Love & Joy Swing Card ~ Merry Monday 171

Hello!  I'm finally getting around to playing with Merry Monday again, which I love!  It seems like I have a little more time now to play around with more challenges....yay!!!  

Merry Monday 171 asks to make the main focal part of your card the sentiment.  Right away I thought of a single stamp that came out last year called {Love and Joy}.  I really love it!  I've also never done a swing card, so I took this opportunity to make one.  

I used the new Winter Wonderland Designer Specialty Paper for the front of the card, as well as a retired die called Stocking Accents.  For the sentiment, I inked it up in VersaMark, embossed it with Heat and Stick powder and then sprinkled it with red glitter.  

The other sentiments on the card are from {Flurry of Wishes}, new in this year's holiday catalog.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Happy Fall Scene Shaker ~ CCMC373

Hi everyone!  Today's Thursday and that means another Create With Connie and Mary Challenge!  It's sketch week and here it is......

Nice, huh!  The design team has come up with some great samples so make sure you hop over the the challenge site and check them out!

I made mine a shaker card.  I just love the {Happy Scenes} stamps.  They are so fun to make come to life!  It's really a great set to have.  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Sparkly Winter Sky ~ FM224

Hey friends! Today's card is all about sparkle....and who doesn't LOVE sparkle?  I sure do!  The more sparkle the better is my motto!  LOL!  If you took a look at my closet you would confirm this to be true!

The Friday Mashup is all about glitter this week.  The challenge was to create a 3-D bag or project or something with glitter or mash the two up!  I chose to just go with a card and not a 3-D project.  I was browsing on Pinterest (which is another thing I love) and came across a really cool card using the Sleigh Ride Edgelits, made by Anna Smith.  She even has a great video showing how to do the technique.  Check it out!  Anyway, my card is based on hers.  Thanks for the inspiration Anna!

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

Stamps: none

Paper: watercolor, White, Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper, Blackberry Bliss, Perfect Plum

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Perfect Plum, Blushing Bride

Accessories: Sleigh Ride Edgelits, Blackberry Bliss ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds glitter

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Whalecome! ~ JAI279 & The Challenge 42

Hello!  Today I'm playing along with the sketch from Just Add Ink #279 and the color challenge from The Challenge #42.

The pink whale had been laying around my desk for a few weeks as well at the white Deco Label frame.  When I saw the color combo at The Challenge thought I could make these discarded items work for me!  

I made the waves with the new Sleigh Ride Edgelits and just trimed off the little houses and litlle trees.  I also added some Dazzling Details to the edges of the "waves" and also to the whale's spray.  

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

Stamps: Oh, Whale

Ink: Pink Pirouette

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Real Red, White

Accessories: Happy Whale Clearlits die, Cloudy Day EF, Deco Labels die, Dazzling Details, Happy Heart EF, Cherry Cobbler bakers twine

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!  

Jenny

Fall Frolicking Dog ~ CCMC372 & The Challenge 41

Hello!  It's another Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge!  This week's color combo is really cool!  The only problem with my card is I used Daffodil Delight instead of So Saffron.  For some reason I had it in my head that the lightest color was Daffodil Delight.....maybe I got mixed up on the word delightful.....Delightful Dijon.  I don't know.  Anyway, one of my shades of yellow is just a bit off.  

I also used the sketch from The Challenge #41.  

I thought it would be fun to create a fallish night scene with these colors and the new Sleigh Ride Egdelits dies and {Jingle All the Way}.  I love the playful dog image that looks like it's frolicking along the hills!   The Woodland EF provides and extra fall feel for the background.

Make sure you hop on over the CCMC and check out all the other fabulous creations by the others on the DT!  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Beach Window ~ HSS220

Hey all!  Today marks my second post as a Hand Stamped Sentiments designer!  Challenge #220 is a cool color comb.  

I always think sunset and water when I see these colors together, so that's the direction I went!  

I searched Pinterest for some beach wood images and came across a picture with different colored, weathered planks, so that's what I tried to re-create here with the background.  After looking at it a little closer, I wish I'd have added at least one more pool party plank to even it out a bit, but oh well!

The Hearth and Home die has endless possibilities.  You could put just about any scene behind it that you want!  I've seen some great samples floating around out there in blogland!  

For embellishments I took a few strands from the burlap ribbon and tied them together in a knot.  The Starfish are from my {Sea Street} set and the "happy birthday" senitment is from {Cottage Greetings}.  It's probably my new favorite birthday stamp....I just love the font.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Frosty Flurry ~ CCMC371

Hello!  Well, Thursday has rolled around again and we've got another fun sketch for you over at Create with Connie and Mary!

Take a look.....

The possibilites are endless!  Make sure you hop over to the challenge site and see all the wonderful samples the design team has come up with.

I'm having such fun playing with all the new goodies from the Holiday Catalog, which is live now!  There are so many fun products in there....it was really hard to narrow down my list when ordering!  

For this card I used {Flurry of Wishes} stamp set and the coordinating Snow Flurry punch.  

For the background I first ran a piece of white cardstock through my big shot with the new Softly Falling embossing folder.  Typically I would used the embossed side, but this time I flipped the paper over and sponged on the debossed side, which allows the "snow" to stay white.  I sponged with Perfect Plum and Soft Sky ink.  I love this color combination on wintery cards!

The sentiment comes from {Flurry of Wishes} as well.

Lastly, I added some rhinestones to the center of each snowflake and tied some Silver Cord around the end of the card.  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny