This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is always a hard one for me - Masculine cards. I almost always end up adding bling or sparkle or something to make the card more glitzy and I did so one this one too...nothing better than some glitter pooches. The bricks were done by embossing white paper and adding several colours of ink overlapping to make them look aged. Play along with us. will you?
This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is "time for a hot drink" - use a hot beverage on your project. I am always game for a trip to Starbucks for a half sweet white chocolate mocha and this card sure gives off those kind of vibes. Play along with us, will you?
This week's challenge at Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers is to use a critter on your project. I am not really sure if a balloon animal is considered a critter worldwide, but here in my craft lair it totally is :). Play along with us, will you?
This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is birds of a feather and the challenge is how it sounds - use a bird or birds, feathers or any combination of the two. I have had this parrot sitting around for a long while and have decided it needed to be on a card - so it now is. Play along with us, will you?
This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is all about Halloween - using the traditional colours of orange, black, green and or purple or use a halloween image. I chose to make a gel plate background with different spooky oranges and black and use a trick-or-treating halloween dog. Play along with us, won't you?
This week's challenge at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is Halloween - this little ghostie is hauntingly cute and is enjoying trick-or-treating on a dark October night. Play along will you?
This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is called Leafing it up to you and we are using leaves on our projects. It can be fall or any other season or any type of leaf. Play along will you?
This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use something that you have a lot of and really don't want to admit how much you truly have of that item. My craft room is full to the brim right now and I certainly don't need more hot foil, hot foil plates, stamps, dies or paper. So I have been on a mission to try and use some of the supplies up and not hoard them. Play along with us, will you?
This week's challenge at the Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers is A is for Autumn. I am not looking forward to the end of summer because that means winter is on the way but it was only +7 this morning so I know it is inevitable and almost here. The only bonus is it is time to pull out the cool weather sweaters - hence the card. Play along with us, will you?
This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to make a card for Just Because day - and send it for no particular reason. I chose this fun stamp and decided it was due to see ink for the first time. The little bees I picked up ages ago at dollarama and have decided they need to get used up. Play along with us, will you?
This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is a colour challenge...I always find these challenges fun as it makes me think outside of the box and look through my stacks of paper to find something that meets the requirements. Play along with us, will you?
This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use balloons on your project - either hot air or party - you choose how you want to float away. I chose a hot air balloon because we are seeing a lot of them around here at this time of year...play along with us, will you?
This week's challenge at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is summer....something that is much too short here. We are in August and the days are already getting noticeably shorter....a sign of wintry things to come...at least we have been in the +30's for the last two weeks and the rain has finally stopped. Play along with us, will you?
This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is summer and we want you to celebrate this awesome season. This year for us, summer only seems to have showed up in this last week. We have been cool and rainy on a daily basis since May and it is getting old quick. This week we have had some heat and sunshine and I am loving it! Play along with us, will you?
This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use this sketch to make your project. I took quite a literal interpretation of it and this is what I came up with. Play along with us, will you?
This week's challenge at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is D for diet...my absolute favourite tool to use is a die cut machine...love the little bits and pieces and glueing them all together. Play along with us, won't you?
This week's challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is to make a project depicting the outdoors. Seeing as how the snow here may have melted (and hopefully stays away) yard work is the next thing on the maintenance list...play along will you?
This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is to make a Mother's Day card or a card for a special lady in your life. I am lucky to have my mom (and 3 mother-in-laws - yay) to make cards for so this is one of the ones I completed. Play along with us, will you?
This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is April showers - do a project for a baby or bridal shower. We haven't had any showers here yet but spring is almost sprung so it should happen any day!! Play along with us, will you?
The challenge for Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers this time around is fancy folds. I put four folds into my card because it rounded out four letter words well...play along with us, will you?
