Time for Steampunk

The Challenge

The Snarky Sisters are going punk, Steam Punk, that is!  This challenge is fun for some of the sisters, while others would rather have their teeth pulled.  Lucky for me, I am in the former group. 

I decided to get painty with my project.  To begin, I glued down some metal letters and numbers that I have had forever.  Once I got into my metals bin, I realized that I hadn't been in ages, so I decided to add other bits to my card and I decided that the butterfly would be my image instead of a digital stamp I had downloaded. The other metal bits on my card are gears, clock hands, and the fuse embellishment.  The paints are Lumiere;  the glitter glass, micro beads, and stamps are from Finnabair (Prima).

Wanna play along and join the sisterhood?? Of course you do...here are the deets you need to know:

You have until 11:55 pm (EDT) on Friday October 2nd to upload your project.

Visit the blogs of my Snarky Sisters to show them some crafty lovin!

Here are our few "Rulez" and other things to keep in mind if you want to play along: Snarky FAQs 

As always, thanks for stopping by!

I'll Pass on the Gas!

It seems that Edna has recently had a stomach bug.  Things have been rather atmospheric around the Sisterhood thanks to her.  In support of Edna's fearsome flatulence we decided to have the "F is for Fart" challenge.  We're always keeping it classy!

Believe it or not, I am no teller of fart jokes. I had to buy a stamp set for this challenge.  I know, right?  The things I must do to participate!  I love the little mouse!  I just painted the image with Distress Inks and sandwiched it between 2 pieces of yellow card stock.  Now I have no one to send it to.

Adorable mice close up.  Find the "Cheese Please" stamp set here from Sweet Stamp Shop.

Are you ready to go make your own fart card?  I know you want to do this! You have two weeks to enter our challenge, that is plenty of time for farting around!  You have until 11:55 pm (EDT) on Friday September 18 to upload your project here.  Need inspiration?  Visit the home blog of the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers to see what our current Queen of Snark, Michelle, and the rest of the Snarky Sisters have put together for you!

Thanks for stopping by!

If you have nothing nice to say...

I have nothing to say...on the outside.  It's not allowed for this challenge because it is for an Image Only project.  Yes, I know Edna still has words, but I had to provide the information somehow.

Most of my favorite cards are Image Only.  I like the two step approach to snark.  You have a card and look at the picture and you think, "what's this about?"  Then you open the card and get your punch line.  Yup, I think I like that second of ........................delay.

The front of my card is done with Dina Wakely paints, a Dylusions stencil and black spray; a Stampendous stamp, and Posca Pens.  The inside is computer generated and I would print it out if my wifi would work in my work space!

Please visit the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for challenge #41: Image Only to see what our guest designers and my snarky sisters have made.  If you want to play along you have until 4 September at 11:55 p.m. EDT to enter!

Swim Around

I entered my mermaid art journal spread into the Dylusions Facebook Challenge.  The colors purple and yellow were required, as well as the use of diamonds.  Thanks for looking.

U is Ugly!

It's that time again!  Edna challenges you to use up that UGLY paper in your stash.  I'm sure you have some.  It could be the patterned paper that you liked 10 years ago.  It could be the paper that came as part of a pack.  Or could it be that you couldn't resist a great sale?  

I found my ugly paper.  I was surprised how much ugly paper that I do have.  My daughter had to help me select the ugliest of them all.  

The ugly paper is the background floral paper.  I don't think that it looks too bad here, however as a 12x12" sheet it was frighteningly eye breaking.  I even added the printed ribbon, which I find at times ugly, but I just knew I was going to be able to use somewhere!

I hope I don't have to make another ugly card for the rest of the year.  It's hard to get motivated when you have to work with something you are not excited about.  I didn't even bother to add snark! This challenge did make me rethink the amount of paper that I have hoarded. I think it's now ok to let some go, especially after it was so hard to choose the ugliest. Those papers are not going back into my stash!

Please visit our Guest Designer,  our current Queen of Snark, Stephanie and the other Sisters of Snarky Stampers for ugly paper inspiration. It's time to go through that ugly paper and let it go!

To play along with the sisterhood you have until 11:55 pm (EDT) on Friday August 21st to upload your project. Maybe YOU will be crowned Queen or Princess of Snark and win one of our awesome badges to display proudly on your blog!

Because I'm Snarky Like That

The folks at Shopping our Stash have invited us to play along for their "Show Us Your Snark Challenge".  It's the only time that anyone invites us anywhere.  

I couldn't resist adding Edna to their challenge badge.

I made two cards for this challenge.  The first one was quick, well, as quick as it can be when you use the Silhouette to cut out circles and rectangles. I stamped the larger shapes, inked their edges, created a smudge, smudged up the rest of the card, then attached the shapes.  

The second "card" was created using Dylusions paints and stamps.  This one took me longer to find color combinations and patterns that I liked. I love playing with Dylusions!

For further snark, please click "here" for the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers "Show Us Your Snark" Bonus Challenge.  Or click "HERE" for the crew of Shopping Our Stash that invited us out to play in their snarky challenge.