Shopping Our Stash #140

Hello friends and welcome again.  I'm so glad you are here!  It's time for another challenge at Shopping Our Stash.  Our theme this week is "Heavy Metal".  We want to see some metal on your card this week.  So, get creative!

I chose this adorable image from Sylvia Zet.  He is from the set called Naughty Puppies.  I colored him with my Prismacolor pencils.

 I chose to use the sketch from Sketch & Stash again.  The papers are from MME.  The bow is made with vintage seam binding I picked up at a flea market.  The bottle cap is my metal item that was in my stash for who-knows how long!  Serious!  I was looking for something metal to put on my card and saw a package of them in the drawer.  I thought to myself, that will be great if I have something to put on the outside and low and behold, it already has something!  I haven't looked at them in a really long time!!  I lucked out because the color of the sticker even matches my paper!  The 2 brads are also old stash and metal!!  Score!

 I used the sketch on the inside writing panel too.

I will be entering my card in the following challenge:

Sketch & Stash - Sketch

So now it's your turn to dig into your stash and join us.  Link up and tell us what you used from your stash this week!

I think that's about it.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Blessings & Hugs,

Michelle

Tutu Cute!

Hello, hello and welcome!  I have a card today (tonight) that I made just for fun so I could join the challenge at Mo's Challenge Blog.  This week the challenge is Ribbon and/or Bows.  No problem!

 I chose this most adorable image, Odette.  Isn't she the cutest thing?  I colored her with my Prismacolor pencils and I added some tulle for her little tutu.  I gathered it by hand and hand sewed it to the paper.

 Here's my card.  I used DP from MME (my favorite) and the sketch from Sketch & Stash (I hope you can see the sketch, my cheesecloth is somewhat hiding the elements).  I embossed the pink panels with a Swiss dot folder and inked the edges of all layers.  I added lots of pearls including some really tiny ones on the corners of the image that my son gave me for Christmas.  The lace I used for the bow has been in my stash for a very long time.  I used beads from my daughter's stash to decorate the pins behind the feathers.

 Here you can see I used the same sketch for the writing panel.

 Here you can see the layers which is what the lovely people at Papertake would like to see this week.  That is, of course, very easy for me.  How often do my cards not have layers….?

And here you can see the tutu she is wearing!

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Mo's - Ribbon and/or Bows

Papertake Weekly - Lovely Layers

Sketch & Stash - Sketch

I think that's about it.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Blessings & Hugs,

Michelle

Shopping Our Stash #139

Good morning, dear friends!  Are you ready for another fun challenge at Shopping Our Stash?  I had so much fun (and actually spent several hours on) this challenge!  This week our theme is "Embellish Me" and we want to see you make your own embellishments!  There are so many great things you can do.  I decided to revisit one of my first loves, sewing.

 First off, I used this adorable image from Sylvia Zet at Wee Stamps called Sympathy Bugs.  I colored them with my prismacolor pencils.  They look like they need a hug don't they?

 I chose papers from the MME collection, Laundry Line.  The papers are all glittered and just beautiful!  I picked a sketch from Papertake Weekly (#67).  I love having a sketch to work from and they have so many that seem to fit for me.  My embellishments are the leaves and berries down the side.  I used vintage seam binding for the berries and leaves.  I made my "stem" from twisted cording.  I sewed everything to the card and added a button at the top.  It's deceiving but those little things took me over an hour!  I did have fun but I don't think I'll be giving this card away any time soon!

 I added a sentiment from an old SU set: May you find comfort in God's word and in the knowledge that others care and sympathize with you.  I used the same sketch for the writing panel as I used on the front.

Here you can see the my embellishment.

I can't wait to see what embellishment you make for your card this week!

I think that's about it.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Blessings & Hugs,

Michelle

Shopping Our Stash #138

Hello friends!  It's Tuesday and that means it's time for another fun challenge at Shopping our Stash.  This week we have a fun one!  Our theme is "Oh Shiny!"  To my daughter that says "glitter"!!!! lol So that's the way I went.

 I love DP from MME!  This sheet had the word LOVE all glittered and set off with the scroll work which is also glittered.  I added some tulle, pearls and one brown rose.  I added stitching to the background papers like I almost always do.

If you look at the portion of the scroll in the top right of the picture you'll see a little "blip" of red glitter.  This motif was actually near the edge of a 12x12 sheet and the right side of the scroll work was cut off.  After I fussy cut the whole thing I laid it on a scrap portion of the script paper and drew in the missing red glitter.  It's not perfect but until you really look you don't notice it :)  I never make my cards with elements extending beyond the edges but this one just had to be.  And I like it!

Now it's your turn.  Dig into your shiny stash and play along this week!

I think that's about it.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Blessings & Hugs,

Michelle

Joy

Hello friends.  I have made another card just because I wanted to enter a few challenges.  

I love the images from Mo Manning and this one is called Georgia.  I colored her with my Prismacolor pencils.  The challenge at City Crafter Challenge Blog was a photo inspiration.  The photo was black and white with a splash of red.  I thought I would give it a try.  My coloring could be better, its been so long since I've colored very much!

 I really loved the black and white with a splash of red in the inspiration photo so I stayed with that idea.  The flowers are all from Wild Orchid.  Joy was the word that I thought of for Mo's challenge and Georgia is very joyful to me!  She looks so happy!

 I added some paisley images and a fun sentiment to the inside.

I think you can see the embossing on the black background panels.  The left panel has a paisley pattern and the right panel has Swiss dots.  Here you can also see the black flowers.  They really blended in in the above picture.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Mo's Challenge Blog - J is for…

City Crafter Challenge Blog - Color Splash

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

I think that's about it.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Blessings & Hugs,

Michelle

Shopping Our Stash #137

Welcome friends!  I'm glad you are here today.  It's Tuesday so that means it's time for another challenge at Shopping Our Stash.  This week our theme is Love Me Tender.  We want to see your projects that show off love or Valentine's Day.

Our emphasis at SOS is to use your stash and that is exactly what I did with this card.

 First off, I had 3 full sheets and lots of strips left from a 6x6 MME pad.  I used several of the strips and a portion of one sheet for the front.  The lace you see is vintage.  I used a border punch that I bought years ago.  The flowers and seam binding are all from Wild Orchid but I have had for over a year, maybe two.  The rhinestone swirl is about a year old.  The sewing is a bit hard to see because the thread blends so well with my papers but it was an old Styrofoam spool (does anyone else still have any of those??) and I literally used the last few inches on my card.

 On the inside left (and on the back, below) I used the last half sheet of this great paper.  The right side has another sheet from the MME pad.  I also used two scraps and Spellbinders Labels 14 to make my writing panel.

Here's another look at the front.

I hope you are inspired to play along with us this week!

I think that's about it.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Blessings & Hugs,

Michelle