The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #276 - X is for Xmas in July

It's July... And that can only mean one thing: Christmas cards! The year has tipped balance and we are in the downhill sleigh ride towards the Festive Season. Edna has wrapped the gifts and decorated the tree, whilst also taking time to inflate a flamingo and head to the beach! She's got it all covered.

Yes, the Sistahs, and our fabulous Queen, are all about putting the X in Xmas, and we'd love you to come and join the fun. 

I was in the mood for a pink creation so I grabbed a Newton's Nook stencil set,  a Reverse Confeffi stamp AND a little MFT snark. This is so pretty IRL, but the camera has done something odd with the colours so they appear less harmonious. 

We look forward to seeing what YOU create for our challenge, so please come and play along!

And it's not just The Sisterhood who are celebrating Christmas in July as our friends over at The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity are getting their Christmas on too! 

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - R is for Rainbow

 

It's June and that means Pride Month! The Sisterhood and our mascot, Edna, are flying their Pride flags with, well, PRIDE, and very much hope that you will come and join the fun!

Regular visitors won't be surprised that my card is silly one. We have a scurry of squirrels who live in and around our garden. We have one particular squirrel who is especially happy to be around us, eats from the bird table and brings her babies for a meet and greet when they are old enough. I thought I'd make this card for my hubby to celebrate this special friendship, which unfortunately skates on thin ice each Spring when the squirrels eat the tulip bulbs.

Why not get your PRIDE on with us this month!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #274 - G is for Gnome

 

Edna has some new little friends she'd love us all to meet as we play G is for Gnome over at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

My 'take' on the theme is a little on the dark side as it's more than a wee bit sick and twisted...

Thankfully, Good Queen Jenn and the Sisters have created cards that are a little less distasteful, so please head on over and join the fun!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #273 - H is for Happy Birthday!

 

The Sisterhood have a brand new challenge for you to play! We've all had heaps of fun with this one and we hope you will too. Sarcasm, snark and general naughtiness are encouraged, but are not essential so why not join the H is for Happy Birthday fun? 

Here's how I played our challenge this month. 

While wandering around Etsy I fell in love with these cute robot stickers and just had to get them. I'm not usually a sticker gal, but I couldn't resist these and knew I'd have fun playing with them. 

It turns out when you use stickers that it's better to pop them up on dimensionals. I guess it depends on your overall design but I love how this little guy sits so well against the Visible Image stencil rather than disappearing into it. This isn't something I discovered by accident... my very talented friend Carol pointed me in the right direction! 

The Sisterhood of Snarky stampers Challenge #272 - C is for Cold

Just look at Edna battling the Brrrrrrrrr for the Sisterhood this month as we play C is for Cold!

For my take on cold I went with a cool colour combo and the offer of a dash of biting sarcasm. 

The cat is from Technique Junkies, but sadly they appear to have closed down. 

The sisters have had a proverbial hoot with this theme, and we very much hope you'll come and join the fun too!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #271 - B is for Black, Black Heart

We're having far, far too much fun over at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers with Challenge #271 as we play B is for Black, Black Heart. Doesn't Edna look the bizz? 

We'd like to see anti-valentines or black on your cards, or even a combination of the two - whatever floats your crazy little love boat. 

Here's what I made using one of my most favourite stamps from Rubber Moon designed by Mary Engelbreit. I don't know why this lil gal makes me laugh so much, but she does! 

BTW, you may be relieved to know I'm not sending the card above to my hubby. He's getting this one instead!

The XOXOXOXO background is from Simon Says Stamp and I cannot stop playing with it. Seriously, I. Just. Can't. 

I'm linking this little chameleon card over at Inkspirational because their word prompt of XOXO just seems to fit perfectly! 

The current AAA Colourful Challenge also seems like a good place for my cards to go and play. 

And I'm also linking to Lost Coast Design as rightly, or wrongly, I think my chameleon card fits in here too... sort of!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge ##270 - N is for New or Never

The Sisterhood are starting the New Year in great form as we invite you to play N is for New or Never!

I'm playing with two NEVER stamps as I've not inked-up Dorothy and Alice before. 

The girl's are from Visible Image, and you can find Alice here and Dorothy here. I enjoyed adding embossing powder to Dorothy shoes for that essential ruby slipper sparkle. 

I've had idea this in my head for a while after seeing a fun meme of this pair, but needed a little push from the sistahs to bring it to fruition. I'm glad I did as it's quite fun and I think I'll keep it on my desk to give me a chuckle from time-to-time. 

I'm linking this project over at a totally-new-to-me Challenge Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Quest. 

I'm not 100% sure if Alice and Dorothy are quite what the Heart's Quest gals have in mind, but it's an Anything Goes Challenge for this month so I'll keep my fingers crossed. This looks like such a fun place to play and the DT inspiration is great! 

Our Queen for our challenge at SoSS is Michelle, and she's created a super-fun card to help us launch a new theme and a new year of snarky fun. I hope you'll come and play along! 

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #269 - C is for Cheeky Christmas

 

Another truly splendid graphic from Sister Lee heralds a brand new challenge from The Sisterhood as we play C is for Cheeky Christmas! 

Here's what I made using a fun image from VLVS...

I'm linking this card to Anything Goes over at Lost Coast Designs. This is such a fab challenge and I really should make it a resolution to play there more often!

The Sistahs have created some fun cards and we'd love you to get your cheeky on and come and join the fun! 

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #268 - D is for Drink

 

Greeting Fans of Snark, it's time for another fun challenge over at The Sisterhood, and this month we bring you D is for Drink! 

I had fun playing with these cute VLVS ladies. They just have such naughty expressions and are great to use on snarky cards!

There are some fun cards on show again this month, and we have our lovely Queen Beverley with us too, so please head on over and take a look! 

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #267 - S is for Spooky

 

Edna is helping us play S is for Spooky this month over at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! October is also breast cancer awareness month, so we're offering you an option to include pink on your creation.

My card isn't so much spooky as just plain silly!

My Sizzix ghosts are enjoying a chat against a Tim Holtz embossing folder background. All in all, this was a fun card to make. 

I'm going to link this card over at The Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge. This is such a fun challenge and I have no idea why I don't play here more often. Their Mood Board for this month is just brilliant and the DT inspiration rocks!

And finally, don't forget to check them boobies, gals, it's important and could just save your life!

Take care. x

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #266 - Finally Fall

We're playing F is for Finally Fall over at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers and Edna is here to get us in the mood.

 

For some reason I don't fully understand, I've created a snark-free card for this challenge. 

I had fun with some Sizzix Thinlets Artsy Leaves and Spellbinders Hemstitch Rectangles. I have to say that photographing this card was virtually impossible and it looks so much nicer IRL.

I'm linking this card over at CAS on Friday Challenge #317 where they're playing Fall. There are some stunning cards from the DT to look at and enjoy, and some lovely entries in the linky gallery thus far. 

Back at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers my sistahs and our reigning monarch have created some fab cards, so please come and play along! 

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #265 - A is for Alien

 

Greetings, Earthlings! For August the Sisterhood are playing A is for Alien... And having a truly out of this world experience with our fun theme.

I inked-up this fun little alien from VLVS and added a couple of space ships for extra fun. There are so many fabulous alien images at VLVS and I'd love a few more for my stash, but I'm not sure if I can import them to the UK anymore. Sadly, world trade complications appear to have thwarted my stamp buying.

You'll love the cards created by our reigning queen and the sistahs, so please beam yourself over and take a look!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #264 - H is for Hot, Hot, Hot!

Here in the UK it's been kinda cosy of late, and so it feels just right for the Sisterhood to play Hot, Hot, Hot!

I wanted to make a card with HAPPINESS as the theme and went searching Google for a suitable quote. OK, so this is what I came up with. I know llamas have nothing to do with the heat, but this made me laugh and I just couldn't get past the idea so the card got made!

The colour palette for my painty, inky gel print background is a mix of HOT colours, and the llama is a digi from the fabulous Vera Lane shop.

I hope you'll come and join The Sisterhood and our reigning Good Queen Wendy for this fun challenge!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #263 - P is for Pride

For our June Challenge we are celebrating Pride Month over at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers, and we'd like to see RAINBOW colours on your projects!

Here's what I created:

I love this kitty from Catitude by Yuzu for MFT. I've lost the packaging for the rainbow die - it wasn't easy to use, so I may look for another one as the cut-out was so fiddly. 

I'm delighted to be linking to lovely Fiki's Show Us Your Pussycats Challenge #112. Such a fun challenge! The kitty in my card today is based on my friend's cat Rupert - he's a proper character and would definitely strut his stuff just like this!

Finally, here's another picture of Bruce from the Rescue. Isn't he gorgeous? I'm sure his forever home can't be far away with a face like that.

You're going to love the creations on offer from the SoSS team and our Queen of Snark, so please head on over and take a look! 

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #262 - R is for Rude

The Sisterhood have only one requirement of your card for this month and that is that it is RUDE!

 

Sister Lee has once again created the perfect graphic for our challenge, and the team and Good Queen Fran may just have surpassed themselves this month. 

Here's what I made using a fun, haughty lady and sentiment from Viva Las Vegas Stamps. 

Ha ha ha - how rude!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #261 - M is for Manly

 

All together now... 

"Edna's a lumberjack and she's OK

She sleeps all night and she works all day..."

Bravo to Sister Lee for yet another awesome Edna to get us in the mood for Challenge #261 - M is for Manly. 

For some reason I decided to grab a Grim Reaper die from Sizzix for this one. 

A balloon die cut and a Dani Doodles stamp also jumped on board to join the fun. 

There are some truly brilliant macho creations on offer for this challenge, so please come and join us over at The Sisterhood... lumberjack shirts are optional. 

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #260 - G is for Green

 

The word on the street is 'It's not easy being Green...' but, The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers and our fabulous guest, Rachel, seem to have found it very easy to create cards using Mother Nature's favourite colour.

Here's what I made for Challenge #260:

A little The Ink Road snarkiness and a sweet AALL and Create image jumped onto one of my gelli prints to create this card. The sisters would love it if you came and joined the fun!

It's International Women Day on March 8th and Lost Coast Designs are celebrating with a fabulous month long theme of Woman. I had to play along. 

I'm also dropping this sweet gal into the gallery over at Sweet Stampin as their new theme is Special Women, again to celebrate on March 8th. 

Happy crafting everyone - I hope Saturday is good and kind to you all. 

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #259 - L is for Love

 

The Sisters have been hard at work creating some wonderfully 'romantic' cards to celebrate Valentine's Day on 14th February. As you can see from our graphic, Edna is in two minds about celebrating this annual show of affection! Great work, Sister Lee.

My card is all cute and girly - gold on pink and created using Dani Doodles gorgeous Winter Vine and one of her fun More Narky Sentiments. 

Reads: Nope, Not Today.

Who said ROMANCE is dead?

Please come play along with the Sisterhood and share your romantic/mildly indifferent/anti-romantic creations with us!