Shopping Our Stash #327 - Halloween

Greetings ghosts and ghouls!!

Thanks for coming by while you are awaiting the arrival of the Great Pumpkin to check out the latest challenge from the SHOPPING OUR STASH crew.

Seeing as it is Halloween, we will make it nice and easy for ya...show us your spookiest Halloween project!

What says Happy Halloween more than a jar full of eyeballs??

Shite I used to make this card:

• Black cardstock (Recollections)
• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Haunted Manor design paper (Doodlebug Designs)
• Mason jar stamp
• Googly eyes
• Corner punch (Creative Memories)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Twisted Citron distress ink (Tim Holtz)
• Mini ink blender tool (Tim Holtz)
• Fishtail & Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)
• Small Talk Occasions stickers (Tim Holtz)

We would love for you to join our crew and play along.

You can find all the details for the challenge on the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG.

While you are there, please share some crafty loves and comments with the rest of the crew.

SoSS #96 - C is for Chipboard

Greetings snarky pals!

Thanks for stopping by today to check out the latest challenge from Edna and the sisterhood of snarky stampers!

Our theme this time around is chipboard...you know that stuff you have in your stash that you have NO idea what to do with??? OK maybe that's just me!

I was lucky enough to have an awesome piece of chipboard for this challenge courtesy of SISTER CHRIS who had sent me a care package with all kinds of cool Wizard of Oz themed stuff including paper and chipboard frames.

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Design paper and chipboard frame - Magical Oz Collection (Graphic 45)
• Fishtail & Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)
• Small Talk Occasions sticker (Tim Holtz)

As always, we would love for you to join the sisterhood and play along!

You can check out all the details for the challenge at the SoSS BLOG

While you are there please share some crafty loves and comments with the rest of the sisterhood and our reigning queen!

Shopping Our Stash #326 - That's Sketchy

Greetings crafty friends!

Thanks for stopping by today to check out the latest challenge from the crew at SHOPPING OUR SKETCH

This week we are going a little sketchy...we want your project to be based on a sketch...any sketch of your choosing.

I don't know about you, but when we are most of the way through October and I haven't really cracked on with holiday card making, panic starts to set in.

I started with this (super old) sketch from Merry Monday

And here is my take on the sketch

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Fishtail & Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)
• Holiday Labels (Pebbles Inc.)
• Grasshopper Dot / Grid design paper (Doodlebug Designs)
• Ladybug Daisy / Stripe design paper (Doodlebug Designs)
• Limeade Dot / Grid design paper (Doodlebug Designs)

We would love for you to join our crew and play along.

You can find all the details for the challenge at the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG

While you are there please share some crafty loves and comments with the rest of the crew!

Shopping Our Stash #324 - If The Shoe Fits

Greetings friends!

Thanks for stopping by today to check out the newest challenge from the crew at SHOPPING OUR STASH

You know the old saying....if the shoe fits...well this week we want to see that reflected in your project!

I knew exactly the witchy shoes I wanted to use for my card. 

Wicked Cool is an older SU stamp set, but it's still one of my faves and a go to for Halloween cards.

Unfortunately, I think my witchy-poo has taken a bit of a nosedive off her broom!

Shite I used to make this card:

• Black & purple cardstock (Recollections)
• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Green cardstocl (SU)
• Wicked Cool stamp set (SU)
• Haunted Manor design paper (Doodlebug Designs)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Dusty Concord, Peeled Paint & Carved Pumpkin distress markers (Tim Holtz)
• 1 3/4" scallop, 1 3/8" circle & 1 1/4" circle punches (SU)
• Paper piercer (SU)

As always, we would love for you to join the crew and play along!!

All the details you need are on the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG

While you are there please share some crafty loves and comments with the rest of the crew!!

Jingle Belles - Embossing Around the Christmas Tree

ACK!!!

There is just over 2 months to go until Christmas and I am sooooooooooooooo far behind in my holiday card making!!

Sometimes there is a benefit to the ever so fun combo of insomnia and anxiety, at 5:30 this morning I got up and started making Christmas cards!

I had an idea in mind of what I wanted to try (yet to be used Christmas die and a certain embossing folder) and as luck would have it, the current challenge at JINGLE BELLES is Embossing Around the Christmas Tree

I started with this one

And liked it so much, I made two more!

That last one, the cardstock is a really nice bright teal colour, I am bummed it looks kind of wishy washy in the photo.

Shite I used to make these cards:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Cherry Cobbler & Early Espresso cardstock (SU)
• Teal cardstock (Recollections)
• Woodland Textured Impressions embossing folder (SU)
• Merry Christmas / Deer die (manufacturer unknown)

I'd like to enter these cards into the Embossing Around the Christmas Tree challenge at JINGLE BELLES

Shopping Our Stash #323 - Give Thanks - Part Two

For those of us here in the great white north, it's Thanksgiving weekend!!

Break out your stretchy pants and get ready to gobble til ya wobble!!

I don't eat turkey, but I sure love all the awesome things that go with it, potatoes, veg, stuffing, cranberry and of course the pumpkin pie!!!

Yep, I am one of THOSE people who like all things pumpkin!

I make family Thanksgiving cards each year, I hope people will get that I was going for pumpkin pie with this one!!

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Orange & yellow cardstock (SU)
• Silver cardstock (Recollections)
• 1 3/4" scallop and 1 3/8" circle punches (SU)
• 2" circle punch (Marvy)
• Fishtail / Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)
• Circle embossing folder (SU)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Happy Everything stamp set (Lawn Fawn)
• Pearl sticker (Recollections)

I'd like to enter this card into the GIVE THANKS challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH

Shopping Our Stash #323 - Give Thanks

Greetings and salutations crafty friends!!

Thanks for coming by today to check out the latest challenge from the crew at SHOPPING OUR STASH

We all have many blessings and things to be thankful for, sometimes we need to be reminded to count those blessings and not focus on all the negative shite, which, let's be honest, in the world we live in today, can be pretty overwhelming.

So the crew want to see you Give Thanks and by that we mean make a thank you card or something Thanksgiving themed.

I went with the latter, with a snarky twist, because, you know, I am super grateful for my super snarky friends! They make me feel slightly less crazy than I feel most days!

I don't know about you, but I for one have seen this look, if not heard these exact words at many a family Thanksgiving dinner.

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Black cardstock (Recollections)
• Thrilling design paper (Authentique)
• Phantom design paper (Pink Paislee)
• Pondering Midge stamp (Riley & Co)
• Christmas Words stamp set (dylusions)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• 2 1/2" circle punch (SU)
• Fishtail and Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)
• Paper piercer & mat (SU)
• Fine tip Sharpie

As always, we would love for you to join our crew and play along!

You can find all the details for the challenge over at the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG

While you are there, please share some crafty loves and comments with the rest of the crew!

Snarktoberfest!!!

Snarktoberfest and the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS - even Edna agrees that is a perfect match!

Snarktoberfest is on October 2 to 5 and there are sooooo many awesome projects to check out and some super deluxe prizes being offered up by the sponsors!!

We were super excited when Josafine invited the sisterhood to participate in the blog hop!

I got to play with some awesome Strawberry Jude Stamps and made this super cute card:

Shite I used to make this card:

• Stand Tall stamp set (Strawberry Jude Stamps)
• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Limeade Dot - Grid Petite Prints design paper (Doodlebug Designs)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Twisted Citron & Lucky Clover distress inks (Tim Holtz)
• Twisted Citron distress marker (Tim Holtz)
• Paper piercer & mat (SU)
• Fine tip Sharpie
• Fishtail & Banners die set (Your Next Stamp)

We know you wanna get your snark on and join us for snarktoberfest!

You can find all the details on the SoSS BLOG, check out all the sponsors and find out how to play along to be eligible for some fantastic prizes!!