#20 - The earth has music

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is a collaboration with Words to Scrap By and the theme is "The earth has music"...we were told we could interpret it however the theme moves us, so I chose sunshine and the song lyrics that go with it...hoping you have a warm spring coming your way and that you join in and play with us all this week!

#17 - some bunny loves you

Happy Easter everyone... this week's challenge at the Order of the Opus Gluei is to use a bunny on your project....I added googly eyes to mine as it was just a little creepy looking without them...not sure if it helped or not...might have been better if he was chocolate???  Now hop to it and show us your projects....

#19 - light it up blue - Autism Awareness card

Hello and welcome to the Light It Up Blue For Autism Awareness Blog Hop!  We have so many fantastic sponsors that have shown their support for Autism Awareness and you can see the complete list here: http://lk2thestarz.blogspot.com/…/the-light-it-up-blue-for-…. If you would like a chance to win a prize from one of these fabulous companies leave a comment on this blog, and any of the other blogs participating in today's hop! Winners will be chosen at random and will be announced on Monday April 6. Now here is the card I created for today's hop!

#18 - faux technique

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to do a faux technique...I did two on this card - faux stitching and faux broken china technique....I love the cracked glass effect done with ultra thick embossing powder and ink....play along with us, will you?

#16 - RAINBOWS AND SUNSHINE

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use rainbows or neon colours....I made these cards with one of my favorite little 6x6 stacks that is now gone :(  - but the cards are fun and bright and springy....play along with us, will you?

#15 - true colours

This week's challenge at the Order of the Opus Gluei is black and one other colour...I made this card for one of the girl's dance teachers out of the tulle from one of their costumes....Play along with us, will you?

#14 - I made this!!

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to make your own background....not just from a stamp but by using a technique...I did some dry embossing and then made rainbow ink colouring with my Tim Holtz ink pads...i just got this cute little hampster and had to do something with it so, I whipped up some book marks...thought they were wheelie cute.....

#13 - happy birthday

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use your oldest hardware.  This brad and flower set is one of the first ones I ever bought, and I glossied them up a bit and finally used them...play along with us this week, will you?

#12 - vacation time

This week's challenge at the Opus Gluei is travel and or vacation...these cards represent sun and fun for me and that is also where we are this week...headed off on a quick cruise to the Bahamas and back with our next door neighbours....should be a fabulous time....play along with us won't you?

#11 - shut the front door

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to make a project inspired by a movie...and to name that movie...this project was based from the phrase in the movie "Bad Teacher" and when I saw the stamp, I had to have it....play along with us, will you?

 

#10 - toilet paper challenge

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use toilet paper in your project somehow...you can use it on your card or you can ink it and stamp the pattern...whatever you like as long at there is toilet paper...I used some as a flag and a roll as well...I notices some of my other team mates also used the same stamp...maybe because it is awesome....play along with us will you? 

#9 - be my valentine

This week's challenge at the Opus Gluei is be my valentine...this one is more of a joke valentine than a serious one, but it was so much fun to make...inside it has a little mushroom saying "thanks for being such a fun-gi"....play along with us will you?

#8 - oldest ink

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use your oldest ink pads...My white one was a goopy one that I bought before I knew there was a difference between types of ink...this one is made for embossing for sure, but I used it the way I started out and dried it with a heat gun...play along with us this week, will you?

#7 - love me do

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to do a project love related....I have had this paper pad laying around for a bit and I am on a kick to use one new stamp from a different set with every project for the next while until they have all seen some ink....these ones I bought back in the spring and hadn't used yet, so this was their chance...same with the heart die....play along, will you?

#6 - australia day

This week's challenge at the Opus Gluei is to do a project in your mind that takes you to the far away lands of Australia.  Australia has always been a place I have desired to go...sunshine and heat in a far away land.....this card feels like the dreamyness I get when I think of going there...we plan to cruise there in the not too near future on a 30 day cruise from our house with stops in Hawaii and Tahiti and then maybe spend a couple of weeks touring around...but that will have to be when we are retired so that there is enough vacation time to really get in a good look......

#5 not your ordinary paper

this weeks challenge at shopping our stash is to use paper that is anything but ordinary.  I chose to use canvas paper.  This paper has been hoarded away for at least 12 years as I did not ever want to sacrifice it.... not any more...I cut into it and stamped away.  The copic markers caused a cool effect which was semi watercolour but I ran into the problem of my black ink reactivating on this paper. Oh well. Live and learn. Play along with us, will you?

#4 awesome kid - monster

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use a hidden element on your card or project...if you pull on the tag that looks like it is in front of the corrugated paper, it is attached to a gift card holder that comes out with a card......play along with us, will you?

#3 - anything but a card

This week's challenge at the Order of the Opus Gluei it to make anything but a card...I chose to make some bookmarks as we all got new books at Christmas and every good book needs a good bookmark....plus we will be bringing our books on an up coming cruise to the Bahamas, so this challenge couldn't have come at a better time!  Play along with us, will you?

#2 - unity challenge

The first challenge I have participated in for 2015 and the first one in a long time...but I am loving my Unity stamps and I thought I would join in (hoping to take the time to participate in many challenges this year if life doesn't get in the way)...this was based on a sketch, but varies slightly to meet the requirements of the person who requested this card instead of being exactly sketch worthy...hopefully it is close enough to qualify...it is rectangular instead of square and my hearts are beer glasses....

#1 - 2015 - something new

happy new year to everyone!  This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use something new....this is the first time that I have used this camera die and I think it is quite cute...just happened to have this camera paper in a kit I bought and it matches perfectly to the heart in the middle of the camera...like it was meant to be...here's to a new year with lots of new crafting projects...hoping to get 365 done again this year...that is always my challenge....