Navy Very Vintage ~ CCMC556, PP436

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for our newest challenge over at Create with Connie and Mary.  This week is sketch week.  I also used a little inspiration from The Paper Players 436 Plaid or Checks.  I didn't see until right now as I type this out that the plaid was supposed to be the focus of your project.  Mine's just a little accent, but I like it anyway!  I was set on using my Very Vintage set to make a vintage style card this week.  

It's hard to see in the photo, but I sponged the Sahara Sand background piece with Crumb Cake ink after I embossed it with the Tin Tile TIEF.  I also rubbed a little bit of my Champagne Shimmer paint over it as well for extra shimmer.  After I stamped the main panel, I spritzed it with Champagne Shimmer spritz.  

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

Stamps: Very Vintage

Ink: Crumb Cake, Night of Navy

Paper: Night of Navy, Sahara Sand

Accessories: 1" circle punch, Navy Gingham ribbon, Tin Tile TEIF, pearls, Champagne Shimmer paint

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Birthday Card for Mom ~ CCMC551, CTC218, PP431

Hello stampers!  Today's card shows off a lovely color palette brought to you by the latest color challenge from Create with Connie and Mary.  For my card layout, I played along with Caseing The Catty Challenge #218.  I cased a card from the center section of the newest Sale-a-bration flyer.  I'm also playing along with the Paper Players spring fever challenge #431.

It was my mom's birthday recently so this card went to her.  She loves flowers, so this was perfect for her!  

If you look closely, the Fresh Fig panel has a fun technique applied to it.  I inked up the flat side of the Country Floral TIEF with Fresh Fig ink and laid my card stock on it.  When I ran it through the big shot, the ink transfered to the depressed areas, making the background a little darker than the raised portions of the paper.  It really is a lovely look and gives such dimension!

Here's a picture of the card I cased.

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

Stamps: Needle and Thread, Beautiful Day

Ink: Fresh Fig, Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink

Paper: Very Vanilla, Fresh Fig, Mossy Meadow

Accessories: Needlepoint elements framelits, Gold faceted gems, Country Floral TIEF

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 

CAS Fall Thanks ~ HSS302, PP417, FF0020

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for our new challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  It's a color challenge this time and uses Merry Merlot, Crushed Curry, and Pumpkin Pie.  To me, it says fall leaves.  I decided to take the clean and simple route by masking off a section of my Whisper White card front and sponging on each one of the challenge colors.  I then stamped leaves from Painted Harvest in the coordinating colors.

After removing the mask, I ran it through the Big Shot using the woodland embossing folder--first on one side of the masked image and then the other.  I laid two strips of Gold Foil paper on each side colored area to give it a little glitz.  I finished things off with a wooden button, a couple leaves punched with the leaf punch (snipped to be smaller), gold embossed sentiment banner, and a simple gold metallic cord tied into a bow.  

I thought this all fit nicely into the Paper Players Challenge #447, and Festive Friday #0020. 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Autumn Wreath ~ HSS300, GDP159, PP413

Hello stampers!  Another couple of weeks has rolled around and it's time for another Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge!  This time it's fall themed inspiration photos.  

I've been having such a blast using my Stamparatus to make Christmas wreaths I decided to go ahead and try a fall wreath as well! I combined two sets to make my wreath: Peaceful Noel and Painted Harvest.  

My card also fits into the Fall in Love theme at Global Design Project this week, as well as The Paper Players Trees and Leaves theme.  

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

Stamps: Peaceful Noel, Painted Harvest, Country Home (sentiment)

Paper: Soft Suede, Foil Frenzy, Joyous Noel glimmer paper, Very Vanilla

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Blackberry Bliss

Accessories: Stamparatus, Duet Banner punch, Copper/Merry Merlot ribbon

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Purple Love and Thanks ~ CCMC525, PP407, WWC185

Hi there stampers and welcome to another Create with Connie and Mary challenge.  This week we have a pleasant color combination for you consisting of Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, and Granny Apple Green.  I've stated in posts past that I'm not really a purple kind of person....it's usually the last color I reach for, but it's always good to stretch and push yourself, and as usual I enjoyed using these colors after getting going with this card.  

I really like the look of the scattered leaves from Safari Chic and have admired many a card done similarly, so that's the route I took with my card.  I used the sketch from the Paper Players #407 to help me along with my design team card and decided I just as well enter into the Anything Goes challenge #185 over Water cooler Wednesday as well!  

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

Stamps: Safari Chic

Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green

Paper: White, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape

Accessories: Simple Stripe EF, Pearlized thread, Iridescent Sequins

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Navy Blooms ~ CCMC511, PP394

Hello stampers!  My card for today is for our latest color challenge over at Create with Connie and Mary.  They color trio is so nice and cool.  

I've been on a watercoloring kick lately and couldn't help myself from making some pretty blue blooms using the no line watercoloring technique.  And since my card is all about the flowers I'm sharing it on the Paper Players clean and simple blooms challenge #394.

I inked up one of the floral images and leaves from {Remarkable You} in Sahara Sand ink.  I applied lots of layers of Night of Navy and Emerald Envy ink, letting each layer dry in between.  I washed the entire background with Pool Party.  

I wanted a nice bold sentiment so I went with {Lovely Inside and Out}.  Both of the stamp sets I used are retiring. :( 

To finish off my card I added some Pool Party shimmer ribbon, Emerald Envy 1/4" ribbon, and a few silver sequins.  I popped the main panel with dimesionals for added interest.

I hope you'll join us at the Create with Connie and Mary Facebook page with your color combo creations.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Pink Pinecones ~ CCMC483, PP369

Hello stampers!  I had recently seen a post by another stamper and the main color of her Christmas card was Powder Pink.  At the time I thought to myself that I've neglected Powder Pink and I should think about making a Christmas card with that color.  Well, enter Create with Connie and Mary Challenge #483-- low and behold the current color challenge uses Powder Pink along with Pool Party and Night of Navy!  What a wonderful combination.  

Also recently I had seen some pink pinecones which I thought were so pretty and interesting and then low and behold the Paper Players current challenge asks us to use holiday pines!  

This was kismet for me!!!

I love the way my pink pinecones and blue pine bows turned out!  I added a little bit of silver in there to create a bit of shimmer and shine as well!

Also, I brought back the sketch from last week's Create with Connie and Mary Challenge!

I hope to see you playing along with us at the Create with Connie and Mary facebook page.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

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

Jar of Love Fireflies ~ HSS267, PP350

Hello Stampers!  It's time for a Hand Stamped Sentiments color challenge and look at this festive trio we've got this time!  I used the sketch for The Paper Players #350 to help me along with my card.

When I first saw the new color Lemon Lime Twist I didn't think I'd use it much....turns out I love it!  What a fun, summery, bright, cheerful color!  I just love it as the light on the fireflies butts!  Isn't that just so cute?!?!

I embossed the lid of the jar with silver embossing powder and tied it together with a few silver sequins.  I really love the way this came out.  We will be celebrating my nieces 17th birthday today and this card is going to her.  I know she'll love it!  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

As always I appreciate and enjoy reading your comments!

Jenny

Green Penned and Painted ~ CCMC449, PP335

Hello all!  It's time for another Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge.  I also used a little color inspiration from the Paper Players with green and white.  It seems like when you think of March one always thinks green!  

I wanted to play with watercolor again so I started out with a piece of watercolor paper that I could slice down into three panels.  I stamped the solid flower image from Penned and Painted in versamark ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I then washed some Old Olive and Pear Pizzazz ink over the top with my aquapainter.  After it dried, I stamped the lined flower and leaf images from the same set and then ran over them with my wet brush.  I love the way this turned out!  

For the background, I embossed a piece of Vanilla cardstock with the Brick Wall EF.  I used my aquapainter to "fill in the cracks" with pear pizzazz and crumb cake ink.  After that dried I sponged over each brick with Crumb Cake ink to add a little more dimension.  

My flowered panel ended up a little large, but I loved it so much I didn't want to cut it down.  I really like how the background turned out too and wish more of it would have been visible.  

Lastly I added some lace trim and vanilla satin ribbon and a sympathy banner.  It seems like I've needed a bunch of sympathy cards lately.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny