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

16th Birthday Mojo

I made this card for my son who just turned 16.  It also happens to fit into the Mojo Monday Sketch 249.  :) 

Masculine cards are hard for me, but a masculine teen card......whoa, that's a challenge.  I think he appreciated the fact that I put the time into making him a special card and it fits him because he like to play guitar.  He's a big fan of the color red, so I looked for patterned paper that was on the boyish side.  I came up with the Poppy DP from Sunny Days collection and the Torquoise is from Patterned Paws collection. 

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

Stamps: You Rock (Close To My Heart), Perfect Words

Paper: Black, Tempting Torquoise & Poppy Parade DP, First Edition DP

Ink: Tempting Torqoise, Cool Carribean, Poppy Parade, Black

Accessories: Poppy ribbon, Paper Piercing Pack Essentials, Black Mini Gems, Notebook Tab punch

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Sympathy for CQC145 & FMS43

Today's card is for Colour Q Challenge 145 and Freshly Made Sketches 43.

 I needed a Sympathy card as my good friends' great granny passed away recently.

This was the first card made with my brand new set Everything Eleanor.  Again, I've used scraps that were laying around my desk.  I started out with the Vanilla peice that was already cut and stamped on with the French Script backround stamp.  I added the flowers and watercolored them with my watercolor pencils and a blender pen.   I thought the sketch was great for this card, but flipped it on it's side to accomodate my flowers.

I added the Daffodil ribbon with an Antique brad to complete the look. 

Here's a list of the supplies.....

Stamps: Everything Eleanor, French Script, TLC (Close To My Heart)

Paper: Chocolate Chip CS & DP, More Mustard, Sunny Days DP, In Color DP, Very Vanilla

Ink: Stazon Black, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Antique Brad, Daffodil Seam Binding ribbon, Framelits Dies, Watercolor Pencils, Blender pen

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Bird-day Party! - OCC

Today's card is for Our Creative Corner.

  This weeks challenge is just plain PARTY! Anything related to parties.  I chose to go with the birthday theme.  To me, this could be boy or girl or even adult!  This is the first time I've tried anything banner-ish.  I know it's been wildly popular, but I have to admit it just didn't really appeal to me.  But, when I stamped this little bird on a scrap of white, I had all this space on top and thought to myself, why not try it?!?  I punch out three big stars in red, daffodil and marina and cut the tips off to make my little banner flags.  It turned out to be the perfect size and scale for the stamp image.  I am pretty pleased with the way it all turned out, and the banner itself was super simple.  I'd say it looks like this little bird is ready for a party!

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

Stamps: Pun Fun, Itty Bitty Backrounds

Paper: Real Red, Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, White

Ink: Stazon Black

Accessories: Star punch, Martha Stewart edge punch, Itty Bitty punch pack, Black EP, Watercolor Pencils, White String, Stripe EF

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Ice Tea Cheers - RS18 & CR84FN84

Today's card is for Retro Sketches 18 (and by the way, I can't get over that it's been 18 weeks already since this challenge site launched!) & CR84FN 84. 

This is the first card I've made with my brand new set Happy Hour.  Isn't this a fun little set....I've got so many ideas!

I stuck pretty close to the sketch drawing, not really tweeking anything, but on the color challenge, my neutral is a little darker than the original color palette. 

I stamped the ice tea glass once on the white cardstock, then again on a scrap peice.  I cut out the drink part and added the lemon and straw.  It's all in the details!  It's very hard to see in the photo, but I embossed the bottom red panel with a large polka-dot embossing folder.  I also decorated the inside of the card.....

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

Stamps: Happy Hour

Paper: Real Red, Soft Suede, White, Sunny Days DP

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Soft Suede

Accessories: Large Polka-dot EF, Neutrals buttons, White string, Notebook Tab punch 



Blessings Butterfly - RS18

This is my card for Retro sketches 18. 

I had a couple of these little butterflies laying on my desk, several in the Island Indigo color and one in Cherry Cobbler, so I picked them up and decided these were my main focus for the card! I love it when I get to use my scraps!  I cut out a couple more, added some Indigo DP and Riding Hood Red pleated ribbon....and voila!  Well, not quite.  I did add a sentiment and some embossing too.  :)  Anyway, it's all pretty simple and straight forward.  I really like the color combination...so rich looking.  Each set of butterflies has a different set of rhinestones....on a simple card like this, that's a detail that makes all the difference. 

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

Stamps: Card Chatter-Sympathy (CTMH)

Paper: Island Indigo, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, In Color DP

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Island Indigo

Accessories: rhinestone stickers, pleated ribbon, finial press EF, Embosslits Beautiful Wings, Corner Rounder punch

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny