Passions & Distractions

Squirrelz Stash Bash: Christmas in July: FOILED!

Hello hello and welcome back! Whether you're a longtime reader or coming here for the first time from the amazing Anna (who is wildly crafty and creative), I'm excited to see you! Thanks for checking out our hop where we make a project using a theme and technique or supply that we've randomly chosen. The challenge is fun, but the best part is getting to use some of those supplies we've had squirreled away for who knows how long!

After much discussion, we'd previously decided we would take July off. But Christmas in July is totally something we love! We couldn't skip midyear holiday cards! And nothing elicits the razzle dazzle of the holidays quite like foil! Whether it's a foil press or foiled papers, it was fair game!

Squirrelz Stash Bash: A Funny Hop

Welcome back everyone! Whether you're a longtime reader or coming here for the first time from the marvelous Marie, I'm excited to see you! Thanks for checking out our hop where we make a project using a theme and technique or supply that we've randomly chosen. The challenge is fun, but the best part is getting to use some of those supplies we've had squirreled away for who knows how long!

This month, we wanted to be a bit lighthearted and pair a little humor (including puns) with stencils. 

Squirrelz Stash Bash: Inked Up Nature

Welcome back everyone! Whether you're a longtime reader or coming here for the first time from Crafty Karen, I'm excited to see you! Thanks for checking out our hop where we make a project using a theme and technique or supply that we've randomly chosen. The challenge is fun, but the best part is getting to use some of those supplies we've had squirreled away for who knows how long!

This month, we wanted to pair flower/nature elements with alcohol inks. This could include the bottles of inks, reinkers, or alcohol markers.

Squirrelz Stash Bash: Texture Time

Welcome back everyone! Whether you're a longtime reader or coming here for the first time from Crafty Karen, I'm excited to see you! Thanks for checking out our hop where we make a project using a theme and technique or supply that we've randomly chosen. The challenge is fun, but the best part is getting to use some of those supplies we've had squirreled away for who knows how long!

This month, we wanted to whip out those animal/insect/all creatures great and small stamps that we've been squirreling away and pair them with texture and glitter pastes!

Squirrelz Stash Bash: Loving Hopping With Friends

Welcome back everyone! Whether you're a longtime reader or coming here for the first time from marvelous Marie, I'm excited to see you!

It's a new year, but guess what: we all still have supplies we've been squirreling away so we've decided to keep hopping for another year! As a reminder, this is our hop where we make a project using a theme and technique or supply that we've randomly chosen. Who knows: we might experiment with that some this year.... The challenge is fun, but the best part is getting to use some of those supplies we've had squirreled away for who knows how long!

This month, we were excited to show love for our friends and family! To allow us a pretty liberal use of other supplies, we decided to focus on incorporating ink blending. This is one of my favorite techniques and I was thrilled to pair it with some unused supplies!

Squirrelz Stash Bash: A Wild Winter

Welcome back everyone! Whether you're a longtime reader or coming here for the first time from crafty Karen, I'm excited to see you!

It's time once again for my favorite challenge: The Squirrelz Stash Bash! As a reminder, this is our hop where we make a project using a theme and technique or supply that we've randomly chosen. The challenge is fun, but the best part is getting to use some of those supplies we've had squirreled away for who knows how long!

This month we were incredibly kind to ourselves. It's such a busy time of year, we wanted to make sure this was fun, not stressful. The theme would be Holiday/Winter/New Year (something we are all firmly entrenched in) and we decided to choose whatever technique(s) most appealed to us. I had a lot of fun with this!

Squirrelz Stash Bash: Layers of Leaves

Welcome back everyone! Whether you're a longtime reader or coming here for the first time from the marvelous Marie, I'm excited to see you!

It's time once again for my favorite challenge: The Squirrelz Stash Bash! As a reminder, this is our hop where we make a project using a theme and technique or supply that we've randomly chosen. The challenge is fun, but the best part is getting to use some of those supplies we've had squirreled away for who knows how long!

I have to admit that I started out stymied. I was very excited about the theme (leaves!). The technique we chose is masking, one I don't have much experience with. My few attempts at it made me label it as "fiddly", to put it mildly. And I felt the time crunch of a busy event schedule, making the idea of complicated masks even more stressful! But inspiration finally came calling!

Squirrelz Stash Bash: Vintage Vibes

Welcome back everyone! Whether you're a longtime reader or coming here for the first time from the magnificent Marie, I'm excited to see you!

It's time once again for my favorite challenge: The Squirrelz Stash Bash! As a reminder, this is our hop where we make a project using a theme and technique or supply that we've randomly chosen. The challenge is fun, but the best part is getting to use some of those supplies we've had squirreled away for who knows how long!

When we picked the theme, I almost couldn't get to my craft table fast enough! I knew just the retro reboot I wanted to create! What I was slightly less prepared for was the sheer amount of inspiration that would overcome me! I went in planning on one card and walked away from the whole project with four!

Squirrelz Stash Bash: The Rainbow Rodent Connection

Welcome back everyone! Whether you're a longtime reader or coming here for the first time from the lovely Lounon, I'm excited to see you!

It's time once again for my favorite challenge: The Squirrelz Stash Bash! We had a little moment of surprise when we realized we've never actually had a squirrel theme! Cue the dramatic gasp! To give us all some of that sweet, sweet wiggle room we crave though, we decided to expand the main theme to "rodents". We also decided rainbows would be a technique/supply/accent to work with (and a little alliteration never hurt nobody). I was giddy as a particular thought bubbled right up to the surface for me. But how would I incorporate it into a card?

Squirrelz Stash Bash: Summer Vacation Vibes

Welcome back everyone! Whether you're a longtime reader or coming here for the first time from the amazing Anna, I'm excited to see you!

My fellow Squirrlz and I have had a busy summer, so we all decided to take a couple of months off. But we are back with a new challenge! We decided this month we wanted to close out the season with a theme focused on summer or travel and we wanted to incorporate die cuts! I absolutely LOVE travel and knew I would have a wealth of supplies to choose from! So what did I do?