Oh the Places You Will Go..............

 After the pandemic is over!!  The crew at Shopping Our Stash is asking where you want to go when it's over? Easy one although I was over-thinking the prompt and finally settled on something just a tad easier.  For me I'm not interested in travelling, I have travelled a bit, Mexico, a cruise and Florida a few times, but there is one place I will be going. 

The Beach!! well to the cottage, sand and water and cool drinks 

I used one of my favourite stamps from House Mouse designs,  After making two "green" cards I needed some bright pink.  I cut the frame with Gina Marie Designs wonky rectangles.  Put wink of stella on the drink and fan, the sentiment is from a beach set of AI girlfriends.

Close up of the sentiment, still can't see the sparkle though. 

I am entering this in:

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Always Anything Goes Option Geometric shapes..

I guess a rectangle frame is a geometric shape. 

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out the places the rest of the design team want to go, 

If you are looking for my post for Christmas Kickstart click HERE.

Z is for Zebra

Designed by our very own Lindsey!!

A new challenge is up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers and it's Z ia for Zebra (much easier that last year's Z).

Well I had no Zebra stamps and no zebra paper so the best I could come up with was me in a Zebra bathing suit and a splash of ribbon, I didn't even have snark for the front but wait till you "turn the page" I used an image from Art Impressions I used a cloud embossing folder on the blue layer. I love all my "Girlfriends", when I showed it to a friend of mine she said it looks like our group of ladies. 

Stamped and coloured a second umbrella and popped it up.

My plan was to have a snarky saying on the inside but my set of snarky stamps seems to be in that safe spot where we all like to put things. I searched for somthing comparable in the "stash" I have brought to the lake but there was nothing here. Besides it's too flipping hot to be searching, I'll wait until mornng when it is cooler.

Thanks for visiting today and thee is plenty of snark on the Main Blog to go around, check it out.

Is It Summer Yet???????

After the Winter Blues Shopping Our Stash is wondering if it's SUMMER yet?  For this fortnight we want to see you use something summer/bright and cheery/warm on your project.  Since I make Christmas/Winter cards all year long it's really hard to switch gears to make a summer card but with the help of my dear friend Maxwell I got it together.

Of course I used a stamp from my favourite company, House Mouse Designs,  The patterned paper is from a DCWV 4 1/2 X 6 pack I have had so long I have no idea when or where I bought it, it's probably somewhere 5 to 10 years old. I have 7 different packs for all occasions even Halloween.

I added several coats of wink of stella to the beach ball to give it  some sparkle.

The inside just waiting for a sentiment, I decided to leave it "generic" although I usually send more Birthday cards.

I'm adding this to:

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Anything goes.

Thanks for visiting today, head over to the main blog and see what "summer" creations the rest of the design team has made. 

Headed To The Beach!!!

It's Mimi's turn to pick the challenge for Shopping Our Stash and she chose Headed to the Beach, evidently her weather is much nicer than mine here in SWO as we have been waking to snow and cold so I know I'm not going to be at the beach until it's warmer.  I went to my favourite stamp store for my image for the challenge....House Mouse Designs, I really just went to my room and found it.

Isn't this a cute scene, the little mousie playing beach ball with a crab.  As you see I'm still in my blue and lime phase, I hope it phases out soon.  I haven't use this image and had it for a couple of years, the papers were also a couple of years old, it's also time to re-order pacific point cardstock. I added the one lonely seashell brad as it was my last one and a cute green sand pail brad both from the Eyelet Outlet Store. 

I found a couple of clouds sitting on my table I don't even know how long ago I die cut them and why were they still on my table, best I start cleaning the table off when I'm done crafting lol. like that might happen. Don't look too close but I see there are a few spots to touch up on the beach ball, funny they are so noticeable when you take a picture and they are not IRL.  I also added some stickles to the lines to show the motion of the ball.

Carried the patterned paper to the inside and added a sentiment from Stampworks.

Thanks for stopping by today and head over to the MAIN BLOG check out the rules and see the beachy cards the rest of the design team have made.

Just Chillin' and Relaxin" at Shopping Our Stash

It's August and time to do some Chillin' and Relaxin' at Shopping Our Stash, August 15 is National Relaxation Day!! and we are celebrating with project showing what is relaxing to you.  I find colouring is very relaxing for me and I often have images coloured ahead and of course when I'm at the cottage I totally relax and take walks along the beach. So for this challenge I have a beach scene.

I used an image from House Mouse Designs and now seeing it a picture I should have used a lighter brown for the sand, you can hardly see the three super cute mice. 

By the time I finished my card the shadows were getting long and I had trouble with taking the picture, while I was taking it a super adorable golden lab was trotting over to see what I was doing but his owner called him back and he obeyed. 

Thanks for visiting today and don't forget to head over to the Main Blog and check out what is relaxing to the rest of the Design Team.

Remembering Summer continues for another week at The Cheerful Stamp Pad.

Last long weekend of the summer, school starts on Tuesday and I will start bowling today, it seems just like we had our end of bowling luncheon and now it's time to start again.  This will be my last post for The Cheerful Stamp Pad, Vicki is taking a well deserved rest from challenges I will keep you posted if she restarts the challenge blog.  On with the challenge, the theme is Remembering summer and the sponsor for the challenge is Little blue Button Stamps check them out, cute images and some freebies.

I chose Miss Lily on the beach image, I fussy cut most of the image but cut the base with a classic oval die, I had a "failed" iwatercoloured background on my table and thought wow that will make a nice background for Miss Lily, it was just large enough to cut with the classic oval, I then flat attached the image.

Close up of the sweet image and the background,

Wasn't sure what sentiment I would use so it's blank and yes I know the patterned paper is upside down. 

Thanks for stopping by today and I would love to see your idea of Remembering summer is, so add your project to the Cheerful Stamp Pad.

Challenge #119 at The Cheerful Stamp Pad is ~~ Remembering Summer

Happy Friday!! are you looking forward to the weekend? You can tell fall is in the air as all the Fall Fairs are in full swing. I entered some cards at our local fair which is this week.  Little Blue Button Stamps is the sponsor for the challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad.  We were given some cute images to play with and they also have freebies on  the blog. I used a free image from the blog, it certainly looked like she is remembering Summer. I chose pink tones for my card as for me that is a summer colour. My friend Jessi was the sketch designer at Tuesday Morning sketches and I thought it would work for my image although my focal point was a circle, here is what I did for the challenge.

Isn't she just the perfect "remembering" picture? The sentiment I used is the summer stamp of a set of four seasons stamps from Hero Arts, they are probably discontinued as they are over 10 years old.

Close up of the lovely image.

I would like to enter this in:

Tuesday Morning sketches #315 as you see I flipped it.

Thanks for stopping by today and I would love to see how you Remember Summer.

Are you Ready for a Sketch? Clear it out has one!!!

The theme at Clear it Out Tuesday is a Sketch. Heat over to the blog to get all the details and check out what my teamies have made for your inspiration. the sponsor is Stamp Art by Kathryne. The image I chose for the challenge is Lizzie sunbathing at the lake.

I flipped the sketch I coloured the image with my copics and used scraps of patterned paper

Here is the sketch

I hope you can find time to have some fun with the sketch.

Flower detail and silver cord

Inside of the card.
Thanks for stopping by today and if you like our sketch I hope you will give it a try and  add it to the Clear it Out bog link so we can ooh and aah over it.

Weekend Activities Week 2 of Challenge #89

This is the second week of the Weekend Activities challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad. I hope you can find some time to join us in the challenge. The sponsor is Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet/BB Kakes, super cute images and here is the one I chose for the challenge.

The image is called Want to Play, isn’t she adorable?  I was at Wall-Mart (Canada) last night and found a 6 x 6  patterned cardstock pad for $4.97, not that I really needed it but all of the patterns I will used. As you can see I’m taking pictures on the deck rail al==which is great as long as the wind is calm.The background paper has gray in it so I chose to use basic gray for the base and a layer.

The inside isn’t finished yet I need to decide what one I will use it  only takes a couple of minutes to finish, my picture taking really lacks today since there is a strip of the patterned paper on the bottom of the inside.
I am entering this in Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper challenge for Jun I hope I can get it in on time.
Thanks for looking  today and have a great week.

At the Lake………………

I just had to use this cute little Happy Hopper from House Mouse Designs since the challenge at House Mouse and Friend Monday challenge Blog is “splish splash” and it ends Saturday I needed to take the time to “get’er done” Again I’m still at the lake with limited supplies there is no sentiment on the inside.

 

I brought three embossing folders and only oval dies, I used the tulip border folder and my Nellie Snellen plain ovals.

Here is a close up of the bunny and his lemonade, I coloured the fish on the tube, the duckie and the lemonade with spica glitter pens.

Again the semi finished inside, I only have the warm regards set with me and a grad sentiment as I am supposed to be finishing a couple of graduation cards again a broken record here.,……left coloured inks at home. We are heading back to home today but coming back tomorrow for the weekend.
Challenges I am entering this in are:
House Mouse and Friends Monday challenge blog ~~~splish=splash
Gruffies and Guests Anything goes with the option of Spring
Thanks for Stopping by today and I hope you have a creative Thursday.

The Colour Purple………no not the movie it’s a challenge

At Clear it Out Tuesday the theme is a colour challenge and that colour is purple, the stash item is purple things. The sponsor for the challenge is Lacy Sunshine, so many new awesome digis there, you just have to go have a peek. Check out the Facebook page, you get to see the new ones as they are done lots of inspiration too, you will find it HERE.
I was hoping for warmer weather when I chose Eleanor Tubing as my digi for the Purples challenge, it sure would be nice to have some warm weather but this week it is going to be rain, rain and more rain

 

Isn’t she just adorable in her purple swim suit and floating around on the inner tube? I used two shades of purple for my card, I embossed clouds on the light purple layer. Added some purple sheer ribbon.

Here is a close up of Eleanor’s adorable face.

Inside of the card semi finished, i used the same embossing folder  and I die cut the happy birthday added the flower (glued the sentiment too far over)  there are always ways to correct a tiny error now the big ones are a little more difficult lol.
I am entering this in:
Lacy Sunshine challenge Blog challenge #32 use your favourite colour combination. My favourite colour is Purple and I love doing monochromatic cards.
Thanks for looking today and dig into those purple things and play along with Clear it Out Tuesday for the challenge. Check out the rules and remember it ends next Monday night at 8 p.m. EDT. while there have a look at the great inspiration the rest of the team have made.

Finally my card for the Clear it Out Tuesday Challenge

What a week, Monday evening I went to my e-mail program and I was expecting a notification of a delivery and there was an e-mail about a delivery……….sadly it was a fake virus protection that immediately locked everything up. It took over the Avira and the Malebytes programs. My mail and both browsers. Long story short it needed some work. Took it in Tuesday and picked it up this morning. Now I’m paranoid about my mail. The tech said it was one he hadn’t seen before. I have a blackberry playbook which kept me up to date.
The challenge at Clear it Out Tuesday is “Summer Vacation” your stash item is Rub ons or Stickers. What an easy peasy challenge.The sponsors for the challenge are Bugaboo, The Stamping chef and our newest sponsor Lacy Sunshine Stamps. All the information about the challenge and prizes are on the Clear it Out blog, when you are there check out all the other design team members cards.

My image is from Bugaboo, it’s been so long I can’t remember the name of the digi. I thought he was a cool character and it reminded me of being at the lake. My stash item is the Rub-on from a “chit chat” package at least 3 years old and not many were used. Summer is a left over from another challenge along with the flip-flop background paper and is from McMahon Five Designs.
Thanks for checking out my blog today. Head over to Clear it Out Tuesday and join in the fun. lets see your idea of Summer Vacation.

The Cheerful Stamp Pad Challenge….A Tag

The challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad is to make a tag and the sponsor is McMahon Five Designs. Head over to the blog and check out the inspiration that the other DT members have done.
The background paper for the tag is from McMahon five  as is the  image and  the sentiment. I knew I wanted to use the sentiment as one of my favourite band is the Beatles, I have a lot of their cds and listen to them when I can (hubby is an Elvis fan).

I finally used my Tim Holtz movers and shakers Tag and bookplates die and cut the turquoise and the printed paper, I cut the print down as to show the backing. I used the bookplate for the bottom part of the sentiment. I didn’t think to bring fibres with me to use for the “tail” on the tag but had some cotton yarn so I cut lengths and then unravelled it.
Supplies
Image, patterned paper and sentiment….McMahon Five Designs
Cardstock…..Turquoise, Crushed Curry and GP white.
Accessories…..TH Tag & bookplate die, Spellbinders circles, brads
                             Cotton yarn, pop dots
Thanks for stopping by today and hope you can get crafty and make us a TAG.

A Day at the Beach…..with Clear it Out Tuesday

Yes I’ve been at the lake for the weekend and it’s hot, hot, hot. but then again it would be just as hot at home. Hubby said the water is lovely but cool which means I’m not going in.
This is the second week of the Paper Piecing challenge using your paper stash at Clear it Out Tuesday check out the requirements for entering the challenge all the information is on the blog. The same two sponsors again this week so two chances to win, QKR Stampede, and Digi Darla Designs both have fabulous digis. Last week I used a QKR stampede image so this week I used one from Digi Darla Designs, I picked a seaside image just because I was at the cottage for the weekend, I was working on a couple of cards, I try to remember everything I need but as you know by my other posts there is always something missing, This week I brought my rectangle nestabilities the large set of plain ones, and the small set of scalloped ones, after I cut the pieces I noticed duh. Anyway here is what I came up with for inspiration.

Supplies
Image seashore from Digi Darla Designs
Cardstock…..GP white, Crumb cake, Pacific Point
Patterned paper…from the never ending scraps of my stash I did the umbrella and the bag.
Spellbinders large plain and small scalloped rectangles
Embellishments…..rhinestones and baker’s twine.

Challenges I'm entering this in:
Digi Darla "At the Beach" you will find the challenge HERE at their new challenge blog.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you find some time to do some paper piecing and add your project to the Clear it Out challenge Blog.

Surfin’ U.S.A. with Poppi Penguin

Hi there, this is the second week of the Karaoke song challenge at  Clear it Out I hope you will come over and join in the fun. The image I chose from Bugaboo stamps was Poppi Surf, as soon as I saw it thought of the Beach Boys and Surfin’ U.S.A.  I coloured Poppi with pencil crayons and oms and coloured the sunglasses with a spica glitter pen, .I also used paper glaze on the lenses of the glasses.  Although it doesn’t show in the picture the white stripe on the surfboard was coloured with a clear spica glitter pen.
What I used from my stash was the blue cardstock, the last of that colour and the white fleur dis lis die cut was from the white cardstock left from cutting  out the image.
                             
You still have time  to join the challenge at Clear it Out and perhaps win some digis from Bugaboo Stamps
                                 
"Always do what you are afraid to do."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

What I Did This Summer Challenge at Drunken Stampers

Yahoo the Drunken Stamper’s Challenge Blog is back from summer hiatus They decided to change the challenges from every week to every two weeks, the second and the fourth Saturday of the month. Woks for me really well too.
Of course I used one of my favourite rodent stamps, called Friendly Breeze from House Mouse Stamps. You will see a lot of these as I have a HUGE collection, I think I could stamp every day for 3 months and never have a repeat. Here is what I did this summer.
                      
A lot o my crafting is done at the cottage and  love to take pictures on the railing of the porch.  As you can see it’s another “pink” card, llove prety in pink, the dp is from a stack pack  It made me think of a picnic blanket. The pink lacy piping I got at one of the many yard sales we go to in the summer.Thanks  for having a peek at my summer and drop in to the Drunken Stampers Challenge Blog and try a challenge.
There isn't a person anywhere who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can. Henry Ford