Sisterhood of Snarky Stamper's Challenge #11: S is for Steampunk!

Hello All!

Welcome to the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers 

Challenge #11: S is for Steampunk!  

Edna is the Steampunkiest, isn't she?

I decided to alter a composition notebook for our Steampunk Challenge.  I bought quite a few of these after Target clearanced out their Back To School items.  My daughter tells me I'll have to get rid of them if I don't use them soon.  Did I forget to tell you I bought them about four years ago.  She says I ought to use them or not buy them!  Now she wants me donate them....obviously, she is not a crafter!  Shhhh, don't tell her that the Graphic 45 paper and the eyelets are at least that old too!

 

I attached the Graphic 45 Communique paper to the notebook by spreading a quick dry tacky glue in an extremely thin layer over the entire cover (ModPodge works also).  Most glues contain too much water making your papers wrinkle.  After I trimmed the little bit paper overhang so it was flush with edges of the notebook, I sanded and distressed the edges with Vintage photo ink.


I used Kraft-Core Notalgic Core'dinations cardstock with the Tim Holtz Texture Fades-(Blueprints and Pocket Watches) and sanded them to bring out the kraft colored core.  All of the elements, except the man stamp were sanded on their edges and distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  The Tim Holtz Time Travelers man was stamped on some map DP I had in my stash.

All other images are from the Graphics Fairy.  They have tons of free vintage images to use!  I fussy cut the cat and the hand.  I used pop dots on the cat and fingers of the hand.  Glossy Accents were used to accent the bulb and cat eyes.  The free font I used for the snarky Steampunk saying is Ornatique.
 

Have fun, create a Steampunk project, and enter Challenge #11 for the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers~S is for Steampunk!   We'd love to see what you come up with!

You have until Friday, July 11th, at 11:55 pm EDT to enter at SoSS.  You'll have a chance to win the auspicious title of Queen or Princess of Snark!  You know you want to win it!  If you're our Queen, you can be our Guest Designer!

Don't forget to visit the blogs of the all the other talented Snarky Sisters and check out their phenomenal Steampunk creations!

• Barb
• Chris
• Donna
• Jessi
• Lee
• Lindsey
• Lynne
• Michelle

I am entering this notebook in the following challenges:

QKR Challenge #94 -Use a Cat or a Dog  

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Left of Center Challenge #34-Use Metal   7/10

A Change to the Fairy Challenge at Quirky Crafts!

Change to Quirky Crafts Challenge #12 - now you only need a fairy and one item from the fairy ring!    
  We think we have made this challenge a little too hard for you all this time, so there is a last minute change to the rules!

Now you only need to pick one item from the fairy ring and use a fairy, I hope you will all be able to join in the fun!

Here is the Fairy Ring again to remind you:

To enter the challenge link your project HERE.

You could win a fantastic prize from our sponsor,

Crackerbox Palace Stamps

1st Prize is 4 digital images of your choice Crackerbox Palace

2nd Prize is 3 digital images of your choice from Crackerbox Palace

3rd Prize is 2 digital images of your choice from Crackerbox Palace

You can just choose from the rubber stamps and 

they will be made into digital images for you.

In addition to the prizes - every person who enters can have 10% off anything from the Crackerbox Palace website, just contact Cazzy (at the Quirky Crafts blog )via the email link in the sidebar, or comment to say you would like 10% off.

It is Better to have loved...

Hello!

I made this ATC to use as a tag on a present for someone going through a divorce.  I loved the sentiment stamp, Loved and Lost, when I first saw it...I just had to have it!  Shirley's Wink and Loved and Lost are from Crackerbox Palace Stamps. 

I'd like to enter this ATC in the following challenge:
Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge: White, Black, and One Other Color   6/17  

Last post as Guest Designer for Quirky Craft Challenges

Hi All!!!

It's time for a reminder post for the Quirky Craft Challenge #12  - It's a Quirky Fairy World (Recipe Challenge)

I have thoroughly enjoyed being a Guest Designer for the last four challenges at Quirky Craft Challenges!  I will miss it!  Thanks for the fantastic opportunity!

I chose Sleeping Fairy Dreama as my final fairy image!  She has been spreading her fairy dust all night and she is taking a well-deserved nap in the warm sunshine, under the Happy Sun.

These awesome digital images are from our wonderful sponsor, Crackerbox Palace!  I designed the scene and printed in on colored cardstock.  Then, I printed the images on Xpress paper.  Dreama and Happy Sun were colored with Copics and for Dreama's wings I used G00 and covered them with Crystal Stickles.  The sentiment was printed using the free font, The Blue Cabin.

I used Sun, Sentiment, and Sparkles from the Fairy Ring to complete my card!  We invite you to leave the real world and invent you own Fairy World. Build up your own enchanted world, using at least three of the following items from the fairy ring (and a fairy of course). We want to know your dreams!

I hope you enjoy my card!  Don't forget to enter in the Quirky Crafts Challenge #12-Fairies-It's a Quirky Fairy World...you still have time!  The challenge runs until midday on Saturday, June 21st - UK time or 6:00 am CDT.  

You could win a fantastic prize from our sponsor,

Crackerbox Palace Stamps

1st Prize is 4 digital images of your choice Crackerbox Palace

2nd Prize is 3 digital images of your choice from Crackerbox Palace

3rd Prize is 2 digital images of your choice from Crackerbox Palace

You can just choose from the rubber stamps and 

they will be made into digital images for you.

In addition to the prizes - every person who enters can have 10% off anything from the Crackerbox Palace website, just contact Cazzy (at the Quirky Crafts blog )via the email link in the sidebar, or comment to say you would like 10% off. 

I'm entering this card in the following challenge:

Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenge #12-Something With Wings  6/21
Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge~For the Girls  6/20  
Come And Get It Challenges~Fairy Fantasy  6/20
Crafting Desert Diva's Linky Party~Favorite Color : Aqua  6/22

Thanks for visiting and leaving comments!
Karen

SoSS Challenge #10: G is for Glitter!

Hello Everybody!

OMG!  Edna is flashing!  Whew...it's only her dress and shoes!  She's back again to help us share our dazzling new challenge over at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!  Challenge #10 is G is for Glitter!  I think Edna should flash more often, don't you?  Lee, on the DT, is responsible for Edna and I think Lee's doing a fantastic job!  Kudos to you, Lee!

Edna has attitude and so does Fayette!   Fairy Fayette seems to be saying "You're going to do it my way"!  I could use a little bit of that spunk!  The Hello Happy Dust sentiment is perfect for her!  Clouds round out the scene.  All stamps are from Crackerbox Palace Stamps!

 

I stamped Fayette and Cloud using Memento ink on Xpress paper.  Each were colored with Copics and fussy cut.  I stamped Hello Happy Dust and Fayette on the cool cardstock from Club Scrap!  I added strips of 1/8th" Scor-tape around two sides and rubbed glitter on it  The glitter, also on the wings, is from Stamping Jazzy Style (out of business, I'm sad to say).  They mixed some fabulous combinations of ultra fine glitter!

Have fun, create a project using ribbon and enter Challenge #10 for the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers~G is for Glitter!   We'd love to see what you come up with!

You have until Friday, June 27th, at 11:55 pm EDT to enter at SoSS.  You'll have a chance to win the auspicious title of Queen or Princess of Snark!  You know you want to win it!  If you're our Queen, you can be our Guest Designer!

Don't forget to visit the blogs of the all the other talented Snarky Sisters and check out their glittery awesomeness!

• Barb
• Chris
• Donna
• Jessi
• Lee
• Lindsey
• Lynne
• Michelle

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Open-Minded Crafting Challenge #12- Something with Wings  6/21

Come and Get It Challenge~Fairy Fantasy   6/20 

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #116~Things with Wings  6/26
Crafting Desert Diva's Linky Party~Favorite Color : Aqua  6/22

NBUS Challenge #1~Anything Goes   6/27 NBUS:  Fairy Fayette Stamp

Starting Me Out on the Right Foot!

Hi, it's me again!

Today I made a Father's Day Card using Crackerbox Palace Stamps.  Happy Feet-Lg. was cut out to separate it from the frame.  Since the image is Retro, I used DP that carried that same feel.  The free font I used is a Retro Style font called Keep On Truckin'  The burlap I used was rubbed Glossy Accents around the edge to prevent it from unraveling.   An arrow from Close to My Heart covered with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

If you've never heard of Keep on Truckin' or underground comics, you didn't live in the late 60's/early 70's.  Therefore I've attached the original logo along with an explanation of the origin of Keep On Truckin'. 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Penny Black and More June Challenge - Use Your Favorite Stamp 6/29

Tuesday Morning Sketches #253  6/16
Artistic Inspirations #95-All about Dad 6/16
Make My Monday Challenge-Male Themed 6/15
Ike's World Challenges-#19:Monochrome 6/24
Sweet Stamps Challenge-#173 For Dad   6/17
Eclectic Ellpau Challenge: Card for a Man  6/29
Frilly and Funkie Challenge~For All Our Fathers 6/17  Can Retro be Vintage?
Hobby Cutz Challenge #51 - Father's Day/Masculine  6/14
Scribble and Scrap Challenge# 20   6/20
ePlay Challenge~Fabric 6/29

Thinking of You with Dryer Sheet Flowers

Hi Everyone!

I'm sure by now you realize I am a Snarky Sister!  Well the Sisters got together and talked...We. Like. To. Talk., and decided we had to find some people and have a blast!  We thought let's party with Just Us Girls!  By the way, with that acronym,  J.U.G.s, we new we were going to have an  awesome time!!

This is the first card I made with die-cut flowers from dryer sheets.  I have tried other dryer sheets techniques, but this one was a little more difficult than I had expected.  There were a few different shim trials before I had the flowers cut out completely.  This might be due to the small size of the Tattered Flowers or because of the composition of used dryer sheets.  I tried unused dryer sheets and although they cut out easier, I didn't like the stiff texture.

Prior to cutting, I painted the dryer sheets with Tim Holtz Distress Paints.  The card base is from Stampin' Up and the DP is from the Daphne's Closet Collection by Lawn Fawn.  The sentiment is from Tim Holtz.



I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Sweet Stamps Monthly Challenge-Dryer Sheet Flowers  6/14
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge:Paint 
Shopping Our Stash #155: Something Soft (Used Dryer Sheets) 6/17
Just Us Girls Sketch Challenge #244   6/12

GD for Quirky Crafts Challenge #12-Fairy Aurora

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to Quirky Crafts Challenge #12 - It is a Quirky Fairy World (Recipe challenge)  We invite you to leave the real world and invent you own Fairy World. Build up your own enchanted world, using at least three of the following items from the fairy ring (and a fairy of course). We want to know your dreams!

I just found out about the Recipe party of the challenge so I only have two of the items: Sparkles and Sentiment.  During the reminder post I'll follow it, I promise.  :)  I used my favorite fairy and fairy sentiment stamps from Crackerbox Palace Rubber Stamps, our gracious sponsor.  I colored Fairy Aurora with a Wand using Copics and attached her to a piece of purple leathery paper I bought eons ago from Provocraft.  Both the purple paper and the blue are shimmery to begin with but I thought a little bit fairy dust was needed so I covered the purple paper under Aurora with Distress Glitter.  Aurora loves her happy dust!  Check out the awesome Hello Happy Dust verse inside!

Remember to enter your project for Quirky Crafts Challenge #12-Fairies

by midday on Saturday, June 21st - UK time or 6:00 am CDT.  

You could win a prize from our sponsor,
Crackerbox Palace Stamps

1st Prize is 4 digital images of your choice Crackerbox Palace

2nd Prize is 3 digital images of your choice from Crackerbox Palace

3rd Prize is 2 digital images of your choice from Crackerbox Palace

You can just choose from the rubber stamps and 

they will be made into digital images for you.

In addition to the prizes - every person who enters can have 10% off anything from the Crackerbox Palace website, just contact Cazzy (at the Quirky Crafts blog )via the email link in the sidebar, or comment to say you would like 10% off. You can have any stamp as a digital image for $3 each less 10% of course.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:   

Penny Black and More Challenges-June: Use your favorite stamp: Favorite Fairy stamp    7/2
Open-Minded Crafting Challenges #12-Something with Wings    6/20
Ike's World Challenge #19 :Monocromatic  6/23

Guest Designer Reminder Post for Quirky Craft Challenge #11~It's About Quirky Time!

Hi All!

Welcome to my reminder post for Quirky Craft Challenge #11~It's About Quirky Time!  It's all about time, so let's see clocks somewhere on your project, it could be an altered clock, anything as long as there are clocks~any sort of clocks!

I have one more challenge after this as Guest Designer for Quirky Crafts Challenges...I am going to miss it.  :(     

I'm using a new toy I bought, the Sizzix Triple Clip Flip-its!  Everything was cut, except the Time To Party sentiment, from the dies...so cool!  All of the Clock/Time images are from The Cutting Cafe, our sponsor for this challenge.  I printed the images on various papers, attached then and popped up the clocks!  That is it.

Visit Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog and check out their awesome Design Team!  Their projects are very Timely!

 Remember to enter your project for Quirky Crafts Challenge #11 - Clocks  

by midday on Saturday, June 7th- UK time or 6:00 am CDT.  

You could win a prize from  

The Cutting Cafe!

The prizes are:

1st place - 3 sets of choice

2nd place - 2 sets of choice
3rd place - 1 set of choice

I'm entering this card in the following challenge:

The Corrosive Challenge #200: Anything Goes   6/8

Have a great day!
Karen

Your comments make me smile~Thanks!