So Very Thankful

 Hello and welcome to November and a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash  So Very Thankful, we would like to see something related to Thanksgiving, being grateful or include a Thank you on your card. Such an easy prompt this challenge but I don't make many thank you cards and never think to make thanksgiving cards but I decided to surprise Ed who takes care of cutting my lawn and tidying up the water ditch along my property at the lake, he has quite a few lawns on his weekly tour on his riding lawnmower. 

I stenciled the cloud background and blended two green oxide inks for the grass, stamped, coloured and fussy cut the lawn ranger and have attached him on a wobble. Thanks is one of my large dies and "to the lawn ranger" is part of the sentiment that came with the image.  I'm sad I couldn't figure out how to put a video of the action wobble on here, one day I will figure it out. 

I'm entering this in:

Addicted to Stamps and More ~~ Any Occasion 

Thanks for checking my blog today, don't forget to check out the Main Blog and see what the the rest of the design team have made to inspire you to shop your stash and add your "thankful" project to our gallery. 

If the Shoe Fits.......

 Hello, welcome back to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash and wow so many ways to go with the prompt, witches shoes, clown shoes, ballet shoes, how many different shoes can you think of? Get your thinking cap on and make a project featuring shoes. 

I haven't completely closed up the cottage but I have brought home all the crafty things but have not had time to locate their original homes which has made it a tad difficult to catch up my cards, I am 2 birthday, 1 sympathy and 2 challenge cards behind. Yesterday I had my rubber embossing mat in my hand later same day I can't find where I put it down, that being said I did get my "shoe"card made.

I rarely make fall cards and even less rare make a thank you card but I couldn't resist using this cute Stampendous mini clear stamp that "gasp" had never been used and is well past 7 years old. It is perfect for my neighbour at the cottage that checks if I need help with anything and invited me for a turkey dinner on Thanksgiving.  I decided to try a new fun fold I found on Stamp with Delight you tube channel, it is a mystery stamping, cutting instructions are sent on Monday and the you tube video is Wednesday at 2 EDT/EST. The name of the fold is Slatted Z fold. 

Side view of the fold showing the the Z fold feature.

Finished the inside with a scrap of one of the 3 patterned papers (look for a scraps card soon). and the sentiment that came with the stamp.

Just in case you are wondering it is an A2 card that folds flat for mailing. 

I am entering this in:

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ ATG or Halloween

Thanks for stopping by today and if you didn't get here via the SOS blog head over and check out what the rest of the design team have made. 

Black Cats

 When Witches go riding you know it's near Halloween and the crew at Shopping Our Stash is inviting you to join in the Hslloween fun for challenge #584  Black Cats so include a black car or any other black Halloween icon ie Spiders, Bats or a Witch. I have lots of cat stamps and dies but I wanted to make a spider web/spider card for my great grandson who is very fond of all that creepy stuff.

I made the background with 3 shades of distress oxide inks the spider web is a cover plate die it comes with the spider as well and I have had it for many years, I added some glitter to the spider's body an he is on a spinner, I have a video but have no clue how to attach it even if I knew where to find it on my very antient computer. 

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The inside is finished with a scrap of inked cardstock one of my newer (still over 3 years) die cut sentiments. I added spider as well. 

I'm adding this to:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge ~~ anything Halloween

Thanks for stopping by today I'm looking forward to seeing your projects featuring a black cat or other black Halloween icons in our gallery.

Who's Who

 Hello and welcome to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash, it's an easy one this fortnight all that is required is to use some sort of "person" on your card and that is what I did. For me it was a stretch since 95% of my stamps are either cats, mice and a few dogs but I remembered a two case Stampin'up set Beautiful You, three images, lots of sentiments and a couple of "puddle" stamps, I have used it before but it was a long time ago and if I remember I paper pieced it, now I'm wondering why it sits on a shelf. 

The focal point is a sketch type stamp as are the other two, I kept the sketch simple, digging through the few paper pads (most are christmas) I saw the diagonal plaid and thought "perfect" now do I have cardstock to match and voila it was in the stack of every colour of cardstock I managed to have here at the cottage. I would have liked ribbon under the oval but had to settle for some dollar store enamel dots.

The sentiment was from the same set. I haven't finished the inside but it will be done as soon as I can, I'm not a fan of surprises when I go to sign a card and find it needs to be finished and it seems to take longer than if you finished it all at once. 

I'm adding this to:

AAA Birthday ~~ use patterned paper

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

Let's Get SKETCH-y

 Hello and welcome to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash I guess you have figured out it's a SKETCH challenge. It was a tad challenging for me as plan A was a bust and being at the cottage with limited supplies I really had to improvise fortunately I had a vertical image stamp but the die is at home I considered fussy cutting but due to my fussy cutting scissors hiding somewhere I just didn't want to take the chance with an unknown pair. I'm really looking forward to seeing what you can create with this sketch.

Here is my take on the sketch.

The wood block stamp I used is from The Stamp Barn, Ottawa sadly they are not in business but I know some of their designs were sold to another Canadian company as that is where I bought the die. The stamp is at least 15 years old. I used the postage stamp circle die and was very surprised to have a roll of gold ribbon here at the cottage. Dream is one of the small word dies I have and use quite often. 

Thanks for stopping by today and if you haven't checked out the Main Blog stop over and see the awesome creations the rest of the design team have made. 

You're So Sweet

 Welcome to my blog and a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash the prompt is You're So Sweet so create something sweet on your project, it can be a sweet treat, a baby card, an adorable puppy or kitty, how ever you interpret it. I decided  on one of my favourite treats......Ice cream, my favourite is rocky road, what is yours. 

My plans for this card went several different ways before it became a triangle easel, I was deciding between two fun folds and when I picked the patterned paper I knew I needed to showcase it with an easel card. I think fun folds are easier to make than a regular card. Of course I used my favourite critters from House Mouse Designs, patterned paper is Faded Flowers from Mintay papers. I added the sentiment on pop dots to hold the card open and placed it so it still shows that beautiful flower.

This is a 5 1/2 inch square card, what is nice it folds flat for mailing. 

I am entering this in:

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Anything Goes

Seize the Birthday ~~ anything goes

If you didn't arrive here from the SOS blog then head over and check out what the rest of the design team has decided what "sweet" means to them, I hope you will make something sweet and add it to our gallery. happy crafting. 

Summertime......

Welcome to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash and the theme is Summertime, create a card featuring something you would see or experience in the summer. So many options and I had so many ideas and that is where I usually get behind as I can't make up my mind which I want to make. Here is what I decided to make.

I had 2 Happy Hopper stamps picked and this is the one I chose to use for my card. The patterned paper is called Sea Sparkle from Marianne designs and perfect for  a beach scene.  The sketch I used is a Sheetload from November 2024, it's one of my favourites, I added a few sparkly mini sequins because everything is better with bling, and a "fun" diecut.

Finished the inside with a Printworks wood block sentiment and a scrap of patterned paper.

I am entering this in:

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Anything Goes

AAA Colorful ~~ Colorboard #29

I hope you can find time to create a "Summertime" project and add it to our gallery you have until June 29 at 11.59 to enter, 

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great week. 

Congratulations

 Hello and welcome to my blog today, for my fellow Canadian friends I hope you had fabulous Victoria Day weekend, finally we have warm weather, there sure wasn't any spring weather here in SWO.  I guess you checked in to see what the new challenge is at Shopping Our Stash and as by the title I'm sure you have guessed we want to see projects that congratulate someone, perhaps Wedding, Anniversary, Graduation or anything else you can congratulate someone for.  Well last challenge I already congratulated Riggs (a charcoal lab) for being adopted to a great family so decided to go with a new baby theme.

90 % of baby cards I make are with a House Mouse Design image, this one is a Happy Hopper and so cute. Since I made a 51/2 inch square card I finally used my Elizabeth Craft Designs scalloped square dies and a very ancient dots embossing folder, it's one of the few I have that fit a 5 inch square layer. The sentiment is from another older set, I stamped it fussy cut around it and flat attached it.

Closer look at the happy hopper which is popped up on the card.

Finished the inside with a 2005 woodblock sentiment from Stampendous.

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to check out the Main Blog and see what the rest of the design team has made, who will you congratulate, a grad, a bride and groom or new parents so many choices. We would love to see your creations on our gallery.

Man's Best Friend

Two weeks has whizzed by again and it's time for a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash, the theme for this fortnight is Man's best friend so create a card featuring an animal one would have as a pet. Now since I have a cat you would think I would pull out one of my many cat stamps but I changed my mind when I found out a friend just adopted a new dog so I just had to make a card to celebrate. 

Well my stash was really put to the test, embossing folder You never been used probably two decades old, I found the Katzelkraft dog image in an envelope that has gifted images and sentiments, not sure how old they are but probably 4 or 5 years of hoarding, the dies I used are long rectangles and the sentiment is computer generated (that caused several hours of stress) Although Riggs is a charcoal lab I had already used the lab image so just pretend he has floppy ears. I coloured and fussy cut and popped up on a  smooshed watercolour panel. 

A different angle to show how the image and the panel are elevated.

Finished the inside with a computer generated sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by today and we are looking forward to see your Man's Best Friend card in our gallery. 

Up, Up and Away.........

Hello my crafty friends I hope your week is going well and you are having good weather, we had our preview of summer for a couple of days and now it's -1 C or 30 F and been snowing so I'm back wearing my winter coat. The only thing to do until the real summer arrives is see what new challenges are being promoted, starting with Up, Up, and Away at Shopping Our Stash so create a card with something you will see in the SKY, balloon, plane, bird, rainbow....so many options. A couple of Thursdays ago while at bowling the score board puts animated pictures when a strike, spare, headpin etc happens well one was a biplane and an idea was planted, sometimes you don't know where or when inspiration will happen, now own to my card. (just as I envisioned)

The stamp set I used is Sky is the Limit  from a Sale-a-bration promotion not sure of the year but this is only the second time it has seen ink, I did a bit of colouring and fussy cut the plane and cut a second propeller which is popped up, then flat attached it to the acetate. The background was blended with broken china distress oxide ink on a Studio Light cloud stencil (second attempt at clouds) Both sentiments are from the same set. 

Side view.

Another angle but nothing really shows it perfectly except to see it IRL

I am entering this in:

The Male Room ~~  vehicles or transport

Seize the Birthday ~~ Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you get a chance to create a card for the Up, Up and Away challenge at  SOS. 

Love is in the Air

Or at least for the new challenge at Shopping Our Stash. Welcome to Love Me Do! which for the next 13 days it will be all over the gallery so get your hearts, hugs, love notes out and make a Love themed card with your stash. 

I have made a mini slimline card with a favourite sheetload from January 2023 which is on rewind right now so check it out. I am so sorry for the terrible photo, I am not sure what gremlin is living inside my laptop but I literally fought the edit program and I lost the fight. That was just the last pitfall, the first was "where is my valentine paper pad?" I still am in the dark on that one, but in my loose papers I found 2 that co-ordinated and some cardstock that matched. Of course I just had to use the super cute gnome with the hearts all aver his hat popped him up, added a few "who knows how long I've had them" pearls  and a valentine sentiment. 

Finished the inside with an "elderly" sentiment. 

Thanks for stopping by today and stop by the SOS blog and check out what the rest of the design team have made.