Kangaroos and Polar Bears

Good morning!

Today's post is the last one I've made for Melanie's Blogaversary - and it's one of my favorite ones! Look at those kids of mine in that big kangaroo - how cute is that?!

We have an amazing free zoo in Madison that we frequently visit throughout the year. They have several fun spots like the ones in today's photos and we always use them as photo ops. It's fun to see how much the kids have grown throughout the years. This polar bear is a favorite spot of ours. Melanie's bears from Cuddles and Hugs and Jumping for Joy worked perfectly with this photo.

This photo was taken at the play park at the zoo. When we saw that kangaroo, we had to make the kids get inside the pouch for this photo. It's so cute! So naturally, I pulled out Melanie's Kangaroos from Just so Hoppy and Hip Hop Accessories to embellish this page. Aren't they perfect?

Today's the last day of the Blogaversary Celebration - so be sure to take the time to leave a comment to be entered to win the last of the blog candy from Melanie. Here's all the links for you to check out everyone else's projects for today....

Donna, Barb, Emily, Charmaine, Theresa, and of course Melanie

Thanks for stopping by!

Jessica

Project details: Just so Hoppy; Hip Hop Accessories; Cuddles and Hugs; Jumping for Joy; Basic Grey Cupcake paper; buttons; brads; GinaK 80lb. Pure Luxury cardstock; Black Versafine ink; detail clear embossing powder; copic markers; nestabilities; tim holtz sanding block; threading water border punch; SU ribbon; paper piercer

Lions, Kids, and Bears Oh My!

Good morning!

Today's 6x6 layouts are another double duty ones since they are for Melanie's Blogaversary and PaperCraft Planet's Love Album - the design team theme for the month of January. It was pretty fun working in some Nestability scallop hearts with these cute photos of my kids.

This photo is from last Christmas, taken just before their school Christmas program. They don't look very happy, but they were - they were just giving me their 'serious' smiles. lol! I think my favorite bear of Melanie's is this one from her Jumping for Joy stamp set. He's just so cute!

This photo cracks me up because it really shows how much Ashley LOVES to touch and hug her brother and how much Isaiah likes it! heehee... He actually doesn't mind hugs - but Ashley is VERY touch oriented and loves to snuggle with everyone in our family.

So, this pair of lions and sentiment from Melanie's Cuddles and Hugs stamp set fits her perfectly - she never likes to let go! LOL!

Once again the images were all stamped with Black Versafine ink and clear embossed with detail embossing powder on GinaK's 80lb. Pure Luxury cardstock and colored with Copic markers. For the lion's mane, I added some dark brown flock with my Quickie Glue pen - it's really fuzzy in person.

The nestabilities were all cut from Basic Grey's Cupcake paper and then sanded with Tim Holtz's sanding block to reveal the white core of the paper. I love that shabby look.

Here's the links of all the other gals doing the Melanie blog hop...

Lee, Kim, Theresa, Donna, Lori, Erika , Carolina, Pam and Barb - plus, don't forget Melanie's blog too! She's had some awesome blog candy up for grabs this week, hasn't she?

Have a great day - it's Monday and back to school for the kids. Good luck getting back into the swing of things! By the way, January's Class schedule has been added to Gina's website. I hope to see you at a class of mine this month!

Jessica

Melanie's Blogaversary Celebration!

Good morning!

Have you had a chance to join in on the fun 'Blogaversary' Celebration that Melanie Muenchinger has been having on her blog?! She has LOTS of fun giveaways and eyecandy for us all for the next several days. Be sure to pop over to her blog to leave a comment and be entered to win some amazing prizes!

When Melanie asked several of her friends to showcase some projects that we've made with her GinaK Designs stamps sets - I just had to join in on the blog hop fun! Out of all of her GinaK stamps, my favorites have to be her adorable animals sets. They were perfect for my 6x6 scrapbook pages that I've been working on the past couple of days.



Project details: Cuddles and Hugs, Jumping for Joy, Just so Hippy, GinaK 80lb. Pure Luxury cardstock, Basic Grey Cupcake paper & embellishments, Fiskars Threading water border punch, copic markers, versafine black ink, detail clear embossing powder, silver cording, paper piercer, nestabilities, Tim Holtz sanding block

The scrapbook pages that I'll be showing throughout the celebration are all photos of my kids from this past year. I was amazed at how many of Melanie's animals and stamp set sayings worked perfectly with my photos. I'll be sharing a couple of pages each day, so I hope you'll hop back each day to see them all. The first photo above is HUGE even though it looks tiny on the screen - so click on it to see all the details of the pages.


These photos are from last Christmas with my kids - so no, I'm not that fast that I'm already doing this years! LOL! Ashley loves Curious George and was thrilled to get another little monkey in her stocking last year along with a fluffy kitty. So, naturally I pulled out Melanie's monkey from her first GinaK stamp set Just so Hippy and her sweet kitties from Cuddles and Hugs because they fit so 'purrfectly' with my photo! Sorry, I couldn't resist...

All the pages that I'll be sharing were make with Basic Grey's Cupcake 6x6 paper pack & embellishments. The images were all stamped in Black Versafine ink on GinaK's 80lb. Pure Luxury Cardstock and embossed with detail clear embossing powder and then colored with Copic markers. The sentiments were all stamped & embossed and then cut out with a Nestability die that fit the sentiment. And, I had no problem finding a matching die for all of her sentiments - I love that!

My son Isaiah is into Legos and Star Wars BIG TIME. This was his favorite present last year - just look at his excitement in his smile! Priceless to me! I couldn't help but think of Melanies adorable Zebra from my very favorite Melanie stamp set Jumping for Joy. I LOVE all the animals in this set - especially this zebra. He is so cute - and the sentiment... well, it's just perfect for so many occasions!

Be sure to hop over to see what all these gals have been working on with Melanie's stamps - I can't wait to see what they've all come up with!!

Charmaine, Donna, Lee, Michelle, Theresa, Joanne, Tammy, and Cathy

And, don't forget to enter to win a chance at an awesome stamp prize!

Have a great rest of your day,
Jessica

Sweet Kitties

Card Details: Cuddles & Hugs (GKD), Versafine Black ink; Clear Embossing Powder; Copic Markers; Bazzil cardstock; Rhinestones; Bridal Flowers from Michaels; RicRac

Hello from CHA!

Gina, Melanie and I have had a blast today - drooling over all the fabulous vender's booths filled with amazing new products! Our feet are sore, but it was well worth it. There's so much more yet to see, so I'm really glad we're here through the rest of the show.

I was Gina's photographer today and got to take lots of photos of her meeting many Splitcoast Stamper's friends. It was really fun for me, meeting so many people who I admire in the stamping community. Watch her blog for photos - I'm sure she'll be sharing them soon!

Since I'm rooming with Gina and Melanie, I thought I'd share a card I made with Melanie's recent set 'Cuddles & Hugs.' This was a card that I designed for a recent Copic Marker Class at the store.

We traced an oval from the giga Marvy punch in pencil and then stamped the leaf all around the oval shape. After the ink was dry, we erased the pencil line and colored. The flowers were colored with Copic markers too.

Have a great night!
Jessica