Pink Christmas for the Cure

 This is my favourite prompt of all the Jingle Belles Challenge Blog, Pink Christmas for the cure. Every pink Christmas creation earns a $2 donation to breast cancer research from each of the blog creators, yep both Lauren and Stephanie donate $2 each for every card. On a good year I have been known to make 5 cards but this year I only got one completed. In the transition from cottage to home my second coloured image went MIA in the hoard of crafting supplies I had to bring home. 

Digging through some already stamped images i came across this adorable lady penguin and knew it was destined to be a pink Christmas card, I just noticed I forgot a sentiment on the front guess it was the stress of cutting the polka dot panels I will figure out a better way as I really like this Slatted Z fold. 

Side view shows how it is a Z fold. 

The verse goes on the back of the card 

I'm adding this to:

Jingle Belles Christmas Challenge ~~ Pink Christmas for the Cure

Thanks for stopping by today and have a crafty week.

If the Shoe Fits.......

 Hello, welcome back to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash and wow so many ways to go with the prompt, witches shoes, clown shoes, ballet shoes, how many different shoes can you think of? Get your thinking cap on and make a project featuring shoes. 

I haven't completely closed up the cottage but I have brought home all the crafty things but have not had time to locate their original homes which has made it a tad difficult to catch up my cards, I am 2 birthday, 1 sympathy and 2 challenge cards behind. Yesterday I had my rubber embossing mat in my hand later same day I can't find where I put it down, that being said I did get my "shoe"card made.

I rarely make fall cards and even less rare make a thank you card but I couldn't resist using this cute Stampendous mini clear stamp that "gasp" had never been used and is well past 7 years old. It is perfect for my neighbour at the cottage that checks if I need help with anything and invited me for a turkey dinner on Thanksgiving.  I decided to try a new fun fold I found on Stamp with Delight you tube channel, it is a mystery stamping, cutting instructions are sent on Monday and the you tube video is Wednesday at 2 EDT/EST. The name of the fold is Slatted Z fold. 

Side view of the fold showing the the Z fold feature.

Finished the inside with a scrap of one of the 3 patterned papers (look for a scraps card soon). and the sentiment that came with the stamp.

Just in case you are wondering it is an A2 card that folds flat for mailing. 

I am entering this in:

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ ATG or Halloween

Thanks for stopping by today and if you didn't get here via the SOS blog head over and check out what the rest of the design team have made. 

Black Cats

 When Witches go riding you know it's near Halloween and the crew at Shopping Our Stash is inviting you to join in the Hslloween fun for challenge #584  Black Cats so include a black car or any other black Halloween icon ie Spiders, Bats or a Witch. I have lots of cat stamps and dies but I wanted to make a spider web/spider card for my great grandson who is very fond of all that creepy stuff.

I made the background with 3 shades of distress oxide inks the spider web is a cover plate die it comes with the spider as well and I have had it for many years, I added some glitter to the spider's body an he is on a spinner, I have a video but have no clue how to attach it even if I knew where to find it on my very antient computer. 

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The inside is finished with a scrap of inked cardstock one of my newer (still over 3 years) die cut sentiments. I added spider as well. 

I'm adding this to:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge ~~ anything Halloween

Thanks for stopping by today I'm looking forward to seeing your projects featuring a black cat or other black Halloween icons in our gallery.

W is for WITCH

 Hello again friends it's a new month and a new challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stamper and since it is October the theme is W is for Witch. Since I was at the cottage last week when I realized the challenge was coming up quickly it's a good job I had tucked my sleeve of Halloween dies, no stamps though but here is what I found in that hoard of dies. Sorry Edna didn't make it to the dinosaur of a desk computer that I'm using (left the laptop at the lake) I hope I can locate where the photos ended up.

Yay I found them.

I had one of the Halloween patterned paper pads with me so the background is a page from a DCWV  pad, The legs were cut from a strip of patterned paper the shoes out of black cardstock and attached over the stocking shoes, the skirt cut from patterned paper. Once the pieces were assembled my choice for the skirt was perfect.,

The sentiment is from a Halloween  snarky cats set, just a little snark today one we used to chant at Halloween when we were little kids. 

Thanks for stopping by and stop over at the SoSS blog and check out what the rest of the team have made. then get your pointy hats on make your witchy card and add it to our gallery.

Who's Who

 Hello and welcome to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash, it's an easy one this fortnight all that is required is to use some sort of "person" on your card and that is what I did. For me it was a stretch since 95% of my stamps are either cats, mice and a few dogs but I remembered a two case Stampin'up set Beautiful You, three images, lots of sentiments and a couple of "puddle" stamps, I have used it before but it was a long time ago and if I remember I paper pieced it, now I'm wondering why it sits on a shelf. 

The focal point is a sketch type stamp as are the other two, I kept the sketch simple, digging through the few paper pads (most are christmas) I saw the diagonal plaid and thought "perfect" now do I have cardstock to match and voila it was in the stack of every colour of cardstock I managed to have here at the cottage. I would have liked ribbon under the oval but had to settle for some dollar store enamel dots.

The sentiment was from the same set. I haven't finished the inside but it will be done as soon as I can, I'm not a fan of surprises when I go to sign a card and find it needs to be finished and it seems to take longer than if you finished it all at once. 

I'm adding this to:

AAA Birthday ~~ use patterned paper

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out the Main Blog and see what people the rest of the team have used. 

Snow Friends

 Hello and welcome to another installment of what have I forgotten to bring for this challenge....I can safely say it took 2 trips to have everything. A few weeks ago I was making a triple easel display card and had a measuring problem but I didn't throw my base out as I had a plan for it but it took me this long to get it completed and basically it took 15 minutes to glue it together. My aim was to get it done for the Christmas Kickstart Challenge, A friend for life not just for Christmas. 

I thought this image was so cute of the little girl hugging her Snowman and I hope it passes as a friend for life, even if it is a short one for the snowman. The stamp is a long retired Stampin'up set and I use it every winter. The triple easel display tutorial is from Delight of my Art facebook page Stamp with Delight. Mystery Stamping every Wednesday with a Fun Fold. 

As you see the card folds flat for mailing.

I added the sentiment to the back of the card with a couple of scraps of the patterned paper. Of course here is where the trial of stamping in 2 places comes in...lots of Holiday patterned paper and Birthday stamps and dies obviously my packing skills are lacking. 

I am adding this to:

Christmas Kickstart Challenge ~~ A friend for life, not just at Christmas

Thanks for stopping by today, you still have time to enter the challenge I think it is open until the 31st. 

Let's Get SKETCH-y

 Hello and welcome to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash I guess you have figured out it's a SKETCH challenge. It was a tad challenging for me as plan A was a bust and being at the cottage with limited supplies I really had to improvise fortunately I had a vertical image stamp but the die is at home I considered fussy cutting but due to my fussy cutting scissors hiding somewhere I just didn't want to take the chance with an unknown pair. I'm really looking forward to seeing what you can create with this sketch.

Here is my take on the sketch.

The wood block stamp I used is from The Stamp Barn, Ottawa sadly they are not in business but I know some of their designs were sold to another Canadian company as that is where I bought the die. The stamp is at least 15 years old. I used the postage stamp circle die and was very surprised to have a roll of gold ribbon here at the cottage. Dream is one of the small word dies I have and use quite often. 

Thanks for stopping by today and if you haven't checked out the Main Blog stop over and see the awesome creations the rest of the design team have made.