CAS Ombre Birthday Wish ~ CCMC555, JUGS481, CTC222, Addicted to CAS#156, TGIFC205

Hey there stampers!  Today's care is my design team card for Create with Connie and Mary color challenge #555.  I ADORE these bright colors together!  I've added in a few other challenges to help me along with my card.  I used the balloon theme from TGIF Challenges #205, the embossing folder theme from Just Us Girls #481, the ombre theme from Addicted to CAS #156, and Casing the Catty's  Challenge #222 last case of the Sale-a-bration catalog (I cased a card from page 8 in the first catalog).

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

Stamps: Broadway Birthday

Ink: Calypso Coral, Melon Mambo, Mango Melody, White craft, Memento black

Paper: Whisper White, Black

Accessories: Broadway Lights Framelits, Oh My Stars EF, White EP, Decorative Ribbon Border punch

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Rainbow Rooster ~ HSS308, GDP176, JUGS474

Hi stampers!  Today's card is for our new sketch challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments. 

I chose to use my Sale-a-bration rooster and case the designer Steffi Helmschrott's rainbow design from Global Design Project #176.  I also incorporated Just Us Girls Trend Week challenge of wood.  

I'm loving this rainbow rooster surrounded by neutrals!

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

Stamps: Home to Roost

Ink: Memento black, Poppy Parade, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green, and Night of Navy blends

Paper: Gray Granite, Black, Wood Textures DSP, Stacked with Love DSP (retired), 

Accessories: Tin Tile TIEF, Adhesive backed sequins, Braided Trim

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Stuck on you for 25 Years! GDP175, PP427, SS549, JUGS473

Hello stampers!  Today's card is one I made for my Husband for our anniversary.  We will be celebrating 25 years of marriage in just one week!  

I had the idea to use the Flowering Desert cactus and stamp them in a heart shape and then add little hearts on top to mimic the flowers that these kinds of cactus tend to grow.  I think it turned out so cute! 

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday, and also the themes from Global Design Project, The Paper Players, and Just Us Girls. 

 

I didn't have any stamps that already said "Stuck on You", so I used Make a Difference photopolymer stamp set to stamp STUCK ON and the YOU from Work of Art.  The little heart comes from another retired set called Best Day Ever. 

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

Stamps: Flowering Desert, Make a Difference, Work of Art

Ink: Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Sahara Sand, Real Red

Paper: Stacked with Love DSP (retired), Old Olive, Whisper White

Accessories: Glimmer Enamel Dots, Rectangle Stitched Framelits, Linen Thread 

Beautiful Day Thinking of You ~ CCMC523, JUGS453, TGIFC172

Hello Stampers!  Today's card comes by way of the newest Create with Connie and Mary Color Challenge #523.  It's a nice mix of three new colors: Mango Melody, Pineapple Punch, and Shaded Spruce.  Last time I used Mango Melody I stated that I was not that excited about the color and then surprised myself how much I like it after the card was made.  I think I've found that this color has really grown on me.  It's not that attractive on it's own, but when combined with other colors it becomes so rich and vibrant!  I was kinda excited to use this color mix!

I decided to go with the Just Us Girls trend week challenge #453 and use the fast watercolor technique.  First you embossed your image, in my case the big flower from Beautiful Day, then you lay the color on the image straight from the pad, and then you spritz the whole thing with water and let the colors do their thing.  Really fairly easy.  I used Pineapple Punch and Mango Melody on my embossed image and then after the whole thing dried I added some Soft Suede to the middle of the flower.  I cut the leaf off the flower before laying the inks on and then replaced it after all the inks had dried.  I wanted to keep the green separate from the orange and yellow.

I also used the sketch from TGIF Challenges #172.  I followed the sketch pretty strictly.  If you look closely at the sketch you'll see a little flourish on the top panel.  I added a bit of embossing with my Lovely Floral TIEF to mimic that element.  

All in all I'm happy with the way this turned out!

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

Stamps: Beautiful Day, Accented Blooms (sentiment)

Ink: Mango Melody, Pineapple Punch, Shaded Spruce, Versamark, Basic Black, Soft Suede

Paper: Shaded Spruce, Wood Textures DSP, Basic Black, Watercolor, Mango Melody, Pineapple Punch

Accessories: Black embossing powder, metallic sequins, Lovely Floral TIEF, Linen Thread, Tailored Tag punch (for cuts on the banner), decorative ribbon border punch

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Tufted Thanks a Bunch ~ CCMC520, JUGS450, GDP148, Addicted to CAS 141

Hello stampers!  I made this pretty little number for the latest Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge.  I also used the colors from Just Us Girls #49, Case'd the designer Connie Collins from Global Design Project #148, and also figured it fit into Addicted To CAS Summertime #141.

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

Stamps: Beautiful Bouquet

Ink: blushing bride, bermuda bay, crumb cake

Paper: blushing bride, bermuda bay, white, Tropical Escape DSP, bermuda bay glimmer paper

Accessories: Bouquet Bunch framelits, share what you love pearls, Tufted TEF, layering circles framelits

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Tropical Chic Flamingo ~ HSS294, JUGS449, JAI417

Hello stampers!  We are back with a brand new challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments!  It's an Inspiration Challenge this time and the chosen theme is flamingos!  I just love this!  I was inspired by the flamingos, of course, and the colors in the bottom right picture.  

I'm also playing along with Just Us Girls #449--Watercolor Background and Just Add Ink #417--Just Add "T".  My "T" is tropical!

I combined a couple of stamp sets here--the always awesome Fabulous Flamingo and the wonderful new Tropical Chic.  I'm loving the variety of leaves and the matching dies that this set coordinates with!  I think the card possibilities could be endless using this set!

I chose to only use the solid image from Fabulous Flamingo as I wanted to keep my flamingo "silhouetted".  

I did a watercolor wash on the background and did some spattering as well.  

a few sequins and some old Coastal Cabana ribbon (which I still have from when Coastal Cabana was an In-Color) finished off my card.

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

Stamps: Fabulous Flamingo, Tropical Chic

Ink: Flirty Flamingo, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party

Paper: Coastal Cabana, Flirty Flamingo, Whisper White, Watercolor

Accessories: Petal Burst EF, Tropical Thinlits dies, Iridescent sequins, Coastal Cabana ruffled ribbon

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Berry Bursting Basket ~ CCMC498, JUG428, TGIFC147

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's newest sketch challenge.  I was so excited to use some brand new Sale-a-bration items.  The Blossoming Basket and Basket weave Dynamic Texture embossing folder are available for free with a $100 purchase!  The Celebrate You Thinlits are also available for free with a $100 purchase.  There's lots of other great items in the Sale-a-bration catalog that you can get for free with a $50 purchase as well.  

I used the color inspiation from Just Us Girls #428 and went with Berry Burst, Bermuda Bay, and Crumb Cake.  I added in some black with the Petal Palette DSP.  I actually colored the blossoms in the basket with my Rich Razzleberry Blends markers, but I think it goes very nicely with the Berry Burst, don't you?  The butterfly and leaves were colored with my Bermuda Bay Blends and the basket was done with the Crumb Cake Blends.

Because most items used on my card come from the Sale-A-Bration catalog I'm also joining in with TGIF Challenge #147.  I just have to say how much I LOVE the Dymanic Embossing Folders.  I adore the great texture they provide!  As soon as I saw the basketweave pattern I knew it had to be in my collection!  It's so cool, right?!

I finished my card off with a little wink of stella on the butterfly and the "amazing".

Thanks for taking a peek and I hope you'll join us on the Create with Connie and Mary Facebook page with your creations!

Jenny

Best Mother Penned and Painted ~ CCMC455, JUGS390

Hey there stampers!  Welcome to my blog featuring this weeks Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge!  I also used the inspiration photo from Just Us Girls #390.  I was mostly inspired by the colors.  

Mothers Day is quickly approaching and I thought this card was certainly pretty enough to fit into that theme....I mean, what mother doesn't like pretty flowers?  

I lightly stamped the outline flower image vertically down the left side of the card to fit the vertical strip from the sketch.  I also used a piece of the Irresistibly Floral Specialty paper, sponged it with Smokey Slate ink and then layered the flowers, stamped with Melon Mambo ink on top.  I think the diamond pattern on the specialty paper sort of looks like a trellis.    

Lastly, I stamped the "best mother ever" greeting from {And Many More} in Basic Gray ink and then added some white enamel dots. 

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

Stamps: Penned and Painted, And Many More

Ink: Smokey Slate, Basic Gray, Cucumber Crush, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight

Paper: White, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Irresistibly Floral Specialty

Accessories: White perfect accents

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Hello World ~ CCMC400, JUGS336, The Challenge 66, TSOT264

Hey stampers!  It's Thursday again and that means another Create with Connie and Mary Challenge!  

It's color week....here are our colors.....

I also used the inspiration from Just Us Girls #336 and The Challenge #66 and the sketch from Try Stampin' on Tuesday #264.

The colors in the JUGS photo were similar to our colors and I took inspiration in the weathered wood posts and water theme.  I used the wood DSP from my much loved Farmers Market pack.  In The Challenge #66 photo I drew  inspiration from the wooden anchor and the sailing ship, which ties into {The Open Sea} set that I used.  The Challenge #66 is also a masculine challenge....I think my card is pretty masculine. 

I did a lot of sponging on this card.  In fact, just about every single piece of cardstock I used is sponged...except for the black "hello".  I sponged around the edges of the wood DSP with Sahara Sand and Crumb Cake and then added some light streaks of Delightful Dijon and Lost Lagoon to add to the weathered wood look and tie in the colors.

 I stamped the globe and anchor in stazon ink and colored them with my blender pens and ink pads.  I cut each out by hand and sponged each with Sahara Sand ink.  The globe is layered on two die cut Delightful Dijon sponged circles.

I stamped the ledger stamp from {The Open Sea} with Early Espresso ink onto the Lost Lagoon strip.  I sponged the edges of it with Crumb Cake ink.

I tied the anchor on with some Linen Thread which I layered between the two Dijon circles.

  

I hope you'll get to play with us at Create with Connie and Mary this week....I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny