I'm playing along again with the Shopping Our Stash blog and this weeks challenge is a neat one.
Use any combination of one or more items/themes from one or more of the following categories:
S- products from companies that start with S - Stampin' Up, Stampavie, SEI, etc.
O-ocean or nautical, seashore, underwater creatures, etc.
S-things that start with an S like seashells, silver, seam binding ribbon, scoring, silly, stripes, seagulls stitching, etc.
I was going to do a ocean/sea/nautical theme but then I decided to go with these snowmen instead. I'm just in a winter/Christmas kind of mood I guess(and if you really know me, that wont surprise you one bit!).
This fits the SOS challenge in the following ways: Snowflakes(embossing folder), Snowmen, Stampin'Up, Silver Elastic Cord, Square Punch, Silver Stickles. I also used this weeks sketch from Splitcoaststampers.
Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Flaky Friends
Paper: Taken With Teal, Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Holiday Lounge DSP
Ink: Black StazOn, Taken With Teal, Cherry Cobbler, Summer Sun, Bermuda Bay, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black, Garden Green, Only Orange
Accessories: SU Markers, Silver Elastic Cord, CB Folder Snowflakes, 1 3/8" square punch, Silver Stickles
I apologize for the lack of posting lately, but with Memorial Weekend and switching to day shift at work for the summer(and I am sooooo not a morning person!) I havent had much time to get any stamping done. I made time today and sat down to make a card for 2 challenges...the Jingle Belles challenge from May 27 and this weeks Shopping Our Stash (SOS) challenge.
The Jingle Belles challenge was to use 3 different types of designer paper, and over at SOS they want us to dig into our stash and use our oldest stamp or digistamp. I went and grabbed a stamp that I've had since I first started stamping back in 1994. I have no idea who made the stamp...I *think* I got it when living in northern CA but dont remember for certain. All it says on the stamp is "©1988 PSX Petaluma CA K-347". I love Christmas and I love stamps of houses that remind me of where I live, or have lived. I think I probably got this stamp because it reminded me of Christmas in the woods in New England but now that I live in Alaska it totally reminds me of the cabins that surround us here! I used 3 different types of DSP mounted on Crumb Cake and then Cherry Cobbler cardstock, while the main image is layered on some Early Espresso cardstock.
**Just to get off track for a moment...mentioning New England...my hometown, Springfield MA, was hit with 2 tornadoes yesterday. If you could please keep the people of Springfield and the surrounding towns of western MA in your thoughts I'd appreciate it.**
Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Main image unknown, inside sentiment from SU
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Watercolor Paper, Deck The Halls DSP
Ink: Black StazOn, Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Going Gray, Garden Green, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight
Accessories: AquaPainter, Dazzling Diamonds, Liquid Applique, Xmas Red Stickles, sponge
