Tissue Paper Technique Wedding ~ CCMC587, CC123

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's latest color challenge featuring Cajun Craze, Pretty Peacock, and Crumb Cake.  I also used the inspiration from The Card Concept #123 to help me along.

I used a really fun tissue paper technique but I'm not exactly sure of the name of it, so I'll explain what I did.  

I stamped the flowers and leaves from Beautiful Friendship on a 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" piece of whisper white cardstock.

After I was satisfied with the composition of my flowers I sprayed the entire sheet with spray adhesive.  I placed a piece of white tissue paper (cut a little bigger than my whisper white sheet) that I had crumpled up and then spread back out, over my stamped image and smoothed it down, keeping some of the wrinkles intact.  

After the tissue paper was adhered, I trimmed the edges and spritzed the entire piece with Champagne Shimmer paint spritz.   

I matted my main image with Cajun Craze and Pretty Peacock and wrapped a bit of Scalloped Linen Pretty Peacock ribbon around it before laying it all on a base of Crumb Cake.  I popped up my sentiment banner with dimensionals after embossing it with Gold EP.

This photo shows a bit of the shimmery sparkle of the Champagne Shimmer spritz.  I wish it would photograph like it looks in real life....it's so pretty!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Rustic Retreat Christmas ~ CCMC586, PP466

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's new sketch challenge.  I also used the theme from The Paper Players Into The Woods challenge to help me along with my design team card.  

I used my Rustic Retreat stamp set, which I think is so neat, to complete this card.  I love it paired with the Buffalo Check background stamp inked in black on Real Red cardstock.  Does it get more "woodsy" than that?

I stamped the cabin on a scrap of white, colored it with Blends, and fussy cut it out.  I stamped the rows of trees directly on my main panel and then popped the cabin up with dimesionals.  I used Dazzling Diamonds glitter to make some snow on the ground in front of the cabin.

The little pinecone is fussy cut from the Christmastime is Here DSP.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Christmastime is Here ~ HSS327, CTS346, FF0046

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Hand Stamped Sentiments new color challenge featuring Coastal Cabana, Real Red, and Shaded Spruce. I slipped in some copper accents for added elegance.  I also used the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch #346 to help me with my team design card. Festive Friday's inspiration list helped me out as well.  I used Stitching, Quilting or texture, and Green.

Aren't you just in love with this new Christmastime is Here Rose?  Oh, it's so beautiful and SO VERSATILE!  I've seen so many ideas done with it lots of different ways and each one is elegant! 

I of course stuck kinda traditional.  This stamp set also offers the perfect chance to use your Stamparatus.  Once you get all the stamps set up stamping and coloring the flower is a breeze!  

The coordinating dies are fabulous too!  On this card I used my pretty label punch to showcase the sentiment and backed it with the lattice die with some copper thread looped around behind.  

It's hard to tell by the photo but the Tufted background and rose are spritzed with Champagne Shimmer spritz.  It's so shimmery and sparkly!  I just love it!

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

Stamps: Christmastime is Here

Ink: Early Esspresso, Coastal Cabana, Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Versamark

Paper: Shaded Spruce, Copper Foil, White, Real Red

Accessories: Pretty Label punch, Rose dies, Stitched Nested Labels die, Tuffed EF, Copper Thread, Copper EP

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Fall Bloom and Grow ~ CCMC585, PP465

Hello there stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's new color challenge.  While these colors are kinda "halloween-ish" I chose to go with a beautiful floral combination using the Bloom and Grow stamp set and coordinating Budding Blooms dies.  I used the sketch from The Paper Players #465 to help me along with my design team card.  

I stamped the flower image in versamark ink and embossed it with black embossing powder on watercolor paper.  I watercolored the image using my aquapainter and ink pads by squeazing the ink into the lid of the pad container and picking up the ink from there.  

The black panel the floral image is perched upon is embossed with my Country Floral EF.  

The light colored horizontal strip is a scrap of Wood Textures DSP and the background piece is from the In-Color DSP pack.  

I hope you'll join us in this great color challenge!  Just upload your image on the Create with Connie and Mary Facebook page.

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Blue Free Birds ~ CCMC584

Hello stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's new sketch challenge #584.  I chose to use my Free As A Bird set because I think it goes so nicely with the Stitched Nested Labels die shape, which mimics the shape in the sketch.  

I decided to go with blue colored birds too.  I just love to see the many colors these birds can be done in! I used light Balmy Blue, Dark Pool Party, and light & dark Pretty Peacock Blends to color my birds.  The flowers are Rococo Rose, the leaves are Mossy Meadow, and the branch is crumb cake.  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

So Many Blue Stars ~ HSS326, GDP212

Hey there stampers!  Today's card is for Hand Stamped Sentiments new sketch challenge #326.  

I chose to play along with Global Design Project Case the Designer too, and that's how I chose the theme for my card.  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Gleaming Christmas Holly ~ CCMC583, CTC250

Hi there stampers!  Today's card is for Create with Connie and Mary's newest color challenge featuring Pretty Peacock, Bermuda Bay, and Old Olive.  I thought these colors would show off the Christmas Gleaming stamp set nicely.  The main reason I got this set was for the holly leaf.  I just love it and I think the ornament looks fabulous hanging from it!

I also used Casing the Catty #250 to help me out with my design team card.  I cased the layout of the Early Espresso card in the middle on the right.  I really love this layout too!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny