Forever Young

Welcome friends, family and followers and welcome to a new month and a new challenge. For the next 13 days we are promoting "Forever Young" and want to see your projects made for the young ones. This is a welcome distraction from the holiday cards I should be making, but what I made was a fairly simple mini slimline card using lots of older items even a NBUS (never been used stuff)

I haven't used Penguin Party (SU) for a long time and thought it perfect for a little one.  I stamped and fussy cut the panda and he/she is popped up. I used a cloud stencil from Essentials that I had to have in 2022 but never got it out to try until now and it wasn't as scary to use as I thought it might be. The large birthday die was cut twice and layered for a bit of elevation. 

Side view on how it is elevated, the balloon was coated with s nuvo glitter brush.

Finished the inside with a very old birthday sentiment woodblock set from Stampin'up 

Thanks for stopping by and check out the inspiration from the design team.

Snow Day!!!

Hello and welcome to a new Challenge at Shopping Our Stash ~~ Winter......not a holiday. What a fabulous theme, especially for me since I'm sending "Winter" cards after the Canada Post strike is settled, If it is too long I will be sending Valentines. My stash busting was at it's best this challenge as I used a stamp/die set I got from the 25 days of Christmas Tags in 2023 and have never used it as well as the front sentiment and the Echo Park patterned paper I have been hoarding for a couple of years as well.

I made my second back fold card and I love how fast it can be made and it's different. The stamp/die set I used is from Neat and Tangled, The sky background was a scrap of smooshed watercolour paper, patterned paper is from Echo Park

Close up of the winter bunny who is elevated on the slope.

Finished the inside with a winter sentiment. 

I'm adding this to 

NBUS challenge ~~ #69

The 12 Months of Christmas ~~ #116 Anything Goes Christmas

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Thanks for stopping by and head over to the SOS blog and get your inspiration from rest of the design team. 

Summer!!

 It's officially Summer and it's HOT in SWO and for me Summer means relaxing at the lake and at Shopping Our Stash it means challenge #526 ~~ Summer so create a project with a summer theme, travelling, the beach, gardening, BBQ ...... I chose beach and lemonade.

I have ventured a little further with my crafting, I decided to colour and do a partial fussy cut and off the frame die cutting. The hard part was getting the caps off the markers because of the left hand refusing to work properly.  Love my House Mouse stamps and use them any chance I get, it's one that is several years old and the paper an even the cardstock is ancient.

Closer look at the die cut, it's a nbus a couple of years in my stash and finally it got to work. 

Finished the inside with a generic sentiment so I can use it for a just because or Birthday card. 

I would like to add this to.

NBUS challenge ~~ Challenge #64

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting today and check out the MAIN BLOG and see what the rest of the design team have chosen for their SUMMER.

Fractured Mini Slimline Cards.....

 Hello again, yes these Fractured cards are really addictive and I tried the technique on a mini slimline card. I love the mini slimline cards for putting a bit of "folding money" in it fits perfect with no folding an end over. While searching for something in my stash of "stuff" a long diamond die set popped up, never even been taken apart, so you know it's a NBUS. When I saw it I immediately thought I could make a fractured mini slimline card using it instead of a square, it did take some extra time to cut the 1/4 inch strip ends so the next one fit perfect. I did use just a single piece of patterned paper as it was my first try, next I will try one with different pieces of paper. 

Of course I needed to use my house mouse Easter stamps, I coloured and fussy cut (what a nightmare) and popped them up of the diamond shape. Both patterned paper was from 2 different paper pads from Bo Bunny.

This one has Maxwell Mouse holding his supply of Easter Eggs. Beside the card is the set of Diamond dies now detached from each other but I need to get them in a CD case with a magnetic pad. 

I think this is Monica Mouse having a nap after eating all the  filling from the Easter Creme Egg.

I am entering this in these challenges:

NBUS ~~ Challenge 61

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Use some Designer Paper

Critter Crazy Challenge ~~ Challenge #85 anything goes with a critter.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great week.

Holiday Cards to Die (Cut) For.....

Intriguing caption for the newest challenge at the Jingle Belles and I have so many sets of dies that have never seen cardstock I could have used  more if I could find time.  I will apologize first for the less than stellar photos but here is my card.

This is a 5.5 square card, unknown patterned paper (I think it might be the last piece. The bow is die cut out of green and gold shiny posterboard, and as I said the photography is not the best.

Finished the inside with a couple of scraps of patterned paper and a sentiment. 

I am adding this to:

The Jingle Belles ~~ Holiday Cards to Die (cut) For.

NBUS Challenge ~~ March #60

Christmas Kickstart Challenge ~~ Get your Grinch on

Thanks for stopping by today, if you want to enter the Jingle Belles challenge you have until March 13 at 6 p.m. EDT.

Whatever The Weather.....

Welcome to my blog today to check out the new challenge at Shopping Our Stash, it's an easy one this time,  Whatever the Weather!! Lots of choices Snow, Rain, Cloud or any other weather related idea.  Since I am in full speed ahead Christmas card mode I chose SNOW. We have had our first preview of Winter I wasn't impressed with it so I would like to cancel the rest of my subscription/

I have had this Olaf die for hmm 2 years, it was still in it's packaging, I had to clip all those tiny dies apart and hope for the best, I cut 2 of Olof, 2 each of the twig arms so they were stable and I glued them inside the two diecuts as I wanted to put Olaf on a Wobble. Being in a hurry I could only find a large wobble so he really dances around. I smooshed the watercolour background and stenciled the snow with texture paste. Let it Snow is from Elizabeth Craft Designs. 

Close  up of Olaf and the stenciled snow.

Finished the inside with a scrap of blue and a sentiment from High Hopes Stamps (a Canadian store)

this stamp is at least  years old. 

I am adding this to:

NBUS ~~ Challenge #57

Cut it Up ~~ # use mor than one die  I used 2

Thanks for stopping by today , don't forget to check out what "weather" the rest of the team have picked. 

It's a Rudolph Days Card!!

 Almost the end of June and I was scrambling to get my card done for the June Rudolph Days, I planned on an longer trip to the cottage this time and as always I never have all the equipment I need, not sure why I didn't think I needed sentiments but didn't have any, I also know when colouring small things I like my spica glitter pens, alas they are home so with some improvising I made a card. 

I used a favourite company stamp, House Mouse Designs, it is a newer one for me and first time inking it up. Everything is flat attached and is a very mailable card.

As you see I did have one sentiment I could use for the inside of the card, 

I'm adding this to:

Rudolph Days ~~ June

NBUS ~~ Challenge #51

Thanks for visiting today and have an awesome weekend.

Sentimentally Yours....

 A new challenge is happening at Shopping Our Stash!!  Sentimentally Yours, you know what that means we want the sentiment to be up frnt and center and it can take over the whole project. Lots of great large stamps and dies so dig through you stash and make one of them up front and center!!!

Here is my up front and center sentimentally yours card, I had trouble deciding on which one of my large birthday dies to use but chose this one as I know it is a NBUS I have had for many months and never been out of the packaging. Patterned paper and cardstock is pre-covid and the rhinestones are way older than that. 

Here is a side view to show the elevation of the sentiment. I die cut 2 regular cardstock and 2 heavy 110 lb. weight cardstock and glued them together.

Finished inside of the card using a IO sentiment and a couple of pieces of paper.

I am adding this to:

Seize the Birthday ~~ put a sentiment on a banner

NBUS Challenge ~~ #51 Large die never been used before. 

Cardz 4 Galz ~~ #201 Use Dies or Punches

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to check out the MAIN BLOG and see what the rest of the design team have created for the Sentimentally Yours Challenge. 

This Blog is going to the Dogs..........

 Hello and here we are again half way through July, wow can you believe that? Summer so far has been comfortable except not enough rain for the farmers. So it's the 15th of July and it's time for a new challenge at A Tiny Craft (ATC) Challenge and it's Dogs or Cats the choice is yours. Since I've been doing a lot of cats lately I went with dogs, as I have only used one of the stamps in this set once the rest have been unused until now. It was also the first cutting for the Dog House. 

First I stamped Crumb Cake with Versafine Sepia in using the Hardwood background stamp from Stampin'up and cut them out with a doghouse die, the roof was cut 3 times and glued together for a bit of dimension, The bone is also from the dog house set. The dogs and bowls were stamped and fussy cut after colouring and both are popped up. Backgrounds are made by smooshing watercolour paper  with distress oxide inks and water

Now on to some individual photos.

The doghouse and bone are flat attached.

What a cutie pie. 

I call him "spot"

Now because the set is only 3 dogs and I wanted 4 cards I had to duplicate one dog, tried to make him look different

Since bowl and two dogs and the doghouse set were used for the first time I'm entering this in.

NBUS ~~ #40

Thanks for stopping by today and check out the MAIN BLOG to see who picked dogs and who picked cats, you will be surprised, then pick cats or dogs and enter out ATC challenge. 

Happy Easter!!

 Now that I have delivered the Easter treats I can show you the bags I made for the Great Grands. I upcycled a couple of bags I got from the Vet when I picked up food, they are really nice and heavy although didn't like glue as well as they did tape. 

Since I was making bunny ATCs for A Tiny Craft Challenge I cut a few well maybe more than a few extra eggs but not many extra bunnies. I stamped a little more than half the basket and one handle (it makes a full basket) with co-ordinating Simon says Stamp ink and fussy cut them out. The basket stamp is from Limited Edition (long island)  I taped it over the logo on the bag. 

I also had to make a card for Cal. and used a House Mouse Easter stamp.

I cut the largest egg in purple and the second largest (which would have been perfect for an ATC) in the polka dot cardstock. Coloured Maxwell, fussy cut and popped him on a wobble, I took another chance die cutting HAPPY and gluing it right side up this time. (I read the whole word before placing it) I also cut a mini card easel for it. The Egg dies are a NBUS, I'm not sure how long I've had them at least 1 year or longer. 

Closer look at how Maxwell sits on the wobble. 

The bags were filled with their favourite candy, Reeces Peanut butter anything. 

Since I used a NBUS set of Egg Dies I'm entering this in:

NBUS ~~ #37

Thanks for stopping by and I had a lot of fun upcycling those bags. 

Something is a little Different at Shopping Our Stash!!

 

Challenge #468 is a SKETCH and a pretty good one, hope you like it.

I made a 5 1/2 inch square card to accommodate the size of the stamp which is from House Mouse Designs and I have had it for a few years and it has never seen ink  Now seeing the green strip of grass in the picture I am really not happy with it. I might have to change it as that is all I see when I look at the card and I have an idea but as all of you know blog posts have to be done ahead but if it works out you will see the "new" and "improved" card at the end.

The Sweet sentiment was die cut three times and glued together to elevate it.

And here is the new & improved (it has my approval now) card, ready to be hand delivered to a friend. 

I added some dimensional strips to pop the layer up and added some green to the center section of the strip of white. I'm much happier with this card the sweet Monica on the Easter egg is the focal point.

Finished the inside of the card with a Happy Easter die cut and some super cute egg die cuts which it's my first time cutting them, next trip to the big shot I will dust the dies with a used dryer sheet so the little bits don't stick. 

I will be adding this to:

NBUS ~~ Challenge #37.

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ #363 Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today and check out the MAIN BLOG to see how the rest of the design team have interpreted the sketch.