Shopping our Stash #208 - Buttons, Baubles, and Bows!

For my TMS post please click here - thanks!!

Ooooooh I love this week's Shopping our Stash challenge! Of course I went with 'buttons' out of those options - you've been here before, right?  By baubles we mean those great big fancy schmancy embellishments you've been hoarding - the DT has some perfect examples of them. Me, I went with what I'm beginning to think of as my signature button frame:

Supplies: Flourishes stamps; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Bo Bunny papers; Basic Grey brad; classic small circle Nesties; buttons from stash

I even paper-pieced the pinwheel - the purple layers are popped up. 

Check out how the SOS crew played with their pretties:

Leslie

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday,July 6th to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #307 - All Dressed Up!

This week at Tuesday Morning Sketches we have a favourite sponsor returning - All Dressed Up! The winner gets two images of their choice - woohoo :)

Supplies: Stamps from CTMH; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir markers; Echo Park papers; Tumbled Glass distress ink; Diamond Stickles; classic small oval Nesties; Wplus9 banner die; button from stash

Here's the sketch:

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, July 5 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! 

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris 

Melissa 

Nina

xoxo,

Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - W is for....

....oh, surely you can guess!

Wine and I don't tend to be friends, because wine likes to fool me into thinking I haven't had *that* much to drink...until the next morning. However, that doesn't make it any less magical! So come and celebrate the drink of the goddesses with the Snarky Sisters - you could even work in another occasion, like I did:

Supplies: image & sentiment from From the Heart stamps; Spectrum Noir markers; Antique Linen distress ink; MME paper; Mod Podge Dimensional Magic

It's been extremely humid here (above 90% most of the week) and it took forrrrrevvvverrr for the gloss to dry - hard to get a pic but the entire wine bottle & glass are covered. 

Fill your wine glass (or just get the bottle, we won't judge!) and check out what the sistahs made:

Barb

Chris

Donna

Karen (off this week)

Lee

Lindsey

Michelle

You've got until Friday,July 10th to join in! 

And don't forget to stop by and leave our guest designer VICKI some love for her project! 

xoxo,

Jessi

Shopping our Stash #207 - For the Boys!

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Now that we're all fresh off the Father's Day crafting spree, let's use that bounty of masculine inspiration and create some more cards for guys! That's what the Shopping our Stash team was up to, and wouldn't you like to join us?  My card was inspired by one I made as a special request, to make a father's day card from the dog. I used many of the same elements but changed the sentiment, and ta-da:

Supplies: Stamps from Paper Smooches - Paws for a Cause,  Sentiment Sampler, the coordinating dog sentiments to Paws for a Cause, can't find them on the website; Basic Grey papers; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Ripe Persimmon distress ink; unknown speech bubble die

Check out how the SOS crew interpreted the Dreaded Man Cards (lol): 

Leslie

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday,June 29th to come play!

I'm also popping in at the Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge:



xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #306 - SVG Attic!

Happy Tuesday! SVG Attic is our sponsor this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches, and the design team played with Give a Hoot. I don't have an electric cutter BUT I was inspired by the adorable owls!

Supplies: K&Co owl sticker; MME paper; Reverse Confetti sentiment; Hero Arts Bubble Gum ink; unknown scallop edge die, twine, button

I ended up keeping Debbie's sketch CAS, but it's a great one that you can embellish with too!

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, June 27 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! 

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris 

Melissa 

Nina

xoxo,

Jessi

One Last Dad card

One last Father's Day card to show you - I just love how  the watercolouring turned out and couldn't resist sharing :)

Supplies: unknown bird stamp; PTI sentiment; Palette Noir ink; Distress inks for watercolouring; Tim Holtz design ruler & embroidery supplies

At first I was unhappy with how the inks bled, but once the panel dried....love it. Some stitching on the corners for a little somethin' without too much dimension or frilliness, and tada!  Popping in over at little red wagon for the stitching challenge. 

xoxo,

Jessi

Hoot Hoot Hooray!

Kid cards! Some of my very favourites to make. 

Supplies: Owl stickers from K& Co; Hoot Hoot sentiment from Reverse Confetti; celebrate & balloon dies from Lil Inkers; Picked Raspberry distress ink; classic small circle Nesties; unknown banner die

I did end up being frustrated with my attempt to tie a bow with embroidery floss (single strands? WHAT WAS I THINKING?) but I persevered and I do love how it turned out. Probably won't do it again though ;)

This is for the KIDS prompt at CASology :)

xoxo,

Jessi

Shopping our Stash #206 - Out on a Limb!

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As the title suggests, at Shopping our Stash this week we want to see trees! Conveniently I'm currently addicted to them, so this was super easy for me.

Supplies: stamps from PTI; papers from Studio Calico; classic small oval Nesties; Distress inks in Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain

This is one of the few multi-step stamping sets I've been able to use successfully - even clear sets generally confound my ability to line things up just so, and I knowwww there's products to help with that but no, I wanna spend my money on fun stuff :) lol

You gotta see all the lovely trees! Check out the SOS crew: 

Leslie

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday,June 22nd to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #305

Good morning! I'm excited to be this week's sketcher at Tuesday Morning Sketches, and I hope you are inspired to play along. Melissa is sponsoring with a gift certificate to Ellen Hutson, so you definitely want to have a chance  to win that!

I rotated the sketch to make my simple Father's Day card:

Supplies: so many unknown! stamp set & tag die?; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Festive Berries distress ink

You'll see when you visit the DT blog that this is a great sketch for simple or fancy :)

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, June 21 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! 

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris 

Melissa 

Nina

xoxo,

Jessi

Moo & Moo

Trying to be a better blogger - I've been making so much but just so freaking busy I've been bad about challenges & even photos. Plus I think my computer needs a tune up...or bloglovin hates me. Either one. Anyway, the farm animal challenge at little red wagon had me playing with Paper Smooches again:

Supplies: Paper Smooches stamps; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir markers; Peeled Paint & Spiced Marmalade distress ink; Mod Podge Dimensional Magic (on the cows' eyes and farmer's teeth); Tim Holtz design ruler & embroidery supplies; unknown paper; googly eyes

The expression on this farmer's face just cracks me up :)

xoxo,

Jessi