Merry Christmas Deer ~ DD78 & FM135

 

Oh, how I LOVE this card!!!!  I adore the post card stamp...I think it adds a bit of vintage to any image you pair it with, which I'm a huge fan of.  When I first saw this deer image in the holiday catalog, I knew it had to be mine.  I love it as a Christmas image! 

For this card I used colors from The Dynamic Duos and the theme from The Friday Mashup.

 

I started by stamping the Post Card onto Vanilla CS and cutting the image out.  I added the evergreen sprigs and pinecones from the retired set Watercolor Winter.  I really, really loved this set and wish it hadn't been retired. There are so many cool images in it. 

Next, I stamped the deer from Remembering Christmas in Versamark ink, sprinkled it with heat and stick powder, heated it with my heat gun and then added the glitter.  Finally, I trimmed out the image. 

 

I added the "Merry" from Snowflake Soiree and "Christmas" from a Close To My Heart set called Say it in Style. 

Lastly, I layered a little piece of Early Espresso punched border under the postcard, added some linen thread and a naturals button before putting the whole thing together on an embossed piece of Crumb Cake cardstock and Always Artichoke card base.

 

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

 

Stamps: Post Card, Remembering Christmas, Watercolor Winter, Snowflake Soiree

Paper: Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla

Ink: Versamark, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

Accessories: Heat and Stick powder, gold glitter, Lattice Border punch, Pretty Print EF, Linen Thread, Naturals button

You can order most of these supplies HERE!

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Coffee ~ MOJO319 & CCMC276

 

I spent the day with my sister in law, Jamie, the yesterday and she had on a cute outfit using these colors.  Here shirt was red and light gray striped and she paired it with a turquoise tank that peeked out the bottom of the shirt and topped it with a coordinating turquoise scarf.  I was so inspired by her outfit that couldn't wait to get home and make a card. And, I knew these were the same challenge colors over at Create with Connie and Mary this week!  LOVE it when that happens!  I looked for a sketch to use and settled on Mojo Monday 319. 

 

I did tweak the color a little and used Cherry Cobbler instead of Real Red.  I'm so pleased with the results!  I haven't had a chance to use my Perfect Blend set much and I think it works so well in a Christmas Card.  These colors are such fun and worked well with the stamp set.

 

 

I used the little snowflake from Snow Day stamped onto the Smokey Slate background and also used the saying "warm wishes" from that same set.  I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to place the words on the cup.  I also paper pieced the Coastal Cabana DSP onto the cup and colored the lid with my Smokey Slate marker.  A little Silver Glimmer paper and Frosted Finishes Embellishment add just the right amount of sparkle!

 

 

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

 

Stamps: Perfect Blend, Snow Day

Paper: Coastal Cabana, Smokey Slate, Cherry Cobbler, Season of Style & Costal Cabana DSP, Silver Shimmer

Ink: Black, Cherry Cobbler, Smokey Slate

Accessories: Frosted Finishes Embellishment, Scallop Border punch, Circle Framelits, Paper Piercing pack, Snowflake EF

 

Order any of these supplies HERE!

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

 

 

 

Paper Crafters Sampler ~ November

 

The November issue of Paper Crafters Sampler has arrived!  This month we prepare for "A Merry Season" with project ideas for the Christmas Holiday.

 

 

There are lots of inspiring ideas for you holiday crafting!  Simply go HERE get a peek at what the other gals have made and to purchase your issue!

 
 

 Here's a little bigger sneaky peek of my project....

 

 

 



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

 

Gittery Merry ~ PP169

 

Hello!  Today's card is for The Paper Players 169 sketch challenge.

 

When I saw the sketch I knew exactly what I wanted to do.  I've had this glittery piece of CS with the negative of  "Merry" Expressions Thinlits die that I used on another project a little while back.  I figured it would be a perfect time to pull it off the shelf and use it!  This is also the first chance I've had to play with my Season of Style paper stack too!  I love, love, love the kraft polka dot paper. I think it looks great against the pop of Cherry Cobbler.

 

 

 

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

 

Stamps: More Merry Messages

Paper: Season of Style Paper Stack, Cherry Cobbler, White, Champagne Glimmer

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Large and Scallop oval punches, Crumb Cake taffeta ribbon, Expressions Thinlits die

 

You can order any of these supplies HERE!

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Monochromatic Snowman ~ CCMCWINTER1301 & DD76

 

Boy!  It's been forever and a day since I participated in a challenge with the Dynamic Duos!  It feels good to be back! The challenge colors lent themselves to a winter feel, I thought, so that's the direction I went in.  I love this new snowman from the holiday catalog. 

The moment I saw the sketch at Create with Connie and Mary, I knew I HAD to play along.  I just loved it! 

 

 

 

I decided to keep the image fairly matte with just a hint of sparkle and shine in the ribbon and rhinestones.

 

 

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

 

Stamps: Snow Day

Paper: White, Perfect Plum, Wisteria Wonder, Wisteria Wonder DSP

Ink: Craft White, Perfect Plum

Accessories: Silver 1/'8" ribbon, Frosted Finishes Embellishment, Rhinestones

 

 

You can purchase any of these items HERE!

 





Thanks for taking a peek! 

Jenny



Autumn Lovely Tree ~ PPA177 & JUGS212

 

 

I made this card for Pals Paper Arts 177 sketch challenge. This also works for Just Us Girls photo inspiration challenge 212.  For some reason I couldn't get the JUGS challenge photo to appear on my post.  You'll have to jump on over to the site to see the photo...it's pretty!

The sketch is pretty simple and lends itself to all kinds of ideas.  I'm on fall kick, trying to come up with simple cards to do for my card classes.  I wanted to try some water coloring with my class, which is so easy and fun to do.  I started by cutting the big tag from Chalk Talk die set out of watercolor paper.  I stamped the tree in black Stazon ink and then watercolored using my aquapainter.  It's so super simple!!!

I sponged all the edges with Baked Brown Sugar ink and topped the tag with a looped piece of Burlap Ribbon and a Naturals Button.  I layered it on a piece of Tangerine Tango CS after I ran it through the Big Shot with the tree bark EF.  I also sponged it with a bit of BBS ink.  Lastly, I stamped the BBS card base with the wood look stamp from Truly Grateful and added a little banner made from Sweater Weather DSP. 

 

 

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

 

Stamps: Lovely As A Tree, Truly Grateful

Paper: Baked Brown Sugar, Tangerine Tango, Watercolor, Sweater Weather DSP

Ink: Black Stazon, Baked Brown Sugar

Accessories: Naturals Designer button, Chalk Talk die, Woodgrain EF, Burlap Ribbon

 



 

You can purchase any of these supplies HERE!

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny