I Miss You So Much...

Good morning!

I have another Magnolia card to share today that I worked on over the weekend. I was thinking of my little neice Emily when I purchased this stamp because she wears the cutest little red glasses and has long blond hair. For all the details in the card front, click on the photo - I uploaded it so it would be HUGE... big enough for you to see all the little details.

Everything was colored with Copics, of course. You know how crazy I am about those things! I used Stampin Up's new scallop oval punch for the clouds and ran it through my Big Shot with the Swirls embossing folder. The sidewalk is embossed - this time with the tiny bubbles folder and the edges are lined with SU's Three Flower punch and Fiskars' hand held oval punch for the leaves.


The inside shows off another new Nestability die I recently got - Labels 4. I LOVE this shape and know it will get used a ton! The sentiment is from GinaK's very versatile Tag Lines stamp set - it's perfect with the little pouty Magnolia on the front, isn't it?

Jessica

Bon Voyage...

Happy Sunday!

Did you notice my new avatar photo? It's one last HUGE hint that all of the PaperCraft Design Team members are doing to help you with your matching the babies with the design team adults! Here's the link to the place to enter your answers: PaperCraft Planet Blog.

Today's card is one of several that I made this weekend. I pulled out some of my Magnolia rubber stamps and got them all inky and embellished! They are so cute - even though my family keeps on asking where their faces and noses are! I pointed out to them that I didn't really think many of their cartoons or action figures were very realistic either - that seemed to quiet them down! LOL!

This sweet little gal was stamped with GinaK Pure Luxury cardstock and colored with copics. I tried really hard to leave some white areas - and even added some white lines with my Ranger Inkssentials gel pen. I absolutely LOVE the shading that I've seen when people leave white areas and use the pen for embellishing, but it's really hard for me to do.

Do you notice those tiny little acrylic butterflies? They were punched out with EK Success Butterfly (the large whale of a punch size) with Shrink Plastic. I colored one side of the punchout with a copic marker and then heated it with my heat gun to shrink it. Before it was cooled, I bent the wings upwards. Using glue dots, I adhered them my card and then added tiny Kaiser Kraft rhinestones for sparkle.

The suitcase was stamped on SU's Sahara Sand cardstock and shaded with a variety of Copics, the White gel pen, and Sakura's Black Glaze pen.

I used SU's Sellabration Papers on this card - inside and out. I love the bright cheerful colors in this paper pack! Lots of variety of embellishments were used too.

The inside sentiment is from GinaK's Tag Lines and is perfect for this card, don't you think? I used my new Octagon Nestabilities on the inside panel. I didn't think I would like this shape - I thought it looked a little too much like a stop sign... but, I'm liking it a lot!

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Jessica

You're a Rock Star!

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Good morning!

I know you're probably tired of seeing my use this orange Doodlebug cardstock, but today's card is the last of it for now. "Orange" you glad? *wink* Sorry, I couldn't resist... I do have a few more cards to share made with this paper, but haven't taken photos of them yet - so watch for them next week.

Anyway, here's another card based on my PaperCraftPlanet sketch for this week. You'll see that I took some liberties with it, but that's what sketches are for, right?


Using GinaK's 120lb. cardstock as the base, I embossed with the Swirls Cuttlebug embossing die and then trimmed off 1/4" so that the inside layer could peek out. The ribbon is some retired Stampin Up ribbon and the stars are Nestability dies. I cut the large orange star from DCWV paper which has a white core - so I sanded it lightly with my sanding block to highlight the edges.

EK Success' Flourish punch added a pop of color and swirls for the stars. I added a black Kaiser Kraft pearl to each of the swirl dots but it's a little hard to see in the photo. The sentiment from Rupa's Perfectly Polished set and is cut with a tag Nestability die.

Here's the inside view..


I cut a few more star nestability dies out of Doodlebug's specialty cardstock orange pack and a scrap piece of DCWV orange paper. You know how much I love using up my scraps! The sentiment is from Gina's Tag Lines stamp set and is cut with a nestability die too.

Have a great rest of your day!
Jessica

Sketch Cards...

Good afternoon!

I have two different card sketches to share with you today. The first card is for GinaK's Release Party Challenge #2 that is going on in her Forum on Splitcoast Stampers. For all the details about the contest, click here.

Here's the actual sketch...



And, here's my sample card...

I used Basic Grey's OffBeat paper pack and glazed brad along with SU's Kiwi Kiss and Tangerine Tango cardstocks. This paper pack works really well with the new In Colors - including Red Ridinghood too.

The images from Asela's Warm and Fuzzy stamp set were colored with Copic markers and then cut out with a Labels 1 nestability die. The sentiment is from Gina's Tag Line stamp set and works perfectly with all of the Nestability sentiment dies.

Next up is my sketch card for PaperCraft Planet....

Each week, one of the PaperCraft Design Team girls designs a sketch and is the hostess for that week. And, this week it's my turn! For all the specific details on my sketch, click here.

Here's a photo of the sketch...

And, here's my sample card...

This card is considered a 'scrappy' card because there isn't any stamping on it. I used Marvy's Scallop Heart punches, Tonic's Corner punch, and EK Success' Flourish punch along with Doodlebug's Specialty papers and some Embossed Prima Flowers. Kaiser Kraft Pearls add some delicate touches to finish it off.

I'll be back later today with my Birthday blog candy post... off to get photos of the goodies right now!

See you later -
Jessica

3x3 Boxes Galore!

Good morning!

Since my post today is filled with lots of photos,I thought I'd share the links to all Gina's Design Team member's blog here at the top of my post, so they don't get lost or overlooked. Tonight we're showcasing Sweetest Blessings, Tag Lines, and Gina's new Digital papers! She's offering her Debut Digital pack for FREE starting tonight and running until Sunday. Check out her blog for the coupon code!

Gina, Joanne, Cammie, Theresa, Kurtis, Erika, Donna, Mary, Emily, Melanie, and Cindy

I made two boxes to share today that are filled with sets of four 3x3 cards and matching envelopes - yep, I've been busy! lol! I'm planning on offering this as an upcoming class at GinaK's store in February.

I'm only going to show one card from each box for the sake of time and space, but I'll be going more into depth on each project in the coming days here on my blog, sharing the templates, details, and photos.

Here's my first card made with one of my very favorite GinaK Stamps ever called Sweetest Blessings....

I stamped the cake and sentiment at the same time - don't you love being able to do that with unmounted stamps and your acrylic blocks!? I used Black Memento ink and colored the cake with Copics highlighting the frosting with Stickles, the plate with Crystal Lacquer, and the cherry with the Clear Stardust Glitter Pen.

I also made matching envelopes for each card. Here's the card peeking out...

And, here's the front of the envelope just because it's all decorated too ...

I was so happy to see that Gina's Sateen Flowers work perfectly with SU's 5 Flower punch! The papers for this project are all retired SU designer papers and their textured Chocolate Chip and Purely Pomegranite.

Next up is my 3x3 box made with Gina's new Free with Three stamp set Tag Lines.

When I got this stamp set, I thought of how fun it would be to make a notecard with each of the sayings to give as little love/thinking of you notes. And, I decided to make another little box to store them in - one that I could keep out on my dresser handy to grab when I needed them.

Here's one of the little notecards....

Wouldn't this be a fun little card to tuck in my daughter's lunchbox when she aces her next test? I used SU's retired Afternoon Tea dsp for the cardfront. To embellish the Paper Punch-out, I ran it through my Big Shot with the Polka Dot Cuttlebug embossing folder and then sponged SU's cocoa ink over it to soften the look a little. The sentiment is stamped in Memento's Cocoa ink on watercolor paper (for the texture) and then cut out with a Nestability die.

The ribbon is SU's Felt ribbon that they recently sold in their Winter Mini catalog. I am afraid to admit that it's the first time I used it! I love it and now wish I had bought more! Isn't that the way it always goes...

Here's a bird's eye view of the whole box set...

And, finally, here's a close up of the matching envelope...

Well, if you'd made it this far you deserve a prize! lol! I will share the dimensions of these projects in a few days here on my blog.

I hope you'll join us at Gina's Release Party tonight in her member forum on Splitcoast. There will be contests and challenges along with more preview projects from everyone on Gina's Design Team. I have several things that I'll be sharing along with a Sketch challenge that I'll be posting at the 8:00 (CST) hour.

Rest up - the party starts at 7 (CST)!!

Jessica