May God bless you

Good morning!

I just love the colors on today's card - this year I've been obsessed with turquoise, green, and linen on my cards and with my clothes!  I used an older Stampin Up stamp set - sorry, I'm not sure of the name right now.  I paired it with a Verve's Plain Jane stamp set that I thought was a good match.

I colored the image with Copics and then stitched the patterned paper to the embossed card front.  I triple wrapped a Honeydew solid baker's twine bow to pull some more green to the card front.

Have a wonderful day!

Jessica

a perfect adventure.

Good morning!

I have a bright card to share with you today that I made using an older Stampin Up stamp set.  Right about now I start longing for spring... these short, cold, dreary days of November get to me here in Wisconsin.  

I stamped the image and colored with Copics and then made a very clean and simple card with minimal layers.  The Twinery's caribbean stripe baker's twine matched the papers so well.

Isn't that sentiment fun?  

I hope you have a great day!

Jessica

Praying for You

Hi there!

Sorry for my long absence from my blog... I've been busy stamping but haven't taken the time to take photos, edit them and get them here online!  I had some time last week to play in my stamp room, just for fun!  Today's card is one of them that evolved while I was playing.  

I used a stamp from Verve and a flower image from an older Stampin Up set.  I don't have the exact information on the names at the moment, so if you are wondering, please drop me an email or leave a comment and I'll take the time to find out all the specifics for you.

I colored the flowers & vase with Copic markers and added some tiny coordinating gems in the centers for some bling.

Have a great night!

Jessica

Sweet Christmas

Hi There!

My card tonight is from my kit that I made with  SU's Merry Crittermas.  I thought I'd share it tonight since the other new projects I've been working on aren't quite ready to be shared here yet.  For more information on all the cards and ornaments that I designed for this virtual class kit, please click HERE.  The sketch for this card was inspired by Julie Tilman's Mojo Monday Sketch 164.

Card Details
Stamps: SU Merry Crittermas
Ink: Memento
Card stock: GinaK solid; PTI white; SU retired papers
Other: sewing machine; copic markers; buttons; SU punches; SU ribbon; Nestabilities circle dies; EK border punch

Here's the inside view...

Have a great night!

Jessica

Merry Crittermas iEmbellish Virtual Class Card Kit

This 15 page PDF iEmbellish virtual class card kit includes:

1. Supply list and measurements for all 10 projects (4 cards; 6 ornaments)
2. Photo of outside, inside, and focal image of each card
3. Step by step directions for assembly of each card along with the inside
4. Photo tutorial of assembling ornaments
5. Photo tutorial of the Copic coloring for each of the 6 ornaments
6. Photo tutorial of ribbon ruffling
7. Card sketches for each card in the kit on the final page

This is an instructional kit only, no supplies are included with the purchase.

stamp set used: Stampin Up Merry Crittermas
Price: $5

Let's look at each of the ornaments a bit closer - aren't they cute hanging on my daughter's little Christmas tree?  I have taken step by step photos for the Copic coloring that I did for each of these ornaments and included it in the Merry Crittermas PDF instruction sheet.

 

This kit has been so much fun to put together!  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Jessica

CPS 193: more Christmas critters!

Good morning!

I'm back with another Stampin Up Merry Crittermas card - once I started playing with this adorable stamp set, I just couldn't stop!  This time I used this week's Card Positioning Systems sketch for this week.  Check out this link for all the inspiration and the actual sketch.  

Card Details
Stamps: Merry Crittermas (SU)
Ink: Memento black and desert sand
Card Stock: GinaK cranberry, chocolate; PTI white; SU retired holiday dp
Other: Copic markers; SU word window punch and buttons; sewing machine; spellbinder scallop circle dies; spica glitter pens

and the inside view of this card -

This card is part of a new iEmbellish virtual class card kit that is due to be ready for purchase at the end of the week.  Included in the kit will be a detailed step by step photo tutorial of how I colored each of the little 'critter' stamp images in this adorable stamp set along with lots of other ideas!  Stay tuned for more information about this kit as the week goes on.

I'm also entering this card into the Crazy 4 Challenges challenge this week which was to create a Christmas card.  What a great challenge, huh?  Check out these two challenges and play along with us if you have the time this week!

Have a great rest of your day!
Jessica

MTSC99: Merry Crittermas

Hello!


I have been spending most of my free time this weekend in my stamping room - YAY!  I haven't had the opportunity to do that for AGES and it's been a very productive weekend for me!  I've been working on a couple of new card kits and thought I'd share one of the projects with you tonight.  While looking online for some inspiration yesterday, I came across Mercy's sketch challenge for this week and decided to make time to play along with it for the first time. 

I'm thrilled to have the freedom to check out all the challenge blogs available for us crafters - it's been a lot of fun checking out new sites from several of my online friends.  If you are in the need for inspiration yourself, check out my sidebar as I've added several challenge blog links there for an easy reference tool for myself and you!


I altered Mercy's sketch a bit to make it into a square 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" card for this cute little snow bunny...

Card Details
Stamps: Merry Crittermas (SU)
Ink: Memento
Card stock: GinaK black and white; PTI white; SU retired holiday papers and baja breeze
Other: Sewing machine; spellbinder circle plain and scallop dies; copic markers; snowflake cuttlebug embossing folder; SU button and satin ribbon; 1/4" scor-tape; EK Success heart border punch

and the inside which I left sentiment-less so it could be used for any winter occasion...

Thanks for the inspiration, Mercy!  And, thank YOU for checking in on my blog!

Jessica

Card Patterns Guest Designer!

Did you see the news yet this morning?

How fun is that?  I was invited to be Card Pattern's guest designer this week!  Here's the sketch we were challenged to work with this week:

I decided to pull out a Stampin Up stamp set that I ordered from their holiday mini catalog that I haven't used yet.  If you've followed my blog for awhile, you probably know by now how much I love cutesie stamp sets and this one fit the bill perfectly!

I decided to flip the sketch a bit so I would have room for all three of these images and took a bit of liberty with the corners.  Here's a closer view of these adorable little images...

Card Details
Stamps: Merry Crittermas (SU)
Ink: Black Memento
Card stock: GinaK black and kraft; PTI white; SU retired Christmas papers
Other: Sewing machine; copic markers; may arts ribbon; bow easy; buttons; twine; SU paper punches; EK Success border punch (for inside); Spica glitter pens


and the inside view.... Since I sewed on the card front, I needed to line the inside of the card to hide the stitching. 

I hope you'll get a chance to play along with this week's sketch.  Be sure to add your link to the Card Patterns post, so you can have a chance to be their NEXT guest designer!

Thanks for checking in on me today!  Enjoy the rest of your day -

Jessica

Little Easter Bags

Good evening!

Tonight I'm sharing the project we made last weekend when my friends and I got together for an afternoon of stamping.  I have 3 similar samples to share tonight - they are all basically the same, just a bit different as you can see from the photo above. 

Project Supplies

Stamps: MFT Pure Innocence; SU polka dot wheel (unmounted for an easy background image!)

Ink: White craft; Memento Cocoa

Cardstock: GinaK; white; SU

Other: Sizzix Bag 2; Nestability oval dies; scor tape; SU flower dies; Fun Foam; Making Memories brads; SU ribbons; Copics, Spica pens

Aren't these fun foam flowers adorable with the button brads in the center?  Simply adorable, I think!

The flower dies are all from Stampin Up, by the way.  They are from Sizzix and are exclusive to SU, as far as I know.  They cut through the fun foam perfectly.

The last one is Ashley's favorite - and mine!  I love those big scallops... but, I didn't want to ask the girls to cut the thin brown border around the die, so we went with the layered Nestability dies shown on the first two samples.

I've been a good Easter Bunny, gathering items for the kids' Easter baskets... isn't being a mom so much fun sometimes?  lol!

Have a wonderful night -
Jessica

Stamping Fun!

Good morning!

I wanted to share the projects my friends and I made together last Sunday at our get together.  There were 4 of us and we each designed a project to do together.  We stamped, chatted, laughed and ate together - could there BE a better way to spend an afternoon?!  I don't think so!

The first card is the card I designed for us to do together.  A couple of the girls requested that my project include this adorable Pure Innocence stamp image and just how could I say no to that?!  She is simply adorable, isn't she?!  It was Sue's idea to add the striped tights - aren't they adorable?

We used some EK Success Paper punches and a beautiful DCWV paper pack for the card and paper pieced the dress.

and here's the inside - the sentiment is from GinaK's Inside and Out stamp set...

The next card is an adorable sewing card designed by Sue Anderson - I am SO in love with this Whipper Snapper Quilt stamp set!  The colors she choose are perfect too, aren't they!?

 

The whole card has such a homespun feel to it, doesn't it?  I really like it when images work with paper punches and these quilt squares are no exception!  The best thing about the card to me is that she had us stamp the images on Kraft cardstock and didn't have us color them.  I really like the look and don't think I would have thought to do that because I would probably have colored the images.  But, this way the adorable images take center stage as they should!

and, that twine with the button?  Perfection, I think!

 

Next up is this adorable Milk Carton box designed by Shelly Wilson.  I had requested her to make her project quick and easy because I was dying to try out this adorable die from Stampin Up and wanted to be able to get everyone's projects done in the time frame we had allotted for our get-together.  Of course, I had to buy it after this adorable little project...

  

She felt badly that her project was so simple, but I'm thrilled with it because she had some valuable tips on how to score and fold the die to put it together.  It's simply sweet and the size is so tiny that it is irresistible!  I should have taken a photo of the box with some candy or some image so you can see how tiny it really is.

  

This last project was designed by Sharri Seffens and just like all her work is over the top amazing!  Of course, I didn't follow her directions perfectly but that's the way it usually is with me when I get stamping with friends... lol!  I'm wondering if you can see my 'mistake' but I'm guessing you won't be able to...  

Isn't is beautiful?  I've never made an easel card before and was really impressed with how quick this card was put together.  I'm sure that had a lot to do with all Sharri's prep work for us though!

 

We decided that we're going to try to make this a monthly event - and I couldn't be happier about that!  Sue graciously opened her beautiful home to us for our stamping spot and we all decided that we'd not only like to get together again next month, but that we'd like to move in to her spacious home!  lol!

I'm very lucky to have such a fun group of stamping friends to 'hang' out with, aren't I?
Jessica

Happy Bearthday!

Good morning!

I hope you've enjoyed your Christmas holiday with your family and friends! We spent a few days up north with our families - thankfully not being too bothered by the snow and ice storm that came through Wisconsin over Christmas. We have been relaxing at home the past few days playing with new toys, chilling out, and eating lots of sweet treats.

I have a fun boy birthday card to share this morning on my blog that I made with Stampin Up's Build-a-Bear stamps and several different colors of Gina's card stock. Since it's for a boy, I had to watch the embellishments that I usually like to add!

Everything is colored with Copics on GinaK's Pure Luxury white card stock. The striped ribbon across the bottom of the card was the inspiration for the colors I choose - I think it's an older SU ribbon.

and the inside...

I am back to work tomorrow - have you seen the H U G E sale that Gina is having online this weekend? With every $35 purchase, you get to pick a FREE stamp set valued at $20.95! Who does that?!? So, needless to say - I believe Shelly and I will be busy tomorrow packing orders, don't you?!


Have a great rest of your day! We may be headed to buy my new SLR camera today - YIPPEE! I've been saving my gift cards and received some money from Christmas to put toward it... so, it ends up looking like I won't have to pay too much out of pocket for it! Double YIPPEE!!

Jessica