The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #179 - Q is for Queen

 

Just look at that graphic - do we have the best graphics goddess or what! 

Yes, another stunning Edna signals a new challenge for the sisterhood, and I can guarantee you'll be singing Bohemian Rhapsody for the rest of the day!

It took me a little while to get my head around this one, but once I'd found a teeny, tiny crown in a Unity Grab Bag I was away!

The sistahs have created some fabulously regal fun for this challenge, so please head on over and take a look!

Let's Squash It! Challenge #5 - Reminder

We have another couple of weeks to run with this challenge until it ends on February 28th. Just because February 14th has come and gone doesn't mean we have to put away the red and pink card or the heart patterned embossing folders!

Meet Alice Girl from Picket Fence Studios and her heart embossing folder panel from Papermania called Checkmate. She was a joy to colour.

I also thought I'd share this masculine Valentine's Day card using the same folder to show how different colourways can create a totally different look!

The glasses and the sentiment are real oldies from Paper Smoochies. I was trying to achieve a slightly more masculine look for this card so kept the colour palette limited to just three colours. I had such fun adding the vellum lenses to the glasses.

Gail, GDT Joanne, and I really hope you'll come and join the fun before the end of the month.

Leave the puppy alone...

 

It's all about dogs and/or cats over at CAS Christmas for this month's challenge, and what a fun challenge this is! I decided to go for a cat and a dog on my card - can't you just imagine the owner trying to get them to sit nicely for a Christmas photograph?

I used MFT clear stamp sets Cat-astrophe and Happy Pawlidays and kept everything nice and CAS.

I'm also linking to Show us your Pussycats Challenge #62.

Stay safe, and keep crafting!

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #395 - In Ruby's Memory

 Hi there, I hope you are all keeping well and safe.

Just before Christmas I was saddened to hear that my blogging buddy, Lynne, and hubby Greg, had lost their sweet, furry companion Ruby.

Having been friends with Lynne for quite a long time I knew what a big gap this gorgeous girl was going to leave behind her. I was delighted to discover that the lovely Di over at Pixie's Crafty Workshop had been similarly moved by Ruby's passing and has now started a regular, themed challenge in her memory. Crafting people are just the best! You can find all the details about the challenge, (and how Ruby came to live with Lynne and Greg) by clicking here.

Di's challenge is all about 'snippets' - those little bits and pieces of card and paper that we all have lying around as a byproduct of our cardmaking activities.

I salvaged some snippets of embossed red card that had been horribly chewed by my Cuttlebug and discovered a lovely piece of DP big enough to use as a sweet background for my MFT pups. 

I do hope you'll drop by and leave some love for Lynne and also that you'll join the fun over at Di's challenge.

Take care, and stay safe. 

Let's Squash It! Challenge #5 - Love and Red

 

Things are really moving along at Let's Squash It! as we start our February challenge Love and Red.

We have a special guest to help us and I know you'll LOVE her fabulous card. Head on over and take a look!

My card was quick and simple to make, although now I'm looking at it again I'm wondering if all that red Distress Ink gives it just a hint of crime scene. 

My EF is a real sweetie: Papermania Heart Pops, and the sentiment is from Ink Road.

Please drop by and play along! 

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #178 - N is for No.

 

Ok, Edna, we get the message! What a great graphic - I think I'd like this on a t-shirt.

I was in the mood for bright and cheery when I made this - can you tell? I used a lovely stencil called Tumbling Hearts from Newton's Nook and paired it with a sentiment from Ink Road which I stamped in a nice, bright ink at the foot of the card.

The sistahs have done an amazing job with this theme and would love you to come and join the fun!