Shopping our Stash #260 - Get Inspired by Your Bedding!

Good morning! This week at Shopping our Stash we'd like you to get inspired by your bedding! I had quite the trouble getting going with this challenge, because we just don't have a pretty grown-up bedroom with matching things. However, what we DO have is a bed with messed up blankets, and cats and dog tucked in, and it's cozy as all get out. Plus there's a purple sheet on it right now....and thus:

Supplies: stamp from Stampers Anonymous (Tim Holtz); Palette Noir ink; Lil Inkers stitched rectangle die; Wilted Violet distress ink to watercolour; purple gems from stash

A plus? I used all the gems in the package!

Come link up by Monday, July 18 :)

Don't forget to check out what my talented team mates have created: 

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna (off this week)

Chris 

Barb

Chana 

Stacey

Cyndi

Mimi

Maria

xoxo,

Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - B is for...

Booze! (You kinda saw that coming, didn't you?) The Sisterhood (hic) would like to sheee yer boozy creashuns and yahhhh you should make the stufff. Whaddaya call that? 

Supplies: Image & sentiment from Bugaboo; Spectrum Noir markers; Liquid Pearls; Diamond Stickles; Mod Podge Dimensional Magic; black gems from dollarama 

Check out the amazing Sisterhood's creations -

Majo

Dotty Jo

Peggy

Barb

Chris

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

And don't forget to leave some love for our guest designer, HELEN!

You have until July 22 to come play along :)

xoxo,
Jessi

Shopping our Stash #259 - Say WHAT???

This week at Shopping our Stash we want you to say something - with speech bubbles! Use a die cut, a stamp, or even freehand one :)

Supplies: Paper Smooches stamps; Palette Noir ink; distress inks for watercolouring; American Crafts papers; MME enamel dots; speech bubble die (unknown) 

This is one of those layouts where I was determined to use the leftover paper strips - the yellow paper had a fishtail cut out of one end, and I fiddled and fiddled with different papers from the same pad until I was finally (mildly) satisfied with the result ;) I'm super proud of myself for recycling those teensy triangles I cut off! lol

So what have YOU got to say?  come link up by Monday, July 11 :)

Don't forget to check out what my talented team mates have created: 

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna (off this week)

Chris 

Barb

Chana 

Stacey

Cyndi

Mimi

Maria

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #355 - All Dressed Up!

Good morning! This week at Tuesday Morning Sketches All Dressed Up is our sponsor - you know they have a great selection of cute images, and winning them would make them even better :) I got to work with the sweet Love to Craft :

Supplies: Love to Craft digi stamp from All Dressed Up; Spectrum Noir markers; papers from American Crafts; Lil Inkers stitched rectangle dies; unknown banner die; classic small circle Nesties

I printed out two copies of the image so I could fussy-cut and pop up her head (that sounds wrong lol) for some added interest. 

Here's the sketch:

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, June 12 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! 

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris

Melissa 

Patti

Wanda

xoxo,
Jessi

Shopping our Stash #249 - Think Ink!

This week at Shopping our Stash we want to see you stretch your creativity by using LOTS of ink - but no colouring. I thought this challenge was perfect for using a dipped ink background (like I need encouragement for that, lol)

Supplies: Distress inks in Spiced Marmalade & Ripe Persimmon; Versamark & clear EP; stamps from Waltzingmouse; buttons from stash

On top of the dipped background I used Ripe Persimmon & Versamark to emboss the big beautiful sentiment, and then accented with buttons well, because I could :)

Check out what the rest of my awesome teammates made!

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday May 2 to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

Shopping our Stash #247 - You stamped with WHAAAA?

This is a super fun and unique challenge this week at Shopping our Stash - stamp with something not intended for stamping :) I tried a number of things - felt flower, sea urchin, bottom of a banana, cd case...and finally went with the lid of a nail polish bottle!

Supplies: Lil INkers sentiment and sun/cloud dies; Memory Box 'splat' die; distress inks; Versamark, clear EP, Palette Noir ink

I stamped the background onto watercolour paper and then lightly brushed with my water brush so as not to eliminate the double circles from stamping. 

So what other crazy things did we stamp with? Check out what the rest of my awesome teammates made!

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday April 18 to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #347 -Lacy Sunshine Stamps!

We've got a great new sponsor this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches - Lacy Sunshine Stamps!  This company is new to me but I know I'll be drooling over their choices again. I chose to work with Mermella Steampunk Siren for my card.

Supplies: Mermella Steampunk Siren from Lacy Sunshine Stamps; Spectrum Noir markers; Sakura Stardust glitter pen; Cuttlebug embossing folder; classic small circle Nesties; scraps & bits and bobs

Here's our great sketch by Debbie:

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, April 17 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! 

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris

Lee

Melissa 

Patti

Wanda

xoxo,
Jessi

Shopping our Stash #246 - April Fools!

This week at Shopping our Stash we want you to fool us - a little ;) Use a faux technique, or include a hidden element on your card. I went with my favourite faux technique, faux tiles:

Supplies: Stamp from Hero Arts; Palette Noir ink; Distress inks for watercolouring; UTEE and Versamark; trims from stash

I used 3 layers of UTEE to get nice thick tiles, and then crackled them just a little bit before adhering them to the card. 

Check out what the rest of my awesome teammates made!

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday April 11 to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - L is for...

Legend! Fairies, nymphs, dragons, all the creatures of myth & legend this fortnight at the Sisterhood! I decided to go with flower fairies:

Supplies: hmmmm.....everything is kinda from my stash. I think the embossing folder is from Sizzix :)

This card will be going to my dear friend (belatedly) for her birthday :)

So what magical creatures would you like to play with? 

Check out the amazing Sisterhood's creations: 

Barb

Chris

Donna 

Karen 

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

And this week's guest designer, SHARON!

You have until April 1st to come play along! 

xoxo,

Shopping our Stash #243 - Oh Me Lucky Charms!

It's almost St. Patty's day, and at Shopping our Stash we want to see your projects inspired by all things green & lucky! I pulled out a never-been-used Stampendous set to play along:

Supplies: Stampendous sentiment; Mowed Lawn & Twisted Citron distress inks; classic oval Nesties; 1.5" circle punch; unknown shamrock die

I have enough shamrock confetti to last beyond my life expectancy, so any chance to include it in a shaker card :)

Check out what the rest of my awesome teammates made!

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday March 21 to come play!

I'm also popping in over at JUGs' Shaker Card challenge & Open-Minding Crafting Fun's Luck/St. Patrick's Day challenge :)

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #343 - Craftin' Desert Divas!

Good morning lovelies! We have a fun new sketch up at Tuesday Morning Sketches, and a fantastic sponsor, Craftin' Desert Divas. I got to play with the absolutely adorable Coffee Couple, and the random winner this week gets to pick two digis from the store!

Supplies: Coffee Couple digi from Craftin' Desert Divas; sentiment from Waltzingmouse Stamps; Picked Raspberry & Mermaid Lagoon distress inks; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Lil Inkers stitched rectangle die; classic small circle Nesties; Sharpies; Googly eyes; button & papers from stash

Seriously adorable, right?? And what goes better with coffee than more coffee?

Melissa designed this great sketch for this week:

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, March 20 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! And make sure to give a warm welcome to our two new team members, Patti & Wanda!

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris

Lee

Melissa 

Patti

Wanda

xoxo,

Jessi

Laugh!

To be fair, I'm not really sure what occasion this card would be suitable for...but while I was digging through stamps looking for Easter images, I spotted this guy and the sentiment popped into my head.

Supplies: Imaginisce puffer fish stamp; PSX letter stamps; Palette Noir ink; Distress inks for watercolouring; Paper Smooches cloud dies; googly eyes

Totally inspired by CASology's current prompt!

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #342 - DRS Designs!

Good morning! I'm the sketcher this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches, and as happens whenever that's the case I'm so impressed by how a simple layout can result in such a great variety of unique cards. Wait until you see what the DT came up with! DRS Designs is our sponsor this week, and we all got to work with our choice of images:

Supplies: Josephine the Bold image from DRS Designs;  Sharpie & Spectrum Noir markers; various scraps & bits of designer papers (MME mostly); Paper Smooches sentiment; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; black Wink of Stella pen; Tim Holtz design ruler & embroidery supplies

Just a wee bit of sparkle on the sentiment :) 

Here's the sketch:

And here's my card that inspired it:

Supplies: all papers from AC; Tim Holtz design ruler & embroidery supplies

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, March 13 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! 

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris

Lee

Melissa 

xoxo,

Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #54 - G is for...

Gears! It's our annual Steampunk challenge at  the Sisterhood, and we can't wait to see all your funky punky creations. 

Supplies: Steampunk girl from The Stamping Chef; all other stamps from Tim Holtz; Versamark & copper EP; kraft cardstock and kraft ink from PTI; Gears dies from Spellbinders; wooden clock from Prima; Mod Podge Dimensional Accents; Spectrum Noir & Copic markers; Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink & clear EP

Of course her goggles had  to be glossy ;) This was the first outing for all the Tim Holtz stamps and for the gears dies, and I had a grand play!

So you know you wanna play! Check out the amazing Sisterhood's creations: 

Barb

Chris

Donna 

Karen 

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

And this week's guest designer, CYNDI!

You have until March 18th to come play along! 

xoxo,

Jessi

Shopping our Stash #241 - WHITE OUT!

Ahhhh that sounds like a wintry challenge doesn't it? Most of us in the Northern Hemisphere have had enough of the white stuff though, so the challenge at Shopping our Stash this week is to use NO white cardstock. This seemed easy peasy....until I got going and kept adding white panels to every.dang.card. Really, brain? *sigh*

I made it work, though, and love how it turned out:

Supplies: Prima chipboard; Dylusions & Tim Holtz stencils; Dreamweaver crackle paste; Broken China and Tattered Rose distress inks; banner die from Wplus9; sentiment from Paper Smooches; button & fabric from stash 

The fabric began about 4x that size, and I treated it with my heat fun until it had the look I wanted. The background was one of those 'oh shoot, I wrecked it' projects - the blue felt like a mistake at first, but adding the rose worked. Tis true, mixed media isn't finished until you're happy with it, just keep going :)

Check out what the rest of my awesome teammates made!

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday March 7 to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #341 - Bugaboo Stamps!

We have a really fun sketch this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches - lots of fun details to play with. Bugaboo Stamps is returning as a spectacular sponsor, and the team chose some really fun images to play with.

Supplies: Girlz Coffee digi from Bugaboo Stamps; 'blah blah' stamp from Rubber Dance; 'coffee' and coffee cups from Waltzingmouse Stamps; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Picked Raspberry Distress ink; Kraft ink from PTI; Spectrum Noir & Sharpie markers; 1" circle punch; paper from MME

The 'tabs' on the triple background panels were a challenge for me - although I adhered them out of order (gah) I did it by taping the three panels together with washi tape, and then punching with a small circle punch. 

Here's the sketch - Debbie's the sketch artist this week!

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, March 6 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! 

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris

Lee

Melissa 

xoxo,

Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - M is for...

Oooooh, mixed media! The sistahs had fun getting messy and we want you to play too! If you're not sure where to start, Splitcoast has a list to kickstart your ideas. I used crackle paste with a stencil, Distress Stains, fabric, silk, chipboard, and of course a button because well, I'm still me :)

Supplies: Dylusions stencil; Dreamweaver crackle embossing paste; Distress Stain in peeled paint & tea dye; chipboard from Prima; everything else from stash

Ooooh, crackly!

The fabric piece is organza that I frayed the edges of, then heated with my heat gun to get it melty. 

So you know you wanna play! Check out the amazing Sisterhood's creations: 

Barb

Chris

Donna 

Karen 

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

And this week's guest designer, LORRAINE!

You have until March 4th to come play along! 

xoxo,

Jessi