Shopping Our Stash ~~ All things Leafy.

 It's finally spring in SWO, April showers and new growth budding all over. Crocuses have bloomed, the wild violets in the lawn are flowering and at Shopping Our Stash the challenge for the next fortnight is Plant Life ~~ all thing Leafy. I found a really great leafy piece of patterned paper in my stash,  it was a bundle stamps, dies and a paper pack from the SAB 2009, I've pretty much gone through the leafy/floral sheets and have used the dies but never inked the stamp set, just looking at the stamps it's a shame I haven't inked them. I thought I could add to my birthday card stash with making a slim-line eclipse card. 

I often wonder why I bought the bundle as none of the colours in the papers are my go to colours, but I do like going out of my comfort zone occasionally and this was one of those times.  I used my 2 inch Alpha dies to cut HAPPY, I find these cards are easier to make than they look, With the patterned paper you don't need a lot of embellishments. Leaves and flowers from the same set and some enamel dots from Dollar Tree.

A side view of the happy, I did cut a birthday sentiment to put on the lower right. The flower and leaf is on the lower left  corner.

Finished the inside with a layer of patterned paper that was a failed die cutting but it's still use-able and I have the alphas to use on something else. I had cut three sets of flowers and leaves but of couse the fro
nt was too busy to add more than one so they are added to the inside, Love this sentiment package I have really fits the Slim-line cards.

I am going to add tis to:

Seize the Birthday ~~ Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers ~~ April Anything Goes with Die

Cardz 4 Galz ~~ #144 Slimline card

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What's on Trend? ~~ Slimline Cards

Donna is te hostess for  Challenge 430 at Shopping Our Stash is On Trend ~~ Slimline Cards, Now is your chance to jump in and make one for the challenge, they are fun and addictive. There are a couple of different sizes but te norm is 3.50 X 8.50 So simple the base is 7 X 8.50 and you have a piece left for a ;ayer, so there is no waste. Now I made several of these years ago  when they were not "on trend" but now you can buy dies and stencils to make them.  I do have a couple of dies but I already had my card planned in my mind and it turned out  perfect. 

My plan was to make a slimline card for my grandson for his birtday he loves his coffee and when I started tidying up the spare room I found my 2 inch dies, I didn't realize I had left them here (hanging head) two years ago.  Now that slimline cards are on trend tey are perfect. The patterned paper is from Stampin'up probably 3 maybe 4 years ago, Since I had the 2 inch alphas I made an eclipse card I am so happy how it trned out, although taking pictures down by the lake causes some odd shadows.  

Finishedd the inside with some scraps left over from the front (no waste) although I was having trouble in the bright sunlight to get all of the inside in the picture. 

An angle look at the eclipse,  The Birtday was diecut three times an layered for some dimension. 

Stash busting nothing over a year old on this card 

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It's Tuesday and Time for a NEW Challenge at Shopping Our Stash.

Yesterday was the Canadian Thanksgiving, I hope you all had a great weekend and of course can't forget our U.S. friends that celebrated Columbus day. It was a soggy we weekend here in SWO at the lake, the ground is so saturated we can't park on our property, so nice the neighbours okayed us to park in their area. Challenge #375 at Shopping Our Stash is Giving Thanks your choice a Thanksgiving project or just a Thank you card.  The U.S. has their Thanksgiving later than we do in Canada so now is the time to get your cards made.

Since we are at the cottage I went with a very simple approach to my card, it is an Eclipse card, rather picky to do but love the look of it. Since I didn't bring alpha stamps with me or type out Give on the computer I use some stickers.

Close up of Thanks.

Finished the inside with a sentiment and a scrap of leftover paper. 

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It's a House Mouse card!!! and a Mini Eclipse.

I did some colouring today on a House Mouse Designs image as I wanted to get back to entering the House Mouse & Friends Monday challenge.  Of course it is always Anything Goes but there is always a "twist" which is Spring Colours, heaven knows we can sure use some spring colours especially since Thursday we might be getting a snowstorm in SWO.  So here is my card.

While I was making Tuesday's card with stencils I decide to try mixing a few colours so I used three of my distress oxide inks and made a springy background. As I looked at the background I thought eclipse so I tried my hand at making an mini eclipse with a large Hello die. I'm very pleased how it turned out.

Close up of the super cute house mouse.

Since I'm so excited about the mini eclipse I had to do a close up.

Since this is a "hope you feel better" card for a friend that has been house bound since before Christmas I picked an appropriate sentiment.

I am entering this in 

House Mouse & Friends Monday challenge ~~Anything Goes with the option of Spring Colours

I'm really on a roll with cards this last couple of weeks and I'm happy you have stopped by.