Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #197

 

Lee always comes up with the best graphics for the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers challenges and today is one of my favs.  

I have three small dogs and an acre of property so we take my chances with our own poo BUT I never fail to pick up after my dogs when off my property.  Fortunately most of my neighbors are equally as considerate.  Let this post also serve as a PSA.  :-)

On to my card....

Cute, right?  

I decided on a surprise approach to rudeness.  

I've seen many cards recently that have used this same sentiment and decided it was about time I did so myself.  I'll just have to be considerate about my choice of birthday recipient.

To create my card I first stamped, colored and fussy cut my kitty.  If you're familiar with this image you may recognize that I swapped out his Christmas mug for a generic tea cup.  Next I set about determining the inside placement of Sir Kitty along with the window placement on the card front.  Once I figured out the design I set about ink blending a background on the interior of the card as well as stenciling a brick pattern on the front.  The window was finished off in black with a white ledge.  I positioned the sentiment sticker below the window so that it would only be visible once the card was opened.  Would you be offended to receive this wonderful handmade card?

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp/Stampers Anonymous - Tim Holtz cat set from Stamptember 2020

Gina Marie Designs - Window die

Tim Holtz - Big Talk sticker book

MFT - English Brick Wall stencil

Ellen Hutson - Mini Voices in my Head stamp set (tea cup)

I invite you to visit our blog for more fabulous inspiration.  You've been given free reign to embrace your inner rudeness so come play along!

Continue to stay safe and healthy my friends.   _____________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Seize the Birthday #226

The gang over at the Seize the Birthday blog are back with a new prompt for this fortnight.  Colleen is asking us to create a birthday card with a sunset scene.  

I made a tremendous boo-boo on the design of this card.  I'm sure it's obvious but I wasn't about to start over again.  Let me know in the comments if you catch my error.

I began by die cutting the background so I could get a visual on my color placement.  Keeping the pieces together I masked off the background with a open circle mask to blend in my sun.  I then masked off the sun to ink blend the sunset sky and ground. I ink blended the die cut car in black to create a silhouetted look.  The sentiment is stamped in crisp black pigment ink and it continues into the inside of the card.  I popped the panel up before adhering it to a beige card base.  

I invite you to visit our blog for more inspiration from our fabulous designers.  We'd love to see your card in our gallery!

Supplies:

Ellen Hutson - Abstract Mountain die

Cottage Cutz - Cars and Moving Truck die

Avery Elle - Simple Sentiments stamp set

Continue to stay safe and healthy my friends.   _____________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Color Hues #28

 

The new color duo over at the Color Hues challenge blog 

has a very old fashioned Christmas vibe to it. 

I briefly thought about making something other than a holiday card but why buck the trend, right?

To create my card I first stamped the truck and tree onto some vintage-y patterned paper which I then fussy cut.  Patterned paper was also used to create the snowbank and border.  I used a snowfall stencil along with some glimmer paste to create the background onto a kraft panel.  I should have stamped the sentiment first but I wasn't thinking.  Fortunately the pigment ink covered the glittery snowfall with no problems.  I then assembled my card onto a kraft card base and added some Stickles to the ornaments as a finishing touch.

I always enjoy playing with the Color Hues crew.  If you haven't played along, I encourage you to check them out.  

Supplies:

Stampendous - Truck Stamp CLD01

MFT - Snowfall stencil

Stickles

Tonic - Moonstone glimmer paste

Continue to stay safe and healthy my friends.   _____________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

CAS Colours and Sketches #443

 

It's time for another sketch challenge over at the CAS Colours and Sketches challenge blog.  Before we get to the sketch itself, I'd like to mention that CC&S is having a DT call.  If you're interested in joining our DT please visit the blog for all of the details.  

Now on to our fabulous sketch!  Lots of possibilities with this one.

I've been on a Christmas card kick as of late, trying to put my tremendous stash to work for me.  

For the "cloud" version of the sketch I used a vertical dangle of die cut holiday lights accompanied by a squared off stamped sentiment.  I cut the vertical sides off a bit so I could position a strip of gold cardstock on either side before popping it up on a white card base.  Super simple but very cute.

I invite you to visit our blog and hope to see your card in our gallery!

Supplies:

Spellbinders - Twinkle Lights die

WPlus9 - Sentiments #6 stamp set

Continue to stay safe and healthy my friends.   _____________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

CAS Colours and Sketches #442

 

It's Tuesday which means it's time for another challenge over at the 

CAS Colours and Sketches blog.  This time we have a deep,

 rich color trio for you to try.

I decided to go with the navy as my background and came up with this design...

In the end I went a bit overboard with the gold splatters but oh, well.  

I began with a navy cardstock panel which I embossed with a folder.  I added some slim die cut frames over the embossed panel, generously added the gold splatters, added the die cut leaves followed by a sentiment.  (white heat embossed onto gold cardstock)  I couldn't resist adding the gold pearls to finish it off.  It looks much busier in this photo than I think it does in real life.  

I invite you to visit our blog for more inspiration and hope to see your card in our gallery!

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp - Eucalyptus Leaves

Altenew - Window Slats embossing folder

Altenew - Many Thanks sentiment stamp set

Continue to stay safe and healthy my friends.   _____________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #196

 

Greetings and Salutations!  Edna is back on the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers blog with a twist on our annual Pink challenge.  Rather than Pink Halloween our prompt this fortnight in October is E is for Everything Pink.  

We are looking for an abundance of pink on your cards.

In true Sisterhood Spirit I went "full on" Pepto Bismol!

I began by ink blending three pink hues of Distress Oxides onto a piece of white cardstock which I then used to die cut my vintage phone elements.  I die cut the handset and phone again three times in black cardstock which I stacked under the pink for some shadow and dimension.  The background began with a panel of pink cardstock which I stamped with the text background before heat embossing it in white.  I then used the same three Oxides to ink blend the background.  The sentiment was cobbled together using stamp sets from two different companies.  I stamped it in black onto a blended panel, heat embossed it in clear and then cut it into a wide strip to use as grounding for my phone.  I finished the card off with a triad of my favorite clear droplets.

I invite you to visit our blog loads more pink inspiration.  We'd love to see your pink creations in our gallery!

Supplies:

Sugar Pea Designs - Call Me stamp set

Sugar Pea Designs - Vintage Phone dies

Hero Arts - Irreverent Birthday stamp set (sub-sentiment)

Neat & Tangled - For the Record stamp set (VINTAGE)

MFT - Text Background stamp

Distress Oxides - Spun Sugar, Kitch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry

Ellen Hutson - clear droplets

Continue to stay safe and healthy my friends.   _____________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Perfectly Clean and Simple October Challenge

 

It's time for another Perfectly CAS monthly challenge where the theme for October is Sympathy.

Remember, the goal is to use only 1/3 of the card front as your design space.

Trust me, it's not always as easy as it sounds.  :-)

I find sympathy cards extremely difficult to make at the time of loss, 

preferring instead to create them ahead of time.  

It's always wonderful to have a stash of unneeded sympathy cards.

I also like to keep my sympathy cards very CAS so 

this is the perfect challenge blog for the prompt.  

I began by creating my own stencil using a heart die and a piece of transparency film.  I first ink blended the lilac heart followed by the two overlapping hearts.  I then went back over the center heart to blend out the color overlap just a bit.  Once dry I stamped the sentiment in a crisp black pigment ink, popped it up onto a pink card base using fun foam and then finished it off with a trio of pearls.  

I invite you to visit our blog for more CAS inspiration and hope to see your card in our gallery!

Supplies:

The Greetery - Thinking of You stamp set

Distress Oxides - Kitch Flamingo and Wilted Violet

Little Things by Lucy - bling

Continue to stay safe and healthy my friends.   _____________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules