Wildlife and Woods ~ HSS245

Hello stampers!  It's time again for another Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge!  This go around we've got a Wildlife/Woodland Inspiration challenge for you!

I chose to use an old, old set called {Noble Deer} that I've had for ages.  In fact, I think the year on the stamp said 2004!  I've kept this one in my stash because I've always loved the images and you never know when you might need something like this for masculine cards.  Anyway, I'm glad I've kept it around!

I stamped it in Stazon ink on watercolor paper and watercolored with my aqua pen and ink pads.  I like the way it came out kinda textured....that was not on purpose, by the way!

I added a strip of Garden Green, layered on Soft Suede, stamped with the line of trees that comes with the set.  On the Crumb Cake base, I stamped the trio of trees from last year's holiday catalog set {Wonderland}.  I embossed them in white and then sponged some crumb cake ink over the top and around the edges of the base.

Lastly, I added some linen thread and a gold metal button.  I guess all of these products are retired now except for the linen thread and cardstock colors.

We hope to have you play along with us at HSS!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Gold and Black Christmas Deer ~ #226

Hello stampers!  It's time for another Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge!  We have a color challenge this time selected by me!  I'm a big fan of these elegant and regal colors together.  

I chose to go with the retired set {Christmas Deer}.  This deer head is a big favorite of mine and I love to pull it out to use any chance I get!  I love to do it up in sparkle as well!

For this one I stamped it with Versamark ink, embossed it with heat and stick powder and sprinkled it with gold glitter.  Isn't it just wonderful!

I love the contrast of the cracked looking Wonderland DSP.  

I flanked each end of this step card with a strip of Gold Foil Vellum.

I finished it off with a gold embossed "Merry Christmas", gold brads, and gold cord.

I hope you find time to play along with this fun challenge!  Remember, Hand Stamped Sentiments is a two week challenge, so you can play multiple times if you'd like!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Peaceful Wonderland in Silver & Gold ~ HSS223

Hello stampers!  It's time again for another Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge!  This time we have a sketch for you.  

This card was born out of lots and lots of scraps laying around my desk.....the silver cardstock, the background paper, the glittery "Peace" sentiment.

I strayed just a little bit from the sketch by keeping the same basic layout but turning the card portrait instead of landscape.  I also chose to put the sentiment in the left hand corner of the main panel and add the three rhinestones to mimic the stars in the sketch.  

I hope you find time to play with us and try this unique sketch!

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

Stamps: Wonderland, Reason for the Season

Ink: Stazon Black, Versamark

Paper: Silver, Black Glimmer, White, Black, Winter Wonderland DSP

Accessories: Rhinestones, Iced Rhinestone embellishment, gold glitter, Heat and Stick powder, Silver and gold 1/4" ribbon, gold sequin trim, circle dies

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Deck The Halls Skis ~ PP226

Hello and happy Tuesday to all of you!  I haven't played along with The Paper Players for quite some time and I thought this color combination looked fun and festive, so I gave it a try!

I had been looking for ideas for another project on Pinterest and came across this picture.....

This was my jumping off point for this card.  I wanted to use up some of my older DSP and this ski sweater print was a perfect match, I thought.  

Since I don't own the new stamp set {Winter Wishes} which has a ski in it, I had to make my own!  I stamped the hardwood stamp with Real Red ink onto Real Red cardstock and then cut out 3/4" strips.  I hand cut the tips of the skis and rolled them over a bit to make the tips bend up.  

The pine branches are from {Wonderland}.  I fussy cut them out and sponged them with coordinating ink. I also sponged the edges of all the Crushed Curry cardstock with Crushed Curry ink to mute the brightness of it just a bit.  The green in the DSP is actually Garden Green, but I think it goes just fine with my Cucumber Crush card base and sentiment. 

A couple of gold accents thrown on in the form of a gold brad and gold cord and my card was basically done!  This was a fun one to do! 

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

Stamps: Happy Scenes, Hardwood, Wonderland

Ink: Cucumber Crush, Baked Brown Sugar, Real Red, Crushed Curry

Paper: Trim The Tree DSP paper stack, Crushed Curry, Cucumber Crush, Real Red, White

Accessories: Gold cord, Gold brad, Modern Label punch, Burlap Ribbon

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Silent Night Scene ~ CCMC376

Happy Thursday stampers!!!!  Create with Connie and Mary is bringing you another fabulous challenge this week!  CCMC #376 is a lovely color challenge.

Many of my regular visitors might know that purple is not the first color I reach for when crafting.  However, I do enjoy it when it comes to a winter themed card.  It always plays nice with a frosty blue.  The color combo challenges us to use Lost Lagoon along with Perfect Plum.  Lost Lagoon is kind of one of those colors that can go a couple of ways....sometimes it looks blue, sometimes it looks greenish.  I chose to color in the evergreen trees (which I stamped twice) from {Happy Scenes} with my Lost Lagoon pad and blender pen.  I think it makes the trees look wonderful!  

I sponged in Perfect Plum to make a pretty night sky.  I added the snow in the trees and snowflakes with my white gel pen.  

I also colored the tree trunks with my Tip Top Taupe marker.

I lightly sponged the snowbanks with a little Lost Lagoon as well.

The lovely sentiment is from {Wonderland}.

For the background, I stamped the two bigger snowflakes from {Flurry of Wishes} onto a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Perfect Plum with the same color ink.  

I added a Lost Lagoon banner cut from retired Floral District DSP.  I thought it looked nice because the print has what looks like little snowflakes on it.  

The white glitter ribbon was added because I accidentally dropped one of my stamps onto my card.....don't you hate it when that happens????  Luckily, it was in a spot where I could cover it up easily.  It even looks as though I meant to put it there!  LOL!

I hope you can check out and leave some blog love on the other designers sites!  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!  

Jenny

All Is Bright! ~ CCMC374

Hey!  It's Create With Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge time again!  We have a trio of terrific colors for you this week.  Perfect for a monochromatic look, or ombre!

I was trying to go the ombre route and sponged my colors on a piece of whisper white cardstock....lightest to darkest from top to bottom.  I haven't done the fun Bokeh technique for a while either, so I though that in there.  I then stamped the neat cluster of black trees from

 {Wonderland} in the Holiday Catalog.  

I added some White Glitter ribbon, "all is calm sentiment" and Blushing Bride sequin trim, as well as some scattered white sequins in the sky.

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

Stamps: Wonderland

Ink: Watermelon Wonder, Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride, Black, Craft White

Paper: Blushing Bride, Watermelon Wonder, White

Accessories: White glitter ribbon, Blushing Bride sequin trim, Metallic sequins