SoSS #237 - O is for Ombre

 

Greetings and salutations snarky friends, hope that all is well in your corner of the universe.

Thanks for stopping by to check out the latest challenge from Edna and the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers where we are celebrating all things ombre.

I fully admit I full on cheated for my ombre effect - it's design paper.

And these cards are from the March 2023 Crop & Create (which I didn't make until now) so I had both a guide book and video on how to make them.

I've been so sick the past few weeks, that's about the best I could hope for was a step by step tutorial and curses but I am coming to love these teeny tiny soooooooo many piece layered die cuts! My craft pal Deena would be ever so proud!

Here are the two (very belated) Father's Day cards  I made today (I mentioned I have been sick right?? Sorry dads!)

Shite I used to make these cards:

• White and kraft cardstock (Recollections)
• Crop & Create March 2023 cardstock / design paper (Honey Bee Stamps)
• Lovely Layers Owl die set (Honey Bee Stamps)
• To The Wise One stamp set (Honey Bee Stamps)
• Nocturne ink (Tsukinek)
• White paint pen (Artistro)

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

You can check out 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 #422 - UFO's

Greetings and salutations crafty pals!

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

Chris is our host this week and our theme is UFO's (as in unfinished objects)...you know, all those things you started and never finished, coloured or cut but never used.

I chose to finish off a father's day card that I have had pieces of sitting on my desk.

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock base (Recollections)
• Mister Miller design paper (Monsieur Collection, Pretty Little Studio)
• Mister Williams design paper (Monsieur Collection, Pretty Little Studio)
• Vintage Illustrations (Monsieur Collection, Pretty Little Studio)
• Pocket card (Idea-ology / Tim Holtz)
• Sn@p Colour Vibe Bolds letter stickers (Simple Stories)
• Fishtail / Banner die set (You Next Stamp)
• Foam tape (Dollar Tree)

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 & comments with the rest of the crew!

Let's Hear It For The Boys!

Taking some time off work this week has allowed me to enjoy the sunshine AND spend some time in my craft room!

With father's day this weekend, I wanted to focus on some masculine cards, which, let's be honest, I hardly ever do, but I love them when I make them!

This first one I made specifically for a special three year old dude in my life.
I love to send him and his sister random cards in the mail.
Who doesn't love to get happy mail right??

This one is my father's day template card for 2019.

For both of these cards I was able "shop my stash" and use some design papers and stickers from a card kit that I've had for more than a few years featuring the MAX collection by Bella BLVD.

Shite I used to make these cards:

• Kraft cardstock (Recollections)
• White cardstock (Fireworks)
• "Max" design paper & stickers (Bella BLVD)
• Ground Espresso, Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed distress inks (Tim Holtz)
• Smokey Slate ink (SU)
• Masculine Graphic Tee stamp & die set (My Favourite Things)
• 1 3/8" circle punch (SU)

I'd like to enter these cards into the following challenges:

Cards 4 Guys Challenge #221 - Father's Day - DT / GDT

Watercooler Wednesdays: WWC225 - Donna's All About Occasions

Shopping Our Stash #249 - Think Ink

Thanks for popping by today to check out the newest SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge.

This week the crew would like you to "Think Ink"

We want to see lots of ink on your project, but no colouring!!

I rarely need an excuse to make an inky mess in my crafting, so I loved this challenge!

I used an acrylic block and overlapped four different distress inks to make my colour block background. Then another distress ink to stamp the trees and sentiment.

I also inked up the edges of the layer and the sentiment to match the trees.

Easy peasy, lemon squeezy!

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Acrylic block (SU)
• Broken China, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Shabby Shutters and Gathered Twigs distress inks (Tim Holtz)
• Lovely as a Tree stamp set (SU)
• Happy Everything stamp set (Lawn Fawn)
• Mini ink blender tool (Tim Holtz)

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

Check out all the details on the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG and while you are there please share some crafty lovin' with the rest of the crew!

Happy Farter's Day

My crafty friends JESSI and CHRIS (aka the Evil Double Mint Twins) have been making these awesome Father's Day cards that say "farter" instead of father....sooooooo freakin funny and sooooooo freakin perfect for me old pot and pan who is the world's greatest farter!!

Here's the Father's Day card I made for my dad inspired by my crafty sisters, hope you like it.  My mum thought the dark shadow around the cloud was clever.

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Black cardstock (Recollections)
• Man stamp (Gel a Tins)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Cloud die (gift from Jessi)
• Mini ink blending tool (Tim Holtz)
• Fishtail & Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)
• Letter stickers (from my stash)

Shoppin Our Stash #206 - Out On A Limb

Happy Tuesday crafty friends!!! Time for a new SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge! 

This week the SOS crew are going "Out on a Limb" and we'd like you to join us!!

That's right, this week we'd like to see trees, branches, leaves...whatever you associate with "Out on a Limb."

 With Father's Day next weekend, I am trying to make a few masculine cards, with that in mind, here's what I made for the challenge this week:

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Lovely as a Tree stamp set (SU)
• Dad Rocks stamp set (Technique Tuesday)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Smoky Slate ink (SU)
• Black and white twine (The Twinery)
• Paper piercer (SU)

Visit the SOS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there be sure to show my teammates some crafty lovin!!

We'd love for you to join us, play along won't you??


 

SoSS 36 - D is for Dudes

Edna and the sisters are celebrating dudes this week, Father's Day is approaching so we want to see your most manly dude projects!

Visit the SoSS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there visit my sisters and our Guest Designer and show them some crafty lovin!!

Here's what I made for the challenge, I have clearly been watching too many episodes of Mad Men on Netflix...there's something very Don Draper about this card...

I would never ever ever ever stamp directly onto a card base for fear of mucking it up, so I stamped the dude (Walter) on a separate piece of cardstock, fussy cut him out and stuck him onto the card base.

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Mr. Clark design paper (Monsieur Collection - Pretty Little Studios)
• Walter stamp (Riley and Company)
• Brown ink (Staz-on)

I think dudes (and dads) like simple, straightforward cards (if they like cards at all). With that in mind, I made this super simple but colourful dude / dad card:

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Mr. Williams design paper (Monsieur Collection - Pretty Little Studios)
• Dad Rocks stamp set (Technique Tuesday)
• Indigo Island, More Mustard, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze markers (SU)

What are you waiting for??? We'd love for you to play along with the D is for Dudes challenge!! 

Join the sisterhood and upload your project to the SoSS BLOG by 11:55 pm (EDT) on Friday June 26.

Maybe you will be our next Queen or Princess of Snark!!

Shopping Our Stash #202 - Silver & Gold

May 24th is our FOUR-YEAR ANNIVERSARY at SHOPPING OUR STASH!! 

To celebrate this special occasion this week our challenge theme is Silver & Gold. That's right, we'd like you to use both silver and gold on your project.

Check out the SOS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there show some crafty lovin' to the rest of the crew won't you??

Here's what I came up with for the challenge, with Father's Day only a few weeks away now, I thought I would get a jump start on some masculine cards:

The colours didn't photograph very well, you can't see the glitter in the gold cogs and I am pretty sure that's me reflected in the silver cogs LOL

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Cog punch (SU)
• Gorgeous Grunge stamp set (SU)
• Happy Everything stamp set (Lawn Fawn)
• Smoky Slate ink (SU)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Gold cardstock (Recollections)
• Silver paper (was a hat in last year's Christmas cracker...LOL...yep I keep everything I think I can use on a card - how's THAT for shopping your stash???)

We'd love for you to play along with us, join the Shopping Our Stash crew and upload your project at the SOS BLOG.

SOS #156 - Oldest Die or Punch

This week's SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge is "Oldest Die or Punch." So let's see what you've put away and forgotten about...I know I don't use a lot of the first dies and punches that I bought, so in a box they sit.

I had to dig deep for this border punch I bought from Stampin' Up when I first started stamping and card making...I thought it was the coolest thing...but now...I hardly ever use it.
 

I wanted to try a bit of a paper tole effect on the card, so the little image that's almost in the centre, I cut and layered four times. Here's a shot from the top to show the layers better.

SUPPLIES:

Kraft cardstock  (Recollections)

Mr. Wilson & Mr. Jones design paper (Pretty Little Studio, Monsieur Collection)

Border punch (SU)

Alphabet punch (Martha Stewart)

Dimensionals (SU)

Visit the  SHOPPING OUR STASH blog for all the details on this challenge and while you are there, visit my SOS teammies and show them some crafty love!

Retro Father's Day - Scraptures June 2013 Card Kit

I am loving this month's card kit from SCRAPTURES it totally reminds me of Mad Men, the 60's feel of the design papers and embellishments. I mean, come on, doesn't the guy on the first card totally remind you of Roger??? Even better, he kinda looks like my father in law...so guess who's getting this card for Father's Day :)

The card kit this month features Pretty Little Studios "Monsieur"

SUPPLIES:

(all from this month's card kit)

Pretty Little Studios "Monsieur" 8x8 paper pack - "Mr. Hall"

Pretty Little Studios "Monsieur" Vintage Illustration Die Cuts

Kraft cardstock

Red & white chevron ribbon

The next card is a mish mash from this month's card kit, the June 2012 card kit and some other stuff. I stamped and fussy cut the moustache and stuck it to a popsicle stick...WARNING...use caution when cutting a popsicle stick with big scissors...you could lose an eyeball!!

SUPPLIES:
Pretty Little Studios "Monsieur" 8x8 paper pack - "Mr. Miller"
Kraft  and white cardstock
Popsicle stick
Black Staz-On ink
Paper piercer and template
Moustache stamp (Masculine Grahpic T Die-namics and Stamp Set)
Family Man Sticker Accents (Echo Park) from June 2012 card kit 

Return of the..............Galaxy Paper Tots

You thought I was going to say Jedi didn't you??? Well you're not far off. I think I have mentioned already how completely and absolutely in LOVE I am with the Galaxy Paper Tots from KIKI and COMPANY

I knew for Father's Day I was going to use the Darth Vader tot with my "I AM YOUR FATHER" stamp from the Masculine Grahpic T Die-namics and Stamp Set from MY FAVOURITE THINGS

The star design paper (Rock Star mat pack by DCWV) and spritzing is meant to give the feeling of being in space, and the big circle Darth Vader is on is supposed to remind you of the Death Star...yeah...I am THAT nerdy!!

The Galaxy Paper Tots come pre-coloured, but because my printer SUCKS I added some additional colour to Darth Vader's mask and eyes (weathered wood distress marker - Tim Holtz) and his light saber (R59 Cardinal copic marker). I also used that same copic marker and a black sharpie to colour the bling to match (they are gold originally).

I don't usually do much with the inside of the cards, but today I am taking a page from the book of my friend and fellow Drunken Stamper CHRIS  You totally need to check out her blog to see not only her awesome cards, but the magic awesomeness she does with the insides of them!! 

 
I used Cherry Cobbler ink (SU) for the sentiment and added a piece of matching design paper to finish it off.

I'm going to submit this card for the Clearly iStamp FATHER'S DAY CHALLENGE

Father's Day take 2

This month's card kit from Scraptures has an Echo Papers mini theme pack called "Family Man." The pack has six 12 x 12 design papers and a sheet of sticker accents perfect for Father's Day.
On the scraptures forums, Chelle posted a great Father's Day card she made with the kit, this card (for my FIL) is a CASE of Chelle's card.

Wanna join in the fun?? Visit www.scraptures.ca to purchase monthly card making or scrapbooking kits, or chat in the forums!!

Thanks for lookin!!

For the Old Pot and Pan

Tomorrow is Father's Day. We'll be heading out to Oshawa armed with steak and beer for a Father's Day BBQ.
Brother is bringing salmon for the BBQ, #1 phew is making a salad (he makes the best salads!!!)
I'm making Mars bar squares for dessert.
Here's the Father's Day card I made for the Old Pot and Pan, he's been following the Euro football (yes football NOT soccer) and supports England, so this was a quick and easy card to make, and I think (hope) he will like it!!