Drunken Stampers #157 - Anything Goes

We're flying by the seat of our pants this week at DRUNKEN STAMPERS and bringing you an "Anything Goes" challenge...so let's see that creative mojo you've been storing up all winter and come join the crafty cocktail party! And be sure to visit my Drunken Stampers teammies to see what they have concocted for this challenge and show them some crafty lovin!

I knew for this challenge I wanted to make a "double duty" card, I need a masculine birthday card for a member of my team who has a birthday later this month....why why why why do I struggle with masculine cards???

 I triple stamped the cup stamp to get the cup, lid and sleeve and fussy cut the pieces. Have I mentioned how I DO NOT like fussy cutting things??? 

SUPPLIES:

Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Early Espresso &  Coastal Cabana cardstock (SU)

Chevron DP (SU)

Early Espresso ink (SU)

Gorgeous Grunge & Perfect Blend stamp sets (SU)

Ribbon (SU)

Stapler (to attach the ribbon)

Want to play along?? You have until 11:59 pm PST on Friday February 7 to upload your card to the Drunken Stampers Blog. 

Maybe YOU will be our next Life of the Party!!

Drunken Stampers Challenge 156 - New Years

Cheers and Happy New Year from the Drunken Stampers! Hoping that 2014 brings you all kinds of crafty happiness!! This is our last PERSON / PLACE / THING challenge for this term and it's a THING...New Year's Day. You can use drinks, resolutions or whatever inspires you about the beginning of a new year.

For this challenge the Tropical Hooters and Yellow Canaries have come together (you know THAT means trouble) so be sure to visit the DRUNKEN STAMPERS BLOG for all the details on this challenge and to show the design team some crafty love!!

I so wanted to use sequins to make bubbles coming out of the champagne glasses in homage to CHRIS but my silver sequins didn't match and you know me, everything has to be all matchy matchy. Anyway, click on Chris's name above to see how cool it looks!

SUPPLIES:

Design Paper - Memorabilia by Theresa Collins (from Nov 2013 Scraptures card kit)

Silver glitter paper - SU

Black sequins - Joanns

Champagne glass die - CreaTables

1/2", 3/4" and 1" circle punches - SU

Want to join in the crafty cocktail party?? Of course you do!! You have until 11:59 pm PST on Friday January 10th to upload your project to the Drunken Stampers blog. Maybe YOU will be our next Life of the Party!!

Drunken Stampers Challenge 155 - Thing / Embossing

Happy Saturday!!! Can you believe the BIG day is almost here?? Don't know about you, but I am NOWHERE near ready.

Visit the DRUNKEN STAMPERS BLOG for all the details on the challenge. You have until 11:59 pm PST to upload your project, maybe you will be our next Life of the Party!!

 

SUPPLIES:

 Whisper White cardstock (SU)

Triangle punch (SU)

Polka dot and white ribbon (Michaels)

Snowflake, swirl and swiss dots embossing folders (Cuttlebug / ProvoCraft)

I'd like to enter this card in SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge 131 - One Colour. Everything used to make this card has been in my stash for at least a year (some MUCH longer).

Be sure to visit the blogs of my Yellow Canary teammates to see what they have created for this week's challenge.

BARB

JESSI

LINDSEY

LYNNE

Drunken Stampers Challenge #153 - Person - Santa Claus

Happy Happy Happy Saturday crafty peeps!! Time for another Drunken Stampers challenge. This week the Yellow Canaries are up with a PERSON challenge and that person is Santa Claus!! You can use either Jolly Old Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Papa Noel, Kris Kringle or whatever you call him where you live OR anything related to December holidays.

Visit the DRUNKEN STAMPERS BLOG for all the details on this challenge and to upload your project. Maybe you will be our next life of the party!!

SUPPLIES:

Crumb Cake and Whisper White cardstock (SU)

Santa's List stamp set (SU)

Cherry Cobbler & Crumb Cake ink (SU)

DP (SU)

You have until 11:59 pm PST to upload your project for this challenge to the Drunken Stampers blog. Don't forget to visit my Yellow Canary teammates' blogs below to see what they made for this challenge and to show them some holiday lovin.

 BARB  

LINDSEY

JESSI 

VICKI 

LYNNE

Thanks for joining the crafty cocktail party this week :)

Drunken Stampers Challenge 151 - Place / Diner

Happy Saturday!! Time for another Drunken Stampers PERSON / PLACE / THING challenge. This week the Yellow Canaries are heading to the diner...won't you come with us?? For this week's challenge you can use a diner or anything food or food related...easy peasy lemon squeezie!

Be sure to visit the DRUNKEN STAMPERS BLOG for all the details on this week's challenge. 

I remember growing up the rule in my mum's kitchen was eat what was made or you got a whole lotta nothin' so that's kinda what I was going for with my card this week.

SUPPLIES:

White cardstock (gift from my friend Georgina)

Marina Mist & Daffodil Delight cardstock (SU)

Chevron punch (SU)

Image (Google search)

Sentiment (printed on my computer)

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you'll play along with us this week. You have until 11:59 pm PST to link up your project on the Drunken Stampers blog. Be sure to visit my Yellow Canary teammates blogs to show them some crafty diner / foodie love.

BARB

JESSI

LINDSEY

LYNNE

Drunken Stampers Challenge #149 - Thing / Chipboard

Happy Saturday!!! It's time for another Drunken Stampers challenge!! This week's Person / Place / Thing challenge is a THING....and that thing is chipboard!! For this challenge use either chipboard or grungeboard on your project.

Visit the DRUNKEN STAMPERS BLOG  for all the details on this challenge and be sure to visit the blogs of my Yellow Canary teammates and show them some crafty love!!

I am not sure what I am more happy with on this challenge, the tag itself or the picture I took of it...look at me getting all creative using miscellaneous pieces of nature in my photo!!! Figure I should try and take pictures outside while it's still warm enough!

OK back to the tag...I really really really have fun making tags, adding mish mash of different things until I am happy with how it looks. I started with a kraft tag, inked up the embossing folder with crumb cake ink before running it through the cuttlebug. Then I went over it again with tea dye distress stain to add more colour in spots. On went the ruler washi tape, then the filmstrip ribbon over that. I used burlap paper for the banner and with the black ribbon on top. Then I added all the other little pieces, the gear and spinner, 13 sticker, bolt brads and SEQUINS!!!!! My Drunken Stamper pals will be so proud of me for using some sequins on my tag (I bought 6400 sequins this week!!!). I liked the pop of colour in the light bulb to brighten the neutrals on the rest of the tag.

SUPPLIES:

Kraft tag (Recollections)

Ruler washi tape (Scraptures card kit)

Filmstrip ribbon (Tim Holtz)

Burlap paper stack (DCWV)

Gears and cogs embossing folder (Darice)

Bolt brads

Black sequins

Metal gear and spinner

Crumb Cake ink (SU)

Tea Dye distress stain (Tim Holtz)

Chipboard lightbulb (Prima Marketing Inc. - Scraptures card kit) 

Black ribbon (Scraptures card kit) 

Want to get in on the fun?? Course you do!! You have until 11:59 PST on Friday November 15th to upload your project to the Drunken Stampers blog. You could be our next Life of the Party!!

Drunken Stampers Challenge #147 - Person / Goth

Woo Woo it's Halloween week!!! Are your little ghosts and goblins ready for Trick or Treating??? I have already called dibs on all the Crispy Crunch chocolate bars in our house...ratts I should have called dibs on the Reece peanut butter cups too...

For this week's challenge the Yellow Canaries are scaring up a PERSON challenge. You can use a Goth or Halloween for your inspiration this week.

Truth be told, I make LOTS of Halloween cards, I probably have more Halloween supplies than Christmas in my craft rooom. You have no idea how I hmmmmd and hawwwwwwwd about using this much washi tape on ONE card!!! Thank goodness I ordered two sets!! Hahahahahaha

SUPPLIES:

Black cardstock (Recollections)

White cardstock (under the washi tape, gift from my friend Georgina)

Witches Brew washi tape (SU)

Tags 4 You stamp set (SU)

Versamark ink

Black embossing powder

Label Bracket punch (SU)

Pumpkin Pie marker (SU)

Skull and bat brad (gift from my friend Judy)

Happy Haunting!!!! 

 

Drunken Stampers Challenge #145 - Place - Carnival

Happy Saturday!!! Time for another Drunken Stampers challenge! This week team Yellow Canary are coming at you with a PLACE challenge....a carnival! Perfect for this time of year when there are so many fun fall fairs going on!

Be sure to visit the DRUNKEN STAMPERS BLOG for all the details on this week's challenge and to show the Yellow Canaries some crafty love!

Here's what I came up with for this challenge:

 

SUPPLIES:

Kraft cardstock (Recollections)

Marina Mist & Very Vanilla cardstock (SU)

Marina Mist ribbon (SU)

Feeling Sentimental stamp set (SU)

Frayed Burlap Distress ink (Tim Holtz)

Design paper (SU, retired)

Square Lattice embossing folder (SU)

Want to get in on the fun?? Upload your project to the Drunken Stampers blog by 11:59 pm PST on Friday October 18th and you could be our next Life of the Party!!

 

Drunken Stampers Challenge 143 - Die Cuts

Happy Happy Saturday!!! The Yellow Canaries are back this week with a THING based challenge. Be sure to check out the DRUNKEN STAMPERS BLOG for all the details on this week's challenge.  
 
I love Halloween!! Any excuse to make a Halloween card, I am all over it...so for this challenge I thought I would use my skull and crossbones die cut. Then I thought it would be fun to add Oct 31 in matching design paper using a different set of alphabet dies...so here's what I came up with...

I also used scraps of the design paper under the skull to make the eye and nose holes stand out a little more.

SUPPLIES: 

Basic Black cardstock (SU)

Retired design paper (SU)

Core-dinations cardstock (Tim Holtz)

Skull & alphabet dies (Provo Craft)

Sanding block (SU)

Want to play along??? You have until 11:59 PM on Friday October 4th to upload your project to the Drunken Stampers Blog...maybe you will be our next Life of the Party!!

 

Drunken Stampers Challenge #142 - Place - London

This week the Tropical Hooters are up with a Place challenge...and the place....LONDON!!

Be sure to visit the DRUNKEN STAMPERS BLOG for all the details on this challenge and to show the Tropical Hooters some crafty love!!

I couldn't resist this challenge, I have THE perfect set of stamps (2 actually) and embossing folders. My Tim Holtz "London Sights" stamp set and London Icons & Union Jack set embossing folders practically begged me to get inky!! Through in the Carry On set from SU and Bob's Your Uncle!! So grab a cuppa...we're off to jolly old London!

Here's the first card I made for the challenge...I heat embossed directly on the sanded core-dinations cardstock.

SUPPLIES:

Pacific Point and Whisper White cardstock (SU)

Red Core-dinations cardstock (Tim Holtz)

Union Jack embossing folder (Tim Holtz)

London Sights stamp set (Tim Holtz)

Versamark ink

Black embossing powder

And here's the second card I made for the challenge (I like this one better so saved it for last):

 

SUPPLIES:

Midnight Muse and Whisper White cardstock (SU)

Red Core-dinations cardstock (Tim Holtz)

London Icons embossing folder (Tim Holtz)

London Sights stamp set (Tim Holtz)

Carry On stamp set (SU)

Barn Door & Faded Jeans distress markers (Tim Holtz)

Want to get in on the fun?? Link your project to the DRUNKEN STAMPERS BLOG by 11:59 pm PST and YOU could be our next Life of the Party!!

 

 

Drunken Stampers Challenge 141 - Person - Bartender

If there was ever a more suitable challenge for the Drunken Stampers, I am not sure what it is...this week's Person / Place / Thing theme is a person...our favourite person...a bartender!!

For this challenge you can use a bartender, drinks or a bar as your inspiration, or all THREE if you are so inclined. Don't forget to visit the DRUNKEN STAMPERS BLOG for all the details on this challenge and to show my Yellow Canary teammates some crafty love.

In fact, in honour of this week's challenge, here is a Yellow Canary drink recipe for you to try out from GOOD COCKTAILS:

1 1/2 oz. Rum (Light)

1/2 oz. Cointreau® Orange Liqueur or Triple Sec

1/2 oz. Galliano® Liqueur 

1/2 oz. Lime Juice

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass.

Now that you've got your cocktail handy...here's my card for this week's challenge:

 

SUPPLIES:

lucky limeade, pacific point and whisper white cardstock (SU)

word window punch (SU)

orange polka dot DP (SU)

cheers to you stamp set (SU)

lucky limeade, pumpkin pie, daffodil delight and real red markers (SU)

champagne glitter paint (SU)

paper piercer and mat (SU)

black stazon ink

computer generated sentiment

Don't forget to link up your project for this week's challenge on the Drunken Stampers blog by 11:59 pm PST on Friday September 20th...maybe  YOU will be our next life of the party!!!

 

 

Drunken Stampers Challenge 139 - Place / Campsite

Can you believe we are in the last weekend of the summer?? Where did the time go?? Happy long weekend to everyone celebrating Labour Day this weekend...an extra day off work woo hoo!! 

This week Team Yellow Canary are back in action bringing you a PLACE challenge, and what better place to be on a long weekend than a campsite?? So pack up your gear and join us for the challenge! Be sure to visit the DRUNKEN STAMPERS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and to link up your project by 11:59 pm PST on Friday Septemeber 6th! Maybe you'll be our next Life of the Party!!!

I call my card "An Ode to Jessi"
Jessi is a stampin' sistah and fellow Drunken Stamper, she had a not so fantastic camping experience this summer so I thought she would appreciate the "are we having fun yet" sentiment.

SUPPLIES:

Kraft cardstock

Tim Holtz alpha tiles 

We R Memory Keepers "Happy Campers" paper pad

Momenta stickers

Thanks for stopping by this week and don't forget to show Team Yellow Canary some crafty love!

Drunken Stampers Challenge 137 - Thing / Twine

Happy Happy Happy Saturday!!! Team Yellow Canary are back in action this week with a THING themed challenge. This week be sure to use twine, string or hemp on your project.
Visit the DRUNKEN STAMPERS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and to show my fellow Yellow Canaries some crafty love.

Not sure if I mentioned that I am moving this week...so most of my crafty supplies have been packed up...luckily I still had a few things on hand that worked perfectly for this challenge. This card will be gone in the mail to a friend by the time this posts...she knows who she is...and she knows she's in my thoughts.

SUPPLIES:

Recollections kraft cardstock

K&C Company vellum sticker sentiment

Recollections signature embellishments

Tim Holtz paper string "Stripes"

DCWV Sunday Afternoon mat stack

You have until 11:59 pm PST on Friday August 23 to link up your project on the Drunken Stampers blog...maybe YOU will be our next Life of the Party!!!

Drunken Stampers Challenge 135: Person / Athlete

Woooooo hoooooo the Drunken Stampers are back for another term of crafty awesomeness!!! This term I am part of the Yellow Canary team - who knew there was a drink called that??? My Yellow Canary teammates are:

Barb

Jacki

Jessi

Lindsey

Lynne

Vicki

Be sure to visit their blogs to share the crafty love!!

This term all of the Drunken Stampers challenges are going to be based on a Person, Place or Thing, and you will have options for each challenge. For example, this week's challenge is based on a person, specifically an athlete, so you can use an athlete or any sport as your inspiration. 
 

For this challenge I knew right away what I wanted to do, my cousin Alley is having a baby in October... GO TEAM PINK!!! and I wanted to make a card for her baby shower using the same colours and papers as the shower invites we made. I also knew that since the baby's daddio is a big hockey fan, I wanted to make a jersey with their last name on it and the number 13 (which is BOTH the year she will be born and my lucky number).

 
After I made that card, I thought it might be fun to make a matching one in blue for our adopted son Joel who will be coming home on August 14th. His has the number 18 for the date of his birthday, which is also his lucky number.

 

Here's a picture of the two cards side by side:

 

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Recollections Grey Mini Dot DP

Recollections purple, blue & vanilla cardstock

Martha Stewart alphabet & maple leaf punches

My Favourite Things T shirt die

Provo Craft number die

Visit the DRUNKEN STAMPERS BLOG for all the challenge details. You have until 11:59 pm PST on Friday August 9th to link your card or project on the Drunken Stampers blog, maybe you will be our first LIFE OF THE PARTY for this term!!

Drunken Stampers Challenge #132 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Happy Happy Saturday!!! Time for another Drunken Stampers challenge!!!

I don't know if it's my British parents or my warped sense of humour...but I just LOVE Monty Python. When Kevinator and I first started dating we went to NYC to see Spamalot...it was freakin' fantastic!! The coconuts...the knights who say NI...the killer rabbit...muahhhhh ha ha ha ha 

Be sure to check out the DRUNKEN STAMPERS BLOG for all the details on this week's challenge and to check out the awesome creations from the Bahama Mamas.


Like all the challenges this term, you have options for inspiration, this time around you can either use The Holy Grail or rabbits. I chose a bit of both.

For the bottom layer I used a piece of sanded cherry cobbler core-dinations cardstock (SU). I used the Union Jack stamp from Tim Holtz "London Sights" stamp set and coloured it with cherry cobbler (SU) and faded jeans (Tim Holtz) markers.

The challice is made from the extra large and small oval punches (SU) using kraft core core-dinations cardstock (Tim Holtz).

I used the small oval punch (SU) for the bunny ears and hands and added the dripping blood with the cherry cobbler marker (SU).

Added some bling and voila...killer bunny hiding in the holy grail challice on an ATC :)

You have until 11:59 pm on Friday June 21 to upload your project for this challenge to the Drunken Stampers blog...who knows...maybe YOU will be our next Life of the Party!!

Drunken Stampers Challenge #130 - Breakfast at Tiffany's

Happy Happy Saturday!!! This week the Bahama Mamas are bringing  you a "Breakfast at Tiffany's" inspired challenge. For this week's challenge you can either use the movie or BLING as your inspiration. Be sure to visit the DRUNKEN STAMPERS BLOG for all the details on the challenge, to link up your project and to check out all the sparkly crafty love the Bahama Mamas have created this week.

So, this is a movie I have never seen...although I like the song by Deep Blue Something...but that's not very helpful for the challenge...so I decided to go the BLING route.

I have been "trying" to get outside of my crafty box and try new things...I am a big fan of eclectic / vintage looking projects...if you aren't sure what I mean by that, check out the blog of my fellow Drunken Stamper VICKI. A lot of the awesome projects she makes are what I was attempting to achieve with my card this week. Here's what I came up with...

 

I started with a kraft card base and then just kind of went to town from there. The design papers, image and wings were a gift from a swap-bot swap. I fussy cut the image and wings. Not sure if you can tell from the picture, but the lady is popped up on dimensionals so she's raised off the card a bit.

The pinkish mesh pieces were leftovers from another project I made. The flower is made from book pages, 8 scallops punched out, spritzed with water, wrinkled, dried and inked up on the edges, I fastened them together with a brad in the centre.

I thought the "embrace your imperfection" sentiment was perfect for this card....those are Tim Holtz Chit Chat stickers layered on torn pieces of the pink polka dot design paper.

My BLING comes from the glitter spritz that I used to glitter up every part of the card, including the card base.

Hope you'll play along with us for this week's challenge. You have until 11:59 pm PST on Friday June 7th to upload your card to the Drunken Stampers blog. And don't forget to visit the Bahama Mama blogs to show them some crafty love!!

Drunken Stampers Challenge #128 - Star Wars

Happy Happy Saturday!!! I don't know about you, but I am seriously freakin' excited that it's a long weekend!! This week's Drunken Stampers challenge is inspired by one of my all time favourite movies, Star Wars...yep I am nerdy, I even keep a Star Wars themed day planner in the craft room, it says "Do. Or do not. There is no try." on the front of it. I love the Star Wars movies because I can remember my parents taking us to see them in the theatre as kids (ya...I am THAT old).

So for this week's challenge you can use Star Wars as your inspiration, or space / rockets / flying machines. If you are a particularly brave soul you might try to use ALL three! Visit the DRUNKEN STAMPERS BLOG for all the details on this challenge and to show Team Bahama some love!

A few weeks ago I came across these super fantastic little Galaxy Paper Tots by kiki and company  You totally need to check these out! The set comes with 10 different figures AND two sizes of the Millennium Falcon!! 

I might have mentioned that my cousin Alley is expecting, Baby Bean will arrive later this year in October...and Baby Bean's Daddy is a big Star Wars fan...so I am going to make a series of Star Wars themed baby cards, this one is the first one, we found out TODAY Baby Bean's gender!!! GO TEAM PINK!!!

I started with a onesie in Pixe Pink (SU) and used Basic Black (SU) for the accents.The stormpooper and sentiment were printed on Whisper White (SU). The bling on the buttons on the bottom and the neckline were a gift from fellow Drunken Stamper Barb G - thanks Barb!!

Come play along with the Drunken Stampers, you have until 11:59 PST on Friday May 24th to link your card to the Drunken Stampers blog, who knows, maybe YOU could be our next Life of the Party!!