Cottage Penned and Painted ~ HSS244

Welcome to another Hand Stamped Sentiments Tuesday!  This is our color combo for the next two weeks.

When I first saw this combo I was totally not inspired,  These are not my usual comfort colors, but the more I played around, the more I came around!  I ended up loving my result!  This one was extra special too, because it went to my mother in law who celebrated her 80th birthday today!

We hope you'll join us over at HSS!

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

Stamps: Penned and Painted, Kinda Eclectic, Cottage Greetings

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Versamark

Paper: White, Crushed Curry, Blackberry Bliss

Accessories: Brick wall EF, Elegant Butterfly punch, Gold sequins, Dotted scallop ribbon punch, pearls

Sheltering Summery Tree ~ CCMC411

Happy Thursday everyone!  It's another great sketch challenge from Create with Connie and Mary!  If you hop over to the challenge blog you'll see all the different ideas the designers came up with....it's so cool to see everyone's interpretation!

I decided to stamp a scene on a 3"x 3" panel and then chop it up into the four squares to mimic the sketch.  I love this summery scene with the tree, sunshine and flowers.  

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

Stamps: Sheltering Tree, Kinda Eclectic

Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Soft Sky

Paper: White, Soft Suede

Accessories: corner rounder punch, Wink of Stella clear

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Red Rose Vine ~ CCMC393

Happy Thursday everyone!  It's time for another fabulous Create With Connie and Mary Challenge.  It's sketch week.....

I was a little stumped by this sketch at first.  I've never been a huge fan of repeated patterns like this.  

I perused my stamps to give me some inspiration and voila!  The rose vine from {Floral Wing}!  Perfect!  Each vine has four little roses on it which fit the sketch just right.  

I decided to go with red roses since we are close to Valentine's Day.  

After I stamped the roses I went over each one with Crystal Effects to make them stand out even more.  It's hard to see in the photos.  

Instead of a greeting I chose to put a butterfly fluttering down on the vines.  I cut out a butterfly using my Bold Butterfly framelits and Botanical Gardens Specialty vellum.  I perched him on the vines, but he didn't seem like enough, so I added in a red butterfly from {Kinda Eclectic} and topped it off with the small butterfly from {Butterfly Basics}.  I used a little strip of pearls for the butterfly body.

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

Stamps: Floral Wings, Butterfly Basics, Kinda Eclectic, Hardwood

Ink: Smokey Slate, Real Red, Mossy Meadow

Paper: White, Sahara Sand, Botanical Gardens Specialty vellum

Accessories: Linen Thread, pearls, Elegant Butterfly punch 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Smokey Chocolate Indigo ~ CCMC360

Hello fellow creators!  It's Create with Connie and Mary Thursday!  This week we've got a dandy color combination for you.....

I started with the fabulous, new DSP from the neutral color collection.  I'm so in love with the script paper....it's simply the cat's meow!!!

I'm always a sucker for polkadots and there are plenty of those to go around, too!  I chose the Smokey Slate polkadots for my background.  

I punched a Note Tag from the Chocolate Chip script.  The Island Indigo piece is a chopped up Labels Framelit (retired).

I stamped a butterfly from {Kinda Eclectic}, punched it out and popped it up on a dimesional on the tag.  I then embossed the "love ya" from {Floral Wings} in silver and placed the banner cut piece over the butterfly.  I stapled on some Smokey Slate ribbon and sprinkled on some sequins and voila'!  Card done!

Make sure you check out the other awesome creations from my fellow designers at Create with Connie and Mary!

I hope you'll find time to join us this week!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Eclectic Flower Shop ~ CMCC76 & SSSC273

Good Wednesday everyone!  Colour Me has another swell challenge for us this week!  It's sure to get your creative juices flowing!  This week's colors are....Elegant Eggplant, Coastal Cabana, and Old Olive.  

I also used the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 273.

As you know, purple always stumps me, but as usual, I turned to my beloved Pinterest and found some inspiration in the form of these flowers.....

I love the turquoise blue in the center and the purple on the tips, so that's what I tried to replicate.  I stamped the flowers on watercolor paper and used my aqua painter to wash the colors on.   After they dried, I punched them out and curled the petals a little.  

The neutral hardwood background is one of the new in colors....Tip Top Taupe.  I also added some Tip Top Taupe lace ribbon and some crocheted ribbon.

Make sure to check out my fellow Colour Me designers blogs!

Angel Johns

Hayley Kew

Jenny Engelke (me)

Julia Wilson

Katie Brooks

Sandy Mathis

Tanja Kabel

Tara Bourgoin

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Sunflower & Butterfly ~ CMCC66

Happy Wednesday everyone!  It's time for a new Colour Me challenge.  This week we have the cheery duo of Marina Mist and Daffodil Delight.  

As I was searching my stash of DSP for this polka dotted pattern, I came across a bit of yellow gingham.  Don't you just love a polka dot/gingham combination?!?  It's so country.  After finding my paper, I decided on a sunny sunflower and fun butterfly to compliment the papers.  I used an old Sizzix die called Daisies #2.  I cut two flowers and sponged the tips.  I added a circle of Early Espresso and another little circle of Baked Brown Sugar polka dotted DSP to complete the flower's center.  I added the pleasant little blue butterfly from {Kinda Eclectic}.  I thought the crosshatch pattern on the butterfly complimented the gingham and polka dots.  

I used a pretty basic sketch that's been seen lots and lots but never gets old!  I used a bit of Fancy Foil Vellum for my large banner.  I didn't want to cover up the gingham too much!  A little bit of doily, some gold sequins (to tie in the gold vellum) and some pearls on the butterfly body complete this summery little number!

Make sure to stop by the blogs of my fellow CM designers. You will have tons of inspiration!!!!

Angel Johns

Hayley Kew

Jenny Engelke(Me)

Julia Wilson

Katie Brooks

Sandy Mathis

Tanja Kabel

Tara Bourgoin

Stamps: Kinda Eclectic
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist
Paper: Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, Polka Dot Parade DSP, Gingham DSP, Early Espresso, In Color DSP, Gold Fancy Foil Vellum
Accessories: Elegant Butterfly punch, Daisies #2 die, Gold sequin trim, Pearls, Doily

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny 

Nautical and Nice ~ Card Concept #12 & The Challenge #9

Today's card come to you by way of The Card Concept #12, which used a nautical theme, and The Challenge #9 sketch.

I had so much fun mixing patterns and prints here.  My original inspiration was a clean and simple picture, and that was my intention...to do a clean and simple card...but I guess it's just not me!  This is what I ended up with and I would guess it's clean and layering (according to The Card Concept). 

I just got my Kinda Eclectic stamp set in the mail and was anxious to use it.  I thought the sun/starburst image would look kinda neat behind the anchor, and I think I was right.  I like it!  And, the polka dot image is sure to be a favorite of mine.  I think it looks fabulous combined with the chevron image from Work of Art.  

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

Stamps: Kinda Eclectic, Banner Blast, The Open Sea, Work of Art

Ink: Hello Honey, Real Red, Midnight Muse

Paper: White, Real Red, Midnight Muse DSP, Moonlight DSP pack

Accessories: Banner punch, Baked Brown Sugar bakers twine, Itty Bitty Accents punch pack, Large Polka Dot EF

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny