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

Birthday Hugs Floral Shaker ~ CCMC467, SIP108

Hello stampers!  I made this card for Create with Connie and Mary's new color challenge and I also used the inspiration of Fabulous Florals from Stamp Ink Paper.  

My card is actually inspired by one of Dena Rekow's creations.  I loved the card she made and tried something similar but made it into a shaker card.  Who doesn't love a shaker card?!?!

I'm also in love with the iridescent sequins and can't seem to stop using them on my projects!  I realize that the sequins on the inside are probably enough but I'll let you in on a little secret.  I smudged some green ink towards the top of my card and I had already done so much work to make this card I didn't want to scrap it all together.  So, I covered the smear with a sequin, scattered a few more and voila', problem solved!   

I hope you'll find time to join us on the Create with Connie and Mary facebook page where you can share your cards inspired by our color challenge.  I'm excited to see what everyone comes up with!  

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

Stamps: Swirly Bird, Thoughtful Banners

Ink: Berry Burst, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz

Paper: Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Island Indigo, Berry Burst

Accessories: White bakers twine, Iridescent sequins, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Lovely Words Thinlits, Foam Adhesive strips, clear seed beads (non-SU)

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Swirly Watercolor Smile ~ CCMC464

Hello Stampers!  This is our last CASE the Catalog challenge from Create with Connie and Mary.  I sure have enjoyed them!  This time we got to pick one of four cards to case.  I chose the bottom right card.  Mine was sort of a loose case.  I love the way these swirly bird flowers look when they're watercolored.  The colors of Peekaboo Peach and Flirty Flamingo compliment each other so nicely too!  They mix so beautifully.  I also watercolored a bit with Lemon Lime Twist and Tranquil Tide and cut out the leaves.  

The background is the new big background stamp Canvas.  I love this one too!  The side pieces of DSP are from Whole Lot of Love DSP pack.  I added in some new iridescent sequins just because they complimented the colors of the flowers so well.

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

Stamps: Swirly Bird, Eastern Beauty, Canvas

Ink: Peekaboo Peach, Pool Party, Flirty Flamingo, Lemon Lime Twist, Tranquil Tide, White, VersaMark

Paper: Pool Party, Whole Lot of Love DSP, White

Accessories: Swirly Scribbles thinlits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Iridescent Sequins, Clear EP

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!  As usual, I appreciate and enjoy your comments!

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

Bright Happy Swirly Bird Rose ~ CCMC443

Isn't this a fun sketch we have for you at Create with Connie and Mary this week?  If you haven't noticed, the CCMC site has changed a little.  InLinkz upped their prices by a bunch, so linking your card to our challenge site is no longer an option.  Instead, we'd love to have you join us and show off your creations at the Create with Connie and Mary Facebook page.  It's simple and easy to upload pictures and link your blog page so we can view your beautiful cards and projects.  

Anyway, onto my card.  I used the Swirly Bird stamp to make a bright yellow rose.  I punched the rose out with the 2" circle punch.  I added some other brightly colored circles in Watermelon Wonder and Emerald Envy and also a fun polka-dotted Daffodil Delight strip.  This is such a happy card that I had to add the sentiment Oh, Happy Day.  

I added texture in the background with the Hexagon Dynamic Texture folder.  I love, love the texture that these new folders add to the paper.  It's so cooooool!!!! 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Swirls, Stripes and Petals ~ CCMC420, TSOT282

Happy Thursday Stampers!  It's color challenge week at Create with Connie and Mary!

These are the yummy colors this time

I think they were inspired by the colors in A Little Foxy designer series paper stack.  I thought abut doing another cute fox with these colors, but figured that might be expected......... although would be super adorable! Now that I think more about it, a baby card using the fox would have been awesome.  Hmmmm, maybe I'll have to do that anyway....I seem to be talking myself into it!

So, back to the card I actually ended up with.... I searched for some inspiration and came across this card made by Melissa Davies. 

I CASE'd her card and added a few touches of my own.  I like the way it turned out!  It also happens to fit into the sketch for Try Stampin' on Tuesday #282!  Yay!

I hope you can join us for this weeks challenge!

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

Stamps: Swirly Bird, Brushstrokes

Paper: White, Silver Glimmer

Ink: Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Smokey Slate

Accessories: Rhinestones, Silver Sequins, Silver cord, Petal Burst EF, Paper doilies, Treat Bag Thinlits

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Swirly Sugarplum Rose ~ CCMC415 & PP303

Happy Thursday!  It's time for Create with Connie and Mary once again!  This week is sketch week. I kept it pretty straight forward this time and didn't take any real creative license this time.  I used the color combo from the Paper Players 303, too.  Isn't it rich yet fresh looking?

I haven't yet used the flower image from {Swirly Bird} so here it is!  I kind of like this repeated pattern of the swirly flower.

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

Stamps: Swirly Bird, Picture Perfect

Ink: Sweet Sugarplum, Island Indigo, Mint Macaron

Paper: Mint Macaron, Island Indigo, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Bermuda Bay sequin trim, Mint Macaron lace trim

Thanks for taking a peek and have a great day!

Jenny