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. 

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.

G is for Gnome

 Good morning friends, It's half way through the month of May and there is still 13 days left to get your project in for the G is for Gnome challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

Look at Edna with her little gnomies

 I was well on my way two weeks ago to have my card ready for the SoSS blog but I just couldn't pull it off in time for the 6.30 launch so decided a mid-challenge reminder would work as well. Now the warmer weather is trying to arrive it's time to think about summer and the cottage, I'm hoping to make up kits to take with me to cut down on the amount of paper/inks/cardstock/stamp and dies to take. 

In getting ready for the challenge I had everything picked out and as I went to colour the gnome I realized I needed a card for a May birthday so I know the recipient loves purple (like me) and then to even stress myself more I decided to make it shaker card.  The birthday coverplate die is perfect for a quick card (unless you make it into a shaker) just 2 co-ordinating cardstock and a focal point. The sentiment came with the set. 

I finished the inside of the card with a party hat stamp and a Hero Arts vertical sentiment. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope I have inspired you to make a gnome project and display it on our SoSS blog, you have until May 31st @ 11.59 p.m.

H is for Happy Birthday

 Hello friends and fellow crafty people, it's a new month and a new challenge at the Sisterhood of snarky stampers and it's just in time for my youngest son's birthday...H is for Happy Birthday. Again I chose a snarky cat but he is a Birthday cat next year I need to find something other than the snarky cats. Last year's card he said was the best ever I am not sure I can top that.  Now here is Edna to announce the new challenge.

What a party Edna has been the recipient of !!  

Now here is what I made for the party

I wanted a plaid background but didn't want it to look like Christmas plaid so was very excited to find this in my 6 x 6 patterned papers it went perfectly with the gray and black cardstock, I dry embossed the matte finish silver panel with the diamond plate folder and layered it on a postage stamp die cut, sentiment is from another snarky cat set. The cat was fussy cut and popped up.

The inside was finished with scraps of the patterned paper and a sentiment that can be used for many occasions that only happen once every 365 days.

Thanks for stopping by today and head over to the main blog and check out what the rest of the design team have made. 

Bent Out of Shape

 Welcome to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash and the theme is Bent Out of Shape which is just make a shaped card (no squares or rectangles allowed). I have received really cute shaped cards one was a gorgeous layered butterfly birthday card and a super adorable mitten card for Christmas swap and if you have been to the main blog there are yummy cupcakes, now for me it's a circle easel card.

I had already decided I was making a "rocker" card but for some reason, being in a hurry I could not locate my infinity circles that I use so on to plan B I knew where this die set was so thought I might be able to adapt it to make the rocker card but when looking for it I found this whole set die cut and was never glued together BONUS. I have had it several years and it's so pretty. The gems I used are from my stash they are many years old. I had 3 packages of purple to pick from too.

Side view of the easel and the Birthday sentiment is popped up.

Best part is it folds flat for mailing in a square envelope.

Thanks for stopping by today and check out the shaped cards the rest of the design team have made.

Out With The Old In With The New!!

 Hello and welcome to the first challenge of the New Year at Shopping Our Stash, the theme is to combine some old and some not so old or never been used items on your project. On my card I used a 3 layer floral die set I bought in 2019 and never even took it out of the packages. I will admit it was because it is not an A2 size and it isn't an A7 either it's somewhere in between so I "bit the bullet" and now I have to make an envelope to size.

The die set is from Nellie's Choice and I have had it since 2019, I used shades of purple cardstock and cut the base to fit. I chose a simple Happy Birthday stamp and die set. I am debating on putting some gems or pearls in the centers of the flowers, what do you think.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a fabulous new year.

My Sweet Embossible You

 Welcome friends to my blog and to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash and for me it's a easy make. We want you to dust off those embossing folders or dig out that heat gun and powders and make a project with either dry or wet embossing. I went the dry form and I didn't use a "new" 3d folder I used a very ancient folder and I did dust it off.

The cardstock I used for my embossed layer is Cajun Craze and anyone who sells or buys stampin'up knows it is a deep rusty orange not PINK it was layered on some mirror cardstock in deep gold color. The gears are cut out of gold along with sentiment.

The inside was finished with a few leftover gears and as you see my card was late to the recipient. 

Thanks for stopping by today and check out the rest of the inspiration at the SOS blog. 

These are a Few of my Favourite Things

 Hello and welcome November and a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash. Challenge #560 is A Few of My Favourite Things which means make a card with two or more of your favourite things and tell us what they are. Here is what I came up with some of my favourite things.

My first favourite item is House Mouse Designs stamps, I bought my first one from a yard sale before I even started stamping over 25 years ago, second item is "fun folds" I love to pair a fun fold with the House Mouse images I am constantly looking for and trying new folds, my third item is fussy cutting as you see the leaves are fussy cut and popped up on the image.  I could make a huge list of favourite things.

Here is the back of the card, perfect for my "favourite" vertical Hero Arts Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by and check out the SOS blog and see the favourite things the rest of the team have used on their cards. 

 

Cat in the Bag

 Hello and welcome to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash the theme is Cat in the Bag so feature a purse, backpack, beach bag and/or a cat. Many choices and we are looking forward to seeing how you interpret the theme. I chose a stamp set I've had for over 7 years it makes a 3D card but I didn't have the time or brain power to attempt it, so I did my variation.

Kitty Vanity is an Art Impressions set many parts to the set but I only used 2 for the front image. Since I wasn't attempting the 3D part the dies wouldn't work so I fussy cut both the vanity and drawer. As you see there is a purse along with 4 adorable kittens. 

Inside of the card using one of the cute kitty stamps that come with the set, a scrap of patterned paper and a very old hero arts sentiment 

I popped the drawer up for dimension and this picture gives a much better look at the colours.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out the Main Blog and see what the rest of the team have made....you will be surprised. 

Finally Fall!!

 Not that I had Fall to arrive so fast this year but we have to roll with the weather we are served. Here's hoping for a rerun of some summer. Challenge #266 at the Sisterhood is.........

I don't think Edna is appropriately dressed for leaf diving and I'm not ready either.

I hope you can join the challenge and adorn our blog with some Fall Leaves.

First time all summer I have had a chance to take a picture by the lake, I especially like when I take photos of my Holiday cards.

My card is made with an embossing folder on brown cardstock and I used the metallic wax set with my fingers all over using the red, green and copper. I added it to a holographic layer then I had to decide if I wanted a red or brown base and as you see the red one. 

On the inside I added a strip of holographic paper and a couple of leaves and a favourite sentiment stamp.

Thanks for stopping by and checking the new challenge at SoSS, don't forget to check out the blog and see the great leafy creations the design team have made. 

Hot! Hot! Hot!

Another 2 weeks of this never-ending heat and humidity in SWO, it's even too hot and sticky to craft.  Of course I could be home in the A/C but summer is short and in a couple of months it will be time to close for the winter.  It did take me much longer to make my card and of course there are always a couple of speed bumps along the way, I am happy to say even though I didn't plan for the theme I had a couple of Photoplay stamp sets that worked. Now the theme at Shopping Our Stash for this fortnight is Hot, Hot, Hot so what we want to see is a card inspired by something HOT, the weather, food, fire  we are looking forward to seeing what you decide is HOT.

I had never used this set before and it's circa 2018 and has matching dies gifted to me from a friend. I made the background with distress oxide inks, stamped and coloured the bear sunbathing by the lake and used the coordinating die and popped him up on the beach scene. The patterned paper reminded me of a beach blanket or a table cloth and felt it fit the bill

Closer look to see how the bear is elevated.

  

Thanks for stopping by at the beach party of one today and check out what the design team has decided what is HOT.

Juggling Raspberries

 Hello and welcome back to a NEW challenge at Shopping Our Stash the prompt is Eat Five a Day!! that is important information from the food guide, do you follow the "rule"? Make a card with either a fruit or vegetable or both, looking forward to see what you like the best. One of my favourites is in season right now, I picked a House Mouse stamp that has Amanda juggling raspberries. 

As always when I go to the cottage I forget things and one item was pop dots so I picked some up at Len's Mills but they are really much thicker than mine that are home. I seem to be in a Red/Pink phase but when I saw this paper in the pile I thought how it matched the raspberries. 

side view to see the elevation.

Finished the inside with some scraps of paper and I have a couple of fussy cut raspberries to attach yet. As I said earlier travelling with crafty things takes planning, evidently birthday sentiments was not on my mind, but I have lots of Holiday ones. 

I am adding this to 

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Summer Fun

Seize the Birthday ~~ Use your Favourite Colour (mine this week is Red/Pink)

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out the great projects the rest of the design team have made. 

Wood is Good X 2

 Hello friends as always it seems 2 weeks just fly by, I want time to slow down so I can enjoy the summer.  I managed to spend 9 days at the cottage, of course being my first trip down there were a lot of forgotten items, but Simcoe is only a 30 minute drive to pick anything up I had forgotten. There are always little things like flour, I had a plan to make some mac & cheese well can't make a roux without flour, and if you flip the breaker for the outside outlets you don't get hot water, never a dull moment when I'm in charge. I didn't accomplish much crafting, the temperature was high as was the humidity.  So on with the new challenge at Shopping Our Stash, Wood is Good....create a card that includes woodgrain or wood pieces on it. I decided to turn my woodgrain into masculine cards, they seem to go together and with mostly males in the family they are always needed.

I used Stampin'up's woodgrain background stamp inked with versamark vintage sepia ink, added some cotton yarn from my knitting bag and three enamel dots (I made them a long time ago) and the perfect big birthday wishes die which I cut 3 and layered them for elevation.

I finished the inside of the card with a favourite sentiment and a couple of scraps of the woodgrain. 

Bonus time!!!

Since I am trying to get some cards ahead to donate to the troops I made an extra card.

Same woodgrain stamp, the circle with the trees is elevated, the background behind the trees is a scrap of smooshed watercolour paper, the sentient was stamped in sepia and diecut. 

Finished the inside with some off cut scraps and a leaf  and another great sentiment. 

Adding this to 

Seize the Birthday ~~ anything goes

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to check out the great inspiration on the MAIN Blog. 

It's Halloween all Year Long.

 My great grandson loves Halloween sculls, spiders, ghouls anything in between, So I made him a halloween card for his birthday, makes it real easy to make cards for him. 

One of his favourite colours is purple so this scull paper was perfect and when you have a BIG sentiment it makes a card easier. What 8 yo doesn't like a shaker card, actually is there anyone that doesn't love a shaker? 

Finished inside of the card with a scrap of patterned paper and some escapees from trying to get the shaker together. Of course finished it off with a Hero Arts vertical sentiment.

Hopefully I can this can pass for a Halloween all Year long challenge

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge ~~ Anything Goes 

Seize the Birthday ~~ Anything Goes

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

A Stitch in Time.

 New month, new challenge at Shopping Our Stash and it's all about stitches, cross stitch, faux stitching with a pen, machine stitching. very short post today as my fingers are not co-operating. So here is my stitched card.

First time I have coloured this cute House Mouse Designs image up and I have had it for a few years, it really seemed like way to much work, I did use a red pen liner to do most of the cross stitches.

Carried the red scallops to the inside framing a very very old wood block stamp from the Artful Stamper. I see my photography skills are lacking today as well. 

Thanks for stopping by today and stop by to see the inspiration projects the rest of the team have made. 

 

You are so Sweet

 Welcome to a new month and a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash, "You are so Sweet" I think the prompt is easy peasy all you need to do is make a card with cakes, candy, icecrean even fruit will work.  Here is my offering for the challenge.

Of course I used my favourite stamp from House Mouse Designs and made a triangle easel card.  I also used the same paper as my last card I guess it was out on my desk and matched the icing on the cake.

This is the back of the easel where I added the sentiment.

Just to show the 5 1/2 inch square card folds flat and fits in the envelope. 

Thanks for stopping by and check out all the sweet cards the rest of the team had made.

By the Numbers

 Hello and welcome to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash, By the Numbers which just as it sounds we want to see at least one number on your project. I thought what a great challenge as I need a birthday card for my great grandson's 8th birthday but nothing would come to mind to add a number of course after my images were coloured and cards partially done I had a lightbulb moment and know exactly what I want to do. A project for another day so stay tuned. So here is what I came up with for the challenge.

I started out with the sentiment, it has 2 numbers in it and then had to match it with an Art Impressions Golden Oldies stamp, love this image, it works for a lot of sentiments. This is one of my first AI stamps and the patterned paper is eons old too.

What is better than one birthday card? well it's two, I am making cards to donate to the local craft store, Younique Scrapbook store for the armed forces, it isn't much more work to make two, same amount of mess with just a bit more time. 

Finished the inside with a few leftover scraps and a favourite sentiment.

Thanks for visiting today and head over to the MAIN BLOG and see what the rest of the team have created.