SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #79 G is for Green with Envy

Hello snarky peeps and welcome to another challenge at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS! This fortnight, it's all about the color GREEN. We want to see green predominately on your cards or projects, but they don't necessarily need to be a St. Paddy's Day themed card.

One of my friend's birthday happens to fall on St. Paddy's Day, so I've made a birthday card

with green beer for her:

 and a little snark on the inside. Big. Surprise. There.

Yes, I am younger than her, and yes, she'll get a kick out of this. My mug o'green beer was stamped and colored with Prisma Color pencils. The foam was created with embossing paste. Once that dried, I noticed that the ink from the top of the mug really bled through the paste, so I went over it with a white gel pen. And then I saw a white line. So out came the Diamond Stickles to mask that. Worked like a {lucky} charm. (See what I did there?) Of course, I couldn't resist a bit of snark on the

inside of my card. I even colored in the second line using one of the pencils used on the mug.

Now it's your turn! Just link up your green themed card or project at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers so we can admire it! For more green inspiration, please do check out what my Sisters in Snark, and our new Guest Designer, Josefine, have created for your viewing pleasure. 

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Addicted to Stamps and More #231 - ATG

Seize the Birthday - ATG

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Unity - Keep Calm Have a Beer, Celebrate Big; LOL by Hampton Art - Officially Old

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Ground Espresso

DP: American Crafts - green glitter paper

CS: TE; Darice

Accessories: Prisma Color pencils; Dreamweaver- Embossing Paste; Ranger - Diamond Stickles; MISTI

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

JUST US GIRLS #383 Word Week

Happy Saturday, friends! Bobby is your hostess this week at

JUST US GIRLS! She's picked Geometric as your word. This should be

lots of fun! Here's what I created:

 and the inside:

I'm out of masculine birthday cards so here's one I made. It's pretty CAS for me. I broke out the 

much neglected octagon nesties for this, cutting some 'manly' papers. The beer is a sticker, actually two. I stuck them onto white card stock, fussy cut them out, and adhered them on top of each other, the second one with foam squares. Of course, with my crack photography skillz, you can't see that at all. DOH! The sentiments were lined up and stamped multiple times with my MISTI to get a 

nice dark impression.

Now it's your turn to create something with a geometric pattern to it. Be sure to link up

at Just Us Girls so we can admire it. For more inspiration, do check out what my teammies 

created. Also, since it's a new month, and we have a new Guest Designer joining us. Welcome

Nancy Salkeld! I look forward to crafting with you this month! 

Just a reminder, if you are chosen as Chic of the Week for any of our March challenges, you'll 

be in the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of May! Good luck, and

happy crafting!

I'd like to enter this card at:

CAS Colours & Sketch # 212

Seize the Birthday - ATG

Happy Little Stampers - CAS challenge w/die cuts

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Avery Elle - Happy Hour

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Carta Bella - Work Hard Play Hard

CS: Taylored Expressions

Accessories: GC; SB - Octagon Nesties; Paper House Productions - beer stickers; MISTI; Fiskars - 

corner rounder

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

STAMPlorations March Theme & Sketch Challenge!

Hello and welcome crafty friends!

It's a new month, and that means a new 

STAMPlorations Theme & Sketch Challenge!

This month's Theme is STAMPS & SPRING. and below is 

the sketch. You can do either theme, or sketch, or combine both!

Here's what I came up with. I used both Theme & Sketch:

and the inside:

I went a little designer paper crazy with this card, but I like how it turned out. It kinda has a collage vibe to it. I first stamped the flowers on the card base using Bloom Factory in various colors. Then added the striped paper. Next I die cut two of the mid-sized luggage tags from the CUTplorations Luggage Tags dies, After die cutting a circle, I die cut it from the Luggage Tag die to get the curve of it, and adhered to the top one. I edged both in a black marker before adhering together and adding a flower brad. I stamped the word birthday from the Big Greetings stamp set, then adhered the tags to my base. I stamped one of the birds from the Trendy Birds 2 set and fussy cut. I then die cut the Happy CUTplorations die from black card stock, adhering both, so that some of the bird sat atop the word, and also under it. A couple stamps from the Smile set finishes the inside.

I hope you get some time to join in for the STAMPlorations Theme & Sketch Challenge! 

You have until March 31st to link up your card.

Just a reminder, until the end of this month, you can use my special discount code:

STAMPGIRLCHRIS

for a 20% discount!

(This code is not case sensitive, and cannot be used with other discounts)

Thanks for visiting! I hope you have a fabulous day!

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Bloom Factory, Trendy Birds 2, Big Greetings, Smile

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Rhubarb Stalk, New Sprout, Angel Pink, Teal Zeal, Tangelo

DP: American Crafts - Color Crush

CS: TE, Darice

Accessories: GC; CUTplorations - Luggage Tags & Happy dies; SB - Std, Sm Circle Nesties; Spectrum Noir true black marker; brad from my stash

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Scotch - scrapbooker's glue

SHOPPING OUR STASH #292 - Spring Color Palette

Welcome crafty friends! Can you believe it's already the last day of February?

Soon we will be seeing more and more flowers blooming, which is a lead in

to our new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH! This week, we give you

a color palette to inspire you:

You are welcome to use all 5 colors, but we would like to see a minimum of

three of these on your cards or projects.

Here's what I came up with:

 and the inside:

Ok, so when I was looking at this palette on my laptop, the darker shade of pink looked more lavender to me. Now that I'm on the 'big computer', it looks, well, darker pink. Ugh. Oh well.

I started by die cutting the flower from water color paper, then painting it using ink pads that I smooshed on my craft mat and a bit of water. Some colors were too dark, so I lightened them with white ink. Once it was dry, I went over it with Crystal Stickles.

After I glued the *cough* lavender quatrefoil die cut *cough* I glued the yellow strip with the sentiment, the flower, then finished the front with some sequins. On the inside, I used my MISTI to line up the three word stamps, and stamped a couple times to get good coverage. The word 'marvellous' has a teeny tiny gap between the r and v. So tiny that it looks more like 'manellous' than 'marvellous'. LOL! I've since performed some surgery on the stamp, and enlarged the gap between the letters. (Also, I hope the spelling is correct...?)

Hey, totally unrelated, but I was wondering what's the better purchase: Wink of Stella or Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Thanks!

Ok, so now it's your turn to play along! Just link up your card or project using at least 3 of the above colors at Shopping Our Stash. For more inspiration, just visit the blogs of my teammies, and our Guest Designer, Ina! It's Ina's last week guesting with us. (Insert sad sobbing here) Thank you so much for lending your amazing talent to the SOS Crew this month Ina! We so enjoyed having you as our Guest Designer, and hope to see more of your amazeballs talent in our gallery in the future!

Just a reminder: We are looking for Guest Designers! If you would like to be considered 

for March, simply leave a "DT" after your name when you link up! 

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

I'm at the wire, but am entering this at Seize the Birthday - (no toppings)

Supplies:

Stamps: freebies from Card Making & Papercrafts magazine

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Colorbox - Canary, Mint, Dark Peony, White

CS: Strathmore water color paper; TE; Simon Says Stamp

Accessories: GC; Poppystamps - Susanna Blossom die; Taylored Expressions - Quatrefoil plate; paint brush; Ranger - Crystal Stickles; Darice - sequins; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Scotch - scrapbooker's glue; Glue Dots

JUST US GIRLS #382 - Photo Week

Welcome friends, and happy Saturday to you!

It's Photo Week at JUST US GIRLS! Sue is your hostess and she's chosen

this gorgeous picture to inspire you. Like her, I'm sooooo ready

for Spring, warm weather, and flowers blooming!

Here's what I came up with:

 Here is the inside:

My image was created by using 6 individual stamps, a little masking, and a lot of

swearing. LOL! I colored it with my Spectrum Noir markers and fussy cut. It's adhered with

thin foam squares. The sentiment is heat embossed in white onto black cardstock. I added some rhinestones for a little sparkle, and another sentiment finishes the inside.

I hope you get a chance to play along this week at Just Us Girls for our Photo Week. If you

need more inspiration, then do check out what my teammates, and our Guest Designer, Michele Greenwood, have come up with to dazzle you! Sadly, this is Michele's last time guesting with us

this month. I'd like to say THANK YOU for lending your amazing talent to us, 

and hope to see more of your fabulous creations in our gallery in the future!

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Freshly Made Sketches #276

Spectrum Noir Monthly Challenge - ATG

Supplies:

Stamps: Winnie & Walter - In Bloom Addie's Garden; Recollections - sentiments

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; VersaMark

DP: Teresa Collins - Sweet Afternoon

CS: Crafter's Companion; Taylored Expressions; Bazzill

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers - LG3, LG5, JG5, CR7, DR4, DR7; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; Hampton Arts - rhinestones

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #291 - Mardi Gras

Hello and welcome, crafty peeps!

It's time to celebrate at SHOPPING OUR STASH! This week we are getting festive

and celebrating Mardi Gras! So break out those masks, beads, feathers. Think

party, drinking, dancing! Lots of choices to pick from! Here's what I created:

and the inside:

 

So, technically, this is really new paper I used. Like, the collection was just revealed last month.

I was lucky to be one of the winners of this collection during the CHA frenzy last month.

I wasn't expecting it to arrive at my door until sometime next month, so imagine my delight

when the package showed up last week. Just in time to make this card! But everything else I used is at least a year or more old from my stash. I chose one of the small images as my main panel, and picked a couple more papers to compliment it. I inked and distressed the edges of the papers, added some flowers with brads in the centers, and some rhinestones for some sparkle. A couple stamped sentiments finish the inside.

I hope you have some fun with this challenge, and link up at Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to

see your take on it! For more ideas, check out what my teammies and our Guest Designer, Ina,

have created for your viewing pleasure!

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:
Stamps: Avery Elle - Cheers; Stampendous - Birthday Wish
Ink: Ranger DI - Black Soot; Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: Graphic 45 - Midnight Masquerade
CS: TE; Darice
Accessories: Ranger - blending tool; Tonic - distressing tool; Petaloo flowers; Hampton Art - rhinestones; brads from my stash
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #78 - X is for Extreme

Edna sure has a lot of balls. Or at least one big boulder, under her skirt!

She sure knows how to get her extreme on, and that's what we want to see

from you at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS! 

We challenge you to stamp off the edge!

Here is my take on the challenge:

 You know there's a punch line on the inside:

This was a pretty fast card to make. (About a half hour. Practically unheard of, at least in my case.) 

I masked and stamped the first part of the sentiment on my panel, then randomly stamped drink glasses around the edges. I turned those stamps over and used the back sides of them to stamp the neon colors. Masked the stamp again and stamped the rest of the sentiment on the inside panel,  added a 'cheers' stamp, and more drink glasses.

Now it's your turn to stamp off the edge and link up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more ideas, visit the blogs of my Snarky Sisters and our Guest Designer, Emily, and leave some bloggy love! Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

Stamps: So Suzy Stamps - Good Friends Know; Paper Smooches - Free Spirits; Avery Elle - Happy Hour

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Hero Arts - Neon Pink, Orange, Blue, Green

CS: TE; Darice

Accessories: MISTI; scotch tape

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

JUST US GIRLS #381 - Color Week

Welcome friends. It's Color Week at JUST US GIRLS! Judy is your hostess and she's picked

the colors RED, BLACK and KRAFT.

Here's my take on the challenge:

and the inside:

Sympathy cards are hard enough to have to make and send, but having to make one for the loss of a beloved pet is so hard for me. Especially this one, since it if for my sister and her family, who's beautiful fur baby crossed the rainbow bridge earlier this week.

Rest in peace Sabrina, my sweet niece. You will be missed. ♥

STAMPlorations Theme & Sketch challenge mid-month reminder!

Hello crafty peeps!

Just popping in with my mid month reminder for the 

STAMPlorations Theme & Sketch Challenge!

For my card, I just used the sketch as my inspiration:

Here is the finished inside:

I looked through my box of UFO's (UnFinished Objects) and found this panel I made last summer. I think I was experimenting with embossing a cutting plate then using the smooshing technique to color it up. It also was misted with pearl Glimmer Mist so it's all shimmery! I trimmed it using the Crazy Double Running Stitch Nesting Rectangle dies and adhered it to my card base. For the focal panel, I heat embossed in white EP the scribbly line from the Artsy Border Maker stamp set, and also the word Birthday from the Big Greetings set. I die cut three times the Happy word die, stacked and glued them together and adhered to the panel. I glued a few sequins to

finish off the front of my card. On the inside, I used my MISTI to line up and stamp the words from the Blossom Overture stamp set.

There's still plenty of time to link up your card at the STAMPlorations Theme & Sketch Challenge! You have until February 28th at 11:55 PM Pacific Time.

Also, through the end of March, you can use my special discount code:

STAMPGIRLCHRIS

for a 20% discount!

(This code is not case sensitive, and cannot be used with other discounts)

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Big Greetings, Artsy Border Makers, Blossom Overture

Ink: VersaMark; Ranger DI - Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Strathmore water color paper; TE

Accessories: GC; CUTplorations - crazy Double Running Stitch Nesting Rect dies, Happy word die; Taylored Expressions - quatrefoil cutting plate; Tattered Angels - pearl Glimmer Mist; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; MISTI; Darice - sequins

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

My Bad Ass Art Journal - a WIP

Hello crafty peeps!

I want to share the beginnings of my Bad Ass Art Journal that I made from scratch,

as part of the online class I'm taking.

That's right, I made my own art journal!

Book binding and all!

Who knew!

I'm not going into detail, but here's a few shots of my art journal:

The book was made from Strathmore Mixed Media paper 90 lb with the vellum overlay. (It's what I already had on hand.) I have some 140 lb water color paper that I will try using for my next book. Oh, and that cord? It's dental floss!

My cover is made from canvas that I ripped to size, to purposely have the frayed edges. I used Magenta Nuance dye powders to color the fabric. Once it was dry, I stenciled over it with Titanium White acrylic paint. My neighbor had an eyelet setter (luckily) so I was able to use one to make my closure. (colored hemp cord with beads I added on the end)

That was lesson one.

For lesson two, we got to create something in our journal-

our dream girl:

I can't begin to tell you how much fun this was to create! My picture taking

skills are so lacking. The vibrancy of this page is incredible.

Oh, and her hair? It's a couple paper napkins that I've torn into strands.

So. Freakin. Cool.

I'm looking forward to the next lesson, but will probably fall behind the next few weeks. I've been commissioned to make bridal shower invites for one of my nieces, and I just received final approval on my sample to go ahead and start them. It will take a little time to make them, so my art journal will have to wait until I'm done with the invites.  

Thanks for popping by. Have a wonderful day!