#83 - 95 pretty packaging

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is all about the packaging - I saw a design on Doodlebug Designs for keurig K cups and had to copy it...changed it up a bit by adding a little box of chocolates as a tree trunk...I made these for all the coffee lovers around us (I actually made 12 of them and it took me about 8 hours to make them all...but they are super cute)...hoping they like them...they are kind of like a coffee advent calendar...play along with us, will you?

#82 - paper strip art

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use the Bargello technique...this is something I have not really played with before...but I had all these "party" coloured scraps laying in my scrap basket so I figured I would play around with it...ended up a little crooked, I am sure there is a better technique to assemble than what I used, but it was fun none the less...play along with us, will you?

#80-81 warm and fuzzy

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is "warm and Fuzzy" - do something that makes you feel warm and fuzzy...I went for warm for the scarf and fuzzy because I made these reindeer sparkly and fuzzy in real life...sparkle fluff all the way..what a time consuming and finicky project but so cute in the end...play along with us, will you?

#79 - front and centre

I dug deep into the scrap bucket on my desk this week for our Shopping our Stash challenge - to use something sittingon your desk...what a great challenge to use up scraps that are just sitting there staring you down and making you feel guilty by cutting into new paper when the old stuff is just sitting there taunting ...

#78 - giving thanks




This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is "gobble till you wobble or to give thanks" - I chose the thank you card as we have already had thanksgiving here in Canada and I don't usually give out turkey cards on that holiday.  It just so happens that my daughter came home from school on Friday and let me know that she is on the welcoming committee at school and volunteered to bring the thank you cards to the veterans coming for the Rememberance day service at the school on Thursday.  The teacher was giving her instructions on getting the thankyou cards at the dollar store and she promptly let him know that her mom makes cards and that a hand made card is a gazillion times nicer to get than a card from a dollar store...then she volunteered me to make them...lol...according to her they had to have poppies for rememberance day and lots of texture but they had to be good for a girl or a boy...(I tweaked a card I saw online from a Unity girl somewhere. Not sure who but I loved the style and thought I would add a bit to it).she wasn't sure how many were needed so I made 6 just in case...thanks for looking

#73 - home sweet home

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use a house on your project - all of the items used to make this card were kit leftovers that I had to get through....trying to use up all my bits and pieces in little card projects...play along, will you?

#72 - 76 - trees of three

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use 3 trees in your project....I love this die and I thought it was so multifunctional for different types of masculine cards that I whipped up a few different type of cards with one pattern - play along with us, will you?

#71 - hey ghoulfriend

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to make something to do with Halloween - I chose the mad scientist because what is more halloweeny that a secret potion being mixed up in a lab?  play along with us, will you?

#70 - all about the colours

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is all about the colours..make your project based on the colour palette below....this was my version of the colour chart...hope you like it and want to play along this week...

#69 - think pink Christmas

I've joined in the Challenge at the Jingle Belles as they are running their annual pink challenge for Christmas again this year...the girls there donate money to breast cancer for every card entered, so here is my donation to the cause:

Join in for this awesome cause, will you?

#68 - birds of a feather

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is called "birds of a feather" - please use a bird or feather - or both - on your project....I stamped these Tim Holtz birds on grey for a different look - the card is for someone who is "over the hill", so the grey and black was necessary - play along with us, will you?

#67 - apple for the teacher

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to to use fruits or veggies on your projects...as summer is not quite over here (even though technically it is - but we don't want to wish winter here too quickly) I thought I would use strawberries...play along with us, will you?

#66 - fairies and angels

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is pretty self explanatory...use fairies or angels in your project....I have used all scraps off of my work desk for this one...kind of glad because I was sort of tired of looking at that particular sheet of patterned paper...it was mocking me for a while so I had to chop it up...lol...play along with us, will you?

#65 - cut and paste

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is "cut and paste" - using dies and stencils - but no stamping...I die cut this flower out of foam along with the words, but cut out a second one in cardstock to paint over with water colours as a stencil...then glammed it up a little with some wink of stella sparkly ink...play along with us, will you?

#64 - farm animals

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use farm animals on your project...I love these littlel cows and they are my go to farm animal...play along with us, will you?

#63 -try something new

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to try a new technique...I recently purchased some colourbursts and was trying a sunset type background....It was so fun to play with...two very similar cards with two totally different evening sky looks...play along with us, will you?

#62 - stand up and be counted

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to stand up and be counted...or use numbers on your project...I made a couple of flip card to showcase this awesome number paper - play along with us will you?

#61- what's the good word?

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use word dies on your project...right now I am saying Cheers to you from somewhere in England...hope you are having a great summer and want to play along...

#60 - card shark

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use a card on your project...I didn't use a real card but I used these card images from some project life leftovers....please play along...

#59 - silhouettes

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use silhouettes...made this card for a friend at work who has a family member that is quite sickly...she loves cats so I made here a series of 6 cat cards to send her weekly as motivational cards...she loved this one...play along with us, will you?