Shopping Our Stash #444 - I Made This For You Mom!

 

Greetings and salutations crafty friends!

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

Mother's Day is quickly approaching, so we want to see what you are making for Mom (or Mum or Grandma).

I shopped my stash for some long since retired SU design papers that I have been **ahem** collecting.

This is the first time I have used a design paper in an insert card, I kinda like it!

Shite I used to make these cards:

• White cardstock (Recollections)
• Cricut Joy (to cut and draw images / text)
• Design paper (SU)

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!

Shopping Our Stash #419 - Happy Mother's Day

Greetings and salutations crafty pals!

Hope all is well in your socially isolated part of the world!

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

In just a few short weeks we will be celebrating our mums (or moms), so we thought we'd help you get a jump start on your Happy Mother's Day projects.

I get my tea granny-ness from my mum. We always share a pot (or two) when we are together.

I have had this awesome tea time die in my stash for a long time and I don't think I've ever used it before!

The design papers were also waaaayyyyyy down near the bottom of my paper drawer, goodness knows how long I have had those in my stash.

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Recollections)
• Summer Soul paper pad (Fancy Pants Designs)
• Ready Set Go paper pad (Amy Tangerine)
• Tea Time die (Tim Holtz)
• Tea Dye distress ink (Tim Holtz)
• Mini ink blender (Tim Holtz)
• Doily (Recollections)
• White twine (The Twinery)
• Small Heart punch (SU)

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.

Take good care, stay safe & be well 💓

SoSS 33 - Monochromatic Mama

Happy happy Saturday snarky friends!! Time for a new SoSS challenge! As mother's day approaches, Edna and the sisters of snark would like you to work your very best monochromatic magic and show us a mother's day card that is predominantly (like seriously predominantly) ONE colour.

Visit the SoSS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there be sure to show my snarky sisters and our Guest Designer JESSA some crafty lovin!!

I wasn't quite as brave as SISTER JESSI going ALL white for this challenge, I use a wee bit of black for my sentiment.

Here's what I made for the challenge:

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Swirly and Swiss Dots embossing folders (Provo Craft)
• Elegant Butterfly punch (SU)
• Fishtail / Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)
• Happy Everthing stamp set (Lawn Fawn)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)

Want to join the sisterhood and play along? You have until 11:55 pm (EDT) to upload your project to the SoSS BLOG

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

Until next time, may the snark be forever in your favour!

Shopping Our Stash #150 - Inspiration Photo

This week's SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge is based on this inspiration photo from Pinterest.

Here's a link in case you want to check it out for yourself: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/47498971044269957

For my project, I decided to use the colours in the clock to make a vintage looking Mother's Day card. 

The only thing I didn't have already in my stash for this card was the image which I found on THE GRAPHICS FAIRY. Some of the items on this project (like those flower buttons and ribon) are so old I don't even remember how many years ago I bought them!!

I started with a piece of design paper (SU) and covered the whole thing in washi tape, I wanted the colours underneath to show through but be very muted. Added the burlap and peachy sheer ribbon (both SU) and the buttons. The image I tore around the edges and brushed over with vintage photo distress ink (Tim Holtz). The sentiment stickers at the bottom are from the chit chat set (Tim Holtz).

So let's see what you can come up with based on the inspiration photo! Don't forget to upload your project on the SHOPPING OUR STASH blog an visit my teammies' blogs to show them some crafty love!!

SoSS #7 - Y is for Your Mama

Happy Happy Saturday!! Can you believe it's the first weekend of May already?? Hopefully some warm spring weather isn't too far behind!!

The Sisterhood is back this week with a Mother's Day challenge...that's right, Y is for Your Mama. Show us what Mother's Day, your mom or being a mom means to you. Visit the Snarky Stampers Blog for all the details on the challenge and to see what the design team have created this time round!

By the way don't you just LOVE the graphic that LEE made for this challenge, in the bathtub in her Doc Marten boots with a glass of wine, that's MY kind of mama!

One of the things I have always loved about my mum (that's right mum with a U) is that she always encouraged my brother and I to be who we were, who we wanted to be...I was the teenager with the multi coloured hair, too many earrings, always wearing black, too much makeup, probably had a tattoo and forever in my Docs. Not much really ever phased my mum, so my card this week is an ode to her...love you mucho my momma!!

Not sure if you can read the sentiment in the picture, it says "be who you will be my beautiful girl"

SUPPLIES:

Whisper White, Old Olive, Marina Mist cardstock (SU)

Glitter spray (SU)

Icicle Stickles (Ranger)

Chit Chat stickers (Tim Holtz)

Dirty Martini spray (Dyan Reaveley)

Curious Corrin stamp set (Dyan Reaveley)

Star stencil (Dyan Reaveley)

Peeled Paint, Spun Sugar, Spiced Marmalade, Smoky Sky & Walnut Stain distress markers (Tim Holtz)

Peeled Paint and Faded Jeans distress stains (Tim Holtz)

Black Staz-on Ink

Bling strip (Michaels)

Thesaurus page

Want to join the Sisterhood?? You have until 11:55 pm (EST) to upload your project on the Snarky Stampers Blog and don't forget to visit the team's blogs and show them some crafty love!!

TTFN!!

I stenciled!!!

I have been accumulating a LOT of stencils...I see other people do really cool things with them, I **think** that I should be able to do really cool things with them...then I sit down and go "what the hell am I supposed to do with this thing???"

So...I had noticed that a few of my crafty friends, as I am blog-stalking them (yeah I think that's a thing)...have done a STENCILED class with ONLINE CARD CLASSES

Turns out there are all kinds of cool online classes you can do, but I thought I would start with stencils since I have never used any of the ones in my stash (shame shame shame).

So I signed up, easy peasy lemon squeezy, watched the video on inking stencils and made two cards!! YAY me!!!

Here's the first one I tried:

I used Whisper White cardstock (SU), Mowed Lawn distress ink (Tim Holtz), blending tool and felts (Tim Holtz), Mini Chicken Wire stencil (My Favourite Things), 2" circle punch (SU),  a piece of vellum for the sentiment, versamark, white embossing powder, white twine, green bling and The Right Words stamp set (dylusions by Dyan Reaveley).

Here's the second one I made:

I used Whisper White cardstock (SU), Dusty Concord distress ink (Tim Holtz), blending tool and felts (Tim Holtz), hexagon stencil (Heidi Swapp), a piece of vellum for the sentiment, versamark, white embossing powder, purple bling and Messages for Mom stamp set (SU).

Can't wait to watch more of the videos and learn more cool stuff!!

Happy Mother's Day

Sending lots of Mother's Day love to my momma. This picture was taken last month the day my cousin Amanda got married. Here's my little momma with #1 phew. Happy Mother's Day Mum!!!! Love ya mucho xoxoxox

Here is the card I made for Mother's Day, I have wanted to try one of these three layer cards for a while, turns out they are pretty easy to make. Stamp all three pieces of cardstock at once so they line up. I started with pieces of very vanilla that were 2 x 3.25", 3 x 4.25" and 4 x 5.25". I layered them with removable adhesive before I stamped to be sure they stayed in place.

Once stamped, I layered the pieces on early espresso cardstock measuring 2.25 x 3.5", 3.25 x 4.5" and 8.5 x 5.5" (folded in half for the card base). I love the 3-D look of the triple layers.

Thanks for lookin!!

Mother's Day cards...

Monday night is Mother's Day class...yep we're getting a jump on that one!! Mum's are important!!

In addition to the joy fold card with the butterflies on it that I already posted, we'll be making this pink / brown card (my fave combo):

We'll also be trying out a flower pot card, this was my first attempt at one of these, it wasn't too tough :)

It's kinda bulky so it didn't scan very well, but here's what it looks like:

Here's what the insert looks like: