Challenge #191 at SOS is Not so Heavy Metal

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Shopping Our Stash challenge 191 is Not so Heavy Metal and we want you to use your oldest metal embellishments on your project. I have no idea how old my clips and brads are but I would venture a guess at least 5 years old for the clips and longer for the brads and they match. Here is what I came up with…..

The stamp I used is from House Mouse Designs

Lots of stash used on this card, the paper is over 5 years old and the lace I have no idea when I bought it but think it was a yard sale find. I have no idea what to call this fold but I used the clips to attach the two sides of the card together. Here is a closer look at the metal stash.

Now on to the rest of the card and the measurements are under tutorials.

The inside of the card.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:
House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #189 Spring is in the Air or optional Anything Goes.
Gruffies and Guests Anything Goes with the option of  Love is all Around.
Thanks for visiting today and dig out your oldest metal and join in the fun at Shopping Our Stash.

It’s Tuesday~~~Time for a NEW Challenge at CIO

Clear it Out Tuesday has a new challenge….your favourite challenge too, it’s Anything Goes and the Stash item is Anything Goes. The sponsor is a new one, Dr. Digi. Head over there and check out their really cute and funny stamps. I chose a Christmas image called Naughty or Nice, so have a look…….

Since the image was fairly large I kept the card simple, the image was coloured with copics and sn markers, but with labels 8 and layered on decorative labels 8 then added the mini ho ho ho for finish the front.

Close up of the image.

The finished inside of the card, another card for my Christmas stash.

Thanks for stopping by and see what I’ve been doing in the middle of chaos. I know you want to join us at Clear it Out Tuesday for the Anything goes challenge….it’s your favourite!!

The Cheerful Stamp Pad is “In The Kitchen”

Challenge #106 at The Cheerful Stamp Pad is In the Kitchen, we want to see some cooking going on. The sponsor for the challenge is Stitchy Bear Outlet, they have been very good to us on the design team so head over there and check out what they have to offer.  I chose a cute little waitress serving a banana split…..yummy.

The dies I used were Nellie Snellen scalloped oval and Spellbinders plain oval. The patterned paper is from a 12 X 12 Pad of Kitchen papers I bought when I was doing recipe swaps.

Close up of the cute girl and the banana split.

This is the off cut from the oval on the front, I got lazy and didn’t search for a stamp to use on the inside. My craft room is being de-cluttered and organized and I haven’t had time to get the stamps in their proper places yet. So far it’s looking good and the girls that are doing the organizing found my square nestie that I haven’t seen in a couple of years. (that’s bad) It was suggested I stop buying brads lol.
Thanks for visiting today and go find your “kitchen” stuff and join in the fun at The Cheerful Stamp Pad.

Challenge #189 at Shopping Our Stash is From A Jar!!

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You can use anything that is from a jar,  embossing powder, silks acrylic shimmer paint (I have some) twinkling H20s, and what I used is Perfect Pearls or you can just use a jar on your project. check out what the rest of the Design team has done for your inspiration…they knocked it out of the park on this one Head over to Shopping Our Stash check out the rules and see what the rest of the design team has done for your inspiration, they knocked this one out of the ball park!!!

As I said I used perfect pearls I decided to use them because they have been on the shelf for years feeling really sad. Those are the jars of powder I used and I see the brush as well. It was hard to catch the shimmer but there are more pictures perhaps one of them will show it better. I use versamark watermark ink to stamp the image on black cardstock then layered it on silver/black silver/black, wow lot’s of layers.

This one shows it a little better

This was one of my first sentiments I bought and use it for many occasions.

Another angle on the 4 X 4 notecard.

I tried another picture to see if it was better but I think you get the idea on how shimmery it is.

I was having trouble designing this until I decided to make the image the focal point of a note card.

Thanks for visiting today and I am looking forward to seeing your ideas for the Out of the Jar challenge.

Let’s see some Animals!!!

The challenge at Clear it Out Tuesday is Animals the stash item you must use on your project is Striped papers easy peasy right?  The sponsor for the challenge is Doodle Pantry, they have awesome images and the one I picked is Kitten Trio,

I sized the image fairly large as I wanted it to take up a large part of the front. This set has a lot of different images and sayings it is sure worth the trip to the store to look at their images, they are cute and reasonable and you can even get a freebie when you purchase.

Closer look at the kitten’s face.

Just like our children our pets become part of our household and I thought this was perfect to give to a friend that has adopted a cat/kitten. 
Thanks for stopping by today and let’s what animal is your favourite, don’t forget to use striped papers.

Mid challenge time for B stands for Bear

The Cheerful Stamp Pad’s Challenge B Stands for Bear continues for another week. Beary Dust Designs at Stitchy Bear Outlet is the sponsor for the challenge. For this week I decided to make a Christmas card, with all the snow we have around here I thought it might be coming soon. lol. Here is what I made…….

If there is a prize for using scraps I will get it for this card, the only full piece is the ridinghood red cardstock, all other pieces were in my scrap box. I coloured this super cute Coco Bear image with SN and copics added white opal liquid pearls to the hat and the foam and used star dust sitckles on the icicle drips on the cup> I fussy cut the image out and popped it up on the patterned paper. Punched snowflakes and added rhinestones.

Close up of the image, I punched a vellum snowflake for the cup.

The finished inside of the card using my favourite vertical sentiment.
Thanks for stopping by today and if you haven’t joined us for the challenge now is the time.

SoSS # 28 A is for Accident

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers challenge you to make a Get Well Card. If Edna looks like this wonder what the other fellow looks like? Awesome picture of Edna thanks to our Tech. Guru Lee. Although it might have been a fun challenge to go snarky I resisted and made a cute one.

 

I used a House Mouse Designs wood block stamp (you can get it in cling too) called Colour me Better with Muzzy and Monica. I made a frame with Resplendent  Rectangles and embossed the layer.

 

I love to use my cute critters when I get a chance and this one is a favourite of all the get well ones I have. They are just like having chips, you can’t just have one.

I seem to have very few get well sentiments, I stamped this one on the piece that was left after I cut the frame.

I am entering this in:
House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge Friendship

Thanks for stopping by today, head over to the blog, see the rules and check out what the rest of the design team has made for your inspiration.