E is for Elves at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

 Another two weeks has just flown by again, I'm sure the earth is spinning faster now than it was a few years ago. The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #174 is E is for Elves, for my card for the challenge I went with a grumpy Christmas Elf from Meljen's designs, I have had this digi for a few years and have to print him off every year for one of my Bah Humbug friends.

Again Lee makes the perfect graphic for the challenge.

Here is my Elf.

Instead of the usual Hum Bug I added a HoHoHo to go with his grumpy face.  I went with the traditional Red/Green holiday colours and plaid. I used copic markers to colour the image and a spellbinders large and small labels set of dies. 

If  you take offence at vugarity please stop here as the inside sentiment is Xrated.

Thanks for stopping by today and head over to the Main Blog and check out what the rest of the Sisters have and stop by our Queen Natalie's IG account (link on the main blog) 

Stay safe Stay Healthy

It's a Christmas Platypus!!

 It's a Critter challenge at the Jingle Belles!!! And I picked an unusual critter for my card, a Platypus and a Christmas one too. The image is a digital image from Mel Jen's Designs and they are not long in business, I received a lot of awesome images from them when they sponsored "Clear it Out Tuesday". 

Now isn't he just the most adorable Platypus you ever saw, he is sure not letting his candy cane get out of his sight. Shiny red posterboard scrap used for the scalloped oval and layer. Punches are from Stampin''up. Merry Christmas is from Hero Arts. Patterned paper have no idea just one I saw some where and of course bought 2, always good to have a spare. 

Close up of the critter, his hat fur has a wind of stella on it, a well as the swirls and holly.

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Finished the inside with a favourite sentiment that was a prize from the Jingle Belles last yeaer, I added a scrap of patterned paper and the red mirror paper too.

I'm entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~  Not a Creature was Stirring

Merry Little Christmas Challenge ~~ #28 Anything Goes 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge ~~ Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas Optional theme something that starts with H (holly)

Thanks for stopping by today and time to step up the holiday card making.

Time for H is for Halloween (in Pink)

 It's our annual nod to breast cancer, this year it's H is for Halloween but in Pink, you need to have pink on your card. It's time to do your annual breast check. 

Ghostly Edna in her pink finery in front of a very haunted house.

I had this Mel Jen's Designs super girl in my image stash and thought what little girl wouldn't like to go trick or treating as a superhero. The image fit the current sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.  The scrap of pink skull paper is left overs from another year's card, Although I do have a set of stamps with that sentiment I typed it out to fit the sketch. 

Close up of the super girl

Closer look at the sentiment.

I'm entering this in:

Freshly Made Sketches ~~ #457

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

It's A Marshmallow World.......................

Hello and finally I managed to squeeze in some time to make a card for the current Jingle Belles Rock challenge Falalala.  I wanted to do something different for this year's music challenge, you could use music paper, instrument, holiday song or lyrics, usually I make a card with my Penny Black caroling penguins and Joy to the World, this year I had a freebie image from Mel Jen's (no longer in business) it's a Marshmallow Snowman thus using the holiday song It's a Marshmallow World, are you singing the song now?

The snowman was coloured with spica glitter pens, fussy cut, flat attached at the bottom popped up at the top. I used a scrap of smooshed oxide ink background and the cloud was cut out of foam core.

Isn't he the most adorable snowman? I think so.

I thought it appropriate to use the sentiment I won last year from the Jingle Belles, I love this sentiment. I finished the bottom of the inside with a couple of leftovers from making the front.

I'm entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Falalala

and since I used a freebie digital image from Mel Jen's

ABC Christmas Challenge ~~ F is for Freebie

Thanks for visiting today and keep tuned I'm on a roll to get caught up on my Holiday stash.

'Tis the Season

I had this super grumpy elf already coloured on my desk when I saw the September Christmas challenge at Happy Little Stampers. It's Anything Goes with the option of Elf. I'm sure this grumpy elf is from Mel Jen's digis, sadly closed and I love the digis I have in my files.

I cut the image and the scalloped layers with Elizabeth Craft Designs stitched rectangles and scalloped rectangles, the dark green layer is dry embossed  with random sequins, (Stampin'up)

The small sentiment is from a package that has 6 already inked stamps (only black ink) I bought at Winners and have no idea who made them.

What else would a grumpy elf say than "Bah Humbug"

I used some green stickers to make the sentiment, normally I would have printed it out on the computer but at the cottage there is not a printer, and really didn't think the card totally through.

I am enter in this in:

Happy Little Stampers ~~ Anything goes (option of Elf)

Since it is getting late in the month I need to enter this card in:

Rudolph Days ~~ September

ABC Christmas Challenge ~~ T is for Texture 

Background is dry embossed.

I normally try to make one card for each Christmas challenge I find but this month it has been very busy and I'm still going to the cottage while the weather is good, it will be soon time to drain the water, turn the hydro off, put the phone and internet on vacation until SPRING.

Thanks for joining me here today and I'm still building my Holiday Stash.

Session #3 of the Jingle Belles Rock Pink Christmas!!!

This will be my third entry for the challenge, I love this challenge and try to get as many cards done as I can, remember Lauren and Stephanie donate $2.00 each towards Breast Cancer research for every card added to the Jingle Belles Blog.

I sort of cheated a bit here, the image was in my printed image stash, it's from Mel-Jens digital store which is now closed but I love the images I have and will continue to used them as they are adorable. The sentiment is from Impression Obsession.

Continued the dots to the inside and used a sentiment from Stampabilities (unfortunately closed)

I'm entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Deck the Halls Pink

Christmas Card all year round ~~ October Challenge ~ Santa and or Elves.

Thanks for joining me for the third of the Pink Christmas Cards for the cure. 

It's Saturday and a NEW Challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!!!

Happy Weekend!! It's still NOT spring here in SWO (south western Ontario) we have had snowflurries and there were white-outs and rumor has it there is more on the way.  Well that's fine with me I get to stay in and craft!!! Back to the challenge~~~#107 U is for Umbrella!!! So lets see those umbrellas and if you check out the main blog you will see how many different ideas the team have thought of.  Me I went with the basic rainy day umbrella (the snark is inside) it took me forever to find an image I wanted to use and decided on a digital image from Meljen's digis, I need to expand my collection of umbrellas lol.

First as I said it's a digi from Meljens digital images.  I picked the paper before I coloured the image so picked blue and green to match some of the umbrellas on the paper. Both papers are from a paper pad I bought at the $$ store last year. I also wanted to use the current sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches.

Closer look so you an see the raindrops and puddles on the paper. 

and now the snark

Sentiment found and computer generated and I added some of the patterned papers left over from the front of the card.

I want to enter this in:

Tuesday Morning sketches ~~ #447 I flipped the sketch.

Thanks for visiting today and don't forget to check out challenge #107 U is for Umbrella at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #79 ~~ G is for Green (with envy)

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers challenge is Green with Envy ~~ you can make a St. Patrick's day card, or just use green, snark is welcome although mine isn't at all snarky this time. I had a request for a St. Patrick's Day Birthday card and thought woohoo I can kill two "birds" with one stone.  Here is my take on Green with envy.

You might recognize this image as a Mel Jen's Christmas Elf but I thought it would adapt really well to a cute little leprechaun just traded the stocking cap for a top hat. The background paper is some digi paper I found on pinterest and I added some gold sequins for gold coins. 

Close up

Finished inside.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope to see your project on our SoSS challenge blog.

Yummy, Yummy Chocolate Bunny

Barbara here with a new creation for the Eyelet Outlet ,  I was so excited to see the chocolate brads and knew just what I wanted to do with them which was pair them with a cute bunny image from Mel Jen's Designs  and here is what I did with them......

The super cute chocolate bunny brads come in packages of 12, 6 of each design. I added one to the basket and two in the grass. The background paper is ready made with the smooched design. 

close up of the basket with the bunny in it.

I used one of the super cute Easter saying brads, there are 4 different sayings in the package of 12 and they can be found HERE

Close up of the left facing super cute bunny. I also wanted to hide some eggs in the grass so I used Glitter enamel dots in pink, you can find them HERE. they were the perfect size to hide in the grass.

Thanks for stopping by today to see the super cute Easter products they have at the Eyelet Outlet Store.  Check out all the other products there are for all occasions and there are daily deals too. 

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Colour Challenge~~Orange at Clear it Out Tuesday!!

For me an Orange challenge is really a challenge but as a crafter we have to be diverse and do what is necessary.  The sponsor is Meljen’s Designs and they are giving 4 images for the challenge.   Head over to Clear it Out Tuesday and see the rules and get inspiration from the rest of the Design Team. Here is what I came up with for the Orange challenge and the Stash item is Orange things.

 

I chose this super cute Sunflower buggies image from Meljen’s Designs, of course had to do it in the traditional colour of sunflowers and the orange on the other flowers. My stash is the rhinestones and all the cardstock was in my scraps file folder. ( I use a hanging file folder box and have the colours separated into the hanging folders)

Since the image was larger than my largest rectangle die I fussy cut the bee out.

Some of my cards I like to keep without a sentiment especially if they can be used for a get well card as well as a birthday.and this one fits either perfect.
Thanks for stopping by today and hope you will find time to join us in the Colour challenge at Clear it Out Tuesday.

Let it Snow!!!

Well we don’t have a lot of snow but I understand it will be arriving tomorrow, that is if the meteorologist is right, but the challenge over at Meljen’s Designs is “Let it SNOW”, it has been a while since I made a ‘winter” card so it wasn’t too hard, the image was already printed in my “already printed box” so I coloured it up and this is what I designed.

The white layer is embossed with a cuttlebug snowflake folder. The sketch came to my in-box this morning from Tuesday Morning Sketches and I knew it was perfect for the image.

This is Sketch #285

Here is the simple inside of the card, the sentiment is from High Hopes.
I would like to enter this in:
Tuesday Morning Sketches #285
Meljen’s Designs #244 Let it Snow
Thanks for stopping by today and come back again soon.

Challenge #185 at SOS, Not your Normal Paper…..

Looking for my Clear it Out post just scroll down or click HERE.

Shopping our Stash want you to use special papers you have been hoarding, Glitter, foil, corrugated, canvas, cork, honeycomb are a few suggestions. I used some red foil I have had for hmmm well over 5 years, it’s so pretty.

As you can see foil doesn’t photograph very well but it’s there, I also use some vellum for the sentiment. The image is a freebie from Meljen’s Design club on Facebook the challenge is open until January 31, 2015. Meljen’s images can be found HERE.

Isn’t he a party animal.

Inside of the finished card, done with the Sizzix top note and some scrap patterned paper.
Challenges I would like to enter this in:
Meljen’s Facebook Challenge
Bugaboo Birthday Bash Saturday challenge Bingo. I managed two lines on one card, Balloons, Stripes, Bright colours and Animal Bright colours, Buttons.
Hiding in my Craft Room challenge #183 Colour It
Design Team showcase challenge #3
Thanks for visiting today and we would love to see your special papers.

What’s in the BIG Present?

Meljen’s Design Club on Facebook had a weekend challenge and gave us this awesome digi to play with, how fabulous is that? You should check out the store and see the great images they have and there is a 50% off sale going on right now, what a Christmas gift you yourself just click HERE to check it out.  I have been trying to use colours I’m not fond of and green is one of them but the green I used kind of grew on me. Have a look at what I came up with for the challenge.

I think it needs a few more touches with a darker marker and might just give it a try. I was in a rush to get it done before noon today and just noticed that while looking at here.

Here is the finished inside using some scraps and the Top Note sizzix die.
Challenges I would like to add this to:
Meljen’s Designs #239 – Holiday
Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned paper challenge December
Catch the Bug 2nd Annual Holiday Chaos Dec. 8 colour challenge
I’m really working hard to get some Holiday cards done so every day you will see a new one (I hope) Thanks for hanging around my blog today and let’s see you get your craft on and join some challenges.

SOS #179 Free is Good mid challenge post

Looking for my Clear it Out Tuesday post, just scroll down or click HERE.
Last minute I decided to make a card for the second half of the challenge #179 at Shopping Our Stash, so you still have another week to get your project in for the challenge. We want you to use something you got free and there are so many free digital images out there you just cannot let this one go by. Well when I got the free marshmallow snowman from Meljen’s Designs Facebook page I knew I just had to  enter. In my bloglovin feed this morning I saw a wonderful sketch from Cheerful Sketches and I just had to try it. I used three different scraps of patterned paper that were left overs from a couple of different projects. So here is what I did for the challenge.

I have to save this sketch I just love it and it wasn’t too hard to do. I used my spellbinders circles small and large and had the hat over the circles. The holly leaves are punched with a mini punch I bought 5 years ago in a U.S. Wal-Mart. (I also managed to pinch my baby finger in the punch too, Ouch) Black rhinestones are on his tummy for buttons and the sentiment is a mini self inking set of stamps.

Close up of the holly leaves and berries

Finished inside of the card with a couple more holly leaves. One more Christmas card for my stash.
Challenges I will enter this in are:
Cheerful Sketches  sketch
Meljen’s Designs Challenge Blog theme TAGS
Catch the bug Challenge Blog theme STUFFED use leftover paper
Hiding in my Craft Room #176 Freestyle
Meljen’s Facebook Page use the free image.
Thanks for stopping by today and if you are not too tired from Cyber Monday shopping go find something you got free and make a project for the challenge.

Hang in There it’s a Sketch challenge

I really liked the Freshly Made Sketches, you can still play with the sketch until 12.00 pacific time, I really wanted to try it and I needed a card for a friend and I had a cute digi from Meljen’s designs so I got the two of them together and here is what I came up with.

Isn’t this kitty really adorable? I didn’t even layer the image on anything WOW, I guess you would say this is a CAS card. another WOW. I used a scrap of ribbon and an energy drink tab for the ribbon slider.  I then added the computer generated sentiment to the bottom.

I have had some tabs for a while, red, green and blue ones just waiting for the perfect time to use one. I think it works perfect.

The sentiment I have had for a long time and use it for a lot of my sympathy and thinking of you cards.
I am entering this in Sketch 164 at Freshly Made Sketches
Challenge 174 at Hiding in My Craft Room Freestyle
Thanks for visiting my blog today, come back soon you are always welcome.