Stumped Fox ~ CCMC542, SSC195

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's newest sketch challenge #542.  I've also used the color palette from Sunday Stamps Challenge 195, although I think my colors are a tad bit brighter.  

The rust and peach colors reminded me of a fox, so that's the direction I headed in.

I started by stamping the fox body in Mango Melody ink and added in the eyes, nose and legs in Cajun Craze.  I punched out the body, as well as the tail, face and ears in white.  I punched another white tail accessory piece and added it under the chin.  Next, I stamped the stump with Early Espresso in on Gray Granite cardstock and fussy cut it out.  I layered the whole thing on a Balmy Blue stitched shape oval.  For the background panels, I stamped the Tree Rings background stamp in Early Espresso on Gray Granite CS again and the Buffalo Check background stamp with Balmy Blue on Balmy Blue.  I ran three strands of the braided linen twine for the center vertical element of the sketch and added a little strip of Cajun Craze to the left side of it.  Everything was mounted on a white card base. 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Black Kitty ~ HSS275, PP366, TGIFC129

Hey, hey, hey!  It's Hand Stamped Sentiments inspiration challenge time!  I love inspiration challenges.  There are so many options!  I chose to go with the black cat theme and add a sunflower, pumpkin and incorporate the purple background color.  I think by adding the purple it says Halloween and not just fall.  I'm also adding my creation to the list at The Paper Players clean and simple spooky challenge #366.  I feel with all the open space this is pretty clean and simple.  I also used the sketch from TGIF challenges #129.

I stamped my kitty in Memento black ink.  It's not a true black and sort of looks muted, which is what I was going for.  I wanted to be able to see his whiskers, nose, eyes, and mouth when I stamped and embossed them.

His little bow tie is the kite bow from the set Swirly Bird.  I also used it as the stem on the pumpkin.  The pumpkin is the weird, oblong shape from Lovely Inside and Out.  I thought it resembled a pumpkin.  

I layered the kitty and pumpkin on a cute sunflower cut from the Eastern Medallions Thinlits Dies, Stitched Circles dies, and layering circles dies. 

Thanks for taking a peek and I hope to see you play along with us at HSS!

Jenny

Rustic Spring Floral ~ HSS260

Hi stampers!  Today's card is for Hand Stamped Sentiments photo inspiration challenge #260.  I just love the floral images along with the wood.  It's rustic and springy all at the same time!  

I drew inspiration from the shape and color of the flowers in the upper right hand photo, as well as the wood.  I'm very pleased with the way my card turned out!  I added some metallic gold in there to jazz things up a bit, too!

I actually combined three different stamp sets to make this card.  First is obvious...Swirly Bird for the flowers and small leaves.  Second I used the long leaf from Botanical Blooms, and lastly I used the sprig image from Foxy Friends.  Also used is Hardwood, of course!  I stamped the large flower in Calypso Coral and Watermelon Wonder, the medium one in Pool Party and Bermuda Bay, and the small one in So Saffron and Crushed Curry.  The leaves were cut our of Dapper Denim paper and stamped with Night of Navy.  The card base is Tip Top Taupe.

I hope you'll be able to join us for this fun challenge!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Hello Foxy! ~ CCMC426, PP314

Hello everyone!  It's time for another our weekly Create with Connie and Mary Challenge.  It's color week and this week's trio is Tangerine Tango, Smokey Slate, and Dapper Denim.  I also used the Paper Players sketch #314 to help me along in my design.

Originally I had made an orange fox, a gray raccoon, and a blue skunk out of the Foxy Friends set and coordinating punch, but I just couldn't come up with a design to fit all three character in.  I've set the raccoon and skunk aside and will use them from another project.  I surged ahead with the fox and the inspiration from the Paper Players sketch.  I like what I ended up with.  I think you can use a hello card for lots and lots of things.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Goldie Deer Joy ~ CCMC423, Merry Monday #212

Happy Thursday stampers!  It's Create with Connie and Mary time again!  I've combined this week's sketch with the inspiration challenge at Merry Monday 212.

My version of the sketch is mirror flipped....but I'm not sure why.  Maybe it's because I prefer everything to flow from left to right???  Could be.  Anyway, I switched up the sketch just a tad bit!  

I've always been a fan of black, gold and white for Christmas, so I was all about the Merry Monday challenge.  I'm also a sucker for deer images, so this cute little reindeer fit the bill nicely.  I just think he is super cute!

I embossed the black strip with the Gently Falling EF and then lightly sponged some white ink over the top to make it look like snow.  

For the gold trees I stamped one of the tree images from {Foxy Friends} onto the backside of the gold foil paper and then fussy cut them out.  I added stars punched from Gold Glimmer paper with the confetti star punch.  

The whole thing is layered on a white Woodland embossed "forest".   

I hope you'll hop over the Create with Connie and Mary and play along with us....and make sure you take inspiration from my fellow designers!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Sugar Fox ~ CCMC418, WWYS75, PP306, SSC132

Well, well, well it's Thursday once again!  This card takes in 4, yes FOUR, challenges!  Whoo Hoo!  How fun is that!  

First and foremost is our Create with Connie and Mary color challenge #418, which was the reason I was searching for inspiration in the first place.  I decided I wanted to use my {Foxy Friends} stamp set with these colors and make a Sweet Sugarplum fox.  I kinda like it when these sort of sets are used with nontraditional colors.....like who would ever expect a light purple/pink fox!  And then the stars aligned and in my inspiration search I came across What Will You Stamp #75 which challenges us to use the Foxy Friends set.  Over at The Paper Players this week was a tic-tac-toe challenge, and some of you may know that I'm a lover of the tic-tac-toe challenges.  I chose to use texture, a scene, and diecuts.  And, why not incorporate a sketch too!  As luck would have it Sunday Stamps Challenge had a perfect match for me!  

I love it when it all comes together!

Of course with these colors she has to be a girl fox so I placed a flower on her head.

We would love for you to join us over at Create with Connie and Mary this week!  I'm excited to see what everyone does with these colors....traditional and nontraditional!

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

Stamps: Foxy Friends

Ink: Mint Macaron, Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry, Crumb Cake

Paper: White, Mint Macaron, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Fox Builder punch, Woodland EF, Linen Thread, Beautiful Branches thinlits, Oval Framelits, Tree builder punch, Rhinestone

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Foxy Baby ~ HSS243, JUGS353

Hello stampers!  It's Tuesday and time for another Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge.  Challenge #243 is a sketch.  

I just received my {Foxy Friends} stamp set, along with the Fox Builder punch so I thought I'd put it to use right away.  I chose to use the color scheme from Just Us Girls photo challenge #353.  I think the colors are the perfect fit for this little guy.  I was also going to participate in the Addicted to CAS "Welcome" challenge but then I realized that my card is neither clean or simple!  Oh well!

My card doesn't follow the sketch exactly, but sometimes I like a loose interpretation!

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

Stamps: Foxy Friends, And Many More

Ink: Black, Early Espresso, Dapper Denim, Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive

Paper: Peekaboo Peach, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla, Dapper Denim

Accessories: Fox Builder punch, Petal Burst EF, Burlap Ribbon, Striped Grosgrain ribbon

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny