The Sisterhood of Snarky Stamps Challenge #102 - F is for Farm Life

Another fabulous graphic heralds the start of a new challenge over at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For this challenge it's all about Farm Life, so I broke out this wonderful little Stampin' Up piggy to create a wee motivational canvas for myself. We all need a little reminder to reach for the stars occasionally, right?

I did some uber-simple watercolouring and mounted the image onto some black card before adding to an existing canvas I created a few years ago. She is sweet and twinkly IRL, but we all know about Wink of Stella and photography...

Why not drop by and visit Edna and the sistahs down on the farm, we'd love to see you!

Naughty or Nice Challenges #47 - Reminder Post

 It's mid-month reminder time over at Naughty or Nice as we continue with our current challenge: It's a Celebration!

My card is a clean and simple card is a masculine make, and one which proves that I am as rude to my male friends as I am to my female friends! I spotted this image on Pinterest... Or a Google image search... or somewhere on the internet, and I can't find it again to credit the designer. If I find it later I'll add it in.

I die-cut the image and then layered it up. Very quick and simple, and very snarky too!

And did I mention there are prizes this month over at Naughty or Nice? We have two lovely sets of mitten dies for our lucky winners. The picture below doesn't do them justice as they are very sweet and dainty.

You can join the current challenge here!

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #101 - T is for Technique

It's hard to believe that we're about to launch into our first challenge of 2018 over at The Sisterhood, but it's totally true!

This challenge is called 'T is for Technique' and required more than a little head scratching from Yours truly as I wasn't sure which technique to showcase. After some though, and a little chat with my mom (who, luckily, is a fellow crafter) I decided to go with gilding.

I used an 'oldie but goodie' Cuttlebug embossing folder to create a pattern on some black card and then used some gilding wax (thanks, Mom) to create a metallic effect. I also did a little heat embossing to create the sentiment and to cover the die-cut bird in gold. I've never used gilding wax before, but enjoyed learning a new technique. If you ever use gilding wax, you'll quickly discover that a little goes a long way. I found this Crafter's Companion video very helpful in getting me started, but there are heaps of really good videos available out there to choose from.

As always, The Snarkettes have created some fabulous cards which you won't want to miss. We've had a blast with this challenge and can't wait to see your creations too!

Naughty or Nice challenge #47 - It's a Celebration!

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that 2018 has got off to a great start!

The Troublemakers are celebrating anything and everything with this challenge. You name the celebration, make the card and join the fun... Yes, it's that simple.

I decided to celebrate the new year and created this card which is gloriously sparkly in real life. The firework stamp is an oldie from The Rubber Stamp Gallery and the Judkins sparkle embossing powders have lain unused from the day I bought them. They are wonderfully twinkly and coordinate beautifully with the blue and green layers. The die cut numbers are from Mama Elephant. I decided to arrange them in a playful manner, rather than a straight line, but I think the '2' slipped in the die-cut machine. Never mind, it's a handmade card after all!

We'd love you to come and join us over at Naughty or Nice. There are some lovely, fun cards from the Troublemakers and there may even be prizes on offer too!