Digging through my "Never Been Used Stuff" (NBUS)

 When I saw the Inkspirational Challenge my thoughts went to the Easter Egg Die from Elizabeth Craft Designs can you imagine my surprise when I realized I had never even opened it, I think it's at least 4 years old and I have no idea why I have never used it, it's so lovely it doesn't need to be just Easter. 

The fancy part of the egg was cut from white stardream cardstock layered on the sparkly cardstock I found at a dollar + store. There are 2 each of 5 different ombre colours. I cut the sentiment out of the same glitter cardstock and twice out of heavy weight white cardstock and layered them. 

Side view to show how the sentiment looks and at the back the small bit was cut off the base so it stands on it's own. I watched a video from Elizabeth Craft Designs on how to do this. 

I don't think I needed to cut so much off but the first cut I made was not straight, you know the old saying measure twice cut once. The egg shape I used for the sentiment is also a NBUS, the sentiment is a very vintage Hero Arts wood block sentiment 

I am entering this in:

Inkspirational Challenge ~~ #259 Technique Challenge ~~ Shaped Cards

NBUS ~~ Challenge #35

Happy Little Stampers ~~ Anything Goes with Dies.

Thanks for stopping by and stay healthy, stay safe. 

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I'm Still Shaping Up with the Jingle Belles

I had a second idea for a shaped card for the Jingle Belles Challenge using a beautiful tree die set from Elizabeth Craft Designs, it is a 4 piece set, tree, outline and two stars and I used it all.

The base of the tree is a beautiful white/green glitter cardstock, it does not show in the picutre. When I send this card I will sent an easel with it to display, (I didn't have that die here)

For the base of the card I used 110 pound cardstock from Michaels, as you see I did a side fold, I also cut a piece of white cardstock for the sentiment with the same die. The sentiment s from Stampendous.

I am adding this to:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Get in Shape for the Holidays

Thanks for stopping by today 

Challenge #377 ~~ Not Your Average Card!!!

The challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Not Your Average Card, I know everyone gets in a rut making the regular rectangle, square (one of my favs) circle or oval shaped cards so we want to take you far away from that "rut" so we want to see nothing in the regular card shapes we want odd shapes. Stars, hexagon, flower, pumpkin you could even make a extra large takeout coffee cup.  The design team member you can "give credit" to is ME it was my idea so get your thinking caps on and create a special non traditional shape card.

Before I tell you about the card I must mention we are at the lake for the week and going to close it up for the winter and I hadn't had a chance to work on my card so when we got the cottage warmed up I got all my equipment out and OMgoodness (not what I was thinking) I forgot my C plate for the cuttlebug, that's the CUTTING plate and I had Hexagons to cut. Well trial and error and many shims I managed the cutting of the shapes but was very happy to find those gold snowflakes in my "extras"

The image is a long retired set from Stampin'up but one of my favourites every Christmas. The patterned paper is ancient I think it is SU as well. 

Close up of the gold snowflakes, these were cut last year and not used. The rhinestones are also years old and I coloured them with an alcohol marker.

I added some wink of stella to hat, mitts, earmuffs and white trim.

Since I know odd shaped cards do not stand up well I will send a easel with it,  it is a die from Elizabeth Craft Designs and cuts out of a half of 8 1/2 X 11 piece of heavier cardstock. 

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to check out the rest of the design team's odd shaped cards. Just click HERE to enter.

Shape up for the Holidays!!!

Not that kind of shaping up lol. The Jingle Belles Rock challenge is Shaping up for the Holidays they want to see "shaped" cards....no squares no rectangles so I "hexed it"

I used both sets of Hexagon dies, one is stitched and the other fits in them, this was their maiden voyage. I made the smooshed background with distress oxide inks. The horse and sleigh die is from Stampin'up (retired) and I cut white foam core with it to give it dimension, the trees were also a part of the set of dies. The image is elevated on a piece of fun foam.

Close up, you can see the difference with using foam core and regular cardstock. I also added a few Eyelet outlet bling to the sky.

Finished inside with a sentiment from Stampendous.

I am entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Shape up for the Holidays

Chalk up another holiday card and thanks for checking today!!!

Happy New Year!!! Welcome to the First Challenge of 2017!!!

Challenge #284 at Shopping Our Stash is Shape up!!! Use any shape except circle, square or rectangle, it was a bit confusing for me but I made a shaped card. I have been really busy as we were out for New Year's Eve then out again for Brunch on New Years Day so time to make something was getting really slim then I thought a TeePee card I had the perfect image for it already printed and the search was on, but it wasn't until the next day I found it. Since I have been making Christmas cards for the whole of 2016 I still have lots of scraps and that is what I used from my scrap file box.

You can find lots of tutorials on making one of these cards and are quite simple as long as you pay attention to how to tape or glue it together. The "Big Present" is a digital image from Mel-Jens unfortunately they are no longer in business.  I fussy cut it out and popped it up. The card will lie flat for mailing when you untie the ribbon. 

Now comes the part about paying attention to gluing, this patterned paper was supposed to be on the front but once it was down there was no getting it off so decided the stripes would look good too.

I put some spica sparkle gel pen over the bow but doesn't show in the picture.  

Challenges I would like to enter:

Starting out 2017 with the first Jingle Belles Rock challenge.~~ No time like the Presents

Thanks for visiting this first blog post of the new year. Wishing you a happy, healthy, prosperous 2017.

Paper Piecing Christmas Trees.....

I checked out the ABC Christmas Challenge Blog ~~ P is for paper piecing and I thought, hmm I can do that, I found the perfect stamp from the Artful Stamper that I picked up at an Estate Sale. It makes a perfect image for paper piecing with the exception it's a lot of fussy cutting.  If I hurry I can also put it in for the Jingle Belles Rock We three kings to use multiples of three, thus three paper pieced trees and it closes in 2 hours. I haven't made a shaped card for eons, I can't remember the last one I made but here it is.

I used my two fisker's star punches for the stars and added the rhinestones to the circles on the trees and the ones in the background.

finished the inside with a couple of layers and a sentiment.

I am adding this to:

ABC Christmas Challenge   P is for Paper Piecing

Jingle Belles Rock   We Three Kings

Thanks for visiting today and I have one more Christmas card for my collection.

Shopping Our Stash ~~ All Bent Out of Shape ~~ Make a Shaped Card

Looking for my Clear it Out Post? scroll down or click HERE.

Wow what a great challenge at Shopping Our Stash ~~ All Bent Out of Shape, all we want you to do is make a shaped card, this will get your brain and fingers moving. My brain was working as I rarely make shaped cards with the exception of "teepee" cards they are quick, easy and so cute but I wanted something different so here is what I made for the shaped challenge.

I made a chalkboard easel card, I used the Hardwood background stamp from Stampin'up and a

Big Day from 2015 Sale-a-Bration promotion (first time using it) 

Close up of the sentiments

This is the back of the chalkboard as you see I used all the stamps from the set. woohoo. Inks I used were White stazon, versafine sepia, memento tuxedo black, card stock Crumb Cake.

I would like to enter this in:

House of Cards Feb. challenge ~~ Shaped Cards

Thanks for visiting today, head over to the SOS blog check out the rules and see what the rest of the design team have "shaped" up for inspiration.