2012 365 #139 - my precious

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is so perfectly coined as "My Precious"...we are to use something that we have been hoarding...well, we all know that I hoard my Chatterbox papers...I broke down and cut into two new sheets of it for this card...I also used the last of my tulle ribbon, which really, truly hurt my feelings...but I am over it now!!!  Let's see what you can create with your most "Precious" items that are being hoarded in your crafting areas...if you can pick just one...

2012 365 #138 - ya old buzzard

This weeks challenge at the Opus Gluei is called "Where did you get your suntan??"...you can take it as literal as you like, but show something to do with the summer sun...I chose the desert...dry heat is way better than humidity...in my opinion...we have had the most hot and humid couple of weeks here and it feels stifling for sure...I inked the background of this card with Tim Holtz distress inks and sprayed it with magic potion #9 to try and blend it in a bit, the Copic paper didn't like it too much and started going fuzzy, but it gave it a velvety texture once it was dry...I masked the image first before doing the background and then coloured it with copic markers...kind of a fun experiment with the inks and different types of papers...come on out and show us what you do in the heat...

2012 365 #137 - birthday pleats

This weeks Shopping our Stash Challenge is more than one fold or pleats...I chose pleats in two different ways...underneath I sewed on some pleated paper and adhered it to my card base.  I also used the pleated cupcake liner for my cupcake...I know, I know...it looks like a mushroom, but hey...what can I say???  Let's see what you can come up with this week...

Oh and by the way....we are running a design team call if any of my peeps are interested...the info is here: SHOPPING OUR STASH DESIGN TEAM CALL.  Come and join in the fun...it is a stress free design team....leaving comments and making 1 project a week...and you know them way in advance if you are a keener and want to work ahead...it's a great group of girls to work with!!!

2012 #136 - SOS triple threat

This week over at Shopping our Stash, the challenge is a triple threat....you need to use at least 3 of the same embellishment (3 flowers or 3 ribbons etc.) or three different embellishments or techniques which include the following items:ribbon, flowers, lace, pearls, glimmer mists, punches, rhinestones, doilies, dry embossing or scoring....there are so many options here that there really is no excuse not to play!!!  My card is nothing fabulous this week for sure...spent some time out at the lake and lost track of what day I was on...almost forgot to make my card, so you get to look at a 5 minute special...I apologize in advance for this:

there is a doily, three sets of pearls, lace and ribbon that was sprayed with mists at a crop I went to a while back and decided to use so that it is not in my ribbon bag any more (not even sure why I held on to a scrap like that in the first place???  What is wrong with me???)...play along, will you?

2012 365 #135 -Oh Canada!

the Opus Gluei poohbahs want us to show our patriotism this week over on their blog...we are going to some Canada day festivities and I thought I would bring along a card...here is what I came up with for their challenge:

hope everyone who is having a holiday weekend this weekend enjoys a safe and happy one!  Summer is officially here in our neck of the woods...wahoozle!

2012 365 #134 - SOS merci

The challenge this week at Shopping our Stash is red white and blue OR stars and stripes...I love to try to combine all of the challenge into one and use all the elements of the challenge in my card, but you don't have to...

this was my attempt at red, white and blue with stars and stripes while trying to not look too American to give to a Canadian teacher as a thank you card...phew...run on sentence pro!!!
Hope it works...

this is more paper from my American Crafts "before it turned to cardstock" collection...sacrificed 4 brand new sheets of paper for this card....and used the very last of my rosette ribbon that I have used so sparingly on my projects....the final little piece used up...found the centre gems at our dollarama for $2...comes with tons of gems which is really sweet cuz I find it hard to find black gems around here for a reasonable price...the button is a vintage one from a bag full of buttons I bought a while back from and estate sale for $1...probably about 300 white and off white buttons in the bag..super cool find...

so let's see what you can come up with this week....

2012 365 #133 - the last of the father's day cards for now

this is the last of the father's day cards for now...still need one more, but it will wait until the last minute like usual ;)

we finally have some nice weather out here and the girls are outside doing water balloons...I think I just might join in the fun!  Have a great weekend everyone!

2012 365 #132 - another father's day card

had to be quick with this one...unexpected father's day visit last Sunday...thought I was in the clear until tomorrow...ooops...forgot to post it too!

2012 365 #131 - father's day card

The Shopping our Stash Challenge this week is to use stickers....this challenge was a difficult one for me as all my stickers are super old and were not really inspiring to me...plus they are all super girly and I needed to make a father's day card in a hurry...so this is what you get from that combination...I did use lots of sticker letters though...the underside is all made with letters lined up and then the words on the right side are all really really sticky letter stickers...so, lets' see what kind of stickers you are stashing in your stuff and how you use them in this challenge!!!

2012 365 #130 - what's cooking?

This was my week to pick the challenge for the Opus Gluei poohbahs and I decided to do a food related challenge - barbeque...or any other food that fills your fancy...I have had this stamp set forever and cut out all the little hamburgers and hotdogs...they are kind of 3-d but I am not sure if you can tell from the picture???  Let's see what you can come up with for this week's challenge...

2012 365 #129 - more thank you's

the last of the scraps from that page...phew...loving the idea of using up all the bits and pieces before moving on to another project...this was hard though cuz I was at a crop and forgot my solid paper colours and refused to buy any (when I knew I had a dump load at home)...so I had to make do with what was with me...

2012 365 #128 - hanging by a thread

I bought this cute little stamp set at a crop last Friday cuz I thought it was too cute to resist...paper pieced the spools and used up some more of those same scraps...

2012 365 #127 - thanks so much

a quick thank you card from some of the scraps from the last scrapbook page that I made...

2012 365 #126 - meeting Chief

Emily's main goal in Alaska was to meet a sled dog...at first it didn't seem like it was going to happen, but when we docked in one of the ports, there was Chief - a "real life" sled dog.  She was soooo excited when the owner said she could pet him, and he was just loving the attention...made her whole vacation worth while!

2012 365 #125 - sunshine and sunburn

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use up some of your excess hoarded ribbons...well, that is if you are like me, anyway...two or more kinds...this card started out as 7 unused types and some sequins...used those ones once before :)...my mom bought me this stamp and I am loving her...love the "sunburn" I can give her with the markers...soooo much fun...I tried out a new product on the sun, which was just a chipboard circle to start with...rubbed it with this stuff called Inka-gold (have 3 colours of it and thought I had better at least try it out) and this was the result that I got...kind of cool...stamped a Peachy-Keen face on it and that was the only sunshine I saw for the next couple of hours here as we sat in the rain on Saturday morning...let's see how many types of ribbon you can use up this week....

I am going to also link with 52 card pick up this week too...

2012 365 #125 - another thanks

here is the last of the cards that I used for the dance teachers...next will be on to school teachers and then it will be summer holidays...yippee...

this card was made with some of the leftover flowers from the father in law father's day present...still have about 20 or so left to make some more projects with...

2012 365 #123 - ballerina thanks

whipped up this card last minute for one of the ballet teachers...yay, dance is done for the year and I am celebrating...well, until September, anyway...

2012 365 #122 - hippo birdie to you

the challenge at Shopping our Stash is masculine this week...I suck at masculine, so this is what you get ;)  my hubby's birthday card....let's see what you come up with to show up my "boy" card...cuz I can't do the masculine thing for the life of me...

2012 365 #120 - Josephine

The Opus Gluei challenge this week is "it is all relative" and what better time for a challenge like this to come along than when I had to make a Father's day gift for my father in law...just had to get it done a couple of weeks early and now I won't be rushing at the last minute...wahoozle...this is a picture of my husband's grandmother on his father's side. His dad had this picture of her, but it was folded in the middle (and all the colour had peeled off right across her cheeks and nose) and had some water damage on it so her face was hideous. My hubby has a friend at work who does wonders with photoshop or some other photo fixing software and he totally fixed this picture right up for us...you can't even tell any of the damage (and let me tell you, the picture was in really rough shape)...the difference is amazing. We got a few copies made and I did this page in a scrapbook shadow box for my father in law for father's day - rolled all sixty of those flowers myself too (not that he would even know that they were made out of paper)...thought he could hang it up, as this was his favorite picture of his mom and he was soo upset when the photo was damaged. Hope he likes it.  Come out and play with us this week...let's see what crazy relatives you have hiding in the closet and what you can do with them!!!

2012 365 #121 - quick sympathy card

I made this sympathy card from the idea I came up with from one of the Shopping our Stash bingo cards I made...still had the scraps out and needed a sympathy card for one of the men my hubby works with whos wife passed away last week...

very similar to the other card, just with no tag or ribbon, but why mess with what seems to work??