Your Love Lifts Me

Happy Friday!

I just love this rocket from Tami Mayberry's Oh Boy! stamp set paired with this sentiment from GinaK's Eclectic Summer Sayings ~ it's like they are made for each other, aren't they?

I paper pieced the rocket and even got out that sewing machine of mine that I'm thrilled to know how to use now!  lol!  I wanted to share a close up shot of the clouds for you to see a bit closer.  I cut the clouds with Labels 6 nestability dies with white fun foam.  Then, I took a distress ink and blending foam and sponged some blue ink (sorry, I can't remember the color right now) on the foam for some shading. 

I really liked how it turned out ~ don't you love it when experiments work out the way you wanted them too!  For a bit more of a highlight, I went around the cloud shapes with some diamond stickles...

Card Details

Stamps: Eclectic Summer Sayings; Oh Boy

Cardstock: GinaK; October Afternoon Fly a Kite Collection

Ink: Distress inks; Memento cocoa

Other: Sewing machine; blending tool; Spellbinder dies: Long rectangle, plain & scallop heart, labels 6; Copics; Stickles

Thanks for checking in with me!

Have a wonderful weekend!
Jessica

Pink Birthday Girl

Good evening!

I have a fun birthday card I made a few nights ago as a special request from a customer over on my Etsy shop.  The request was to make it full of cupcakes with lots of pinks - so how about chocolate cupcakes with pink frosting and sprinkles?  How fun is that, huh?

I used a variety of Magnolia rubber stamp images along with a favorite sentiment set of mine from GinaK Designs called Eclectic Summer Sayings.  I love all the phrases and the fonts that Gina used for this stamp set and is my go to sentiment set for cards lately.

Card Details

Stamps: Magnolia; Eclectic Summer Sayings from GinaK Designs

Cardstock: GinaK; SU

Ink: Memento

Other: Spellbinder's dies; Copic markers; pearls; stickles; ribbon; button; oval punch; border punch

The inside is as cute as the outside to me.  I'm happy to report that it was accepted and will be on it's way to Michelle soon. 

Thanks for stopping by tonight - I hope you're having a wonderful day!  By the way, did you see the news on GinaK's newest Guest Designer?  If not, check out Gina's blog post here and give a warm welcome to the amazingly talented designer chosen for April's release!!

Have a great rest of your night!
Jessica

Blue Daisy

Good evening!

It's been a busy weekend here for us - as I'm sure it's been for you too! I thought I'd share a card I made that has some unusual combinations on it - just look at this funky Basic Grey cardstock (from the Lime Rickey Collection)...

Aren't those birds fun? I stamped the daisy from GinaK's Flowers for Daisy stamp set and the sentiment is from the StampTV Eclectic Summer Sayings set. I like how the two nestability dies worked together for the sentiment.

Have a great rest of your weekend! I'll be back tomorrow with some cards that I've made with Nina Brackett's Elegant Verses stamp set. Nina is hostessing a blog hop with her new set - so be sure to check out her blog post tomorrow night for a chance to win it too!

Jessica

Painted Daisies...

Good morning!

I am sharing a couple of cards today that are very similar. I wanted to make some Daisy cards using up my Brilliant Blue paper scraps from last week as well as my new Sizzix Daisy Die.


To make the flowers a little more special, I cut them out of watercolor paper and painted ArtQuest's pearl white and light blue watercolors over them. They are really shimmery in person, but I'm not sure that the camera picked that up very well.

Because I am adding these to my Etsy shop, I went all out and decorated the entire inside of these cards...


For each of these cards, I used Notes to Mom and the Eclectic Summer Sayings sentiments for the insides of the cards. The outside "for you" is from Notes to mom as well.

Here's the second card I'm sharing today...

and a closeup shot to see if you can catch the shimmer on the flowers...

and, finally the inside view..

I have a couple more daisy cards to share tomorrow. If you are interested in purchasing these cards, check out my Etsy shop for more details.

Have a great rest of your day!

Jessica

Birthday Sunflower...

Good morning!

Today's card was made using some more of this gorgeous Stampin Up Brilliant Blue patterned papers. I colored these fun Magnolia stamps to match - once again using my Toner Gray Copic Markers. I used all the colors I have on these images... T-0, T-2, T-3, T-5, T-7, and T-9. I just may have to get T-4 and T-6 because... well, just because! lol!


Because the images were so large, there wasn't much room left to embellish the card, so I kept it pretty simple. I paired two sentiments from Gina's Eclectic Summer Sayings and her Notes to Mom stamp sets to finish off the inside of my card...

Have a great rest of your day!
Jessica

Summer Flowers

Good morning!

I have a bright card to share this morning with you made with some of my favorite Stampin Up designer papers for summer - I love the bold colors these papers have! I paired them up with Carolyn's Framed Flowers stamp set and some prima flowers. The sentiment is from Gina's Autumn Leaves stamp set.


I used some Memento markers to ink up the grass and flower stamp set and then dabbed some Mono multi adhesive on the flowers and added some Prima flowers. I love how this looks. I used the large Rectange Deckled Nestabilites (the 2 largest dies in this set) for the main image.

Once again, I combined two of Gina's stamp sets for the inside sentiment (Notes to Mom and Eclectic Summer Sayings)...


I'm the hostess this week for our sketch challenge over on StampTV and this is my card sample. I hope you'll have a chance to play along and share your card with us over on StampTV.

Also, I've added several more cards to my Etsy shop. I hope you'll have a chance to check them out. If there is a specific card that you've seen here on my blog recently that you would be interested in purchasing, send me an email. I can add it to my Etsy shop.

Have a wonderful day!
Jessica

Summer Scraps!

Good morning!

Today I have 2 cards to share with you that I made last weekend while challenging myself to clean up by using up scraps that have been piling up in my craft room! The first card used up some the Nautical Netting I have on hand as well as this main image that I colored a while ago and never took the time to put on a card!

I colored the images with Copic markers and used Stampin Up's Cool Caribbean & Taken with Teal inks to shade the water. The seaweed is from Carolyn's Whimsical Autumn stamp set while the other images are all from Gina's Eclectic Summer Stamp TV kit.

Next up, is a card my daughter Ashley helped me make...


We made the card with one of Sizzix's Window die cuts - she was wondering how they worked (and so was I!) so we cut this card out from a piece of shimmery orange Coordinations cardstock. Since it ended up looking like a window, we made a scene with the Martha Stewart fence punch and scrap green papers torn to look like grass. The sentiment is from Gina's You are My Sunshine stamp set.

I had colored the butterfly from Gina's Take Flight stamp set quite a while ago and was happy to finally get it on a card! I colored it in with Copics and then dabbed Versamark all over the image and sprinkled Stampin Up's Iridescent Ice embossing powder over it for some sparkle that won't ever fall off!

If you don't have this embossing powder from SU, you can actually make your own by mixing 2 parts clear embossing powder with 1 part clear fine glitter. It should end up looking the same as this...

I didn't end up taking photos of the insides of these two cards because they were pretty simple - with nothing fancy added. I gave the fish card to my son Isaiah and this butterfly card to my daughter Ashley. I love those two kids of mine - they both such gifts from God to our family!

Have a wonderful rest of your day and thanks for stopping in! Be sure to check into StampTV to check out Gina's latest technique video - Wednesdays are so fun, aren't they!? A new video every week to check out! I love that!
Jessica

Your Love Keeps Lifting me....

Good morning!

Isn't this little lady cute with her pet bunny? I bought this image along with most of my other Magnolia images from 7Kid's College Fund online store.

My daughter Ashley is nuts for animals and has been asking for ages to have a pet bunny... however, my husband isn't a big - or even a little fan of pets. So, poor Ash is going to have to wait until she's all grown up and has her own house to have pets! Don't feel too badly for her, she has GOBS of stuffed animals to keep her company until then! lol!

I was using some Stampin Up scrap textured papers on my card and felt like it needed something on the edge of the card, so I pulled out Gina's new Ribbon Stripes stamp set and stamped the diamond strip along the edge in Rose Red ink on Rose Red cardstock.

I used the new tiny Rhinestones that Gina has recently added to her online store to highlight the diamonds-they are the perfect size for this! They were actually clear, but I colored them in with a Dark Grey copic marker, so they ended up being nearly black - I love how Copics can do this! It really extends the use of the neutral accents we have in our stash!

Here's the inside view (the sentiment is from Fiskar's Cloud Nine clear Baby stamp collection)...

Have an awesome rest of your day!
Jessica

You're Love keeps Lifting Me...

Good morning!

My card today is a super quick one that I was so tickled with when it all came together...

I used Gina's Eclectic Summer StampTV kit stamps as well as Carolyn's Whimsical Autumn pussy willow stamp for the trees to make this summer scene. The kite was colored with Copic markers and then highlighted with the StarDust glitter pen as well as Crystal Lacquer.

After shading the 'tree trunks' with a Copic marker, I took my SU Wild Wasabi ink and a dauber and shaded in the tree's leaves. Then, I took two fine point green pens and colored in the leaves to help them pop against the ink. The sky was shaded with some chalks.

To help the trees really stand out, I took Sakura's Clear Glaze pen and traced the trunks and leaves. This pen dries really quickly and is great for a quick punch of shine. I like to use this pen with Crystal Lacquer would be too hard to add to such tiny details. You can see the difference in the shine in this photo...


And, the inside is as simple as the outside...

Thanks for stopping in - I hope your day is beautiful!
Jessica

Kind Friends

Surprise - I have another couple of Magnolia cards to share with you today! LOL! I recently took a bunch of stamped images with me on vacation along with my Copics and had fun over the past weekend putting the images all onto cards. I purchased all of these images from 7Kid's College Fund online store.

The images on my first card are perfect for a teacher, don't you think? My kids are finished with school already, but if they weren't this card would be for Ashley's 2nd grade teacher - we loved her so much!

My next card is a even simpler...

Once again, I paired the images with Gina's Eclectic Summer Sayings stamp set available through her StampTV Kit.... just because I LOVE this sentiment with both of these images! I also used a Sizzix Texture plate on the card front and a curvy rectangle nestability die for the main image.

Here's the inside view... (the sentiment is from Fiskar's Clear Cloud Nine Baby collection)

Have a great rest of your day!
Jessica