Shopping Our Stash #221 ~~ Wooden it be Nice

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Shopping Our Stash has a new challenge and I love it ~~ Wooden it be Nice (use wood - veneer, letters, paper, patterned paper) I had so many ideas, I'm not sure what veneer is but I have woodgrain stamps and some interesting images. The one I used for the challenge is from Gingerloft at Stitchy Bear Designs. I also got to make another Christmas card. 

I love this door image, simple to colour and it really looks much better IRL (in real life) The tiny cardinal is from another stamp and is the perfect size for this wreath. I added a small red bow and used white opal liquid pearls for the snow..

Close up of the wreath.

Finished inside with a wood grain background stamp and brushed corduroy distress ink, the sentiment is a die cut from Impression Obsession.

Thanks for stopping by today and we would love to see your "wood" creations on our challenge blog.

Clear it Out Tuesday's challenge ~~ Things With Wings

The theme of the challenge at Clear it Out Tuesday is Things with Wings and the Stash item you must use to qualify is GLITTER.  The sponsor for the challenge is DeeDee's Designs, check them out you can try before you buy and they have such super cute images.  Well there are a lot of things with wings, fairies, birds, angels and even lady bugs. Use your imagination and join us for the challenge but don't forget the glitter.

Even though it is still September I'm working on my Christmas stash of cards so I chose this awesome cardinal on a pine bough. The glitter is on the pine cones and branch.

The finished inside using the topnote and some scraps of patterned paper and red too.  The sentiment is from Stampin'up.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will gather up your things with wings and join the fun.

I am a WINNER!!!

In August, prompted by a good friend of mine that loves my creations, I entered 8 greeting cards in the Fall Fair in Woodstock. I sort of dragged my feet I really didn't think I had cards good enough to enter. Of course my friend pressed on, bringing me the paperwork to enter and I didn't want to disappoint her.  The cards I entered were Graduation, Birthday, Get Well, Thinking of You, Sympathy, Happy New Year, Christmas and I entered a Halloween card in the category of "anything not listed"

The top 5 won first place, along with the money from the fair board I won 5 $10.00 gift certificates from Len's Mills Store in Woodstock. I also won two seconds and a third.

Thanks for visiting today I hope your week is fabulous.

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.

P is for Punk ~~ Steam Punk that is!!!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers  new challenge is P is for Punk ~~ Steam Punk, I know there are a lot of steam punk fans out there, here not so much a fan. I struggle everytime I have to do one for a challenge. I have all kinds of embellishments (at home) so here at the cottage I had to improvise. I used a Steam Punk image from Lacy Sunshine stamps I won from one of their challenges and I picked it because I knew it would come in handy one day.

I used a vanilla card base, added some patterned paper that I thought looked kinda punky? the lace at the top is a peel and stick I bought at the dollar store. the clock face is real, hubby had one that didn't work so had him take it apart for crafting. 

One of my friends had a profile picture and I sort of copied the colours from it. I added rhinestones to the three small watch cogs.

More of the patterned paper and a Birthday sentiment,

Thanks for visiting today and if you love Steam Punk even if you don't just make a project and enter it an our Snarky Sister's Challenge Blog.

Reminder Alert!!!! Shopping Our Stash and the Jingle belles challenge blogs have joined forces.

The Jingle Belles challenge blog is committed  to help you take the pressure off the Christmas season by giving challenges to make your holiday cards.  Shopping Our Stash is joining them in the fun for this challenge. I'm all about getting a jump start on my Christmas/Holiday cards and I brought a few seasonal stamps with me to the cottage, if I can remember to tune into the challenge at the Jingle Belles I will be ahead of the game. Here is my reminder card using a few things that haven't seen the light of day for a while.

I used a doily die which is quite the ordeal to cut, back and forth, then turn and run a few more times after that is done there is the "picking" .  I love my little mousie stamps and of course have a collection, this is one of my favs, it's so versatile.  Warm Winter Wishes is an ancient stamp from Impression Obsession and also one of my favs. The lace for the bow I found while doing walk through Dollarama, looking for something else of course. The lace is a three pack and comes in white and cream.

Close up of Maxwell in the ornament, I use star dust stickles on the hat and snow.

I even got to finish the inside with a stamp from More Merry Messages from Stampin'up

Thanks for joining me today and please join both blogs for the challenge, it's a "twofer"

It's an Adoption Card

Hello friends, family and blog readers, the weather has been very nice the last couple of days, so much better than the weekend. It's nice at Turkey Point during the week, quiet with only a handful of sunbathers.  A couple of weeks ago one of my snarky sisters told us they had just adopted a new family member, a beautiful black dog, not sure if he is a Lab, I must remember to ask.  I decided to make a congratulatory card and I mailed it before the Labour day long weekend, well CPO was terribly slow as it took almost two weeks to travel there, I could have driven it myself in an hour. I was sure it was lost. I was very happy when  I got the word it arrived.

The stamp set I used is D is for Dog retired from stampin'up. The sentiment I wrote myself and I won't tell you how many times I had to practice so it looked presentable. First time using the paw prints border punch. I was inspired to use Sketch #8 from The Crooked Stamper.

Close up of the D and the pawprints.

I wrote a personal message on the inside,

I would like to enter this in:

The Crooked Stamper's Sketch #9

Thanks for joining me today so see what I've been creating. Come back anytime you are always welcome.