Birthday, Brads and a Butterfly

Hello and welcome to Shopping Our Stash's 490 post going "Back In Time" to challenge 49 and repeat it, Anything starting with a "B" so I went with Birthday and Brads and added a super cuter Butterfly to round the "B's" off. I shopped my stash as the brads are ones I got/bought when I was on the Eyelet Outlet Blog in 2017, The papers were all scraps, even the sentiment was one I stamped and set aside. 

As I said everything was a scrap, most was from a card I started and changed my mind. The HB die was cut 3 times, one in heavier cardstock, I added the b&w butterfly to tie in the black layer. All brads are from the Eyelet Outlet 

I added the birthday candle brad to the I in Birthday. Isn't that butterfly pretty.

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

As I set up to take the photo of my card Toto decided to have an afternoon bath on my chair, I almost sat on her she was so quiet. 

since I used snippits I'm adding this to:

Snippits Playground Challenge #447 ~~ 

Seize the Birthday ~~ Use Your Initials (BAG) went with just "B"

Thanks for looking today and I'm hoping to be back on the Holiday card making soon. Check out the inspiration the rest of the team has on the MAIN BLOG, then dig out your "B" items and add it to our gallery. 

There's Gnomebody like You.....

This was made for a friend,  her Birthday came, her Birthday went, this is the card I should have sent!! Better late than never, and if I wasn't late sending I'm sure CP would delay it anyway, the mail has been behind lately due to one PO receiving center having an outbreak.  

I stamped the 5 gnomes, coloured and fussy cut, and popped up, I can rarely get the dies to cut straight and I'm not fond of the white border, just a personal preference.  The sky was blended with blue oxide inks added a few tiny clouds, and a couple of slimline die cuts, Mushrooms and a couple of ladybugs.

Finished the inside with a Whoopsie Daisy, apologizing for the lateness of my card. Stamped and coloured a gnome,  in case you wondered about all the PURPLE it's her fav. colour. 

I'm entering this in:

Seize the Birthday ~~ Create a Scene

Thanks for stopping by today, stay safe stay healthy.

Oh the Places You Will Go.....

Hello friends, family and followers another two weeks has passed and it's time for a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash!!  Oh the Places You Will Go is the theme of #420 and lots of options, use a map theme, special location theme (Eiffel Tower, Big Ben) or a travel theme. Since I have the most adorable Kraftin'Kimmie stamp I needed to go with the Location theme. Donna is our hostess this challenge and I know this will make her smile.

For how simple this is it took me days it seemed, I like to colour in the daylight and am much happier if the sun is shining but of course we have had many days of cold, snow, wind and overcast but I managed. As I said the stamp is from Kraftin'Kimmie and on of her older stamps, her stamps store is on-line and she has a facebook page as well.

closer cook at the image.

Finished the inside with a sentiment from  and a scrap of patterned paper,

I am entering this in:

Seize the Birthday ~~ #190 the topping is Monochromatic 

I went with Anything Goes I think there is too much white for the topping.

Thanks for stopping by today, if you haven't checked the Main Blog head over there and check out the places the rest of the design team are going.

U is for Unicorn at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!!!

It's a NEW challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers ~~ #131 U is for Unicorn.  It was a good thing we got the prompt early as I have 0 unicorns so it gave me a chance to use my gift card and pick out a unicorn digi from Bugaboo Stamps. I won $30 last year when I entered one of the challenges.

The digi is coloured with copic markers and spica glitter pens, lavishly coated with Wink of Stella on the balloon and body of the unicorn. Background paper is from a paper pad and the sentiment was included with the image.

Close up of the sentiment

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Finished the inside of the card with a $2 stamp from Michaels.

Thanks for visiting today and head over to the MAIN BLOG and check out what the rest of our design team have made for the challenge. 

It's Tuesday and Time for a NEW Challenge at Shopping Our Stash!!!

At Shopping Our Stash this week we want you to upcycle!!! It's up to your interpretation, but please tell us what the item is because we might not be able to see it immediately.  I was struggling with this one, I usually use something hubby found on the beach with his metal detector but this time I wanted something different. First here is my card.

the leaves an flowers are from a Botanicals die set from Stampin'up, the background is and embossing folder that name eludes me at the moment. Rhinestones from my stash 

I purchased a new purse, it's a LUG and this was the tag that was on it, when I saw it sitting on my desk I thought "aha" it's my upcycle. I did shorten it to fit and rounded the corners added some ancient gold ribbon. 

The quote was my inspiration for the colourful flowers. 

I carried the floral theme to the inside.

Thanks for spending time today and we would love to see your upcycle projects. Head over to the Main Blog and check out the rest of the design team's projects.

You take the Cake!!!

Hello friends, family and followers it's Tuesday and time for a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash!! It's Donna's time to choose the challenge theme so Challenge #362 is Feed Me!! We want to see some type of food on your project, after last week's dandy challenge this on was easy peasy. Of course for me the second week of July is mega birthday time so I made a card with a Birthday Cake on it.

I used a "gruffie" from House Mouse Designs, I love this guy with the huge birthday cake, hope he doesn't eat it in on sitting, perhaps he is going to share it with his friends.

I made an easel card!! I haven't made one for a long time and they are so easy, in fact the base of the easel was in my box of "changed my mind" things. The image is also from the same box  it was stamped and never used.as was the patterned paper, nice when you can make a card out of "leftovers",as was the patterned paper, nice when you can make a card out of "leftovers", The enamel dots are over a year old, bought two packages at the dollar store I'm on the second package now.

Since there is no inside to an easel card I hid the sentiment behind the image.

I would like to enter this in:

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting today and head over to the Main Blog to see what the rest of the design team have chosen as their "food" 

Got Cake?

With three hours to spare I'm using Tuesday Morning Sketch #439, it seems like a long time since I've managed to get one done and it worked perfectly for my House Mouse Birthday card for Seize the Birthday and I did the toppings which is Candles. So here it is.

First inking for this stamp, coloured with markers and cut out with Elizabeth Craft design ovals.

Close up and I see I need to do some retouching on his cute little face.

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

Challenges I'm entering

Tuesday Morning Sketches #439 I turned it.

Seize the Birthday with toppings ~~ Candles

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Sweets or Hearts and as always ATG.

Thanks for stopping by today.

M is for Mink......

M is for Mink is the challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky stampers  which translates to Furry Critters!!! We want to see project with animals that have FUR.  I am sure you thought I would use a house mouse but surprise I didn't!!! (it was a thought) But since I acquired Stampers Anonymous Hipsters I just had to use one of them.

I'm so happy to be able to take pictures at the lake they look much more interesting than a plain background. I had to go to the break wall as the sun wasn't in the right place to take it on the deck. 

Not much to say about the card except I darkened the glasses and put wink of stella on his eyes.

As you see I used an Avery label maker for the sentiment, I bought it Saturday at a yardsale here is what came with it.

three sizes, 1/4" 1/2" and 3/8" along with lots of label cartridges. Now all I have to figure out is how to change from one to another. It came with the box all for $1.00.....SCORE!!!

I would like to enter this in:

Craft Stamper ~~ August anything goes.

Show us your Pussies ~~ Furry thing goes #21

Thanks for joining me today and head over to the "blog" and check out the rest of the design team projects, then get busy and make a project with a furry critter on it for us to see.

"Y" did I Buy That? asks the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers

Wow what a challenge, I have so many items that I ask that question of, I know at the time I did have a reason and what it boils down to is too many things too little time. Anyway the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers want you to dig you stash and find an item, stamp, embossing folder, a die that you just had to have or a medium that you had to have and never used and enter the challenge.

Here is the first item, I bought this set probably 10 years ago, I thought it was perfect for those quick cards you might need in a hurry, sad I didn't even remember it was a stamp AND an embossing folder. I stamped and embossed and coloured with my copics added some stickles  and voila' done.

Here is the set

Hero Arts cling stamp and a Sizzix Embossing folder.

Finished the inside for a Get Well card.

Since I was on a roll I decided to dig out my Gelatos that I needed and bribed hubby to take me to Michaels Art Store to purchase I bought the metallics since they were the only package that contained purple. I have had them probably a year with out even opening the package. I also bought Gesso and all the other stuff you need to do mixed media and it all still sits.

I did the Emboss resist on neenah cardstock The flourish is a TH sizzix die the background stamp is a Woodmount stamp from Stampin;up (retired) Butterflies are also from SU stamped, embossed and fussy cut and elevated on the flourish.

I love this and will use my gelatos more often. 

Finished inside but I forgot to take a picture before I signed it, guess that is better than getting it the mail and remembering I hadn't taken any pictures.

Congratulations you have reached the end of a long picture laden post, I hope you are not too bored or napping.

Thanks for looking today and come and join the fun at The Sisterhood.