Hello Little Rascal ~ CMCC#9

 

This cute little guy is for Colour Me Challenge #9. 

The color combo is playful and what could be more playful than the images from Life In The Forrest!  I just love them all....they are perfect for water coloring.  I've had this raccoon and mushroom laying around on my desk for a bit and had this color combo in mind so when I saw this challenge it fit perfectly.  I'm making it in just under the wire too.  I've been unbelievably busy with card classes, following my son's (who is a senior in high school) basketball team, and substitute teaching at our school.  February flew by in a flash and I see I didn't get a chance to blog at all!  I was happy to finally get down to my craft room and create for myself and not for a class! 

The card photographed more turquoise, but I promise it's really Bermuda Bay!  I've been trying to find projects to use the Chevron Punch on.  When I purchased it I thought I'd use it tons....so far I've only used it a handful of times. 

 

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

Supplies for this card

Stamps: Life in the Forrest, Tiny Tags, Distressed Dots

Paper: Bermuda Bay, Black, Smokey Slate, Real Red, White, Fresh Prints DSP, Watercolor

Ink: Stazon Black, Bermuda Bay, Smokey Slate, Soft Suede, Real Red

Accessories: Neutral Candy Dots, Tiny Trio Punch, Framelits Labels, Tiny Tag Punch, 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Chevron Punch

You can order most of these supplies HERE!

 Thanks for taking a peek! 

Jenny



Love Always Dani and Brad ~ SSC62

 

My younger cousin is getting married on Monday, 11/11/13.  What a wonderful anniversary date, don't you think?  I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps Challenge 62.  

 

 

 Her wedding colors are red, black and white, so I obviously incorporated them into the card. 

I finally got a chance to use the "Love" from the Thinlits Expressions die pack.  The "Merry" and "Thankful" have had pretty good workouts, but not love.  I had seen a video on YouTube a while back showing that if you put a piece of wax paper between your cardstock and the thinlit die, the paper releases easier from the die.  It really does work!  Especially with the "Thankful".....it's such a long word.  Thank you to whoever was brainy enough to think that up!

 

 

I'm slowly but surely using up my library clips.  I've found a few projects to use them on, but I've found it hard to incorporate them.  I think it fits in well with this project. 

 

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

Stamps: Affection Collection, Tiny Tags

Paper: Real Red, Black, Day and Night DSP (retired), Glimmer Red

Ink: Black, Real Red

Accessories: Thinlits Expressions and Labels Collection die, Modern Label punch, Word Window punch, Library clips, Rhinestone, Vintage Wallpaper EF

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Congratulations Dani and Brad!

Jenny

 

Morgan's Perfect Day ~ PP151 & CCMC258

 

Tonight we are gathering with friends and family to celebrate my neices birthday.  Morgan turns 13 today.  She was a millenium baby.  I made this card just for her!  I used the sketch from The Paper Players 151 and the colors from Create with Connie and Mary 258.

 

The colors were fun and bright, so I went with a merry mix of patterns....polka dots, stripes and honeycom .  The last thing I did was hang a little flowered tag off of the ribbon for added whimsey. 

 

 

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

Stamps: Vintage Verses, Disstressed Dots, Tiny Tags

Paper: Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Midnight Muse, White

Ink: Midnight Muse, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, White craft

Accessories: Striped ribbon, white EP, Designer brad, circle punches, Circles #2 die, Silver thread, Honecomb EF, Tiny Tag punch

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny



A Flower for the Mr. & Mrs.

 

Hello friends!  I've finally gotten another opportunity to stamp and low and behold it was for another wedding!  I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #90 and the color combo from Colour Q Challenge #193.

 

The colors are kind of unconventional for a wedding card, but I thought they were fun and playful. 

I finally got my hands on a real, tangible, new catalog and I drew some inspiration from there.  I stamped right onto the patterened paper, which I had seen on a card towards the end of the catalog, and I tried the scrunched doily, which was a little photo tutorial within the catalog. 

 

 

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

Stamps: Tiny Tags, Everything Eleanore

Paper: White, Bermuda Bay, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzaz, Red Glimmer, In Color DP

Ink: Pear Pizzaz, Island Indigo

Accessories: Blossom Party die, Labels die, Paper Doily, Everyday Enchantment brad, Bird Builder punch

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

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 

 

Mono French Foliage - DD13

This card is for Dynamic Duos Challenge #13.  If you've never checked out the Dynamic Duos Challenge, hop on over to the blog and take a peek.  Every week features two challenge colors and the weeks are broken down into themes, such as this weeks theme...monochromatic.  What fun!  Obviously this weeks challenge is Early Espresso and Crumb Cake. 



I stumbled upon this GREAT blog, DOstamping with Dawn, and she has fabulous technique demonstrations with videos.  She puts together a wonderful video and has a great way of explaining the technique.  Anyway, I saw her Triple Time Stamping techniqe and wanted to try it out right away.  I figured it would be a perfect fit with this week's DD challenge. 

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

Stamps: French Foliage, Tiny Tags

Paper: Early Espresso, Vanilla

Ink: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand

Accessories: Tiny Tag punch, Antique brad, Crumb Cake ribbon

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

A Lot Going On - MOJO250 & CR84FN59

Ok, this is my second post for today, but I had to because this card plays along with Mojo Monday 250 and the challenge closes tonight.  The other challenge this one encompasses is CR84FN 59 color challenge.

There is alot going on on this card. Ribbons, brads, punches, pearls, die cuts, fussy cutting, designer paper, dimentionals and stamped images...oh my!  I'm not a clean and simple kind of girl, but this is a little much for me also.  I was trying to follow the sketch and got caught up in all these different elements!  Oh well.  I completed my task and someone will really appreciate receiving this card, I'm sure.  The photograph is sort of distorting the true color of the cardstock versus the designer paper versus the ribbon.  It looks much more color coordinated in real life.

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

Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Tiny Tags

Paper: Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, In Color DP

Ink: Soft Suede, Calypso Coral

Accessories: Floral Frames die, 1 3/4" Circle punch, Antique Brad, Basic Pearls, Square Punch (for flag ends on banners) 1/8" Coral Organdy ribbon

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Dazzling Sweet Style - DD11, SSSC163, & HSS127

This card combines THREE challenges....I love it!  Dynamic Duos 11, Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 163, and Hand Stamped Sentiments 127.

 

I absolutely love the color combo from DD this week...so soft and pretty.  And the Technique Challenge from HHS was all about glitter and boy do I love glitter, so that was right up my alley.  Thow in the sketch from SSSC and poof, this pretty little number is born!  I am so pleased with the way this turned out.  I actually don't own any Pink Pirouette CS, but I do have some ribbon, so that's what I used for my pink element, as well as some ink for watercoloring.  I found this old piece of DP in my scrap pile and thought it blended nicely with this project.  It's from Le Jardin. 

Oh, the glitter put this card over the edge for me.  It'd be pretty without it, but, boy does it elevate it to another level!  Here's a closer pic of the glitter panel.

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

Stamps: Elements of Style, Fench Foliage, Tiny Tags

Paper: Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Vanilla, Le Jardin DP (retired)

Ink: Stazon Black, Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Tag punch, Modern Label punch, Baja Breeze seam binding ribbon, Pink Pirouette 1 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, Antique brad, Irridescent Ice EP

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

4 You Friend

This card combines a Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge with The Paper Players color challenge.

I loved the color combo, but the sketch challenged me a bit.  You can't see it very good in the photo, but I used my Score Tool and scored some lines above the sentiment.
Here are the other supplies I used....
Stamps: Tiny Tags, Just Believe
Paper: Calypso Coral, White, In Color DP, Everyday Enchantment DP
Ink: Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzaz
Accessories: Tag punch, Word Window punch, Notebook Edge punch, Pleated Satin ribbon, Coral Organdy ribbon, basic rhinestone, mini brads, neutral button, score tool
Thanks for taking a peek!
Jenny

Silver Wedding

This card was made for two challenges.  Create with Connie and Mary 181 which challenges us to use only white and silver glimmer.  Also, I used sketch challenge 235 over at Staming 411.

I thought this card could double as a wedding card or a silver anniversary card.....I'll just have to see what ocasion pops up first, I guess!  The little wedding cake was a snap to make with only two punched squares run through the Big Shot with the Finial Press EF.  It's sitting on a Scallop Oval cake plate.  I used the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack for the accessory flowers and gave them some dimention by laying them on the soft pad from the mat pack and running my stylus over them.  This technique sure does make the little flowers stand out, plus the small rhinestone in the center of each one.  To give the base card some interest, I ran that thru the Big Shot with my Elegant Bouquet EF.  I inked up the Mr. & Mrs. stamp from Tiny Tags with Basic Gray ink, then stamped it off once to get the softer color.

Here is the list of all the supplies I used on this card......

Stamp: Tiny Tags

Paper: White, Silver Glimmer

Ink: Basic Gray

Accessories: Finial Press and Elegant Bouquet EF, Oval punches, Scallop Oval punch, Square punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Rhinestone basics, Organza ribbon.

Holly Jolly Sparkle

This week at Create with Connie and Mary we have a sketch challenge.  I had a LOT of fun playing around with this one!  I got to use some of my new supplies, which is always good.  The red glimmer paper is A-maz-ing!!!  I love it tons.  Here are the supplies I used....
Stamps: Tiny Tags
Paper: Black, White, Glimmer Red, Garden Green, and retired DP
Ink: Garden Green
Accessories: Stocking Accents die, tiny tag punch, bakers twine, circle punch, ribbon border punch

Thanks for taking a peek!
Jenny