Welcome Little One ~ CCMC560

Hey stampers!  Today's card is for the new sketch challenge for the week at Create with Connie and Mary. I needed a baby girl card and have not yet used this cute kangaroo image from Animal Outing.  I love coloring with the blends markers too, so that's what I did!  I used the Ivory marker on the whole body of the kangaroo and then shaded with light and dark Crumb Cake.  I colored the little koala light and dark Smokey Slate.  I love the way it turned out!  I fudged a little bit with the cattywampus strips.  No matter what I did I couldn't get them to look good or right, so I settled for one straight strip with a bit of scalloped edge sticking out the bottom.  The scallop is so girly, which tied in nicely I thought!

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

stamps: Animal Outing

paper: Brights DSP, Powder Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Smokey Slate, Basic Gray, White

ink: Smokey Slate, Powder Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Memento Black, and Ivory, light & dark Crumb Cake, and light & dark Smokey Slate Blends

accessories: Petal Burst EF, Stitched Shapes framelits, 1/8" smokey slate ribbon, Animal Friends thinlits, decorative lace border punch

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Welcome Little Girl Giraffe ~ CCMC518, WWYS176, ATC140, AYSI179

Hello stampers!  Create with Connie and Mary is back this week with a fabulous sketch challenge! As you can see I rotated the sketch on it's side. I couldn't resist using the long-necked giraffe from Animal Outing for my design team card this week and imagine my delight when I saw that What Will You Stamp #176 challenged us to make a card with the Animal Outing set!  Perfect!  I love to combine challenges so I also used Addicted to CAS #140 BABY, and the color combo from As You See It #179.

Here's a list of my supplies...

Stamps: Animal Outing

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Flirty Flamingo, Crushed Curry

Ink: Memento Tuxedo black, Daffodil Delight Blends markers, Crumb Cake Blends markers

Accessories: Animal Friends thinlits dies, Decorative Ribbon border punch, Simple Stripes EF

Chalkboard Go Wild! ~ CCMC377

Hey!  It's Thursday and that means another great Create with Connie and Mary Challenge is underway!  This is sketch week, and boy is this one good!

I was super stumped by this sketch at first, but after thinking about it for a bit I had too many ideas and couldn't decided which one to use!  Haha!!!!

I began with the idea of using the chalkboard technique and decided to use the Go Wild DSP pack, Black Glimmer paper and {Zoo Babies} to make a cute, neutral baby card.  I love all the little animals in this stamp set.  I chose to use the neglected rhino and monkey.....the little monkey looks like he's announcing the baby, doesn't he?!?

I paper pierced around the edges of the black panel to add a little more interest.

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

Stamps: Zoo Babies

Paper: Tip Top Taupe, Sahara Sand, Black, Go Wild DSP, Black Glimmer

Ink: Craft White, Tip Top Taupe

Accessories: Neutrals button, Linen thread, dimensionals, paper piercing pack

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Barnyard Baby Sheep ~ CQC295

I needed a baby girl card and my shipment of new stuff showed up just in time!  I couldn't wait to get the new set {Barnyard Babies} out and play with it!  Colour Q's challenge colors this week happen to be a favorite color combo of mine and they work pretty well for a little girl card, so all worked out well!  

I just love this cute little image and can't wait to play with some of the others too!  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Sweet Zoo Babies ~ CCMC351 & SSC99

Hello!  Today is Create With Connie and Mary's Thursday Challenge and it's sketch week.  We have a very unique one for you this week.  I hope you'll find some time to play along!

This sketch was not only challenging for me, but very fun!  I enjoyed getting my creative juices flowing and pushing myself!  

I also used the color combination from Sunday Stamps 99.  

I used the Irrisistably Yours DSP for my side panel and tried to mimic the textures from each animal....stripes for the zebra, dots for the giraffe, and scales for the alligator.  Fun!

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

Stamps: Zoo Babies, Nuts About You

Ink: Pear Pizzaz, Wisteria Wonder, Pink Pirouette

Paper: same as ink +white, Irresistibly Yours DSP

Accessories: Heart Confetti punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon punch, Balloon Framelit

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Blue & Yellow Baby ~ DD51 & JAI164

This card is for Dynamic Duos 51 & Just Add Ink 164.

The minute I saw the color combo from DD I thought baby boy.  I had also seen some cards floating around the internet using the That's The Ticket set in a similar manner.  To incorporate the tickets into the sketch, I had to use a 5 1/2"x11" card base.  They fit very nicely on it! 

 

 

I'll let you in on a little secret.....the stars were not part of my original plan.  I initially put the bow and corduroy brad on the top of the circle but decided I didn't like the way it looked.  When I pulled it off, it took a little paper with it.  I was more satisfied with the bow below the sentiment, but now I needed something to cover up my mistake.  Stars to the rescue!  They actually work out well with the baby boy theme.  It turned out to be a happy accident! 

 

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

Stamps: Word Play, That's The Ticket

Paper: Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight, White

Ink: Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight

Accessories: Stars #2 die, Ticket Punch, Corduroy Brad, Daffodil Seam Binding Ribbon, Scallop Circle dies, Circles #2 Die, Shimmer spray

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

 

Peek-a-boo Baby - NAC15 & JAI139

 

 

Todays card is for Nacho Average Challege 15, a sketch challenge.  It also encompasses Just Add Ink #139 which says to use something new.  My something new is my Peekaboo Frames die!

 

  When the Peekaboo Frames die first came out last year and they were showing it used in making advent calendars and such, I just couldn't see where that would fit in with my stamping.  Then, recently while flipping through the Catalog and Idea Book, I saw a card made with the Peekaboo frames and another stamp set that contained little images.  The idea of making a baby card with this same concept, only using my Baby Bundle set came to mind.  I basicly bought that stamp set for the cute little stroller image and didn't think I'd really ever use any of the other stamps.  Once I had the idea, I had to purchase the Peekaboo Die right away.  AND THEN, along comes NAC sketch challenge.  It was a match made in heaven! 

 I tried to use neutral colors that could go either boy or girl, since I don't have anyone in particular to give this card to.  I was just so excited about this idea and getting to use those stamp images that I thought I'd probably never use otherwise!

 

 

Here are some pictures inside the peekaboo frames.

 

 

Here's a list of supplies I used.....

Stamps: Baby Bundle, Sweetness Unlimited

Paper: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Crumb Cake, Polkadot Parade DP

Ink: Same as above

Accessories: Peekaboo Frames die, Crumb Cake Taffeta ribbon, Argyle EF, 1 1/4" Square punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Three Heart punch, Modern Label punch

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bright Ribbon Baby - FM53

It's tic tac toe time over at The Friday Mashup again!  I love these sorts of challenges because we have so many choices. This was perfect for me this week because I needed a baby card for a sweet mom-to-be who doesn't know the sex of the baby yet.  So, my card needs to be gender neutral.  I've been kicking this rainbow ribbon idea around for a while now and figured this might just be the challenge to bust it out on.  I love all the fun, bright colors.

I adhered the Welcome Baby sentiment with dimensionals after I punch it out with the Modern Label punch.  I decided to color the sentiment rainbow style to go with the ribbon.

Stamp: Welcome Baby

Paper: White, Daffodil Delight

Ink: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Assorted ribbons and buttons, Cuttlebug Swirls EF, Modern Label punch

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

Mojo Monday 229 ~ Baby Girl Bundle

Here's my card for Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge 229. 

It's a little hard to see in the photograph, but I fussy cut the little pair of booties from this set and dangled them from the bow on some silver thread....so cute in real life!  Actually, now that I think about it, I might go back and add some diamond dust glitter to the tips of each bootie.  That could be just the right final touch!  I also ran the whole base of the card through my Big Shot using a polkadot EF.  I think it made the backround look kind of like a baby quilt.

Here is a list of supplies I used......

Stamps: Baby Bundle, Distressed Dots

Paper: DP & pink cardstock from Close to My Heart, White (SU)

Ink: Stazon Black, Regal Rose

Accessories: Blender pen and watercolor pencils, Three Heart punch, Modern Label and Word Window punch, Corner Round punch, Wasabi Striped ribbon, Rhinestone basics, Silver thread, Large Dot EF

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny



Ka-Pow Kreative Challenge

Hey everyone!  It's another Ka-Pow Kreative Challenge hosted by one of my favorite bloggers.  Check out Carrie's site if you havn't already...she's so talented!  This time KKC05 is a color challenge....Real Red, Not Quite Navy, Sahara Sand and Baja Breeze.  Right away these colors reminded me of the 4th of July, but I wasn't going there.  Carrie made a neat christmas themed card, but I wasn't sure I wanted to go in that direction either.  I knew I wanted to participate in the challenge, so I headed down to my stamping spot and laid out my paper.  Ka-Pow!  It came to me.....baby boy!   These colors would be perfect in a baby boy card!  Yes, my creative juices started flowing and this is what I ended up with!  The only change I had to make was I used Crumb Cake instead of Sahara Sand.  Here are the supplies I used.
Stamps: Word Play
Paper: Real Red, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Not Quite Navy and a retired Real Red DP. Oh yeah, and white
Ink: Red, Baja and Navy Markers
Accessories: Star punch, Neutrals buttons, Designer Frames and Houndstooth EF, Red eyelets, Baja Seam Binding ribbon, oval cutting system from Creative Memories
Thanks for taking a peek at my project!  Have a great 11-11-11 day!  P.S. wouldn't this be a neat day to have a baby?  What a great birth date!
Jenny

KKC04

Happy Halloween everyone!  I am dressing as Flo the Progressive Insurance gal!  Maybe there will be pictures to follow.....  It sure is a beautiful day here in northeast Montana today, but lets get down to business and talk cards!

This is a card I made for a couple who are great friends of mine.  They just welcomed their 5th girl into their family!  I used the Ka-Pow Kreative Challenge sketch as a jumping off point.  I just love that site....if you havn't ever checked out Carrie Gaskin's work, do!  She is very, very talented! 
My card uses the cute little skunk from the Pun Fun set.  I paper pieced the heart and watercolored the skunk with watercolor pencils and my blender pen.  I layed that on a piece of Pretty in Pink that I cut with the scallop square sizzix die, and then a black square.  The ribbon is from an old ribbon originals pack....I think it dates back to about 2007 or something like that.  It is pretty special ribbon and was waiting for just the right project, I guess!  The backround of the card is a basic gray piece run through the Big Shot in the houndstooth embossing folder, then layered on black and pink.  I added some Dazzling Diamonds to the main image just because I love sparkle and because it's for a little girl.  The sentiment banner across the top is the curly cute set and I couldn't resist a couple of flower buttons as embelishments.  I guess that's about it!  Hope you enjoyed looking!
Jenny