unsupervised

 hello crafty stampers!

The lovely sisters at the sisterhood of snarky stampers have a new challenge this fortnight - #201 I is for Ink

I was wanting to do some stencilling and this challenge was right up my alley.

The seahorse from Darkroom Door Under the Sea was stamped 3 times using my Misti. 2 were in plain soft sea foam while the last seahorse has a multitude of distress oxide inks put on the stamp using a finger dauber, and stamped with each colour. Such a kaleidoscope of colour - like a naughty toddler getting into the inks! The seahorses were masked, then using Paper Rose Small Drops stencil, 2 blue distress oxides were blended over the panel. The sentiment is a Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker. The panel was added to the card base with foam tape.

I'm also entering this in the Just Us Girls Challenge #614 Trend Week

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kind of crazy

 hello snarky stampers!

A huge congrats to the sisters at the sisterhood of snarky stampers for their #200 challenge - what a milestone!

I couldn't resist getting in on the celebration, and so many snarky sayings to choose from... where to begin?

I began with an ink smooshed panel and a newly purchased die from Paper Smooches,  Kind Bear.  I die cut him from black, and from another ink smooshed card, and then die cut the flower from pink and from green for the stem and leaf. After piecing him altogether, I adhered it to the panel. The sentiment from Tim Holtz Big Talk was popped up on black card, edges inked, and adhered to the panel. The finishing touch was some inking around the edges and then dotted lines around the perimeter using a fine black marker. The panel was then adhered to a black card base.

I'll enter this in the NBUS blog also!

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drink on a weekday

 hello again crafty stampers!

It's time for the new challenge at the sisterhood of snarky stampers and Edna's theme this fortnight is: B is for Birthday

Edna certainly looks like she's having an f'ing great birthday, and of course why wouldn't she, accompanied by her cupcake-loving feline friend! lol

I based my card around the snarky sentiment.

I began with this amazing holographic paper - beautiful but so hard to photograph 😓 The martini glass was die cut using Paper Rose Martini Glass 3 times glued together with 1 black. The black glass was slightly offset to create a shadow look and make the glass stand up to the very busy background. The olive was also die cut 3 times for dimension. The sentiment from Tim Holtz Big Talk stickers was adhered to a black card and popped up on foam squares. 

I do love the background but it's oh so LOUD!😎

Thanks for stopping by!

*Edit: thanks to the lovely sisters for crowning my card Princess.  I am delighted! Might be martini time...

ugly

 hello crafty stampers!

Let me tell you about my cat. Sox is a magnificent Siberian, ginger and cream striped. He is a fierce hunter (in his mind), a loyal friend (when he wants to be), a lap warmer (whether you want him or not) and definitely the boss of the house. Love him dearly 😍 My husband says in my eyes he can do no wrong, which is pretty much right, even when he's scratching up the sofa or meowing at 4 in the morning.  What can I say?

Today I made a card with him in mind. The lovely sisters at the sisterhood of snarky stampers have a new challenge: SOSS #194 U is for Ugly. Wow, a glimpse into Edna's real life?

Now don't go making assumptions here, it's not my cat that's ugly. 😇

The background was stencilled using Altenew Foliage stencil with Altenew inks, slightly offset between inking. The edge was inked and there may have also been some random stamping of dots around the perimeter. The sentiment was printed from the internet, and inked around the edges also. Stamps are no name and to be honest, not that good, so I think I'll be sticking to proper stamp brands from now on.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

talking

 hello lovely stampers!

I was lucky to be chosen as queen last challenge with the snarky sisterhood so I have the honour of being the guest designer this fortnight. The challenge is #193 P is for Paper Piecing.

Okay so I'm fessing up - never done this before! But how hard can it be right? Turns out it's brilliant! Especially for people like me with no copic markers and not a whole lot of drawing skills.  Girls, I have your back!

Stamped the bird from Darkroom Door Garden Birds using Memento tuxedo black ink, onto several coloured Stampin' Up papers and then fussy cut out each body part and glued them together to get the finished bird. Stamped the leaves from Altenew Beautiful Day onto the leftover reverse of the papers and die cut them with the coordinating die. Fussy cut the conversations from the same papers, black inked the edges using memento tuxedo black and glued them onto the card. The leaves were glued, bird popped up with foam squares, and the words from Tim Holtz Small Talk was also glued in place. Finally the black card panel was glued onto a paper panel, then glued onto a black card base.

I'll be using this paper piecing technique again now I know it's a thing! lol Come on and join in the fun with the snarky sisterhood!

Thanks for stopping by!

10 minutes

 hello snarky stampers!

This week's challenge by the good sisters at the snarky sisterhood presented a lot of options for me... the challenge thrown down by Edna is #191 F is for F words

I have totally given up on buying stamps at the moment. All this covid business has slowed down the post to a crawl, and that's if the parcel arrives at all. I don't even bother ordering from the US. My wish list is totally out of control. The last stamps I purchased never appeared and now a refund has miraculously been put into my account - Doh! I want the stamps! Needless to say I have become quite fond of surfing the net and 'send to print'.  But I digress...

Don't know about you but his face is totally how I feel some days.  😉 Nuff said.

Distress oxide ink blended over a stencil and then blended the same colours in the background. The pic and words are now dubbed digi stamps by me! Printed, glued onto card and blended lightly with the same inks.

Come have some {f}un with the sisterhood! Thanks for stopping by!

**Edit: I'm thrilled to be crowned Queen for this challenge! It was a hoot!

ingredients:

distress oxide inks: chipped sapphire, vintage photo, seedless preserves

card: whisper white, night of navy

piñata

 hello stampers!

Today I'm sharing the card I made for the sisterhood of snarky stampers SOSS #190 challenge. C is for Colourful.  Edna is really rocking that kaleidoscope!

I tried to incorporate lots of colours in my card but I realised I have been making cards using 2 or 3 colours only. I guess I think it appears more cohesive(?) But I can do colourful!

I started with a background of distress oxide inks, watered and smooshed onto the card.  Although it was colourful, it did serve as a just a gentle background for the stamping. The fairies I stamped using Altenew inks and my Misti to get nice rich colours. I finished it off with lots of wink of Stella on the pink fairiness and fairy wings!

Thanks for stopping by!

inks: Altenew, distress oxide inks

stamps: fairyland

words: Tim Holtz big talk sticker

chickens

 hello crafty stampers!

I saw the latest sketch challenge from the lovely people at freshly made sketches FMS495 and knew straight away what I could do with it. It's not often that happens, so I had to lie down jump at the idea before I started to second guess myself.  I know...I really shouldn't...

Recently I was having a giggle at carmen's veranda - some great quotes there and thanks go to them for the sentiment on my card today.

I started by blending distress oxide inks over the background - I wanted to make it look like a chicken's paradise! lol I stamped various small stamps over the background for interest and texture, then glued down a strip of grey card for the road. The chickens I printed, coloured and fussy cut then adhered them with foam for dimension. They are, after all, the heroes of my piece! The background panel had the edges inked with garden green to match the card base.

Such fun! Thanks for stopping by!

supplies:

inks: distress oxide vintage photo, bundled sage, scattered straw

words: carmen's veranda

gingerbread

 hello crafty stampers!

I don't know what came over me today but I made a Christmas card.  And it's only July! I may have to lie down for a bit until the sense of efficiency wears off and the usual procrastination returns. My friend told me a joke the other day: 

"Hey I've got the cure for procrastination!"  

"Great, just put it on the counter and I'll get it later."  lol

The lovely sisters at the sisterhood of snarky stampers have a new challenge #189 X is for Xposed

My goodness, Edna, saucy!  

I do wish I had a bigger stamp collection, but alas no sauce.  So Christmas themed it is...

I used an old stampin up stamp for the background, and another old stampin up stamp for the sentiment. The gingerbread were fussy cut from paper. They (surprisingly) have a lot of character...and some winky snark. She has def been exposed! I wonder if all gingerbread are this cheeky, or just the girls?

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

stamps: stampin up very merry tags, lots of joy

ink and card: stampin up real red

slightly funnier

 hello again krafty stampers! (see what I did there?)

I'm back making cards - after a hiatus due to an injured finger. Thank you for all the well wishes, it is much improved (although I still only have 9 working fingers which plays havoc with touch typing...)

Today I made a kraft card for the sisterhood of snarky stampers challenge #186 K is for Kraft-y

I found I don't often make kraft cards but the distress oxide inks look fabulous on the kraft. I will have to make more of these.

I started by stencilling the lightest blue around the perimeter, then stamped the texture stamp and another leaf stamp with darker blues over the top.  Then I stamped the birds - they are the exact same image just mirrored. The sentiment is from the Tim Holtz Big Talk sticker book, lightly blended with distress oxide ink. The panel was mounted on a dark blue card then onto more kraft. I think the blues just pop!

Such a funny sentiment when they're talking to their twin. Who doesn't love irony?

Come join the sisters, make a snarky card, and have some fun! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

stamps: darkroom door garden birds, darkroom door flourish texture stamp

stencil: scrapmatts stones

ink: distress oxides tumbled glass, salty ocean, chipped sapphire

Edit:  Thank you so much to the snarky sisters for the Princess award for this card.  I am thrilled!