inside.

I'm off to enter this, as one of these challenges is about to expire. Procrastination - it's my Super Power! LOL! 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies
Stamps: Inkadinkado; Hero Arts
Ink: VersaMark; Memento - Nautical Blue; Ranger DI - Antique Linen
DP: MME - Signature Christmas
CS: The Paper Co.; Darice
Accessories: GC; Cuttlebug - D'vine Swirls EF; Stampendous EP; heat gun; Doodlebug twine; Recollections - wooden snowflake; Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Ranger - Glossy Accents; Recollections - red tape

Blog Candy Winner....

I almost forgot to do this today. I don't have a fancy shmancy raffle-copter thingy. I have a marker that I used to write down names on some scrap paper. Once folded into teeny tiny bits, I put them in a cup. Then I shook the cup up and asked Andy to pick a name. While he was unfolding the teeny tiny bit, he said "May the odds be EVER in your favor!" BUAHAHAHAHA! And the winner is......

Congrats, Donna! I'll get your blog candy out to you! Thanks all who left comments. I noticed that I'm getting really close to 500 blog posts. Perhaps I'll have to do another blog candy giveaway soon. :) 

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #27 - 50 Shades of Grey

Oh yeah, that's right. The SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS have a new challenge, and it's has to do with Grey - make a card or project based off of the book/movie 50 Shades of Grey, or for those of you who want to go less risque', just use the color grey! 

Well, you know me, I went with a more risque' approach:

 Here's the inside:

I purchased the digi image from The Stamping Chef before they closed. Don't worry, like the phoenix, the store has re-emerged as Slinky Tart! She's colored with Spectrum Noir markers. My sentiments are computer generated. (My printer is on it's last leg and I desperately need a new one!) I printed out a free clipart image of handcuffs. (Because, you just need handcuffs!)

Ready to play along? I just bet you are! I can't wait to see what you create for the 50 Shades of Grey challenge! Don't forget to link up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers so we can see it! While there, please leave some bloggy love for my Sistahs, and our newest Queen of Snark, Amy! You won't be disappointed! Thanks for hanging out, I hope you have a fantastic day!

Supplies:
Stamps: The Stamping Chef - 50 Shades of Smexy digi
Ink: Ranger DI - Worn Lipstick
CS: Darice; Copic  X-Press It
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Labels 14 Nesties; Cuttlebug - Chicken Wire EF; sentiments & handcuffs printed from computer
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam squares; Scotch - scrapbooker's glue; Glue Dots

JUST US GIRLS #279 - Word Week

It's Word Week  at JUST US GIRLS. Cheryl is our Hostess this week and she's picked the word LOVE as your inspiration. Since V-Day is rapidly approaching, this is a fantastic challenge to get those last minute lovey-dovey cards made! Here's my take:

Here's the inside:

My apologies for the shoddy print job. The sentiments are computer generated, and my printer is on it's last leg. I desperately need a new one! The lady says "I love you" and the man says "Is that you or the wine talking?" I think you can read the inside well enough! LOL! I printed the front sentiments on vellum, because I didn't want to cover up the stamped background panel completely. The Mr. and Mrs. are stamped on white cs, fussy cut, adhered to black cs and fussy cut again. (Because that's how I roll) The metal heart stickers on the word bubbles were used because 1) they were heart shaped and 2) they hide the foam dots used to stick them to the card.

Ready to play along? Sure you are! Just be sure to link up your card or project at Just Us Girls! Don't forget to check out what my amazingly talented teammates, and our February Guest Designer, Stephanie, have created for your viewing pleasure! Remember, if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of the February challenges, you'll be in the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of April! I look forward to seeing what you create! 

Challenges I'm entering this in:

The Male Room #3 - Valentines

Quirky Crafts Challenge #3 - Love

Riley and Co. - Love

Naughty or Nice Challenge #12 - Feel the Love

Supplies

Stamps: Riley & Co.; Paper Smooches

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Lady Bug

CS: Darice; The Paper Co.

Accessories: GC; Paper Smooches - word bubble dies; Colorbok - metal heart stickers; Recollections - vellum; black Sharpie pen; sentiments computer generated

Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam squares; AC - foam dots

SHOPPING OUR STASH #18 - Gettin' Inky

So, if you read my last SHOPPING OUR STASH post, you know that I had some major computer problems (obviously, they have been solved). So, it is now Sunday night (Superbowl Sunday is about to start), and I'm blogging. Cuz I want to make sure this is scheduled on time. Yay me! 

Our new challenge is to USE YOUR OLDEST INK! I had a bit of a melt down with this challenge, as my oldest inks are Memento - Tuxedo Black and Lady Bug. Luckily, Valentine's Day is coming up, so I managed to come up with this little beauty:

 and the inside:

It's hard to tell, but that fancy frame was first stamped with VersaMark, then Tuxedo Black before stamping on the white panel. I heat embossed it with clear EP. The glasses were die cut three times and adhered together for a bit of dimension. I added Diamond Stickles and some rhinestones from my stash to them for a little sparkle. (Gotta have some sparkle!) The Lady Bug ink comes into play on the inside.

So, time to break out those ancient inks and use them! Just remember to link up at Shopping Our Stash so we can see what you did! When there, please check out what my teammies dreamed up to enchant and inspire you! Thanks for hanging out, and I hope that you have a fantabulous day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Unity - Twisted Metal Tags & Accents; Paper Smooches - Incognito

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Lady Bug

CS: PS (red); Darice (white)

Accessories: GC; Paper Smooches - Glasses dies; WOW! - clear EP; heat gun; Ranger - Diamond Stickles; rhinestones from stash

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Scotch - Scrapbooker's glue

JUST US GIRLS #278 - Wild Card Week

Hey crafty peeps! Since there's 5 Saturdays this month, we have a Wild Card week at JUST US GIRLS! Nancy is your Hostess this time and she challenges you to make a project with the sentiment as the focal point! Here's my card:

and the inside:

I just got this sentiment die set in the mail the other day (and in the nick of time, since I really wanted to use it for this challenge!) I die cut it three times, first from the white panel, a second from white cs, and a third from the aqua cs. Then I just glued the layers together for a bit of dimension.

 Ta-da!!

I found some dimensional flower stickers in my stash and added them to the frame to finish the front. A couple sentiment stamps finish the inside. Oh, and that white ribbon? That was left over from the floral arrangements I made for our wedding, going on 24 years ago! How's THAT for using some old stash! LOL! 

I hope you get the chance to play along this week at Just Us Girls! Make sure you check out the fabulous designs my teammates have made to inspire you. It's also the last post for our January Guest Designer, Judy Woodland. Thanks so much Judy, for all your amazing creations this month! We'll miss you, but I'm sure you'll still be playing along in the future! Remember, that if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our January challenges, you'll be in the running as our Guest Designer for the month of March!

Have a fantastic day!

Supplies

Stamps: Recollections; Paper Smooches - Happy Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Pebbles - Garden Party

CS: Darice; scraps

Accessories: GC; Paper Smooches - Birthday Words dies; Slice die cutter & Vintage Findings cartridge; Studio 112 - flower stickers; ribbon from my stash; Fiskars - corner rounder

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Scotch Scrapbooker's glue; Elmer's glue stick

And now for something completely different.....

Hello and happy Friday! Woot! Woot!

Last week I was looking up yarn wreaths on Pinterest, and holy crow! There are, like, a gazillion on there! I wanted to make one for my front door for Valentine's Day. The one I made about 8 years ago has finally started to disintegrate, so it was time for a new one. I came up with this:

My front door is red, so I knew I wanted a vanilla wreath, and I also wanted to make felt flowers. I Googled 'felt flower tutorials' and while perusing one of the many links, I found the tutorial for that amazingly gorgeous dahlia flower! You can find the tutorial here. Rachel even has a free template that you can download - very generous! The red roses are another video tutorial I found here. For the vanilla/medium pink flowers, I cut a 3" vanilla circle and a 3-1/2" pink circle. I cut a wonky spiral in both. Finding a few pearl beads in my stash, I wrapped the vanilla felt around it, hot gluing every so often to secure. Then I continued with the pink. The tiny grey roses were die cut using a rose die from MFT. It's a lot of fussy cutting, and a lot of hot gluing. (I only have a couple singed fingers - yay me!) Oh, and that wreath took me at least 3-1/2 hours to wrap. Best to do it at night while (sort of) watching your favorite TV shows. ☺ The only thing I regret doing is adding the glitter glue on the red roses. I wanted a little sparkle on this (who wouldn't?) but my Diamond Stickles bottle is running very low. I had another bottle from someone else so I used that. Big mistake. I thought it would dry clear. Nope. Oh well, you live and learn. It still looks gorgeous. Here are some more pics:

(my glue gun cord wasn't long enough to reach my dining room table. 

No worries. TV tray to the rescue!)

 Here it is hanging on my front door

I just love how this looks!!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

SHOPPING OUR STASH #186 - Love Me Do

I really need to start scheduling my posts as soon as I make my cards. (you know, instead of the day before. *koff*) I'm really late to the party. This weekend my computer started giving me problems. Problems as in I couldn't link to anything. Nothing. Nada. Monday, it completely crashed on me. I was NOT happy, and when Momma isn't happy, ain't NOBODY happy!! Luckily, I'm married to a programmer (I.T. Guy) who, after working hard all day trying to fix glitches in the office software, and trying not to kill any number of the company's outside sales reps (who I swear throw their laptops off of high buildings then take it in to Andy and ask him why it won't work and can you fix it?), comes home to his frazzled wife bitching about politely asking if he could work on our computer and fix it. Luckily he could, but not until yesterday. Today I was working for the little blue haired lady I care for and haven't been around all day until now. So, that's my story and I'm sticking with it.

Now that I'm off my soapbox, I'll bet you'd like to see what I made for the new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH? (Which, as the title suggests, is to make a LOVE-themed project.) 

 here's the inside:

Using the now over with Freshly Made Sketch #170, I made a Valentine's Day card. Except for the larger heart dies, everything used is at least a year old. The rhinestone swirls are probably close to 4 years old. (Hoarder? Me?) I even Frankensteined the bits and pieces I had left together. (A term  that Lauren brought to my attention that I've fully embraced.) ☺

With VD approaching (the holiday, you silly!), now's the time to get your card or project made. Just link it up at Shopping Our Stash so we can see it! While there, check out what my amazing teammates created for your viewing pleasure. Thanks for stopping by, and again sorry for the delay! Have a wonderful day!

Supplies

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Good Gab; Hero Arts - Celebrate Everyday

Ink: Memento - Paris Dusk

DP: Glitz - Love You Madly

CS: Darice; scrap

Accessories: GC; MFT - Hearts Border & Hearts a Plenty Die-Namics; Recollections - rhinestone swirls; Fiskars - corner rounder

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS - #26: 1 Year Anniversary Blog!!!!!

HOLY CRAP!!!! IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE WE STARTED THE SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS BLOG!! Can you even wrap your head around that?!!! To celebrate for this fortnight, we are doing a SNARKER'S CHOICE challenge! Just pick one of our challenges from this past year and make a card/project using it. (Tell us which challenge you used!)

 

 For my card, I used #15 K is for Kraft challenge. Going back and looking at this card, I really didn't like it. (I know, I'm my own worst critic. Aren't you the same way?) Here's my re-make:

 

Here's the inside:

 

Well, it IS a birthday celebration, right!? I stamped the beer mug image on kraft paper and colored it using my Prismacolor pencils. Oh how I love how this came out! Even more, I used a DecoArt Snow Writer to mimic the suds. Holy crow! It looks amazing! I made this a guy card, using the diamond plate EF (smudging Frost White and Silver ink over it), a bit of "guy" themed patterned paper, and  some brass brads, because, what the hell?!

Oh, and BTW, because of our 1 year anniversary, I'm going to give away some blog candy to a lucky commenter! Yeah, that's right, blog candy!!

 (Disclaimer: I took the shrink wrap off the Peacock Feathers DI only after realizing I already had it in my ink arsenal. It's never been opened. Like you've never done that before!)

So, now you have a major interest in making a card or project for our Anniversary challenge and linking it up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!    (Just be sure to let us know which past challenge you used for your new creation! We're not mind readers, you know! LOL!) While there, please check out what my Sistahs, and our newest Queen of Snark - Paige, has dreamed up to inspire you! Thanks for stopping by, and may the crafty force be with you! LOL!

Supplies

Stamps: Unity - Keep Calm, have a beer; Celebrate Big; Studio G - Alpha stamps

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Clear Snap - Frost White, Silver

DP: LYB - Generation Z

CS: Recollections (kraft); Darice (black)

Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils; DecoArt - Snow Writer; Fiskars - pinking shears; Brads from my stash; GC; Cuttlebug - Diamond Plate EF

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

JUST US GIRLS #277 Photo Week!

 

 Hello and good morning crafty peeps! I'm the hostess with the mostest this week at JUST US GIRLS! It's Photo Week, and since Valentine's Day is just around the corner, I found this super cute image to inspire you! Here's the card I came up with:

 

 Here's the inside:

 

I thought I'd make a round card just to mix things up a bit. I found an older Mojo Monday sketch (#317) to work from, and just had fun mixing papers, and using new (to me) items: the grand scalloped circle & heart Nesties, the heart embossing folder, and that sentiment stamp (that I've had for a couple years but just now got around to inking up). I didn't have any in between heart dies for the black mats, so I traced the dies I used and fussy cut them out. (because I'm crazy like that) Oh, and when I opened my bag-o-sequins, it somehow fell out of my hand and those little buggers went EVERYWHERE! Fun times here in the ol' craft cave, I tell ya. ;) 

I hope that you get a chance to play along this week at Just Us Girls! Please check out the incredible creations of my uber talented teammates, and our Guest Designer, Judy Woodland. Remember, if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of the January challenges, you'll be in the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of March! Good luck and can't wait to see what you create! Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies

Stamps: Unity - January 2013 KOM ; Hero Arts - Celebrate Everyday

Ink: Memento - Lady Bug

DP: Echo Park - Happy Days

CS: Darice

Accessories: GC; Grand Scalloped Circles & Grand Circles Nesties; Classic Scalloped Hearts Nesties; Darice - layered heart background EF; Nicole - sequins; ribbon from my stash

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner and foam squares; Recollections - red tape; Ranger - Glossy Accents