Shopping Our Stash #388 - Ode to Jessi

Greetings crafty friends!

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

Our theme this week is an "Ode to Jessi"

Our teammie and friend Jessi Fogan lost her most courageous battle last month.

We want to honour her in the best way we know how, through her art.

Our challenge to you this week it to visit Jessi's blog and make something inspired by one of her projects. Be sure to link back to her blog so we can check out the project that inspired you.

Here is a link to Jessi's blog:

http://onecraftymama-onecraftymama.blogspot.com

I love Jessi's use of paper smooch stamps and of course googly eyes.

I picked this card of Jessi's:

Which you can find on her blog HERE

This is my take on her super cute card:

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Cut & Paste design paper (My Memories Eye)
• Life in Color design paper (Simple Stories)
• Summer Red Raspberry Soup design paper (Jillibean Soup)
• Chubby Chums stamp set (Paper Smooches)
• Sunset Orange and Yellow Blaze markers (Bic)
• Dear Lizzy enamel dots (American Crafts)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Word Bubbles framelits (SU)
• Googly eyes

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

You can find all the details on the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG

Help us honour Jessi for the amazing artist that she was.

Keep her friends and family in your hearts and in your thoughts.

Love and miss ya sistah 💔

SoSS #127 - V is for Valentine

Greetings snarky pals!!

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

Edna's wee heart is all a-flutter. Must be all the chocolate in stores this time of the year!

To celebrate love (and chocolate) our new challenge is V is for Valentine and our host is the ever lovely Sister Toni.

My immediate family (other than my mum)  is composed entirely of dudes (even my dog!!!) so I am always in need of dude suitable card...including Valentines.

This one will likely be for the Kevinator (suitable as his birthday is July 24 - 24/7 right!!??)

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• 24/Seven design paper (Simple Stories)
• Chalkboard tape (Dollar Tree)
• Washi tape
• Small heart punch (SU)
• Small Talk Occasions sentiment sticker (Tim Holtz)

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

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

While you are there, please share some crafty love and comments with our reigning Queen of Snark and the rest of the sisterhood!

Shopping Our Stash #387 - Inspired by Quilting

Greetings friends!!

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

This week, Mimi is our host and in honour of visit your local quilt shop day on January 26, our theme this week is "Inspired by Quilting"

To get a quilted look, I assembled my squares on a piece of backing paper, then ran it through the cuttlebug in the Square Lattice embossing folder.

I did the same with the sentiment, butterfly and banner.

Shite I used to make this card:

• Very Vanilla cardstock (SU)
• Design paper (gift from one of my crafty pals)
• Square Lattice embossing folder (SU)
• Elegant Butterfly punch (SU)
• Fishtail / Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)
• Sentiment Sampler stamp set (Paper Smooches)
• 1 3/8 square punch (SU)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Ruler
• 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 on the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG

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

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #2 - Bundle Up!

We are in the midst of a winter storm here in Southern Ontario.

We are expecting up to 30 cm of snow in the Niagara Region where I live...woot woot woot!!

It's a stay inside and play in the craftroom kind of day and suitably, the new CHRISTMAS KICKSTART CHALLENGE is "Bundle Up"

In an ongoing effort to use up some card kits I went back in my stash to a 2016 card kit that featured Hello Winter by Echo Park.

Can you see my little orange Kia Soul in the back there covered in snow???

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Hello Winter design paper (Echo Park)
• Hello Winter Chipboard Accents (Echo Park)
• Hello Winter Alpha Stickers (Echo Park)
• Bakers Twine

I'm entering this card into the Christmas Kickstart Challenge for "Bundle Up"

Shopping Our Stash #386 - Hearts on Fire

Greetings friends!

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

This week Chris is our host and our theme is "Hearts on Fire"

That means we want to see a heart on your project somewhere.

I took advantage of the challenge to make a Valentine. 

I am not one for mush and sentimentality, so this works well, straight to the point lol

Shite I used to make this card:

• Black cardstock (Recollections)
• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Chip Shapes - YUM! (PDQ)
• Small Talk Occasions sticker (Tim Holtz)

As always, we would love for you to join the 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 love and comments with the rest of the crew.

I'd like to enter this card into the "Have a Heart" challenge from Moving Along With The Times.

SoSS #126 - B is for Books

Greetings and happy new year snarky pals!!

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

Did you make a new year's resolution to be more studious?? More crafty??
Then this is the challenge for you!

We are kicking off 2019 with B is for Books

My lovely crafty pal MIMI had sent me some awesome library cards which I so grately adore, I couldn't bring myself to use one on a card, until now.

Library card, slightly snarky sentiment et voila!

Shite I used to make this card:

• Coloured card base (also used for the layer) - DWCV
• Dear Lizzy enamel dots - American Crafts
• Summer Red Raspberry Soup design paper - Jillibean Soup
• Say It Like It Is stamp set - Dylusions
• Library card - gift from MIMI
• Tuxedo Black ink - Memento
• Twine - Tim Holtz
• Mini Stapler - Dollarama

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

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

While you are there, please share some love and comments with our reigning Queen of Snark and the rest of the sisterhood!!

Shopping Our Stash #385 - Winter Blues

Greetings & salutations crafty pals!

Happy New Year to you and yours!
Hoping 2019 is all you are wishing for and more!

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

I am your host this week and we are celebrating (??) the Winter Blues

That means we want to see a winter themed card, lots of blue...or both!

I went with the both approach using some super stashy items.

These were so quick, fun and easy to make, I made three for the challenge.

Shite I used to make these cards:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Hello Winter design paper (Echo Park)
• Fabric Favourites (Little Yellow Bicycle)
• Sentiment stickers

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 love and comments with the rest of the crew!

Dotty Jo's Christmas Challenge #1

Greetings and happy new year crafty friends!

My snarky sister DOTTY JO has just launched her very own Christmas challenge!!

I do love making Christmas cards, so I thought I would play along, will give me a good head start for cards for this Christmas...only 51 weeks to go!!! LOL

The theme for this first challenge is Rudolph and Friends.

Here's what I made:

Shite I used to make this card:

• Kraft cardstock (Joann's)
• Cherry Cobbler & Early Espresso cardstock (SU)
• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Burlap paper (DCWV)
• Whip Cream ink (Fun Stampers Journey)
• Ground Espresso distress ink (Tim Holtz)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Menento)
• Rambunctious Red, Forest Green, Woodsy Brown & Tiki Hut Tan markers (Bic)
• 2" circle punch (Marvy)
• 2 1/2" circle punch (SU)
• Color Me Christmas stamp set (SU)
• Claus & Co Expressions Cardstock Stickers (Simple Stories)
• Pencil eraser

Phew, a lot of stuff to make a relatively simple card huh??!!??

As I mentioned above, I am entering this card in Dotty Jo's Christmas Challenge #1, Rudolph and Friends

Hop on over to her blog and check it out, I am sure she'd be chuffed if you played along as well!