O is for Over the Hill at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!!!

Happy Saturday and can you believe it's the end of June, wow. Here in Canada July 1st is Canada Day and a long weekend. Not to be outdone the U.S.A. celebrates Independence day on July 4th so celebrations all around. The challenge for the next two weeks is O is for Over the Hill now isn't that an invitation for some snark, and I didn't disappoint.

Next to Stella my next favourite "old" gals are the Girlfriends from Art Impressions, the sentiment is also from AI 

there is the sentiment, those ladies are really laughing it up.

The sentiment is from Hampton Art and since it isn't showing well in the picture here is what it says/

We'll be friends until we are old & senile, then we'll become new friends.

Thanks for spending some time here don't forget to head over to the Main Blog and check out what the rest of the design team have made, Have a fun long weekend.

Let it Snow!!!

Hello friends, family and followers I'm back again with a third card for the Jingle Belles White Christmas challenge. I love white on white and I had way too many ideas for the challenge so I had to make one more, if I had more time I might have even made a fourth.

The picture is not the best but the background is "softly falling" embossing folder from Stampin'up,  I added some fun foam behind the bottom panel to give some dimension and the Let it Snow is from Elizabeth Craft Designs and was cut three times and layered to give some elevation. The tree line and the curved dies are unmarked ones.

Closer look at the tree line and sentiment.

Finished inside with a retired sentiment set from Stampin'up.

I'm entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ White Christmas

Happy Little Stampers ~~ ATG with dies

So happy to see you here again. have a fabulous week.

Finally Summer....and a New Challenge at Shopping Our Stash!!!

Shopping Our Stash challenge #360 is in Honour of Canada Day and Independence Day (U.S.) use red white and blue, one two or all three. Since I am Canadian and July 1st is Canada day I went with Red and White!!!.

Very simple and easy card today, The daisy border I've had for a while now along with a butterfly border one as well neither have been used. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and is one of the first birthday sentiment I bought when I first started stamping over 15 years ago. the rhinestones also from my stash, they were clear but I coloured them with an alcohol marker.

Close up of the flower border.

Since the sentiment is on the front I just put a birthday greeting o the inside.

Thanks for visiting today and if you haven't checked out the main blog head over and see the awesome projects the rest of the design team have made and whether they used red? white? and/or blue? perhaps all three? 

Guess what Day it is!!! It's Rudolph Days!!

I'm right on time with Rudolph days for June....from the 25th to the end of the month, which is June 30. I have paired it up with the current Jingle Belles challenge ~~ White Christmas and it's another square card.

I was inspired by Stefanie's wreath card for the Jingle Belles and knew I just wanted to try one. I cut the wreath once in silver and once in shimmer white.  I really wanted to either put poinsettia brad or red cardinals on the wreath but of course I had to follow the rules.  Peace is a IO die and is cut out of silver., (hope it's acceptable)

Peace is glues on the ends but elevated in the center. 

the cardinals are also an IO die and they come in two sizes so I put the smaller ones on the inside.

Challenges I'm entering:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ White Christmas

Rudolph Days ~~ June

Winter Wonderland ~~ Square Cards only

Thanks for checking today, I've got a really great stash of Holiday cards and more to come.

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #269 ~~ Anything Goes option Back to School

Here in Canada school isn't out for the summer yet but there is an option to make a back to school project and have it ready, or just go with the Anything Goes as long as it has a house mouse, happy hopper or a gruffie on it. This is my last challenge as guest designer at House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge I guess all good things have to come to an end. I decided my image really needed to be a square card (been into squares lately)  I only have one stamp that can pass for "back to school" so I went with it.

First thing I thought was primary colours red, blue and yellow and I love my stitched square dies and the fancy square that goes with them. Of course I had to do a tiny bit of fussy cutting to make the image fit in the square. The embossing folder is sequins, I love the way they are random.

Monica is Taking Notes but if you look closely Monica is writing out lines. How would you have had to finish the line I Will Not..........

No appropriate sentiment to put in the inside but I used one of the 7 POP stamps I bought at the Butterfly Moon  they are so adorable, some are a miniature of larger stamps and will be awesome to use on envelopes and on the inside. You are going to see lots of these adorable little critters. (they are clear stamps they have critters & sentiments.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you keep checking to see what I have been up to. It has been a fantastic 3 months and now I can go back to just playing the challenges.

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas ~~ with the Jingle Belles

I love the "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas" prompt at the Jingle Belles Rock and I have a card made already!!! It's self explanatory ~~ make a white on white card and I did.

A white square base, all the rest is done with white shimmer cardstock.  Poinsettias are a Boss-Kut die, the centers are from Lana, Peace is cut three times and layered and is an Impression Obsession die.  The postage stamp square is a generic die and the white lace is from Crafts (dollarama)

Close up of Peace and those centers really sparkle but sadly don't show up in the picture.

Finished inside with a Stampendous sentiment.

I'm entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful day!!!

Challenge #359 at Shopping Our Stash ~~ She's a Crafting Machine!!!

Mimi want's us to be Crafting Machines for challenge #359 at Shopping Our Stash, so get out those die cutting machines and dies, sewing machines, zyron perhaps your embossing machine to make a project for the challenge. This was an easy challenge, the hardest part was figuring  out what I was using. I'm at the cottage and my sewing machine is a very small one, just does one stitch and I really need practice with it, so I used my big shot and a couple of dies.

I used Elizabeth Craft Designs scalloped frame, Elizabeth Craft Design Stitched ovals and a generic butterfly die. Pearls from my stash I added to the butterflies and flowers.

Close up of the butterflies and other die cuts. I did leave the inside blank as I need a few "can be used for any occasion" cards on hand and I think this fits the bill.

If you haven't been to the Main Blog head over and check out what the rest of the design team have used for their crafting machines. Everything I used I've had for at least a year even the cardstock.

thanks for visiting and I'm looking forward to commenting on your projects for our challenge.