SoSS 35 - V is for Vellum

Wait til you see what Edna and the sisters have in store for you with this new challenge!! This time around "V is for Vellum."

I had to search high and low in my craft room for some scraps of vellum...I am sure I bought lots at one point, but it's finicky to work with...the ink rubs off, you can see the adhesive through it...blah blah blah...

Nonetheless...I found a few inches of it in my scraps and set about trying to think of something to do with it. 

First the ink rubbed off (grrrrrrr....don't use memento ink on vellum friends...stick with the staz-on!) then I could see the adhesive through the vellum...no I don't know why that bothers me so much LOL

At long last, here's what I came up with:

Once I achieved some un-smeary stamping with my staz-on, I thought I couldn't read the sentiment well enough on the design paper, so I layered the flag on a piece of white cardstock and VOILA I used vellum!!

Shite I used to make this card:

• Whisper White cardstock (SU)
• It's a Celebration design papers and stickers (Carta Bella)
• Sarcastic Superpower stamp set (Rubber Dance Art Stamps)
• Wondering Midge stamp (Riley & Co)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Black ink (Staz-On)
• Fishtail and Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)
• Black Sharpie & ruler

Be sure to visit the SoSS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there show our Guest Designer and all the sisters some crafty lovin' won't you?

We'd love for you to join the sisterhood and play along, maybe YOU will be our next Queen or Princess of Snark!!

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday - May 27, 2015

Happy Wednesday!!! Today is my last Wild Card Wednesday for the month using the May 2015 kit from SCRAPTURES which features the Heritage collection by Bo Bunny.

Father's Day is only a few weeks away now, so I thought it would be timely to make a more masculine card using some of the chipboard and ribbon that came in the kit. Here's what I came up with:

Shite I used to make this card:

• Sage cardstock (Hollo's Papercraft)
• Heritage design papers (Bo Bunny)
• Heritage chipboard (Bo Bunny)
• Twill measuring tape ribbon
• Stapler (not in the kit)

Shopping Our Stash 203 - Play Misty for Me

Happy Happy Tuesday!!!

Time for a new SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge!

The theme for this week's challenge is "Play Misty For Me" --the SOS crew would like you to use a mist / spray of some kind. Either store bought or make your own!

Here's what I made for the challenge:

Shite I used to make this card:

• Whisper White & Basic Black cardstock (SU)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Picked Raspberry distress ink (Tim Holtz)
• Pixie Pink & Basic Black markers (SU)
• Marker spritzer (SU)
• Hope & Strength stamp set (SU)
• Gorgeous Grunge stamp set (SU)
• 1 1/4 & 1 3/8 circle punches (SU)

Visit the SOS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there show my crewmates some crafty lovin! We'd love you to join us and play along!!

Congratulations L & K

One of my co-workers (K) is getting married next weekend and I have been charged with making a wedding card for the team at work to sign. Hopefully this looks somewhat like a wedding cake in their black and white wedding colours.

Shite I used to make this card:

• Whisper White & Basic Black cardstock (SU)
• Large heart, small heart and 1" square punches (SU)
• Swiss dots embossing folder (ProvoCraft)
• Alphabet letter dies (ProvoCraft)
• Congrats die (gift from my crafty friend Deb)

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday - May 20, 2015

Third week of cards using the May 2015 kit from SCRAPTURES which features the Heritage collection by Bo Bunny. I've had fun this month playing around with the kit to make some family themed cards.

Here's what I came up with for this week:

Shite I used to make this card:

• Sage cardstock (Hollo's Papercraft)
• Heritage design paper (Bo Bunny)
• Heritage chipboard (Bo Bunny)

Shopping Our Stash #202 - Silver & Gold

May 24th is our FOUR-YEAR ANNIVERSARY at SHOPPING OUR STASH!! 

To celebrate this special occasion this week our challenge theme is Silver & Gold. That's right, we'd like you to use both silver and gold on your project.

Check out the SOS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there show some crafty lovin' to the rest of the crew won't you??

Here's what I came up with for the challenge, with Father's Day only a few weeks away now, I thought I would get a jump start on some masculine cards:

The colours didn't photograph very well, you can't see the glitter in the gold cogs and I am pretty sure that's me reflected in the silver cogs LOL

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Cog punch (SU)
• Gorgeous Grunge stamp set (SU)
• Happy Everything stamp set (Lawn Fawn)
• Smoky Slate ink (SU)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Gold cardstock (Recollections)
• Silver paper (was a hat in last year's Christmas cracker...LOL...yep I keep everything I think I can use on a card - how's THAT for shopping your stash???)

We'd love for you to play along with us, join the Shopping Our Stash crew and upload your project at the SOS BLOG.

SoSS #34 - C is for CAKE!!!

Saturday Saturday Saturday!! Edna and the snarky sisters have a shiny new challenge for you this morning, and we think yer gonna like it!! This time around...

C is for CAKE!

Mmmmmmmmm cake!!! I like cake so very much I made not one, not two, not three but FIVE cards for the challenge!! OK so they were pretty quick and easy using an old SCRAPTURES card kit...but when do I ever make FIVE cards for a challenge??  Right....nevah! What can I say, with a day off work I am uber productive in the craft room LOL 
 
I found some cards using the It's a Celebration collection online. I take NO credit for the design of these cards. They are pretty much identical CASEs of the cards found HERE

Here are my versions:

 

Everything I used to make these cards (other than the white cardstock) came from the SCRAPTURES card kit.

Shite I used to make these cards:

• It's a Celebration design papers and stickers (Carta Bella)
• Yellow zig zag strip sticker
• White cardstock (Fireworx)

Check out the SoSS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and to see what awesome creations were baked up for the challenge by the snarky sisters and our special Guest Designer SMILIN STEF
 
We'd love for you to play along with the sisterhood! You have until 11:55 PM (EDT) to upload your project to the SoSS BLOG

Until next time...stay snarky my friends!!

 

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday - May 13, 2015

Here's this weeks Wild Card Wednesday using the SCRAPTURES May 2015 kit.

This month's kit features the "Heritage" collection by Bo Bunny. I love the vintage feel of the design papers and embellishments in the collection.

Shite I used to make this card:

• Chocolate & Sage cardstock (Hollo's Papercraft)
• Heritage "Keys" design paper (Bo Bunny)
• Heritage chipboard (Bo Bunny)

Shopping Our Stash 201 - Oldest Washi Tape

Happy Tuesday crafty friends! 

Tuesday means it's time for a new SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge.

This week the SOS crew would like you to use your oldest washi tape!! For this challenge you can use your oldest washi tape, make your own washi tape OR use washi tape stamps.

Here's what I made for the challenge using washi tape that's been in my stash so long I have no idea where it came from...shame on me!! Bad crafter!!

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Pixie Pink cardstock (SU)
• Butterfly washi tape
• Elegant Butterfly punch (SU)
• Butterfly ebosslits (SU)
• Happy Everything stamp set (Lawn Fawn)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)

Be sure to visit the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there, visit the blogs of my crewmates and show them some crafty lovin'!

We'd love for you to play along with us and show us what you can make with your oldest washi!

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday - May 6, 2015

This month's SCRAPTURES kit features the "Heritage" collection by Bo Bunny.

The vintage papers are perfect for family celebration cards...as it happens my in laws are celebrating their 45th anniversary next week. Here's the card I made for them using the kit:

Shite I used to make this card:

• Sage cardstock (Hollo’s Papercraft)
• Heritage design paper (Bo Bunny)
• Heritage chipboard (Bo Bunny)
• Vintage Photo distress ink (Tim Holtz - not in the kit)
• Mini ink blending tool (Tim Holtz - not in the kit)

Shopping Our Stash 200 - Big, Bold & Beautiful

Greetings crafty friends! Happy happy happy first Tuesday of May!! Hope the weather is warm and sunny wherever in the world you find yourself this fine day!!

Can you believe SHOPPING OUR STASH is celebrating 200 challenges this week???

The theme for this special challenge is Big, Bold & Beautiful.

Use something big (letters, flowers, ribbon...), or bold bright colours or images.

I went with bold bright colours for my card.

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Gumball Green, Pixie Pink and Daffodil Delight cardstock (SU)
• Gnome Sweet Gnome stamp set and die set (Lawn Fawn)
• Scripted Hello die (Lawn Fawn)
• Paper piercer, mat and template (SU)
• Gumball Green ink (SU)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Black marker
• Silver sequins (Joanns) - they are hiding my little green fingerprints LOL

Check out the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there, show the rest of the crew some crafty lovin' by visiting their blogs and leaving comments on their projects.

Thanks for visiting today!

SoSS 33 - Monochromatic Mama

Happy happy Saturday snarky friends!! Time for a new SoSS challenge! As mother's day approaches, Edna and the sisters of snark would like you to work your very best monochromatic magic and show us a mother's day card that is predominantly (like seriously predominantly) ONE colour.

Visit the SoSS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there be sure to show my snarky sisters and our Guest Designer JESSA some crafty lovin!!

I wasn't quite as brave as SISTER JESSI going ALL white for this challenge, I use a wee bit of black for my sentiment.

Here's what I made for the challenge:

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Swirly and Swiss Dots embossing folders (Provo Craft)
• Elegant Butterfly punch (SU)
• Fishtail / Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)
• Happy Everthing stamp set (Lawn Fawn)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)

Want to join the sisterhood and play along? You have until 11:55 pm (EDT) to upload your project to the SoSS BLOG

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

Until next time, may the snark be forever in your favour!