Less is More sketch challenge

There is a super CAS sketch this week at Less is More.

Here is my take on it. I actually  made one more card, but forgot to photograph it. I think this layout would be great if you need to mass produce.

Keeping it brief today. I'm looped up on cold meds!

Shanna :)

stamp sets used:
CTMH C1468 Winter Joy, D1244 Snow Friends, D1243 Peace on Earth
the Peace-Love-Joy sentiment is not CTMH, I think it is Hero Arts

Hoot Valentines

Here is my project for the current challenge at Inspired By...

These were quick and fun to make which is a good thing since I need about 25 of them!!! A week or two ago, Doodlepants (my youngest son) asked me if I could make Valentines for his class. Neither of the boys has ever actually asked me to do this which is probably why I usually get the cheap store-bought kind since I know they end up in the garbage or recycle. So, when he asked at first I thought "Oh no" - but the fact that he asked in the first place really melted my heart and I told him I would see what I could do.

So, when Donna was over this weekend, I pulled out all my Valentines related stamp sets and played around. The goal, of course, was to come up with something that was a bit cute, a bit cool and quick but still "passable" in my eyes. I came up with three different versions and let him choose.I should say that these are designed flat like a traditional children's Valentine and he will write the back. I was in favour of the owl with the flower eyes, but Donna really liked the first with the wide-open eyes and thought that he somehow resembled Doodlepants. Well, guess which he picked, yep the first one! 

I got about six done the first go round and I still have a little bit of time to play with - my goal is to NOT be stamping on Feb.13th! I kept telling myself that when I thought about adding this or that and managed to stop myself from making them more involved, cuz you know, it would be fun to add a little glitter, or texture....

And here is the inspiration photo at Inspired By this week:



I would also like to share at:
Shopping our Stash - love, Valentines, hearts ( so far all of my cranberry CS has been from my scrap bin! and the You're a hoot set has been in my stash for years!)
Brown Sugar - Valentines

Thanks for your visit!
Shanna :)

What I used:
CTMH You're a Hoot and Whoo's your Valentine
cranberry CS
Nestabilities

I (Heart) You

There was a fantastic sketch this week at Freshly Made sketches. Here is my interpretation and I'm just getting it in on time...

I had so much fun playing with these yummy papers from Bo Bunny!

 A peek at the inside:

I have been saving the sleeves from my Starbuck's treats for awhile now because I knew I would eventually find something crafty to re-purpose them for - well, they can easily be turned into to corrugated hearts! Easy peasy! That oughta use up a few! 

I would also like to share my card at the following:

Crafty Ribbons - love/romance

Brown Sugar - Valentines

Thanks so much for visiting!

Shanna :)

What I used:

papers: Bo Bunny Love Letters Collection

stamps: CTMH D1548 Whoo's your Valentine & D1420 A Little Everything

Starbuck's sleeves

Maya Road trinket pins

Let's go fly a kite

I spent the last couple of evenings nursing my head cold and working on this card. It was very therapeutic actually! Donna was over scrappin' with me last night - thanks for the advice to add stitching to my "fanned out" papers, I think it was just exactly what it needed! 

This card is for the current challenge at Saturated Canary - inspired by a movie. My movie is "Mary Poppins," one of my childhood favourites! If you have seen the movie, you may recall the song "Let's go fly a kite" hence the tie in.

My card is also for the challenge at Inky Chicks where they are having a BINGO challenge. I have managed to incorporate the items on every square except two! I included: image, sentiment, ribbon, bow, pins, pearls, flowers and die cuts.

I even managed to use a Brand New CTMH stamp set (C1539 - Scrapbook sentiments - Poets) on the inside - I love this quote! Here is a peek at the inside...

 Hope you have a fantastic Sunday! A big shout out to "Mr. Bananastamper," as one of you called him, as he has taken the boys ice fishing for the afternoon so that I can relax and kick this cold in the butt! Bliss!!!

Thanks so much for visiting!

Shanna :)

What I used:
image: Saturated Canary "Windy Day" digi- found here in Krista's shop
papers: Cosmo Cricket "Togetherness" mini deck
ribbon: SU
quote: CTMH C1539
sentiments - CTMH and Hero Arts

Be Mine

Good morning and Happy Saturday!

Ever since I made these cards awhile ago, I've been wanting to play around a bit more with brackets - here is what I came up with.

I would like to share at:
City Crafter - hearts - they are tiny, but they are up there in the top right corner, love these little blingy embellies!
Papercraft Star - buttons - there is only one and it is partially hidden, but I love it on there because it is vintage from the tin of buttons my Mom and lil' sis picked up for me from the Thrift Store - so many treasures in there!

I just realized that I forgot to photograph the inside - oh well!

Have a great Saturday!

Shanna :)

What I used:
CTMH Cricut Artiste Cartridge for brackets and sentiment- I think the brackets were cut at 3"
vintage seam binding and button
stamps: CTMH D1477 Universal Backgrounds, D1523 Sweet Music, D1528 Jardin (love this one!)
inks: Hollyhock (second generation) and blush
heart embellies - Prima Say it in Crystals
papers - misc from my small stash of Valentine's papers

Joy

Today's card is for Papercraft Star where the challenge is buttons! 

Well, I definitely used buttons, but I am not in love with  my card. For one thing, I did not realize until I photographed it how far off my colour match was between the polkadots and the background paper. I go back and forth, one minute I look at it and think "epic fail" and the next I convince myself it isn't so bad. I almost didn't post it, but what the heck, you can't love 'em all right?!?

And just for laughs, here is hubby modelling a miniature Santa hat whilst goofing around in my scraproom. He wandered in a one day while I was working and started goofing off to get my attention. He has quite the sense of humour this one!

Oh, and since this is another Christmas card for the stash, I'd like to share over at Christmas Card Challenges.

Wherever you are, whatever you're up to, Happy Friday!
Shanna :)

p.s. the temp finally seems to be a bit on the rise, we are now sitting at a balmy -9c which registers as -13c with the wind chill. Much better!

Dude!

Still pretty cold here (-28 c with the wind chill), but much warmer than it was on Sunday and Monday! Thank goodness for that! Kristi asked if we were freezing our eyeballs at that temperature, lol (comic relief is good at this temp!)...we usually manage to protect them as long as you walk to and from the car etc quickly (goggles are helpful if skiing!) but if you have anything in your nose...

Ok enough of that!
Today's card is for the current challenge at The Paper Players which is a sketch. I made a similar card back in the fall, but liked it enough I decided to make a few more with slight variations for the stash. I actually like how this one turned out better - the oval shape for the sentiment works better than what I used previously. I cut this one with my Cricut Artiste cartridge from CTMH (Thanks Donna for the suggestion!) The sentiment is from "Rugged Dude" B1405.

Here is the inside - simple but fun.

The image is from Powder Heaven (CTMH) and the inside sentiment is from D1475 Card Chatter Birthday.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I haven't been able to visit much this week. It's been super busy at work and I'm finding between that and the extreme cold, I'm drained. I've been going to bed early which leaves little time for blogging.

Ciao!
Shanna :)

You're a hoot!

 Today when Danderella had my boys over to hang out with her girls for a couple of hours, I decided to give the sketch over at Sweet Sunday a try. Here are the results. See Danielle, I finally made a Valentine's card!

My card is also for the current challenge at There She Goes Clear Stamps - Love is in the air. I just realized that this challenge closes in like an hour, so I had better get this posted!

A little peek at the simple inside:

Thanks for visiting! Time for bedtime stories!

Shanna :)

p.s. We did not go skiing today - the temp ended up being like -39 degrees with the windchill - brrrrr!

What I used:

stamp: CTMH C1362 You're a Hoot

paper from my scrap bin! oh yeah!