Cool Penguin Friend ~ CCMC696

Hey there stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary and our first challnege back after the holidays. This is a color challenge worthy of a great new year's card!  I however chose to go with a fun little birthday card for a cool friend!  I love this little penguin and am thrilled Stampin' Up has chosen to keep him on for a while longer!  Penguins are my favorite animal and have been for years, so every time they come out with a penguin stamp I'm all over it!  I loved this one because he wasn't only a Christmas stamp, but there was plenty of other ways to use him in the set, too.  I really love the birthday sentiment they paired with this guy.....to the coolest friend ever....how perfect and so clever! 

Anyway, I thought he was perfect to be done up in these dapper colors of black, white, and silver.  So fun!

Thanks for taking a peek and Happy New Year everyone!!! 

Jenny

 

Tweets of Graditude

Hello stampers! Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary and the last sketch challenge for the year! I wanted to use up some of the product from the last mini catalog before they retire....namely the cork paper. I really like the feel of this specialty paper and love the texture it adds to a card. I thought it would go nicely with a nature theme and when I saw the bird image from Inspired By, well, I was inspired!! 

I kept my birdie in the brownish tones to go with the cork.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Sparkle of the Season ~ HSS379

Hello Stampers!  Today's card is  for Hand Stamped Sentiments photo inspiration challenge for December.  We have four great images for you to take inspiration from.  I drew from the bottom left photo.  I was drawn to the simplicity of the package with a bit of gold and greenery.  

I wanted to add a bit of sparkle to mine and used the retired glitzy gold paper that retired with the last Sale-a-bration.  I really wish they'd bring this paper back because it is really so much fun!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Snowflake Sweater Weather ~ CCMC694, PP570

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary and this week we have a really fun challenge for you....you get to choose you own color combination!  Your favorite Christmas Combo.  I really couldn't narrow it down to just one favorite combo.  I love classic red and green, but I also love the blues that show off snowflakes and nature.  That's what I went with, plus, I wanted to showcase the Knit Together dies one more time before they retire.  I thought this was a really fun set.

My colors are Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, and Real Red.  I added in some Crumb Cake in there as a neutral as well.

The Paper Players theme challenge lent itself well to my colors.  I was inspired by the mittens and snowflake, plus the deer.

 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Pocket Sketch ~ CCMC693

Hello stampers!  Today's card comes from Create with Connie and Mary's new sketch for the week.  I call this the "pocket sketch" because that's what the shape reminds me of....the back pocket of a pair of jeans.  

I had this image from the Words of Cheer set already colored a laying on my desk. I did it for Monday's HSS challenge and then realized I colored with Cherry Cobbler instead of Merry Merlot.  I loved the way the coloring turned out on this one and couldn't let it go to waste, so it was used on this project!  

I stamped the "pocket" with the Knit Together background stamp, which I love dearly.  I think it adds such a cozy feel.  For the base I inked up my blending brush with Soft Succulent ink and brushed it on the Soft Succulent base in a gradient fashion.  I think it gives the plain background a little pizzazz without being too much.  Some silver cord and a few rhinestones complete my card.  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Happy Merry Merlot Christmas ~ HSS378, GDP320

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Hand Stamped Sentiments color challenge for the next two weeks.  These colors just scream Christmas, right?  I love the deep, richness of the combo.  I chose to go with the set Words of Cheer and colored the poinsettia and foliage image with a blender pen and my ink pads.  I stamped the image on shimmery white because I find it takes the ink a little better when coloring with blender pens than just regular white. Regular white can tend to "pill" up if you move the ink around too much.

I also gained inspiration from Global Design Project case the designer challenge.  This particular challenge is becoming a big favorite of mine!  I pretty much cased her layout.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Razzleberry Leaves ~ CCMC692

Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary and the new color challenge for the week.  

I had really good intentions and ideas for this card and they just didn't translate.  Usually if I make a card I don't really like I can let it sit overnight and most times when I see it with fresh eyes it doesn't seem so bad.  Well, it didn't work for me like that this time.  I look at this card and see all the things I would change about it.  I wish I had had time to re-do it, but with it being Thanksgiving week, I just didn't have time.  I would totally change a bunch of things around.  Maybe I'll revisit it at another time.

For now, you win some, you lose some!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Blushing Snowflakes ~ CCMC691

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's newest sketch challenge.  

I had made this panel of embossed snowflakes made and laying on my desk for quite some time just waiting for the right project.  Well, today was that day!!!  

I inked the snowflake mask up with some Blushing Bride ink and when I spread the embossing paste around it grabbed the color and voila, Blushing Bride embossed snowflakes!  It was a fun process to watch happen!  

I tried pairing several colors with my snowflakes and finally settled on Misty Moonlight and Night of Navy.  I've always been a fan of light pink and dark blue together, in fact I contemplated these as my wedding colors almost 28 years ago!

My sentiment is from Inspired Thoughts.  I've said it before, but I'll say it again:  I just love this font.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Monochromatic Snowflake ~ HSS377, PP567, IB195

Hello Stampers!  Today's card is for Hand Stamped Sentiments and our sketch challenge for this month.  I chose to use the color challenge from The Paper Players as well.  I used Smokey Slate, Basic Gray, White, Black, and Silver.

I also used the photo from Inspired By #195.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Oh Christmas Tree ~ CCMC690

Hey there stampers! Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's fabulous color challenge.  Blushing Bride, Petal Pink, and Mint Macaron. 

I love a Christmas card in pink, so that's the direction I decided to go!

 

Happy Wishes ~ CCMC689, CASC&S444, PP565

Hello there stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's new sketch challenge.  I used the colors from CAS Colours & Sketches, and also incorporated the tic tac toe challenge from The Paper Players.  I used Ribbon/twine, Patterned Paper, and Embellishments.  I also could use Die cuts, Leaves/pumpkin, and Embellishments.  

My card today features the Words of Cheer bundle, Playful Patterns DSP, Evergreen Forest EF, Real Red mini ruffled ribbon, and rhinestones I colored with a red sharpie.  I also added a bit of Wink of Stella to the leaves and branches.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Dashing Deer ~ HSS376, GDP316

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Hand Stamped Sentiments inspiration challenge for November.  I really, really love this picture of the deer and felt so inspired by the wintery colors.  I pulled my card together with the help of the case the designer challenge at Global Design Project....in fact, I couldn't pass up the chance to participate in this challenge because I just love Stesha's style!  I've actually cased a few of her cards in the past!  Anyhow, seeing her card got my creative juices flowing!

I used an older set called Dashing Deer along with the matching dies from that set.  I also used a new favorite die set of mine called Seasonal Swirls.  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

Boo Seasonal Swirls ~ CCMC688

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Create With Connie and Mary's color challenge for the week.  Our colors are a nice bright Halloween-ish mix of Pumpkin Pie, Flirty Flamingo, and Highland Heather.  I added in a little black to set the colors off for my Halloween wreath.  

The sentiment is for Wonderful Gems in the Holiday Mini Catalog.  I cut the ghost off of my sentiment because I just didn't think it went along all that well.  

The inside was stamped with a Happy Halloween sentiment from Sparkle of the Season.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny