SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #136 - F is for Family

Hello and welcome snarky friends!

The new challenge at the
SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS
is all about the F word.
No, not that F word! I mean FAMILY!
I decided to use one of the few remaining Wild Cards I've been
hoarding from October Afternoon. Even used an older We Art Memory Keepers
paper collection called Family Keepsake to tie it all together.
Here's my card:

...and of course some snark on the inside.

The inside was printed out on my computer. I thought it a perfect
pairing to that Wild Card. LOL!

Now it's your turn to show us what family means to you and link up
at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! If you need more
inspiration, simply check out the blogs of my Sisters and our
reigning Queen and GD, Michelle, to see what fabulous family
formulations they've fabricated!
Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a great day!

ETA: Sorry for the delay in posting. This was drafted ahead of time and I 
forgot to hit the publish button before leaving last week on vacation.
Sadly, we have left the beach behind and are now back to reality. Sigh...

Supplies:

DP: WRMK - Family Keepsake

CS: Neenah; Darice

Accessories: October Afternoon- Modern Homemaker Wild Card; GC; Lawn Fawn - scalloped rectangle die; Fiskars - corner rounder; computer & printer

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #93 L is for Lost and Found

Hey there snarky peeps!

So I guess my Sisters and I at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS

have been stumping you all with the last couple of challenges.

(But isn't that the point of a challenge?)

So hopefully with this new one: L is for Lost and Found, we 

can get you to come back to the fold, as it were. LOL!

This fortnight, we challenge you to resurrect

something you used to do or use. Perhaps a technique you loved

to do, but haven't done it in years. Or maybe you bought

that "must have crafting tool" but it's been sitting neglected 

in a drawer for a few years. Now is a perfect time to

try your hand at it again!

(Please be sure to let us know what your Lost and Found thing is!)

For my card, I dug in a drawer and found my Sew Easy tool.

Remember those?

I used the blanket stitch piercer around the edge of my main panel.

(Obviously, I still need to master this tool, as seen by the crappy

sewing all around, especially at the corners. LOL!)

I tried this paint swiping tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers and love it! The

image was one that I colored when I was on vacation a couple weeks ago. I really

like how the purple background makes this doggy walking faerie pop.

So, now it's your turn. Break out those long lost tools, that paper collection

you had to have and never used, that one technique you did all the time but 

haven't tried in ages. We'd love to see what you create. Just link up

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers so we can admire it!

Thanks for visiting. Now go forth and get your craft on!

I'd like to enter this at:

Craft Stamper Magazine Take It Make It September challenge

Mix It Up challenge #5 - ATG (no twist this time)

Supplies:

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps - faerie from plate 1474, She was a freaky little thing #19684

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Crafter's Companion; Strathmore Mixed Media paper; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Ranger - Glossy Accents & Crystal Stickles; DecoArt - Americana Acrylic paints - dioxazine purple, purple pizzazz; DecoArt Media - carbon black acrylic

paint & Modeling Paste; TH - sponge tool; TH- burlap stencil; paint brush; water mister; DMC floss; 

WRMK- Sew Easy tool; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Scotch foam tape

SHOPPING OUR STASH #277 Gobble 'til you Wobble

Hello crafty friends! We have a new challenge starting today at SHOPPING OUR STASH! With the American Thanksgiving Day holiday fast approaching, the SOS gals challenge you to make either a Thanksgiving Day or a Thank You card or project! Yep, choices! You'd think with that subtitle, I'd have made a Turkey Day card. Nope. A Thank You card it was:

 and the inside:

I won this paper pad and the accompanying tags 3 years ago? 4 years ago? And of course, I'm a hoarder, so I've barely cut into the paper. I used one piece of paper and one tag from the collection. It was rough. After I cut the patterned paper, I thought the card base needed something, so I used an Autumn themed background stamp with Antique Linen Distress Ink on it. I used some ancient string and some star sequins from 'I have no idea', that were screaming at me to be used, so I did. ☺

So now it's your turn. Have some fun and make a Turkey Day or Thank you card or project! Be sure to link up at Shopping Our Stash so we can admire it! For more inspiration, do check out what my teammies, and our Guest Designer, Cornelia, have made for your viewing pleasure. It would be great if you left them some crafty lovin on their blogs! 

Just a reminder: We are looking for Guest Designers! If you wish to be considered for our GD in December, simply leave a "DT" after your name when you link up! It's so easy even a caveman could do it! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Case this Sketch #197

AAA Cards #77 - Thanks/Thanksgiving

The Paper Players #320 - Thankful

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampendous - Autumn Words; MFT - Essential Sentiments

Ink: Ranger DI - Antique Linen; Memento - Rich Cocoa

DP & tag: WRMK - Autumn Splendor

CS: Darice

Accessories: mystery string and star sequins from my stash

Adhesives: SA by 3L - 3D & Thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

JUST US GIRLS #304 - Word Week

Hello and a good Saturday to you! It's Word Week at JUST US GIRLS! Maria is your hostess this week, and she's picked the word AUTUMN for you to get creative with. Can you believe it's the first of August today?!!! Where did the summer go?!!! (Ok, so technically it's still summer, but August usually means back to school shopping and leaves start to turn colors.) With turning leaves in mind, that's what I visioned for my card:

 Here's the inside:

I started by stamping my card base with the sentiment in the lower corner, then using Versa Mark ink, I randomly stamped 4 different leaf stamps all around. I die cut two squares: the larger from DP and smaller from beige card stock. Before I took the die cut out of the die, I sponged over the edges with vintage photo DI. I inked up the largest leaf stamp from the set in a yellow ink, then going around the edges with orange and brown inks, before stamping on white card stock and fussy cutting. I went over the veins with crystal Stickles for a bit of sparkle. Once dry it was popped up on foam squares.

I hope you get the chance to play along this week at Just Us Girls! While there, please check out the amazing creations the other gals made to inspire you! Also, a big warm welcome to our August Guest Designer - Karen Bourke! I can't wait to see all the fun stuff you'll be creating with us this month! 

Just a reminder, if you are chosen as Chic of the Week for any of our August challenges, you'll be in the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of October! Good luck and now go forth and get your craft on! LOL! 

Supplies: Stamps: Cloud 9 Designs - Leaves; Paper Smooches - Autumn Groves; Hero Arts - Celebrate Everyday

Ink: Versa Mark; Memento - Tuxedo Black, Cantaloupe, Tangelo, Rich Cocoa; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo

DP: WRMK - Autumn Splendor

CS: Darice

Accessories: GC; MFT - Zig Zag Stitched Squares Die-Namics; Ranger - Crystal Stickles

SHOPPING OUR STASH #190 - From a Jar

Hello and welcome to another fun challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH! As that catchy title suggests, we'd like you to A.) use anything that came from a jar (flower soft, glitter, perfect pearls, embossing powder, etc.), or B.) use a jar image, or C.) decorate a jar! The choice is yours. I chose to use a jar image on my card:

I saw a card that Heidi Van Laar made (her blog is no longer there so I can't link it, but Google her name and check out her Pinterest cards. It's there) and that I felt compelled to case...with my own spin on it. I took a scrap of felt, dabbed it on the Frost White ink pad and smeared it on my blue panel. I stamped the jar over that. I did some second generation stamping with one of the shadows and stamped that onto the strip of checkered paper, then stamped the jar again onto to that. (as if it's sitting on a picnic table!) I stamped the firefly a couple times. The last one I did some stamp kissing so I could get a mirrored image. Using Prismacolor pencils, I colored in the firefly's butts ☺ and did some shading/highlighting on the jar. Even added some Stickles to the wings because glitter! A couple sentiments and I was done. Oh, I forgot to get a picture of the inside, but there's a Happy Birthday sentiment on it.

I hope you get the chance to play along this week at Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see what you created! Please take a moment to check out what my teammates came up with to inspire you - they are awesome! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Crystal Clear, Shadows, Happy Birthday
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Clearsnap - Frost White
DP: WRMK - Family Keepsake
CS: Darice
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils; Fiskars - corner rounder; Ranger - Crystal Stickles; scrap of felt
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #24 Y is for YUCK!

Welcome back from the chaos that is Christmas! I hope everyone had a wonderful time with family and friends! Just one more celebration to get thru (NYE) and then you can sit back and relax. ☺

For our next challenge at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS, we want you to use something in your crafty arsenal that you don't like! Have paper you can't stand? Use it! Some hideous embellishments? Use them! (Just let us know what it is!) Here's my card:

 Here's the inside:

My 'yuck' item is this card kit I won a few years ago. I found it buried at the bottom of one of my paper collection piles. (yeah, I have a few piles. I may be a paper hoarder. *cough cough *) I really don't like the colors or the homespun look of this kit. Sorry. But it was a quick card to make with all pieces included, so there ya go. ☺

Now it's your turn to create something with a 'yucky' item(s) from your stash! Be sure to link it up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers so we can see it. Please also check out what my Sisters and our newest Guest Designer, Veerle, have created for your viewing pleasure! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a great day! Happy New Year all!

Chris

Supplies

Stamps: Hero Arts - Everyday Sayings

Ink: Memento - Grey Flannel

Card Kit - WRMK - Family Keepsake

Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent 

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #20 - Thanks (for nothing)

Hello and happy Saturday to you! Are you all still suffering sugar shock from sneaking all that Halloween candy last night?! LOL! Well, the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS have a new challenge this fortnight, and it's all about THANKS! Simply make a Thank you or a Thanksgiving project. Easy peasy, huh? Here's what I made:

 Here's the inside:

Well, of course I had to have some snark on the inside! What cow wouldn't be thankful for turkeys this close to Thanksgiving Day?! LOL! Bessie here, is colored with SN markers, fussy cut and popped up with foam squares. I also added some Glossy Accents to her eyes. I used the center of the chain die cut that's on the front for the inside panel. Worked for me. ☺ Some alpha stickers finish it off nicely.

Ready to play along? Sure you are! Just link up your project at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers by 11:55 pm EST on November 14th. Please be sure to check out what my Sistahs, and our newest guest designer, Majo, have in store for you! Thanks for stopping by, and now, go forth and get your craft on! 

Chris

Supplies

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Green Acres, Many Thanks

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa, Tuxedo Black

DP: WRMK - Autumn Splendor

CS: Bazzill; Copic Xpress it

Accessories: Grand Calibur; Paper Smooches - Chains & Word Bubbles dies; Spectrum Noir markers; Ranger - Glossy Accents; Deja Views - alpha stickers

Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam squares; Scotch Scrapbooker's glue

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - Challenge #9: R is for Ribbon

Hello and good morning peeps! Today starts a new alphabet soup challenge at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS! The next two weeks is brought to you by the letter R - for Ribbon! We want you to use ribbon on your card or project!

 Easy, right?! Here's my card:

Here's the inside:

Yep. Went with snark! LOL! Love these Wild Cards from October Afternoon! They are a great jumping off point for when, like myself, you want a cheeky punch line on the inside of your card! Everything on this card is at least 2-3 years old, except for the yellow card stock. The gingham ribbon was part of some blog candy winnings a couple years ago from Barbara Anders. I glued a double row of ribbon on the bottom of the red panel - it kind of reminds me of an apron for some reason. :) For the inside, I used tiny alpha stamps and free-styled my sentiment. I like how the letters are all wonky and not lined up.

So what are you waiting for? Go make something that has some ribbon on it, be it a card or project, and link it up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! We can't wait to see what you create! If you get the chance, please stop by the blogs of my teammates and also our Guest Designer, Shoni Matney, to see what they made for this fun challenge! Thanks for hanging out and I hope you have a great day!

Challenges: Seize the Sketch #21

Chris
Supplies: 
Stamps: Studio G alphas
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: WRMK - Family Keepsakes
CS: Simon Says Stamp
Accessories: Ribbon won from Barb Anders; October Afternoon - Wild Cards
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam squares: Helmar 450 adhesive

Shopping Our Stash #143: Buttons and Bows

Hello and welcome to another fun challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH! This week, we want you to use buttons and bows on your projects! It's a no brainer! LOL! Here's what I came up with:

Here's the inside of my card:

I knew exactly what I wanted to do for this challenge, and, if I do say so myself, it came out pretty much the way I dreamed it up! My only roadblock was finding an orange and a violet button in my mason-jar-full-o-buttons. Not a one of either color. DOH!!  What's a crafty gal to do? Well, I knew you could color rhinestones with alcohol markers for a custom color. So I thunk to myself: Self, why not try that on some clear buttons? Yeah, totally worked!! I gave each button a double coating with my SN markers. (Crafty Tip: The more coats, the darker the color gets. Same goes for coloring rhinestones. FYI) After adhering the twine on the back side of the white panel, I tied bows on all the buttons. Using a toothpick, I dabbed Glossy Accents on the bows to keep them from unbowing, then more Glossy Accents to glue them down on the panel. When all was dry, I adhered the white panel using foam dots to the card base. On the inside, I stamped the sentiment and then thought it needed something more. (As I always do!), so I found and used that cute button stamp under it. (using 3 DI's and stamping off first on scrap paper before stamping on the card itself). Me likey!

So, think you're up to this challenge? I bet you are! Now go forth and crank out a project using buttons and bows and make sure you link up to SHOPPING OUR STASH! (How else are we supposed to OOH and AAH over your brilliance?!) Don't forget to check out what my teammies came up with too! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous day! Stay crafty my friends!

Chris
Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Spectrum, Digits, Needle Little Love
Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel; Ranger DI - Broken China, Wild Honey, Fired Brick
DP: WRMK - Family Keepsakes
CS: Darice
Accessories: Twine - Doodlebug, MS, MME; Buttons from my stash; SN markers
Adhesives: AC Foam dots; Recollections - red tape; Ranger - Glossy Accents

Merry Monday #98

Hello peeps! Thought I'd pop in with a card I made following the prompts from Merry Monday #98 - to add country charm with stitching and a button(s). Here's my take on the challenge:

Here's the inside:

Well, I figured plaid was pretty country, so I put a strip of that on my card. I dusted off my Sew Easy tool and used it to pierce the holes on both sides of the panel, and stitched with embroidery floss. (Because there is no way I could stitch that perfectly free hand!) I shopped my stash of stickers and found this dimensional sentiment - and it just about matched the red and green colors I used - Sweet! I die cut an oval and a scalloped oval and put them together. That star is a shank button - it even has stitching on it! SCORE! I tied a double bow behind it with more floss before I poked it through one of the scallops. Used some Helmar 450 on the back side to keep it from popping out. The oval is adhered to the card with foam squares. Some more paper and a stamped sentiment finishes the inside.

So, a funny story to share with you all. Yesterday I'm mopping the kitchen floor, and I accidentally stepped in a wet part of the floor. My slipper lost traction, I just about did the splits, and wiped out on my wrist. I'm ok, nothing broke. The only thing I hurt was my pride. ;) Today though, I feel like I ran a marathon without having stretched out first. Oh, and I don't run. Ever. It's not a pretty sight to behold. 

I leave you with that scenario running through your brain. LOL! Have a great day!

Chris

Supplies

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Christmas Sampler

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: MME - The Merry Days of Christmas (red); plaid scrap

CS: Bazzill (beige); Recollections (kraft)

Accessories: Grand Calibur; Std. Sm Oval & Classic Scalloped Oval Nesties; WRMK - Sew Easy tool; DMC floss; Michael's - sticker; shank button from my stash

Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam squares; Helmar 450 adhesive

Jive Turkey....

Hello friends and good morning! TGIF! I have a card I'd like to share. Did you know that there is a SPARKS DT call going on at Paper Smooches! Yay! This is one of the cards I created for it:

(Here's the finished inside:)

(My card is based off of this picture:)

I was inspired by the colors and the way the tree surrounds the VW. Sort of like the turkey body being surrounded by the feathers. (Do you see it?) I added a stripe to the feathers because when I Googled pictures of turkeys, both real and clip art, most had the stripe on the feathers. Sort of drives home that tunnel effect. (See what I did there? Drive? VW? LOL! I'm such a dork!) 

I did a bit of masking on this card. ☺ The cute turkey is colored with Spectrum Noir markers. I added photo corners before adhering onto paper that went perfectly with the colors of the picture, then my card base. Finished the inside and was done!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I've a couple more cards to post, so grab a drink and stick around if you can! 

Chris

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Jive Turkey, Shadows

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Gray Flannel

DP: WRMK - Autumn Splendor

Card stock: WRMK (orange); Copic X-press It

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Canson photo corners