Shopping Our Stash #351 - Mythical & Magical

Greetings crafty pals!!

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

This week we are celebrating all things Mythical & Magical

I knew that meant I needed to make a glittery colourful unicorn card!!

I **might** have gotten a little carried away with the stickles on the unicorn, he looks like he has a lot of sparkly freckles!

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Unicorn stamp and die set (Cheeky Modern Pop)
• Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry & Wilted Violet distress inks (Tim Holtz)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Hot Aqua, Playful Purple, Key Lime & Fandango Pink markers (Bic - Mark It)
• Icicle stickles (Ranger)

As always we would love for you to join our crew!

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 #108 - X is for Xyloid

Greetings snarky pals!

Thanks for stoppiong by today to check out the latest challenge from Edna and the sisterhood of snarky stampers....X is For Xyloid

Let's be honest, I don't think I had ever heard the word xyloid before this challenge.

Turns out it means this:

resembling wood : having the qualities or nature of wood : woody, ligneous

Turns out I don't know what ligneous means either...but let's just move on.

I knew exactly what I wanted to make for this challenge...and then discovered that I don't own a sheep stamp...really?????

UGH

So I drew one.

OK I drew several "things" until I got one that I thought kind of looked like a sheep.

If you don't play Settlers of Catan as much as I do, you probably won't find this as funny as I do.

Sometimes I amuse myself...that's all that counts right??

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Black cardstock (Recollections)
• Alphabet stamp set (Studio G)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Sharpie
• Woodland embossing folder (SU)
• Fishtail / Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)
• Googly eyes

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

You can find all the details on the SoSS BLOG

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

Shopping Our Stash #350 - Yo Dude

Greetings crafty friends!

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

This week we are celebrating the dudes...so LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY and show us your dude appropriate projects.

Here's what I made for the challenge, all I need now is someone with a 5th birthday coming up LOL

You'll have to excuse the waterspots on the card, I was determined to take the picture outside and we were in the middle of a freezing rain / ice storm over the weekend. All that white you see...not snow...solid ice! Fun times in the middle of April huh??

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Red cardstock (Recollections)
• Let's Party design paper (Simple Stories)
• Let's Party clear stickers (Simple Stories)
• Let's Party bits & pieces (Simple Stories)

As always, 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!

Shopping Our Stash #349 - Headed to the Beach

Greetings crafty friends!

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

We are fed up waiting for spring to arrive, so we are 'headed to the beach' and we'd love you to join us!!

I made a 7x9" canvas for the challenge.

This is the third time I have painted this particular canvas.
I like to get my money's worth from things I buy at the dollar store!!
Just kidding...I painted a few canvases for Christmas that turned out TERRIBLY so I painted over them all to cover what I had done...and then I did this with one of them:

This was really messy and fun to make!

Shite I used to make this canvas:

• Canvas (Dollarama)
• Menagerie paper stash (Tim Holtz)
• Found Relatives - Occasions (Tim Holtz)
• Pool acrylic paint (Martha Stewart)
• Frayed Burlap distress paint (Tim Holtz)
• Shore Thoughts stickers (EK Success)
• Burlap and Bubbles stencils (Tim Holtz)
• Gauze tape
• Peacock Feathers distress ink (Tim Holtz)
• Mini ink blender tool (Tim Holtz)
• Water spritzer (SU)
• Sanding block (SU)
• Kraft cardstock (Recollections)
• Scrabble tiles

As always, we would love for you to join our crew and head to the beach with us!!

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 #107 - U is for Umbrella

Greetings snarky pals!

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

With spring here "officially" hopefully it will soon be time to put away the snow shovels and bring out the umbrellas!!

Edna has decided to help us prepare by insisting that our projects feature an umbrella.

I have three stamps with umbrellas on them, two are the same (the one I used) in different sizes and then I have just a random umbrella in another set.

I am keen on this Tim Holtz umbrella fella so I decided to use him.

I got a little over zealous in my use of my beloved sanding block and tore the book page...meh...I wasn't about to start over, so I am telling you that that tear adds character. That's my story and I am stickin' to it!

Turns out pages from old books are freakin' fragile when you ink, paint, heat emboss and then sand the bejeeeezuz out of them...who woulda guessed??

Shite I used to make this card:

• Black & kraft cardstock (Recollections)
• Page from a book (that may or may not have belonged to me shhhhhhhhhhhh)
• Peacock Feathers distress ink (Tim Holtz)
• Purple acrylic paint (Martha Stewart)
• Cloud stencil (TCW)
• Hexagon stencil
• Versamark ink
• Black embossing powder (Recollections)
• Sanding block (SU)
• Small Talk Occasions sticker (Tim Holtz)
• Mini ink blending tool (Tim Holtz)
• Water spritzer (SU)
• Purely Random stamp set (Tim Holtz)

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

You will find all the details for the challenge on the SoSS BLOG

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

I'd like to enter this card into Inkspirational Challenge #158 - Rain Photo

Shopping Our Stash #348 - Black, White & One Other Colour

Greetings crafty friends!!

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

This week we want to see black, white and ONE other colour.

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Cherry Cobbler Core'dinations cardstock (SU)
• Book page (gift from Mimi)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Woodland Textured Impressions embossing folder (SU)
• Sanding block (SU)
• Mini ink blending tool (Tim Holtz)
• Large heart punch (SU)
• Sentiment sticker (Tim Holtz)

As always, 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!!