Washi, Washi, Washi is the Challenge at Shopping Our Stash!!!

The theme at Shopping Our Stash is Washi, Washi, Washi and it is brought to you by my teamie Donna, she wants us to use washi tape on our projects.  I am really washi tape challenged, I panic everytime there is a challenge to use washi tape but this time I saw Stephanie Severin's post this morning I thought "yes I can do this" of course I have to give credit to the original designer of this technique Rhode'.  I'm sure I will use this design many times it's really fun and the hardest part is getting the washi tape straight.

The sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmie I bought it a couple of years ago at Scrapfest Kitchener. All the washi tape is at least 1 year old. I added some transparent glitter stickers from Starform. (I'm also sequin challenged too)  

Close up of the tape and glitter dots.

Finished the inside with a practice piece, it pays to read instructions instead of just following a picture. 

Now you have seen what I have done (with help) head over to the Main Blog and check out the awesome designs my teamies have made. 

Inspired by the Jingle Belles Blog Banner.

I had a lot of fun making this card, we were at the cottage and expecting family on Saturday which included my 1 year old great grandson so I needed to pack up all my crafty supplies that were in the living room (I don't have a craft room there). So getting ready to make this card I wasn't sure where anything was except the papers.  It took many trips to the extra bedroom to collect everything. Here is my finished card.

This was the inspiration for my card and the challenge for the Jingle Belles rock!!!

I picked from the snowflakes, the white, turquoise and silver. 

As you see I added one gold star (there are gold stars in the banner)

and look I used washi tape!!! 

Finished the inside with patterned  paper and a favourite vertical sentiment and a couple of extra snowflakes.

I'm slipping in on the last day....

Jingle Belles rock ~~ Banner Inspired.

Thanks for visiting today  even though this challenge is over at 6 p.m. there will be another Holiday inspired challenge at the Jingle Belles

U Rock!!!

Another Tuesday has rolled around,  and my day to post on the Eyelet Outlet Blog.  Today I have a totally "boy" card for you to see. I'm really on the 5 1/4 square card band wagon lately and this one is just that. First I took a tip from Stephanie (check out her blog below mine on the EO blog) I covered a 5 X 5 piece of cardstock with silver star washi tape from the Eyelet Outlet Store, popped the rock star boy (bugaboo) up in the corner and added the U ROCK letters.

As you see it isn't the easiest card to get a picture of but it looks so awesome.  I added the gold stars  from a enamel dots & stars package from the Eyelet Outlet Store.  What would a music card be without music notes? Well I added the music note brads also from the Eyelet Outlet Store. Check them out for all your embellishment needs you will be amazed at the selection of brads, enamel dots and washi tape.

See the awesome music brads and enamel stars. 

Eyelet Outlet products used on this card

Music Note Brads

Silver Star Washi Tape

Gold enamel stars.

I would like to enter this in:

Catch the Bug Saturday challenge: fast and furious 

Naughty or Nice Challenge Anything goes.

It's been great having you visit this afternoon I hope to see you next Tuesday at 3.01 p.m. EDT.

Go Graduate!!!

Hello there, it's Tuesday and my day to post on the Eyelet Outlet blog. Along with Weddings in June there are also graduations so since I had some graduation caps from Eyelet Outlet Store in my stash and I designed  a card around them. My inspiration for the card was a sketch at Mojo Monday.

I used a couple designs of washi tape, the black with gold stars and the narrow arrow along the bottom, Of course I used the graduation hats and black bead strips, they come in all colours and there are 500 in a package.

Close up of the beads and hats.

Eyelet Outlet products I used

Graduation Hats

Black & Gold star washi tape

Skinny arrow washi tape

Black pearl beads.

Here is the finished inside of the cards with a sentiment from Stampenous.

I would like to enter this in the Sketch Challenge at Mojo Monday #496 

Thanks for visiting today 

Have you checked the Eyelet Outlet Pinterest page? you can find it HERE!!

Sandcastle, pail and shovel, loader ~~~ where am I?

Tuesday and my time to post on the Eyelet Outlet Blog, as soon as I saw the new spring collection of brads I knew I wanted to make a Seaside scene using the Sandcastle, they are so cute and in the Eyelet Outlet Store now!!!

We spent time camping when our boys were young and I know playtime at the beach includes big trucks, bucket and shovel and seashells and the latter would have been picked up to throw at the brother. I did use a strip of skinny washi tape on a flat spot where the embossing folder didn't quite reach.  Have you heard that there are no mistakes in crafting only opportunities to embellish.

The bucket and shovels are in primary colours and the work trucks are three different designs.

Sandcastle and seashell close-up.

Every beach comes complete with seagulls and these are just adorable and they come in two different designs, flying and standing.

Summer will soon be upon us and what great beach brads to add to any of your summer holiday scrapbook pages. 

Sandcastle brads

Seashell brads

Bucket & shovel brads

Skinny washi tape

Thanks for visiting today and happy crafting.

Fly Me to the Moon ~~~

Tuesday ~ my day to post on the Eyelet Outlet Blog and I was so excited to get some monster brads and I had a plan and it's always nice when a plan works out.

Along with the super cute Monster Brads from the Eyelet Outlet I used Enamel Stars, Arrow Birthday Brads,  Red Swirl Jewels and awesome Washi Tape.

I knew that the washi tape would make an awesome background for the rocket ship and the red swirls would work for the flames 

These little guys look so happy to be traveling in space.

love those arrow brads, everything I've used is available in the Eyelet Outlet Store and there is so much more it's worth the "virtual trip" to check out the store, don't forget to check out the daily specials too.

Finished inside of the card,  

When I showed my card to Hubby he loved it, he asked who it was for and then said he would even love to receive it. 

Jingle Belles Christmas Challenge take 2 ~~ here we come a Washi-ing

I try to enter each week of the two week challenge at the Jingle Belle's Christmas challenge, and it's usually close to the end of the challenge. We went to the cottage this weekend, it's the first time this year, it takes me a while to get into the routine of what to take to craft with, we don't have the phone connected yet so I had no internet and I really took minimal with me, I even forgot white cardstock. Well we came home this morning, while unpacking I realized I forgot my phone cord so once it runs out of juice I'm only available when I'm home. Then getting ready to take pictures of the two cards I made while at the cottage I found out I left my camera there. Oh I hope the mind gets better as the summer goes on.  Blackberry Playbook to the rescue, although the pictures are not as clear (imho) I then took the pictures and had to try to remember how to send them via e-mail, that took me a good 15 minutes to figure that one out. It seems I had a comedy of errors and with that said here is my card.

I saw this challenge at CAS(E) this sketch! and thought what a sketch to combine with the washi tape challenge a the Jingle Belles Challenge. The image I uses is one of the first of many snowman stamps I bought. It is a 2000 Jolly Snowman from Stampendous which I stamped, coloured and fussy cut out. The die cut Merry Christmas is from my scrap box. Washi tape from Dollarama.

Close up of the super cute snowman.

Finished the inside with the year 2000 sentiment from Stampendous that goes with Jolly Snowman.

I embossed the scrap of patterned paper that was left over from the front.

I would like to enter this in:

Jingle Belles Christmas Challenge here we come a Washi-ing

CAS(E) this sketch #170 closes 9 a.m. est Thursday May 5th.

Thanks for stopping by today, I'm working hard building  my Holiday card stash. 

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Washi Tape!!!

Friday morning the Jingle Belles Rock posted their new two week challenge Washi Tape go check it out and the inspiration cards. Now as I've said it many many many times I'm washi tape challenged so off to Pinterest to check out washi tape cards just to see what people do with that sticky stuff and I got a few ideas, Here is one......

I stamped the snowflake with versamark and embossed it in pewter.  The washi tape I got at Michael's Art Store with a 50 % off coupon specifically for Recollections washi tape. I added a sentimen and bling, although there is still way too much white space for me.

Finished the inside adding some washi tape with the sentiment.

I would like to enter this in:

Jingle Belles Rock Walking in a Washi Wonderland

Thanks for checking out my progress with my holiday cards.  Have a great week and please visit anytime you are always welcome.

Shopping Our Stash wants to See Your Smile!!!

Shopping Our Stash  has a very interesting challenge this week!!! Challenge #220 is Show Us Your Smile - an image with a smile or you can use the word Smile. ETA: or laugh/laughter. Pretty much any smiley words.

On Thursday last week I started feeling a bit under the weather well by the time Friday came I didn't go bowling, I went to bed and slept almost three hours but woke up disoriented I still had to pack the items I needed to make my project for the challenge, I packed for the wrong challenge and to top it all off I left my glasses at home, I need them to craft I put out the word I was bowing out of the challenge. So sitting on my desk was  some washi tape so Pinterest to the rescue.....I looked up what I could do with the tape and voila here is my offering for the challenge.

I had found this happy face washi tape at dollarama, I really haven't a clue how to use it which is why I went to Pinterest for ideas. I made two Artist trading cards using the washi tape and a couple of sentiments. 

The sentiment on this ATC is "So Many Smiles...."

The sentiment on the second ATC is "....Begin with You"

Thanks for stopping by today and head over to Shopping Our Stash Blog and check out the rules and see what great projects the rest of the team has made, then head to your craft room and dig our you "Smile" stamps and Show us your Smile.

What Time is it? It's Challenge Time at Clear it Out Tuesday!!!

Clear it Out Tuesday's crew are back with a NEW challenge!!! The Theme is ONE LAYER and the stash item is ...........Washi Tape.  Many of you are experience in one layer cards but not me, I struggle with them, I just want to pile it on. Now washi tape I normally don't have a clue how to use it, I see so many fabulous cards using it in unusual ways,..just check out what the design team has done with their one layer washi tape cards and you will see what I mean,  The sponsor for the challenge is Melonheadz Illustrating and I used one of the super cute little girl digis.

I scored a frame 1/2 inch around the edge and another scoring 1 inch which framed the image, I added the floral washi tape in between the two score lines, I added three tiny butterflies to the corner. 

A close up of the face and the washi tape I added a pink rhinestone to her barrette.

I did finish the inside of the card but I was in a hurry to take the pictures (as my camera keeps asking me to change the batteries) and it was too blurry to post and I was to lazy to take another picture.

Thanks for stopping by today and I would love to see your one layer card but best of all I want some new ideas on how to use Washi tape.

Shopping Our Stash #201 ~~~ Your Oldest Washi Tape

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Washi Tape is the challenge at Shopping Our Stash. use washi tape OR make faux washi tape OR use washi tape stamps. Tutorial 1: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/fauxwashitape/  Tutorial 2: http://skippingstonesdesign.com/tips-tricks-thursday-creating-faux-washi-tape-with-wendy Tutorial More resources: https://www.pinterest.com/ritakvos/tutorials-washi-tape/  There are some ideas for you. I used my oldest, believe it or not when a challenge at Drunken Stampers came up Washi Tape I didn’t even know what it was, I had to Google it then go out and buy some so this is my very first washi tape.

I am so washi tape challenge I had to search for a design, I am not sure who’s idea I used but it is a great one. The “flower” I stamped three times and coloured with Calypso Coral Blendabilities, fussy cut and elevated each layer. This will be a card for a friend that is recovering from a stroke.

Close up of the flower image and washi tape.

The inside of the card.

Thanks for stopping by today and start digging through your huge stash of washi tape and join us at SOS for they challenge….you know you really want to.

Welcome to Clear it Out’s Challenge…Halloween week 2

Ten days until Halloween now is your time to crafty and make some cards, The theme is Halloween and the stash item is something orange a nice and easy challenge. Head over to Clear it Out to get the details. There are three sponsors for the Halloween challenge Digi Darla Designs, QKR Stampede and Stitchy Bear.
I used a cute pumpkin and spider digi from Digi Darla Designs, coloured them with prisma colour pencils and oms.  I used some of the cute washi tape I found at a little scrapbooking store in Delhi ON. I just couldn’t resist it.

After I coloured the face and the spider I used my spica glitter pens on them, of course it doesn’t show much in the picture but IRL it’s sparkly.

Supplies

Image….digi darla

Cardstock GP White GP black, orange patterned paper from a prize package.

Accessories Spellbinders circles large and small, Halloween washi tape.

Thanks for dropping in today to see my card for the CIOT Halloween challenge. I hope you will get crafty and play along with us. there is still two weeks to enter.

We have a Week 3 at Clear it Out Tuesday…

A third week to enter the international challenge with the stash item…Washi Tape.at Clear it out Tuesday. The sponsors are Digi Darla and QKR Stampede. I didn’t realize there was three weeks and of course being at the cottage didn’t have a lot of extra images but I did have this beautiful bunch of flowers to make a card around

Although you can’t see it very well I added the tape behind the image and under the button, until this moment I didn’t realize it wasn’t as visible in the picture as it is IRL.The image is from QKR stampede.   I made the card for an acquaintance that is in the hospital, I hope she likes it.

Supplies

Image…QKR Stampede

Cardstock… Bashful Blue GP white Gable Green

printed paper ….DCWV Green stack

Accessories… Spelbinder circles, green and white baker’s twine, button from my button jar.

Thanks for looking today and I hope I have inspired you to join us for the challenge.

Mid-Challenge time at Clear it Out Tuesday

Another two weeks to join us at Clear it Out Tuesday for the International challenge and don’t forget the stash item, Washi Tape.  Again this week I am showcasing my country Canada, this time it’s my Province of Ontario. We have two sponsors for the challenge so you have two chances to win. QKR Stampede and Digi Darla Designs, please stop by and check them out, they are very generous with their prizes..

In Northern Ontario there are Moose so when I saw this cute moose from QKR Stampede I knew i just had to use him for this challenge, you don’t usually see them lounging around you would see them munching on grasses in the marshes.  The sketch I used is from Decontructing Jen, it was so hot and humid today I was having trouble thinking of a sketch for the image so went to the site and found the perfect sketch for both the image and washi tape.
Supplies
Image.. Moose from QKR Stampede
Cardstock…Real Red, Crumb Cake, Early Expresso and GP White
Sentiment and punch from Stampin’up
You have until July 29th to enter the challenge.

Drunken Stampers #97, Hand Wash Cold.....

Challenge time at the Drunken Stamper’s Challenge Blog so get out the washi tape and create. Of course we want to see those creations so when they are done head over to Drunken Stampers Blog and strut your stuff.
I must start off with how behind the times I am……I had to Google Washi Tape so I knew I didn’t have any. I went to my local scrapbooking store to purchase some, it is a small  store and there were only a few to chose from but I loved the designs on the one I used. Along with my favourite little rodents (House Mouse) I love my Dolly Mamas, the one I used is called “burning the candle”.
                     
I coloured with pencil crayons and blended with odourless mineral spirits, added the butcher’s twine I got in a prize pack, then tied some twine in the button., the cardstock is Cameo Coral and the dp is from an Asian stack pack
Thanks for looking today and head on over to the Drunken Stamper’s  Challenge Blog, you have until Friday September 21st 11.59 p.m. Pacific time. See you there.