Glittery Girly Birthday ~ RS36

 

This card is for Retro Sketches 36.  I fell in love with the sketch the moment I saw it and will be using it many, many more times!  There are so many different directions you could go with this!  I'm also in love with the color combo of pink and navy.  For this card I used Primrose Petals and what I thought was Midnight Muse, but after closer examination turned out to be Night of Navy.  Whatever, it's navy blue and I like how it turned out!

The happy birthday is a single stamp I just purchased from Stampin' Up.  They are running a promotion right now where you can purchase popular singular stamps.  This one's from a set called You're Amazing.  It's a great way to stock up on stamps that you would use frequently buy might not want to purchase the whole set.  What a great idea. 

Ok. Now let's talk about the glimmer paper.  It's out of this world sparkly and pretty!  I love the punch it adds to a card. 

 

 

And, let's not forget about the fabulous Antique Faceted Buttons.  Amazing.  With the addition of the rhinestones, this card has bling coming out it's ears!  I love it that way!  I really wish the photos would do it justice....it's just sooooo sparkly!

 

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

Stamps: You're Amazing Birthday Single

Paper: White, Primrose Petals, Night of Navy, Silver Glimmer, Primrose DP

Ink: Antique Faceted button, rhinestones, Big Dots EF, Floral Frames die, Primrose Satin Stitched ribbon

 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a safe and warm evening!  Here in Montana we are hunkering in getting ready for a good old fashioned blizzard.  I've got my supply of milk and other essentials in case we can't get to town for a couple of days!  If we get snowed in that just means I get more stamping time!

Jenny

 

 

 

 

Three Little Things ~ CCMC225

 

Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary Sketch Challenge 225.  This was a fun sketch, challenging us to use little pieces for the main panel of the card. 

First, I picked out the little pieces I wanted to use.  I found an old hostess set called In The Spotlight, which had lots of little stamps.  Next, I chose the paper.  I wanted something fun and light-hearted, so I went with Rich Razzleberry and Rose Red....who knew those colors would look so fun together!  I browsed through my designer papers and came up with this Sahara Sand that fit with the images nicely. 

 

 

I used the Apothecary Accents die set to cut out the main image panel.  Next I layered a polkadotted piece of Sahara Sand over the top and a piece of Rose Red underneath.  I poped up my stamped images on dimentionals after I punched them out with the 3/4" punch.  A little ribbon, some paper piercing and rhinestones and this card was done!

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

Stamps: In The Spotlight

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Rose Red, Sahara Sand, White, Sahara Sand DP

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Rose Red

Accessories: Apothecary Accents die, Rinestones, 3/4" circle punch, Razzleberry stitched ribbon, Swiss dot EF

 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a peaceful day!

Jenny 

 

 

 

Dynamic Duo Design Team! DD27

 

I have an anouncement today that I am just giddy about!  I was selected to be on the Dynamic Duos Design Team!  My term runs for six months and I am more than excited to be a part of this fun challenge blog!  Here's a list of the other designers...be sure to check out their blogs too!

Allyson Andersen
Christina Barnes

Vicki Burdick

Karen Day

Deanna Dean

Jenny Engelke (me)

Anne Marie Hile

Erna Logtenberg

Bobbie Trost

Amy White

Now onto my card.  The challenge this week is to use Gumball Green and Raspberry Ripple.

 

 I chose to go with one of my new stamps, Christmas Deer.  I inked him up in basic black, stamped him on a die cut from Apothecary Accents, and added the ornaments in Gumball and Raspberry, using my stamp-a-majig for perfect placement.  I fussy cut  the little birdie and set him on top of the antlers.  I added some snow in the form of blue chalk and topped it with some sparkles.  The ornaments have glitter also. 

 

 

I ran a peice of black cardstock through my Big Shot using the new Holiday Frame EF, and used dimentionals to pop up the main image over the top of the frame.  Some scalloped edging and a Gumball Green bow pull the whole thing together. 

 

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

Stamps: Christmas Deer

Paper: Raspberry Ripple, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green, Basic Black

Accessories: Appothecary Accents die, Accents paper piercing pack, Holiday Frame EF, Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon, Scalloped border punch, Dazzling Diamonds, Chalk

 

Thanks for taking a peek at my very first post as a DD Design Team member!  Have a fabulous day!

Jenny

 

 

 

 

Lovely Trees Sympathy ~ RS35

 

This card is for Retro Sketches #35. 

I pretty much took the sketch literally and used trees.  I just bought this Lovely as a Tree set not too long ago and thought it was fitting.  I've also been on a bit of a vellum kick lately.  I really havn't used it in years, so it's fun to pick it back up again and play around.  I stamped the tree image in Black Stazon ink, then added the sky and grass colors with chalk and a dauber.  I've been in need of so many sympathy cards lately (unfortunately), so I've been trying to make a variety of masculine and faminine ones.  This one would be for a man because of the blue tones.  I used the new in-color Midnight Muse (which I love!) and Baja Breeze, plus a splash of Crumb Cake.

 

 

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

Stamps: Lovely As A Tree, Card Chatter Sympathy (CTMH)

Paper: Midnight Muse, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, White, Vellum

Ink: Black Stazon

Accessories: chalks, Provo Craft EF, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Paper Piercing Essentials pack, Silver brads

 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a super-duper day!!!

Jenny

 

 

 

Triple Time Duos - DD26

 

This card is for Dynamic Duos Challenge 26 using So Saffron and More Mustard.   I neglected to write down the colors and had it in my head that it was So Saffron and Summer Starfruit.....Sooooo, that's what my card is.  So Saffron and Summer Starfruit.  I'm gonna go ahead and link it to the challenge anyway, even though the colors aren't quite right, but hey, they're similar!  This card also fits into the Try Stampin' On Tuesday Sketch Challenge 89.  I used the Triple Time Stamping Technique for the sketch part.  There is a great tutorial on Dawn Olchefske's website.

 

When I first started putting this card together, I was only using Vanilla and Starfruit as my layers....I didn't like it.  I added  a very small black layer and added the black sentiment and voila!  The whole thing came alive!  It was pretty dull before.  I hated this card while it was in the making, but it is growing on me!

 

 

Here's a list of supplies....

Stamps: Fabulous Florets, Card Chatter-sympathy (CTMH)

Paper: Summer Starfruit, Black, Vanilla

Ink: Summer Starfruit, So Saffron, Black

Accessories: Vintage Faceted button, Starfruit & Saffron ribbon, Gold thread.

 

 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a wonderful day!

Jenny

Distressed Foliage ~ FMS58

 

I made this card for Freshly Made Sketches #58.  I loved the look of this sketch and you could go in so many different directions with it.  I'm trying for a distressed fall look.

 

 

The first element I started with was the paper.  Then I decided what stamps and accessories I wanted to add.  The colors were fallish, so I pulled out my French Foliage set.  With the sanded backround piece of Early Espresso Core'dination and the vintage feel of the set, there was no other choice than to distress everything.  I added a copper button, which doesn't really fit with the sketch, but I felt it needed that something extra. 

 

 

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

Stamps: French Foliage

Paper: More Mustard, Early Espresso Core'dinations, Tangerine Tango DP (retired), Scaringbone and Howlstooth DP, Very Vanilla

Ink: Early Espresso, More Mustard, Tangerine Tango

Accessories: Circles #2 die, Stripe EF, Copper button, Linen thread, Corner rounder punch

 

Thanks for peeking and have a fabulous day!

Jenny

 

 



Elements of Style Framed ~ PP118

 

Here's a card for The Paper Players #118.  The challege is to use a frame. 

 

 

I was loving the "coloring on the back of vellum" technique (I'm sure there is a technical name for the it, but I'm not sure and I don't have time to look it up!) that I used in my last post with the poppies, and decided to try it again with Elements of Style.  This is such an EASY way to get color onto these images and it looks so nice!  I stamped a larger vanilla labels framelit with the Frech Script backround stamp in Sahara Sand ink and layered it behind my framed vellum.  It's hard to see in the photo, but you can see the French Script peeking out from behind the flowers and it looks so elegant!  I topped everything off with a crumpled seam binding bow, along with a ruffled strip.  There are some great tutorials out there on YouTube on how to crumple seam binding, but the easiest I found was to spray it with water, crumple it up in your hand and dry it out in the microwave for about a minute.  What a cinch!

 

 

The Vintage Faceted button adds the perfect touch to this antique-elegant card. 

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

Stamps: Elements of Style, French Script backround

Paper: Rose Red, Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke, Vellum

Ink: Versamark, Rose Red, Regal Rose, Old Olive, So Saffron, Sahara Sand

Accessories: Black EP, Framelits labels die, Tulip Border EF, Artichoke seam binding ribbon, Vintage Faceted button

 

Thanks for taking a peek and have an excellent day!

Jenny