Shopping Our Stash #280 ~~ Paper Strip Art (Use the Bargello Technique)

What a great technique ~~ Bargello I found my tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers.  Shopping Our Stash  would like to see your take on the Bargello technique. My first attempt was very sad but I will post the card I made with it, (I read the technique but didn't use the right dimensions) Here is my card with a picture tutorial below it.

As you see I didn't want to cover it up with an image.

First pick out 3 co-ordinating patterned papers 6 inches in length and cut at at least 2 of each 3/4 inch wide.

Decide on which order you would like.

on a 5 X 6 inch light weight cardstock glue the strips in the order you decided.

I ran my 5 X 6 piece through the zyron sticker maker, made it a lot easier.

Now you cut strips alternating 3/4 and 1/2 inch pieces (because of the words on one of mine I kept them in order. 

Another 5 X 6 light weight piece of cardstock (ran it through the Zyron)

now glue the strips in any pattern you would like (there are many to pick from)

Here is what mine looked like when it was finished before I cut it to make the card.

I hope this tutorial is helpful and you will give it a whirl

Close up of the design.

Finished the inside with the off cut from the front panel, loved it so much just couldn't waste it.

And now for my first attempt.

This was very stash busting as all the patterned papers from my scrap box along with most of the coloured cardstock. Thanks for bearing with my long blog post. Don't forget to slip over to Shopping our Stash and check out the way the rest of the design team have played with the challenge.

Challenge #73 at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is ~~~ U.F.O.

At the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers the challenge is U.F.O. ~~ no not flying saucers or aliens we want you to use an Un-finished Object on your project. You know the background that just wasn't what you wanted, the image you stamped then decided to go another way with your project. Anything that is unfinished from your "ufo pile". Now mine is easy as I always have something in my ufo pile. A couple of weeks ago Shopping Our Stash had a challenge to use a house/home/any building  and I made a card with a winter house but it didn't photograph well so I stamped another house to use but was really short on time so managed to get a better picture of it, you can see it Here. So I set my second house aside and when the challenge came up I knew what my UFO was going to be.

The stamp is from Impression Obsession, I have had it for  a long time I layered it on a gold diecut then on green, the woodgrain layer is the off cut from cutting a window.

Here is a close up and the kitty I coloured grey, for the snow I used white opal liquid pearls.

Finished inside 

Thanks for joining me on this last Saturday in November and head over to the main blog and check out what the rest of the design team have found in their U.F.O pile.

Shopping Our Stash #279 ~~ Warm and Fuzzy

Shopping Our Stash Challenge is Warm and Fuzzy.....lots of choices here, warm hat/mittens, fireplace maybe a hot cup of cocoa....anything that makes you feel warm and fuzzy. Well my favourite thing that makes me feel warm and fuzzy is House Mouse!!! and I haven't used one in a while so I used a stamp I've had for probably a year and never seen ink, I have most of my Christmas cards made so here is my warm and fuzzy birthday cards.

Here is the first card using Concord grape and wisteria wonder. The embossing folder is from Stampin' up and I spritzed that layer with glitter spray.

Next using the same image.....

Which colour do you like best?

The sentiment is computer generated.

Both are finished the same with a sentiment from the Artful Stamper.

I would like to enter this in:

Seize the Birthday ~~ Anything goes and the topping is Presents optional.

Thanks for spending some time here today and I hope you find time to join in the fun at Shopping Our Stash for the Warm and Fuzzy Challenge.

Shopping Our Stash #278 ~~Front and Center ~~ Use Something that is on your Desk!!!

If you are anything like me when I craft there are endless things on my desk, from here I can see 8 rolls of washi tape, 4 ink pads, embossing powders, parts of cards I started and scrapped and that's just what is in my view...sad isn't it. I really need to clean up after I make a card, then I wouldn't have anything to use for this challenge. When I die cut items I often do more than I need so I had them in a small container...guess where? on the corner of my desk so I dug through and picked out 4 sections of a poinsettia and three leaves and was very happy. Before I ramble on here is my card.

The glitter washi tape was also on my desk as was the Happy Holidays which I heat embossed in Egyptian Gold embossing powder. I also used last weeks sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, of course I'm too late to enter. 

On the inside I used a tree that was on my desk and the holiday sentiment that never made it back to it's home, I stamped it on the base and added the die cut (that didn't work for another project) as a frame.

Challenges I am entering:

Just us Girls #369 Trend Week ~~ Metallics

Jingle Belles Rock Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas in Hawaiian) Use Flowers 

Thanks for stopping by today and let's see what you can use that is on your desk. 

Z is for Zentangle at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers

Happy Saturday!!! and it's a great day as there is a NEW challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers, Z is for Zentangle.  I have never created a Zentangle and it was very interesting to search Pinterest for some ideas, then we would love to see how you zentangle. Now I used a Mandela template I found on Pinterest and then I played with a few designs on a scrap of paper before I went "live".

I went with the traditional black ink on white cardstock, did some layering with my classic squares and scalloped square and elevated it on some bo-bunny patterned paper.

Closer look at the image.

Thanks for stopping by today and head over to the SoSS blog check out the rules for entering and have a look at the fabulous designs my teamies have made.

Christmas Angel Critter Style

Well this will be a super quick post today the Jingle Belles Rock challenge closes in less than 45 minutes. I have a whole slew of super cute critters from Stampendous, Changito, Fluffles and Calendar Chicks they are years old but I still love them.  Moving along ..... here is what I made.

I have had the image ready and the embossing folder out and the glitter paper  ready for almost a week I finally got everything together with Tuesday Morning Sketches and made this card.

Close up of the super cute image.

Finished inside.

I'm entering this in 

Jingle Belles Rock  While Shepards Watched (use a critter on your card.)

Tuesday Morning Sketches #376 changed the sketch to vertical.

Thanks for visiting today and I'd better get moving and get this in to the Jingle Belles.

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #276 Home Sweet Home

Challenge #276 at Shopping Our Stash is Home Sweet Home......use a house or any building on your project. This should not have been a difficult challenge for me, I had a plan and you know what often happens to plans....they go south quickly. As you know we have closed the cottage for the winter and all my craft supplies are home unfortunately they have not all found their way back to their proper homes. After several hours of searching I gave up finding my never been opened package of double sided sheets so I could do the Burnished Velvet technique so with time getting short I went with plan B.

The stamp is a Thomas Kinkade inked with Brillance Mediterranean Blue, I added some light sources then covered it with a scrap of vellum which is attached with some very ancient brads. The cardstock is Ballet Blue (retired) and Recollections Silver.

Finished inside.

Thanks for visiting today and check out what the rest of my teamies have made for the challenge.