Floral ATC for Happy Little Stampers

Hello, it's my second post for today but that is because I don't have internet at the cottage and I have to go to the library and do my computer "stuff". I just wanted to add an ATC to the Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge for July, it was a very quick job just using floral background paper and a new flower die.

Along with the flower diecut I added Hello.

I'm entering this in:

Happy Little Stampers ~~ ATC for July ~~ Floral

It's Tic-Tac-Toe Time at the Jingle Belles!!!

It seems that I have been making this card for over a week, because I have. Last weekend I made the background, put together the "snowman" and made the frame then it was time to go back to our home and so it would have to wait until I was back at the cottage to finish it. So without more talk here it is.

I pieced the had and scarf but just coloured the birds, mitts and broom with spica glitter pens. I had a diecut foam core cloud on my table so added that to balance the scene The frame was made with Gina Marie wonky rectangles. The snowman die cut is also from Gina Marie.

Close up I put his top hat up on a pop dot.

The sentiment is from Stampendous (finally brought some to the lake)

I'm entering this in:

Jingle Belles ~~ Tic-Tac-Toe

Snowman/Red or Green/Diecuts (diagonal upper left to lover right)

Thanks for joining me here today and have a great week.

The Joke is on...............at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers

J is for Joke at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for this fortnight, I'm a day late getting my card done, there were many roadblocks along the way, and it didn't help when I left my memento ink pad at home this weekend, fortunately I had a waterbased marker in my bag.  It took me a long while to come up with a "joke" but here it is.

I finally had a chance to use my Tim Holtz Hipsters again, due to not knowing if alcohol markers and the waterbased black marker would work together I made it in shades of grey and black. 

Close up

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you get your "joke" on and join us at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers. Don't forget to check out the rest of the design team offerings.

Happy Birthday big and bold!!!

This is the second Birthday card I'm posting, I made 4 last weekend unfortunately I left the camera at the cottage and had to photograph my cards with the phone camera and I'm not very good at it. The other two cards I made were with the double layer dies but this one is with a gorgeous sentiment diecut.

The sentiment was cut out of foam core so it's elevated a bit then attached to several different layers. 

I am entering this in:

Just Us Girls ~~ #496 Trend Week 

Seize the Birthday ~~ Anything Goes Birthday. 

Happy Little Stampers ~~ Anything Goes with Dies.

So happy to be able to sneak in a few challenges.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a fantastic weekend!!!

Wishing You a Lovely Birthday!!!

I've not been crafting a whole lot but I had to make 4 Birthday cards in a hurry last weekend, sadly I left my camera at the cottage so I had to take the pictures with my phone and it isn't as good as the Canon. The 4 cards were all done with dies, so it was a fun time with the glue.

The background is a set of two layering dies and the sentiment is all in one and very tricky to get straight.

I am entering this in:

Happy Little Stampers ~~ July anything goes with dies.

Seize the Birthday ~~  #169 no toppings

Thanks for stopping by to see my non-Christmas offerings (there are more)

Still having Snow Much Fun with the Jingle Belles!!!

Since the challenge ends Wednesday at 6 p.m. I'm on a mission to get this done quickly.  I really wanted to use my very "vintage" snowman stamp from Hero Arts circa 2004 and one of my first snowmen stamps.  I made the background with oxide inks on my teflon sheet

A lot of using of off cuts here, and my fav. snowman which I fussy cut to make the scene, Let it Snow is from Impression Obsession. 

I don't know where I got the sentiment stamp, could be out of a $2 bin at Michaels but it's perfect for my snowmen stamps.

I'm entering this in:

Jingle Belles ~~ Snow Much Fun

Thanks for stopping by today and have a fabulous week.

The Dreaded "ONE LAYER" card!!!

Challenge #399 at Shopping Our Stash is the "dreaded one layer card" and I am NOT a fan but I put that aside and made one.

I must admit I made one card and when I added it to the blog I didn't like it at all, If I had done some thinking about it I would have done a better job. I made an A2 top fold card, taped the edges and the base to my teflon mat and used distress oxide ink, using a Tim Holtz stencil and texture paste I did an fair job with it, I do need more practice. The stencil is about 3 years old or more.

Close up to show how it pops up. I really like this and will made a wonderful Birthday, Get Well or a Sympathy card.

Next is the "fail" card, it will be much better when I cut it and layer it. but for now it's a one layer card.

Again not thinking ahead I used what I had on hand which is mostly Christmas stamps, this one is a "Fluffles" stamp long retired from Stampendous. I have lots of Fluffles and they are in a variety of occasions even one I make into a "red hat" lady.  I coloured the image with Spica Glitter pens even darkened the verse. 

Close up of the super sweet image.

Ancient products used....Jingle all the Way Fluffles and the glitter pens at least 10 years old.

Thanks for visiting today and head over to the Main Blog and see the awesome one layer cards the rest of the design team have made. (much more ingenious than mine)