What Was On My Desk!!

 Here we go....there are always many many things on my desk and I have a corner computer desk with shelves, no I won't show you it but the only clear space is the small spot for my helper (see the sidebar) but I will show what I started with.

leftover paper, leftover cardstock and a layered snowflake leftover from December crafting. Now here is what I made with my bits.

The snowflake was perfect for the new rage of Fractured cards, they are fun and addicting and sure use up a lot of scraps. I popped up the snowflake and added a rhinestone to the center.

Here is the finished inside with a favourite sentiment and a couple of scraps of paper. I would have had my card finished a couple of days ago but I couldn't seem to locate the sentiment and why was it in the box of Birthday wood stamps? Then I was a bit late in getting my son's birthday card done. There does come a time when you run out of themes for family birthday cards.

 

Now since I planned this card for Rudolph days and I used so many "snippits" I'm adding this to:

Rudolph Days ~~ March

Snippits Playground ~~ #477

I would like to wish you Happy Easter and thanks for spending some time here today.

Its a Candy Cane Christmas!!!

 I finally found some time to craft,  and first thing on the agenda was the Jingle Belles Rock Challenge "a Hard Candy Christmas. My card was decided on when I first saw the prompt over a week age but  making it had to take a back burner to appointments and other boring thing, I at least have it done the day before the challenge linky closes. 

I made a centered Bay Window card and of course I used one of my many Stampendous Mini Acrylic stamps, this is Maxwell enjoying a peppermint candy cane. The patterned paper was still on my table for a couple of other cards I made with the paper (it might have even been the last Jingle Belles challenge)

The sentiment is from the same set.

Finished the  inside with a scrap of patterned paper and an Impression Obsession sentiment. 

As you see the bay window folds flat for mailing.

I am entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock Challenge ~~ A Hard Candy Christmas

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Anything Goes

Snippets Playground ~~ Challenge 467

And here are my snippits (still a few left too)

Thanks for stopping by and seeing what I've been doing, I am behind with my holiday cards but still a couple of challenges left, and January it all starts over. 

It's a Zombie Apocalypse

Where oh where has that last two weeks gone? I'm sure it was just yesterday I made  a non-snarky tag but The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers and Edna a
re telling me it's a New Challenge.

Lee has outdone herself by creating a perfect Zombie out of our dear Edna. 

My Zombie card is not near as much of a winner as our theme badge, I went more for a cute Zombie.

I found a Zombie folder on my computer and this was one tat was in it and I don't know designer of it. I can't even begin to guess but maybe someone knows. Possibly Cute as a Button?  While looking in a ziplock bag of Halloween dies I found a couple of die cut pieces of fence, I must have used the gate for something, I added it just of an extra bit of interest to the design and because I can now add my card to the Snippits Playground challenge. The patterned paper is from a BoBunny Fright Delight paper pad. 

Closer look at the cute zombie and the fence die cuts.

Finished the inside with a scrap of patterned paper and a Happy Halloween die cut. I'm one ahead for October 31st.

I am entering this in:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge ~~ Anything Goes as long as it's Halloween.

Thanks for stopping by today and head over to the MAIN BLOG and check out the Zombie cards the rest of the design team have created. 

A Tiny Craft (ATC) #8 Bunnies

 

Welcome to the April challenge at A Tiny Craft (ATC) challenge, the theme for this month is Bunnies. Since it's Easter weekend there should be all kinds of bunnies in craft land. I had fun with all the die cutting for my ATCs.

I made each one with different colour bunnies and eggs as well as the bases and sentiment, I love the font on those sentiments and I use them a lot. There are 10 sentiments in the set.  Now if you have been reading my blog you might remember my Easter card from Tuesday and the green strip of cardstock that I just had to change, I had to go with it for my blog due to being late getting my project done, Well you will give a good giggle over this second faux pas.....Happy is glued upside down, in my defense I was rushing and I only saw the h and the y, it's the fault of the font and now I bet you went back and looked to see what I was talking about. 

A closer look at each ATC. 

First up is the chocolate bunnies with the purple accents and the right side up HAPPY.

Next up is the white chocolate bunnies with the yellow accents and the word SHINE.

Third ATC is the grey bunnies with lime green accents which spells FUN.

Last we have the black bunnies with tempting turquoise saying HELLO.

I'm adding this to:

ATCs with a heart ~~ Easter

Snippets Playground Challenge ~~ #425

Thanks for taking a peek at what I have made for A Tiny Craft (ATC) challenge and don't forget to check out the awesome Bunnies the rest of the team have made, then get busy and make 1 or 2 or maybe a set of bunny ATCs we would love to have you join the fun, but try not to glue anything upside down. 

It's a Snippits Kind of Day!!

 Hello friends, family and followers surprise I'm not blogging a design team card, I'm playing along with a couple of challenges, yea for me!! First it's using snippits, those off cuts, extra cuts, images you have already coloured, it makes you think outside the box. I have oodles of snippits but rarely enough to make a whole card....here is how it started.

These are my snippits, I made a card a while ago and the circles were too large so I cut them smaller leaving rings that matched together, as I was designing the card I also cut the white scalloped piece and the nave pinked edge, the pink in the background is a perfect size for the base, I also had a few scraps that were used to make a border. Now here is how it all went together.

The die cut sentiment is one I've never used before (NBUS) The card is a 5 1/2 inch square side opening card. 

Finished the inside with some left over scraps and a sentiment from Impression Obsession. 

I rarely find 2 challenges to enter but I planned for all 4.

Challenges I'm adding this to:

Color Hues ~~ #35 Navy & Pink

Seize The Birthday ~~ #233 Dichromatic (navy/pink)

Addicted to Stamps and More ~~ challenge 423 Birthdays

Snippit's Playground Challenge ~~ Challenge #422

Thanks for stopping by and stay safe, stay healthy.

Is it Vintage or Shabby Chic?

Finally after giving myself a push this morning I managed to get some mojo to make a card, I had a lot of help from my "helper" picture to the right. Not sure why for the first crafting of the new year I would pick a die that has at least 15 tiny circles, bells and stripes but I persevered and "got 'er done". 

The Christmas snippit box took quite a beating today, The patterned paper I saw in there it was holly and berries, I cut it to size and of course it is double sided and wow I liked the other side, woohoo. The red left over die cut was also in my scrap box and I was building my card, I was very excited because I don't make vintage/shabby chic or build much. The Jester Stocking was also cut from scraps and all the foliage and bow were in the Ferrero Rocher box. 

Close up of the focal point.

Finished the inside with an ancient Stampabilities sentiment and of course some scraps from the snippits from the front. 

I'm entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock Challenge ~~ Thank You Santa (it was me)

Snippits Playgound ~~ challenge 419

Thanks for stopping by today and have a fabulous week. 

Pixie's Snippit's Playground #418

 I have just recently found this challenge Di is the owner of  Pixie's Crafty Workshop and right now there is a HUGE assortment of prizes to be won, You only have to make one card but you must check out all the posts and decide if you want to be entered for that prize. You have to use "snippits" which of course are scraps, you know how we all save scraps. I just started a Christmas/Winter snippit box here is a picture of it and what I used for my card is on top, I didn't take a picture of the "Ferrero Rocher" box that houses my extra sentiment cuts and other items. (I now have 3) 

When I have some time I sort scraps. Now on with my card.

I used a tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers for a "Disappearing 9 Patch Card" it looks really difficult but was very easy to do and the tutorial and video were very good. 

After I got the main image done I layered it on a spellbinders scalloped square die cut then on the white that is embossed with a poinsettia folder (SU)  Warm Winter Wishes in silver was already die cut and ready to use. 

I finished the inside with a Hero Arts sentiment and a couple of die cut trees also for the snippits box.

I am entering this in:

Pixies Snippit's Playground ~~ #419

Christmas Kickstart Challenge ~~ If it's Christmassy link it up

Thanks for stopping by and hope you had a fabulous Christmas. 

Beautiful Baubles

 Well only one beautiful bauble but I managed to get another card done for the Jingle Belles Challenge, using a rather large "snippit" I found in an envelope while unpacking a few things, 

This was made with leftovers from the first time I cut the die and I cut all three of them three times, so had lots of pieces to keep track of. I use one set on a csrd and the center from this one for a tag you can see it HERE. I layered it on some sparkly cardstock and added a ornament topper from another die set, I tried to get a picture of the card that when you look down at it the snowflake looks like it's floating.

Finished the inside with some navy cardstock and silver lines from Hot off the Press.

I am entering this in:

Jingle Belles Challenge ~~ Ornamental My Dear Watson

Christmas Kickstart Challenge ~~ #56 Christmas Snippits

Pixie's Snippit's Playground ~~ #416

Thanks for Stopping by today.