NAC #13 ~ Hello!

I made this card for Nacho Average Challenge #13.....but, I'm blogging a couple hours too late!  I missed the deadline, darn-it anyway!  Oh well, I like how this card turned out and someone will enjoy recieving it! 

I started with the stamped panel.  I stamped the boquet from Bordering on Romance on watercolor paper and then embossed it with Early Espresso EP.  I colored it in with the layered marker technique, blending the colors with my blender pen.  The watercolor paper makes this technique work so well.  I love the rich, deep color you can achieve with the markers.  I layered it on a rectangle of Primrose Petals cardstock after stpritzing it with Champagne Shimmer spray and added a little sliver of Summer Starfruit, punch from a scalloped border.  Next I cut three squares of Midnight Muse In Color designer paper and layered them on a strip of Midnight Muse.  For the background peice I used a fun designer paper from the new paper stack in the Spring SU catalog.  I can't remember the name of the paper right at the moment.  The last thing was the Primrose ribbon with the delicate bow, brad and tiny tag. 

 

 

 

 

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

Stamps: Bordering On Romance, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, In Color DP, New Spring DP pack, Summer Starfruit, Watercolor

Ink: Pear Pizzaz, Lucky Limeade, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Baja Breeze, Midnight Muse, River Rock, Summer Starfruit, VersaMark

Accessories: Primrose Petals satin ribbon, Champagne Shimmer spray, Lucky Limeade Brad, Tiny Tag punch, Dotted Scallop ribbon punch

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

 

 

 

 

 



Dynamic Duos #40

Good Saturday morning everyone!  It's time for a new Dynamic Duos Challenge!  It's black tie week with the dessert option of adding clouds to your design.  The challenge colors are Tempting Turquoise and Basic Black.

Ahhhhh, I'm back in my comfort zone with this card.  The last couple DD challenges have been challenges for me.  I think it's because I went in more of a clean and simple direction for them.  This one came together effortlessly, which is shocking to me because turquoise is not a color I play with often.  I browsed my stamps and spotted the Open Sea set.  This could work with clouds, I thought to myself.  I stamped the ship on a vanilla oval, cut from the Ovals Framelits die, and added the clouds with Tempting Turquoise chalk.  My template was a cloud shape I hand cut from a post-it note.  I decided to add in a neutral color to soften things up and make it a little more vintage looking.  The second oval was cut from Sahara Sand cardstock.  I sponged everything with Crumb Cake ink.  I used the rest of the stamps in the Open Sea set to stamp a background piece and ran it through the Big Shot using my Square Lattice EF.  I added a few "fussies" in the form of the new Natural Trim, Linen Thread, Tiny Tags, a fussy cut anchor, and some pewter square brads.  I love, love, love the way this came together!

All of the Dynamic Duos Designers have come up with creative cards this week, so make sure you visit their blogs too!

Allyson Andersen
Christina Barnes

Vicki Burdick

Karen Day

Deanna Dean

Anne Marie Hile

Erna Logtenberg
Bobbie Trost

Amy White

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

Stamps: The Open Sea

Paper: Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise, Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand

Ink: Black, Turquoise, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Naturals Trim, Pewter Square Brads, Linen Thread, Tiny Tag punch, Oval Framelits die, Square Lattice EF

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Retro Sketches 50 & The Paper Players 132

This card is for Retro Sketches 50 and The Paper Players 132.  I havn't had a chance to play in either challenge for quite a while now.  

I loved the fun color combo and sketch, but I need some generic thinking of you cards, so that's the direction I headed.  I started by inking up my Lacy Brocade EF with Primrose Petals ink and ran it through my Big Shot on a piece of Vanilla CS.  I stamped the leaves in River Rock ink, fussy cut them out and sponged them with Summer Starfruit ink.  I tied them up with some old, old ribbon from a ribbon originals pack.  I think it's supposed to be Not Quite Navy, but it works nicely with the Midnight Muse.  Next, I mounted them on some Midnight Muse DP and added an antique brad.  Lastly, I added the sentiment.

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

Stamps: French Foliage, So Happy For You

Paper: Primrose Petals, Midnight Muse CS & DP, Summer Starfruit, Vanilla

Ink: Primrose Petals, River Rock, Summer Starfruit

Accessories: Antique Brad, Prep School ribbon originals, Lacy Brocade EF

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Dynamic Duos #39 - Pink Pirouette and Pool Party

 

Good Saturday morning everyone!  It's Dynamic Duos Saturday again and this weeks combo is soft and pretty....Pink Pirouette and Pool Party.

For my card this week, I also used the sketch from Seize The Birthday #5.  The rules were to make a feminine birthday card.  These colors don't get much more feminine, so I thought it was a good match.  I flipped the sketch on it's side, too.

I started out with my new single stamp "Ears To You".  I also wanted to incorporate my Lattice die, so one panel got the die and pool party ribbon, and the other panel recieved some Pool Party designer paper.  For the main panel, I stamped the image in Pink Pirouette and cut a couple layers out with my Ovals Framelits dies.  Then I stamped the bunnies again in Pool Party on a scratch piece and cut the middle guy out.  I popped him up on dimentionals.  Lastly, I stamped the sentiment on a scratch piece, trimmed it and flag cut the ends. 

 

 

Make sure you skip on over and see what the other Dynamic Duos Designers have done!

Allyson Andersen
Christina Barnes

Vicki Burdick

Karen Day

Deanna Dean

Anne Marie Hile

Erna Logtenberg
Bobbie Trost

Amy White

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

Stamps: Ears To You

Paper: White, Pink Pirouette, Pool Party & Pool Party DP

Ink: Same as paper

Accessories: Ovals Framelits dies, Lattice die, Pool Party ruffled ribbon, Pool Party brad

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

Pink Cherry Scalloped Layers

This sweet little number is for Color Throwdown  #228, Freshly Made Sketches #72, and Try Stamping On Tuesday #104.  The two sketch are very similar, so I think this card qualifies for both!

 

 

 

My idea started with the layered scallops.  I cut strips of First Edition DP, trimmed them with the scallop edge punch and layered them on the bottom of the card.  I figured the whole background done in the scallops would be too much, so I added a scrap of gray hounds-tooth  to the top.  Next I concentrated on the flower.  I cut two of the big flowers from the Blossom Party die, as well as a couple of smaller ones.  I ran them through the Big Shot using my Lacy Brocade EF and crumpled them up to make them look kinda distressed. I layered them all together with a small, gray flower button, added some Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon and some gray pearls and this card was done!  Oh yeah, except for one thing....a little spritz of Champagne Shimmer spray.  It gave the whole card a bit of sparkle!  As you can see I substituted Cherry Cobbler for the Riding Hood Red.

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

Stamps: none

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Pink Pirouette, First Edition, and  Houndstooth & Scaringbone DP

Ink: None

Accessories: Cherry Seam Binding ribbon, Gray pearls, Neutrals button, Blossom Party die, Scallop Edge punch, Champagne Shimmer spray, Lacy Brocade EF

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Beau Chateau Sympathy

This card takes in three challenges: still addINKtive #3, Fab Friday #11 sketch challenge, and The

Paper Players #131-Sympathy Theme.

I LOVED the color combo at still addINKtive and knew I wanted to play along....and I am making it just under the wire!!!  The Fab Friday sketch this week was, well, fab and I am alway in need of a sympathy card, so that was easy to incorporate, as well!  The swirled pink and suede paper is from the retired Beau Chateau pack and was a no brainer pick for these colors....the rest fell into place from there.

 

Here's a list of my supplies...

Stamps: Card Chatter-Sympathy (CTMH)

Paper: Pink Pirouette, River Rock, Soft Suede, Vanilla, Beau Chateau DP

Ink: River Rock, Soft Suede

Accessories: Honeycomb EF, Bird Builder punch, flower trim, Pink Pirouette gingham ribbon, pearls

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Dynamic Duos #38 Valentine

 

It's Dynamic Duos Saturday!  Real Red and Pretty In Pink are the bold and sassy colors of the week!  Nothing says Valentine's Day more than this color combo, so was there any question as to what direction this card should go?  No!  I played with the Mojo Monday #278 sketch to go with this color combo.

 

 

I kept this card pretty clean and simple, with plenty of white space, which is usually not my thing.  After finishing it, I wasn't sure I liked it and kept thinking "what else can I add"?  My husband suggested that I leave it alone and go with it.  I find that if I sleep on it, I usually come back to the card and think that it actually isn't that bad.  I guess that's what I feel about this one.  It's not that bad...not my best, but not that bad.  It's cute and it will do for a nice valentine for someone.

 

 

My favorite part of this card is the heart embossing.  This is probably only the second time I've used that folder and I've had it for a whole year.  I'm glad to be getting some use out of supplies that don't see alot of spotlight time!

 

Make sure you visit the other Dynamic Duos Designers....there's lots and lots of inspiration from these ladies!

Allyson Andersen
Christina Barnes

Vicki Burdick

Karen Day

Deanna Dean

Anne Marie Hile

Erna Logtenberg
Bobbie Trost

Amy White

 

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

Stamps: P.S. I Love You

Paper: White, Real Red, Pretty In Pink

Ink: same

Accessories: Adorning accents folder, Pretty In Pink 1/4" ribbon & Satin ribbon, Blossom Party die, Scallop Circle punch, Circle punches, Designer Builder Brad, Paper Pierce pack, Dimensionals

 

Thanks for taking a peek and have a great weekend!

Jenny