Go Confidently Grad ~ Mojo291, PPA158, & FM108

Good morning stampers! I made this card for Mojo Monday 291, Pals Paper Arts 158 & The Friday Mashup 108.

 

 

Mojo Monday was one of the other sketch challenges I wanted to participate in this week.  I guess I love a sketch with banners.  When I saw the sketch, I knew I wanted to make an accordian rosette (that's what I'm calling it, because I don't know the technical term right now and am too lazy to look it up!) for the main circle part.  I need lots and lots of graduation cards right now, so The Friday Mashup was a perfect fit.  The color palette at PPA was right up my alley too.  I seem to be gravitating toward those at the moment.  Summer Starfruit was a color that, when it first came out, I thought was yucky and ugly.  It's funny how things grow on you.  I actually really enjoy playing with it now and have used it a lot! 

 

 

This is going to be one of those cards that goes in a gift bag....it has a lot of height to it with that rosette!

 

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

Stamps: Word Play, The Open Sea

Paper: Lucky Limeade textured, White, Sent With Love DP, In-Color DP

Accessories: Lucky Limeade bakers twine, Score Tool, Scallop Circle die, Circle Cutter, Chevron EF

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

Butterfly Inspire ~ RS62 & PDC39

 

Hello fellow stampers!  This card is for Retro Sketches 62 and The Play Date Cafe 39. 

 

The Play Date Cafe's color combo is black and white with a splash of magenta.  I used Raspberry Ripple for the color splash.  I stuck to the sketch pretty closely and kept it simple.  I embossed the background DP with my Vintage Wallpaper EF and then rubbed it with my Illuminate ink pad for some extra shimmer.  I stamped the butterfly, from Best Of Butterflies, in Stazon Ink on watercolor paper and used my marker and blender pen to add the color.  I painted on some Frost White Shimmer paint here and there on the wings for some more shimmer.  Lastly, I added a line of rhinestones to the body of the butterfly. 

 

 

 

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

Stamps: Best of Butterflies, Perfect Words

Paper: Black, White, Night and Day DP, Silver Shimmer

Ink: Stazon Black, Raspberry Ripple, Illuminate

Accessories: Vintage Wallpaper EF, Black Satin Ribbon, Rhinestones, Frost White Shimmer Paint

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

 

 

 

Phone Cover Inspired

 

I made this card for Sunday Stamps Challenge 46.  I loved the sketch right off the bat and I've had this idea rolling around in my head for a while.  It was totally inspired by my cell phone cover.  Here's the only bad thing....I missed the SSC deadline...bummer.

 

 

I started by stamping a couple of flowers in versamark and embossed them in black.  I then masked them off and did the background stamping with several different stamps.  I painted bleach on the flower petals, let it dry and made some yellow "swooshes" on each petal, as well as colored the center.  Next, I put all my layers together, wrapped some linen thread at the top, and added a button and sentiment tag. 

 

 

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

Stamps: Fabulous Florets, French Foliage, Everything Eleanor, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse, Lucky Limeade (textured), Vanilla; Floral District, Print Poetry & In-Color DP

Ink: Black, Midnight Muse, Versamark, Summer Starfruit, Lucky Limeade

Accessories: Black EP, Linen Thread, Neutral button, Tiny Tag Punch, bleach

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny



Five Petal Flower Fun ~ CCMC250 & PP143

 

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary color challenge 250 & The Paper Players sketch challenge 143.

 

There are several sketch challenges that I wanted to participate in this week and this was one of them.  Most of them have banners in the sketch....I guess you could say it's a banner week!  LOL!  Anyway, here is one of many I hope to get done, so stay tuned!  Also, as luck would have it, the colors at CCMC this week happened to be a few I had laying out on my desk already.  Mostly because they are a couple of the colors from the new Sent With Love bundle.  I had pulled out these two designer papers because I thought they coordinated well together.  I also happened to have a gray base card already cut and folded  waiting to be used.  Kismet!  Love that!  When I looked at the sketch, I decided I wanted to use flowers for the circle shapes.  I punched out individual petals from the Blossom Petals punch, kinda folded or molded them around a pen to add some dimension and attatched them to a big glue dot on a punch circle.  The littler flower is from the Island Floral die.  I snipped a line inbetween each petal and formed them the same way as the bigger flower petals.  I wanted to stick with all ribbon for the banners, but the only ribbon in Calypso Coral I own is the 1/4" sheer ribbon from the Sell-a-bration catalog last year.  I just wouldn't work here, so I subbed in a embossed piece of cardstock.  A button and brad to finish of the flower centers and the leaf die complete my card.

 

 

 

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

Stamps: none

Paper: Gray, Calypso Coral, Sent With Love DP

Ink: None

Accessories: Little Leaves & Island Floral Die, Gray satin & Sycamore Street ribbon, Sycamore Street button, Everyday Enchantment brad, Circle punches, Fancy Fan EF, Blossom Petals punch

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

 

Masculine Adventure ~ STB15

 

This card is for Seize the Birthday #15-masculine challenge.  So far I have participated in a few of the masculine challenges, but have failed to do any of the female ones.  I must make it a point to do that!  I will probably have a good chance, because STB is switching over to a two week challenge format. 

Since this was a masculine challenge, I went for one of the most manly paper packs I own....Well Worn.  The color palette is mostly rusts, blues and browns.  I was going in a totally different direction, as far a color goes, until I spotted this patterned paper.  I had never really seen it before.....how could that be?  It's really different from any other design in that bunch and I was drawn to it.  I pulled out the colors from it--Early Espresso, Black, Vanilla and River Rock.  Ahhhh, River Rock.  I used to really, really dislike River Rock.  Then I made this card and it made me see River Rock in a totally new light.  From that time on I had a different relationship with River Rock.  I actually came to love it.  But, now it's retiring and I'm really gonna miss it!  I like the way it's kinda green and kinda tan all at once.  Farewell, River Rock.  You must go so there can be room for a much more hip shade of gray.

Ok...enough nostalgia, let's get back to the task at hand.  After I had my paper in place, I tried to go for a masculine stamp set.  I decided I wanted a sentiment as the focal point of the card, so I went for Daring Adventure.  This could be turned into a graduation card too.  I stamped the sentiment onto a framelit oval and embossed it with Early Espresso EP.  I added some River Rock splotches from French Foliage and then very, very lightly sponged on some black ink to mimic the background of the DP.       

 

Next, I added all the chotchkies, which are what make a card special, I think.  I stamped the typed words from the Daring Adventure set in River Rock and punch it out with the Postage Stamp punch.  I added the footprints in black and sponged on some black ink too.  Wooden buttons, a library clip holding some linen thread complete this card.

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

Stamps: Daring Adventure, French Foliage

Paper: Early Espresso, Black, Vanilla, River Rock, Well Worn DP

Ink: VersaMark, Black, River Rock

Accessories: Library Clips, Designer Natural buttons, Postage Stamp punch, Oval Framelits, Chevron EF, Early Espresso EP, Linen Thread, Early Espresso ribbon

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

Everything Must Come To An End....DD50

 

Well, this is a sad post and a happy post all wrapped into one....were do I begin?  This is my last post as a Dynamic Duos designer.  :(   I have had a blast being on this design team and am so darn sad to see it come to an end.  I got to meet wonderful ladies, that were on the team with me, and have gotten to know each of them a little more personally than I otherwise would have just surfing their blogs.  I admire each one for their talent and have learned some tricks and tips along the way.  Six months went by sooooo fast, I can't even begin to tell you.  It has been a pleasure and a highlight of my stamping career to be a part of this team.  I look forward to playing along in many, many more challenges with the Dynamic Duos and wish the new crop of designers as much fun as I had!  I can't wait to see who Lesley has chosen.....

So much for the sad, now onto the happy!  This week was fellow designer Vicki Burdick's birthday.  Lesley has set up a linky for us to link up birthday cards for Vicki.  Our design team desided to make all of our challenge cards for dear Vicki.  The colors this week are Blushing Bride and Calypso Coral.

I also used the sketch from Mojo Monday 290.

I chose to go with one of my new stamp sets, Postage Due.  I love the vintage feel of the stamp set. 

I used the punched postage stamps for the four squares and the flower/script/bike image for my bottom panel.  I stamped most everything in Blushing Bride, mainly because I don't own any cardstock in that color.  I will need to purchase some now that it is being introduced into the subtles family. 

I sponged everything with Crumb Cake to antique it.  I also embossed the bottom panel with my Vintage Wallpaper EF, for more antique feel.  A little natural trim, Calypso Coral organdy ribbon, a brad and some pearls and this card was finished off. 

 

 

So, Happy Birthday to Vicki!  I know she has been thoroughly suprised.  And, farwell Dynamic Duos Design team.....I'll see you in the gallery! ♥

For one last time, check out my fellow designers blogs.....they are all amazing!!!!

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: Postage Due, Sent with Love, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Everyday Enchantment DP

Ink: Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Natural Trim, Calypso Coral Oragandy Ribbon, Pearls, Postage Punch, Everyday Enchantment brad, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Vintage Wallpaper EF

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny



One Layer Butterflies ~ PP142

 

This card is for The Paper Players clean and simple one layer card.

 

 

Eeeek!   1: clean and simple is not my thing.   2: one layer is not my thing.  I really wanted to participate in this challenge to push myself!  I played off of a scrap page from Bobbie Trost that I thought was amazing.  She used punched butterflies on her page, but I couldn't so I chose one of the butterflies from the Best of Butterflies set I just purchased.  Now, this is by far NOT my favorite butterfly in the bunch, but it's the smallest and best for the look I wanted to achieve.  I went through many-a-white pieces trying to get the flow of the butterflies just right.  This is probably the fifth or sixth incarnation of this card.  After I got the butterflies to the point where I was satisfied (notice I didn't say happy) with them, I added the sentiment.  I figured this one went along with the butterfly theme, and I could also use it for a graduation card if I have to.  (You know, spread your wings and take flight, you've got your whole life ahead of you, type of feeling.....that fits into graduation, right???)  Here's the kicker.  After I stamped the sentiment, I SMEARED IT!  Ahhhhhhh!  I was so upset, but it was too late to go back now.  Under normal circumstances I would re-stamp it onto scrap paper, punch it out and adhere it over the original image....not this time.  Not in a one layer challenge.  Oh well, I guess it's not too noticable.  To finish this baby off I ran it throught the tulip border EF and added some lines above and below the sentiment with my score tool.  Lastly, I dotted a few of the butterflies with bling.  Whew, now that was a challenge for me!  Give me layers any day!!!!

 

 

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

Stamps: Word Play, Best of Butterflies

Paper: White

Ink: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry, Black

Accessories: Tulip Border EF, Score Tool, Rhinestones

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny