Triple Challenge in White

Oh, how I love a card that multi-tasks!  This one is for three different challenges.  Our Creative Corner challenge was to make an entirely white card with decorative edges.  Merry Monday #46 said to make a Christmas card using a bird.  And the last challenge is the sketch from Retro Sketches #47.

I started by trimming the right edge of the card with my Scallop Eyelet Border punch.  Then I ran a piece of white through the Big Shot with my Vintage Wallpaper EF.  I rolled my brayer through some Illuminate ink and lightly rolled it onto the embossed panel.  It gave the raised part a little glimmer and shine.  I punched the bird out with my Bird Builder punch, spritzed the body with shimmer spray and inked the wing with more Illuminate ink.  Next, I cut out the swirl and "Peace" with decorative strip dies.  The swirls got yet more Illuminate ink and the "Peace" was embossed with Iridescent Ice EP.  The last thing was to add a strip of Silver Glimmer paper and some more Scalloped Border punched pieces to the top and bottom of the main panel.  I love the way this turned out...I've always been a sucker for an all white card!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Layered Inspiration - OCC, PP114, & SRC143

 

Wow, I need to find me some more time to stamp!  I am starting some fall adult ed classes in a couple weeks, so that's gonna force me (plus I get paid!) to get some stamping done! 

This card is for Our Creative Corner Photo Inspiration Challenge and The Paper Players Sketch Challenge 114. It also qualifies for the Stampin' Royalty Challenge 143 which wants us to use our Big Shot & diecuts. 

 

I mainly focused on colors for my inspiration in the OCC challenge.  They did ask that we used polkadots and at least 2 buttons somewhere on the project.....I got the polkadots down, but only 1 button.  I tried and tried to figure out how to get another button on there, but putting one or more on there just seemed like too much!  So, I didn't quite meet the requirements.  I really like the end results anyway! 

I havn't had a chance to play with The Paper Players for a long time, so I was happy to use this fun sketch.  I inked the three stips of cardstock with versamark ink and embossed them with clear EP for a little extra texture and interest. 

 

 

I cut two flowers with the smallest die in the Floral Frames Framelits, crumpled them and layered them together.  I cut a small circle of Summer Starfruit and glued it onto the back of the button, so you could see some extra color behind the button.  Next, I wove a little snippit of Pool Party through the button to add the third color.  The whole thing is layed on a bow made of bakers twine. 

 

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

Stamps: Layered Labels, Everything Eleanor

Ink: Pool Party, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, Black, and Versamark

Paper: Same as ink + White

Accessories: Floral Frames & Apothecary Accents dies, Black bakers twine, Flower button, Clear EP, Oval punch, Perfect Polka Dots EF

 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a fabulous day!

Jenny

 

 

 

 

 

Our Creative Corner Guest Designer!

 

Good morning everyone!  Today I'm excited to share the card that I made for a guest designer spot on Our Creative Corner.  The Challenge was to use the "kissing techinique" with a twist.  The twist is to use an X & O somewhere on your project.  I know and love the kissing technique and have used it a few times before. (If you've never tried this technique before, there is a link to a great tutorial on the OCC blog).  I did find it very challenging to incorporate an X & O.  I sort of did it on the Midnight Muse backround where I used my score tool to make the diamond or "X" patteren.  I added the white gel pen dots, which could be the "O".  Am I stretching it?  Maybe so, but I am pleased with the way the whole card came out! 

 I also used the sketch from Create with Connie and Mary 217 and the color combo from The Play Date Cafe 148.  PDCC148 asked us to combine Navy, Peach and Stone.  I love Navy color combos...they are always so striking to me. By the way, isn't the stormy beach picture on the PDCC inspiration collage just gorgeous!?!?

 

Ok...back to the card.  There are just a few details I'd like to share with you.  Number one is my love/hate relationship with the gel pen.  I love the results that it gives, but I ALWAYS have trouble with the tip gooping up.  And then there are the times when the ink doesn't want to come out of the pen at all!  Ugh!  The little sentiment flag was added to cover up a big goopy mistake of white gel pen.....ugh again!  I was almost done putting all the white dots on when my pen started to give me trouble and got all gloppy.  Darn it!  I did not want to start all over and use another piece of Midnight Muse.  The solution?  Cover it up!  It turned out to be a happy mistake, because I love that little tag, but now you know why I love/hate my gel pen.  Also, I wanted to add more peach color into the card, so I used my Peach Parfait marker and colored some basic pearls.  It was so easy and the end result is lovely!  And, the last detail I want to share is the shimmer on the butterfly.  What card doesn't look better with a little sparkle?  The shimmer sprayed butterfly gives just a hint of it, but it's a detail that I didn't want to go unnoticed and sometimes it's hard to photograph.

 

 

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

Stamps: Bliss, Everything Eleanor, Sihlouette Sentiments

Paper: Crumb Cake, Vanilla, Midnight Muse, Peach Parfait

Ink: Sahara Sand, Midnight Muse, Peach Parfait

Accessories: Pearls, Vanilla hodgepodge hardware, shimmer mist, scallop ribbon punch, white gel pen, crumbcake taffeta ribbon, score tool

 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a great day!

Jenny

 

Simply Soft Do Over - OCC & DD12

Gee, I had fun creating this card for Our Creative Corner and Dynamic Duos 12.

 

Over at OCC this week, it's all about do-overs.  I loved the concept of this challenge and was all over it as soon as I read about it.  I browsed through my older photos and found this card....

On my old card I used the Simply Soft stamp set from Stampin' Up.  It's a super easy set to make fabulous cards with, so how could I go wrong???  This card was wrong for me in so many ways.  I hated the torn oval behind the main panel, I wished I would have mounted the backround DP on a peice of regular cardstock, and I wasn't happy with the ribbon.  And don't get me started on those flowers!!!  So, I was thrilled to get the chance to makeover this card!  I thought the DD12 Challenge colors would be perfect to do the makeover with.  I love the way the Poppy Parade "pops" against the black.  I had also seen a tutorial on YouTube a while ago where the gal used the layered marker technique on this set and it looked so neat, so I knew I wanted to do that too.  I colored in the flower petals with Blushing Bride first, then came back over them with Poppy Parade.  I'm so much happier with my do-over card and am glad OCC had this challenge!

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

Stamps: Simply Soft, Just Believe

Paper: Poppy Parade, Black, White, Sunny Days DP

Ink: Poppy Parade, Blushing Bride, Certainly Celery, Lucky Limeade, Stazon Black

Accessories: Framelits Labels die, Scallop Polkadot ribbon, Word Window & Modern Label punches, button, bakers twine, rhinestones

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Navy & Pink Wedding - RS20 & OCC

Today's card is for Retro Sketches 20 & Our Creative Corner which challenges us to use Navy, Pink and another color of your choice.  I chose Midnight Muse, Blushing Bride and Cameo Coral. 

We went to a very nice wedding reception last night and this was the card I whipped up to give to the bride and groom.  When I first looked at this sketch, I was a little intimidated but once I got a general idea in my head, it came together nicely!  The color combo that OCC picked this week is absoluetly delightful!  I love navy and pink together, and in fact, when I got married 18 years ago these would have been my wedding colors had we been married in the summer.  We chose February as our wedding month, so I went with a richer color palette.  Anywho, these colors compliment each other so nicely and I chose to throw in the Cameo Coral because I thought it coordinated fabulously with the Blushing Bride.  The fact is I'm loving this combo so much, I just may have to make another card to enter in the challenge!

The flowers on this card are from my brand new Floral Frames die set.  I'm excited to get the chance to play with my new stuff! 

Here's a list of supplies I used for this card......

Stamps: Tiny Tags

Paper: Midnight Muse, Blushing Bride DP, Cameo Coral, White

Ink: Midnight Muse

Accessories: 1 1/4", 1 3/8", & 1 3/4" circle punches, Blossom Builder punch, Floral Frames die, Vintage Wallpaper & Polkadot EF, 1/8" white satin ribbon, Blushing Bride Pleated ribbon, Silver brads, Itty Bitty Punch pack

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Bird-day Party! - OCC

Today's card is for Our Creative Corner.

  This weeks challenge is just plain PARTY! Anything related to parties.  I chose to go with the birthday theme.  To me, this could be boy or girl or even adult!  This is the first time I've tried anything banner-ish.  I know it's been wildly popular, but I have to admit it just didn't really appeal to me.  But, when I stamped this little bird on a scrap of white, I had all this space on top and thought to myself, why not try it?!?  I punch out three big stars in red, daffodil and marina and cut the tips off to make my little banner flags.  It turned out to be the perfect size and scale for the stamp image.  I am pretty pleased with the way it all turned out, and the banner itself was super simple.  I'd say it looks like this little bird is ready for a party!

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

Stamps: Pun Fun, Itty Bitty Backrounds

Paper: Real Red, Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, White

Ink: Stazon Black

Accessories: Star punch, Martha Stewart edge punch, Itty Bitty punch pack, Black EP, Watercolor Pencils, White String, Stripe EF

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Ghosting Butterfly - FM55 & OCC

Today's card is a combo of the Friday Mashup 55 and Our Creative Corner. 

FM55 calls for using a sketch and the ghosting technique.  There is a link to the techniqe over at the Friday Mashup blog.  OCC's challenge was to use butterflies.  The inspiration picture showed butterflies in many colors, and I chose to use blue, green and yellow in the form of Island Indigo, Pear Pizzaz and Daffodil Delight.

Like I said in my last post, I'm concentrating on graduation cards, so this will go to my niece who is graduating from Jr. High in a few weeks.  I think its just sweet enough for a girl her age, plus she loves bright colors with her favorite being yellow.

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

Stamps: Paisly Backround, Tender Tags from CTMH

Paper: Island Indigo, Pear Pizzaz, Daffodil Delight, White

Ink: Craft White, Pear Pizzaz

Accessories: Martha Stewart butterfly punch, basic jewels, dotted scallop border punch, in color brad, daffodil 1/8" ribbon, corner rounder punch, scallop border punch, square lattice EF

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Burlap Birdie

This cute little birdie card was made for Our Creative Corner: How Green is Your Spring?  The challenge was to make a papercraft using green as a main color.  I purchased this sweet table runner from Hobby Lobby this spring, and it had me brimming with inspiration.  This challenge was perfect for this project!  Here's a pic of my inspiration piece....

I love how the wing of the bird is a leaf.  I used my Build A Blossom stamp set and punched a leaf/wing with the Build A Blossom punch.

Here's a closer look at the card.

Stamps: Build A Blossom

Paper: Soft Suede, Pear Pizzaz, Crumb Cake, So Saffron, Old Olive

Ink: Old Olive, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight (sponging)

Accessories: Bird Builder punch, Build a Blossom punch, Little Leaves die, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, In Color buttons, twine, half pearls, Pear Pizzaz polly stitched ribbon, Square Lattice EF, Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Label 3 die from Nestabilities

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

Yellow Glittered Flower for OCC & FMS25

What a fun challenge from Our Creative Corner this week!  It's a tic tac toe challenge where you get to pick your three element from the tic tac toe square.  I picked Yellow, Glitter, and Flower.  I also used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches 25.  This is my first time participating in the FMS challenges....what took me so long???  :)

Here are the supplies I used......
Stamps: Build A Blossom
Paper: Concord Crush, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Wisteria Wonder DP
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry
Accessories: build a blossom punch, big designer button, swiss dot EF, gold glitter, scallop circle nestie die, pom pom trim, wisteria ruffled ribbon, gold cord
Thanks for taking a peek!
Jenny 

Heart to Heart to Heart

Janurary was not a good month for me and I didn't get alot of time to participate in challenges or even update my posts.  I hope to get back in the swing of things in February!
This card is for the Our Creative Corner love is in the air recipe challenge.  The challenge is to use pink, craft and gray on a valentine project and also incorporate bling or sparkle and a heart or hearts.  I love the pink and gray or the pink and craft, but wasn't sure about all three together.  I like the way my project turned out though!  I used a card from the 2011-2012 SU catalog (page 207) as my inspiration.
Here are the supplies I used......
Stamps: P.S. I Love You, Disstressted Dots
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Basic Gray
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, White
Accessories: Heart to Heart punch, Word Window and Modern Label punches, Edgelits border die, Swiss Dot EF, Rhinestone stickers
Thanks for taking a peek!
Jenny

Another Christmas Inspiration From OCC

This card was made for the Christmas Decoration Challenge over at Our Creative Corner.  I was inspired by a fun elf clothesline garland I have.  Here is a pic......

I had more inspiration from Splitcoaststampers where I've seen this elf shoe card done many times.  I thought it was cute and wanted to try it out for myself.

 Here are the supplies I used......

Stamps: So Happy For You

Paper: Real Red, Black, Wild Wasabi, Silver Glimmer, Vanilla, retired DP

Ink: Wild Wasabi

Accessories: Oval punches, Circle punches, Scallop Edge punch, Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Argyle EF, Top Note die

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Birchwood Nativity *OCC*

I know I said a couple of posts ago that I was tired of making Christmas cards, but I couldn't resist playing along with this challenge.  Over at Our Creative Corner this week, the challenge is to make a project inspired by a christmas decoration in your home.  There were so many things I wanted to choose from, but I settled on my wood carved nativity set. Here is a pic of the inspiration.......

I really loved this challenge and have more inpiration coming! 

Here are the supplies I used......

Stamps: The Sounding Joy

Paper: Choc Chip, Crumb Cake, Frostwood Lodge DP, White

Ink: Choc Chip, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Famelits labels collection, Antique brad, Soft Suede taffeta ribbon, Chocolate pearls, Script EF, sponge

Thanks for taking a peek and Merry Christmas!

Jenny