SOS #3 - UFO's

UFO's?!?! Unfinished objects, my friends. NOT aliens. ;)

That's the challenge for this week over at Shopping Our Stash. Do you have unfinished projects, stamping, pieces of parts laying around that you had every intention of finishing or doing something with, but you just kinda put it aside? Then this will be the perfect challenge for YOU!

I will say that when I create something, it's usually with purpose. So I don't really have a lot of those "pieces of parts" I was talking about. Most stampers/crafters have some kind of pile they keep these things in...not me. I just don't have stuff like that. If it's too small for me to re-use I just toss in my recycle bin. Sounds wasteful, but I'd rather get rid of it then keep a pile I *know* I won't use. Is that weird?

Anyway, one of the Un-Finished Objects I DID find was some teeny canvases I had purchased after attending a Tim Holtz workshop. I had even gessoed 3 of them. Have absolutely NO clue what I had intended to use them for, though. Got as far as the gesso and then promptly forgot about them...until now.

I decided I'd use those 3 little canvases and make a triptych. Had a blast making it, too!

sentiment reads: inspiration comes from within... ♥ (Click for a larger view)

Isn't that fun? I just painted them each in a different color paint (since they were already gessoed) and then got a HUGE foam stamp, lined them up, and stamped with paint on top of all 3. Added my fancy label-maker sentiment and other small accessories and... VOILA! The hardest part of the whole thing was the eye-hooks and jump-rings. I hand-painted those to match with a black Copic marker. Give a triptych a try sometime. These are fun AND easy to make.

Join the Shopping Our Stash crew this week and dig around for your own Un-Finished Objects to finish up. Then be sure to link up your blog post with the Inlinkz linky frog. Be sure to check out the rest of the SOS DT for even more inspiration.

Have a great week!


{Supplies:
Canvas: 2.5 x 3.5" canvas (Blick's Art Supplies)
Paint: Quinacridone magenta, Phthalo blue - red shade, Hansa yellow medium (Golden), Pearl acrylic paint (Adirondack)
Stamps: Flower foam stamp (Donna Downey)
Accessories: Metal corners, film strip ribbon, jump-rings (Tim Holtz for Ideaology), label maker (Dymo), eye hooks (Darice), black Copic Marker (.Too)}


All my best,

Shopping Our Stash - Oldies But Goodies!

Hi there! Welcome to another fun challenge with Shopping Our Stash. Hope everyone had a lovely Memorial Day weekend (my U.S. followers) and that some of you participated in the OWH Blog Hop (always a good time and a great cause!).

This week's awesome challenge with SOS is "Oldies but Goodies"! So dig out the absolute oldest stamp (or digi-stamp) you have and ink that baby up! Show it some love and let's see what you can do. :)

Here's the card I made from one of the very first stamp sets I ever bought.

I can't even remember WHERE I bought it, but the copyright date on the back says 2003. Now, I didn't start stamping until 2007-08, so this one's an oldie but a goodie. And, I remember the rubber being unmounted/uncut and having no clue what to do with it. How funny!

Here's a look at the set in the box:

I wonder if Plaid is still making that set? ;) And, no...my sentiment isn't old. It's new. It's Lawn Fawn. But I don't have any old sentiments that aren't Christmas. HAHHA!!

Can't wait to see what everyone digs up to make an "Oldie but Goodie" card. Make sure to link up at the SOS Challenge blog and to check out all the rest of the Design Team, too. Their blogs are on my sidebar, over ---> there.

Have a great week!

{Supplies:
Paper: Cardstock (Stampin' Up)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Stamps: Bouquet (Plaid Enterprises, Inc), Sophie's Sentiments (Lawn Fawn)
Die-Cutting/Embossing: Petite Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Colored Pencils (Prismacolor), White Gel Pen (Ranger), Ribbon, Pearls (Stampin' Up!), Staples (Tim Holtz for Ideaology)}


All my best,

Shopping Our Stash - Ribbon Rewind

Welcome to our first "official" challenge on Shopping Our Stash. This is a fun one. RIBBON REWIND! Because seriously, being a crafter....who doesn't love ribbon?

"Ribbon Rewind- create a project using either your oldest ribbon or the color of ribbon you have the most of OR use your ribbon in a way you normally don't- like make a flower with it, scrunch it up on a card, weave, make a wreath etc."


What do you think you'll create for this awesome challenge? I know I've hoarded so much ribbon it's ridiculous. And, it's tough because you know you "need" that perfectly matching ribbon for your project, too. Am I right? CAN I GET AN AMEN?! HAHHA!

So, here's what I created for this week's SOS Challenge:

The pretty ribbon is some I kind of stashed away and forgot about (oops!) and was a gift from a Stampin' Up Demo friend of mine, the ric-rac & piece of daisy chain were hand-me-downs from my mom. Yay for Mom! (I actually have a lot of stashed ribbon from my mom.) I tried two new techniques for making ribbon flowers. One is the "poofy" flower which I think is normally reserved for felt...not sure. But I decided to try it with ribbon. I like it! And the second is with the ric-rac. (Would have turned out better with thicker/wider ric-rac.)

Anyway...I hope you like it! Click to see all the fabulousness the DT created this week. You won't want to miss out!!

Alica

Carla

Crystal

Deena

Kristina

Leslie

You are HERE! :)

Marie

Paige

Hope you all are enjoying your week and I can't wait to see what you create with your stash! :)

{Supplies:
Paper: Cardstock, Presto Patterned Paper (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Versamagic Chalk Ink - Spring Pansy (Tsukineko), Lavender Lace, Certainly Celery Dye Ink (Stampin' Up!), Distress Embossing Ink (Ranger)
Stamps: Framed Greetings (My Favorite Things)
Die-Cutting/Embossing: Framed Greetings Die-Namics (My Favorite Things)
Accessories: White Embossing Powder (Hero Arts), Rhinestones (Kaisercraft), Pearls (Stampin' Up!)
Hoarded Ribbon: Ribbon Originals Sweet Shop (Stampin' Up!), Daisy cut from a length of daisy chain ribbon, white ric-rac (Mom).}


All my best,

Shopping Our Stash Kick-Off Party

SQUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

I'm soooo super excited today. Why? Well, because today I get the awesome privilege to welcome you to the kick-off of the Shopping Our Stash Challenge Blog !!!

First, allow me to introduce the SOS Design Team Crew:

Alica

Carla

Crystal

Deena

Kristina

Leslie

Lisa --> MEEEEEE!!! (can you believe it?!)

Marie

Paige

Starting today and lasting through May 23rd the SOS Team is hosting a virtual "Open House". We're asking YOU to join us in the open house by posting pics of your craft table/space, or maybe just a peek at your yummy stamps (whatever you want to share!), and link the post back to the SOS Blog using the blue inlinkz frog! :)

Here is MY awesome mess of a craft space. :D

Pretty, huh? ;)

And if that isn't enough, just hang on to your hats! :

Oh yeah. You're jealous, aren't ya? Try to contain yourself. :D  I'll show even MORE pics of my mess next Tuesday when the official Kick-Off Challenge Begins.

Now it's YOUR turn.  You saw MY mess of a space! So get busy. ;) Take those pics, do a quick little blog post and link up to the SOS Challenge Blog. You have TWO FULL WEEKS! It's always fun to see behind the scenes where we spend so much of our time and hard-earned money.

Be sure to visit the rest of the DT's blogs and show them some love. Say hi! :) You'll see some spaces like mine and some beautiful spaces, too. And, of course there will be some goodies given away, too. Be sure to follow or bookmark this fabby new challenge blog and join us in what is sure to be a LOT of fun. First challenge is May 24th!

All my best,