#47 and 48- black white and one other

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use black and white and only one other colour.  This is not a colour combo I use frequently, but I thought I would play with some teal sparkly embossing powder and these stamps...play along with us, will you?

#37-46 - no ink

The challenge this week at Shopping our Stash is to use no ink on your project.  This was a fun challenge for me as I realized I almost always use some sort of ink on my project. I decided I would go simplistic with these cards and cut up one sheet of paper that had all square sentiments on it and used coordinating papers to make 9 quick birthday cards. I blinged them up a little with some stickles and left them at that.  Play along, will you?

#36 - a vintage Christmas

This week's challenge at the Jingle Belles is my most feared and least skilled challenge...using vintage items to make a card...but it wouldn't be a challenge if it wasn't hard and I am always envious of Lauren's ability to make vintage magnificent...so I played along..I don't have much vintage in my stash, but I think I made it work.

#35 - Easter bunny

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is called here comes Peter cotton tail - you need to do something Easter related on your card - bunnies, chocolate eggs etc.  I chose this little cutie as he just called to be used...all papers were from the scrap bucket on my desk...play along will you?

#34 - sounds of Christmas

I played along with the Jingle Belles this week and their prompt is to sing a song of Christmas this week by using something musical on your card.  I had this music paper in my scrap bucket and thought it would be perfect for this card.  Everything on this card is from scraps as I am determined to use up the bucket this year.

#32 - 33 put a bird on it

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to put a bird on it...I got these hipster birds a while back and thought I would crack them out and introduce them to some ink.  I used a stencil on the first one and the second is just a bonus using the scraps from the shaker card and background, so it's a twofer.  Play along with is, will you?

#31- fashion statement

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use a dress on your project...I am not sure if this counts - I think a Kimono is like a dress?? but I had these stickers that have been sitting in my stash for years and I wanted to get them used up.  Play along with us, will you?

#29-30 - itty bitty Christmas

I played along with the Jingle Belles this week and they are focusing on an itty bitty Christmas...using inchie and twinchies...I decided to combine the two and did inchie on one side and twinchie on the other...I thought they turned out kind of cute, especially because all the pieces were in my scrap bucket...

#28 - who0's birthday is it?

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use stencils...you can use them however you like...glitter, bling, paste, tracing or ink...whatever comes to mind.  I used this polkadot stencil that I have had forever and not taken out of the package until today...I used four colours of oxide inks that blend so fabulously that the stencil didn't move and you can't even tell where one colour starts and one ends.  Play along with us, will you?

#27 - home sweet home

 This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is home sweet home - make a project with a house or home on it...mine could be called gnome sweet gnome...I just had to use this little mushroom house with the gnomes on it when I saw the challenge...play along with us, will you?

#15 - You stamped with what???

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use something unusual to stamp with.  I used a piece of chipboard that I had embossed which was a remnant from another project I had done and was sitting on the top of my trash can....I inked it up with oxide inks and thought it made a pretty cool background...play along with us, will you?

#16-26 - A colouring we will go

I decided to join in this week's challenge at the Jingle Belles...this time to use colouring in their challenge.  I have been loving this card design lately and blasted out 10 Christmas cards with it...I have also done get well and birthday (with wedding and sympathy being worked on this week)...it is so simple yet effective and easily uses up all my scraps of paper that are pretty but small and I just can't throw out.

#13 & 14 - getting sporty

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to get sporty. The olympics are on their way and we are asking you to use something sports related on your project...doesn't have to be olympic...any sport will do, just get into the sporty spirit.  Play along with us, will you?

#12 - be my valentine

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to show some love...make a Valentine's Day project...use hearts..red..lovey dove sentiments...romantic...funny...doesn't matter...just play along.  I went for the pun valentine because that is just my favourite type...I am not all into that mushy gushy valentine stuff...play along with us, will you?

#10 & 11 -text me

This week's challenge at the Jingle Belles is to use text on your project.  I loved this die so much I bought it twice by accident.  So I had to use it and decided to make two cards to use both of them lol. My momma will be happy because she will acquire this as she gets all my duplicates.  She is getting a bit of a collection that way.

#9 -happy birthday

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to make a birthday card...that is by far my favourite type of card to make...always happy - I thought I would sparkle up this card and make it fun. I used all scrap papers and christened some dies and stamps that haven't yet seen paper.... Play along with us, will you?

#8 - getting sentimental

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to make the sentiment the focal point for your card or project...I am hoping mine worked out to be like that... I did some lighter stamping underneath and heat embossed the sentiment for it to stand out in real life...not sure if it is captured in the photograph or not, but I tried....play along with us, will you?

#5-#7 - trio of snowmen

in keeping with my resolution this year, I am once again playing with the jingle belles...wahoozle, two for two - or should I say three?  Their challenge is to use three of something on a card...I chose snowmen, but also chose to do three cards to keep up with the name of the challenge...so much fun...

#4 - something old and something new

This week's challenge at shopping our stash is to use something really old from your stash and something new that you have.  This card is a good mix of both...the alcohol inks were one of my first purchases...before I even knew what they were for...the silver paper and the circle die were purchases that I received last week and my goal is to get everything new used at least once by the time it reaches 3 months in my house...hoping to keep up on that...play along with us, will you?

#2-#3 look what Santa brought

So I have decided as part of my New Year's crafty resolution that I am going to use my stamps and things in ways that may not be the traditional format so they get more use.  And I am going to try to play along with the Jingle Belles (and actually link up to the challenges - because I am a closet player and don't usually link).  Santa brought me this cute little valentines dinosaur from Lawn Fawn and I saw it done similarly in a group I am in as a valentine card...I thought I could case it into a bit of a Christmas card and seeing as how we are already in a water colour theme at Shopping our Stash, I decided to continue with it as I could use the practice and the supplies were already out....