Whachadoin' Wednesday? Week 54

(ETA prize.)

Win a pack of Coredinations Card Stock!

All you have to do is play along and leave a link HERE!

Winners will be randomly drawn for all entries--must be posted by midnight September 1st

Winner will be announced on Wednesday with the new challenge.

Welcome to week number 54 of the Storage Units Ink and More challenges. Thanks so much to those of you who played along last week, sure hope you join in again this week and get your friends to play too. The more the merrier! This week's challenge is an inspiration challenge. I really think this little girls bedroom is so fun. Bright and cherry yet oh so girly. I hope that it inspires you to get creating! All you have to do is make a card using the picture below for your inspiration. You can chose the colors, feel, stripes, flowers, butterflies--your call! There is no right or wrong to an inspiration challenge since we are all inspired in different ways. So get stamping and don't forget to leave us a link to your sample HERE!

When uploading on line please use the keywords SUINKWWC54

What fun I had with this. I may have gotten a bit carried away with the them but I still like it, I think?

Stamps: Fairy Tales (SUINKies) Butterfly Garden
Paper: Rose Red, Bashful blue, Whisper White, misc. scraps of various dp
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Copics, rub ons

Short and sweet for today, lots to do!
Have a great day.
Mary Jo

The odds are in YOUR favor!

Time is running out!

Can you believe that there are only 5 entries for this week's challenge on SUINK?? What the heck and Denise is offering a free stamp set of your choice to the winner--here are the details, you should play the odds are high that you could win!

WeeK #53 -- Boo Hoo the kids are going
BACK TO SCHOOL!

This week's challenge is to create any type of back to school project. How about a decorated notebook for your child to bring to school, a gift for a teacher, decorated pencil box, back pack tag, Homework journal, card any thing you can think of that has something to do with school. Sounds easy huh? Come on and play along--you just might be randomly chosen to win a stamp set of your choice from Storage Units Ink & More!

PRIZE WEEK ** PRIZE WEEK ** PRIZE WEEK ** PRIZE WEEK

One winner will be randomly chosen from the entries for this week's challenge to win a stamp set of their choice. Deadline for entries is Tuesday Night, 8/25 at 12am EST

Create your project--Link back to us here--add you name and link to Mr. Linky HERE!
It's that easy! You can use any stamps and any products you want.

What are you waiting for--get creating!

Whachadoin' Wednesday? Challenge #53--with giveaway!

WeeK #53 -- Boo Hoo the kids are going
BACK TO SCHOOL!

This week's challenge is to create any type of back to school project. How about a decorated notebook for your child to bring to school, a gift for a teacher, decorated pencil box, back pack tag, Homework journal, card any thing you can think of that has something to do with school. Sounds easy huh? Come on and play along--you just might be randomly chosen to win a stamp set of your choice from Storage Units Ink & More!

PRIZE WEEK ** PRIZE WEEK ** PRIZE WEEK ** PRIZE WEEK

One winner will be randomly chosen from the entries for this week's challenge to win a stamp set of their choice. Deadline for entries is Tuesday Night, 8/25 at 12am EST

Create your project--Link back to us at SUINK--add you name and link to Mr. Linky below.

Click here to find Mister Linky and add your link!

It's that easy! You can use any stamps and any products you want.

What are you waiting for--get creating!

Here is my card, I used today's Sketch on SCS. Fun layout don't you think. I will be giving this to my son on his first day of school. Because he really is MY FAVORITE!

Stamps: A touch of Class, Tall Tales Alphabet retired SU
Paper, Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White, DCWV DP
Ink: Basic Black Real Red
Other: Copics, Spiral Punch

I hope you chose to play along. See ya later!
Mary Jo

Whachadoin' Friday????--huh??

Ok so if you have been reading along with my recent posts you know that I don't have my last challenge card for the SUINK Wednesday Challenge because I sold it and didn't have a picture of it. So since I needed to make a new one I figured I would combine it with the Blogger's challenge which is "It's your birthday!" Hence my little fishey card.

You can see the original SUINK challnege inspiration piece at this post

My card is a tri-fold with windows. Not exactally what I had in mind but still kinda cute! Here is the card from the front.




And now with the first flap open....


and now fully open.



Happy Friday! I believe I am spending the day at the theme park with four children--I know I am going to have fun!

Mary Jo

Whachadoing Wednesday Inspiration

Whachadoin' Wednesday Challenge 52

Welcome to another week of Whachadoin' Wednesday? Challenges!

We are on week number 52 and it is an inspiration challenge. I just fell in love with this adorable nursery when surfing around for images. I love the sea life and the colors. I hope it inspires you too! Come on and play along with us. All you have to do is make a card using the picture below for your inspiration. You can chose the colors, feel, circles, sea life--your call! There is no right or wrong to an inspiration challenge since we are all inspired in different ways. So get stamping and don't forget to come on back and leave us a link to your sample!

When uploading on line please use the keywords SUINKWWC52

Have fun with this challenge and have a wonderful wednesday!

I'll be back with my sample in a couple minutes.


Mary Jo

One is late and one is early and one is on time.

This has been a fabulous week at VBS but it has really cut into stampin time, lol. I am certainly not complaining though, you have to experience it to know how wonderful it is to work with over 200 children sharing the love of God. Incredible. I teach music and let me tell you these guys are ROCKIN God's House! Too fun.

So my Whachadoin' Wednesday challenge should have been posted this morning but I honestly forgot, so now it is late. The good news is that it is the same theme as the Three Clover's Thursday Challenge so I can use it for both, one late and one on time! The theme for the week on both challenges was--super summery cards.

And then I decided to use the new sketch on the CPS blog. It's a fun one.


Come on and join me by playing at least one of these challenges--or why not all three? Here is my card.




Stamps: Get your Goggles On (SUINK)
Paper: Scrap in a Snap DP Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White and Basic Black
Ink: Basic Black
Other: flowers, ribbon copics brads, embossing folder

Mary Jo (I have no idea why I can not get the underlining to turn off. So I am just going to leave it. Hope you don't mind too much.

Whachadoin' Wednesday? Challenge 50

This week's challenge is a inspiration challenge. What is an inspiration challenge you ask? Simply put--we post a picture and you create a card/project using the posted item as the inspiration or jumping off point. You can be inspired by the theme, the colors, textures, shapes, it is your call! What ever inspires you there is no right or wrong when it comes to inspiration! We hope you will play along. Here is this week's picture
I chose to make a 12 by 12 scrapbook page of my parents wedding picture. I love the old wedding pictures, they are so pretty and formal. I was very inspired by the colors and the flowers. Hope you are inspired too!


Stamps: Goin to the Chapel (SUINK)
Paper: core-dinations, un know dp from stash (no name on it)
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Flowers, buttons, ribbons all from SUINK. (embellishments are on sale NOW) Metal Tag and Gazelle for cutting the words Mom & Dad.

Come on over and play along.

Happy Wednesday!
Mary Jo

Whachadoin' Wednesday Challenge #49

Welcome to another week of Whachadoin' Wednesday Challenges on Storage Units Ink and More.

This week's challenge is in honor of my husband's birthday. Today is his birthday so I thought it would be fun to share some masculine card ideas with each other. I hope you will play along. You can leave a comment on the original post with your link so we can all get new ideas.

My husband is not into sports, or fishing or the normal stuff like that he is more into cars, computers, rebuilding tractors and such. So when I found this graphic I know I had to use my new Gazelle to cut it out and make it into a card. I thought one of our robot SU-inkies would be cute on it. What do you think?




So it is not very adult but I thought it was cute.

Stamps: Robot SU-inkies
Paper: Coredinations grey, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Gazelle, sanding block, Nestabilities, copics.

Come on and play along!

STRIPES. I love stripes and thought it might be fun to incorporate them into this weeks projects. I don't care if you used striped paper, make stripes with markers, stamps paper strips, your call. Use your imagination. This could be fun. Please remember to add a link with your creation so we can come over and see your work! Thanks for stopping by and can't wait to see what you come up with. Come on over to SUINK and play along!

Please use the keywords SUINKWWC47

This little tree is just too cute. It is another of the just released Friendly Forest INKIES. Inkies are single stamps from a collection. You can buy one or the whole collection it is up to you! Smart thinking huh?

Stamps: Friendly Forest INKIES, (SUINK)
Paper: Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, retired dp from Stampin Up and dp from My Little Shoebox
Ink: Basic Black
Other: copics, ribbon, rub ons

Thanks for stopping by today! See ya in the morning for the Three Clovers Thursday Challenge.
Mary Jo

Black and Blue All Over!

I have been doing lots of gardening and out door work and I am Black and Blue all over! So in honor of all the hard work we do I thought it would be fun to do a color challenge. You guessed it
Black and Blue.. Use any shades of blue you wish. Preferable Coredinations
if you have it! The rest is wide open to your interpretations it can be a
card, 3d item, scrapbook page your call.

I made a card using my sketch challenge for this week (seen here) and the Thinking Of Father Stamp set from SUINK. I also used my Gazelle to cut the card itself. The back looks the same except I let that one be black and white instead of blue. Perfect for the soccer dad!

Stamps: Thinking of Father (SUINK)
Paper: Black and Blue Core-dinations cardstock and whisper white
Ink: Basic Black and Pacific Blue
Other: marker, Gazelle cutter, black faux brads, sanding block

Thanks for stopping by today--have a great day!
Mary Jo

Shiver Me Timbers! It's a Pirate's Life for Me!

3 Clovers Thursday Challenge #17!

Paper Piecing

meets the SUINK

Make a card celebrating the men/boys in your life.

I chose to use the new pirate set-Shiver Me Timbers- for this card.

What a fun set this one is. And you know I love to paper piece so it was perfect to combine these two challenge. Unfortunately the SUINK challenge is late but there really is not a time limit on these so I took advantage of that, lol.

Stamps: Shiver Me Timbers (SUINK)
Paper: Basic Grey, Basic Black, Designer Series dp, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black
Other Copics, beads, faux brads, white gel pen

Have a great day!
Mary Jo

Whachadoin' Wednesday Challenge 43

Welcome to another week and another challenge!

Today's challenge is an easy one -- It is a sketch.
So I believe that you all can play along you do not need anything special, just follow the sketch and use what you want for the rest -- remember it does not have to be our stamps but we do love to see what you can do with them if you got them!

This week we have a sketch for you.

You can see the sketch HERE

I hope you will play along. I used my new Gazelle and my new stamp set Fore to make this little gift box and card. Love it. Too bad I don't know any golfers, lol! I am happy with the results though. The golf ball is beat up and old--it belongs to my son but worked for the photo.




Here is a close up of the sides of the box. So many adorable images in this set.


And then a picture of the card only. I tried to make the circle look like a golf ball.

Stamps: Fore SUINK
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, misc scraps of DP, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Copics, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Gazelle, window sheets, sizzix clear die, crimper

See ya later.
Mary Jo

Whachadoin Wednesday? Challenge 41

Welcome to another week and another challenge, we hope you will play along.

SUINKWWC41 –De-STRESS!

There are so many pressures in our lives causing stress and anxiety. Let’s play on the
word and create cards using lots of distressing techniques. I love distressing my cards
it brings so much life and character to them. So my how you De-STRESS! We all know
that stamping is therapy so we really are relieving stress when we create!

Can't wait to see your creations. When uploading online please use the keywords SUINKWWC41 and come on back here or to SUINK and leave us a comment. We would love to come and check out your creation! Here is mine, it is also for today's sketch challenge on SCS.


Stamps: Roughing It
Ink: Basic Black, Tim Holtz distress ink, Stazon Old olive
Paper: Old Olive, Kraft, Whisper White (SU) coredinations white wash, brown (SUINK)
Other: sanding block, distressing tool, brads, leather, cuttlebug, copics


That's it for today, what do you think?
See ya tomorrow for the Three Clover Thursday Challenge.

Mary Jo

Whachadoin' Wednesday? Scrapbook page

SUINKWWC40 –Let’s get scrappy –

In honor of National Scrapbooking Month why not make a scrapbook page using our fun
stamps. The reality is that some of the sets seem to be just screaming to be used on a
scrapbook page. Let’s see what you can come up with. Any size page is great. You
chose. Please use the keyword SUINKWWC40 when posting online.

I apologize for the lousy picture of this but I did not check it before I sent it off to Denise and now I can not re-take the picture. Sorry. I will say that I will NEVER do scrapbook pages that have to be sent to others again, lol! I do not get enough scrapbooking done and when I do a page I want to keep it--not send it to someone else, lol. My son was so excited that I was scrapbooking him again, it has been a while and then so mad when I said I had to send them to Denise. He said "geez Mom, what does she want pictues of me for? Won't she give them back?" So if nothing else this may get me to do more pages, I hope.

My page today is showcasing the new papers,flowers and ribbon that will be available at SUINK on the 15th! I used the Core-dinations card stock that can be purchased there too! So fun to work with. And it is also using the Butterfly Garden Stamp Set. Hope you like it. It is a picture of my son when he was 4 years old after a Butterfly release party at pre-school.

Hope you have a fabulous Wednesday. See ya soon.

Mary Jo

Whachadoin' Wednesday Week 39

This week we are focusing on Mothers. After all, without them we would not be here so let's take the time to thank them for what they do. Mother's day is only a few days away and although I have many cards made already I have many people to send them to and could certainly use more ideas. Don't forget about all the "other" people we know who are mother's. It is not only our Mother who is great--but don't tell my mom that, shhhhhh. So for today's challenge we are celebrating ALL the mothers in our lives. Friends, family, church members, club members there are lots of them if we think about it. Let show off those fabulous Mother's day cards. Hope you will play along! Please use SUINKWWC39 when uploading online. Thanks and have a Wonderful Wednesday

Here is my card, I am not real happy with it though. Not sure what it is I don't like, I think it is the colors. I combined it with the Splitocaststampers SC227 and CC217--maybe one too many challenges this ti

Stamps: Storage Units Ink and More Thinking of Mother

Paper: Garden Green, Ballet Blue, Cameo Coral dp scraps, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black, Ballet Blue

Accessories: ribbon, large and sm oval punch, rub ons, white gel pen

I am working on my sneak peeks for the new items to be added to the SUINK line. You guys are gonna love all the new stuff. My sneak peek will be on the 7th so be sure to check it out.

Thanks for stopping by today.
Mary Jo

Whachadoin' Wednesday?

Welcome to another edition of Whachadoin' Wednesday! We are on week 37 already and this is a fun one. This Week's challenge is Same But Different. Make two card with your choice of...
same layout, same colors, same stamps, step it up theme you get the picture. I would love for you to leave a comment on this blog post with a link to your creations so we can all come and see. Please use the keywords SUINIKWWC37 when posting online.

My cards are using the same basic layout, the same stamp set and the same second challenge which is the OCC challenge to use something you would throw in the trash. Perfect for Earth Day right! Both cards are also using tags from clothing. So lots of sames going on, lol. Here is the tag that I used on the first card.


And of course here is the card. I love love love this stamp set, such cute animals. It is called Welcome to the Zoo.



I had to do some altering of the sign so it said Life is a Zoo instead of Welcome to the Zoo.


Stamps: Welcome to the Zoo
Paper: DCWV dp and Chocolate chip and Very Vanillia
Ink Chocolate Chip
Other: tag from jeans and distressing tool, Copics

Here is the next card using the same basic layout and same stamp set with some altering again to get the monkey to face both ways.


Stamps: Welcome to the Zoo, the tree is from the Bump in the Night Set
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, and some new recycled paper I got that I don't have the name handy I will edit this later.
Ink: Basic Black
Other: tag from Jeans, ribbons, word window punch

And here is the tag.


Sorry for the quick post I am late for Physical Therapy!'
See ya later.
Mary Jo

Whachadoin Wednesday and SCS221

Everywhere you look there are fabulous textures. I love to feel things. The soft few of a new puppy, the silky petals of a new flower, the feel of the grass beneath my bare feet Make a card that you would want to in the summer, you get the picture. So today's challenge is to use texture in your card making. There are so many ways to add texture to your cards, let share our favorites! I combined this challenge with the Sketch challenge on SCS.

Stamps: Let's Play (SUINK)

Paper: Real Red, Coredinations cs, DCWV elementary days, whisper white

Ink: Real Red, Basic Black

Accessories: buttons, cuttllebug, sanding block, tool kit, ribbon, copics, photo corner punch, markers Hope you have a fabulous Wednesday! Mary Jo

Whachadoing? Daydreaming about spring.

SUINKWWC32— The colors of Spring

Welcome to another addition of Whachadoing Wednesday. It has been so beautiful around here in Western New York the last few days that is has really started my Spring Fever! How about you?

I love Spring—mostly because it means Summer is just around the corner and that is my
favorite time of year. But one of the other wonderful things about Spring is the yummy
colors. So today's challenge is to use some traditional Spring colors to create you challenge card for the week. I know the DT will rock this one so come on back and see what they have to share later. After all we have the cutest Spring sets over at SUINK (and there are more on the way, shhhh) Here is my spring card using the Some Bunny Special set.

I love the flowers on these papers. They are so springy looking to me. Hope you think so too.

Stamps: Some Bunny Special
Paper: Real Rose,Whisper White and DCWV paper pack
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Nestabilities, Copics, ribbon

Hope you will play along. We would love to see what you come up with. If you do play please use the keywords SUINKWWC32 when uploading on-line. Thanks and I hope you have a Wonderful Wednesday!

Mary Jo

Whachadoin' Wednesday Challenge #30

SUINKWWC30 –– Bling it On

Here we are Wednesday already! Whacha doing? How about playing along with us for this week's challange. Bling it on! How much bling is TOO MUCH bling? Is there such a thing, let’s push the envelope on this one.. The sky is the limit. Make it shine. Have fun

Bling Bling and More Bling.

What is too much, I don't know but this is probably pretty close, lol!

Shimmery White Card stock, glittery blue photo paper, glitter, pink rhinestones, clear rhinestones, blue flower rhinestones and even a few purple rhinestones too. 91 rhinestones in total!

Stamps: Goin' to the chapel

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Shimmery White, Whisper White, blue glitter photo paper

Ink: Basic Black

Other: rhinestones (91 in all), glitter, paper piercer, mat pack, scallop edge punch, Nestabilities, Copics.

That it, I am all shinny now. Hope you have a great day.

Mary Jo

Whachadoin' Wednesday Challenge #28

Now that Valentines is out of the way it is time to start thing about other things....hence this week's challenge. Create a treat holder for St. Patty's Day or a Favor for a Wedding our Shower. You can pick which ever theme works for you as long as you have fun with it! We would love to see what you create so be sure to come on back and leave us a link.

Be sure to use the keyword SUINKWWC28 when posting on line.

Here is mine.

I chose the wedding favor. This is a bottle of wine with the a label that says Thanks for sharing our day! That is the favor and then this little altered picture frame is being used as the pl;ace card. Goin' to the Chapel is such a fun set with all the cute wedding images. Did you notice the wine charms hanging on the bottle -- one for the bride and one for the groom. I had lots of fun with this set. (I actually gave my blog readers a sneak peek of the bottle at the beginning of the month but not the place card.

Hope you have a GREAT day!
Mary Jo