Jingle Belles - Wrap it Up

 

It's the most wonderful time of the year!! Time to get a head start on 2024 holiday and Christmas cards!!!

The lovely ladies of Jingle Belles are encouraging us to use some wrapping paper or tags on a project.

We  (I) make our own gift labels every year, cuz let's face it, I have a LOT of Christmas paper.

Here's a label that was on one of my gifts this year (actually a recycled tag from last year!!)

And here are the two cards I made using that same paper (and Sharpie) featuring a few dancing characters sent to me by my awesome crafty pal Deena. She is so awesome she even put them together for me. I love the little dancing / swinging legs, but I loathe all the tiny pieces!!!

Entering these cards for JINGLE BELLES - WRAP IT UP

As my lovely crafty pal Jo pointed our, there is a wee bit of gold in each card, the star on the tree and the belt buckle on Santa, I am also entering these into the CHRISTMAS KICKSTART CHALLENGE #82 - THE MIDAS TOUCH

Christmas Kickstart Challenge & SoSS

Greetings all!

While Edna and the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers are on a bit of a break, our pal and sister Jo has invited us to play along for the Christmas Kickstart Challenge #80 - It's Christmas Jim, but not as we know it.

We want to see something non traditional on your project (including perhaps a Star Trek reference???).

I went the non traditional colour route with a blue, pink and purple card using a super cute Let's Stamp Together kit from November 2022 from Scrapbook and Cards today and LDRS creative.

The ornament is 3 separate layering stamps (super cool right??)

We would love for you to come on over to the Christmas Kickstart Challenge blog and play along with us!

There might even be a prize!!!

SoSS & Christmas Kickstart Crossover

Greetings and salutations crafty friends!

Hope all is well and safe and cozy in your corner of the world.

Did you know that our very own SISTER JO has her very own Christmas Challenge Blog??

It's called Christmas Kickstart Challenge, and she has invited the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers to be her helper elves for challenge #68 - Trees Trees Trees

One can never ever ever have too many Christmas cards in ones stash, so I took the opportunity of this challenge to try out my new Create in Quads "Peaceful Pines" stencil set from Taylored Expressions to make 4 card fronts.

As glitter opposed as I am, I even used some stickles on the last layer of stenciling to create faux snow.

Shite I used to make these cards:

• White cardstock (Recollections)
• Peaceful Pines Create in Quads stencil set (Taylored Expressions)
• Weathered Wood, Hickory Smoke and Black Soot distress oxide inks (Tim Holtz)
• Mini ink blender tool (Tim Holtz)
• Star Dust stickles

We would love for you to take up the challenge and show us your Trees Trees Trees!

You can find all the details for the challenge on the Christmas Kickstart Challenge Blog.

While you are there please show some crafty love and comments for Sister Jo and her helper elves!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge - #64 - Show Us Your Snowfolk

I am on a Christmas card making roll...it's a good distraction, which is something I need in this moment.

Did you know that my snarky sister Jo has her very own Christmas challenge blog?

It's awesome and you should totally check it out and play along.

CHRISTMAS KICKSTART CHALLENGE

The current challenge is Show Us Your Snowfolk so I knew right away what stamp I wanted to use...my go to all time favourite Tim Holtz sketchy snowman.

Not sure if you can tell in the picture, but I stamped the image on the card base, then on a separate piece which I watercoloured and popped up on foam tape.

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Recollections)
• Snowman Blueprint stamp and die set (Tim Holtz)
• India Ink Black ink (Hero Arts)
• Frayed Burlap, Candied Apple, Lucky Clover, Black Soot and Carved Pumpkin distress inks (Tim Holtz)
• Watercolour brush

Challenges Entered:

• Show Us Your Snowfolk - Christmas Kickstart Challenge

SoSS #194 - U is for Ugly

 

Greetings and salutations crafty friends!

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

Our challenge theme is U is for Ugly.

As usual, Sister Lee did an awesomely amazing job with our Edna graphic...but should I be offended that I have that SAME housecoat and those SAME slippers??? LMAO 

Anywho, ugly always makes me think of ugly Christmas sweaters and luckily enough I happen to have just bought this awesome cardmaking kit from PhotoPlay which fit the challenge perfectly. 

My sister-in-law and I spent some crafty time at the trailer recently and one of the things we made were Christmas cards using this card kit.

Not sure how this ended up so wonky and off centred, but meh...just adds to the ugliness...

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock base (PhotoPlay)
• Tulla and Norbert's Christmas Party card kit stickers and design paper (PhotoPlay)

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

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.

I am also adding this to Sister Jo's CHRISTMAS KICKSTART CHALLENGE for the current Funny Ho Ho challenge.

SoSS Guest Spot with Christmas Kickstart Challenge

 

Greetings and salutations crafty friends!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers have been invited to be guests on the latest Christmas Kickstart Challenge!! How exciting!! We hope you will play along with us!

You can check out all the information for the challenge on the Christmas Kickstart Challenge blog.

The challenge theme is Green Christmas...that means we want to see predominant green on your project and snark is not required (but always appreciated).

I was so excited for this challenge as I cracked into my Gnome for the Holidays - Christmas collection by PhotoPlay muuuuuchhhhh earlier than I was planning to (yay gnomes!).

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Recollections)
• Gnome for the Holidays - Christmas design paper, 3x4 cards and element stickers (PhotoPlay)
• Washi tape

Be sure to visit the Christmas Kickstart Challenge blog to check out the creations of the rest of the sisterhood and to join in!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #31 - Wreathed in Christmas Smiles - Part II

I am on a Christmas crafty roll today.

Here is a second card I made for the Wreathed in Christmas Smiles challenge at Christmas Kickstart.

Also made using the Winter Farmhouse collection by Simple Stories.
Design credit to Jeanne Jachna as seen HERE.

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock base (Recollections)
• Winter Farmhouse design paper (Simple Stories)
• Winter Farmhouse bits & pieces (Simple Stories)
• Winter Farmhouse combo cardstock stickers (Simple Stories)
• Winter Farmhouse chipboard stickers (Simple Stories)

As noted above, I created this card for the Wreathed in Christmas Smiles challenge at Christmas Kickstart.

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #31 - Wreathed in Christmas Smiles

Cold & rainy, stuck indoors...seems like a good excuse to get crafty (that and we've been under quarantine, isolation, working remotely or whatever you want to call it for 10 weeks now).

Unlike some of my smarter crafty friends, I am not on top of making Christmas cards all year round...so challenges like Christmas Kickstart remind me get a move on.

I was excited for the theme of the Wreathed in Christmas Smiles challenge as I have a number of Christmas collections that have wreaths in them....YAY!!!

Here's what I made for the challenge using the Winter Farmhouse Collection from Simple Stories:

Credit for the design of this card goes to Jeanne Jachna, I used her cards found HERE as a template for my own.

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock base (Recollections)
• Winter Farmhouse design paper (Simple Stories)
• Winter Farmhouse bits & pieces (Simple Stories)
• Winter Farmhouse combo cardstock stickers (Simple Stories)
• Winter Farmhouse chipboard stickers (Simple Stories)

As noted above, I created this card for the Wreathed in Christmas Smiles challenge at Christmas Kickstart.

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #29 - Christmas Cheer

Greetings and salutations crafty pals!!

Edna and the sisterhood of snarky stampers are super excited to be partnering up with our sister Jo for a crossover challenge with her challenge blog: Christmas Kickstart Challenge!

The theme for the challenge is Christmas Cheer (you know the sisterhood are always down for a boozy invite!!!)

I dug almost to the very deep and dark bottom of my stash for this card, the stickers are from a way old SU Christmas kit that is so old I can't even find the name of it!

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Recollections)
• Paper Dolls (Tim Holtz)
• December Documented design paper (Simple Stories)
• Christmas Words stamp set (dylusions)
• Border & holly sticker (SU)

As always, we would love for you to play along!

You can find all the details for the challenge on the CHRISTMAS KICKSTART CHALLENGE BLOG.

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #19 - Scandinavian Christmas

Greetings crafty pals!

Back today to share a card I made for the latest CHRISTMAS KICKSTART CHALLENGE.

The theme for challenge #19 is Scandinavian Christmas...well...I had NO idea what that meant.

So I checked out the cards made by Jo, guest elf Michele and came up with this (which I hope fits the theme):

Shite I used to make this card:

• Kraft cardstock (Recollections)
• Cherry Cobbler cardstock (SU)
• Kringle & Co design paper (American Crafts)
• Kringle & Co die cut shapes (American Crafts)

As mentioned at the top of the post, I would like to enter this card for Scandinavian Christmas at Christmas Kickstart Challenge.

Christmas Kickstart Challenge - Get a Head-er Start

Two Christmas card posts in one day....I am on a roll!!

I made this card for the Christmas Kickstart Challenge blog, which is hosted by my lovely Snarky Sister Jo.

Their new challenge is "Get a Head-er Start" which means they want to see a project inspired by their header photo which looks like this:

Super cute right??!!??

Here's what I made using that as my inspiration:

It also works for the 12 Days of Christmas challenge at Jingle Belles...so it's a twofer!

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Hollos)
• Cheerfully Christmas ICONS and DOUBLE TAKES cardstock stickers (Doodlebug Designs Inc.)
• Christmas TAGS and TABS cardstock stickers (Doodlebug Designs Inc.)
• Santa's Workshop FANCY FRILLS cardstock stickers (Doodlebug Designs Inc.)
• Santa's Workshop design paper (Doodlebug Designs Inc.)
• Happy Holidays Boutique Buttons (Doodlebug Designs Inc.)

As noted above, I would like to enter this card for the Get a Head-er Start challenge at the Christmas Kickstart Challenge blog.

I would also like to enter it for the 12 Days of Christmas challenge at Jingle Belles.

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"