Two Daisies ~ CCMC579, GDP207, AYSI209

Hello Stampers!  Today's card is my design team card for Create with Connie and Mary's new color challenge.  Aren't these colors just yummy???  I certainly think so!  I played around with the no line watercoloring technique to make these fun daisies.  Daisies happen to be one of my favorite flowers and I love the ease of the Daisy punch which leads me to another challenge I'm participating in...As You See It favorite punch or die.  The daisies also allow me to play with Global Design Project's Bloom and Grow challenge.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Rich Painted Harvest ~ CCMC578, PP458

Hello there stampers!  Today's card is my design team card for the new sketch at Create with Connie and Mary.  I've also incorporated the colors from the Paper Players #458.  They are so rich!  I decided to go with the beautiful Painted Harvest sunflower.  I stamped it first in Cajun Craze and then in Merry Merlot.  The center of the flower is Soft Suede with some Early Espresso dots.  The leaves of course are Pretty Peacock.  

I stamped the background piece of Merry Merlot with the Buffalo Check plaid stamp in Merry Merlot ink.. The strip of Cajun Craze is embossed with my Subtle EF.  I added some bits of copper foil paper putting a little strip under the Cajun Craze piece and the sentiment piece.  I also added some copper leaves punched from my leaf punch.

This card is going to a good friend of mine that is just beginning her fight against cancer.  She WILL WIN!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Sending Tropical Hugs ~ HSS323, AYSI208

Hey there stampers!  Today's card is for Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge #323.  I also incorporated the colors from As You See It--Pretty Peacock, Coastal Cabana, and Mango Melody.  I used an older, retired stamp set called Lovely Inside and Out.  I figured this would make a nice pick-me-up card.  

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

Stamps: Lovely Inside and Out

Ink: Memento Black, Coastal Cabana

Paper: Pretty Peacock, Coastal Cabana, Mango Melody, White, Gold Glimmer

Accessories: Tropical thinlits, Pinewood Planks EF, Sprig punch, Stitched Nested Labels die, Gold sequins

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Purple Posies ~ CCMC577, FabFri171, ATSM357, ICC051

Hey there stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's fantastic color challenge!  We are using Purple Posy, Gorgeous Grape, and Pretty Peacock.

I used the sketch from Fab Friday 171, the theme from Inspire.Create 051 of sympathy, and I used watercolor to make my mark for Addicted to Stamps and More 357.

I absolutely love watercoloring these pretty little posies from Free As A Bird!  They look so fabulous in watercolor, I think!

This is also the first time I've used the new In Color Purple Posy.  I still don't have the ink, but I do have some of the cardstock and DSP.

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

Stamps: Free As A Bird

Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Pretty Peacock, Stazon Black

Paper: Purple Posy, White, In Color DSP, Watercolor

Accessories: Iridescent sequins, Polka dot tulle ribbon, Tufted EF

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny 

Keep Dreaming ~ CCMC576, JAI471, SUO230, TGIFC226

Hello there stampers!  Today's card is my design team card for Create with Connie and Mary's newest sketch challenge.  I also used the insiration colors from Just Add Ink, the splatter inspiration from TGIF Challenges, and I made my card clean and simple for SUO 230: clean and simple. I know clean and simple calls for lots of "white space", but card has lots of "black space".  It's pretty simple, anyway!

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

Stamps: Silhouette Scenes

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Night of Navy, Versamark

Paper: watercolor, black, white, Vellum

Accessories: Rectangle Stitched dies, Bouquet Bunch die, Sprig punch, Basket weave EF, Black Shimmer EP, Rhinestones colored with a black sharpie, hole circle punch

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny 

Blessed Merlot Rose ~ HSS322, CTS336

Hello stampers! Today's card is for Hand Stamped Sentiments inspiration challenge #322. 

I also used the fun sketch from CAS(E) this sketch #336.

My card features To a Wild Rose flower in Rococo Rose and Merry Merlot.  I love these two colors together!  I kept it very, very simple by stamping the card base with my Crackle background stamp and a strip of Rococo Rose DSP trimmed with Scallop linen ribbon.

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

Stamps: To a Wild Rose, Crackle

Ink: Merry Merlot, Rococo Rose, Mint Macaron

Paper: Merry Merlot, White, Rococo Rose DSP

Accessories: Scallop linen ribbon, Wild Rose die

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Terracotta Rose Friendship ~ CCMC575, ATC166, AYSI207

Hello there stampers!  My card today is for this week's color challenge at Create with Connie and Mary.  We are using Terracotta Tile, So Saffron, and Garden Green. 

I'm also joining up with Addicted to CAS One Layer challenge and As You See It challenge #207.  Technically my card isn't a one layer, but it's white on white, so it looks like one layer.  I wanted to emboss the main panel with the Subtle EF after it was stamped and I feel like it's easier running a cut piece through the big shot rather than the whole card front.

I loosely followed the sketch for AYSI.  

I kept my card very, very simple and let the colors shine for themselves!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Waterfront Masculine Birthday ~ CCMC574, SSC211

Hello Stampers!  Today's card is for Create With Connie and Mary's new sketch challenge.  I also used the colors from Sunday Stamps Challenge 211

I needed a masculine Birthday card so I chose to go with my Waterfront set and make a nice mountain meadow scene.  I used Petal Pink and Terracotta Tile for the sky and sun, Early Espresso for the mountains, Crushed Curry for the meadow ground, and Pretty Peacock for the evergreen trees.  

I accented everything with Terracotta Tile cardstock and DSP, as well as Wood Textures DSP.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Country Home Sympathy ~ HSS321, CTC241

Hello there stampers!  Today's card is for Hand Stamped Sentiments color challenge #321 featuring Pretty Peacock, Cherry Cobbler, and Soft Suede.  I needed a sympathy card for a good friend whose mother just passed, so I took advantage of the rich, pretty colors and created a nice bouquet.  I also used the layout of the bottom left card on page 101 for Casing the Catty #241.  I'm actually loving this layout and will probably use it again!  

I started out by stamping my images from Country Home in Memento ink on Whisper White cardstock.  I colored in the images with Pretty Peacock, Cherry Cobbler, Bronze, and Ivory Blends markers.  I cut it all out with a Stitched Nested Label die.  

I randomly stamped the leaves and branches image on the card base with Cherry Cobbler ink before adhering a 5"x 3 3/4" piece of Wood Textures DSP embossed with the Tin Tile folder.  

A little bit of retired Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon, a library clip, some linen thread and a little swatch of vellum round out the details on this card. 

The sentiment is from Well Said and stamped in Soft Suede ink. 

I decorated the inside with a bit of leftover DSP, ribbon and some stamping.

Stamps: Country Home, Well Said

Ink: Pretty Peacock, Cherry Cobbler, Bronze and Ivory Blends markers, memento black, Pretty Peacock, Cherry Cobbler, and Soft Suede

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Wood Textures, White, Vellum

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon, Linen thread, Tin Tile 3-D folder, Library Clip, Stitched Nested Labels die 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Grapefruit Friendship Rose ~ CCMC573, CTC240

Hello there stampers!  Today's card is for the new color challenge at Create with Connie and Mary.  This is such an interesting color trio and probably colors I would not put together if not for this challenge.  I ended up really, really liking them once my card was complete!  I'm also sharing my card on Casing the Catty 240.  I cased the card on page 61 on the right side of the page.  I'm actually loving this card so much and will probably make more in other colors.  It came together so quickly!

My card fits nicely into Watercooler Wednesday's Feminine Anything Goes challenge too!

I started by stamping the roses on watercolor paper with Grapefruit Grove ink.  I added the leaves in Sahara Sand ink and then picked up Pretty Peacock ink with my aquapainter and painted in between the flowers.  I love to watercolor because it's so imperfect but looks so good!  I also added the centers of the flower in Pretty Peacock.

I added a bit of lace ribbon to the edge of the main panel after cutting it out with a stitched rectangle die, and then layered it on a panel of gold foil that was run through the big shot with the Subtle 3-D folder. The whole thing is on a Pretty Peacock card base.  I stamped the sentiment from Beautiful Friendship on some Very Vanilla cardstock, embossed it with gold EP and cut it out with a stitched shape circle die.  I looped some linen thread behind it and attached it with some dimensionals.

I stamped the inside with the bigger roses from Beautiful Friendship and added the leaves and centers to those as well.  

Stamps: Beautiful Friendship

Ink: Grapefruit Grove, Pretty Peacock, Sahara Sand, Versamark

Paper: Pretty Peacock, Very Vanilla, Watercolor, gold foil

Accessories: Linen thread, Stitched Shape die, Stitched Rectangle die, lace ribbon

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny