Scraptures WCW - October 29, 2014

It's been a blast working with this month's SCRAPTURES card kit to showcase some of the papers and stamps that came with the kit. For my last card for the month, since it's so close to Halloween, I just HAD to use the cute little bat stamp from the FALLING FOR YOU stamp set by Paper Smooches.

I asked Christa to order me the coordinating dies that go with the stamp set - I can't tell you how many times I nearly cut the little bat's feet off!!!

Shite I used to make the card:

Falling for You stamp set (Paper Smooches)
Acorn Hollow design paper (Little Yellow Bicycle)
Black and white twine

White & black cardstock (Recollections - not from the kit)
Tuxedo Black ink (Memento - not from the kit)
Black Soot distress marker (Tim Holtz - not from the kit)

Aqua brush (Tim Holtz - not from the kit)

Shopping Our Stash 175 - Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'

Happy Happy Tuesday crafty peeps!! It's time for another exciting SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge!! This week the SOS crew would like you to use something round. Use round images (NOT just a round die-cut), or make a circle card, or use a brayer (it's long and round)  -- OR -- use a Western theme, since our fearless leader Leslie got this idea from the theme song of Rawhide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKC8pSFg1Vw]

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' always makes ME  think of this song (yes you are welcome for that particular ear worm LOL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYnFIRc0k6E

OK back to the challenge...here's the round thing I made:

I started with a raw cork circle, painted it with chalkboard paint, added the dots around the edge with a Picket Fence distress marker, heat embossed the sentiment and added the bow...easy peasy lemon squeezy!

There is a piece of black ribbon on the back so it could be used as a wall hanging as well.

Shite I used to make this:

• 6" raw cork circle (Joanns)
• Black chalkboard paint (Michaels)
• Picket Fence Distress Marker (Tim Holtz)
• LOL clear stamp set (Hampton Art)
• Versamark ink
• White embossing powder
• Bow maker
• White polka dot ribbon
• Black ribbon

I had so much fun making this, I wanted to make another one...I had painted two cork circles in case the first one didn't turn out LOL

The sentiment kind of reminded me of the Addams Family...so I went with more of a Halloween theme (skulls and bats are more me than pretty bows anyway).

Shite I used to make this:

• 6" raw cork circle (Joanns)
• Black chalkboard paint (Michaels)
• Picket Fence Distress Marker (Tim Holtz)
• LOL clear stamp set (Hampton Art)
• Versamark ink
• White embossing powder
• Halloween brads (gift from my friend Judy)
• Skulls (Creepy Globugg)
• Black ribbon

Want to play along with the SOS crew?? Check out the SOS BLOG for all the details on the challenge, and show my teammies some crafty lovin' while you are there! Until next time...keep on rollin', rollin', rollin'!!

Wicked Wednesday ATC - 129 - Day of the Dead

I was super excited to be one of the winners of last week's Wicked Wednesday challenge 128 - Halloween...you know I was ALL over that like a fat kid on a smartie (or...just me on a smartie...or even better a peanut butter cup!!!)

Anyway...I won three digis from Dilly Beans and one of the digis I picked was this awesome Day of the Dead Frida image...and wouldn't ya know it, this week's challenge at Wicked Wednesday is Day of the Dead...how perfect!!

I had a lot of fun colouring a variety of different Frida's before I settled on this one. I love the pink, purple and green together (if I do say so myself)...and of course had to use some skull washi tape - can you see it under the purple bling???

Shite I used to make this ATC:

• Chalkboard paint (Michaels)
• Doily (from my stash)
• Skull washi tape (Dollarama)
• Purple bling (gift from my crafty friend Chris)
• Green bling (Michaels)
• Marker spritzer (SU)
• Day of the Dead Frida (Dilly Bean Stamps)
• Wisteria Wonder, Pink Passion, Basic Black & Old Olive markers (SU)
• Stapler and staples

Obviously, I am entering this ATC into Wicked Wednesday 129 - Day of the Dead

Thanks for visiting, stay crafty my friends!

Scraptures WCW - October 22, 2014

I adore the Falling for You stamp set in this month's SCRAPTURES card kit. Paper Smooches have such cute stamps!!

I paper pieced the apple, leaf and stem with other papers from the kit and used a paper piercer and marker to make the faux stitching.

Shite I used to make the card:

Falling for You stamp set (Paper Smooches)
Made with Love design paper (Simple Stories)
Corrugated craft tape (Little B)
Core-dinations cardstock (Tim Holtz)


White cardstock (Recollections - not from the kit)
Black Soot distress marker (Tim Holtz - not from the kit)
Tuxedo black ink (Memento - not from the kit)
Paper piercer & mat (SU - not from the kit)
Fishtail / Banner die set (Your Next Stamp - not from the kit)

SOS 174 - Halloween

It's Tuesday!! Time for another SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge!!! This week we'd like you to make a Halloween project using the holiday as your theme -- OR -- use Halloween colours: orange, black, green, purple.

I decided to do a bit of both, I made a Halloween themed ATC using black and purple as my main colours.

My super awesome crafty SOS teammie CHRIS recently sent me a care package with some Graphic 45 design papers in it from the Magic of Oz collection and some super cool purple bling...perfect for the challenge right???

Shite I used to make this ATC:

• Black cardstock (Recollections)
• The Magic of Oz design paper (Graphic 45)
• Black and white polka dot washi tape
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Purple bling strip
• Happy Halloween stamp (Graphicat Designs)
• Black embossing powder
• Versamark ink

Visit the SOS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there share some crafty love with my SOS teammies!!

I'd like to enter this ATC into the Halloween challenge at Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog

SoSS 19 - Hopeful Halloween

Edna is up to her old tricks (and treats) this week!! Because October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Halloween is approaching, she wanted to give us some options for this week's SoSS challenge.

Either make a project to support Breast Cancer Awareness or make a Halloween project...but there's a catch...if you go with a Halloween project, it has to be predominantly PINK

Visit the SoSS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there show the sisters and our Guest Designer PAMELLIA some crafty love!!

So here's my predominantly PINK Halloween card:

Shite I used to make this card:

• White and pink cardstock (Recollections)
• Black Halloween design paper (SU retired)
• Pink velvety design paper (in my stash for so long I have no idea where I got it)
• Pixie Pink and Basic Black markers (SU)
• Marker spritzer (SU)
• Trick or Treat stamp set (Inkadinkado)
• Versamark ink
• Black embossing powder
• Black sequins (Joanns)
• Spider web embossing folder (Tim Holtz)
• Cotton ball

I did make another card for the challenge as well...

WARNING...IMPENDING PROFANITY...DO NOT SCROLL PAST HERE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE IT!!! DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU!!

OK...you scrolled past the warning, so here it is:

Shite I used to make this card:

• White & pink cardstock (Recollections)
• Paper piercer and mat
• Pixie Pink marker (SU)
• Breast Cancer Awareness stickers (Michaels)
• Thickers (American Crafts)

Want to play along with the Sisterhood?? You have until 11:55 pm (EDT) on Friday October 31 (Halloween!!!) to link up your project on the SoSS BLOG

Maybe YOU will be our next Queen or Princess of Snark!!

Scraptures - WCW October 15, 2014

Here's this week's SCRAPTURES Wild Card Wednesday project featuring "Harvest Lane" by Simple Stories.

I don't usually make cards this "cluttered" but I saw this one online and really liked the look of it. Here's a link to the original card (I like to give credit where credit is due):

http://lilybeanpaperie.typepad.com/lilybeans_paperie/2012/07/harvest-lane.html

And here is my version:

Shite I used to make this card:

• Core'dinations cardstock (Tim Holtz)
• Harvest Lane Expressions Cardstock Stickers (Simple Stories)
• Harvest Lane Funadmentals Cardstock Stickers (Simple Stories)
• Harvest Lane 4x12 Title Strip Elements (Simple Stories)
• Brass brads
• Rhinestones (Queen & Co.)

• Crumb Cake cardstock (SU - not from the kit)
• Sanding block (SU - not from the kit)
• Paper piercer & piercing template  (SU - not from the kit)
• Black Sharpie (not from the kit)

SOS 173 - Hello Sweetie!

The 3rd Saturday in October is Sweetest Day in the US. That's the theme for this week's SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge.

The SOS crew would like you to a "sweet" theme...and be sure to tell us how you interpreted the challenge (something sweet, something for your sweetie etc.)

Just about the sweetest thing in my life is this adorable little missy...she just turned one on September 30. Miss Charlie London is the daughter of my cousin (more like little sister) Alley.

Can you believe looking at that face that Charlie was a preemie and weighed less than 5 lbs when she was born? I remember going to see her in the ICU and she was so very tiny, we weren't allowed to take her out of the incubator. We were kinda worried about her at the beginning, but only because we didn't know then what a trooper she is!

Here's the card I made for her 1st birthday...my sweet little monkey princess.

Shite I used to make this card:

• Purple cardstock (Recollections)
• Ella Giraffes design paper (Animal Crackers, Making Memories)
• Baby Girl Miniatures (Bella Blvd)
• Baby Girl Alpha + Bits (Bella Blvd)
• Pink & white twine (The Twinery)
• Pink sequins

Be sure to visit the SOS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there show my teammies some crafty lovin'!!

Jingle Belles - Pink Christmas

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. The lovely ladies over at Jingle Belles LAUREN and STEPHANIE are hosting a PINK CHRISTMAS challenge from October 10 - 22nd.

For every card linked up these awesome ladies donate $2 each to the Susan G. Komen Foundation

You can enter as many times as you like, every card posted to the Jingle Belles Blog counts!! So what are you waiting for???

I love PINKand I adore Christmas...putting the two together was SOOOOOOOO much fun!!! Here's what I made for the challenge:

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Recollections)
• Pink polka dot washi tape
• Santa's Workshop Sugar Coated Stickers (Doodlebug Designs)
• Happy Holidays Boutique Brads (Doodlebug Designs)

Breast cancer awareness is a cause close to my heart, one of my dear crafty friends had breast cancer this past year as did a partner of a former co-worker.

Hoping you'll join in the challenge...spread the news and play along!!

Scraptures WCW - October 8, 2014

Working on some Wild Card Wednesday projects this month for SCRAPTURES using the October card kit which features Harvest Lane by Simple Stories.

There are gorgeous design papers and great autumn colours in the kit and I am in love with the corrugated craft tape!! I also really like the stickers that look like torn washi tape - I used one under the acorn stamp and one under the sentiment, but that one is a little hard to see.

Shite I used to make the card:

Core'dinations cardstock (Tim Holtz)
Corrugated craft tape (Little B)
Harvest Lane Expressions Cardstock Stickers (Simple Stories)
Harvest Lane Funadmentals Cardstock Stickers (Simple Stories)

Crumb Cake cardstock (SU - not from the kit)
Sanding block (SU - not from the kit)

SOS 172 - It's the Most Colourful Time of the Year!!

It IS the most colourful time of the year! I don't know about where you are but here in the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario the leaves have definitely started to change colour. I live at the base of the escarpment and I can see all of the beautiful fall colours in my yard and up the "mountain."

This week the SOS crew would like you to use fall colours - red, orange, rust, yellow, gold, brown, etc. on your project.

Visit the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there be sure to show my teammies some crafty love!!

Next weekend is Thanksgiving for us whacky Canadians (we like to get it out of the way well in advance of Halloween and Christmas!!). I made a set of these colourful Thanksgiving cards for my team at work.

Shite I used to make this card:

• Think Beef stamp set (Technique Tuesday)
• Crumb Cake & Crushed Curry cardstock (SU)
• Vanilla cardstock (Recollections)
• Leafy design paper (SU - retired)
• Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Dusty Durango & Crushed Curry markers (SU)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Googly eyes (SU)

Just Us Girls 261 - Word Challenge - CELEBRATE

Looking for my SoSS "I is for Iconic" post??? Please click HERE

Today is world card making day!!! Hoooray!!! Something else to celebrate - my super awesome crafty friend CHRIS is one of the new design team members at JUST US GIRLS CHALLENGE

I thought I would make a card for world card making day and enter it at Just Us Girls for their word challenge. The word to use on your project is CELEBRATE.

I had an extra card base cut and folded from my Shopping Our Stash card from last week and thought it would make a fab birthday card for the JUGS challenge.

Like the other card I made the base is 9" x 4.25" scored at 2.5", 3.5", 5.5" and 6.5". 

I am a super frugal crafter...you know that piece of paper that comes with a kit of paper that shows you little samples of what each piece of the paper is in the kit? I always cut those up and use them on the card...that's what I've used as background here on the three panels...yep I am a cheapie and I detest wasting stuff lol

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Recollections)
• It's a Celebration Collection Kit (Carta Bella)
• It's a Celebration Element Stickers (Carta Bella)
• White twine (The Twinery)

I'm entering this card in the Just Us Girls 261 - Word Challenge - CELEBRATE

SoSS 18 - I is for Iconic

There she is...like a candle in the wind...me thinks Edna is quite enjoying the feel of the wind in her skirts...perhaps a wee bit too much...she is certainly channelling her inner Marilyn!!

This week the sisters are challenging you to go iconic...use an iconic person, place or thing on your project.

Check out the SoSS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there be sure to show the sisters some crafty lovin'...some of us are in dire need of a hug this week!!!

I chose to use James Dean for my project. He's my favourite actor from the 50's...well of anytime really...I can't count how many times I have watched "Rebel Without a Cause". I also wanted to use my favourite James Dean picture and my favourite quotes of his... "Only the gentle are ever really strong"

For your viewing pleasure...here are a few more of my favourite pictures of James Dean.

Want to join in on the iconic fun??? You have until 11:55 pm (EDT) on Friday October 17 to upload your project on the SoSS BLOG

Retro Birthday Cards

Looking for my Shopping Our Stash post for this week?? Please click HERE

I've been having some fun this week with one of my SCRAPTURES card kits making some retro birthday cards featuring the It's a Celebration Collection Kit by Carta Bella.

Here are two cards I made using a piece of the DP that had these cool retro / vintage images on them.

I was born in the 70's so for some reason these images really appealed to me, especially the bottom one...we had such awesome birthday parties as kids...everyone would get dressed up in our fancy party frocks LOL

Shite I used to make these cards:

• White cardstock (Recollections)
• It's a Celebration Collection Kit (Carta Bella)
• Chevron washi tape (We R Memory Keepers)