Winter Wonderland

 Hello friends welcome to a NEW challenge at Shopping Our Stash!! For the next 2 weeks we are looking forward to seeing lots of Winter Wonderland cards, you can make a winter scene or an all White card.  Even being in Canada our winter wonderland is dull, drab and grey, we do have some lingering snow but to me it's just damp and drab. So I have dug deep into my stash and everything on my card is 2 years old or older. 

Sorry for the terrible picture, windows updated and changed my photo program and now I can't see how bright the card is.  So I decided I wanted to make a wreath card with my favourite die from Gina Marie, I cut it twice and added some dimensionals between the two layers, added some white enamel dots from the Eyelet outlet  when I did a DT spot in 2017. I flat attached the wreath to the brick wall embossing folder layer which is on a scalloped square layer (EC designs). I cut 3 of each of the word dies 3 times and layered them these are the newest item at approximately 2-3 years young. Then it was added to a     5 1/2 inch square card base. 

Close up of the wreath and winter words.

Finished the inside of the card with a favourite sentiment from Hero Arts. 

I'm entering this in:

Rudolph Days ~~ January 

ABC Christmas ~~ A is for Anything Christmas

Thanks for stopping by and it's time to get your Holiday cards started and I'm looking forward to seeing yours in the gallery.

I'm living the Embossable Dream.

 Here I am with card #3 for the challenge at the Jingle Belles, I might not get a 4th done (I was trying to catch up since I missed (avoided) the sticker challenge, Lauren and Stephanie use stickers and they look awesome I use sticker and guess what, it looks just like stickers on a background, but I did want to keep up with my 2 cards for each challenge. 

Surprise it's not a house mouse card, but I sure took myself out of my comfort zone and I love it!!

I used the Brick Wall embossing folder from Sizzix (Stampin'up) on watercolour paper to look like a brick wall, then cut 2 diecuts of Gina Marie leaf wreath die and flat attached. The sentiment die is from Elizabeth Craft Desgns and was flat attached as well, The bow is popped up. I also added some Starform glitter dots. to the wreath.

Finished the inside with an Impression Obsession sentiment and a scrap of green along with some die cut berries and a bow.

I'm adding this to:

The Jingle Belles Rock Challenge ~~ My Sweet Embossable You

ABC Christmas Challenge ~~ C and D (I chose D is for Dies)

Thanks for looking today and check back again to see if I have managed a 4th card.

It's a Banner Day!!

 The last Jingle Belle Rock challenge of the year is Banner Holiday, it's one of my favourite challenges too and I'm sneaking it in with one day to spare (better than last challenge) I haven't been keeping up with a lot of Challenges, there never seems to be time to craft, but today I made time the dishes can wait.  the challenge is to design a card using the Jingle Belles Blog Banner as inspiration....Here is mine.

I made a mini slimline card and used die cuts from Boss Cuts, Gina Marie, Impression Obsession and a mini stamp from Stampendous along with the background music freebie from the Jingle Belles.

Close up of Santa (looking for good points)

The inside was finished with a favouite Hero Arts sentiment (a prize from the Jingle Belles a couple of years ago) , of course while die cutting there are always extra so used a few on the inside.

I'm adding this to:

The Jingle Belles Rock Challenge ~~ Banner Holiday.

Rudolph Days for November ~~ haven't played much this year. 

Thanks for stopping by to see what I have been crafting. 

Frills and Flowers and Buttons and Bows!!

 You might get a clue from the "old" song lyric at what the challenge is but I'll explain it just the same  Shopping Our Stash is creating with  "old school" favourites like... Buttons, ribbons, brads,  eyelets something you haven't done in a long while.  I looked through some of my cards and realized I haven't used ribbon in "gasp" over a year and I have no clue why not I have two buckets of ribbon, it all needs re-oranizing. So I picked a 11 inch scrap to use for my card. 

I love this Gina Marie wreath die and use it a lot, in fact made one not long ago in Blue and Silver and I knew I wanted to make a few more in other colours to boost my holiday stash. So other than the ribbon the rhinestone brad is ancient and I found the tutorial on how to make the bow HERE.  The patternd paper is also years old, not sure where I got it or the make it was a package deal. 

Close up look at the bow and brad. 

Finished the inside of the 5 1/2 inch square card with a favourite Hero Arts sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by today and get out your "old school" stuff and make us a card. Don't forget to check out the Main Blog to see some fabulous old school  "embellies."

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge ~~ September

 Another month has rolled around and it's time for the next installment of HLS Christmas Challenge, the theme is always anything goes but the option this month is Metallic. 

I have a stash of metallic posterboard that I bought at Dollar Tree, I'm glad I have a stash because they no longer carry it. I love metallic on Christmas cards but it is so hard to photograph. So here is my metallic card for the challenge.

I cut my squares of metallic posterboard to the size I needed for a 5 1/2 inch square card and using the wreath die from Gina Marie Designs I cut one from each piece. These were all attached flat. Peace was cut from the blue and several layers of heavy white cardstock to elevate it (hand deliver only card). 

I think I'm going to make a few more of these in some of the other colours, there is a beautiful green and the one that is supposed to be red is more pink but looks great. I also have Gold although that one is used more. The inside of the card is finished but there was a spot in the sentiment that stamped badly (guess I wasn't paying attention that day) it's very noticeable in the photo. Since I'm on a timeline to get done I will fix it later.

Thanks for stopping by today and you know you need to get working on your Holiday cards so stop by to the main blog and enter, it's anything goes with an option. 

K is for Kraft-y

Another fantastic Lee Graphic

 Hello family, friends and followers, a new challenge is on at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers, K is for Kraft-y.  Kraft isn't really one of my go to colours but I think it looks great paired with Pink, Blue and Ridinghood Red, which is the combo I used for my Kraft-y card. 

First I thought about the Hey Chick stampin' up set as it works well with Kraft cardstock and I knew since this is a Snarky Sister challenge I got my Gina Marie clear snarky chicken sentiments and that's when I saw this card design on Pinterest. The hen and one egg are popped up.

Close up of the sentiment, For the Kraft background I embossed it with honeycomb folder to look like chicken wire.

Angled view to show the raised fussy cut images, and they still have feet.

Thanks for stopping by today and head over to the MAIN BLOG to check out what the rest of the design team haves made. 

Holiday Cards to Die For

 Wow it's the last day of March and I'm skinning in for March Rudolph Days with a card,  I know I want to make a card for each month I have from the 1st until the 25th to get one done, well why do I almost always end up with one the last day. "oh I have lots of days" , anyway here is what I came up with for this Month.

It's an ornament/saying set from Gina Marie Designs  and I just used the inspiration on the blog, The background embossing folder is "sequins" from Stampin'up. Red metallic posterboard is from Dollar Tree.

Close up to show the sparkle and for you to see I missed picking a piece of paper out of the "J", that will be fixed before I send it.

I finished the inside with a bit of embossing and some scraps of glitter and red metallic paper. the Sentiment is from Stampendous,

I am entering this in:

Rudolph Days ~~ March

and because I use dies....

The Jingle Belles Rock Challenge ~~ Holiday Cards to Die For.

Thanks for stopping by today have a lovely weekend.

Here Comes Peter Cottentail...........

 Easter is just around the corner and I'm still making Easter cards which is great as Shopping Our Stash has a new challenge "Here Comes Peter Cott
ontail"  focusing on Easter, Passover or Bunnies. 

I made 6 ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) I have some Kinder Eggs and needed a little card to go with them for the two little girls next door and the two boys down the street that made cookies and cards for me and some other neighbours during the beginning of the pandemic, they also helped their Mom shovel my driveway for me in the winder. Two are also for my great grandsons. Chocolate bunnies for the boys and white bunnies for the girls. I don't often get to make girl cards so every chance I get Victoria and her sister get one. 

Background was made with distress oxide ink, the bunny die is from Gina Marie Designs and the clouds are Impression Obsession die. Happy Easter is from an old Stampin'up tiny sentiment set. The grass is cut with a slimline landscape die. 

Closer look at the girly white bunny card. I am hoping to make three more for the neighbour's grandchildren at the lake, give me a reason to have a drive on Saturday. 

I am hoping to send small easel stands with these and a note to say they are collectables which fit in a hockey card holder. 

I had a whole bunch of fun gluing all the little things, especially the clouds they are not very big at all. 

Stash used.....bunny die at least 3 years old

cloud die set 4  or 5 years old

all bunnies and clouds were using scraps

Thanks for stopping by today and have a fantastic Easter to those who celebrate.

It is a Dark and Moonlit Night.............

 My great grandson's 12th Birthday is today and he loves wolves, now it's not something I would make for a 12 yo but in this case it was perfect. His mom messaged me that he loved it and said "Whoa Grandma is talented" well that made my day. 

I made a galaxy background and also used Distress Oxide  for the moon.  The wolf is from Gina Marie Designs and I think I might have used it before but I'm not sure, the evergreen line is new and it's the first time cutting with it. The main image was cut out of black foam core. As you see there is no sentiment on the front, it was too nice to add one.

I finished the inside with a couple of scraps of silver paper and some trees,  and a favourite sentiment along with the happy birthday from stampin'up.

I would like to enter this in:

Cardz 4 Guyz ~~ #266 for a Teenager 

Happy Little Stampers ~~ Anything goes with Dies

Well I can cross the first masculine card off my list for this year, only 6 to go, every year I seem to struggle with what did I make last year, this year they are going in a folder so I can see what I made.  It's so much easier to make girlie cards.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a fantastic week. Stay safe.

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Oh the Places You Will Go..............

 After the pandemic is over!!  The crew at Shopping Our Stash is asking where you want to go when it's over? Easy one although I was over-thinking the prompt and finally settled on something just a tad easier.  For me I'm not interested in travelling, I have travelled a bit, Mexico, a cruise and Florida a few times, but there is one place I will be going. 

The Beach!! well to the cottage, sand and water and cool drinks 

I used one of my favourite stamps from House Mouse designs,  After making two "green" cards I needed some bright pink.  I cut the frame with Gina Marie Designs wonky rectangles.  Put wink of stella on the drink and fan, the sentiment is from a beach set of AI girlfriends.

Close up of the sentiment, still can't see the sparkle though. 

I am entering this in:

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Always Anything Goes Option Geometric shapes..

I guess a rectangle frame is a geometric shape. 

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out the places the rest of the design team want to go, 

If you are looking for my post for Christmas Kickstart click HERE.

What' Black and White and Red all over? The New Challenge at Shopping Our Stash.

 Welcome to the last challenge of 2020 at Shopping Our Stash and it's a really great one. Black & white and red all over. Enterpret as you see it, so many many many options now I took it literally. It wasn't an easy one for me I had a plan and when I couldn't locate a die I wanted to use I was at a standsill but while looking in all the obvious places I found a Quilt Die, I've had for a couple or three years and used once as it is a PITA to do but so worth it.  So won't keep you in suspense any longer......

It is a Gina Marie Quilt Die and so gorgeous.  First you have to cut three in coordinating patterns, I have done it with double sided patterned paper and it was lovely due to the challenge being the three colours I only used on patterned paper. First I backed the black die cut with double sided tape and put it on the red square. then becaues the areals were sticky I paper pieces the rest making sure the plaids matched. Then to use a bit more white I layered on a square of white and because I love to pay double for postage I added it to a a black layer that I sewed on to the red layer then attached it to a white 5 1/2 inch square base.  In the center there is an Eyelet Outlet enamel red glitter dot.

These are my leftovers. I must give you a tip that I saw on one of Jennifer Maguire's blog and to use Press and Seal to keep all the bits together and now I can make two more cards, the pieces come off the press and seal very easily. 

This is the inside which I left blank it's always good to have some cards you can use for any occasion.

Thanks for visitng today and head over to the Main Blog and check out what the rest of the design team have made. 

Happy Fall Y'all!!!

 Another two weeks has flown by and it's a NEW challenge at Shopping Our Stash, #41 Happy Fall Y'all!! create an Autumn thmed or a Holiday autumn themed card (thanksgiving/Halloween/thank you/Birthday) 

Autumn oolours are not my favourite but I can do Halloween using my favourite hallloween characters from House Mouse designs.

The haunted house, moon and bats are a die from Gina Marie dies. first time using it and I've had it over a year, because I wantd to use several images I decided to make a slimline card which we did last challenge ad it was trendy, Te background I did with distress oxide inks and layered it on a 3.5 X 8.5 100 pound black cardstock from Michaels. 

Now aren't these little guys cute in their candy corn costumes. 

And here is Maxwell in his Dracula costume

Found a new Challenge and it'a all about Halloween!!!

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge ~~  Halloween Jumpstart.

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ ATG option of Fall.

Thanks for stopping by today and looking forward to seeing your Autumn themed cards on the blog. Don't forget to check out the projects the rest of the design team have made.

Baby it's Gold Outside at the Jingle Belles Rock

 Finally managed one card for the Jingle Belles Challenge Baby it's Gold Outside,  You can use Silver or Copper as well too, I stretched it a bit further and with my Gold I ued Green metalic posterboard.  Now it was not the one that was planned but as always having crafting items at two places I left the Blue at home, I also left my guilliotine cutter home too, might be time to buy myself a gift so I have one at each place since I have now left it home more times than I brought it with me.  Here is what I made for the challenge.

There was no easy way to photograph this card, I tried last night but the ott lamp wasn't enough to capture the Gold properly although it's not easy to take pictures of anything shiny. I used a Gina Marie wreath die, cut with gold and with green, The green is flat attached and the gold is elevated. I tried many pieces of patterned papers under the wreath and decided te woodgrain looked the best. 

Closer look at the gold and green wreath.

Finished the inside with an Impression Obsession sentiment and a tree sticker.

I'm adding tis to:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Baby it's Gold Outside 

Thanks for stopping by today 

The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019 ~~ Day 9

Ok we have made it to Day 9 glad you are still hanging in. Again it will be an easy read and very few pictures. So many cute tags for today, the sponsor is Pink & Main and the tag I was inspired by is made by Yolie Burke. It was so cute I just had to  make one. 

I had a flamingo die from Gina Marie Desings but had to play around making a wreath for his/her neck. I just loved the lime/plaid/pink/red look of Yolie's tag and scouted around for something similar.

Here is Yolie's tag. (much cuter then mine)

I'm adding this to:

25 days of Christmas Tags 2019 ~~ Day 9

Thanks for joining me here today and  check out the challenge, it's fun to make tags, even if you don't use them they can be added to a card base and made into a Christmas card. (done it quite a few times)

The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019 ~~ Day 7

Are you ready to be inundated ? I'm caught up to today which is Day 9, so be ready for three "tag" posts. I promise they will be short and very photo light. Day 6 I was inspired by Mendi's tag (the one on the right of the picture I will post below.

A snowman from Snow Fun and a tree diecut that was on my table. snowflakes are a die from Gina Marie Designs, theree are 6 dies all the same size but all different in the package, they are my go to snowflakes.

Here is  Mendi's Tag.

I'm adding this to:

25 days of Christmas Tags ~~ Day 6

Thanks for stopping by today and get ready two more tags to follow.