Drunken Stampers #107 – Shabby Chic

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Hi, crafty friends! It’s time again for the ladies of Drunken Stampers‘ “Team Mojito” to post their cards for the weekly challenge!

Here’s our inspiration for this week…it’s shabby chic!:

and here’s my card…I really don’t do much of this style, but I have before, and I always think of several techniques to use in my creations: distressed edges, pastel or light colors, and many layers.
My card for this challenge features “Eliza” by Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps, and some papers from Basic Grey’s “Serenade” collection.

I bought the trim a while ago from a local stamp store, and while I think it’s gorgeous, I’ve only used it on this and maybe one other card. I hand rolled the flowers using a scalloped rose die, and another rolled flower die. I hand cut the leaves and inked the edges.

To play along with us, all you need to do is link your project on the Drunken Stampers blog using the Linky Tool, and add your blog link, gallery link, etc.

Please add the link directly to your project (any generic blog links will be deleted from the list) and leave us a comment! (if Linky Tools isn’t working or just misbehavin’, just leave a comment with the link to your card) You have until  Friday, November 30 at 11:59 PST to post your link for this challenge!

You can check out what the other members of Team Mojito (and maybe some members of Team Flirtini) have created for this challenge by visiting the Drunken Stampers blog!
I hope you have a wonderful weekend! I didn’t get into any of the Black Friday craziness, but did a bit of window shopping online…I was hoping to see the new “Hitchcock” movie starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren, but it looks like it’s not playing at any of the movie theaters anywhere nearby! 
Anyway, I’ll be back tomorrow with a new Christmas Card Challenge…thanks so much for stopping by!

Your Next Stamp #25 – Sketch Challenge!

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Happy Thursday and Happy Thanksgiving, crafty friends! 
Hope you are having a wonderful holiday with your family and friends! It’s a pretty low-key holiday here at the Bier house…just the two of us! Our families live far from us, so we don’t usually travel for Thanksgiving.
Our challenge this week at Your Next Stamp is inspired by a sketch, which I’ve included below the photo of my card. I turned the sketch to the side to create my card. It features “Finnegan,” a newly released YNS stamp set!
My main image is mounted on a wobble spring, so he moves back and forth. I had to do a little trimming on the spring base to hide it behind the image. I also cut a piece of matching background paper to cover the spring’s bottom.
and here’s our fabulous sketch for your inspiration!
So, are you ready to play along with us? Here’s the scoop on our challenges:

  • Every Thursday we post a new YNS Challenge 
  • You have the entire month to play along
  • Link your challenge entry to the YNS Blog post and/or to the SCS challenge thread 
  • If you would like to post your challenge card in the SCS gallery please use the code provided for that challenge (for this challenge, the code words are yns, ynsc, yournextstamp and ynsc25)
  • You don’t have to use YNS Stamps, but if you have some of our stamps we’d LOVE to see you ink them up!
  • Every month we will pick a lucky participant to be our special YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer!!!
Our Rockin’ YNS Guest Designers get:
  • a NEW RELEASE YNS Stamp package! (You get the new goodies before anyone else!)
  • to join us for our new release blog hop and sneak peeks
  • the entire month of challenges in advance to play along with the YNS Challenge Team
  • a rockin’ blinkie for your blog!
For added inspiration, check out what the other members of the team created for this challenge: Julie, Kelli, and Wendy! (Or you can see all of their creations, including the creations from our ROCKIN’ Guest Designer, at the YNS blog)!

Don’t forget to post your entry for this week’s challenge! You still have time to play along in our other challenges this month: a color challenge (red, white and teal), a “thank you“-themed challenge and an “anything goes” challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

CCC – Double Embossing!

Happy Sunday! It’s time for a new Christmas Card Challenge!

I can’t believe Thanksgiving is here on Thursday…did this year fly by or what? 

We’re almost to the end of this term of CCC as well. I’m staying on for another term, and I’m also happy to report that I designed all of the sketches for next year’s Christmas Card Challenges…you’ll be seeing the first of those sketches in just a few weeks!

Our challenge for this week is “Double Embossing”…because I wasn’t sure what it was, I did a web search and used this tutorial for inspiration…you’ll also see that other members of the CCC team have different takes on this technique! I love when that happens…more inspiring ideas for us to share with you all!

Here’s my card, featuring Sledding Chloe from Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps!:


Although all of our challenges are optional…the only “real” rule is that you must create a new Christmas, Holiday or Hannukah card, then link it up on the CCC blog so we can stop by and leave you some lovely comments!

We also don’t require that you use Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps on your cards, but if you have them, we’d love to see you ink them up when you play along!

Don’t forget to visit the rest of the CCC team to take a peek at the beautiful cards they’ve created this week: Alanna, Brigitte, Candace, Corinne, Dee, Katie, Leesa, Margo, Michele, Pat, and Stephanie!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I’ll be back on Thursday for our next Your Next Stamp challenge (unless I put together some cards to share before then)! Don’t forget to link your entry on the Christmas Card Challenges blog! See you there!


YNS #24 — Anything Goes!

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Happy Thursday! I’m back with a new Your Next Stamp challenge!

Since this week’s theme is “Anything Goes,” I decided to make these super-cute place cards with “Fhiona’s Squirrel Friend” and some letter stickers from my stash.

They are pretty easy to make, and are roughly about 3″ high by 4″ long. 

It really doesn’t matter what size you make them, as long as the names are big enough to read! Making the place cards also helped me to use up some cute scraps of fall-themed paper!

Other supplies: Copic markers, letter stickers (Basic Grey), stickles glitter glue, glossy accents, jumbo ric rac, brown multiliner pen, paper (Little Yellow Bicycle).

 So, are you ready to play along with us? Here’s the scoop on our challenges:


  • Every Thursday we post a new YNS Challenge 
  • You have the entire month to play along
  • Link your challenge entry to the YNS Blog post and/or to the SCS challenge thread 
  • If you would like to post your challenge card in the SCS gallery please use the code provided for that challenge (for this challenge, the code words are yns, ynsc, yournextstamp and ynsc24)
  • You don’t have to use YNS Stamps, but if you have some of our stamps we’d LOVE to see you ink them up!
  • Every month we will pick a lucky participant to be our special YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer!!!
Our Rockin’ YNS Guest Designers get:
  • a NEW RELEASE YNS Stamp package! (You get the new goodies before anyone else!)
  • to join us for our new release blog hop and sneak peeks
  • the entire month of challenges in advance to play along with the YNS Challenge Team
  • a rockin’ blinkie for your blog!
For added inspiration, check out what the other members of the team created for this challenge: Julie, Kelli, and Wendy! (Or you can see all of their creations, including the creations from our ROCKIN’ Guest Designer, at the YNS blog)!

Don’t forget to post your entry for this week’s challenge! You still have time to play along in our other challenges this month: a color challenge (red, white and teal), and a “thank you“-themed challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Christmas Card Challenges: Week 50 (Snowmen)!

Happy Sunday! I’m popping in today to share my card for this week’s Christmas Card Challenge…snowmen!

I got this little guy as part of a Pink Paislee wood accent set I found on clearance. I inked him with white pigment ink, after masking off his hat to color in later with a Copic marker. I sealed the ink with Glossy Accents, and wrapped some strands of twine around his neck for a scarf.


Other supplies: patterned paper (Memory Box), sentiment (Papertrey Ink), enamel dots (My Mind’s Eye), lace trim (My Mind’s Eye), twine (Trendy Twine), ink (Brilliance Graphite Black), kraft card stock.

Although all of our challenges are optional…the only “real” rule is that you must create a new Christmas, Holiday or Hannukah card, then link it up on the CCC blog so we can stop by and leave you some lovely comments!


We also don’t require that you use Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps on your cards, but if you have them, we’d love to see you ink them up when you play along!

Don’t forget to visit the rest of the CCC team to take a peek at the beautiful cards they’ve created this week: Alanna, Brigitte, Candace, Corinne, Dee, Katie, Leesa, Margo, Michele, Pat, and Stephanie!

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you’re in the United States, I hope you have a safe Veteran’s Day weekend. I appreciate all that our military veterans (like my husband and my Dad) do and have done for our country. Please take time to remember our veterans this weekend.

I’m hoping to get a few random challenge cards done today so I have something to share with you before our next Your Next Stamp challenge on Thursday! Don’t forget to link your entry on the Christmas Card Challenges blog! See you there! 

Drunken Stampers #105: Fifty Shades of Grey

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Happy Saturday, crafty friends! It’s my team’s turn again to post cards at the Drunken Stampers blog, and I’m sharing my card inspired by:
I may be one of the few ladies who hasn’t read this series of books (and I plan to keep it that way…LOL), but I was inspired to create a card with just black, white, and grey!

I used this fabulous “Lana” stamp by Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps! She’s colored in many shades of black and cool grey (I used Copic markers). To create some extra details, I added Stickles to her dress and Liquid Applique’ to her stole. 

Other supplies: Spellbinders Labels 25, Oval dies, glitter tape (American Crafts), foam tape, mini brads, paper piercer, Copic multiliner, patterned paper (will update with info when I remember), Brilliance Graphite Black ink, silver pigment ink.

To play along with us, all you need to do is link your project on the Drunken Stampers blog using the Linky Tool, and add your blog link, gallery link, etc.

Please add the link directly to your project (any generic blog links will be deleted from the list) and leave us a comment! (if Linky Tools isn’t working or just misbehavin’, just leave a comment with the link to your card) You have until  Friday, November 16 at 11:59 PST to post your link for this challenge!

You can check out what the other members of Team Mojito (and maybe some members of Team Flirtini) have created for this challenge by visiting the Drunken Stampers blog!
I hope you have a wonderful weekend! I’m going to see the new James Bond movie, “Skyfall,” with my husband…and maybe get some coloring and crafting done! 
I’ll be back tomorrow with a new Christmas Card Challenge…thanks so much for stopping by!


Your Next Stamp 23: Thank you

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Happy Thursday! It’s time for a new challenge at Your Next Stamp, and this week’s theme is “THANK YOU”!

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I chose some fall-ish colors and YNS’s “Thankful For You Fhiona” for my card!

Things have been a little different around here…my husband is in the process of transitioning from the military to civilian life, so he’s been home a lot, which is nice! It’s just a different routine than what I’m used to…I hope he’ll be able to find a job that he enjoys and we don’t have to move too far!
So, are you ready to play along with us? Here’s the scoop on our challenges:

  • Every Thursday we post a new YNS Challenge 
  • You have the entire month to play along
  • Link your challenge entry to the YNS Blog post and/or to the SCS challenge thread 
  • If you would like to post your challenge card in the SCS gallery please use the code provided for that challenge (for this challenge, the code words are yns, ynsc, yournextstamp and ynsc23)
  • You don’t have to use YNS Stamps, but if you have some of our stamps we’d LOVE to see you ink them up!
  • Every month we will pick a lucky participant to be our special YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer!!!
Our Rockin’ YNS Guest Designers get:
  • a NEW RELEASE YNS Stamp package! (You get the new goodies before anyone else!)
  • to join us for our new release blog hop and sneak peeks
  • the entire month of challenges in advance to play along with the YNS Challenge Team
  • a rockin’ blinkie for your blog!
For added inspiration, check out what the other members of the team created for this challenge: Julie, Kelli, and Wendy! (Or you can see all of their creations, including the creations from our ROCKIN’ Guest Designer, at the YNS blog)!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create for this week’s challenge!

YNS Color Challenge: Red, Teal and White!

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Happy Thursday, crafty friends! It’s time for a new month of challenges at Your Next Stamp! 
We’re kicking things off with a color challenge this week, and your inspirations colors are red, teal and white!
I think these colors make fun holiday cards, don’t you? Here’s my card, featuring “Christmas Bauble Robin“, one of October’s many fabulous releases! You can find this stamp set and many more at the Your Next Stamp Store!
Other supplies: patterned paper (Basic Grey Alpine Frost), teal patterned paper (Bo Bunny), brads, glitter tape (American Crafts), Copic markers (I used R14, R22, R24, R27, R39 on the hat and ornament; BG13, BG15, BG18, BG45, BG49 on the bird’s feathers; YR04 on the beak, and W01, W02 on the shading. Details on the ornament were added with Glossy Accents and an opaque white marker.); Liquid Applique, kraft card stock, Spellbinders circle die, Brilliance Graphite Black ink.
Ready to play along with us? Here’s the scoop on our challenges:
  • Every Thursday we post a new YNS Challenge 
  • You have the entire month to play along
  • Link your challenge entry to the YNS Blog post and/or to the SCS challenge thread 
  • If you would like to post your challenge card in the SCS gallery please use the code provided for that challenge (for this challenge, the code words are yns, ynsc, yournextstamp and ynsc22)
  • You don’t have to use YNS Stamps, but if you have some of our stamps we’d LOVE to see you ink them up!
  • Every month we will pick a lucky participant to be our special YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer!!!
Our Rockin’ YNS Guest Designers get:
  • a NEW RELEASE YNS Stamp package! (You get the new goodies before anyone else!)
  • to join us for our new release blog hop and sneak peeks
  • the entire month of challenges in advance to play along with the YNS Challenge Team
  • a rockin’ blinkie for your blog!
For added inspiration, check out what the other members of the team created for this challenge: Julie, Kelli, and Wendy! (Or you can see all of their creations, including the creations from our ROCKIN’ Guest Designer, at the YNS blog)!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create for this week’s challenge!

Happy Halloween: Beware the Grim Creeper!

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Happy Halloween, everybody! I won’t be getting any little ghouls or goblins ready for trick or treating tonight, but I wanted to share some fun (and delightfully creepy) cards with you today!

In case you’ve arrived from Peggy’s blog and are wondering what this is all about, some of my crafting besties and I came up with ideas for “stalker sentiments” on one of our very, very late night crafty skype chats, and thought the best time to share them with you would be on Halloween during a very informal blog hop!

I have three cards to share with you…the first two are pretty easy and quick…I found a collection of some free retro photos online, and picked a couple for my first two cards.

The idea behind these cards is to subtly surprise and creep you out. Maybe my group of friends watches too many crime-related TV shows or scary movies (I am so guilty of that!), but some of these were pretty easy to come up with! I’m not a fan of gory slasher movies, but I do love Hitchcock movies and the old Twilight Zone episodes, in addition to modern shows like CSI and Criminal Minds.

For a closer peek at any of the cards, just click on the pictures!

Heeeeeeere’s card #1:
Card #2:

For Card #3 (which is actually the first card I made), I found a tutorial online on how to make an interactive spinner wheel card. You’ll be able to get the basic idea on how it works from these pictures:
(for a larger view, please click the photo)

Your next stop on our “Grim Creeper” hop is Thanh’s blog! 
Don’t worry, I’ll be back to my regular schedule tomorrow with a colorful new challenge at Your Next Stamp!
Thanks for stopping by!

If you’d like to visit all of the blogs in today’s mini hop, here’s the list: Peggy, Suzanne (you’re here), Thanh, Spike, and Sparkle!

Your Next Stamp’s "Hop for Hope"!

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Hi, everybody! I’m excited to be the first stop on Your Next Stamp‘s “Hop for Hope”! 
We’re all showcasing a very special stamp set by YNS created for Breast Cancer Awareness Month!
This set was created by YNS illustrator Fhiona Galloway, who is currently battling breast cancer herself. We are dedicating our hop to this very special lady, along with all of the other amazing women who are fighting this difficult fight. We have several special guests joining us so you won’t want to miss all of the gorgeous creations!

The Fight Like a Girl stamp set retails for $15.00 and Karen is donating $3.00 from each sale towards cancer research.
My card also fits one of the Splitcoast “Hope You Can Cling To” challenges, “Shine It Out!”, which is to use glitter or sparkles of some kind on your card! HERE‘s the link to the Splitcoast thread with all the details on this challenge.
Don’t forget to leave comments for ALL of the hop participants…there’s a $20 Your Next Stamp gift certificate hidden on a of the hop participant’s blog…so not only will you make the hoppers happy with your sweet comments, but you’ll also increase your chances of winning the gift certificate!
If you are looking for a full list of the participants or want to come back later and continue the hop, check out the linky list below!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Your next stop on the hop is Maureen’s blog! 

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