It's Christmas card making mode now!

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

Look at that, it's already almost halfway through

November, and I'm way behind making

my Christmas cards. My crafty mojo has

been MIA for the last 4 months or so,

and it finally reappeared at the end of October.

I did finally start on cards last month, and will

be posting about them soon. In the

meantime, here's a little something

that I came up with:

I'm finally playing with the Christmas Poinsettias card kit from

My Favorite Things, that I purchased in September. A lot

of die cutting, a snowflake embossing folder, a snippet of

paper, and some gold Stickles. Plus, the sentiment was

first stamped in black ink, then I heat embossed it with

clear embossing powder before die cutting it. 

I used another stamp from the same set to finish the inside:

I'm glad that I saved the cardstock that came with the kit, and

used what I already had on hand, because, you know, I 

really want to make those cards! LOL!

That's it for now. I appreciate that you stopped by for a visit!

Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Freshley Made Sketches #611

Shopping Our Stash #509 - Emboss Like a Boss

NBUS #56

Happy Little Stampers November ATG w/dies

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT - Christmas Wishes

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark

DP: Carta Bella - Home for Christmas

CS: Thunderbolt; Neenah; Taylored Expressions; Recollections

Accessories: MFT - Winter Poinsettias & Christmas Wishes dies; Lawn Fawn - scalloped rectangle die; Nicole - scalloped square die; Darice - Snowflake Background EF; Fiskars - corner rounder; WOW! - clear EP; heat gun; MISTI; Ranger - gold Stickles

Adhesives: 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - MMM

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers are guest elves at Christmas Kickstart Challenge #80!

 Hello and welcome!

This month at the

Christmas Kickstart Challenge

the guest elves are Edna and the sisters at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For this month's challenge,

the idea is to use NON-TRADITIONAL products and/or

color combinations to make a Christmas card.

Of course, pairing those non-traditional items with, say,

a Santa hat and holiday sentiment will be essential.

Here's what I came up with:

I used an Autmn themed stamp set, and combined it with a couple

Christmas sentiments to create my card.

I searched my stash of papers and found this paper to fussy cut

that teeny tiny wreath to hang on the door!

I may have gone cross eyed the rest of the day. LOL!

Here's the inside:

I hope that you'll join our sister Jo, and the rest of the Sisterhood

and play along this month at Christmas Kickstart #80!

We look forward to seeing what you create!

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Fanciful Fall, Gently Seasoned, Dude Block; Picket Fence Studios - Inside Quotes Christmas

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Altenew - Volcano Lake

DP: Simple Stories - Hearth & Holiday

CS: Spectrum Noir; Thunderbolt; Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; Nuvo Glitter Drops - white blizzard and ruby slippers

Adhesives: 3L - tape runner; Ranger - MMM

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS # 244 - X is for Xanadu

 

Hello and welcome friends!

I took a bit of a break but I'm back.

My fur baby injured his shoulder last month

and I put crafting on the back burner

so I could focus on getting him better.

This fortnight at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS

sounds like a doozie: Xanadu!

The definition of Xanadu is 

"An idealized place of great or idyllic magnificence and beauty."

 So, easy peasy: any place that you think is beautiful!

(There was also a movie made back in the 80's with

the same name starring Olivia Newton John. You

may see one of my teammies referencing that!)

Here's what I made:

I actually made this a couple months ago for my MIL.

I had then just recently bought the bird and flower dies.

I made two branches, one as shown with the bird tucked in,

and the other I cut apart and glued here and there on the panel.

Birds singing in a flowering dogwood tree is my kind of beautiful!

Here's the finished inside of my card:

I hope that you'll find time to play along in our

Xanadu challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

Need more inspiration? Simply check out what my

Sisters and our reigning Queen of Snark, Granne, have made

for your viewing pleasure.

Also, my sisters and I have decided to take a short break, so this will

be the last challenge for this year. We will be back the beginning

of next year with all new fun challenges!

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

I'd like to enter this at Addicted to Stamps and More #455

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Inside Birthday Sentiments

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black and whatever pink ink was left over on my blender brush

CS: Taylored Expression; Neenah; scraps

Accessories: Honey Bee - Lovely Layers Spring Birds dies, Lovely Layers Dogwood dies; Penny Black - Square Frames die; GC; MISTI

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; SA - thin 3D foam squares

Flying in under the wire

 Hi there, crafty friends!

I'm zipping in with a quick post for

a challenge that is just about to end.

Typical me! LOL!

I've had absolutely no crafty mojo for a couple months now.

It was good to finally, FINALLY, make a card!

Here's the inside:

Ok, got to go enter this now. LOL!

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at Freshly Made Sketches #599

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee - Home for the Holidays 

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Simple Stories - Hearth & Holiday

CS: Thunderbolt; scraps

Accessories: Honey Bee - Lovely Layers - Winter Birds; Poppy stamps - Holly Twig die; Nuvo Glitter Drops - Ruby Slippers; MISTI

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; 3L - tape runner and thin 3D foam squares

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS # 241 M is for Music

 

Hello and welcome snarky peeps! It's time for the new

challenge at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight, it's all about MUSIC!

Here's what I came up with:

In case you didn't know, Beethoven started losing his

hearing in his 20's, thus the double meaning in his

response to the crowd. 😁

I hope that you'll play along in our music challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more ideas, do yourself a favor and check out what my

sisters, and our reigning Queen, Carol have created for your

viewing pleasure.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps - Beethoven

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Gray Flannel; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo, Hickory Smoke

CS: Thunderbolt; Cardstock Warehouse; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: MISTI; Darice EF - Sheet Music; computer & printer

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #240 A is for ATC

 

Hello snarky peeps and welcome back!

It's time for another challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight, we are revisiting a popular

(to some of the Sisters 😉) theme, the ATC,

or, Artist Trading Card/Coin.

A little tiny work of art on a little tiny canvas of your choice.

The sky's the limit with these gems!

Here's what I came up with:

I used some particle board for my substrate, and mod podged some

scrap bits of gel printed paper, and various papers. I smudged black

paint around the edges. I stamped and colored the fox images, as 

well as stamped the words with an alphabet stamp set.

Here's a closer look:

I hope that you'll join my sisters and our reigning Queen,

Granne, and create one or more ATC for our ATC challenge

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

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

Supplies:

Substrate: particle board

Stamps: Some Odd Girl - Hipster Pets; Studio G - alphabet stamps

Ink: Memento - tuxedo black; Staz On - Jet Black

Papers: scraps

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Prismacolor pencils; scrap gel prints, stamped book paper, mystery paper; DecoArt Americana black acrylic paint; 

Adhesives: Mod Podge; 3L - thin 3d foam squares

Birthday Butterflies

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

I'm popping in (at the last minute) with

a card I made for a couple challenges:

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I used the Shower of Flutters stencil and blended three shades of

magenta from bottom left to almost top right, leaving some

white space at the corner. Using images from the

Trendy Butterflies stamp set, I randomly stamped over the

outlines of some of the butterflies. I placed the stencil back over

the images and splattered (too much!) black paint over the panel.

I trimmed the panel using the Crazy Double Running Stitch die

in the largest size. I then die cut twice, the Happy Birthday from

the Everyday Sentiments die set, stacked and glued to the card.

This card is much more vibrant in real life, but the day I

took the pictures, it was very overcast. Ugh!

Well, that's it for now. Thank you for

visiting, and I hope that you have a great

rest of your day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Addicted to Stamps and More #450

AAA Birthday #51

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Trundy Butterflies

Ink: Altenew - Purple Wine, Puffy Heart, Rose Quartz; Memento - Gray Flannel

CS: Neenah; scrap

Accessories: ARTplorations - Shower of Flutters stencil; CUTplorations - Crazy double running stitch die, Everyday Sentiments die; DecoArt Americana - black acryllic paint; tooth brush

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; 3L - tape runner

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #238 - L is for Lindsey

 

Hello and welcome crafty peeps.

On July 21, 2022, we lost our dear sister Lindsey.

To say that we miss her tremendously, not to mention her fun, 

snarky sense of humor would be an understatement.

In her honor, for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS,

we invite you to create a project that was inspired

by Lindsey.

Some of you may have known that Lindsey and I shared a love

for the show, Dr. Who, especially the 10th Doctor, played by David Tennant.

For my card, I used papers with a galaxy/star theme. I printed

the TARDIS (free clipart) and colored it with spectrum noir markers.

The sentiment is a quote by the 10th Doctor, also printed out.

 I thought it also tied in with Lindsey's love of reading.

In her honor, we'd love to see 

your projects that were inspired by Lindsey. 

(Please make sure that you let us know what it is, as it

may not be obvious).  Clicking on her name above will take you

to her blog, where you can view it for inspiration.

Edna and the Sisterhood send our love to her family, friends,

and crafty friends worldwide.

💗💗💗

Supplies:

DP: Basic Grey - Aurora

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Neenah

Accessories: TARDIS free clipart; Spectrum Noir markers; computer & printer; GC; Spellbinders - Standard Small circle Nestie; Recollections - star rhinestones; Sketch is Atlantic Hearts #533

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #237 O is for Ombre

 Hello snarky peeps and welcome!

It's time once again for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight is brought to you by the letter O:

as in OMBRE!

Here's the card I created:

The main panel was water colored using turquoise Magenta

Nuance powder dye. That stuff is so versatile to use!

Stella's wings received a coating of crystal Stickles and her

glasses a coating of DecoArt Media liquid glass.

The sentiment was computer generated.

and the inside:

I hope that you'll join us for our Ombre challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more ideas, do check out what my sisters and our

reigning Queen, Beverly, have created for your enjoyment.

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Bugaboo digi stamps - Stella Fairyvisit; Stampendous - Gnome Sayings

Ink: Memento - tuxedo black

DP: Craft Consortium - Ink Drops Vivid

CS: Spectrum Noir; Strathmore water color paper; Neenah

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; computer & printer; Sunny Studio - Fancy Frames Rectangles; Ranger - Crystal Stickles; DecoArt Media - Liquid Glass; Magenta Nuance turquoise powder dye; paintbrush & water 

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; SA - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

Tropical hello

 Hello and welcome crafty friends.

I've got a card to share:

I die cut the flamingo from a fushia panel I made with Magenta

Nuance powder dye spritzed with water. I found that snippet of

pretty yellow-green/blue paper in my stash and thought it

would make a nice contrast for my flamingo. I was thrilled to find

that pink strip of paper matched the pink of the bird. 😊

I used a few markers to color the beak for a more realistic look.

I'm really liking how this one came out!

That's it for now. Thank you very much for visiting!

I hope that you have a great rest of your day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Just Us Girls #683

Try Stampin' on Tuesday #610

Supplies:

Stamps: Waffle Flower - Sweet Sentiments

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: mystery green/blue snippet; DCWV - Summer Magic

CS: Strathmore mixed media paper; Thunderbolt; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: Spellbinders - Flamingo die; Sunny Studio - Slimline basic borders die; Magenta Nuance powder dye; white Gelly Roll pen; black Faber-Castell PITT Artist pen; Smooch Sundance ink; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Bearly Art glue