Happy Birthday Miss Charlie London!!!

If you are looking for my WILD CARD WEDNESDAY post, please click HERE

Hard to believe two years ago today we were waiting in anticipation to hear that Miss Charlie London had arrived. 

She is growing into the most lovely and beautiful little girl...clearly I am more than a little biased...she melts my heart!! I mean come on now, look at that little face!!

I hope she will like the birthday card we sent her, I hope it at least kinda looks like Minnie Mouse...

Shite I used to make this card:

• Black cardstock (Recollections)
• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Polka dot design paper (SU)
• Bling (Dollarama)
• 1 1/2" circle punch (Marvy)
• 1" circle punch & small heart punch (SU)
• Black letter stickers

Happy happy happy birthday my beautiful girl!!! 

Lotsa loves from Auntie Donna!!

Scraptures WCW - Sept 30, 2015

Happy last day of the month - tomorrow is October!! How did THAT happen so fast??

Here is my Wild Card Wednesday project for this week. This month's SCRAPTURES kit features "Color Vibe Bold" and "Summer Vibe" from Simple Stories.

Loving the bright bold colours in the papers in this month's kit. I'm still trying to use sketches to alter up the designs of my cards a bit, started with a pretty simple sketch for this card, pleased with how it came out with all the different colours.

I started with Sketch #5 that I found HERE.

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Color Vibe Bold design paper, "Peacock" and "Olive" (Simple Stories)
• Summer Vibe SN@P cards (Simple Stories)
• Summer Vibe Tidbits (Simple Stories)

Let's see what you can come up with using a sketch and this month's kit!!

Shopping Our Stash # 221 - Wooden It Be Nice

This week's SHOPPING OUR STASH theme is "Wooden It Be Nice"

The SOS crew want to see some kind of wooden thing on your project, could be a wooden embellishment, wood letters, veneer, wood themed design paper or woodgrain embossing.

I went with the later. I inked up the inside of my woodgrain embossing folder with black ink and then ran it through the Cuttlebug. I was trying to make it look like the bats were flying through the forest on a dark and spooky night!

That's right, as the weather gets colder I want to start making Halloween cards, I know it's still over a month away, but I have a LOT of Halloween themed things in my stash!

So here's what I made for the challenge:

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Black cardstock (Recollections)
• Crushed Curry cardstock (SU)
• Bat punch (SU)
• 1 3/8" circle punch (SU)
• Woodgrain embossing folder (Sizzix)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• All Holidays stamp set (SU)
• Fishtail and Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)

Want to play along? We'd love for you to join us!! Check out the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there please share some crafty lovin' with the rest of the crew!!

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday - Sept 23

My crafty friend MICHELLE has been feeling a bit under the weather and asked me to step in this week and do Wild Card Wednesday using the SCRAPTURES kit for September which features "Color Vibe Bolds" by Simple Stories.

Here are the two cards I made with the kit:

Shite I used to make these cards:

• Color Vibe Bolds design paper (Simple Stories)
• Summer Vibe Sn@p cards (Simple Stories)
• Summer Vibe chipboard stickers (Simple Stories)

Shopping Our Stash #220 - Show Us Your Smile!

This week the SHOPPING OUR STASH crew want to see your smile!!

We want to see a smiley image or sentiment on your project.

My card for the challenge is for my cousin and his super awesome and lovely soon-to-be-wife who just bought their first house. I'm going to send this off to them as a "congrats on your new home" card.

Hooray for outside yard lights and flashes on cameras, I guess you can still kinda see that I took this picture outside in the pitch dark...frig...it's getting dark so early already!!

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Color Chaos design paper (Bella Blvd)
• Symbols chipboard (Bella Blvd)
• My Story card (Project Life)
• Fishtail & Banners die (Your Next Stamp)

Visit the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG for all the details on the challenge, and while you are there share some crafty lovin' with the rest of the crew.

SoSS #43 - P is for Punk - STEAMPUNK!!

YAY!!!! It's Steampunk time!!! Not all of the sisters love love love the steampunk genre...but I sure do! 

What is more fun than a weird mish mash of pointing fingers, dudes in big hats with moustaches, bicycles, clocks and various flying machines???

I have WAY too much steampunk stuff in my crafty stash, but mostly I just like to admire it, not actually use it on projects ***gasp***

It's been a while since I made an ATC, so that's what I worked on for this challenge. I had so much fun making the first one, I made another!

Shite I used to make these ATCs:

• Steampunk design paper and stickers (Hot Off The Press)
• Craftsman decorative wooden embellishments (Prima)
• Filmstrip ribbon (Tim Holtz)
• Bling (Michaels)
• Game spinners & brads (SU)
• Lost and Found salvage stickers (Tim Holtz)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Mini ink blender tool (Tim Holtz)

Edna and the sisterhood would LOVE for you to play along with us! Visit the SoSS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there please share some crafty lovin with my snarky sisters.

You have until 11:55 pm (EDT) on Friday October 2 to link your project to the SoSS BLOG. Maybe you will be our next Queen or Princess of Snark!!

I'm also entering my ATCs into the Wicked Wednesday challenge this week as both my ATCs have numbers on them.

Week Two - Jingle Belles / Shopping Our Stash BONUS CHALLENGE

Just a quick reminder that the "Christmas in September" bonus challenge is still on at JINGLE BELLES and SHOPPING OUR STASH. 

You can visit either blog for all the details on the challenge.

We'd love for you to play along with us, remember, you need to use something on your project that is at least a year old.

Here's the second card I made for the challenge:

Don't forget to visit the blogs of the design teams and show them some crafty Christmas lovin!

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• December Documented design paper (Simple Stories)
• Frayed Burlap distress ink (Tim Holtz)
• Mini ink blender tool (Tim Holtz)
• Cappuccino twine (The Twinery)
• Chipboard stockings and sentiment (no idea who made these, I bought them at a yard sale)

Shopping Our Stash #219 - Outta This World

This week the SHOPPING OUR STASH crew are sending us "Outta This World."

We want to see aliens (monstahs would also work). For those of you not quite so alien inclined, you can use something celestial - moon, stars, planets, etc.

I  made this card and THEN thought to myself....wait...is Marvin the Martian an alien?? I think so, he lives in outer space...drives a spaceship...battles Duck Dodgers...he's an alien from Mars right??? That's what I am going with!

I have a friend who has a Marvin the Martian tattoo...thinking this would be a most awesome birthday card for him!

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Blue and white specked cardstock that I thought looked like space (from an old card kit)
• Marvin the Martian image (thank you Google image search)
• Computer generated sentiment
• Crushed Curry cardstock (SU)
• Star punch (Dollarama)

Check out the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG for all the details on the challenge. While you are there visit the blogs of the rest of the crew and show them some crafty lovin!

Jingle Belles / Shopping Our Stash BONUS CHALLENGE

I don't know about you but I LOVE making Christmas cards when it's still 30 degrees Celsius out! 

This week the  SHOPPING OUR STASH crew is celebrating "Christmas in September" with the gals from JINGLE BELLES! 

To play along you must use something from your stash that is at least a year old on your project. For me that was easy, the design papers I used are from a 2013 card kit...hooooray for using stash stuff!!

You can check out the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG or the JINGLE BELLES BLOG for all the details on the challenge and be sure to visit both design teams to show them some crafty lovin!!

Remember, it's never too early to get a jump start on all those cards you are going to need in December!

In an effort to use different designs I started with this sketch that I found HERE

Here's what I made for the challenge:

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• December Documented design paper (Simple Stories)
• Chipboard flower and sentiment (bought at a yard sale at least a year ago)

Shopping Our Stash #218 - Mirror Mirror

Mirror mirror on the wall...

This week's SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge is to use something reflective.

I found these pre-punched and embossed red metallic hearts in my stash of things I plan to come back to later (which I hardly ever do). I think Leslie calls them UFOs (unfinished objects).

Part of the fun of using reflective materials is trying to find an angle of taking the picture where you don't see yourself in the reflection lol...not sure I entirely succeeded.

For the Mirror Mirror challenge I thought I would make a wedding card as two of my JHS co-workers are getting married this month and it never hurts to have a stash of wedding, anniversary, Valentine cards on hand.

Here's what I came up with for the challenge:

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Red metallic cardstock (Dollarama)
• Swiss Dots embossing folder (Provo Craft)
• #hashtags stamp set (Tim Holtz)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Fishtail / Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)

We'd love for you to play along with the Shopping Our Stash crew and see what you can come up with for the challenge. 

Check out the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there visit the blogs of the rest of the design team and show them some crafty love!

SoSS #42 - F is for Fart

Our beloved SISTER JESSI was in charge of creating this year's challenge list and she came up with some super fantastic ideas...including this one!!

Edna has been eating her beans as we can see evidenced above....that's right snarky friends...this time around F is for Fart!!

Visit the SoSS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there be sure to show the sisters and our special guest designer some lovin!!

I call my card for this challenge "Ode to the Old Pot & Pan" as this is one of his most favourite all time jokes...and now me wee bruver is carrying on the tradition...so proud...I am note sure how people grew up in a family where they didn't know this joke...clearly that is NOT my family...again....so proud

So for my dad (my pot and pan) and for my brother (me wee bruver) I ever so proudly give you my pull my finger card.

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Steampunk design paper (Hot Off The Press)
• Chipboard finger
• Letter stickers
• Fishtail / Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)
• Paper piercer and template (SU)
• Fine tip Sharpie

Shopping Our Stash #217 - Put a Bird On It

Happy first day of the month! Can you believe it's September?? One more week til all the wee Southern Ontario kiddies go back to school! It really IS the most wonderful time of the year!!! 

This week the Shopping Our Stash crew would like you to "Put a Bird On It"

We don't care what kind of bird or how big that bird is...we just wanna see a bird somewhere on your project.

Visit the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there please show some lovin' to the other members of the team.

I am the most bird adverse person you will ever meet in your life...I don't like birds and birds don't like me, so I am kinda proud of myself for having not one but SEVEN birds on my card

Ya ya ya ok they are really small birds...whatever.

Here's what I came up with for the challenge: 

Originally I planned to do black birds on a white background, but thought...oh that's too easy...forgetting momentarily how much I dislike smudgy white embossing powder...nonetheless I carried on and am somewhat satisfied with the white birds on the black background (somewhat).

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Basic Black cardstock (SU)
• Versamark
• White embossing powder (Recollections)
• Life's Possibilities stamp set (Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous)
• Chit Chat stickers (Tim Holtz)

We'd love for you to join the Shopping Our Stash crew and play along with us!