Shopping Our Stash 208 - Baubles, Buttons & Bows

This week's SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge is Baubles, Buttons & Bows.

The SOS crew would like to see a bauble (thing from your stash), buttons or a bow on your project....or all three!!

Check out the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG for all the details of the challenge and while you are there show the rest of the crew some crafty lovin!!

Never one to half ass a challenge (I always use my full ass), here's what I made for the challenge:

That's right, I baubled, buttoned AND bowed!! (So long as that thing in the bottom right corner counts as a bauble - it is from my stash!)

I am making a concentrated effort to use up some of my old card kits, this one goes back to October 2014.

Shite I used to make this card:

• Very Vanilla cardstock (SU)
• 2wenty Thr3e design papers "Photo Booth," "Postcards" and "Flash Bulbs" (Cosmo Cricket)
• Washi tape (SU)
• Twine (The Twinery)
• Button & bauble from my stash

We'd love you to get your bauble, button & bow on and play along with the challenge! Link your project up on the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG

SoSS 37 - W is for Wine

Here is the challenge Edna and the sisters have been waiting for! An excuse to get our drink on!! Join us won't you as we celebrate our reason for living with W is for Wine.

Now I myself am not much of a wine drinker...shame I know since I live in wine country...nonetheless...here's what I made for the challenge:

For the life of me I couldn't get a picture of this card without glare on the text, so just go with it ok? It's an alcohol based challenge, pretend your vision is blurry.

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Black cardstock (gift from my snarky sister CHRIS)
• Wine die cut (gift from my snarky sister CHRIS)
• Computer generated sentiment

Want to get in on the snarky alcohol soaked fun?? Of course you do.

Visit the SoSS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there show my sisters and our guest designer some crafty lovin!!

You have until 11:55 pm (EST) on Friday July 10th to upload your project.

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

Scraptures Finally Friday - June 26, 2015

Yepper, it's Finally Friday time! My last one for the month - can you believe June has flown by so quickly??

No 8 x 8 layout this week - my printer is out of ink and I didn't have time to go elsewhere to print pictures...so...instead we are going back in time through the SCRAPTURES card kit archives to the April 2014 card kit which featured the "Hello My Name Is" by Teresa Collins.

I really loved this collection...the design papers and accessories...I love the colours, the designs...just awesome for cards and layouts if you are so inclined!!

So here's two cards I made with scraps of what I have left from the card kit:

Shite I used to make these cards:

White cardstock (Fireworx - not in the kit)
Burgundy cardstock (Worldwin)
Hello My Name Is design papers, stickers and tags (Teresa Collins)
Scallop border punch (SU - not in the kit)

Shopping Our Stash 207 - For the Boys!

Greetings & happy Tuesday crafty peeps!! 

Are you ready for a new SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge??

This week our theme is "For the Boys" we want to see your masculine, manly, dude projects!

Here's what I made for the challenge:

How perfect is the 24/Seven collection by Simple Stories for someone that has a July 24 birthday??? 

Hey...Kevinator...if you are reading my blog a month before your birthday...act surprised when you open this card LOL

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• 24/Seven design papers (Simple Stories)
• Happy Everything stamp set (Lawn Fawn)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Paper piercer & template mat (SU)
• Picket Fence distress marker (Tim Holtz)

We'd love for you to play along! You can find all the details for the challenge on the SOS BLOG

While you are there show my crew mates some crafty lovin!

Happy Farter's Day

My crafty friends JESSI and CHRIS (aka the Evil Double Mint Twins) have been making these awesome Father's Day cards that say "farter" instead of father....sooooooo freakin funny and sooooooo freakin perfect for me old pot and pan who is the world's greatest farter!!

Here's the Father's Day card I made for my dad inspired by my crafty sisters, hope you like it.  My mum thought the dark shadow around the cloud was clever.

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Black cardstock (Recollections)
• Man stamp (Gel a Tins)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Cloud die (gift from Jessi)
• Mini ink blending tool (Tim Holtz)
• Fishtail & Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)
• Letter stickers (from my stash)

Scraptures Finally Friday - June 19, 2015

Here is my Finally Friday layout for SCRAPTURES for Friday June 19.

I am ever so pleased with myself that my little 8x8 scrapbook is getting more filled with layouts!

Joel joined the Army Cadets in February this year. He has had so many adventures in the past few months, camping, kayaking, snowshoeing, learning signal skills, rifle range...he just loves it! It's such a fantastic program!

The Corps had a photographer come in to take portraits of the Cadets in their dress uniforms. I did the layout in the colours of the Corps flag (blue and grey) and red because it matches the flag.

Joel was very pleased that he was promoted from Green Star to Red Star at this years Annual Inspection (hence the little green star on the layout).

Here is 1626 West Lincoln Army Cadet Corps Green Star Cadet de Jong.

Shite I used to make this layout:

• Cherry Cobbler, Smoky Slate, Gumball Green & Island Indigo cardstock (SU)
• Fishtail & Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)
• #proudcanuck stamp (Michaels)
• Small star punch (Michaels)
• The letter stickers are from the Scraptures June 2015 kit

Shoppin Our Stash #206 - Out On A Limb

Happy Tuesday crafty friends!!! Time for a new SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge! 

This week the SOS crew are going "Out on a Limb" and we'd like you to join us!!

That's right, this week we'd like to see trees, branches, leaves...whatever you associate with "Out on a Limb."

 With Father's Day next weekend, I am trying to make a few masculine cards, with that in mind, here's what I made for the challenge this week:

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Lovely as a Tree stamp set (SU)
• Dad Rocks stamp set (Technique Tuesday)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Smoky Slate ink (SU)
• Black and white twine (The Twinery)
• Paper piercer (SU)

Visit the SOS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there be sure to show my teammates some crafty lovin!!

We'd love for you to join us, play along won't you??


 

SoSS 36 - D is for Dudes

Edna and the sisters are celebrating dudes this week, Father's Day is approaching so we want to see your most manly dude projects!

Visit the SoSS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there visit my sisters and our Guest Designer and show them some crafty lovin!!

Here's what I made for the challenge, I have clearly been watching too many episodes of Mad Men on Netflix...there's something very Don Draper about this card...

I would never ever ever ever stamp directly onto a card base for fear of mucking it up, so I stamped the dude (Walter) on a separate piece of cardstock, fussy cut him out and stuck him onto the card base.

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Mr. Clark design paper (Monsieur Collection - Pretty Little Studios)
• Walter stamp (Riley and Company)
• Brown ink (Staz-on)

I think dudes (and dads) like simple, straightforward cards (if they like cards at all). With that in mind, I made this super simple but colourful dude / dad card:

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Mr. Williams design paper (Monsieur Collection - Pretty Little Studios)
• Dad Rocks stamp set (Technique Tuesday)
• Indigo Island, More Mustard, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze markers (SU)

What are you waiting for??? We'd love for you to play along with the D is for Dudes challenge!! 

Join the sisterhood and upload your project to the SoSS BLOG by 11:55 pm (EDT) on Friday June 26.

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

Scraptures - Finally Friday - June 12, 2015

Last week's Finally Friday layout was Joel's grade 6 school picture...this week's layout is this year's school picture from grade 7.

Looking at them side by side I can really see how much he has changed in the last year!

Today (June 12) marks a very special day for our little family, we are going to court today to finalize Joel's adoption!! Hard to believe it's been almost two years already since he became part of our lives!!

This week's layout also features the "Be Different" collection from Fancy Pants, which was the May 2014 card kit.

Shite I used to make this layout:

• Be Different design papers "Oh Boy," "Be Different Strips" and "Silly" (Fancy Pants)
• Be Different label stickers (Fancy Pants)
• Be Different sticker fundamentals (Fancy Pants)
• Red cardstock (Worldwin)
• Gumball Green cardstock (SU - not in kit)
• "Swimming Pool" Hopscotch cardstock stickers (Doodlebug Designs - not in kit)
• Fishtail & Banner die set (Your Next Stamp - not in kit)

Here's a quick look at the two layouts side by side...amazing what a difference a year makes!!

Visit the SCRAPTURES store to see all the cool kits available, the kits are awesome for both layouts and cards!

Shopping Our Stash 205 - Cute Critter Alert

Greetings & happy Tuesday crafty friends! 

Time for a new SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge!!

This week our theme is Cute Critter Alert!  This time around the SOS want you to use a critter on your project and yes, monstahs count as critters...I checked!!

Here's what I came up with for the challenge, I know the exact wee monstah this will go to on his birthday this year!

Everything I used on this card has been in my stash for at least a year!!

Shite I used to make this card:

• Olive cardstock (Worldwin)
• Be Different ticket roll (Fancy Pants)
• Be Different "Silly" design paper (Fancy Pants)
• Be Different sticker fundamentals (Fancy Pants)
• Be Different ephemera pack (Fancy Pants)
• Bling (SU)
• Black sharpie (to colour the bling)
• Washi tape

Be sure to visit the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there show the SOS crew some crafty lovin!!

Scraptures Finally Friday - June 5, 2015

I love when Christa asks me to do the SCRAPTURES Finally Friday projects - it's the only time I ever attempt some wee layouts - yes it takes a LOT to tear me away from making cards!!!

I am totally delinquent in doing "Joel" layouts...so that's the focus for my Finally Friday projects this month.

My other focus is to go back and use up some of the stuff from previous kits, rather than hoard it all in my craft room.

So here's my first 8x8 Finally Friday layout for June:

This layout features the "Be Different" collection by Fancy Pants - it's perfect for boy themed layouts. This was the card kit in May 2014 (yep about time I used it huh???)

The photo is his grade six school picture...so it was taken in the fall of 2013...LOOK AT THOSE CHUBBY CHEEKS!!!!!!

Hard to think that two years ago this month I had never met this kid!! He's grown and changed so much in the short time since he joined our family!

Shite I used to make this layout:

• Be Different "Silly" design paper (Fancy Pants)
• Be Different ticket roll (Fancy Pants)
• Be Different ephemera pack  (Fancy Pants)
• Red cardstock (Worldwin)
• "Swimming Pool" cardstock stickers (Doodlebug Designs - not in the kit)
• Stapler (not in the kit)
• Fishtail / Banner die set (Your Next Stamp - not in kit)

Shopping Our Stash #204 - Red Red Wine

Happy first Tuesday of June!!! Time for another SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge!!

This week's theme is Red Red Wine the SOS crew would like you to use red or wine / drinking or both on your project.

Visit the SOS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there show my crewmates some crafty love won't you??

Here's what I came up with for the challenge using red and drinking, cuz that's just how I roll LOL

 Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Red textured cardstock (from an old card kit)
•  Coffee Lady & sentiment stamps (Riley and Company)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Oval die (Nestabilities)
• Fishtail / Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)
• Paper piercer and template (SU)
• Bling (SU)
• Fine tip (for the faux stitching) and fine point (to colour the bling) black markers (Sharpie)

Join the SOS crew, we'd love for you to play along!!