L is for Liquor

I haven't managed to post anything for the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers in a while, Life got in the way and for some unknown reason my idea for the challenge never happened until it was too late to make it. This time I had an idea, and it was in time to make a card, "bonus" so without whining any longer about my lack of mojo....here is my card for L is for Liquor.

This is a Sassy Studio digital image I must have printed last year for a new years card? who knows not me but when I saw it in my stack of printed/stamped images I knew it was perfect for the challenge. I'm not sure the martini is "dirty" enough but didn't want to ruin the image.

Close up of the sentiment

Another angle and the inside isn't finished yet.

Thanks for visiting today and don't forget to head over to the MAIN BLOG and see what the rest of the design team have made.

I like to Move it, Move it!!! Challenge #332 at Shopping Our Stash.

What a fabulous challenge at Shopping Our Stash ~~ Move it, Move it!!! (include something that moves on your project ~ Shaker, wobbler, slider, googly eyes. easy peasy right?  Since I'm still in Christmas mode I made a winter wobbler card.

Silver and blue one of my favourite pairings, Olaf is a digi from Sassy Studio designs. The background is embossed with a cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder, I got it before I even had a die cutting machine, everything except the let it snow is 4 to 15 years old. 

Since I used a wobbler I tried to get a picture of how it moved (if I could have figured out how to take a video I would have.)

Finished the inside with a simple sentiment.

I would like to enter this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Heavy Metals

Cardz for Guyz 184 Snowmen

Thanks for visiting today and head over to the main blog and check out what the rest of the design team have made to Move It, Move it.

Shopping Our Stash challenge #236 ~~ Inspired by a Book

Looking for my Clear it Out Tuesday post? Scroll down or click HERE.

Have you read any good books lately? You are in a good place to join Shopping Our Stash for the newest challenge, Inspired by a Book. I haven't done a lot of reading in the last couple of years, the last book I read was (keep it under your hat) 50 shades of grey, but I already did a challenge for that one. What a time I had picking a book and I took the easy route and chose "The Little Mermaid" as I had a freebie image from Sassy Studio design Facebook page. So here is what I made.

First I coloured the image with Yellow Rose, Sunflower and Persimmon twinkling H2os and fussy cut her out, I had a scrap of shimmery grey I thought would be a great rock for her to sit on. Next on to the background, I'm not sure if the technique has a name but I scribbled blue and green copic markers on a huge plastic bag, spritzed it with rubbing alcohol and put the shiny cardstock on it, the rhinestones were left overs from "My Precious" challenge card and the butterfly was sitting on my table.

close-up of the image and the background.

I was in a hurry and didn't stamp the sentiment on the inside, but it's ready for one.

Thanks for visiting today and don't forget when you enter the Inspired by a Book challenge remember to tell us what book, not all will be as obvious as mine LOL. Check out the rules at the main blog and while there check out what the rest of the Design Team have been inspired by.

BONUS CHALLENGE!!! Shopping our Stash is joining the Jingle Belles.......

Again this year Shopping Our Stash is joining the Jingle Belles for a Winter challenge.  Your project must use items that are at least a year old and tell us what it is.  I was so excited about the challenge I brought many, many sets of stamps and digi images to the cottage to work on them (I thought I needed two) it helps to read closely when checking challenges out. I finally decided on a digi image I got last  year from Sassy Studios, it is Olaf from Frozen, I showed the finished image to hubby and he thought is was a ghost from Casper,  On to more of the challenge...,this is a "twofer" you can put your finished project on both challenge blogs, that's double chances to win,

I made a side step card, this is the first time I have made this by myself and I didn't mess up any cardstock....bonus. The snowflakes are from Stampin'up they also have a die to cut them with and it's the first time they have been used and they are over a year old.  the sentiment came with the super cute image. His buttons I made with  gluing 3 punched circles together and covering them with crystal effects, tiny rhinestones were used for the centers of the snowflakes and a touch of stickles, hope it shows up.

I fussy cut Olaf and popped him up 

Close up of the snowflakes 

Thanks for stopping by today and lets get a jump start on those Christmas/Winter card and join the challenge at Shopping Our Stash and the Jingle Belles.

WooHoo it`s Saturday Time for a New Challenge at SoSS…….Are you Ready? Are you really Ready?

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers presents Challenge #27 G is for Grey!!! We would like to see what you can do with Fifty Shades of Grey, will you go with the Book/Movie or you can just use shades of Grey.  You really need to go check out all the different sides of 50 shades the design team has come up with you will be in AWE.

Wowsers I managed to get Edna on my blog post isn’t she awesome in her tie and her shades of grey. Now here is my card for the challenge.

As you can see I have gone the book/movie way, I have read the books I just had to see what all the hype was about, not sure how they are going to put that in a movie though. My image is a digital image from Sassy Studio Designs, it is one of the older designs I have but perfect for 50 shades of Grey.

Close up of the sassy girl with the handcuffs and riding crop

      The inside of the card is finished with a quote from the movie
I would like to enter this in
SSD Dare to be Sassy Thursday challenge #267 Anything Goes.
Thanks for stopping by today and please join in the fun of 50 Shades of Grey at SoSS.

Merry Christmas from The Cheerful Stamp Pad!!!

Happy Monday and there is only a few days left to get everything organized for the big day!! The Cheerful Stamp Pad  will be on a holiday break until January 5, 2015, I would like to take time to wish Vicki and my teamies a Very Merry Christmas and Prosperous 2015.

Olaf is a digital image from Sassy Studio Designs I received it free to join in the progressive challenge, which ends December 26th.  I made this for my great grandson (he was very happy with it) I fussy cut Olaf out and put him on a wobble (note to self…must buy more) I think I almost wore him out playing with him before I put it in the envelope.

Here is a closer look at the trees and how the image is popped up on the wobble.
Thanks for visiting today and I would like to wish all my family, friends and followers a Very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2015.
Don’t forget the next challenge is January 5, 2015 see you then.

N is for Naughty Christmas Card

It’s Saturday and time for a brand new challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers and we want to see your naughty Christmas card. For my project I used a Sassy Studio Designs image sassy girl on a present. The sentiment was computer generated.  I had my image coloured and cut out for over a week but I couldn’t think of a sentiment and it wasn’t until tonight I found something that went with my image. So here is mine……..

Since I was running very very late this is very simply done and in traditional Christmas colours.

Close up of the image and the white opal liquid pearl I used on the fur on her outfit.
Thanks for stopping by today and you know you want to join the SoSS design team and show off your naughty side.

Sassy Studio Designs meets a great sketch

I wanted to join in the progressive challenge at Sassy Studio Designs on Facebook and it was closing on the 26th so quickly emailed for my image to use, this is a closed group, if you love Sassy Studio Designs please join. Today I received a reminder that I still had time to join Freshly Made Sketches, so wow got two “birds” with one stone.

Here in South Western Ontario we have had a lot of snow, and it is early so our “fall” is over as is Thanksgiving so I am using this for a Birthday card.

Finished inside of the card

I am entering this in the  Sketch 173  at Freshly Made Sketches
Hiding in my Craft room Challenge 175 Any Holiday

Thanks for stopping by today, come back any time you are always welcome.

It’s Saturday!!! Time for Challenge #3 at The Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers. P is for ……………

Paddy (St. Patrick’s Day)!!! Moving along  with the Alphabet challenges and  since St. Patrick’s Day is coming up soon. we want to see your projects celebrating the wearing of the green.

I had this digi in my Sassy Studio Designs folder and knew it was just the perfect image for my P is for Paddy challenge card. I coloured with my spectrum noir and copic markers. I printed the sentiment from the web. I fussy cut the image and popped it up. she looks ready for a party!!

Here is a close up, I added the rhinestones where there are buttons on her dress. the colours I used are Pear Pizzazz, not quite navy and GP white. Some retired dsp from Stampin’up.

Here is the finished inside, just needs a signature and an addressed envelope. Have no idea where I bought the sentiment, possibly Michaels, but I have no idea how long ago.
Thanks for spending time checking out my blog today and hope to see your card for Challenge #3 at the Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers, click HERE and check out what all my teamies have done for inspiration.
I would like to enter this in the "Feeling Lucky" March challenge at Catch the Bug challenge blog.

Time for a few Snowflakes……………

We had more than our fair share of snowflakes this morning, of course it melted a bit yesterday and now there is ice in spots and quite slippery. For several years now I have been going to enter cards in Christmas Cards all Year Round, it’s such a fabulous idea and a great start on holiday cards. I used a Sassy Studio Designs and that is who the sponsor is for this month’s challenge.

 

I used brilliant blue cardstock and embossed it with a Christmas embossing folder (first time too) I had the white floral oval in my scrap box so popped it up on the  blue, I fussy cut the image and elevated the image on the oval, added some snowflakes and the Merry Christmas, the “fur” is opal liquid pearls and there is a dot of stickles in the center of each snowflake.

This is the inside, the embossed piece was also in my scrap box, My Christmas sentiments were not readily available so will finish this later.

I'm entering this in teh Blue & White challenge at Christmas Cards all year 'Round.
and in CHNC February Extra Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas.

Thanks for checking out my blog today and I hope you find time to do something fun!!

Let the Decorating Continue at The Cheerful Stamp Pad

It’s the second week of challenge #74 Let’s Decorate at The Cheerful Stamp Pad, It’s December 2nd and time to get the decorating done,.The sponsor for the challenge is Floppy Latte take some time to check out the fabulous images they have to offer. While you are in the “clicking” mood don’t forget to check out what all the other members of the design team have done for inspiration this week. Just click HERE to go to the blog,

I had this image from Sassy Studio Designs from last year and thought it was perfect for the challenge The first thing I do when the season rolls around is hang a wreath on my front door, I have a cute one with Santa and a snowman on it, but after the new year I change it to a beautiful white wreath with red berries that light up when I remember to turn it on.
Supplies I used:
Image from Sassy Studio Designs
Cardstock GP white, Patterned paper was in my paper stash
Merry Christmas from a Stampin'up set
Spellbinders Floral oval  and Nellie Snellen corner die (used part of it)
Smooch pearlized ink (ribbon & berries)
Rhinestones
Thanks for stopping by today and please join us for the Let’s Decorate challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad.

The Drunken Stampers last challenge of the term……..

Team Bahama Mamas have the last challenge of this term, I was intrigued by the theme from the get go and knew I wanted to join them (I’m a Midnight Margarita) and I haven’t jumped in on many of their challenges. So head over to the Drunken Stampers and get all the deets on the challenge and check out what the Bahama Mamas have done to inspire you. The movie is Enchanted or Fairytales, let’s see what you can come up with for the challenge.
I had this Sassy Studio Designs digi and knew I wanted to use it for the Drunken Stampers challenge as I thought she looked like the Queen in Snow white. What do you think?

Image….The sorceress from Sassy Studio Designs
Cardstock….GP white, Wisteria wonder and Elegant Eggplant
Accessories….Spellbinder die Resplendent Rectangles, pearls, EK border punch.
Thanks for stopping by to check out what I have been up to last week, and stay tuned for the next term of the Drunken Stampers. I will give you the “heads up” when the time comes.

Design Team Throwdown….Leather and/or Lace

I can’t believe I entered into a throwdown but I had and idea and ran with it, well designed around it lol. To see all the entries check out the Drunken Stampers Challenge Blog and get more information on what the throwdown is about.
What I need you to do is head over to the Smeared and Smudged blog  Voting Starts: Thursday April 25 at 12:01 am Voting Ends: Friday April 26 at midnight, to vote you will have to sign up for the challenge blog but it is free.This is what I did for the throwdown.

The image is from Sassy Studio Designs, I coloured it with prismascolour pencils and odourless mineral spirits. Cut with my large and small circle spellbinder dies. I used Close to Cocoa & GP white cardstock. The background is Faux Leather, I put the cardstock in the tiny bubbles embossing folder and put it through the cuttlebug. I then covered it with versamark watermark and clear embossing powder then heated it (The tutorial is on Splitcoast Stampers).. I cut the white with an edgelit die from Stampin’up to look like lace.

Thanks for looking today……remember vote, vote, vote. Here is the link to go and vote starting Thursday midnight.

Challenge #124 at The Drunken Stampers

When I saw the challenge I was so hoping it belonged to my team but alas it  belongs to the Bahama Mamas, I had the perfect image for the challenge so I coloured it and made a card anyway, At least I knew what this movie was all about. Head over to the Drunken Stampers and check out the challenge and see what you can do with the movie, Twilight or creatures of the night. My image is from Sassy Studios, I live the images and they have some great ones.

Supplies: cardstock, GP White, Basic Gray, DSP from a DCW stack pack. coloured with prismacolor pencil crayons and oms. Spell binder die. Decorative labels 8. Forever was already on the paper. The oval rhinestones were coloured with a red bic marker.
While getting my card ready I mentioned to my grandson I was making a card about “Twilight” and he thought I meant one of the characters in My Pretty Pony and being a budding artist he drew me a few pictures for me to use. I couldn’t disappoint him so I scanned printed and coloured the image and made the card. Here is my Twilight Pony card.

Supplies: image drawn by Mackenzie, Cardstock, Night of Navy, Lavender lace, Accessories, offray ribbon, flowers and rhinestones. Designer paper from my huge stash.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will join in the fun at the Drunken Stampers challenge blog.

.It’s Time……A New Drunken Stamper’s Challenge #115

Wow another week has flown by and it’s the Midnight Margaritas turn to inspire you. Stop over at the Drunken Stamper’s challenge blog to have a look and to get all the details of the challenge. I’ve made it easy for you just click HERE.

Since I only have grandsons I don’t have anything that resembles a princess or pageant, no crown, no lady in a fancy dress I really had to put on my thinking cap. On Fridays at Paper Craft Planet, Sassy Studio Designs has a free image and voila’ it was a ball room dancer and it was perfect.  Have a look………

What I used for this card:

Image…….Sassy ballroom dancer

Sentiment…..Inkadinkado, Dawn Hauser

Ink for sentiment….Versafine Black Onyx

Card stock…..Tempting Turquoise and GP White

Swiss dots embossing folder

Thanks for checking my blog today and I hope to see your project on the Drunken Stamper’s challenge blog this week. You have until Friday February 22 at 11.59 Pacific time.

Let’s get Sassy in Green………

I have a lot of Birthdays  and this card will be saved for one around March 17th. When I saw the image I knew it just had to be coloured Green. Sassy Studio Designs on Paper Craft Planet has a free Sassy image on Fridays they have all been really cute. You have to become a member of Paper Craft Planet and then join the group Sassy Studio Designs on PCP. You will find it HERE. After you get there and sign up you can go to Sassy Studio Designs.

I love making easel cards but they are so hard to take pictures of which is why I took a close up picture of the image.

Now you can see the image and the glitter cardstock better.

Here is what I used

Image…..digi from Sassy Studio Designs

Cardstock ……GP white, SU garden green

Glitter cardstock from a $$ store (it’s from my stash)

Rhinestones also from my stash

Colouring medium…..prisma colour pencils and oms

Sentiment…..I think is is from Penny Black

Spellbinders Large Ovals

The challenge I am entering this in is Use it Tuesday for #47 Let it Sparkle. Check it out HERE.

Don’t forget the January challenge at Drunken Stampers All that Glitters.

Thanks for stopping by today and come back soon.

Toast to the New Year with the Drunken Stampers…….

Welcome to a New Year’s Day bonus challenge  January 1 to January 4th 2013. Check out the design team’s inspiration for the challenge. You will find all about it at the Drunken Stamper’s Challenge Blog.

I dug out my glitter cardstock again for another glitzy card. The image I used is a digital from Sassy Studio Designs, check them out they have some fun images. The sentiment is from Grapicat Designs, which is a Canadian company, they have everything there, clear, rubber, and digi stamps as well as embellishments. While you are there check out the sketch challenge.

Here is what I used:

Cardstock….Tempting turquoise GP white

DSP…..is a mystery where I got it

Glitter cardstock……dollar store

Image…..Sassy Martini from Sassy Studio Designs

Sentiment…..Grapicat Designs

Spellbinder Large Ovals

Border punch……SU

Thanks for taking time to have a look at what I have been doing.  May 2013 bring you happiness and lots of crafting time.

Sassy Studio Designs on Paper Craft Planet…..

Wow what great designs Sassy Studio is offering over at Paper Craft Planet, on Fridays there is a freebie there. Last week I got the free image and finally finished the card, just in time I might add.  Check out Paper Craft Planet and Sassy Designs Studio for more information.
                             

What I used……..

Image from Sassy Studios on Paper Craft Planet

Ink ………Memento Tuxedo Black

Cardstock….Sahara Sand, Basic Grey, GP white

DSP….from my stash (sitting on my table)

Ribbon from SU light grey

Colouring medium….prisma pencil crayons and oms

Spellbinders…..rectangle dies large

Thanks for looking today and come back again soon.

Martini Pin-up Sassy on Clear it Out Challenge Blog

Wow November already, it is amazing how fast the weeks just fly by.  I was attending a rally on Saturday and was very excited to sell a few of my cards I had made for the occasion. Next year I will make more Christmas designs. Now on with the challenge from Clear it Out found HERE  the stash item to use is “RED”.
The sponsor for the two week challenge is Sassy Studio Designs     stop over and see what they have to offer in digi stamps. My image is called Martini Pin-up Sassy and that is the link where you will find her along with the other Sexy Lady designs. I love them all.
                   

Here is what I used:

Image from Sassy Studios

Cardstock…….GP White & Black, SU Cherry Cobbler

DSP……….unknown 8 X 8 pack

Ink……Memento Tuxedo Black

Colouring medium…..Pencil Crayons & OMS

Stash item….Red Rhinestones & Cherry Cobbler CS

Head over to Paper Craft Planet and check out the Sassy Design group there. You will have to become a member of both to enjoy the Friday Sassy Design freebie, well worth the little time it takes to join.    I have made it easy for you to check it out so click HERE and the link will take you right there.

Thanks for looking today.

ConBRADulations Baby!!!

Welcome to my twist on the challenge at Clear it Out this week, the theme for this challenge is “conBRADulations: notice the BRAD in the word…..that is what you need too remember to put on your card when you post it to Clear it Out.  Sassy Studio is the sponsor of this challenge. As a DT of Clear it  Out we were given a digi or two to play with and this is what I came up with.
                        
The cute mom-to-be digi was coloured with prisma colour pencils and OMS.As you see I used my favourite colour purple. The cute yellow flower brads are from my stash. Stop by Sassy Studio Designs and see what great digi stamps the carry.