It's almost Back to School time!!

 Hello and welcome to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash as you can tell the theme is Back to School, create a project featuring anything pertaining to school like books, blackboards, crayons, desk or anything else you see as belonging to school. I of course found a House Mouse designs stamp in my pile which I had brought with me to make a cover for my date book so that was a good thing although I still have not make a cover for my datebook I made a Triple Easel display card. Going back and forth to the cottage has drawbacks, sometimes you don't quite think a challenge through and have to improvise......a lot. 

The fun fold was one of Stamp with Delight's Wednesday Mystery Stamping videos, (Deb has a list of all the pieces to cut then has a video to follow and make the card) You can find her on Facebook.

The fold takes 1 piece of cardstock and 1 odd piece of patterned paper that was in my stash (only a couple of scraps left) Deb's instructions were for two different patterned paper I had nothing that 

co-ordinated with the stripes. (that's where planning is involved) 

As you see the card folds flat and fits in an A2 envelope. The red panel is supposed to be dry embossed but the dots are slightly elevated so I called it perfect, again it was a scrap I had with me. 

The inside is decorated with scraps and ready for a sentiment. 

I'm adding this to:

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge ~~ anything goes

Thanks for stopping by today for another episode of what did I forget to bring to the cottage this time and I'm sure it will continue. If you didn't arrive from the SOS blog head over and check out what the rest of the team have made.

A is for Animals

 Hello and welcome to a new challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky stampers, Oh my word this blog post will be the death of me, my laptop is at the cottage (where I should be) and I am at home trying to work on a desktop that was bought with XP on it, windows 11 has tried to update it but I'm sure its a lost cause compounded tonight with my left hand keeps hitting the wrong keys. I also don't have Edna to show you the challenge prompt, I had enough trouble getting the photos on this dinosaur. So here we go with my very simple mini slimline card I will use as a money holder. 

When I realized I had misread the challenge I was at the cottage an it was the only animal image I had there was the moose, I printed it a year or two ago and I cannot remember the creator, The sentiment is from High Hopes a Canadian company (no longer in business) Patterned paper is from the Memory box.

Finished the inside with a scrap of patterned paper and a Hero Arts sentiment.  

Thanks for bearing with me and get your thinking caps on and show us your Animal projects.

You're So Sweet

 Welcome to my blog and a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash the prompt is You're So Sweet so create something sweet on your project, it can be a sweet treat, a baby card, an adorable puppy or kitty, how ever you interpret it. I decided  on one of my favourite treats......Ice cream, my favourite is rocky road, what is yours. 

My plans for this card went several different ways before it became a triangle easel, I was deciding between two fun folds and when I picked the patterned paper I knew I needed to showcase it with an easel card. I think fun folds are easier to make than a regular card. Of course I used my favourite critters from House Mouse Designs, patterned paper is Faded Flowers from Mintay papers. I added the sentiment on pop dots to hold the card open and placed it so it still shows that beautiful flower.

This is a 5 1/2 inch square card, what is nice it folds flat for mailing. 

I am entering this in:

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Anything Goes

Seize the Birthday ~~ anything goes

If you didn't arrive here from the SOS blog then head over and check out what the rest of the design team has decided what "sweet" means to them, I hope you will make something sweet and add it to our gallery. happy crafting. 

Summertime......

Welcome to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash and the theme is Summertime, create a card featuring something you would see or experience in the summer. So many options and I had so many ideas and that is where I usually get behind as I can't make up my mind which I want to make. Here is what I decided to make.

I had 2 Happy Hopper stamps picked and this is the one I chose to use for my card. The patterned paper is called Sea Sparkle from Marianne designs and perfect for  a beach scene.  The sketch I used is a Sheetload from November 2024, it's one of my favourites, I added a few sparkly mini sequins because everything is better with bling, and a "fun" diecut.

Finished the inside with a Printworks wood block sentiment and a scrap of patterned paper.

I am entering this in:

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Anything Goes

AAA Colorful ~~ Colorboard #29

I hope you can find time to create a "Summertime" project and add it to our gallery you have until June 29 at 11.59 to enter, 

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great week. 

Not my Favourite Type of Card

 The Jingle Belles Challenge prompt is Flat Feliz Navidad, a ONE layer card I am not a fan, I love layers and spinners, and wobbles none of which lie flat, so I have attempted the one and only one layer card for 2026, probably wasn't a good thing to try something new but it was all I could come up with.

A couple of years ago on clearance at Michaels I bought 3 sets of stencils, snowflake, wreath and a tree I thought it would be good to practice with, I did find it was very hard to get the stencils to line up properly, I did mark the corners and attempted to get the spots to line up but parts lined up great some didn't but it was fun to test myself and I'm happy with it. Using the score pal I put a 1/4 inch border around the edge and added some inking around the edges too. 

Due to being the first trip to the cottage I'm lacking some equipment (hope I don't need tape) and I'm still looking for the stamped image I thought I had brought. 

I am adding this to:

Jingle Belles Christmas Challenge ~~ Flat Feliz Navidad

This was certainly a short post today, a one layer card doesn't take a lot of explaining. 

Thanks for joining me here and have a great week.

It's Your Day!!

 Hello and welcome to my blog, it's a new month and a new challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers. June is the month of yummy farm fresh produce here in SWO, Asparagus is in full swing and the strawberries look and taste so good. Finally our weather has settled into more warm than cold and I'm finally getting to the cottage. Enough of my chit chat I'm handing the prompt announcement to Edna.

Edna and the team are waiting to see the fabulous rainbows from you.

Although I had lots of time to make a project I seem to like working under pressure and it seemed to take me forever to come up with a plan and executed it!!

I am very pleased with my decision to blend 7 distress oxide inks into a rainbow I think it turned out great, I used one of my large dies with the shadow which I cut out of the blended panel and added the black shadow behind it, I added the sentiment with the usual tilt. I framed the panel with black and added it to a yellow top fold base.

Finished the inside with a simple Happy Birthday stamp and a off cut from the front panel. 

Thanks for stopping by and check out the SoSS blog to see what the rest of the design team have made.

The Great White North

 Hello friends here I am with a card for the Jingle Belles Challenge, plans were made over a week ago to make this card but life and a holiday weekend got in the way. Since it's jumped from 4 degrees Celcius (39 F) to 30 degrees (86 F) in a matter of a couple of days it makes me feel cooler making Winter cards.  

Most of the parts of the mini slimline card were found either on my desk or in the "parts" box, even the base was already to go.  Sky is watercolour paper smooshed with distress oxide inks The cute bunny is from Neat & Tangled (no longer in business), I fussy cut the image as I forgot it came with dies, 

I finished the inside with a Hero Arts sentiment, a scrap of smoothed paper and a tree from the parts box. I love this size of card to use for a cash gift at Christmas. One down 5 to go.

I am adding this to.

Jingle Belles Christmas Challenge ~~ Dashing Through the Snow 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.