Challenge #171 Sunshine on a Cloudy Day!!!

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The challenge at Shopping Our Stash to use a sun or clouds on your project, it has been so nice here in SWO over the weekend we sure were not lacking in sunshine. I think August is here lol. I had so many ideas for the challenge but while clearing my desk I found a favourite image and I have probably used it many times for a masculine card. Here is what my take on the challenge was.

I just love this stamp from Stampendous and I have had it for years, the cardstock is Night of Navy and the patterned part is one of my attempts at making a alcohol and re-inker background, the silver just didn’t appear very well but I loved the effect anyway and knew it would come in handy. Next is a close up of the background.

So on my card I have a cloudy background and a beautiful cloud on my image, which was coloured with spectrum noir markers. The circles were cut with large spellbinders plain dies. The sentiment is a rub-on from a package I have had for three years.

Since this is a thank you note card there is no sentiment but I added the light house in the corner and coloured it up too.
Thanks for spending some time here today and find some time to join in the fun at Shopping Our Stash, check out what the rest of the design team have done for the challenge, so many different ideas for the challenge.

It’s time……..for a Colour Challenge, I hope you like it.

Clear it Out Tuesday has a cool colour challenge for you this week…it is GRAY and the stash item is GRAY things. The sponsor is a favourite of mine…..Lacy Sunshine, I love her images and you can win some if you join the challenge. Here is my take on the GRAY challenge.

Of course the colour I used is Basic Gray, I found this great package of  patterned paper at Wal-Mart and it is fabulous most of it is gray and pink, don’t you just love those two colours together?  The gray buttons are from my stash and the die I used is Romantic rectangles (the second largest) The image you can find in the store and is called EmmiLou Boo”s inchworm.

Close up of the buttons,

Here is the inside of my generic card, it will probably be a birthday one in the end.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have some time to join us in the Gray challenge Head over to the CIO Blog and check out the rules while you are there have a look at the fabulous cards the design team has made…..they are all AWESOME.

Halloween Costumes is the theme at The Cheerful Stamp Pad

My friend just informed us on Facebook that Halloween is 31 days away, so are you working on your Halloween costume? The Cheerful Stamp Pad would like to see you make a project with a Halloween costume on it. The sponsor for this challenge is Alipeeps Art at Stitchy Bear Designs.  For the first week I chose a really cute pirate and this is how it turned out.

As you can see we spent the weekend at the cottage, it was really beautiful and warm. I brought all the parts for the card with me and just had to assemble it. I still haven’t located my Halloween stamp and of course the sentiment for the inside I usually print off a site on the internet but that didn’t happen as I only have dial up internet at the lake.

Here is the inside…..waiting for the verse.
Thanks for visiting today and please join us at The Cheerful Stamp pad for the Halloween Costume challenge.

Inspiration time at Shopping Our Stash!!!

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The team at Shopping Our Stash wants you to head to your bathroom your inspiration for this challenge is Your shower curtain, yes you heard me right…..YOUR shower curtain,  well if you don’t like yours then pick one you see on the blog that inspires you, all the design team members has pictures for you to view. I will post the section of mine I used and a spare picture of another part of the curtain wow it is a busy print.

Here is my card and next is my shower curtain.

As I said a very busy shower curtain. at the bottom there is a line of a song we sang in church, All things great and small it also has a strip of checkerboard which you see on the birdhouses and the cat’s collar.

Last night I was having a meltdown when I couldn’t find a birdhouse stamp or digi so Lynn to the rescue, she found a site that had a whole whack of birdhouse images, thanks so much for the help Lynn.  The stamp set was one of my first sets from Stampin’ up  called purrfect and dated 2003. I coloured it up with copics and fussy cut the image so I could pop it up on the front of the card.

This will be one of my generic cards as it could be used for many occasions so I have left the inside blank.  I added the mice with cheese to the inside and coloured them up as well.  Now lastly I will add the extra picture of my shower curtain and I don’t mind at all if you used it for inspiration just mention it on your blog who’s curtain you used.

So many ideas with my shower curtain.
Thanks for visiting today and I hope you think this challenge is as much fun as all of us at SOS did.Head over to the blog and check out all the great shower curtains and cards the design team has provided for your inspiration.

Challenge #46 at Clear it Out Tuesday is Birthday!!!

Clear it Out Tuesday has a new challenge…..the theme  is Birthday and the stash item is add some glossy/shiny accents to your project. The sponsor for the challenge is Stitchy Stamps and I picked a beautiful digi of flowers, now I don[‘t know what kind they are but I decided they would be pink. Here is what I did for the challenge.

I coloured the image with copics and mixed opal liquid pear with water to make a glaze, the centers have paper glaze on them and the metal dots are really shiny and I have had them for a long, long time. The pink layer is cut with Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles.

Here is a closer look at the shine one the flowers and the centers of the flowers.

Now see the shine on those metal dots and on the petals of the flowers.

Almost finished inside, need to decide sooner on a sentiment.
Thanks for stopping by today and  check out the rules at the blog and while you are there take a peek at what the other design team members have done.

The Birthday Challenge continues at The cheerful Stamp Pad.

There is another week for Challenge #95 at The Cheerful Stamp Pad the sponsor is Stitchy Stamps. For this challenge I used Bonnet Girl and when I saw the image I knew I wanted to use blues.

I made the finished card 6 by 4 1/4 inches  I cut the image with spellbinders die Labels eight and the blue layer is Decorative labels eight. The cardstock is Ballet Blue and GP white.

Here is the finished inside of the card the sentiment is from Hero Arts.
Thanks for stopping by today and and you know everyone needs an extra birthday card in their stash so please join us for the Birthday challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad.

SOSS Challenge #17 D is for Distressing

I didn’t get to play last challenge (insert sad face here) and I LOVE monochromatic cards but I managed to get one for this week. Now if you follow my blog or know me you won’t be surprised to find out I do NOT like distressing….so on that note here is what I cam up with for the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers challenge 17. Don’t forget to stop by and get the rules and check out  what my teammies have done.for your inspiration.

the stamp I used is from Simply Betty Stamps I won it in a challenge from Graphicat designs. The background is Brick red distress ink smeared on the Tim Holt\ brick wall embossing folder on crumb cake  cardstock.Happy Haunting was cut with my cuttlebug alpha letters. embellishments spider washi tape and a couple of bats I’ve had for eons. I distressed the edges of two layers with my scissors.

Here is the inside of the card, unfortunately I couldn’t locate my Halloween sentiments. I just added the spider washi tape to the top. I  think that is super cute tape.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit today and I hope I have inspired you to join in the fun of DISTRESSING  a project. Let out those pent up frustrations on some paper.