It's all about FAMILY at Shopping Our Stash!!

 It's all about Family at Shopping Our Stash, this past year has been really hard for those who have family that are essential workers,  it's been a year since I have hugged any of my family, I stopped by my Grandson's place with Valentine cards for my great grandsons and had a 6 foot apart visit. So happy I get updated pictures of them, and I have a nice collection now.  On now to my card, which is very stashy.

The digi I used is from Lacy Sunshine and was a freebie and in my stash almost totally coloured so I finished the colouring of her shirt and head scarf as I was in a purple mood (my fav. colour) I die cut the image with Elizabeth craft designs stitched rectangles and attached it to the purple postage stamp rectangle by Elizabeth craft design, Paper is at least 5 years old and who knows when I bought the mini clear stamps that had to be wrestled off the plastic sheet. 

Now isn't she just the cutest little puppy and so good having her bubble bath. 

Here is the dreaded clear alpha stamps, don't think they are going to be a "go too" item again, I popped them up on foam, Now searching through a lot of my stamps I realize I don't have much that is Dog related, I'm still deciding on a sentiment for the inside so it will be a to be finished when needed. It's nice to have something you can use for a Hello, Thinking of You or even a Get Well who wouldn't love a cute little puppy card. 

Thanks for stopping by today, don't forget to check out the Family projects the rest of my teamies have made, just click HERE.

Challenge #340 at Shopping Our Stash is ~~ Olympics!!!

The Shopping Our Stash team wants you to honour the Winter Olympics by making a project featuring a SPORT ~~ Any sport you would see at the winter Olympics, Figure skating, Luge, Bobsled, Slalom, Hockey, speed skating and the list goes on and on, I think Curling is on the agenda for this year too. so many options. I chose Women's Hockey!!! I'm a hockey fan, hubby not so much since we only have one tv (on cable) I usually put up with all the dumb stuff men watch for most of the day so I can watch a hockey game. He cheers them on especially when the score is tied, he says "anyone score" just so it doesn't go to overtime  LOL.  anyway here is my tribute to the Woman's Olympic Hockey Team. Go Canada Go.

The digital image is from Lacy Sunshine Stamps, I am sure I've had it for two years and havn't used it yet. The background paper is from a Christmas pad also over two years old but I thought the circles looked like the Olympic rings. 

Close up of the image.

Finished the inside with the leftover scrap of patterned paper and one of the first Birthday sentiment I bought over 15 years or more old. 

I would like to enter this in 

Seize the Birthday ~~ Anything Goes Birthday.

Thanks for stopping by today and head over to the Main Blog and check out what sports the rest of the team have made.

Naughty or Nice Witch?

I have been working on Halloween cards, not sure why because I only need 2 for my great grandsons but they are so much fun.  This one is a really cutesy card with an adorable Witch from Lacy sunshine,  I love Heather's images they are adorable.

I coloured and fussy cut the cute witch then built my card with some items in my scrap box, the light post was slated for a Christmas card, but didn't work, the grass is from an Easter project (I cut a few too many) The section of spiderweb was left over from another Halloween card, even the background was a scrap. 

Sentiment is compurter generated from a free verse site.

I am entering this in:

Naughty or Nice #44 ~~ Something Spooky

Paper Players ~~ Spooky

Crafty Gals Corner Challenges ~~ #145 Halloween colours

Well thats all for now check back again as I have one more Halloween card or maybe 2.

Hey!! It's Saturday!! Time for a NEW Challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers

Challenge #70 at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is D is for "Day of the Dead" or "Dia de Muertos" which 2016 is November 1st to November 2nd in Mexico. I thought this challenge was going to give me trouble but searching through my digital images I spotted one from Lacy Sunshine Stamps and ran with it (well created with it)

As you can see I distressed the heck out of the layers (not my favourite task) I found a scrap of Tim Holtz kraft core cardstock (years old) ran it through the bigshot with Tim Holtz brick embossing folder and sanded the heck out of it too. The image is fussy cut and popped up, I added the green vellum die cuts to look like ivy crawling on the wall. Lastly the sentiment is computer generated and translates to Happy Day of the Dead (google was my friend) 

close up

Did another google search for Day of the Dead Quotes and found this one from Longfellow.

Thanks for stopping by today and head over to the SoSS blog and check out what the fabulous design team members have made. Check out the rules too then dig out your mummy, sugar skulls or what every you see that could be for the day of the dead celebration. Lots of options. 

It's Time for Pink Halloween at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!!!

This is our annual Pink Halloween Challenge for Breast Cancer as October is breast cancer month. For challenge #69 the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers want to see lots of pink!!! Are you up for the challenge?

I used a Halloween background stamp from Impression Obsession on clearance  I also used this sweet witch from Lacy Sunshine Stamps. I coloured the images with alcohol markers but coloured the pink background with tombow markers. 

I fussy cut the cute witch and popped her up.

Almost finished inside just need a sentiment which of course is at the cottage lol.

Thanks for visiting today and head over to the SoSS blog and check out what the rest of the design team have made for the Pink Halloween Challenge.

A is for Aaargh ~~ Talk Like a Pirate Day is September 19th.

Another awesome challenge from the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers ~~ A is for Aaargh!!! Who knew that September 19th was talk like a pirate day? I didn't until the challenge was posted.  I have a pirate lady from Lacy Sunshine that was a freebie quite a while ago and I had it printed in my pile of images so went to work finding out how Elizabeth Swann looked in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie, I think it was the 2006 one. Well it wasn't colourful enough so I went with a dash of purple.

Aargh and larger coins are from a Stampendous changito set I've had for years never used,  Map is from one of the $$ masculine paper pads, lace from a different $$ store.

Close up of the image and sentimen. which was cut with a SU word bubble die.

Not knowing what I was using this for I've left the inside blank.

Entering this in:

Lacy Sunshine's Colour your World challenge ~~ Anything goes.

Thanks for spending time here today and head over to the Snarky sister's and check out how the rest of the design team have interpreted the challenge.

Clear it Out Tuesday Challenge #104 ~~ Anything Goes with TWINE!!

Second challenge at Clear it Out Tuesday in a row with twine as the stash item and for the second challenge in a row I almost forgot to put it on. I need to read more carefully lol. The challenge is a favourite ~~ Anything goes with the stash item Twine. Two sponsors for this challenge, Lacy Sunshine and Bugaboo Stamps.  I used a super cute Bugmee image from Lacy Sunshine and framed her in pink.

Super cute Love Bug Bugmee

Close up of her adorable little face.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Lacy Sunshine challenge Blog ~~ Anything goes

Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog ~~ Valentine

Just Us Girls Word Week #329 ~~ Valentine

Sketch Saturday #398

Thanks for stopping by today and you know you want to join CIOT for the anything goes challenge.

Almost Late Again for a Challenge ~~~

Since before Christmas I have had a Lacy Sunshine image coloured and been sitting in my scrap pile along with the card stock to create it but as always other things took precedence but last Monday I saw the perfect sketch on Mojo Monday and I had some time to-day to put it together.

I loved the sketch because of the banners, I really wanted to use my banner dies and I did.

Close up of the super sweet girl.

Finished the inside with the top note and a sentiment.

Challenge I would like to enter this in:

Lacy Sunshine Blog ~~ Anything Goes

Hiding in my Craft Room #236 ~~ Freestyle

Just Us Girls challenge #328 Tic Tac Toe ( I used a diagonal line Button, Stamp, 3 layers

Mojo Monday Sketch #432 

Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful and crafty week.

A Year to Remember ~~ Challenge #101 at Clear it Out Tuesday!!!

Theme: A year to remember-post your favourite card from this year  ****you are not required to make a card for this challenge, just load up your 'past' favourite card. I want us all to spend time with our loves ones***** 

I couldn't decide on a favourite card so I picked a favourite sponsor....Lacy Sunshine and I had a super cute image already printed which gave me some extra time to shop.  Clear it Out Tuesday is having a end of the year "BASH" three sponsors so don't forget to go check them out. Lacy Sunshine, Bugaboo Designs and Digital Paper Craft.The challenge will last three weeks so we can all spend time with our families over the holidays.  

I don't know about you I'm really saturated with Christmas even though I need to make a couple more for gifts I have. Next year I hope to be much better organized and not making Christmas the week of the holiday. It was so nice to dig out my pinks and make a Valentine card, 

Not sure on how long this image has been in my "image" pile but isn't she adorable.

Not sure of the sentiment I will use on the inside it just might be a Happy Valentine one.

I am  going to enter this in:

Allsorts Challenge 342/343 Anything But Christmas

Wishing you and your family a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

P is for Punk ~~ Steam Punk that is!!!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers  new challenge is P is for Punk ~~ Steam Punk, I know there are a lot of steam punk fans out there, here not so much a fan. I struggle everytime I have to do one for a challenge. I have all kinds of embellishments (at home) so here at the cottage I had to improvise. I used a Steam Punk image from Lacy Sunshine stamps I won from one of their challenges and I picked it because I knew it would come in handy one day.

I used a vanilla card base, added some patterned paper that I thought looked kinda punky? the lace at the top is a peel and stick I bought at the dollar store. the clock face is real, hubby had one that didn't work so had him take it apart for crafting. 

One of my friends had a profile picture and I sort of copied the colours from it. I added rhinestones to the three small watch cogs.

More of the patterned paper and a Birthday sentiment,

Thanks for visiting today and if you love Steam Punk even if you don't just make a project and enter it an our Snarky Sister's Challenge Blog.

Shopping Our Stash #214 ~~~ Make a Spectacle of Yourself

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The Shopping Our Stash challenge this week is Make a spectacle of yourself which translates to use paper or stamps with glasses on it,. Now it seems easier doesn't it, well not for me I'm totally lost as I had nothing to do with glasses, Pinterest to the rescue ~~~ I found some free download paper with glasses on it and that was a start, then the light-bulb moment happened and I have the cutest Lacy Sunshine image called Eleanor who has the largest glasses ever (well we all had them 15 years ago didn't we). Here is what I have made for the challenge, in one of my least favourite colours.

I have combined this sweet image with the Sweet Sunday sketch #281

Just to show how I blinged her glasses up. (sorry for the out of focus picture)

The inside using a scrap of the same glasses paper and a simple sentiment.

I would like to link this to:

Sweet Sunday Sketch #281

Thanks for stopping by today and would love to see your take on the "spectacle" challenge.

Clear it Out Tuesday is asking for "My Style"

I like layers sometimes a lot of layers and die-cuts usually oval, I even like layers in the inside of the cards, so that is my style. The stash item is your favourite craft product, so head over to Clear it Out Tuesday challenge blog and check out the rules and see what the rest of the team has made for the challenge. The sponsor of the challenge (which will last two weeks) is Lacy Sunshine  there are some really cute images there, so check them out.

The image I chose was Foxglove Enchantress, Since it's all about my favourites I love purple and of course needed to colour this in mauve, this Labels 8 and decorative labels 8 are two of my favourite dies, 

Closer look , check out the butterfly

Inside of the the card waiting for the perfect sentiment

Thanks for stopping by today and I would love to see "your style and favourite craft product" so get your project made and put them on the Clear it Out Tuesday Blog.

Clear it Out Tuesday wants you to Clear it Out!!!

Challenge #72 at Clear it Out Tuesday is Clear it Out we want you to use 2 or more things from your hoarded stash. The sponsor for the challenge is one of my favourites, Lacy Sunshine. 

I chose this super cute daisy flower pot image, I coloured with my copics and it’s my very first center step card.I found the tutorial HERE, at split coast stampers. My stash is the two butterflies and the 4 flowers, I bought a package of Bridal embellishments at least 4 years ago and I finally opened and used some.

close up of the butterfly

Here is a close up of the adorable little girl.

The sentiment was put on the back of the card.

I would like to enter this in:

Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog Butterfly Kisses and springtime wishes.

Thanks for visiting today : and dig in to your stash and enter the challenge at Clear it Out Tuesday.

Winter Break is Over Time for a New Challenge!!!

Looking for my Clear it Out blog post just scroll down or click HERE.
It’s the first challenge of 2015 at Shopping Our Stash the theme is Happy NEW Year, the emphasis  being NEW, we want to see your new “stuff”. For my card today I used a NEW sketch, a NEW digital image from Lacy Sunshine and a NEW 2 in 1 EK punch.

The image is champagne Enchantress from Lacy Sunshine Designs  she is a free image from the Lacy Sunshine Facebook page. for the December challenge but there was too much going on to get it done, and now here she is in all her elegance. The sketch is from Sweet Sunday Sketches and it’s going to be a favourite sketch blog to visit.

I’m trying to get lots of Birthday cards done as I think there are 6 I need for this month. Close up of her sweet face.

Finished with a top note and a scrap of paper left over from the front.
Challenges I would like to enter this in are:
Lacy Sunshine challenge blog challenge #49 Sparkly and NEW
Glitter N Sparkle challenge # 118 Anything Goes
Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge # 250
Love to Create #148 Anything Goes
Design Teams Showcase January 2 to 13 2015
Thanks for visiting today and let’s see your Happy NEW Year project using something you might have gotten for Christmas or something that was new to you, tell us the story behind your “new” item.