SoSS #267 - S is for Spooky

 

Ghostly greetings and spooky salutations snarky friends!

Thanks for stopping by to check out the latest challenge from Edna and the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

It's the most wonderful time of the year, time to celebrate all things pumpkin spice and Halloween!

Edna wants to see your spooooooooooooooooooooooooooooookiest creations.

With October being breast cancer awareness month, we give you the optional addition of pink!

I got some great Halloweeny craty supplies over the summer at the Stamplicity warehouse sale, including some stencils and distress crayons that I couldn't wait to try out.

I "fingerpainted" sort of with the crayons for the background and then overlayed with water, stencils and more distress crayons on top.

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.

SoSS #235 - S is for Steampunk

Greetings and salutations snarky pals!

Thanks for stopping by to check out the latest challenge from Edna and the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

It's the most wonderful time of the year!!

Yep, unlike the majority of the sisterhood, I am all about the S is for Steampunk challenge...it's a great excuse to make a big old inky mess (who doesn't love THAT??)

Also a great excuse to break out some of my fave Tim Holtz stuff...ok let's be honest...ALL of his stuff is my fave stuff!

It's been forever since I made a tag and believe it or not, I did start with a manilla tag - but then I added ink, ink, and more ink, stencil, stencil and more stencil, stamp, stamp and more stamp, maybe a few of my own fingerprints...and this is what I ended up with:

Shite I used to make this tag:

• Manilla craft tag (Ranger)
• Tumbled Glass, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Frayed Burlap, Faded Jeans, Fired Brick distress oxide inks (Tim Holtz)
• Markings stencil (Tim Holtz)
• Observations stencil and stamp set (Tim Holtz)
• Inquisitive stamp set (Tim Holtz)
• Coffee Stains stencil (AALL & Create)
• Blending brushes (gifted from Sister Chelle)
• Mini stapler (Dollarama)

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.

SoSS #226 - G is for Glitter

Greetings and salutations crafty friends!

Thanks for stopping by to check out the latest challenge from Edna and the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

This time around, we are celebrating all things {{GAH!!}} glitter.

The bane of my crafty existence, shaky hands and glitter are not the best combination. I will only use loose glitter in very controlled circumstances, like a shaker card and even then, it still gets everywhere!

The shaker tag die was a freebie from Taylored Expressions (which I hadn't used yet) so I thought it would be perfect for this card and this challenge.

I can see making more shaker tags for sure, they were relatively quick and easy (after I watched a few videos lol).

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (American Crafts)
• Black cardstock (Recollections)
• Shaker Tag (Taylored Expressions)
• Shaker bits and acetate (Recollections)
• Sweet Talk design paper and cardstock stickers (Simple Stories)
• Pink extra fine glitter (Dollarama)

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.

SoSS #212 - T is for Tags

 

Greetings and salutations snarky pals - hope all is well in your corner of the planet! 

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

Edna wants to see a tag somewhere on your project - or a tag as your project - whateves - as long as there is a tag of some sort.

I knew right away the image and sentiment I wanted to use...including one of my all time fave sentiment sets by our very own SISTER CHRIS

Shite I used to make this card:

• White cardstock (Recollections)
• Hot Mess Stamp Set (Chris Dring Designs / Stamplorations)
• Coffee Lady stamp (Riley and Company)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Tags, Scallop Combo #2 die (Sizzix)
• Happy Hearts design papers (Simple Stories - from the Feb 2022 SCT Sampler)
• Happy Hearts bits & pieces (Simple Stories - from the Feb 2022 SCT Sampler)

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 with our reigning Queen of Snark and the rest of the sisterhood.

SoSS # 151 - H is for Headache

Greetings, salutations and happy new year from Edna and the sisterhood of snarky stampers!

Thanks for coming back to check out our first challenge for 2020, something we hope we are all well over at this point...

H is for Headache

Since it's been forever since I made one, I decided to make a take for this challenge. I knew the exact sentiment I wanted to use as well.

Shite I used to make this tag:

• Craft tag (Ranger)
• White cardstock (Recollections)
• Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet, Twisted Citron and Spiced Marmalade distress ink (Tim Holtz)
• Water spritzer (SU)
• White, blue & black acrylic paint (DecoArt)
• Cargo and Bubble stencil (Tim Holtz)
• Snarky Big Talk sentiment sticker (Tim Holtz)
• Fine tip Sharpie

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

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

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 the rest of the sisterhood.

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SoSS #135 - I is for Ironmongery

Greetings and salutations snarky pals!

Thanks for stopping by to visit with Edna and the sisterhood of snarky stampers!!

It's once again the most wonderful time of the year!!!

Time for our annual steampunk themed challenge!! YAY!!!

Yes, I know not ALL of the sisters get as excited for this one as I do.

I think I love it because I get to break out all my awesome and messy Tim Holtz craft supplies 😀

Here we go with I is for Ironmongery!!

Shite I used to make this tag:

• Craft tag (Ranger)
• Cobalt Blue & Pure Gold acrylic paint (Folk Art)
• Eye Chart stencil (Tim Holtz)
• Paper Doll (Tim Holtz)
• Small Talk Occasions sentiment sticker (Tim Holtz)
• Mini Ink Blender Tool (Tim Holtz)
• Steampunk Gears embossing folder (Darice)
• Black Soot distress ink (Tim Holtz)
• Washi Tape (Michaels)
• Paper String (Tim Holtz)
• Stapler

As always, we would love for you to join Edna and 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 #374

Greetings & salutations crafty friends!

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

This week Mimi is our host and she has chosen this inspiration quote to base your project on:

Here's the tag I made:

Shite I used to make this tag:

• Manilla craft tag (Ranger)
• Twisted Citron, Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet distress inks (Tim Holtz)
• Broken China distress paint (Tim Holtz)
• White acrylic paint (DecoArt)
• Scallop stencil (Colorbox)
• Bubble stencil (Tim Holtz)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Versamark ink
• Black embossing powder (Recollections)
• Heat gun (Marvy)
• Fine tip Sharpie
• Pearl stickers (Michaels)
• Pondering Midge stamp (Riley & Co)
• Alphabet stamp set (Studio G)
• Pencil eraser

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!!

SoSS #92 - J is for Jumble

Greeting snarky pals!

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

Edna has been all jumbled up, and as usual, she would like you to follow suit.

Show us your best jumble (collage) project.

I started with a blank tag and didn't stop until I was pretty much out of room to add anything else.

I really shopped my stash for this one. I pulled embellishments from all over the place in the craft room, some of which I have NO idea what card kit it came from or how I acquired it.

I can share some crafty loves with my sisters on this one though. The pretty flowers were a gift from SISTER CHRIS and the clothes pins were a gift from SISTER JESSI

Shite I used to make this tag:

• Vanilla tag (Recollections)
• Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers and Picked Raspberry distress inks (Tim Holtz)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Phrases I stamp set (Tim Holtz)
• Bubble stencil (Tim Holtz)
• Mini ink blender tool (Tim Holtz)
• Doily (Recollections)
• Filmstrip ribbon (Tim Holtz)
• Stapler
• Gold heart brads
• Miscellaneous embellishments (camera, heart, banner, number 3)

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 loves and comments with our reigning queen and the rest of the sisterhood!

Shopping Our Stash #310 - Flag Day

Greetings friends! 

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

With both Canada Day and Independence Day happening this week, we want you to see the colours (or colors) of your flag!!

I made a red and white Canadiana inspired tag.

Some of my very best memories as a kid were camping in Algonquin Park with my family every summer.

I might have had my first kiss right there at Rock Lake!!

My dad used to take us "moose hunting" at dusk, which really meant we were driving around looking for wildlife...we saw lots of beavers, lots of moose and the occasional bear!

I owe my super amazing campfire skills to my dad and what we call "the Whiteman school of fire building."

I didn't have any twine to  match my tag, so I pulled some white twine through the Candied Apple ink pad a few times and voila, matchy matchy!

Shite I used to make this tag:

• Kraft tag (Recollections)
• Candied Apple distress ink (Tim Holtz)
• Whip Cream ink (Fun Stampers Journey)
• Water spritzer (SU)
• White cardstock (Fireworx)
• Fishtail / Banner die set (Your Next Stamp)
• Canada themed stamps (Studio G)
• Maple leaf punch (Martha Stewart)
• White twine

As always we'd 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 loves with the rest of the crew!

SoSS #87 - A is for Arty

Greetings friends!

This week over at the SoSS BLOG Edna and the sisterhood of snarky stampers are getting our arty on!

I am not sure if my tag is "arty" but I sure made a BIG mess in the craft room making it, so I think that counts!

Shite I used to make this tag:

• Kraft tag (Recollections)
• Picked Raspberry distress stain (Tim Holtz)
• Twisted Citron and Peacock Feathers distress inks (Tim Holtz)
• Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry distress markers (Tim Holtz)
• White acrylic paint (DecoArt)
• Clockwork, Bubbles and Splotches stencils (Tim Holtz)
• Be Yourself stamp (Tim Holtz)
• Jute string (Tim Holtz)
• Enamel dots & hearts
• Versamark ink
• Heat tool (Marvy)
• Black embossing powder (Recollections) 
• Sanding block (SU)
• Marker spritzer (SU)
• Water spritzer (SU)

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

You can find all the details for the challenge on the SoSS BLOG.

While you are there please share some loves with our reigning Queen of Snark and the rest of the sisterhood.

Shopping Our Stash #293 - All Its Cracked Up To Be

Greetings friends! Thanks for stopping by today to check out the latest SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge.

This week's theme is All Its Cracked Up To Be

We want to see some kind of crackle medium on your project.

Make something look old and distressed you say?? 
I am on it!! 
That's totally my favourite!!

I started with a plain ole kraft tag and ended up with this:

You'd have to look really hard, but there are four different stencils and distress inks on there!

There are also 5 colours of jute string, but they are a bit hard to spot in the picture.

I don't have the patience for things like crackle accents, takes too long to dry. So I created my own crackle effect with a water spritzer, scrunching the paper up, drying it out with the heat gun, spritzing, scrunching and drying a few times over.

The crackle is most clear on the base of the tag, the clock and the three old dudes.

Tags for me are kind of like ATC's, I like to cram a LOT into a small space.

I even hand drew some uneven stitching with a fine tip sharpie, I am kinda pleased with myself on that one!

I did two layers of stamping, one in frayed burlap and then another in black, used two different washi tapes and five different stamps!

To brighten it up a bit I added some silver accents in the clips.

Shite I used to make this card:

• Kraft tag (Ranger)
• Kraft cardstock (Recollections)
• Heat gun (Marvy)
• Water spritzer (SU)
• Life's Possibilities stamp sets (Tim Holtz)
• Frayed Burlap, Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron & Wilted Violet distress inks (Tim Holtz)
• Bubbles, Speckles, Tiles and Clockwork stencils (Tim Holtz)
• Air Mail washi tape (Tim Holtz)
• Fine tip sharpie
• Ruler
• Jumbo paper clips
• Arrow clips (SU)
• Chit Chat stickers (Tim Holtz)
• Jute string (Tim Holtz)
• Arrow brad (SU)
• 1 3/8" circle punch (SU)

Told ya there was a LOT of stuff on that tag!!

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

Check out all the details on the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG

While you are there, please share some love with the rest of the crew and our guest designer. 

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Shopping Our Stash #247 - You Stamped With WHAT???

This week the SHOPPING OUR STASH crew want you to use something on your project that you wouldn't usually associate with paper crafting (well at least not in the usual way).

I created a textured background using Black Soot distress ink and a paper towel.

Once my tag was painted and stenciled, I covered the entire tag with the distress stain. Then (using a piece of paper towel bigger than the tag) I pressed down on the tag to pull up the excess distress ink and in the process got a really cool textured design in the background!

You may have to zoom in on the picture to see the paper towel design.

SHITE I USED TO MAKE THIS TAG:

• Manilla craft tag (Ranger)
• Woodgrain stencil (Tim Holtz)
• Broken China and Frayed Burlap distress paints (Tim Holtz)
• Black Soot and Gathered Twigs distress stains (Tim Holtz)
• Water spritzer (Tim Holtz)
• Paper towel
• Thrift Shop ephemera pack (Tim Holtz)
• Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
• Mini ink blender tool (Tim Holtz)
• Big Chat stickers (Tim Holtz)
• Jute string (Tim Holtz)
• Stapler

Check out the SHOPPING OUR STASH BLOG for all the details on the challenge. While you are there please share some crafty lovin' with the rest of the crew.

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

SoSS 30 - E is for Easter

Ha! Bet you thought we'd make E for Edna...nahhhhh...that would be too easy!!!! (or maybe we didn't think of that...mental note for next year)

Edna and the snarky sisters are back atchya with a fun new challenge...yep...E is for Easter, so grab your bunny ears, or tail, if that's how you roll, and play along won't you??

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

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

Not sure if you can read the chit chat stickers, but it say's "happy easter my love bunny"

Shite I used to make this tag:

• Kraft tag (recollections)
• Scrap of flowery / texty design paper, no idea where I got it from
• Lace ribbon (Scraptures February 2015 kit)
• Burlap (older Scraptures kit)
• Frayed burlap distress ink (Tim Holtz)
• Mini ink blending tool (Tim Holtz)
• Chit Chat Seasonal stickers (Tim Holtz)
• Pink pleated ribbon (SU)
• Bunny die (Impression Obsession)
• Stapler & staples
• Bakers twine
• Cotton ball for the bunny tail

Shopping Our Stash #162 - Triple Threat

Happy Tuesday! This week's SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge is "Triple Threat."

We'd like you to use at least three of these:  Ribbon, flowers, lace, pearls, sprays/mists,  punched elements or die cut elements, rhinestones, doilies (stamped will work too), dry embossing or scoring OR use three of one type of embellishment.

Visit the SOS BLOG for all the details on the challenge and while you are there show my crafty teamies some lovin'!!

I call my tag for this challenge "THANKS JESSI!" as a LOT of the stuff on my card was a gift from Jessi at one time or another...sharin' the crafty lovin'!!

Here's what I came up with for the challenge using ribbon, flowers, punched elements and rhinestones:

The tag was a comedy of errors, I thought I was heat embossing with white embossing powder, nope, it was heat & stick powder...then grabbed the pewter by mistake...I guess it's not TOO bad with the rhinestones and other silver accents...and can you even tell I covered the whole tag with Squeezed Lemonade distress stain??? Didn't think so...

I also wasn't 100% (ok not even 1%) sure what to do with the gauze strip, so I laid it out on my Ranger craft sheet (just got one, best thing EVAH!!!) and stained it with the Peeled Paint distress stain...pretty awesome right?? LOL

Shite I used to make this card:

• Kraft tag (Recollections)
• Peeled Paint & Squeezed Lemonade Distress Stain (Tim Holtz)
• Idea-ology Word Bands (Tim Holtz)
• Yellow seam binding ribbon (Thanks Jessi!)
• Gauze strip (Thanks Jessi!)
• Flower and leaves (Thanks Jessi!)
• Baker's twine (from Lunch Bags lunch order)
• Library clip (SU)
• Elegant Butterfly punch (SU)
• Rhinestones (SU)
• Stapler and staples
• Daffodil Delight cardstock (SU)
• Water spritzer (SU)
• Pewter emboss powder
• Versamark ink
• Hexagon stencil