Shopping Our Stash #390 - Fabulous February

Greetings & salutations crafty friends!!

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

This week MIMI is our host and our theme is Fabulous February.

That means we want to see something inspired by February (amethyst, violet or iris) on your project.

February is my birth month, purple is my favourite colour and amethyst is my favourite gem, so I used those for my card.

For my image, I was inspired by a birthday card I received this year from my crafty friend Betty, the image was coloured on vellum and looked like stained glass, so I wanted to give that a go.

I heat embossed the image on one side of the vellum, then coloured on the back of the vellum with distress markers then layered it on a piece of green design paper to pop it off the purple design paper.

I made the sentiment with my label maker and cut some gems from the same pack of design paper.

I really love how the colours pop on the vellum!

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Vellum (Recollections)
• Label maker (p-touch)
• Versa mark ink
• Black embossing powder (Recollections)
• Stay Magical design paper (Craft Smith)
• Winged Things stamp (Tim Holtz)
• Twisted Citron, Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar, Mermaid Lagoon distress markers (Tim Holtz)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)

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 also share some love and comments with the rest of the crew!

SoSS #129 - D is for Diet

Greetings & salutations snarky friends!

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

This time around SISTER CHRIS is our host and our theme is "D is for Diets"

The best part of any diet are the donuts...am I right??

He he he ok, so maybe I am cheating a little, both on the theme and the diet...nuff said, but I am still going with donuts.

I was inspired by THIS card on Pinterest

Here is my take on it:

I have the sweetest five year old pen-pal who I am totally (do)nuts for...so this card will be going in the mail to her shortly.

Shite I used to make this card:

• Crumb Cake cardstock (SU)
• Black cardstock (Recollections)
• Vellum (Recollections)
• Paper piercer & mat (SU)
• Donut stamp (Ready, Steady, Stamp)
• Donut stamp set (Cheeky Modern Pop)
• Ground Espresso distress ink (Tim Holtz)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• 1/2" circle punch (SU)
• 1 1/2" circle punch (Marvy)
• Versamark ink
• White embossing powder (Recollections)
• Fandango Pink, Blue Skies Blue & Key Lime markers (Bic)
• Fishtail / Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)

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 #389 - Make Your Mark

Greetings and salutations crafty friends!

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

This week CHRIS is our host and our theme is "Make Your Mark"
That means you must use markers on your project.

Here's what I made for the challenge using possibly the oldest stamp set and design paper in my stash.

I think this will be a Valentine for my teenager this week.

I used markers to colour in the bananas and the arms, legs, butt and head of the sock monkey.

Soooooooooooooo much fussy cutting for the bananas and monkey!!!!

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Kraft cardstock (Recollections)
• Sock Monkey stamp set (SU)
• Alphabet stamp set (Studio G)
• Black Soot ink (Tim Holtz)
• Monkey Face design paper (Reminisce)
• Forest Green, Lemon Bliss and Yellow Blaze markers (Bic)

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!!

SoSS #128 - K is for Kitties

Greetings snarky pals!!

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

This week Sister Majo is our host and our theme challenge is K for Kitties

Well, anytime we have a cat related challenge, I only have one choice lol I only have one cat stamp...although it is a super cute one.

My go to stamp set for all things feline is Chubby Chums from Paper Smooches.

The problem with only having one cat stamp, is finding new ways to use it (thank you Google), I found some kitty inspiration in THIS CARD

I tried out a tip from the video, inking up the stamp with Versamark before the coloured ink, not really sure if it made much of a difference or not.

Here is my version:

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Gorgeous Grunge stamp set (SU)
• Chubby Chums stamp set (Paper Smooches)
• Black Soot, Twisted Citron, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Peacock Feathers & Picked Raspberry distress inks (Tim Holtz)
• Versamark

This card has already gone off in the mail to a special wee fella.

In early January we welcomed a new member of the family...and not only is he purrr-fect...his parents are super cat people!

Can you believe he is less than an hour old in this picture????

TOOOOOOOO much cuteness!!!

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!