Lovely Blossoms ~ HSS240

It's time again for another Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge!  This time we've got a beautiful color trio chosen by yours truly!

Wedding season is upon us and I love these colors together for a wedding card.  I was married in the winter (February) and chose darker, richer colors for my wedding, but had we been married in the summertime these would have been my colors. 

I really love the texture, shimmer and shine this card has going on.  The combination of all those things makes me giddy!

I hope you'll stop over to the HSS blog and check out the other designers' work.....they are all wonderful!  We look forward to seeing cards in the gallery should you choose to play along!

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

Stamps: Botanical Blossoms

Paper: Pink Pirouette, Night of Navy, White, Gold Glimmer, Gold Foil Vellum, Gold Foil

Ink: Pink Pirouette

Accessories: Botanical Builder framilits, Elegant Dots EF, gold thread, Hello You Thinlits, Rhinestones

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny 

Pretty New Stuff! ~ CCMC387

Hello stampers and welcome back to another Create with Connie and Mary Challenge!  Challenge #337 is a neat sketch.  

I had just recieved my pre-order stuff from the new Occasions Catalog and Sale-a-bration just before Christmas but I hadn't had a chance to go through it and play around until the last couple of days.   

We have a wedding to attend on New Year's Eve and I figured this was the perfect opportunity to use some of my new stuff!  I used a beautiful new stamp set with coordinating dies called Rose Wonder and Rose Garden Thinlits.  I was also able to use a piece of the Botanical Gardens DSP and Botanical Gardens Vellum Stack, as well as this super sweet Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper.  

I decorated the inside of the card to make it a little more special as well.  

I hope you'll find time to join us at Create with Connie and Mary for this week's challenge!

In the mean time here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Rose Wonder

Ink: Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride

Paper: Mint Macaron, Botanical Gardens DSP, Blushing Bride Glimmer, Botanical Gardens Vellum Stack, Gold Foil

Accessories: Rose Garden Thinlits, Gold sequin trim, Blushing Bride cotton ribbon, Mint Macaron dotted lace trim

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Blushing Congrats ~ CMCC70

Good Wednesday morning everyone!  Today's challenge comes by way of Colour Me!  We have a monochromatic challenge this week....Crisp Cantaloupe.  Now, apparently I neglected to read the color challenge and only went by sight...I thought it was Blushing Bride, so that's the color I used.  Oops!  I'm happy with the results anyway!

 

I thought this color would look pretty all done up in pink, pearls, flowers and vellum...oh yeah, and a little lace!  

Make sure you check out the amazing work for the others on the DT!

Angel Johns

Hayley Kew

Jenny Engelke

Julia Wilson

Katie Brooks

Sandy Mathis

Tanja Kabel

Tara Bourgoin

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

Stamps: Your Perfect Day

Ink: versamark

Paper: Blushing Bride, Something Borrowed DSP, White

Accessories: Bitty punch pack, pearls, White EP, Scallop Border punch, Sahara Sand lace trim, Blushing Bride cotton ribbon 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

For the Mr. & Mrs. ~ CCMC350 & The Challenge 29

Hey everyone!  It's Create With Connie and Mary's Thursday Challenge!!!!  CCMC #350 is a playful color combo. I also used the sketch from The Challenge #29 to help me along.

I haven't really had a chance to play with this new wedding set called {Your Perfect Day}.  The cake is really cool and so easy to color!  I used my Stampin' Up markers to color the frosting and birds and outline the branches. A couple punched out flowers and pearls and boom. Done.

I had seen this picture on Pinterest, which was the inspiration for my polka dotted side panel.  I love the way this looks!  I know I'll be using this look again!

Make sure you check out the other CCMC designers blogs and leave them some love for their amazing creations!  

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

Stamps: Your Perfect Day

Ink: Calypso Coral, Night of Navy, Crushed Curry, Memento Black

Paper: Calypso Coral, Night of Navy, Crushed Curry, Gold Fancy Foil Vellum, White

Accessories: Itty Bitty Accents punch pack, Pearls, Doily, Owl Builder Punch (small heart)

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

 

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



Newlywed Sparkle ~ CCMC232 & NAC27

 

This card is for Create With Connie and Mary 232 and Nacho Average Challenge 27.

The minute I laid eyes on this color combo, my mind went right to a wedding theme.  I thought the silver glimmer might look cute as the champagne in the glasses, so that was where I started.  I used the sketch from NAC this week.  The glasses were fussy cut and popped off the embossed tag with dimentionals.  The card top is popped off the base as well.

I used my Score Tool Diagonal plate to create the top panel and then topped it off with some rhinestones.  I decided to add the ruffled ribbon to make it a little more soft and fancy.

 

 

 

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

Stamps: Happy Hour, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: White, Pool Party and PP Dsp, Silver Glimmer

Ink: Pool Party

Accessories: Rhinestones, Diagonal Score Tool, Polkadot EF, Ruffled Ribbon, Dotted Scallop Border punch, Dimentionals

 

Thanks for taking a peek and Happy New Year!

Jenny

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. & Mrs. Sparkle - RS25

 

Today's card is for Retro Sketches 25. 

It seems like when I play along with Retro Sketches, 9 times out of 10 I will flip the sketch!  There's a fun little fact for you!  Anyway, I needed a wedding card for an upcoming wedding we are attending and I wanted to use the Mr. & Mrs. stamp I bought from Hobby Lobby.  I also wanted to incorporate the couple's wedding colors which are black, white, and torquoise.  In place of the button on the sketch, I stamped the champagne glasses from an older SU set called To Have and To Hold, watercolored them and punched it out with my extra large oval punch.  The sparkle comes in with the rhinestones sprinkled throughout the card and I also spritzed the card with shimmer mist.

 

 

 

Hopefully the shimmer shows up in the photos....it's so sparkly and fun in real life!

I hope the happy couple enjoys this card.  Here's to Nathan and Larissa and many happy years together!!!

 

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

Stamps: To Have and To Hold, Mr. & Mrs. from Hobby Lobby

Paper: Black, Island Indigo, Cool Carribean, White, To The Nines DP (retired)

Ink: Black

Accessories: watercolor pencil & blender pen, labels collection and apothecary accents framlits dies, extra large oval punch, bird builder punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, swirly EF, scallop trim border punch, black satin ribbon

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

Faith Hope Love - CCMC198

I guess it's time to start gearing up for wedding season, so that's the theme I chose to go with for this card.  I used the sketch from Create with Connie and Mary Sketch Challenge 198.

I saw a card over at Mary Fish's blog that incorporated a flower like this and absolutely fell in love with it!  I knew I had to recreate one.  It uses the Blossom Petals Builder Punch.  If you hop over to her blog, she has all the instructions right there! 

The finished flower is big, so my card base measures 7" x 5". 

I wanted to keep the colors soft and pretty, but still fun and summery so I chose to use Soft Suede and cream for a bit of sophistication and popped some Calyso Coral in there for the fun!  The DP is from Mocha Morning Specialty Designer Paper collection.  This particular dotted pattern is the number one reason I purchased that DP set....I adore polkadots.  I embossed the plain piece of Soft Suede with my Finial Press EF, added a scallop punched border and topped it all with the main panel sentiment.  I cut two Framilits Labels, one slightly smaller than the other, layed the smaller one over the top of the larger one and sponged a border around the larger label.  A couple basic pearls to highlight the scripture verse and a touch of ribbon tie it all together.  But, the flower is really the star of the show right?!? 
Here's a list of the supplies....
Stamps: Elegant Inspirations
Paper: Soft Suede, Calypso Coral, Vanilla, Mocha Morning DP
Ink: Calypso Coral
Accessories: Blossom Petals Builder Punch, Framelits Labels Collection die, Eyelet Border punch, Finial Press EF, Latte button, Basic pearls, Calypso Coral organdy ribbon

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.