Shopping our Stash #262 - A Stitch in Time...

Good morning! This week's Shopping our Stash challenge is right up my alley - stitching! Woot! I went with my recent obsession with random cross-stitching:

Supplies: From the Heart image & sentiment; Bo Bunny paper; Spectrum Noir markers; classic small oval Nesties; googly eyes; buttons from stash; Tim Holtz design ruler & embroidery supplies

Now usually I wouldn't put googly eyes on this birdie - his expression is just too perfect to cover up. However, I coloured his eyelids orange...and boo-booed onto his eyeball. At the end of colouring. Googly eyes to the rescue :)

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

Come link up by Monday, August 1st!

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

Tuesday Morning Sketches #353 - our own Melissa!

Good morning! I'm the sketcher at Tuesday Morning Sketches this week, and Melissa is our sponsor - she's got a little prize pack full of things that remind her of her daughter, who's graduating this week :)

Supplies: stamps from Unity; classic small circle Nesties; unknown speech bubble die; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Sharpies; Over the Hill confetti (lol) and sequins

My card is incredibly similar to the one that inspired the sketch - when I started working I thought hey, I found the Over the Hill confetti, lemme try that again :)

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, May 29 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! This is sadly Lee's last week with us as she's preparing to move home to the US - we'll miss her on the team!

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris

Lee

Melissa 

Patti

Wanda

xoxo,
Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - F is for...

FUGLY! A favourite word of the Snarky Sisters, it's a combination of F***ing and Ugly. You know, that piece of paper in an otherwise cute stack that's just hideous? Or an image that's just....no. I went with a stamp from a set that drives me batsh** - love your muffin top? Really? 

I had it out because I do like the other 2 sentiments, and my friend said um, that looks like poop. Fun grad card was born! 

Supplies: Neat & tangled poop frosting stamp; Paper Smooches fly stamp; Spectrum Noir markers; computer generated sentiment; grad cap confetti & googly eyes; Lil Inkers stitched rectangle die

Since technically this is a cupcake stamp, I'm going to enter in Naughty or Nice's Hello Cupcake challenge...kinda up their alley ;) 

Check out the amazing Sisterhood's creations -

Majo

Dotty Jo

Peggy

Barb

Chris

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

And this week's guest designer, Creepy Glowbugg!

You have until May 20 to come play along! 

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #351 - our own Patti!

Good morning! Patti is our sponsor this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches, and she's offering up a stamp set and a fun package of embellies to this week's lucky random winner!

Supplies: Paper Smooches stamps; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir markers; Stampin Up clouds embossing folder; Lil Inker cloud & sun dies; googly eyes; action wobbler

The sheep is on an action wobbler - and tell me this sketch isn't perfect for a little scene!

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, May 15 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! 

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris

Lee

Melissa 

Patti

Wanda

xoxo,
Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - Q is for...

Quilts! (Also known as Jessi cheating to find something for the letter Q, and intending that you actually do paper piecing on your project, not make a quilt lol) The Sisterhood has some awesome stuff to share with you once again - here's my uber-simple take:

Supplies: Sentiment from From the Heart; cat stamp from Paper Smooches; scraps of cardstock; googly eyes

I'd printed out this sentiment rather larger than I'd intended, and that limited what I could do with it. Finally after a couple months lingering in my UFO pile I got around to an idea. 

Check out the amazing Sisterhood's creations - and extend a warm welcome to our three newly adopted designers:

Majo

Dotty Jo

Peggy

 

Barb

Chris

Donna 

Karen 

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

And this week's guest designer, ABZAPPEL!

You have until May 7 to come play along! 

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

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 - K is for...

Kiss! Here's the best part, though - this is an opportunity to make a Valentine - or an anti-Valentine ;) Being a Snarky Sister I had to go with door #2 of course!

Supplies: Stella & sentiment from Bugaboo; Lil Inkers dies; Pebbles paper; Spectrum Noir markers; Diamond stickles; Mod Podge Dimensional Magic

Of course she's glossed & glimmered, and perfect for your friend who maybe just had an ugly breakup (or a horrible horrible blind date!)

Go see what the Sistahs made, and then make your own & link up!  You have until Friday, February 5 to play along. 

Barb

Chris

Donna 

Karen 

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

Don't forget to leave some love for this week's guest designer, DOTTY JO! I am totally stealing her sentiment ;) 

xoxo,

Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - O is for...

Ohhh now this one is going to be fun! The Snarky Sisters want to see you create a birthday card - a funny, snarky, birthday card. We had grand fun with this one! 

Supplies: Cat & pawprint stamps from Paper Smooches; sentiment from The Cat's Pajamas; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir markers; Rusty Hinge distress ink; Doodlebug paper; Labels Nesties

Put down your coffee & go see what the Sistahs made, and then make your own & link up!  You have until Friday, January 22 to play along. 

Barb

Chris

Donna 

Karen 

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

Don't forget to leave some love for this week's guest designer, CYNDI - definitely put the coffee down, we all laughed at her great card! 

xoxo,

Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - X is for...

We're not the only last-minute Lucies out there, I know it. Join the Sisterhood with your "holy crap on a cracker it's less than two weeks until Christmas" cards - and even better? A two-week challenge would have this end ON Christmas - we're crazy, but we're not nuts. So you have a month to link up, giving you time to drink solidly through the holidays & post after the hangover ends! We've got your back like that :)

Supplies: image & printed sentiment from Bugaboo; rub-on Fa lalalala from stash; Spectrum Noir markers; Mod Podge Dimensional Magic; classic small circle Nesties; AC papers; snowflake buttons from stash

Couldn't we all relate to this chickie??? I know I can.

Go see what the Sistahs made, and then get back to your regularly scheduled panic:

Barb

Chris

Donna 

Karen 

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

Don't forget to leave some love for this week's guest designer, IKE!

xoxo,

Jessi

Bugaboo Christmas Chaos!

I don't know that I'll get to all 7 challenges for Bugaboo's annual Christmas Chaos but I've made a good start :) Popping what I've done so far into one post:

Day Three - Colour Challengin'

Supplies: Stella-turkey; AC patterned paper; Spectrum Noir markers; Mod Podge Dimensional Magic; 1.5" circle punch

The red in the paper is a much closer match than it appears here - and I selectively coloured the scene to speed up creating a little bit :)

Day 4 - Recipe Challengin'

Supplies: Bugaboo Christmas fairy; American Crafts papers; Lil Inkers stitched rectangles dies; Spectrum Noir markers; Diamond Stickles; rub on 'joy', buttons, and bling from stash

For the recipe I used the word 'joy'; buttons & bling as my two embellishments; and interpreted the 3 layers of paper to mean 3 types of patterned paper. 

Day 5 - Pick A Treat

I chose Fruit Cake – Make it Funny & use ONLY scraps to create your card

Supplies: JJ Christmas martini; Spectrum Noir & sharpie markers; Mod Podge Dimensional Magic; Diamond stickles; Lil Inkers stitched rectangles die; 1 1/8" circle punch; scraps of Bo Bunny & AC glitter paper

The glitter circles were punched from small strips - too small for full circles, actually, so I hid the missing parts with the sentiment! 

Still waiting for some more images to dry, so perhaps I'll be back in time to join all 7!

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #329 - Bugaboo Stamps!

Happy Tuesday :) Bugaboo Stamps is back as our sponsor this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches, and of course you know I'm a huge fan of the silly funny images & sentiments they offer!

Supplies: Crabby Cat Christmas from Bugaboo Stamps; Spectrum Noir markers; Making Memories letter stickers; American Crafts paper & flair; Sakura Stardust glitter pen; Corner Chomper; classic small circle Nesties; gems from stash

Here's the sketch:

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

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris

Melissa 

Nina

xoxo,

Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - N is for...

....eeeeeeeek it's here!!!

Now of course the Sisterhood knows naughty is in the eye of the beholder - and we've got a whole range of uh oh, don't send that to Granny :) Mine has a rude word (shocker!)

***********Profanity Warning!!!*************

Supplies: image from Tiddly Inks; papers from Lily Bee designs; Spectrum Noir markers; Dress it Up light charms; Lil Inkers stitched dies; Sakura Stardust glitter pen; Mod Podge Dimensional Magic

Naughty Christmas cards are some of my very favourites to make, because they are just so unexpected - especially when you pair a cute or pretty image with the rude :) 

Go see what the Sistahs made, and then get on with your bad self!

Barb

Chris

Donna 

Karen 

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

Don't forget to leave some love for this week's guest designer, EVIL EDNA!

xoxo,

Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - Y is for...

OK, you don't have to actually yodel...I mean, you CAN, because why wouldn't you? But really, what the sistahs are looking for right now is MUSIC! 

Supplies: paper from Bo Bunny; stamp from Inkadinkado; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir markers; classic small circle Nesties; Pumice Stone distress ink; computer-generated sentiment

For maximum earworminess, please sing that sentiment to the tune of O Holy Night. (You're so welcome!)

Go check out all the fabulous music:

Barb

Chris

Donna 

Karen 

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

Don't forget to leave some love for this week's guest designer, GLORIA!

Join in with your musical project by Friday November 27.

xoxo,

Jessi