Snarktoberfest 2017

Happy Snarktoberfest everyone! Welcome to my stop on the amazing, snark-filled 2017 hop. In case we haven't met before, I'm Jen. I love coffee, cats, crafting, and do it all with a healthy dose of snark. Oh sure, I like making pretty cards as well, but there's nothing like a good healthy wallop of snark and sass.

And of course, what's a hop without prizes??  Everybody who leaves a comment by October 5th 9pm PT/ 12am ET on all of our blogs has a chance to win one of these fabulous prizes from our wonderful sponsors:

• So Suzy Stamps ($15 gift card)
• Crackerbox Palace ($15 gift card)
• Strawberry Jude Stamps ($15 gift card)
• Swedish House Crafts (£15 gift card)
• Simply Charming Bags LLC (2 snarky Bunkie Bags)

All right, so what did I make?? I received stamps from Crackerbox Palace that Josefine actually picked out for me...LOL I couldn't decide what to use, and was busy helping move a 70 foot tall mast at the time. No surprise, she found me some fabulous coffee stamps to play with! They're so much fun, I just had to make two different cards with them.

Yes, that is about how many cups of coffee I drink a day...LOL I just couldn't resist making a rainbow of coffee cups. Some I glued on flat, others I popped up with foam tape, and all of them got a healthy dose of shimmer.

Of course, I had to finish up the inside as well. I used some So Suzy stamps that coordinate beautifully!

Now if you think that's good, how many of us wish Starbucks had this drink on the menu:

I couldn't resist making it look like a kitchen scene. Hehehehehe.

All right, pour yourself another cup of coffee and head on over to my dear friend Justine's blog! If you get lost, I have the whole list of fabulous bloggers joining us below, along with a list of the supplies I used to create my cards.

Fantabulous Snarktoberfest Blog Hop Bloggers:

Josefine Fouarge

Amber Trubiak

Strawberry Jude Stamps

Melissa Miller

Suzanne Moore

So Suzy Stamps

Cornelia Wenokor

Christiane Woldt

Tracy Freeman

Swedish House Crafts

Laura Volpes

Jessa Feig

Jennifer Loftfield <<< you are here!

Justine Hovey

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers

Happy Caffeinated Crafting!

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So Suzy Stamps Design Team Challenge

Happy Leap Year! Suzy decided to have some fun at the expense of her Design Teams...welcome to the

Give us one extra day in the year and we go a bit crazy. You should be arriving from my BFF Terri's blog (of course, today she's the enemy, but hey, that's life). For the full Cage Match info, check out the main blog post over at So Suzy Stamps!

So in case you haven't been able to guess yet, I was given the Pretty Baby Bottle, Oops, and Pregnant stamps to work with. Pretty sure I've achieved new levels of snark with this one:

What, that's how it works, right? Totally how babies are made.

Some day I'll be able to photograph Wink of Stella, but in the meantime trust me when I say that the wine glasses are full of sparkly red wine. I stamped the baby bottle in the orange Hero Arts Ombre ink to jazz it up, then die cut my white panel with a fun border. Some pretty floral paper makes a lovely background to soften the blow of the inside...

...or, you know, not. I'm still slightly ashamed of myself, but do love how it came out.

All right, your next stop is Christine, another from the enemy camp! ROFL. I actually cannot wait to see what everyone was given to work with and created. You have until March 3rd to comment on our blogs for your chance to win and to vote for your favorite creation. Winner will be announced March 6th over on Suzy's blog.

Happy Crafting!

DieNamites and So Suzy Stamps Blog Hop Day 2

Good morning everyone, and welcome to my stop on Day 2 of our fabulous So Suzy Stamps & DieNamites Blog Hop! You should be arriving from Marina's blog. If you've simply wandered in because I'm awesome, you can see the full blog hop lineup here. Also, we're surprising Suzy today with a special Birthday Blog Hop as well - check it all out here!

Much like yesterday's card, I knew what stamp I wanted to use with the Flower Vases as soon as I saw it. However, today's card strays away from the sweet side of So Suzy and jumps right into the snark pit. So if you're sensitive about such things, just keep scrolling past the inside of the card, ok? Ok.

I die-cut watercolor paper and used my Distress Inks to color in the vases and flowers, resulting in such a soft look. A bit of Sea Glass ink through the Abstract Squares stencil set the perfect background for them.

I glued down most of the die-cut, but left some of the petals and leaves loose to add easy dimension. The I'm Sorry... sentiment was heat embossed onto some yellow patterned paper for a great pop of color.

And the inside...oh the inside...hehehehehehehe

I still love that saying! Just some mild snark for your Saturday morning. The Flower Doodle corner stamp I used is now retired (sob) but you can find some of its cousins here.

Now you're off to Henryka's blog to continue the hop. Be sure to swing by our surprise Birthday Hop for Suzy as well!

Of course, what's a hop without prizes?? Be sure to leave each designer some blog love both days for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Die-Namites or one to So Suzy Stamps. There are two prizes on the line!
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Happy Crafting!

Saying Sorry with Stencils

Hiya - I'm over on the So Suzy Stamps blog today playing with my new Clarity Brushes and stencils.

Soooo easy to use. I created my ombre effect with Hero Arts Soft Vanilla, Simon Says Stamp Duckling, and Hero Arts Butter Bar. When I was happy with the effect, I used the Butter Bar again to stamp the I'm Sorry... sentiment from So Suzy.

Since I started with a piece of 6"x6" Neenah Solar White cardstock, the extra white space was bothering me. My solution was to use the straight edge from the Pretty Pink Post Stitched Borders 2 set to remove them and make a fun angled strip for the front of my card.

I made my card base from some textured navy scrapbook paper, cut down to 6x12 and scored to make a top-folding 6x6 card. Then the inside...oh the inside...

Geeze I love that stamp. Bahahahahahaha! I stamped it in Simon Says Stamp Soft Navy to pull in the card base color, then edged it with Blueprint Distress Stain and finished it off with some dots of Buttercup Liquid Pearl to tie in the yellow on the front.

Hard to believe that January is (finally) almost over. There is some crazy fun stuff coming in February, let me tell you...be sure to check out what's left on my Destash Page and subscribe to the blog so you don't miss any of the fun.

Happy Crafting!

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Sorry Not Sorry

Happy January everyone - and that means it's Snarkfest over at So Suzy Stamps! I'm up on the blog today with a card perfect for those sorry not sorry moments...mwahahahaha!

It was time for some tone-on-tone stamping, so I inked up a bunch of my favorite So Suzy florals with Hero Arts Just Rust ink and went to town on a piece of Simon Says Stamp Burnt Orange cardstock.

Once dry, I added a highlight to prep for my heat embossing with Hero Arts Unicorn Ink, the best white ink I've found to date. It's a pigment ink, so blast it with your heat tool or walk away for an hour or so and let it dry. Once dry, it was ready for me to heat emboss the I'm Sorry stamp with my favorite Ranger Liquid Platinum powder. Of course, I had to do the inside, too...hehehehehehe...

Seriously, I laugh every time I see this. I stamped the 5-Year Old sentiment with Versafine Black and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder so it didn't smear on me. Some Carved Pumpkin for the edges and another hint of the leaves in the corners all on Neenah Solar White cardstock. All done and ready for Snarkfest!

Stamps used: Sorry, 5-Year Old, Peony, Leaf 1, Line Leaf 2, Herb 1, Petal Flower 3

Happy Crafting!

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