why

 hello stampers!

I'm joining in today with the sisterhood at snarkystampers where their challenge is D is for Drink.

I haven't used this Gummiapan stamp before even though it's been lurking in my little stamp box for a while. Who knew it would be so hard to find an excuse to make a card with a drink? Well thankfully the sisters have come to my (and the stamp's) rescue so it finally got inked! Actually it was stamped on a piece of reverse stencilled card which also has been in my stash for aaages. So...it's been a good day for new old things :)  On that note I'll have to also post this one to Darnell's fabulous blog, NBUS. Sending hugs Darnell!

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teabag

 hello stampers!

I don't know how it's come to the 14th and I've only just now looked at the snarky sisters challenge and realised it's R is for Rude! I mean, don't ya just HAVE to join in?

I made a little teabag! Complete with folded bottom and stapled string. Boy did it take a while, but turned out great. I should have just measured a real teabag - but no, I had to make it up from scratch. Love this sweet background paper with washed out colours.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

life is not a fairy tale

 hello stampers!

I'm thrilled to be the guest designer this month at the snarky sisterhood, having been chosen as queen for January with this card. Such an honour! This month's challenge is #260 G is for Green. For some reason I couldn't get the idea of a frog out of my head so I used the only frog die I have and made a monochromatic green card.

I used a combination of about 6000 greens for all the stencilling and stamping ;)  The lilies were die cut from green ink smooshed card. The frog (prince) was stencilled, stamped and ink blended to give him a mottled look. Sentiment from Tim Holtz was ink blended and edged.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope you'll join us with a green creation!

it's only Tuesday

 hello stampers

I'm kicking off the new year with a snarky card made especially for the sisters! The current challenge is N is for NBUS (never been used stuff). I used a brand new die from the Gummiapan advent calendar, day 5, as well as several stamps from Globleland that hadn't been used.

The background was stamped with several different stamps with an office theme in blues and browns. The border was edged with a micron marker. Sentiment from Tim Holtz backed with black card. The die was cut, stamped, backed with a black die cut, threaded with a ribbon, and popped up on foam tape.

I'm really hoping to join in with the snarky sisters more often than last year which was a bit of a crazy blur. I'm also posting this in Darnell's fabulous blog, NBUS. Hugs Darnell! 

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people

 hello stampers!

I was feeling a bit snarky today (you understand!) so duly turned to the sisterhood as I knew they would appreciate it. Their challenge for this month is: D is for die cuts. Right up my alley!

The background was watercoloured then the same colour was ink smooshed onto a separate panel,  with the icebergs die cut from that. The igloo was die cut and then again from black to use the negative piece. Mr bear was die cut 3 times and stacked to give him the focus. Fiskars texture plates were used for the embossing. Sentiment from Tim Holtz.

Thanks for stopping by - I appreciate it!

so glad

 hello crafters!

I've got some time today so decided to enter a few challenges. Luckily, I was able to combine 3 into 1 card. Timeout has an interesting challenge to use alphabet magnet letters; which I remember were so much fun! Inkspirational has a 'seasonal' theme and the snarky sisters have O is for Outside this month. Phew!

Die cutting the letters was the easy part but my goodness there were a lot to watercolour! The background panel was brayered with green from the bottom up and blue from the top down. Then random stamps were stamped in white and white heat embossed. Some of the letters got a bit of bling with a white jelly roll pen.

Love this sentiment -  Thanks for stopping by today!

      

• stamps: Lavinia mini seed head, butterfly, Globleland dandelion
• dies: MFT bitty banner
• inks: kitsch flamingo, mowed lawn, salty ocean, tumbled glass, bundled sage, mustard seed, candied apple, twisted citron, squeezed lemonade, carved pumpkin, wilted violet distress oxides

forecast

 hello crafters!

I'm joining in today with two challenges - snarkystampers challenge #249 F is for Fold It, and Inkspirational Challenge "Fold".

I don't make fun fold cards often. Well that's not true - this would be the first. Sorry not sorry. After watching several YouTube vids to get the gist, I decided on a z-fold card thinking "I got this". 

Four days and several iterations later, I managed to actually finish the card.  And no-one told me they are a nightmare to photograph cos they just don't want to stay flat.  Now I need to lie down...

The background was watercoloured with distress oxide ink then sprinkled with water, white splatters and stamped with tiny white snowflakes. The snowman die had his first outing and his nose was paper pieced, scarf and beanie die cut from ink smooshed card. 

I love these tiny house dies and couldn't resist adding them, complete with 'illuminated' windows and snowy roof! The sentiment is a Tim Holtz small talk sticker which I thought was perfect for a snowman who no doubt naps all the time... made me giggle.

Thanks for stopping by today!

   

• dies: Gummiapan snowman, trees, mini houses, MFT clouds
• stamps: MFT cool day

   

ducking

 hello lovely stampers!

It's been a while since I joined in with the sisters at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers and had some snarky time so I thought I'd rectify that today. Their current challenge is S is for Snarky. Easy eh?

I used an inked panel from a previous leftover ink mopup. This one had some wet stencilling on it as well. The colours were a bit mad which I thought went well with the sentiment. I added snail stamping and some ink splatters before attaching the witch hazel die cuts and ink splattered snails. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

drunk

 hello stampers!

I'm joining in today with the sisterhood - it's been a while and I felt like a good bit of snark was just what the doctor ordered. Edna has decreed challenge #219 D is for drunk.

I couldn't resist.

The background uses the darkroom door honeycomb stencil dipped into different watered distress oxide inks. The paper rose martini glass was die cut from inked card. Sentiment printed on my computer.

Here's to you - thanks so much for stopping by! 

**Edit: Thrilled to be crowned Princess for this card!

crazy

 hello lovely stampers!

I have a sweet card for you today. I'm playing along with the sisterhood and their latest challenge #209: U is for Underwater.

I've had this stamp set for a little while now but this is the first time using this meece stamp. And yes, it was more than a little fiddly to stamp cleanly 😏. I ended up stamping the meeces in 3 different colours in my MISTI finally settling on black soot oxide ink for a slightly washed out black look (they are underwater after all!). 

The background is ink smooshed with 3 different blue hues of oxide ink. I think it was about 6 layers of inking and drying! I watercoloured their hats with abandoned coral oxide ink which really popped against the blue. The sentiment was popped up on tiny foam strips. The panel edges were ink blended with black soot and also chipped sapphire.

I'm entering this in Darnell's fabulous NBUS blog too! Hope you're doing well, Darnell! x

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

• stamps: stampendous birthday splash, darkroom door under the sea
• inks: tumbled glass, chipped sapphire, blueprint sketch, abandoned coral, pumice stone, weathered wood, pine needles, black soot distress oxides
• sentiment: Tim Holtz snarky small talk sticker

forgot

 hello snarky stampers!

I'm thrilled to have been chosen as the sisterhood's Queen of Snark with this card! Queen gets to enjoy the absolute privilege of being guest designer for the next challenge.  Woo hoo! The theme for this challenge is L is for Layers.

I began by creating 3 base layers for my card: stencilled chipped sapphire distress oxide using Paper Rose Striped stencil, stamped the fish with peacock feathers distress oxide using Darkroom Door Under the Sea stamp set, and stencilled tumbled glass distress oxide using Paper Rose Small Drops. These panels were then cut to size and arranged on the card base. I die cut using Paper Rose Arrows die set from ink blended card many many arrows and arranged them onto a fourth layer, then trimmed and mounted that onto an ink blended card for the fifth layer.

Using MFT Cool Day I die cut the ice bergs, inked the edges and the details, then stamped and die cut the ice floe. The bear was stamped using Colorado Craft Company Sweater Bears stamp set and fussy cut. These were all mounted on foam squares. The sentiment from Tim Holtz small talk stickers was adhered onto ink blended card and mounted on foam squares. Whew!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

adulthood

 hello crafty stampers!

I'm playing along today with the talented sisters at snarky stampers where their theme this fortnight is: #205 V is for Vibrant. Edna is sporting somewhat of an Andy Warhol throwback look and she pretty much carries it off! 

Here's a warning - put your sunglasses on!

I found this pic I had of jellybeans (is your mouth watering too?) 😋 and couldn't resist using it. Such VIBRANT (!) colours, such sweet yumminess, such childhood delights. I wanted to curl up on the sofa and scoff a whole bowl of them. But... I didn't. I adulted.

I made a card using scraps of the brightest matching colours I could find and adhered them together random-like on a red card base. The sentiment is a Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

*Edit: thanks lovely sisters for my crown!

tomorrow

 hello crafty stampers!

I'm playing along with the lovely sisters at snarky stampers where the theme this fortnight is Q is for Quirky. I'm taking my colour cue from the ever-fashionable Edna!

The background is ink blended with distress oxide inks, then the edges blended in a darker blue shade and subtle little snowflakes stamped around the top. The bears are stamped using Colorado Craft Company Sweater Bears stamp set, fussy cut and mounted on foam squares and the ice block is stamped from MFT Cool Day on ink blended card and fussy cut. The sentiment is a Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker, edged in ink and mounted on foam squares. The card panel is mounted on a dark blue card base.

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grammar

 hello snarky stampers!

Joining in the challenge with the snarky sisters #203 J is for Judgemental

The background is distress oxide ink smooshed, dried then inked using Altenew Color Block Triangle stencil and a little curly stamp with matching distress oxide ink. The birds were stamped using Darkroom Door Garden Birds in memento tuxedo black. The sentiment is a Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker. Washi tape was used for the edges and dots marked in. Lastly the panel was popped up on foam tape on a black card base.

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age

 hello again stampers!

The lovely sisters over at the sisterhood of snarky stampers have as their theme this fortnight #202 G is for Gel Printing. Well there's always a first time...!

I made the gelli print using distress oxide inks as I don't have any paints, but I used the same gelli printing technique. The first pull was the 3 background colours, and I thought it looked like a tall treed forest, so I continued with that theme. I added images using a Stampin Up Woodland embossing folder, Darkroom Door Wildflowers Vol 1 stamp set, and Darkroom Door Woodgrain texture stamp with different distress oxide ink colours. The sentiment from Stampendous Birthday Splash stamp set was adhered to black card and mounted on foam tape. The panel was lastly adhered to a black card base.

My technique needs improvement for sure but I certainly ended up with quite a few lovely card panels which will need more embellishment for future cards, and such fun!

Thanks for stopping by!