Shopping Our Stash challenge #254 ~~ the 4 Elements

Happy Tuesay and guess you know what that is ~~ time for a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash!!!  and it's 4 Elements ~~ Earth, Water, Fire and Wind....now you don't have to do all 4 on a card that would be a real challenge but pick one and run with it!!! But do tell us which element you used.

I tossed around a few ideas but didn't do any searching on the technique I wanted so of course didn't have the proper equipment with me so I went with the basic stamp and colour and I guess you would say I went with Earth and Water.

The stamp I used is Autumn Brook from Stampscapes I stamped with memento tuxedo black and coloured with copics, I layered it on some wood grained paper out of a Christmas pack I added some die cut trees and a deer. As you can see in keeping with the theme I took my card to the break wall at Turkey Point to take the pictures.

Close up of the deer.

Choices for a sentiment were very slim picking at the cottage but I like this one.

Thanks for visiting today, please go to the main blog  for the rules and while you are there check out the samples the other DTs have made. The link will be open until 11:55 PM EST on Monday, June 6th. Just a reminder, please no more than 13 combined challenges, including ours.. I hope you will pick and element and make a project for the challenge.

Still Banishing the Holiday Blues at Jingle Belles Rock

Lauren and Stephanie are still keeping the holiday blues at bay.....they want you to make a holiday card without BLUE.  I coloured the image up and layered it on a tag I had cut for a previous project and never used it. The base and patterned paper had been picked but we had to come home from the cottage early this (Monday) morning so while putting in time I checked out the Monday challenges and Mojo Monday had the perfect sketch for my card, don't you love when things come together without even trying .  So here is my finished card.

I took a few liberties with the sketch as I made an A2 card (not a tall skinny one) I flipped the sketch but you can see the sketch. I used my cute house mouse cling stamp, it's a bit smaller than the wood mount stamp with the stockings, the red holiday ribbon is out of my stash and the white ribbon is left over from Saturday's project.

Finished inside with a scrap of patterned paper and a holiday sentiment.

I would like to enter this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Banish the Holiday Blues

Mojo Monday Sketch #450

Thanks for stopping in today, one more Holiday card done!!!

N is for Not A Card ~~ at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!!!

It must be Saturday!! and a NEW challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers ~~ N is for Not a Card. and Happy Memorial Day to my friends and family in the U.S A, enjoy your weekend

If you checked my blog last Tuesday I had two projects for anything but a card, now I said I don't do a project often but three in the same week? Wow!! I had fun searching for something different to do but I saw a tutorial and video on a Wine Bottle Sleeve at Stamp & Scrap with Frenchie.  I used a 12 X 12 sheet of dsp from Stampin;up that is probably 6 or more years old, and the tag was made with scraps left over from another project.

This was extremely easy to do and would make a great host/hostess gift, wedding/anniversary or even a birthday gift. (I used to give a bottle of wine to a friend's 90+ year old Mom every birthday)

reverse side of the holder, if the patterned paper has a pattern it's best to cut all panels and number then so they are glued in sequence.

Again a rather large scrap of ribbon of undetermined age and the sentiment is from this years Sale-a-bration free stamp, I can see this one used a lot.

Thanks for stopping by today and get your thinking caps on or your fingers searching for a project for N is for Not a Card at the Sisterhood.

Shopping Our Stash #253 ~~ Square roots AKA Anything but a Card!!!

A new week a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash, Anything But A Card, now I don't make very many "projects" the odd candy holder but this challenge gave me an opportunity to make something I have wanted to try for a while, a business card holder. It's Victoria Day weekend here in Canada and we are enjoying the sunshine although inside the cottage is quite cool.  So without a lot of embellishments on hand here is my offering for the challenge.

As you see I just grabbed the business cards from my purse as I don't have any printed yet, The one showing is from the spa I get my pedicure done.

Here is the second project I did for the challenge...............................

I am sure glad I brought the Botanical Builder framelits from Stampin'up with me this weekend or I would have had nothing to embellish my projects with, no ribbon, no rhinestones, no pearls and no stickles....I'm thinking I should be packing a bit better. The one rhinestone I used on the mug was on the table, not even sure where it came from but the tiny ones I had to buy at the $$ store. And so starts a summer of crafting at the lake,

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can find some time to make a project for the challenge at Shopping Our Stash.

Banish the Holiday Blues ~~ with the Jingle Belles Rock!!

Friday brought a new holiday challenge at the Jingle Belles Rock which is to banish the holiday blues, that means NO BLUE is to be used. I'm sure it's my fault for making so many "blue" holiday cards the last few weeks. When I saw the challenge I knew what I was going to use, a couple of NBUS dies, one I had for a couple of years. When I packed for the cottage for the long weekend I threw in every die I thought I would use, I had 5 projects and believe it or not I had almost everything I needed except ribbon, corner rounder and some rhinestones or pearls.  So without further chat here is my NON BLUE card.

As you see the shadows are long on the deck of the cottage but the scenery is so much nicer to take a picture on the railing. The die I used is Vertical Birch Trees Card Panel from Frantic Stamper that I bought at Scrapfest Kitchener, the birds are from an Impression Obsession birch tree with birds die and the deer are also from IO as well. 

Of course why would I only cut one set of birds or one set of deer I like having ufos in my stash but of course I used most of what I cut on the card. I love crumb cake and riding hood red together.

I`m entering this in the Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Banish the Holiday Blues.

Thanks for stopping by today, come back and visit anytime.

Whew!!! I made it............in time for the Jingle Belles challenge

I wasn't sure if I had time to get a card done for the Shake Rattle and  Roll challenge (make an interactive card) at the Jingle Belles Christmas challenge blog but I did!!! I purchased a new Elizabeth Craft Designs die on Monday at the Butterfly Moon, we made a card with it at class and I knew it would be perfect for the challenge, so picked my colours and of course something Christmas and got it done, it's so much easier to make another card when the first one is fresh in your mind.

The dark blue is Hero Arts, patterned paper is BoBunny and the light cardstock is bashful blue (SU)

And now for the interactive part pull the light blue tab (will make an arrow) at the top of the frame.

The frame pops up and reveals a sentiment. 

This card is an A2 but doesn't open, I will probably decorate the bottom with a sentiment and a space for signing. 

I would like to enter this in:

Jingle Belles Christmas challenge ~~ Shake Rattle and Roll

Thanks for visiting today come back again soon, you are always welcome. 

Shopping Our Stash #252 ~~ Sounds of the Sea

Welcome to a new weekly challenge at Shopping Our Stash, Sounds of the Sea ~~ we want you to make and ocean/seashore/beach/fishy scene.  I decided I would like to "kill" two birds with one stone and make a retirement card for one of the AM morning hosts that is retiring to PEI, Jeff Hucheson you can read about him HERE.  

The image is the lighthouse in Nova Scotia and one of a set of 4 lighthouses retired from Stampin'up. I used a lot stash on this card, the last piece of that very old patterned paper (SU) a scrap of silver paper, even the sentiment was printed on a scrap, nothing like conserving paper.

Close up of the image.

Inside sentiment was computer generated.

Thanks for dropping by today and get your thinking caps on and show us your Ocean/seaside, fishy, beach scene.