The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #223 - Q is for Queen

 

Edna's looking very regal today (and possibly a bit chilly too) as she dons a crown to help the Sisterhood play Q is for Queen!

To be honest, I had a little trouble getting rolling with this theme, but once I spotted a gorgeous Hero Arts background everything clicked.

I inked a piece of water colour card in Distress ink and then spritzed the stamp with water and pressed it onto the card. I left it there for a minute or two so that the water soaked in. The effect looks really good and, surprisingly, there's a lovely texture too. A VLVS image, a Unity Sentiment, a tiny Unity Grab Bag crown and I was done!

I'm delighted that my special blogging buddy Gail is our queen for this challenge. Please come over and see what Queen Gail and the team have created! 

Let's Squash It! Challenge #26 - Let's make a Christmas Card

 

Hi there, I'm over on the Squashy blog today to share a little inspiration for our current challenge! We've gone super-easy this month and would just like to see you use an EF to create a gorgeous Christmas card.

Our guest this month is the lovely Cat from Cat Luvs Paper. 

You can see her beautiful guest creation by clicking here. 

For some reason I decided to de-boss the inky, water-coloured background for my card. I used watercolour card, which takes embossing so beautifully. I wanted to fill the little 'wells' made by the de-bossed Christmas Trees with plenty of ink so there was a good depth of colour. Seems to have worked ok and was a quick and simple make. I used that fabulous 'Noel' die cut again, sent to me by my sweet buddy, Greta. 

Embossing Folder - Darice Trees

The cards in the Squashy Gallery for this theme look fabulous. I really think embossing seems to especially suit cards made for the festive season. You have until the end of November to play along with this challenge and Cat, Gail and I all hope you'll come and join the festive fun! 

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #222 - J is for Juvenile.

Hi there, we're playing J is for Juvenile over at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

The team really went to town on this fun challenge and I know you'll love what they've made.

I couldn't resist making this card. I remembered seeing this idea as an illustration somewhere and just knew I wanted to recreate it! 

The cat is from MFT and the whisks are from a cute Jane's Doodles set. I had to do quite a lot of masking for this card - not all of it worked, but I can live with that! 

Please come and join the fun...

Card Chain Challenge Reveal October 2022

It's the second of the month and that means it's time for another CCC Reveal post!

We had 32 participants who exchanged cards across the globe during October, meaning that CCC players have now sent an amazing 3,798 little pieces of fabulous, folded art flying around the world! Isn't that awesome?

 

All the cards exchanged this month used at least one of the following options:

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

Sketch Option

 

(Orient as desired.)

Theme Options: Fantasy Folk / Mythical Beasts / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Wax / Use a Brush

My recipient for this month was the lovely Hilary in UK. This little card is surprisingly pretty IRL. The sentiment is a real oldie from Simon Says Stamp and the stencil is missing it's label, so I'm of no help to you guys at all when it comes to listing my supplies for this card! 

My sender this month is Linda in Michigan and her beautiful card arrived a couple of days ago. 

You can see the whole gorgeous Reveal by clicking here. 

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #68 - Trees, Trees, Trees!

 

This month at Christmas Kickstart I'm delighted to be joined by The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers AKA the best girl gang in the world! And, naturally, mascot Edna is on hand to get the party started for us. Nice hat, Edna.

We have a great theme for you...

#68 - Trees, Trees, Trees!

For the whole of November we'd like to see twigs, branches, logs, a tree, two trees, a wood, a forest or perhaps an indoor scene with a Christmas Tree - the choice is yours!

Here's what I created for the challenge...

I love this little grumpy cat from Stamping Bella and thought he'd pair beautifully with the Dear Santa... Gummiapan stamp. I found the tree in my stash and can only assume it was a gift from a crafting buddy as I know I don't have any tree dies like this one. Thankyou to that kind person!

My second card for this challenge found me stepping out of my comfort zone to use a combo of embossing folder, dies and stamps. The gorgeous 'Noel' die was a gift from the very lovely Greta in Oregon, USA. Thankyou so much, Greta, it's a beautiful die to work with! The frost is Wow embossing powder, but I don't think they have this particular powder in stock anymore.

Rudolph is in dah house with his penultimate Rudolph's Random Raffle of 2022 and anyone who links to the gallery (and follows the rules) has a chance of winning this cute penguin stamp.

 

We all hope that you come on over and join the fun!