You're Vintage! CCMC364 & SSSC277

Happy Thursday fellow stampers!  It's time for another Create with Connie and Mary Challenge!  It's a color challenge week and here they are.....

Watermelon Wonder, Crushed Curry and Basic Black.  

For my card, I also used the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #277.

My main panel was a little too big to put off center, so I chose to put it smack dab in the middle.  

I just love this new set called {That Thing You Did}.  It's got such neat fonts and sayings!  I was immediately drawn to the You're So Vintage sentiment because it feels so 80's and that's the decade  of my childhood and teen years.  I love the nostalgia!  Anyway, remember how it was popular in the 80's for logos to have that repeated, shadowed look?  Well, that's what I was going for here.  I like it!

I used the new Elegant Dots embossing folder, but after the fact I realized I should have used the Tiny Triangles one.  I think it would have fit the 80's vibe better.  There were lots and lots of triangles in the 80's.....remember the Guess Jeans logo anyone?

I did think of using the triangle theme in the DSP though!  

I also used some of the new metallic sequin assortment.  

I hope you enjoyed this trip back to the 80's and I hope you'll be able to play along with the challenge 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

Pomp and Circumstance for SSSC270

I'm stopping in for a quickie here....today I've got a very simple grad card to share.  I used the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 270.

I needed a quick card for and figured this sketch would be perfect.  I used bits and scraps on this one too....love it when I can do that!  

The only thing I don't like about it is the gold brad....darn if I couldn't find my silver ones!!!!  I know I had a whole container full of them but my eye couldn't spot them.  I bet if I went into my scrap space right now and looked I'd find them....isn't that usually the way it works? :)

Oh well. 

I colored the grad cap with my blendabilites, even though they are no longer available.  I still like to use them when I can.

This is definitely not my favorite card, but it will do it's job!  

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

You Did It Star ~ CMCC68 & SSSC265

Good Wednesday morning!  It's Colour Me time once again!  This week is a bright and cheerful color combination.  Night of Navy, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry and Lost Lagoon.  I cannot wait to see the idea that everyone comes up with!  

I also used the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch 265. 

I used a couple different techniques to achieve my card.  First, for the acrylic block watercolor, I stamped some of the challenge inks directly onto my clear block.  I then held it at arms length and lightly misted it with a spray bottle filled with water.  I stamped the block directly onto Whisper White cardstock.  The look is a nice watercolored effect.  I used that piece to cut out the star. 

 The other technique I used was the Bouncing Brayer (the Crushed Curry layer).  I had recently seen this technique used on this card by Claire Broadwater.  I thought it was kinda cool and something I'd never tried before.  

Like I said at the beginning of the blog post....I'm so excited to see what everyone creates!  

Make sure you check out the DT blogs to gain inspiration!  

Angel Johns

Hayley Kew

Jenny Engelke (me)

Julia Wilson

Katie Brooks

Sandy Mathis

Tanja Kabel

Tara Bourgoin

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

Stamps: Bravo, Celebrate Today

Ink: Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Lost Lagoon

Paper: Night Of Navy, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Lost Lagoon

Accessories: Scallop Border punch, Star die, Lucky Stars EF, Dazzling Details

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny 

Lullaby Coffee ~ SSSC231

I made this card for Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 231.

Karen always comes up with such great sketches.  I had fun creating this with the Lullaby DSP.  The coffee cup just screams for paper piecing, and it's so easy to piece!  

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

Stamps: The Perfect Blend, Petite Petals

Paper: Bermuda Bay, Baked Brown Sugar, Pistachio Pudding, White, and Lullaby DSP

Ink: Memento Black, Baked Brown Sugar, Pistachio Pudding

Accessories: Decorative Dots & Arrows EF, Petite Petals punch, In color sequins, dimentsionals, Oval framelits

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

Birthday Deer Mount ~ SSSC191

 

This card is for Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 191.  It also works for Seize the Birthday.

The moment I saw this deer image in the Holiday Catalog I knew it was one I had to have.  It's perfect for making masculine cards.  Plus it's a switch from your regular holiday images.  I think you could be pretty creative with this!  I paired the deer image with the wood image from Truly Grateful, also out of the Holiday Catalog.  It reminds me of some wood paneling we had in a house when I was growing up.  My dad and other family members were all hunters

 and there was always a deer head mount hanging on the wall.  It definitely makes the perfect card for any male members of my family! 

 

 

 

Stamps: Remembering Christmas, Truly Grateful, Wetlands

Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Early Espresso

Paper: Soft Suede, Baked Brown Sugar, Well Worn DSP, Sweater Weather DSP, Vanilla

Accessories: Brushed Copper button, Naturals designer button, Pretty Print EF, Linen Thread

 

Supplies can be purchased HERE.

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Fancy Field Flowers ~ DD45 & SSSC180

 

Good Saturday Morning everyone!  Dynamic Duos has beautiful, monochromatic color combination for us this week.  Pretty in Pink & Regal Rose.

 

 

I used Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 180 to help me along with my card for this week.

I hadn't used my Field Flowers set in a while and decided to go with it!  I also decided to add in a neutral of Crumb Cake.  I stamped the flower stems on a piece of First Edition DP, stamped the flower heads on vanilla cardstock, cut them out and attatched them to the stems.  I curled up the edges of the flowers a little to give them some dimetion.  I also stamped the flower center on vanilla, cut them out, sprayed them with a little shimmer spray, and popped them up with dimentionals.  I distressed the edges of the designer paper, sponged it, and layered it on some Crumb Cake.  For the background piece, I ran my brayer over my crumb cake ink pad and rolled it right onto the Vintage Wallpaper EF.  I placed a piece of vanilla in and ran it through the my Big Shot.  Voila!  A textured background with a little color.  I love that technique!  A few other accessories in the form of ribbon, buttons and sentiment tickets complete my card.

 

 

Make sure you hop on over and check out all the other amazing designs our team has come up with this week!

Allyson Andersen
Christina Barnes

Vicki Burdick

Karen Day

Deanna Dean

Anne Marie Hile

Erna Logtenberg
Bobbie Trost

Amy White

 Here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Field Flowers, Kindness Matters, That's the Ticket, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, First Edition DP

Ink: Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Twitterpatted button, Vintage Wallpaper EF, Crumb Cake Taffeta Ribbon, Ticket Punch, Scallop Eyelet Border Punch, Shimmer Mist, Linen Thread

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny



Welcome Spring! DD43 & SSSC179

 

Good Saturday morning everyone!  It's Dynamic Duos time again with a springy combination of Pool Party and Lucky Limeade.  For this card, I also used a great sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 179.  I think I mentioned in my last post that I would be using this sketch again, and here it is! I see it's designed by fellow DD designer Vicki Burdick.  I really love it!

 

 

I started by stamping an utra-springy stamp from Inkadinkadoo in versamark ink and embossed it with Early Espresso EP.  I used markers to color in the image.  After it was all colored I painted over the flowers, eggs and butterfly with Frost White Shimmer Paint.

 

 

I cut the image out with a Labels Die and sponged the edges with Crumb Cake ink.  Then I concentrated on the rest of the card.  I added a scrap of Crumb Cake cardstock that I ran through my Lacy Brocade EF to the bottom of the card and topped it off with a strip of Crochet ribbon and Lucky Limeade punched ribbon.  A bit of Lucky Limeade twine, tied in a cute little bow, pulls the whole thing together.  The last thing to do was add the triple banner accent out of crochet ribbon, and Pool Party & Lucky Limeade designer paper. 

 

 

A few dimentionals to pop up the main image and some pretty pearls arranged in the corner finish my card off.  This one went to my mom who celebrated her 63rd birthday during a big blizzard that hit us here the other day.  This little card reminds us of what we have to look forward to! 

Don't forget to hop on over and check out what the other Dynamic Duos Designer have made!

 

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

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo from Hobby Lobby

Paper: Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Crumb Cake, Watercolor, LL & PP Designer paper

Ink: Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Crumb Cake, Versamark

Accessories: Early Espresso EP, Lacy Brocade EF, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Crochet Trim, Lucky Limeade Twine, Pearls, Frost White Shimmer paint, Framelits Labels die

 

  Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

 

 

 

 

 



Shiny Butterflies ~ SSSC179

I made this card for Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 179.  It also fits into Create with Connie and Mary 242 using Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals, and Summer Starfruit.

I loved this sketch the moment I laid eyes on it.  I've been on a layered flag kick lately and this was just up my alley.  You could do so many cool things with this sketch and I'm sure everyone will!  I can't wait to see what turns up in the gallery link!

I started with the butterflies from the Kindness Matters set.  These were actually made to go on another card, but they weren't working for that, so I set them aside for another time.  I stamped them in Stazon Black ink, colored them with markers, cut them out and then oozed Crystal Effects on each one.  I like the 3-D effect it gives.  The Primrose Petals circle was another scrap I had laying on my desk.  I added a vanilla scalloped circle that I ran through the Big Shot with my Square Lattice EF and secured the butterflies on it with mini glue dots.  I stamped one of the Elements of Style images on the Raspberry Ripple card base in Primrose ink, then layered on a Primrose piece that I had embossed with my Chevron EF, added the fun banners made for the Print Poetry DP, and put on the little strip of Summer Starfruit cardstock tied up with vanilla string.  The last thing was to add the Thinking Of You banner.  This card came together very easily, and I love it when that happens!  You will definitely be seeing this sketch again from me!

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

Stamps: Curly Cute, Kindness Matters, Elements of Style

Paper: Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit, Very Vanilla, Print Poetry DP

Ink: Stazon Black, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals

Accessories: Crystal Effects, Square Lattice & Chevron EF, Vanilla String, Scallop Circle die

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Raspberry Gray Joy ~ SSSC173 & CR84FN68

 

Just a really quick post today to show this card that I made for Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 173 and CR84FN 68.

I used The Sounding Joy as my centerpiece and added some texture in the form of Fancy Fans and Square Lattice EFs.  I sponged gray over the vanilla panel to add softness. Some gray satin ribbon and a vintage faceted button with silver cord complete this pretty christmas card. 

 

 

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

Stamps: The Sounding Joy

Paper: Going Gray, Raspberry Ripple, Very Vanilla

Ink: Going Gray and Raspberry Ripple

Accessories: Labels Framelits, Gray satin ribbon, Antique Faceted Button, Silver cord, Fancy Fans & Square Lattice EF

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

Joy in Pink Suede ~ SSSC173

 

Here is my entry for Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 173.

  I'm always attracted to the sketches over there, and the challenges last for two weeks.  Somehow, time always seems to get away from me, so it's hit and miss when I get to participate. There are already alot of fun cards in the gallery, so there's tons of inspiration....check it out!

 I'm in the process of creating a variety of christmas cards for a lady who placed an order and this is one that she is getting.  I love the color scheme of this, which was unplanned at first.  I started with the Soft Suede base card and knew I wanted to combine it with the houndstooth printed paper.  I had a scrap of Pink Pirouette laying on my desk, so I decided to see how that would work.  I'm in love with the color combo with the gold/champagne mixed in.  The ornament is from the Stocking Accents die, and I stamped the words from The Sounding Joy star onto it.  I outlined the ornament with some two-way glue and added the gold glitter.  I topped it off with a  neutral button and accented the corner of the main panel with a layered snowflake, which is my favorite thing about this card! 

 

 

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

Stamps: The Sounding Joy

Paper: Soft Suede, Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Champagne Gimmer, Festival of Prints DP

Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

Accessories: Stocking Accents die, Neutrals button, Linen Thread, Tiny Tag Punch, Northern Frost Decorative Strip die, Open Scallop Border punch (EK Success), Lacy Brocade EF, Pearl, Designer Frame EF

 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a beautiful day!

Jenny

 

Dynamic Duos #29

Good Saturday morning everyone and welcome to another great challege from Dynamic Duos!  This weeks challenge uses Black and Marina Mist with a dessert option to add a snowman. 

 Believe it or not, I don't own any snowman stamps.  There have been many I've looked at at loved but never purchased!  I was surprised when I looked through my stash and didn't find one.  So, I used the very thing snowmen are made from....snowflakes!  How's that for a stretch!  I started out with the negative space snowflake from a previously cut piece of silver glimmer paper.  I hate to throw away any of that glimmer paper because you never know when your gonna need a scrap.  I think this worked well, after I mounted it on a black piece I cut with my spellbinders die.  I layered on another snowflake, from the retired Northern Frost decorative strip die, and then added the whole thing to a white scalloped square.  I used the Sweet Sunday Sketch #171 for my sketch inspiration. 

 

 

 

I grabbed a peice of retired To The Nines designer paper, and added a strip of black that I ran through my snowflake embossing folder, and voila'...I had my backround!  I love that DP.  I bought a bunch of it when it retired and have used it lots and lots! 

 The next thing I did was add the banner behind the main image panel.  I started off with just plain Marina Mist, then added a little piece of more silver glimmer.  I went back and forth trying to decide if I should keep the silver piece before finally calling myself crazy for even considering not adding it!  I love glitter...I can't believe I even doubted adding it!

 

 

Lastly, I added the tiny Merry tag and an antique faceted button strung with some silver cord.  I hope you like it!  Check out what the other designers have come up with....everyone is sooooo talented and they are sure to provide you with ample inspiration!

Allyson Andersen
Christina Barnes

Vicki Burdick

Karen Day

Deanna Dean

Anne Marie Hile

Erna Logtenberg
Bobbie Trost

Amy White

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

Stamps: Tiny Tags

Paper: Marina Mist, Black, White, Silver Glimmer, To The Nines DP

Ink: Marina Mist

Accessories: Snowflake EF, Tiny Tag punch, Snowflurry die, Northern Frost Decorative Strip die, Labels 3 spellbinders die, Scalloped Squares die, Antique faceted button, silver cord

 

 Thanks for taking a peek and have a glorious day!

Jenny