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

Stippled Blossoms Watercolor ~ CCMC349, ColourQ285 & PP238

Good Thursday Morning everyone!  It's Create with Connie and Mary sketch time!  We had a wonderful sketch to play with this week.  The designers have come up with super cards this week too!

I also used the color challenge from Colour Q 285.  

I'm also playing with Claire's Tic Tac Toe challenge at The Paper Players.  I used Flowers, Sequins, and Dry/wet embossing.

To get the watercolored effect on my card, I sprayed the whole piece of watercolor paper with water, stamped my images (they will bleed all over the place) and waited for the paper to dry.  After it was dry, I went back over and stamped the images again.  I watercolored the entire background with my aquapainter.   

This technique of popping up the Thinlits words is really neat.  After you have your images stamped, lay the die down where you'd like the word and run it through your Big Shot.  ***Make sure you keep all the little pieces like the inside of the "Y" and "O", etc...***

Set that all aside and cut out two more sets of your word out of a thick cardstock, or I used the cardboard backing that comes with your DSP.  Glue all the words together and lay them back into the open area, like a puzzle.  This is were all the extra little pieces come in.  Make sure you put them all back into place so your image is completely intact.  

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Newsprint Tulips ~ CCMC341 & ColourQ279

Greetings! 

 This card is for Create with Connie and Mary 341 and ColourQ 279.

I loved the sketch over at CCMC this week and was hoping to get time to play along, and the color challenge at ColourQ provided me the perfect opportunity to use my new {Love is Kindness} stamp.  I figured it was a match made in heaven since the challenge called for using newsprint! 

I went slightly vintage and added some Crumb Cake on the newsprint wrap as well as the {Dictionary} background and sponged edges.  I also sneaked in a little gold with the twine and sequins.

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

Stamps: Love is Kindness, Dictionary

Paper: Vanilla, Black

Ink: Memento Black, Crumb Cake, and Blendabilites (Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Crumb Cake)

Accessories: Striped grosgrain ribbon, Gold bakers twine, Gold sequin trim, Pretty Print EF

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Casual Colored Flower Shop ~ CQC250 & SSSC227

This card is for Colour Q Challenge 250 and Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 227.

I stamped the flowers in Stazon ink and then colored them in randomly with my regular markers.  After I punched them out with the Pansy Punch, I curled the petals down to give them dimension.  

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

Stamps: Flower Shop, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Stazon Black, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral

Paper: White, Black, Calypso Coral, Day and Night DSP

Accessories: Glimmer brads, Decorative Label punch, Pansy punch, Decorative Dots EF

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Can't Thank You Enough ~ CQC245

This card is for Colour Q Challenge 245 using Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana, Summer Starfruit, Pacific Point and White.

I needed to make a stack of thank you cards for a friend and this was one of the cards I came up with.  I also used the sketch from Saturday Sketchbook 122.  I missed the deadline for uploading to that site tho....shoot!  Oh well, I like the way this turned out and it was easy to mass produce!

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

Stamps: Work Of Art, Gorgeous Grunge, Chalk Talk

Ink: Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana, Summer Starfruit, Pacific Point

Paper: White, Coastal Cabana, Summer Starfruit

Accessories:  Itty Bitty punch pack, Honeycomb EF, Calypso Coral bakers twine, rhinestone, dimensionals

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

A Flower for the Mr. & Mrs.

 

Hello friends!  I've finally gotten another opportunity to stamp and low and behold it was for another wedding!  I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #90 and the color combo from Colour Q Challenge #193.

 

The colors are kind of unconventional for a wedding card, but I thought they were fun and playful. 

I finally got my hands on a real, tangible, new catalog and I drew some inspiration from there.  I stamped right onto the patterened paper, which I had seen on a card towards the end of the catalog, and I tried the scrunched doily, which was a little photo tutorial within the catalog. 

 

 

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

Stamps: Tiny Tags, Everything Eleanore

Paper: White, Bermuda Bay, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzaz, Red Glimmer, In Color DP

Ink: Pear Pizzaz, Island Indigo

Accessories: Blossom Party die, Labels die, Paper Doily, Everyday Enchantment brad, Bird Builder punch

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny



Coral Symapathy ~ CQC183

 

I made this card for ColourQ Challenge 183.  It's a sympathy card for a friend of mine who lost her mother.  I've had to make so many Sympathy card for myself and others lately.  I hate to think about it, but I know people appreciate the thought and a handmade card.  I still have a few more to make and I want to make sure each one is special. 

I loved the color combo over at CQC this week.  I simply adore Calypso Coral and Blushing Bride together....it's a match made in heaven.  When I first started stamping, SU had a color called Cameo Coral and I didn't care for it.  Now my style and tastes have changed and I love it and the newer Calypso. 

 

 

 

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

Stamps: Apothecary Art, Elements of Style

Paper: Soft Suede, Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla Everyday Enchantment DP, Watercolor

Ink: Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Stazon Black

Accessories: Labels framelits die, Antique brad, Vintage faceted button, Flower trim, Paper doily, pearls

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Sympathy for CQC145 & FMS43

Today's card is for Colour Q Challenge 145 and Freshly Made Sketches 43.

 I needed a Sympathy card as my good friends' great granny passed away recently.

This was the first card made with my brand new set Everything Eleanor.  Again, I've used scraps that were laying around my desk.  I started out with the Vanilla peice that was already cut and stamped on with the French Script backround stamp.  I added the flowers and watercolored them with my watercolor pencils and a blender pen.   I thought the sketch was great for this card, but flipped it on it's side to accomodate my flowers.

I added the Daffodil ribbon with an Antique brad to complete the look. 

Here's a list of the supplies.....

Stamps: Everything Eleanor, French Script, TLC (Close To My Heart)

Paper: Chocolate Chip CS & DP, More Mustard, Sunny Days DP, In Color DP, Very Vanilla

Ink: Stazon Black, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Antique Brad, Daffodil Seam Binding ribbon, Framelits Dies, Watercolor Pencils, Blender pen

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

ColourQ & Mojo combo

Today's card does double duty for ColourQ 135 and Mojo Monday 239.  The color combo was perfect for the designer paper I had from K&Co called Wild Saffron.  I love the daisies with the yellow polka dot centers.  The coordinating paper looks like notebook paper and I thought that tied in well with the school/grad theme. I faux stitched with my mat pack and Early Espresso marker to give the card a little extra "umph".  Pretty sweet and simple. 

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

Stamps: TLC from Close To My Heart

Paper: Early Espresso, Pool Party textured, Ruby Red, Wild Saffron DP from K&Co.

Ink: Early Espresso

Accessories: Ruby Red button, Ruffles Pool Party ribbon, Scallop Border punch, Modern Label punch, Mat Pack, cream colored string

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Shades of Gray Shadow

Today's card combines Retro Sketches 7 and Colour Q 133.

  I stamped the main image on Gray cardstock, in Basic Black ink, then went over it again, a little off-set this time, with White Craft ink.  This produces the shadowed effect.  I used a Martha Stewart punch on the bottom of the gray cardstock before adding the strip of scalloped dotted ribbon in black. I also rounded the corners of the top of the main panel for a little added interest.  For the backround panels, I stamped each one with my Distressed Dots backround inked with White Craft ink.  The card was finished off with the sentiment circle and a couple of layered butterflies to tie in the Mustard and Durango colors.

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

Stamps: Just Believe, Distressed Dots, Thinking of You (Michaels)

Paper: Black, Gray, Dusty Durango, More Mustard, White

Ink: Black, White Craft, Dusty Durango, More Mustard

Accessories: Embosslits Butterflies, 1 3/4" & 1 1/4" circle punches, Martha Stewart edge punch, Scalloped dotted ribbon, corner rounder punch, basic pearls

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Bright Adventure - RS3 & CQC129

Today's card is for Retro Sketches #3 and Colour Q 129.  The color aren't my go to picks, so it was fun to work with.  I'm feeling that this could be a girly graduation type card.....that's the direction I was trying to go, anyway! 

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

Stamps: Daring Adventure

Paper: Tempting Torquoise, Rich Razzleberry, Cool Carribean, Wisteria Wonder, White

Ink: same as above

Accessories: Framlits Labels die, Brights button, rhinestone stickers, eyelit border punch, vintage wallpaper EF, razzleberry polkadot ribbon

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Green, Green and More Green..Oh, and Gray

This card is for Saturday Sketch Challenge 246 and Colour Q 128.  I enjoyed this color challenge way more than I thought I would.  I wasn't really sure how all these greens were gonna look together, but I love the way it turned out!  The inspiration for the color combo was a fun pillow with all kinds of green lines on it.  I immediately thought of the herringbone technique I saw over at splitcoaststampers.  What a fun technique to do.....it looks complicated but is really easy!  What a great way to use up all those scraps!

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

Stamps: Fresh Vintage, Say It In Style (CTMH)

Paper: assorted DP, Going Gray, Wild Wasabi, Textured White (Colorbook)

Ink: Certainly Celery, Garden Green

Accessories: Celery ribbon, Latte Buttons, 1 3/8" circle punch, Scallop circle punch, Gray bakers twine, Scallop border punch

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

Calypso Blush Blossom ~ CCMC192 & ColourQ127

This card is for Create with Connie and Mary Sketch Challenge 192 and Colour Q 197.  The color combo this week was Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride, Chocolate Chip, and Certainly Celery.  I havn't used my Build A Blossom set very many times and was looking for a project for it.  I browsed some of the challenges for the week and bingo!  The color combo was perfect for the flower and I loved the sketch.....it also game me a chance to incorporate the paper doily, which I havn't used that many times either.

 

I added a little bit of blushing bride ink around the edge of the tag to give it a little "umph".
Here is a list of supplies I used with this card.....
Stamps: Build A Blossom, Just Believe
Paper: Calypso Coral, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, White
Ink: Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery
Accessories: large paper doily die, build a blossom punch, big designer buttons, 1/8" coral organdy ribbon, elegant bouquet EF
Thanks for taking a peek!
Jenny