BarnYard Animals Scrapbook Page

I have a quick post tonight with some things I want to make sure to mention here on my blog. Tomorrow I'll be at GinaK Design's Open House all day and am not sure I'll have time to do all this tomorrow. And, I can't do a blog post without some eyecandy, right?

First of all, I want to remind everyone of my Birthday Blog candy that ends tomorrow, Saturday January 31st. I have been forgetting to link the post in my last few blog posts and wanted to make sure to mention it one last time. Check it out if you haven't done so yet. I have really enjoyed reading everyone's comments. Thanks for taking the time to do so.

And, if you're looking for some more awesome blog candy, Gina is having a Copic giveaway on her blog - check it out!

Second, my PaperCraft Planet Sketch ends today -I'll announce the winner tomorrow. I have been enjoying everyone's cards and am glad that I do random numbers to choose the winners because it's so hard to choose!!

Last of all, I will be hostessing a Scrapbook Challenge on Splitcoast Stampers on Sunday, February 1st for their VSBN weekend. If you have a chance - check that out on Sunday. The winner there will get to chose a free GinaK Stamp set of their choice valued at $19.95 or less.

Whew... okay, now on to the eyecandy.... Check out this sparkly chicken -



In honor of my SCS scrapbook challenge coming up, I thought I'd share another layout that I completed recently for my Basic Grey Cupcake 6x6 Scrapbook. This paper has been perfect for all the pages!

For this layout, I used GinaK's Barnyard animals found in Poultry in Motion and Down on the Farm. I love these cute little critters! I stamped in black memento ink and colored with Copic markers and highlighted some of the areas with stickles and some Judikins' straw speckles.

Aren't Gina's chickens perfect for this photo? Here's close-up of two more little chickens...

Here's the second layout - this one of Ashley in the go-cart made me think of Gina's adorable wagon. I had to put a couple of her sheep in the wagon so they could go for a ride...

I used white liquid applique for the white sheep and a grey marker with stardust stickles for the other one.

Have a great weekend!
Jessica

Barnyard Explosion Box

Good morning!

Have you ever made an Explosion Box before? This was my first attempt and I love how fun it was to make and decorate!


I found a great tutorial and tweaked it to make it my own. I have a hard time following directions exactly. I like to experiment and see how many embellishments I can add. I learned a few things along the way with this one that will help me when I made another one. This one is a little too full and doesn't close very easily, but I couldn't stop myself from adding lots of embellishments!

My family photos are peeking out, so that you can see that I made the flaps into pockets. The stamps are all animals from a variety of Gina's stamp sets. They are all colored in with Koh-i-noor pencils, OMS, and blending stumps. Then, I went a little wild with the embellishments - googlie eyes, flock, glitter, ribbons, paper punches, liquid applique, flowers, mini eyelets, brads etc. It's really busy!

The cover has flock for grass and the bunnies have liquid applique for fluffy tails. Love the texture both of these elements add to my projects! The paper is all Stampin Up: Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, River Rock, Sahara Sand, and Whisper White solid cardstocks and Porcelin Prints Designer Paper.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of your day!

Jessica

Project Details: Owl Always Love you, Poultry in Motion, Down on the Farm; Black Stazon; Cardstock, Designer Paper & Ribbons: SU; Koh-i-noor Pencils, OMS, Blending Stumps; Prima Flowers; Queen & Co. brads; Making Memories Mini 1/16th eyelets; Marvy Scallop Hearts: Giga, Mega; SU Circle Punches; Buttons; Flock; Liquid Applique; Glitter; Judikins Straw Speckles; Scor Pal; Paper pierecer & Mat; Journaler Black Pen

Animals with Personality!

Card Detail: Down on the Farm (GKD), Poultry in Motion (GKD); Cardstock: Bazzil & DCWV patterned; SU whisper white; Nestabilities; black stazon; OMS & Koh-i-noor pencils; Cuttlebug & Embossing Folder; Liquid Applique & glitter; Heat gun; Prima Flower & brad; ribbon; MM slot punch
Card Details: Just so Hoppy (GKD); Cardstock: Bazzil & DCWV patterned; Fiskars cloud scissors & Handheld star punch; paper piercer; brads; Tim Holtz distresser; crystal effects; black stazon; Peerless watercolors; aqua painter; EK success star punch
Card Details: Down on the Farm; Poultry in Motion; Bazzil textured paper & SU ww; black stazon; OMS & Koh-i-noor pencils; crystal lacquer; Marvy giga scallop punch; paper piercer; scor-pal
Card Details: Whimsical Valentine (GKD); Cardstock: Bazzil Textured; DCWV patterned; SU ww; Glitter dots; stazon; Sakura Glitter pens & aqua painter; Fiskars Mini Scallop scissors; paper piercer

If you are looking for animal stamps that are oozing with personality, you need to look no further than GinaK Designs! Just look at those faces? Don't they look like they're ready to jump off the paper and come to life?

No matter if you use her awesome Koh-i-Noor Pencils & Odorless Mineral Spirits, the amazingly vibrant Peerless Watercolors she sells in her store (although I can't find them on her online store right now), or even Sakura's Glitter pens, they all turn out so cute!

These are just 4 cards that I've made over the past few months that were super quick and easy. When you have awesome stamps, you don't need to do much work to show them off, do you?

Have a great day! We're off to a Waterpark for an over-nighter with the kids today! They are so excited!

Jessica