Welcome back Friends & Followers! Now that Thanksgiving is over in the US (hopoe yours was a good one!) minds immediately shift to C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S! So that is our challenge for you this fortnight - to make a Christmas card or project. Here's mine using the adorable Sweet Danni & Bella digi image and some pretty patterned papers in a stack by the Paper Studio:
(Please click on the photo for clearer resolution). Isn't she a sweetie? Wouldn't you love to get a sweet kitten or pup for Christmas? If you are thinking of adding to your family, there are lots of pets in shelters looking for loving homes... and if you cannot adopt you can always donate free kibble by clicking daily at Freekibble.com or The Animal Rescue Site (did some of my holiday shopping there too - each purchase donates bowls of food by the site's numerous sponsors as well!).
Hope you will play along with our Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge! You have two weeks to link your creation and one lucky participant will win a FREE Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps! You don't even need to use WnW digis, any digi will do, however, if you use WnW images on your card youw ill be entered into a second drawing for a free WnW digi image - can't beat that! So join us!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Hello Friends & Followers! I hope my American friends had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving and survived any Black Friday shopping you were brave enough to venture out to do! This week Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is challenging you to make a gift or an image involving gifts with your digis. I selected Cocoa's Gift digital image to create this birthday card:
Be sure to see the SNSDC Blog for more ideas from my Digi Challenge teammates. Won't you play along with us? You don't even need to use a SNSS digi, any digi will do, but we love to see them of course and you never know when you will find yourself in the SNSS Spotlight!
Remember, there are lots of special things are planned all month long! Be sure to visit the Sweet 'n Sassy store for a list of all scheduled events and weekly sales. There are daily giveaways on the SNSS Facebook page and in the SCS Member Company Forum as well, so stop by often so you don't miss a thing! Happy 5th birthday SNSS!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Today is a happy day - members of the Wags 'n Whiskers & Stamp and Create Design Teams are celebrating the birthday of our owner/designer Lacey Stephens. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LACEY! Here is a card I made in your honor Wags 'n Whiskers' adorable Ellie & Squeak digi image :
Ellie & Squeake are colored with Spectrum Noir markers (which I won as a WCMD prize from Crafter's Companion - thanks you Crafter's Companion!!) and the presents are colored with Copics. Since Ellie is holding a present I decided to pair the image with some patterned paper by the Paper Studio that has presents all over it.
I hope your birthday is a very happy one Lacey, and I am honored to be a part of one of your DTs!!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Hello Friends & Followers! Yesterday Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps released three new digis in conjunction with their 5th birthday celebration:
Eskimo Kisses (colored image - the outlined image was previously released and is available in the store as well for those of you who love to color):
This week's Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge is to make a shaped card. I decided to use cute little Kiwi Koala's Cuppa image as the shape for my card:
I printed him out somewhat supersized, colored him in using Spectrum Noir markers for the grey portions (they are new, wanted to try them out - let me know what you think!) and Copic markers for the colored portions, cut him out and traced him onto a piece of Going Grey cardstock. I cut along my outline and scored at the top, folded it over to attach it to the image at the top and VOILA - instead Kiwi shaped card! I also punched out 'Winter Blessings' from the Eskimo Kisses Sentiments set and attached it at the bottom, though I feel bad blocking part of his cute paw pads.
Be sure to see the SNSDC Blog for more ideas from my Digi Challenge teammates. Won't you play along with us? And in celebration of SNSS' 5th birthday the prize for this week's challenge is BIG - $20 of SNSS digi images!! Can you believe it?!! You don't even need to use a SNSS digi, any digi will do, BUT this week if you use a SNSS digi you get TWO entries into the drawing!
Remember, there are lots of special things are planned all month long! Be sure to visit the Sweet 'n Sassy store for a list of all scheduled events and weekly sales. There are daily giveaways on the SNSS Facebook page and in the SCS Member Company Forum as well, so stop by often so you don't miss a thing! Happy 5th birthday SNSS!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Welcome back Friends & Followers! Time for another Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge - this fortnight we would like you to make a thank you/thankful card or project. I don't know about you, but I never seem to have enough thank you cards in my stash! For my sample I decided to use the adorable Snuzzle Love image (do you have 'Jungle Love' going through your head now? LOL!) and a color that is very unusual for me - purple!
This cute little lady is colored in with Copic markers and paired with some pretty purple patterned paper (say that ten times fast!) by Colorblok that I found in Tuesday Morning (they have some seriously good craft deals every now and then, if your timing is good, you can get lucky). Paired the image with some thin purple ribbon I picked up at the Offray Ribbon Outlet in Hagerstown, MD when we lived relatively nearby and some lilac twine. The sentiment is stamped in Eggplant Envy with a sentiment from the retired 'Warmest Regards' set by Stampin Up!
This card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:
Hope you will play along with our Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge! You have two weeks to link your creation and one lucky participant will win a FREE Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps! You don't even need to use WnW digis, any digi will do, however, if you use WnW images on your card youw ill be entered into a second drawing for a free WnW digi image - can't beat that! So join us!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!
Happy Friday Friends & Followers! you know what that means - time for a new Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge. This week we are challenging you to make a Thanksgiving card or project. I decided to use Rhubarb's Pie and the sweet little Save the Turkeys digi images (I couldn't decide between the two so I used them both) to create these recipe cards for my yummy sweet potato casserole:
I thought it would be more festive to print the recipe out on patterned paper, I do like the result.
Be sure to see the SNSDC Blog for more ideas from my Digi Challenge teammates. Won't you play along with us? You don't even need to use a SNSS digi, any digi will do, but we spotlight one person who uses SNSS digis on their card or project every week, and it could be YOU! And every card you enter throughout November, you will get one entry to be eligible for winning 3 digis of your choice from the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store - so play along every week to increase your chances to win!
On a side note, November is a special month for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps - SNSS is celebrating their 5th birthday and lots of special things are planned all month long! Be sure to visit the Sweet 'n Sassy store for a list of all scheduled events and weekly sales. There are daily giveaways on the SNSS Facebook page and in the SCS Member Company Forum as well, so stop by often so you don't miss a thing! Happy 5th birthday SNSS!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Hello Friends & Followers! I hope you are doing well. I wanted to make a card for this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge:
I decided to use their Seasons of Love - Tags set and some metallic paper by American Crafts to create this card:
(Holiday card count - 20, eek! I usually have more like 100 by now!! I better get crackin'!) My card is actually red & silver, but for some reason a lot of folks think I used gold... I think Martha Stewarts' holiday stars border punch coordinates so nicely with this stamp, don't you? I will say, it is a little tricky trying to heat emboss on that metallic paper, it is really slippery and wants to curl when hit with the heat gun. I know this is simple, but I like how it turned out.
This card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:
Thanks for looking! I hope you have a good evening!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Welcome back Friends & Followers! I hope your Halloween was a happy one and a safe one as well. It's Friday so it is time for another Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge. This week's theme is Anything but a Card. After seeing those supersized bags of Pixie Stix on sale I decided to make Pixie Stix holders using the ucte little Pumpkin Kitty digital stamp and some fun patterned paper from last year's DCWV Harvest Festival mat stack:
(please click on the photo for clearer resolution). Each is made from a 4.5" x 5" piece of cardstock scored at 1.25", 1.5", 3.5" and 3.75" along the 5" side. Then you rotate the cardstock 90 degrees and score at 1/4". You snip the 1/4" scores up to where they intersect the other score lines (this will be the bottom of your pixie stix holder), fold together and secure with super tacky tape or your adhesive of choice. I actually use scotch tape - it is on the back and the bottom, no one sees it anyway, and it is cheaper than using up my Monomulti. I printed out several of the kitties onto Pumpkin Pie cardstock and punched them out - VOILA! I made about 12 of these so far, they are so much fun to make and easy too! For future reference - these work great as pencil holders too for back to school! ;)
With Thanksgiving around the corner and the holidays soon after that I am sure you can think of lots of projects you could make for our challenge - napkin rings for the Thanksgiving table, treat holders of all kinds, be sure to see the SNSDC BLog for more ideas from my Digi Challenge teammates, the sky's the limit! So won't you play along with us? You don't even need to use a SNSS digi, any digi will do, but we spotlight one person who uses SNSS digis on their card or project every week, and it could be YOU! And every card you enter throughout November, you will get one entry to be eligible for winning 3 digis of your choice from the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store - so play along every week to increase your chances to win!
On a side note, November is a special month for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps - SNSS is celebrating their 5th birthday and lots of special things are planned all month long! Be sure to visit the Sweet 'n Sassy store for a list of all scheduled events. There are daily giveaways on the SNSS Facebook page and in the SCS Member Company Forum as well, so stop by often so you don't miss a thing! Happy 5th birthday SNSS! Happy November Friends!
~ Crafty Math Chick
