Challenge #134 at Shopping Our Stash….Miss You

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Are you ready for a new challenge to shop your stash? Miss You is the new challenge at Shopping Our Stash. I have been spending a lot of time shopping my stash, well really I’m trying to find things, since Christmas my craft room is a disaster, I have an obstacle course to get in and out of it but I will get things done, I need to make a couple of birthday cards and of course I pulled a shoe box or two of stamps off the shelf, did I put them back…NO and in the meantime another box toppled over and I have stamps all over the shelf and floor. On with my card.

Now isn’t this a change of colour for me, although i slipped a little bit of pink in on it. The image I used is from House Mouse Designs the sentiment is from Stampin’up. Coloured with a combination of Spectrum Noir markers, copic markers and prisma colour pencils.the patterned paper is quite sparkly.

Wow another card that is almost finished on the inside. I’m keeping up with my finishing of the insides quite well.
Thanks for peeking at what I’ve been up to and I hope you can find the time to join us at Shopping Our Stash for the Miss You challenge.

Patterned Paper….How many layers can you use?

Clear it Out Tuesday’s challenge is Layer it Up!!! Stash item is Patterned paper, how many can you use?  The sponsor this week, (remember it is a weekly challenge now that ends January 20 at 11.59 CST) is Stamp Art by Katheryne there are some great digital stamps there and if you enter the challenge you might just win.

 

My stash item is the patterned paper, all three were in my scrap box I layered them on regal rose and the ribbon is pretty in pink. The image is Gracie from Stamp Art by Katheryn, and it was coloured with my prisma colour pencils and odourless mineral spirits. I added the bit of bling on the right top corner.

I am keeping up with the finishing of the insides of the cards I'm making, Just need the sentiment on the inside for this one.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you find some time to get your craft on and join us at Clear it Out for the Layer it Up challenge.

Happy Monday!! A second week of the Ribbons challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad.

The deep freeze has finally given us a bit of a reprieve, last night it was 0 Celsius which is 32 Fahrenheit but it feels so damp, guess we can’t have it all  On the up side the sun was shining on Sunday which really helps.
Time for the second week of the Use some Ribbon challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad, the sponsor is the Sweet stamp shop. This week I used a bugaboo image, it was a Friday freebie and I just wanted to play with it and get a jump start on my Christmas/Winter cards, it could be used for a winter birthday too. I have been a hold-out for alcohol markers but last week found some Spectrum Noir marker at a reasonable price and this image was coloured with the blues, the face was done with flesh toned copic markers (had them forever)
             

I used a spica glitter pen  on the wings and skates, liquid pearls on the at and bottom of the coat, cut the ovals with the Nellie Snellen oval dies. The ribbon is from Stampin’up and the snowflake ribbon brad from my stash. The snowflurries brought to you courtesy of an EK mini snowflake punch.

I’m doing really good with finishing the insides of the cards just waiting to put a sentiment inside as I really like to pick the sentiment for the recipient of the card.

Challenges:

Catch the bug Challenge Blog January theme challenge Winter Wonderland ends 1/18/13 at  6:00 AM EST

thanks for stopping by today and come back any time you are always welcome.

My First Official challenge at Shopping Our Stash!!!

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Hello friends, are you in the deep freeze and up to you knees or higher in snow? This is a good time to get to your craft room and get creating. Do you need a challenge? Do you want to play with some crafty stuff you got for Christmas or bought on sale after the holidays? This is the challenge for you……Use something new and don’t forget to tell us what you used. 

I had bought this Art Impressions stamp before Christmas I just couldn’t resist it, but it was lonely due to all the Seasonal cards I was making so when I saw the theme of the challenge to use something new I knew I wanted to ink her up. I stamped once on some patterned paper and once on GP white, after I coloured the image I fussy cut both out and popped the birthday girl up. I flat attached the sofa to the distressed striped background and layered it on Close to Cocoa cardstock. I then added crystal effects to the wine glass and her glassed.

I finished another inside, the sentiment came with the Celeste set.

I think you can see the glaze on the wine glass in this picture.
Thanks for looking today and hope to see you join in the fun at Shopping our Stash for the “new” challenge.

Our very first Challenge of 2014 at Clear it Out Tuesday

This is the first challenge of 2014 and the first weekly challenge at Clear it Out Tuesday. The theme for the challenge is Thank you and the stash item is Buttons, I know you have oodles of buttons hiding in a drawer or in jars you probably have a stash in the sewing basket so dig out those buttons and let’s see your Thank you project. The sponsor this week is Bugaboo Stamps, they have some awesome digital images and they are a Canadian company.

The image I chose is Sock Monkey with a rose. Since red seems to have been my predominant colour lately I decided it was time for some pink. I coloured the image with my prisma colour pencils and oms. I added a tiny bit of stickles to the rose. Now I said this year I am finishing or partially finishing the inside of the cards and so far so good.

Supplies I used:

Image Sock monkey from Bugaboo stamps

Cardstock regal rose gp white, patterned paper from a hero arts pack.

Spellbinders Large long rectangle, border punch from SU, and the top note.

Stash item is buttons.

I am entering this in

Catch the Bug Anything goes for January

Thanks for visiting today and I hope you will join us for the Thank you challenge with the stash item of buttons.

Challenge #77 Use some Ribbon!!

The Cheerful Stamp Pad has a new challenge….we want you to use some ribbon. Now don’t tell me you don’t have oodles and oodles of ribbon, so dig into your stash and join us at The Cheerful Stamp Pad.
The sponsor for the challenge is Sweet Stamps drop in and take a peek at what they have to offer. Now here is what I made for the challenge.

I’m still in red mode, I really need to get the pinks and purples out, maybe next week. I used a stamp I’ve had for a while and although I have used it quite a few times it has been out of the crafty loop. The stamp is from Inkadinkado, the base is Sahara Sand, the next layer is Riding Hood red and the patterned paper is the Immortal Love stack pad from DCWV. I use my large spellbinders rectangles and added the ribbon which is real red from Stampin’up.

I didn’t make it a resolution but decided to try to finish or partially finish the inside of the cards, so far I’m keeping up, although since I am not sure if I’m using this for a get well or a thank you card I didn’t put a sentiment on it.

Thanks for checking in today and I hope you can find some time to join us at The Cheerful Stamp Pad for challenge #77, Use some ribbon.

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Bonus Challenge!!! Happy New Year!!!

I hope you have all recuperated from the New Years festivities, I managed to wake up to see the ball drop and then go to bed. I got caught up on some sleep  which was nice. We had an invite for dinner so I didn’t have to cook and oh was it good. Ham and scalloped potatoes so nice after 4 days of turkey. The Drunken Stampers is giving you  a bonus challenge The Tropical Hooters and the Yellow Canaries have teamed together to bring you a Happy New Year challenge, check out the rules at the Challenge blog.
My card is a Stella image from Bugaboo, as is the sentiment, they came as a pair. I coloured with my prismas and OMS.

I covered the glass with crystal effects, it’s not as easy as Jessi makes it look. The patterned paper is from a Dollar Store, it is heavy and very shiny the picture just doesn’t do it justice. Next the inside sentiment which is a continuation of the one on the front of the card.

I used a scrap of turquoise and of the patterned paper on the inside, bordered the sentiment in black.
I would like to enter this in the Anything Goes challenge at Catch the Bug challenge blog

Thanks for looking today and I hope you can find some time to join us at the Drunken Stampers for the Happy New Year Challenge.