Hooray Winter Birthday ~ CCMC541, GDP170

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Create With Connie and Mary's newest color challenge.  Now that Christmas is over I guess it's time to move on to making other kinds of cards.  I always enjoy making Christmas cards and feel a little bit of a let down this time of year.  This color combo is nice and cheery though, and just right for a birthday card!  

I used the set Broadway Birthday.  I love the Hooray image that you can add the dots to.  It's a ton of fun!  

I think this theme would have looked better with another embossed background but I had this card base laying on my desk already embossed with the Cable Knit embossing folder, so I decided to not let it go to waste.  This could totally be for someone's winter birthday!

Anywho, I hope you'll be able to join us at Create with Connie and Mary for this week's challenge!

I also chose to use the sketch from Global Design Project #170 .

Here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Broadway Birthday

Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Blueberry Bushel, Balmy Blue

Ink: Same

Accessories: Cable Knit TIEF, Adhesive backed sequins, Decorative Ribbon Border punch, Wink of Stella

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Jolly and Bright ~ CCMC539

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for the new Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge.  We are running this challenge for two weeks this time because of Christmas. So, you have two weeks to play along with this fab sketch and use it as many times as you want!  We love to see your work!  

Make sure to hop over to the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge blog to see what my fellow designers have created.  

I used the Peaceful Noel set for my stamping and went with a Granny Apple Green, White, Red and Gold color combo.  I think this is so bright and festive.  

Here's a list of my supplies.....

Stamps: Peaceful Noel

Ink: Real Red, Granny Apple Green

Paper: Real Red, Granny Apple Green, Gold Foil, Myths and Magic Glimmer (retired), Whisper White

Accessories: Corrugated TIEF, gold pearls, stitched shapes framelits, Sprig punch, gold thread

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Noel Evergreen Spray ~ CCMC539, SIP179, ATSM, SUOC212

Hey there stampers!  Today's card is for this fabulous Christmasy color challenge put together by Create with Connie and Mary.  

I chose to go with some greenery and the big Noel from Christmas Pines.  Christmas Pines and the coordinating Pretty Pines thinlits have long been a favorite of mine!  The white diecut branch is from the Petals and More Thinlits set and I painted it with Champagne Shimmer paint.  I topped my greenery off with a triple bow made from the braided trim and then finished the card of with green adhesive backed sequins.  

I love how simple and rustic this card is.  

Other challenges I'm playing along with are:

Stamp Ink Paper Challenge 179 Holidays, Addicted to Stamps and More Anything Goes, and  SUO Anything Goes Challenge 212.

Here you can see some of the shimmer painted on the white branch.

The background is a woodgrain piece of DSP from Festive Farmhouse.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Merry Patterns Merry Christmas ~ HSS304, GDP167

Hi there stampers!  Today's card is for the new Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch challenge!  

I've got a mix of old and new on this card--the deer from Merry Patterns, a limited time stamp set released last year, is old as well as the "Merry" diecut, the red stitched ribbon, and the sprig of pine.  The new consists of the Festive Farmhouse DSP, the Corrugated TIEF, and the adhesive backed sequins, which are really handy, btw!

I'm also playing along with Global Design Project 'Tis the Season theme challenge.

This deer was a cast off from another project, as well as the corrugated circle, Merry diecut and pine sprig, so this card only took a matter of minutes to put together!  It was serendipitous all these pieces laying on my desk happened to come together!

I hope you'll be able to play along with us at HSS!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Hometown Holiday ~ CCMC538, Fusion

Hello stampers!  It's Thursday and that means another Create with Connie and Mary challenge -- and it's sketch week!  This sketch was quite fun to work with!  

I also was inspired by the photo at Fusion Challenge 

Here's a list of my supplies....

stamps: Hearts Come Home, Music Notes Background

Ink: Real Red. Old Olive, So Saffron, Smokey Slate, Versamark

Paper: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Whisper White, Festive Farmhouse DSP

Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Cable Knit TIEF, Frost White Glimmer spritz

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Copper Dashing Deer ~ CCMC537, WWYS195, SSC192

Good morning stampers and Happy Thanksgiving!  

Today I'm posting my design team card for Create With Connie and Mary Challenge #537 color challenge.  Our colors this week are Tranquil Tide, Gray Granite and Copper.  

I've also incorporated What Will You Stamp challenge #195 by using the Dashing Deer set as well as the Detailed Deer Thinlits, and the sketch from Sunday Stamps #192.

Tranquil Tide has been one of my favorite greens to use on Christmas cards this year and when paired with the nice neutral of Gray Granite and the elegant Copper Foil, everything just shines!  

Here's a list of my supplies.....

Stamps: Dashing Deer, Snow is Glistening

Ink: Gray Granite

Paper: Joyous Noel glimmer, Joyous Noel specialty, Gray Granite, Copper Foil, Tranquil Tide

Accessories: Snowfall thinlits, Detailed Deer thinlits, Pretty Pines thinlits, Stitched Shapes framelits, Frost White shimmer paint, Rhinestone

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Blue Christmas ~ HSS303

Hello Stampers!  Today's card is for Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge #303.  I chose to be inspired by the wintery looking picture in the top right corner.  

I wish you could see all the sparkle going on on this card.  The trees are cut from glimmer paper, the snowflakes are sprayed with White Frost shimmer spritz, and the marbled shimmer background has Champagne Shimmer paint in it too!  It's very simple, but so shimmery! The link for the Marbled Shimmer background technique is linked in my last blog post, so you can check it out there!

Here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Remembering Christmas

Ink: Night of Navy, Champagne Shimmer paint

Paper: Gloss White, Whisper White, Night of Navy, Sparkle glimmer 

Accessories: Snowfall Thinlits die, Blizzard Thinlits die, In The Woods Framelits die, rhinestone

We hope you can play along with us at HSS!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Marbled Snowflake Blessings ~ CCMC536, WWC196, ATSM218

Hey there stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary Challenge #536.  It's sketch week.  I saw this really cool technique video by Robin Cardon at mypinkstamper.com on how to make this fun marbled shimmer background using rubbing alcohol, re-inkers, and shimmer paint.  It was super fun to do...you should totally try it!  She used glossy cardstock in her tutorial and I tried that too, and it looked great, but I experimented a bit more and just used regular white cardstock which is the piece I ended up using on this card.  I chose Night of Navy re-inker and Champagne Shimmer paint for his sample.  You can't really see the shimmer in the photo, but trust me, it's amazing!  

I'm also entering my card in Watercooler Wednesday's Occasions challenge, and of course my occasion is Christmas, and also Addicted to Stamps and More Holiday challenge.

For the snowflakes on my card, I sponged Blueberry Bushel and Balmy Blue ink onto White cardstock and then cut out the snowflakes with the Blizzard Thinlits die.  I spritzed them with some shimmer spray to make them extra sparkly, too!  

The Blueberry Bushel background piece is embossed with my Cable Knit TIEF.

I decorated the inside with a strip of the left over marbled background paper.

Here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Christmas Pines

Ink: Night of Navy re-inker, Blueberry Bushel, Balmy Blue

Paper: Whisper White, Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel

Accessories: Blizzard Thinlits die, Cable Knit TIEF, a cotton ball, rubbing alcohol, Champagne Shimmer paint, Clear faceted gems, silver thread

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Snow Is Glistening Joy ~ CCMC535

Hello stampers!  This wonderful little creation is for Create with Connie and Mary's newest color challenge.  Sometimes I love the color combos and sometimes they really challenge me!  The one was a challenge.  I knew I wanted to use my new Snow Is Glistening set and came up with about 3 or 4 versions of this card before I finally settled on this!  I'm actually pleased with the way it came out and looking at it now, I think the colors are kinda cool together!  

I'm also using Inkspire Me's sketch #375 

I just love the Navy gingham ribbon but haven't used it on many projects, so I determined that this one would have it!  I think the bow adds so much to the card!

Go ahead and take a gander at my fellow design team's creations over at Create With Connie and Mary's blog.  What a talented group of ladies!

We'd love to have you participate in the challenge with us.  Just follow the link on the blog page and upload your card or project to the facebook page!

Here's a list of my supplies.....

Stamps: Snow is Glistening

Paper: Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Mint Macaron, Whisper White

Ink: Mossy Meadow, Mint Macaron, White Craft

Accessories: Navy gingham ribbon, Snowfall Thinlits, Layering Circles die, Subtle TIEF, White embossing power

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

CAS Fall Thanks ~ HSS302, PP417, FF0020

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for our new challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  It's a color challenge this time and uses Merry Merlot, Crushed Curry, and Pumpkin Pie.  To me, it says fall leaves.  I decided to take the clean and simple route by masking off a section of my Whisper White card front and sponging on each one of the challenge colors.  I then stamped leaves from Painted Harvest in the coordinating colors.

After removing the mask, I ran it through the Big Shot using the woodland embossing folder--first on one side of the masked image and then the other.  I laid two strips of Gold Foil paper on each side colored area to give it a little glitz.  I finished things off with a wooden button, a couple leaves punched with the leaf punch (snipped to be smaller), gold embossed sentiment banner, and a simple gold metallic cord tied into a bow.  

I thought this all fit nicely into the Paper Players Challenge #447, and Festive Friday #0020. 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Farmhouse Plaid Dashing Deer ~ CCMC534, JUGS464

Hello there stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary Challenge #534 sketch.  I also used the inspiration photo from Just Us Girls #464.  I was inspired by the colors, the stars, and if you look closely you can see little deer figurines on the plates.  

I started by stamping the card base and a scrap piece of Real Red with the Buffalo Check stamp in Real Red ink.  I cut a circle from the scrap and backed it with a scalloped layering circles die cut.  

The bottom Gray Granite panel is embossed with my Pinewood Planks TIEF.  I layered a piece from the Festive Farmhouse DSP pack on top.  The deer was stamped in Real Red and die cut with the coordinating die from the Detailed Deer Thinlits.  I also die cut a red glimmer swirly corner piece from the same thinlit set, cut it apart and arranged it around the neck of the deer.  I topped it with a gold pearl, as well as placed two gold pearls below the circle.

The whole thing was finished off with the Christmas Wishes banner.

Here's a list of my supplies.....

Stamps: Dashing Deer, Buffalo Check

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Real Red, Gray Granite, Festive Farmhouse DSP, Whisper White

Accessories: Detailed Deer Thinlits, Gold pearls, Layering Circles Framelits

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Big Grape Bloom ~ CCMC533

Good Morning stampers!  Today's card comes by way of Create with Connie and Mary's new color challenge.  The obvious choice is to go the Halloween route, but I'm not a fan of Halloween cards and don't really have any Halloween themed stamps, so I went floral.  I watercolored my flower from Beautiful Day with Gorgeous Grape ink.  The leaf was colored with Granny Apple Green.  After coloring, I fussy cut it out.

I did a color wash of Pumpkin Pie on my background piece of watercolor paper, layered on some banners, (one embossed with my Subtle TIEF, the other stamped with Handwritten background stamp), and a sprig punched from Granny Apple Green CS. 

Lastly, I colored an retired neutral button with my dark Pumpkin Pie Blends marker and tied it up with black bakers twine.

I scattered a few sequins from the Metallic assortment and gave the whole a little spritz of Frost White shimmer paint mist.

I hope you'll join us at CCMC533!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny