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
Boo to you my friends & followers! Hope you all enjoyed a Happy Halloween. I myself am not a big fan of the holiday, I don't like being scared, never really got into the costume thing and always stress whether I have purchased enough candy (someone should not have to take out a loan to finance their trick-or-treaters!). I was able to squeeze in these Howl-o-ween doggie treats for the neighborhood pups before the festivities began, using a cute digital image from Designed2Delight called 'Puppy Magic' and some rawhide lollipops I found at Target. Here is a shot of a portion of the treats:
On a non-Halloweenie note, I was able to squeeze in another HYCCT card this afternoon which was also for Taylored Expressions' 'Stamp & Send Challenge' using their 'Joy to the World' set:
I ran the entire angel panel upside down through my xyron and covered the adhesive with glitter to make it SUPER sparkly! I hope someone at the Andersen Cancer Treatment Center likes it! A tip - when you are going to do this technique, I always select my Bic Mark Its over my Copics- the glitter covers a lot of the finer coloring detail, so I might as well save the more expensive ink.
Thanks for stopping by! Don't eat too much candy!!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Hello Friends & Followers! Happy Halloween! LOL, feels kind of funny presenting a Christmas card ON Halloween, but it is the last day of the month and that is reveal day. This month the lovely and talented Kelli Jo was our hostess (sorry, I forgot to take a picture of the kit before I dove into it, LOL!) and here is the card I created using the pretty Sparkle Creations image, some GORGEOUS patterned paper (not sure what kind) and some pretty peppermint stick and red burlap ribbons:
I don't know if it shows up in this photo, but I added some sparkle with glitter using a Zig 2-way glue pen to the brim of her hat, muff, coat hem, boots, snowflakes and the ground as well. Thanks KelliJo! This is my first time making a card with a Sparkle Creations image! I am also going to send this card to the patients at the Andersen Cancer Center for one of the HYCCT challenges over at Splitcoaststampers. This card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges as well:
Now I know you are excited to see what my talented friends made with their kits as well, so be sure to visit them all, I am sure they have something beautiful for you to see:
- Kelli (our October hostess)
- Lee (who I think is posting tomorrow)
- Lydia,
- Misti (who is still waiting for her kit to arrive, poor thing), and
- Peggy Sue.
Thanks for looking! May you find lots of swell discounted candy tomorrow!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Hello Friends & Followers! I hope that those of you who live in Hurricane Sandy's path are safe and sound along with your loved ones and pets. Speaking of pets, when I saw Some Odd Girl's Preppy Pups set, being the HUGS dog lover that I am, I HAD to have it (it even has a doxie!!). So I decided to create this card for their October Sketch Challenge:
See?!! Isn't he the CUTEST?!! I colored him in Copic markers and really like that Spellbinders' Pinking Circle shape - doesn't it add that extra 'pow' factor? I am also donating this card for Lydia's HYCCT1201A Challenge to 'Show Us Your Style' at Splitcoaststampers for the patients at the Andersen Cancer because my style is definitely (1) balenced/symmetrical, (2) featuring pups, (3) with coloring, and (4) fun patterned papers.
Thanks for stopping by to see my card! Have a great day!
~ Crafty Math Chick
