Night Snow ~ CCMC644, TGIFC296

Hello stampers!  I hope your Christmas was the best ever and may your 2021 be blessed!!!  I'm sure I'm not alone in hoping for a better '21 than '20!  

Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's color challenge.  This week it's the cool color trio of Highland Heather, Balmy Blue, and Night of Navy.  

I decided to go with a night snowy cabin in the woods scene.  

The card has lots and lots of sparkle and shimmer in real life.  I wish it would show up better in photos.

I also used the inspiration from TGIF Challenges--let it snow.  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Man Cabin Birthday ~ CCMC643

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's new sketch challenge for December.  This is a two week challenge that runs through Christmas!  

We hope you'll participate with us!  

I used Rustic Retreat for my stamp set and accessorized with Beautiful Boughs dies in vellum and the Pinewood Planks EF.  I used Just Jade and Cinnamon Cider as my main colors.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Tiny Poinsettia Trio ~ CCMC642, TTT92

Hello Stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's new color challenge featuring Real, Red, Pear Pizzazz, and Mossy Meadow.  

Remember the song by Brittany Spears "Oops, I Did It Again"?  That's what's going through my head at the moment.  I messed up on the colors for the color challenge.  I had it in my head that it was Real Red, Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive....so that's I used.....oops!  Well, it's a light green and a dark green anyway!  

I'm also using inspiration from Tic Tac Toe challenge.  I used Stars, Metallic, and Snow.  I've got gold metallic going on and there are white stars and snow stamped in the background of the main panel piece. 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Peaceful Trees Bokeh ~ HSS354

Hello Stampers!  Today's card is for Hand Stamped Sentiments December color challenge!  Our colors this time are Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, and Misty Moonlight.  

I had an urge to use the old bokeh technique, so that was my jumping off point.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Punch Art Gnome ~ CCMC641, PP519

Hey there stampers!  Today's card is for the new sketch challenge at Create with Connie and Mary. 

I'm entering in The Paper Players Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge too!  I used Patterned Paper, Die Cut, and Embossing (technically the patterned paper is embossed with stars).  I could also do the Embossing, Ribbon or Twine, and Green.   

 

Gnomes are so popular right now and all the Christmas rage!  I don't own the gnome Stampin' Up set, so I wanted to create a punch art gnome.  I think he turned out pretty cute.  I did some research on the internet and found some inspiration.  

His body is an oval, his beard is the leaf die from the Sunflower dies set (see picture below), and his hat is another oval that I fussy cut into a hat.  The nose is half a heart punch.  

I used the Brightly Gleaming DSP for my patterened papers, as well as a cozy sweater or blanket print from In Good Taste.  

For the tassle on his hat, I unraveled some braided trim and used a glue dot to adhere it.  I embellished it with a wooden hexagon from the In Good Taste Elements and a star sequin from my snowflake sequins.  

The circle was cut from a retired piece of copper glimmer paper.

I also cut his beard from a scrap of retired velveteen paper from last season.  I think it gives it nice texture!  

This little guy was super fun to make!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Holly and Joy ~ CCMC640, GDP2688

Hello stampers!  Isn't it the most wonderful time of the year???!!!  I just adore Christmas card making season!

Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's new color challenge staring Poppy Parade, Misty Moonlight, and Old Olive.  

I also used the case the designer challenge over at Global Design Project.  I pretty much cased the layout of Charlet's card and I absolutely love the results!

I used Shimmer White CS for my holly leaves and berries.  I just have to say how smooth it was to color on with the blends markers.  This is a big old game changer for me!  I have about three packs of Shimmer White I've apparently be hording and I didn't realize it!  I'm gonna start using it up!  I already knew that it was awesome with blender pens and ink, but wow, it was sooooo smoooooth coloring with those blends!

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

Stamps: Christmas Gleaming, Peace and Joy

Ink: Memento Black, Old Olive & Poppy Parade Blends markers, Misty Moonlight

Paper: Misty Moonlight, Poppy Parade, Soft Suede, Shimmer White, Brightly Gleaming DSP, In Good Taste DSP, Gold Foil

Accessories: Scripty EF, Joy Dies, Circle Dies, Forever Greenery gold cord

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Gorgeous Grape Merry & Bright ~ HSS353, AYSI239, TSOT484

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Hand Stampded Sentimeiments November Sketch Challenge designed my ME!  I hope you'll be able to join us and use this fun sketch!

I love to mix challenges for extra inspiration, so I'm also playing along with As You See It #239.  The challenge here is to use a color that you avoid.  That color for me is any form of purple.  I usually cringe when purple is in the inpiration for any challenge, but then I must confess, that I usually end up liking my creations in the end.  That's what happened with this one.  I like the way this turned out!  I always think, "well, that wasn't so bad!".  

Anyway, I watercolored Gorgeous Grape and Flirty Flamingo on a Stitched Nested Label cut out with watercolor paper.  I added salt to the wet paper, dried it, and scraped the salt off after it was dried.  The salt absorbs the ink and leaves a "starburst" sort of pattern.  I also flicked water onto the panel and mopped it up with a dry paper towel.  After that I splattered Wink of Stella onto the label.  Finally, I stamped and embossed the stars on there and spritzed the whole thing with glimmer spritz.  It's very sparkly in real life!  

I also used the inspiration from Try Stampin On Tuesday...use the word MERRY.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

'Tis The Season Cup of Cheer ~ CCMC639, PP517

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's new sketch challenge.  I also used The Paper Players hooray for the holidays challenge to help me with my CCMC design team card.  I took all my inspiration from the holiday picture including colors and theme.  I used a new favorite stamp set of mine....Press On.  I just love all the images in this set and I think it makes for some fun Christmas themed cards.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Richness of Autumn Sympathy ~ CCMC638

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's Thursday color challenge using Bumblebee, Rich Razzleberry, and Terracotta tile.  As I'm typing out my post and the colors I'm realizing I used Blackberry Bliss instead of Rich Razzleberry!  Do you ever do that?  Have one color in mind and completely use a different one?  Thank goodness they are fairly close and the flowers I stamped on the In Good Taste woodgrain paper looks more like Rich Razzleberry anyway!

Anyhoooo, Unfortunately I needed a sympathy card for this week so that's where I went with these colors.  I think they make a nice fall feel and add a richness to the theme of the card.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day! 

Jenny

 

Christmas Coffee ~ HSS352, PP516, GDP266

Hello stampers!  It's my favorite card making time of the year!  Christmas!  I just love all the colors and themes that surround this particular time.  Hand Stamped Sentiments inspiration photo challenge covers a good Christmas gamut this week.  I chose to go with the colors and patterns from the Santa photo. 

My card also takes in the color challenge from The Paper Players and the sketch from Global Design Project.

 

  

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

Stamps: Press On, Peace and Joy, Best Year

Ink: Memento Black, Real Red, Shaded Spruce

Paper: Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Black, White

Accessories: White EP, Stitched Layered Labels, 

Thanks for taking  a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Retro Vibe Joy ~ CCMC637, GDP265

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's sketch challenge.  I enjoyed putting this simple card together using the colors from Global Design Project.  I chose to add Melon Mambo to the duo of Coastal Cabana and Smokey Slate.  

I think the sparkle stamp from Peace and Joy gives this card a little bit of a retro feeling, especially with the colors.

 

 Here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Peace and Joy

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Melon Mambo, Smokey Slate

Paper: Smokey Slate, Smokey Slate DSP, Melon Mambo, White, Silver Foil

Accessories: Rhinestones, Peace and Joy dies

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Bumblebee In Good Taste ~ CCMC636, CTS395

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary color challenge.  Pumpkin Pie, Bumblebee, and Basic Grey are the colors of the week!  

I colored my flower from In Good Taste with a blender pen using Pumpkin Pie and Bumblebee ink, after stamping it in Basic Grey.  

I used the sketch from Case This Sketch to help me along with my design team card.  I also used this sketch on my card from yesterday.  It's a good one!

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

Stamps: In Good Taste

Ink: Basic Grey, Pumpkin Pie, Bumblebee

Paper: Silver Foil, In Good Taste DSP, Basic Grey, Very Vanilla

Accessories: In Good Taste Elements, basic rhinestones, blender pen, Metallic Mesh ribbon, Sunflower dies, sponge, dimensionals

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny