July Sketch Challenge Blog Candy Winner!

Drum Roll please!


Congratulations to Cindy-GSMom385! You are the winner of my July Sketch Challenge blog candy give away! Thanks for participating in my sketch challenges! I hope you've enjoyed them.

You can see Cindy's winning card here. Isn't he a cutie?

For those of you who are new to my blog, every Wednesday I post a card sketch challenge. By creating a card using that sketch and posting a link to a photo of your card on the sketch post, you are entered in a monthly drawing for blog candy.

Of course there is still time for all of the August challenges. Make sure to check out the first sketch posted for August here to play along.

Happy Friday!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Wanna Little Candy?

Vicki, from DRS Designs, has posted a great blog candy giveaway. Here's the picture she used to show us what she's giving away. Go check it out, post a comment on that blog post and then post it on your own blog too. Good luck to everyone who plays!

Have a Wonderful Day!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Card Sketch Wednesday #4

Are you ready for Card Sketch Wednesday #4? Hope you'll play along! The details are listed below.

Sketch Wednesday Challenge Details:
The details are pretty simple--make a card of any theme you choose utilizing the card sketch posted on my blog and then on the sketch challenge announcement post, reply with a comment posting a link to your blog or online gallery so that everyone can view how you utilized the sketch. You have all month to complete each challenge. So there is no confusion, a "month" runs from the first day of the month through the last day of the month--example July 1st-July 31st.

Bonus Opportunity for Participating in Sketch Wednesday Challenges:
Each month, I will assign a number in order from all of the comments/links posted from all qualifying participant weekly sketch challenge cards and draw one lucky winner for a package of blog candy from me! All of the blog candy goodies that I will offer will be craft/card making related--embellishments, ink pads, images, stamps, ribbon, punches etc.

Card Sketch Wednesday #4:

Please reply with links to your challenge cards here on this blog post. To be considered for the July Blog Candy giveaway, card links must be posted here on this post before July 31st 11:59pm EDT. Card links posted after this time will be considered for the August giveaway.

Here's my version of this sketch. I thought this one was really fun to make. I love these colors together.

To make this card, I first stamped the Classic Floral stamp and colored with pencils and shaded the areas around the flowers with blue chalk. I cut each of the flowers out individually and matted them with the same color cardstock as the flower petals. For example, the pink flower was matted in pink cardstock. Then I matted each one again in light blue cardstock.

Next, I cut a light pink cardstock panel and arranged the 3 flowers on it. One at the top, one in the middle and one at the bottom. I then, matted it again in dark pink cardstock and added 2 hot pink brads to the top and bottom areas of the middle flower.

I made the finished card base from hot pink cardstock. It measures 8" x 4". I cut out a light pink mat for it, and then adhered the striped patterned paper over the mat. I attached the hot pink ribbon vertically over the patterned paper, adhered it, and then tied a knot in the center of it. This entire piece was adhered to the front of the cardstock base.

I adhered the matted image piece to the left side of the ribbon, as shown.

• Stamps: Image- Magenta Classic Floral Stamp
• Ink: Versafine Jet Black
• Paper: Bazzill Cardstock, Patterned Paper- DCWV Scrapbook in a Stack
• Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, chalk by Inkadinkado, Ribbon-Offray, Brads-Tiny Mardi Gras Brads by Buttons Galore
  

Happy Card making!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Challenges by DRS Designs

DRS Designs has a new category in their gallery--Challenges! Have you seen it yet? All of the cards posted at this time are made using only 3 DRS Design Stamps: the Polka Dot Flower, Sense of Wonder Birthday Greeting, and Dot Easy Background. Click here to check out this challenge.

Here is my entry for the first challenge. I think this would make a great "Over the Hill" birthday card! Don't you?

• Stamps: DRS Design Stamps-Polka Dot Flower, Sense of Wonder Birthday Greeting, and Dot Easy Background.


• Ink: Versafine Onyx Black


• Paper: DCWV Cardstock


• Accessories: Buttons-Sticko Adhesive Buttons

Soon you will be able to participate in their challenges as well. Stay tuned to the DRS Designs website and blog. More info coming soon!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Reader Challenge Blog Candy Winner!

On July 14th, Kimmy and I posted that we were looking for a Fun Filled Friday challenge from our Readers. From all of the posts received on my blog Kimmy has picked which challenge she would like to see me complete for this Friday's challenge.

I'd like to Congratulate Tami, from Dapple Designs for her suggestion to use Bottle caps! Tami, I will be contacting you shortly for your address so I can send you your Blog candy prize! Thanks for playing along and making a suggestion!

Make sure to check out Kimmy's blog to see what I picked for her challenge this week and make sure to check my blog on Friday to see my bottle cap card!

Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

Smiles,
Jennifer

PS: Like blog candy? Head over to my friend Beth's new blog and leave a comment about a tutorial you'd like to see her post on her blog for a chance to win. If you subscribe and link her blog on yours, she give you some extra entry in the blog candy drawing! Go check it out. She has a pic of the goodies she's giving away and any papercrafter would want to win it--
I know I do! :-)

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TGIF and FFF Birds!

Happy TGIF Everyone! I'm so glad the weekend is here! Well, since it's Friday, Kimmy and I are posting our Bird theme Fun Filled Friday cards today.


To be honest, I was a bit worried with this one--AND I picked the theme! How does that happen? Anyways, I just wasn't feeling very "birdy" this week and was having a hard time getting a layout that I liked. Slowly, but surely, this one turned out much better than expected, and I actually like its simplicity!







First, I colored the bird image with my Prismacolor Pencils. I matted it with light blue cardstock and then again with dark blue cardstock. I used Post-It notes to block off the white area around the image, and then used blue ink & my sponge daubers to create the airbrushed look around the image. Once I removed the Post-it notes, I was in awe as the blue ink sort of resembled the sky--perfect for this bird in a tree image!



I created the card base from light blue cardstock, measuring for an A2 size envelope (4.25" x 5.5"). I used my Score-Pal to add score lines over the upper portion of my card. I matted the patterned paper with dark blue cardstock and added a dark blue brad to each lower corner. I then, adhered the entire piece to the lower portion of the card front. I threaded ribbon through the holes in the image, and I attached the ribbon on the left side of the image with a dark blue brad, and I tied the right side in a knot and adhered it to the base.

To finalize the card, I stamped "Thank You" just below the image.

• Stamps: Image-Inkadinakado, Sentiment-Hero Arts
  
• Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, SU Ballet Blue


• Paper: Bazzill Cardstock, Patterned Paper DCVW Scrapbook in a Stack
  
• Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Score-Pal, Maya Road Ribbon, Brads from Joann's Scrap Essentials, SU! Sponge Daubers, SU! Horizontal Slot Punch
  

Don't forget to check out Kimmy's Bird card!

Have you been participating in our FFF challenges? Kimmy is giving Blog Candy away to anyone who participated in our challenges during the month of July. You have until July 31st to complete any of our July challenges.

On Sunday I will post my Reader FFF Challenge that Kimmy picked for me. Some one's going to win blog candy! Stay tuned to see who!

Have an awesome weekend!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Card Sketch Wednesday #3

Well, it's Wednesday again! Time for Sketch Wednesday #3. I hope you'll play along!

Sketch Wednesday Challenge Details:
The details are pretty simple--make a card of any theme you choose utilizing the card sketch posted on my blog and then on the sketch challenge announcement post, reply with a comment posting a link to your blog or online gallery so that everyone can view how you utilized the sketch. You have all month to complete each challenge. So there is no confusion, a "month" runs from the first day of the month through the last day of the month--example July 1st-July 31st.

Bonus Opportunity for Participating in Sketch Wednesday Challenges:
Each month, I will assign a number in order from all of the comments/links posted from all qualifying participant weekly sketch challenge cards and draw one lucky winner for a package of blog candy from me! All of the blog candy goodies that I will offer will be craft/card making related--embellishments, ink pads, images, stamps, ribbon, punches etc.

Card Sketch Wednesday #3:

Please reply with links to your challenge cards here on this blog post.

Here's my finished sketch card. I made this for a Wedding Shower I'll be attending in a few weeks.

This finished card measures 4.25" x 5.5". I, first, stamped the image on smooth white cardstock & colored it with my Prismacolor pencils. I used a gray Copic markers to color the bath tub and shower head. I used my Marvy Uchida scallop punches to punch out the image and the light pink cardstock I used to mat it. I used my circle Coluzzle to cut the dark pink circle, and arranged them as shown.

I cut the patterned paper to half the size of the card and matted it with light pink cardstock. I added the 3 brads to the lower portion of the matted patterned paper and added the 2 pieces of ribbon to the upper left corner as shown. I then adhered it to the left side of the card.

I then adhered the matted image to the center of the card, so that half of it overlapped the patterned paper and the other half was on the main card base. I used my clear alphabet stamps to vertically stamp "Best Wishes" along the right side of the card.

• Stamps: Image-A Muse, sentiment created using Technique Tuesday Clear Alphabet Set-Main Street Alphabet Small


• Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
  
• Paper: Bazzill Cardstock, smooth white cardstock from Office Depot, patterned paper by Heidi Grace Designs-Glittered Paper Mini Floral


• Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Copic Markers C1 and C3, Mary Uchida Scallop punches, circle Coluzzle, both types of ribbon are unknown (Sorry! Just pulled them from my stash!) Brads by O'Scrap
  

Don't forget, There's still time! You have 1 week, until July 31 11:59pm EDT to post a comment with a link to any sketch cards you made during the month of July to be considered for my blog candy give-away.

Here's a re-cap of the sketches posted for July:

July 16, 2008 Sketch #2

July 9, 2008 Sketch #1

Have fun! Happy card making! Can't wait to see what you all come up with!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Just a Friendly Note...

Hope everyone is having a great day today. I'm excited because I am off of work tomorrow! Yeah! I have a full day planned relaxing & working on some new cards in my studio. Gotta love a day like that!

Well, for those of you who have been following my blog you've probably guessed that one of my favorite flowers to make cards with are Daffodils. I couldn't pass them up when I was contacted by Samantha from DRS Designs for the DRS Designs DT finalist round. Here's one of the cards I made using their Framed Daffodil stamp (P104) and the "A Friendly Note" (D586) sentiment.





I used my Prismacolor Pencils to color the image and blended the colors with Gamsol. I used light blue chalk to color in the areas around the flowers. I then, cut out the image and traced the edges with a black Sharpee marker. Next, I layered it with yellow and green cardstock and adhered it to a light blue cardstock base. I stamped the sentiment under the image





After I colored the main image, I created a 3-D look with the butterflies. I stamped the image again 3 more times & colored only the butterflies. I cut all 3 butterflies out. I layered a second butterfly on top of the one already in the upper portion of the image, by placing adhesive only on the center of the butterfly. Once I had it in position, I "fluffed" up the wings, to make it look like it was flying!






I layered the other 2 butterflies the same way and adhered the butterfly set to the bottom of the image, just above the sentiment. Here's a close up picture. See how the butterfly looks real! I loved how it looked!

• Stamps: DRS Designs
• Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Accessories: Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol, Black Sharpee Marker, chalk by Inkadinkado

Have you see DRS Designs new blog? You can check it out here! Make sure to check it out daily as there will be lots of inspiration, sneak peeks on upcoming images, and weekly challenges starting in the next few weeks. In the future you can also look forward to daily posts from the design team members, like me!

Stay tuned for tomorrow when I post my next Card Sketch Challenge.

Until then,

Smiles,

Jennifer

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I'm So Excited!

About a month ago I saw that DRS Designs was looking for new design team members. I took the plunge and submitted my work, and now I'm ecstatic to reveal that I have made their Design Team! I love their stamps! If you love to color like me, then you will love their stamps as well. They come either wood mounted or rubber only, and they have stamps and sentiments for every occasion. They also have a new blog, which you can see here. I look forward to working with the staff at DRS Designs as well as the entire new DT.

Go check them out:

DRS Design Team

Angel Rivera - Angels World

Etha Schuette - More Green Wool

Jessica George - SCS Gallery

Marie McClellan - Boots To Stamps

Dawn Knight - SCS Gallery
Heather Reppen - Ink On My Ear
Jessica Knutsen - There She Goes

Stay tuned to my blog as I will be posting more projects from DRS Designs very soon!

Have a great Sunday!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Birds!

This week I have challenged Kimmy to a Bird theme for our Fun Filled Friday Blog challenge. This means we have to have a bird or birds somewhere on our card & it can be for any occassion.

Interested in participating in our Fun Filled Friday Challenges? If you do, You'll have a chance to win some Blog Candy! For every card that fits our Fun Filled Friday theme and is posted on Kimmy's blog during the month of July, she's going to pick one winner for some blog candy!

So far in July we have had the following challenges:

July 4th-Patriotic Cards

July 11th-Christmas in July Cards

July 18th-Cards using Dimensional Glaze

July 25th-Cards depicting a Bird/Birds

So, go on, give it a try! It's worth a shot & she's got some good goodies to give a way!

You can see my bird card challenge posted this Friday. Stay Tuned!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Rubbernecker Challenge 18 and Stamp Shack Color Challenge!

For today's post, I've made one card to satisfy 2 different challenges. The first challenge was for this week's Rubbernecker Blog Challenge to use an animal image from their company and the second was for the Color challenge on the Stamp Shack, using faded denim, dark blue, ruby red, and white.

The animal image is "Flag Chickie" by Rubbernecker Stamps, and the color challenge colors are perfect for a Patriotic card. It's July 17th. It's not too late for a Patriotic 4th of July card, is it?

• Stamps: Flag Chickie by Rubbernecker Stamps
• Ink: Staz On Jet Black
• Paper: Cardstock is Bazzill, patterned paper is by the Paper Studio
• Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Marvy Uchida scallop punches, circle Coluzzle, red Colorbox chalk ink, Brads by Joann's Scrap essentials and American Crafts, Ribbon by Offray.

Kimmy and I are still looking for some ideas for our Reader inspired Fun Filled Friday challenge. Please visit this post and challenge us with your comments.

Also, Have you seen my Card sketch challenge for this week? Click here to see the sketch.

Hope your Thursday is a great one & not as hot as ours (93 humid degrees!)

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Card Sketch Wednesday #2

Are you ready for Card Sketch Wednesday #2? Hope you'll play along! The details are listed below.

Sketch Wednesday Challenge Details:
The details are pretty simple--make a card of any theme you choose utilizing the card sketch posted on my blog and then on the sketch challenge announcement post, reply with a comment posting a link to your blog or online gallery so that everyone can view how you utilized the sketch. You have all month to complete each challenge. So there is no confusion, a "month" runs from the first day of the month through the last day of the month--example July 1st-July 31st.


Bonus Opportunity for Participating in Sketch Wednesday Challenges:
Each month, I will assign a number in order from all of the comments/links posted from all qualifying participant weekly sketch challenge cards and draw one lucky winner for a package of blog candy from me! All of the blog candy goodies that I will offer will be craft/card making related--embellishments, ink pads, images, stamps, ribbon, punches etc.


Card Sketch Wednesday #2:

Please reply with links to your challenge cards here on this blog post.






So, are you up for the challenge? Let's see what you can create with this sketch. Wanna see mine?










Here's my finished sketch card. This card turned out to be a little more busy than the sketch, but I really love how all the colors blended together. I think the purples are so pretty!

To make this card, I first stamped the image & colored it with pencils and blended the colors with Gamsol. I matted the image first with dark purple cardstock, and then again with light purple cardstock. I added the polka-dot ribbon to the corners and then punched out dark purple cardstock using the word window punch. I cut it in half, adhered it to the lower right space, and added a light purple brad to the center of it.






Next, I created the card base from dark purple cardstock and layered it horizontally with light purple paper. I cut the polka dot paper to fit over the light purple paper leaving a slight matted border.

On the left side of the card, I adhered 2 light purple ribbons, side-by-side vertically, and added the dark purple ribbon over the top of the seam where the 2 ribbons met. I layered a light purple Prima flower with a dark purple one and added a light purple brad to the center & adhered it in the middle of the ribbons.

I then attached the matted image to the right side of the card leaving a larger border at the bottom. In the lover border I used Versamark ink to stamp "Happy Birthday" using white embossing powder & heat set it.

There you have it--My second Sketch Wednesday card!

Now...What's yours look like? I'll be looking forward to seeing it!

Happy Card Making!

Smiles,
Jennifer

• Stamps: Image- All Night Media, Sentiment-Studio G Clear Stamps
• Ink: Versafine Jet Black, Versamark
• Paper: Bazzill Cardstock, Patterned Paper- Karen Neuburger Hip Hip Hooray Mini dots and Stripes
• Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Ribbon-Offray, Bobbie M. Designs, and Paper Studio Ribbon Trends, Brads from Joann's Scrap Essentials, Prima Flowers, SU! Word Window Punch, Creative Beginnings White Embossing Powder

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I'm a Princess for the Day!

The Queen Kat Designs Bloggers Club is a club of crazy stamping bloggers that make all kinds of paper crafting projects. They feature 1 person each day and celebrate their creations. The Bloggers Club has featured over 100 people so far and they have quite a following. Not too long ago I received an email from Vicki of the QKD Bloggers club asking if I would like to be one of their featured Princesses.

Well, I am honored to say that today is my day! I am the featured QKD Princess for the day!



Thank you to Vicki and Tanis and the entire Royal Court at QKD for giving me this opportunity!



You can see my page here!



Have a great day!



Smiles,

'Crowned Princess' Jennifer



PS: Be sure to check my blog tomorrow for my second Card Sketch Wednesday Challenge! If you love card sketches, you're not going to want to miss it!

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Readers! It's time for you to challenge us!

For our Fun Filled Friday Blog Challenge on August 1st Kimmy and I are going to try something different. You, our readers, are going to challenge us! We will post a a card using the winning challenge on that Friday (Aug. 1st).

Please post a challenge for me to try by commenting on this blog post. Kimmy will pick a winner for me from your responses, and I will pick one for her from her blog responses. We may only pick one or a combination of a couple challenges to make our cards.

There's an advantage to posting a challenge for us--We're giving away blog candy to the person/persons who post the winning challenge(s). You have until Monday July 21st to post your challenge comments. We will announce the challenge winners on Sunday July 27.

So put those thinking caps on and challenge us by Monday, July 21st! Don't forget to post a challenge for Kimmy as well.

I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Happy challenging!!!!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Dimensional Glaze Challenge

Well, It's Sunday...time for our Fun Filled Friday Challenge Announcement!

Kimmy has challenge us to use Dimensional Glaze this week on our Fun Filled Friday Card.

I've been using Diamond Glaze so much lately I'll have to put my thinking cap on see if I can come up with something different. You'll be able to see what I come up with this Friday, July 18th, when I post my challenge card, right here on my blog.

Were you aware that Kimmy is giving away monthly blog candy to those who participate in our Fun Filled Friday challenges? Check out her post here so you can read all the details. Everyone loves Blog Candy, so Come On! Give it a try. I'd love to see what unique ideas everyone has with Diensional Glaze. It really has a ton of uses!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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I've been Tagged!

Yesterday, I was tagged by a friend of mine, Teresa from the Stamp Shack.

Here are the rules...

Each player answers questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answers.

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What were you doing Ten Years Ago?
This would have been the summer between my Freshman and Sophomore years in college, at Michigan State University! I would have been spending my summer working for a Stock Brokerage firm in downtown Detroit. I was paid $12.00 an hour (Can you believe that back then!) to assist the Brokers by answering phones, doing mass mailings, copying documents, typing, and sorting mail and filing. Basically, I was a Receptionist. It was a great job and it helped me save for college.

Five Things in Today's "To Do" List ...
1. Work
2. Go to Cousin's Graduation Party
3. Shop for vase decor for living room
4. Get work uniform & lunch ready for tomorrow
5. Go to bed early--need to be up at 4:30am for work! (YUCK!)

I'm addicted to... my computer, card making, scrapbooking, eating sweets after meals, Gray's Anatomy (Can't wait for the new season to start!)

Things I Would Do If I Were a Millionaire...
#1 Pay off all debt! Share a portion with every family member, invest some of it, take a long vacation in the tropics, & buy some stamps & crafting tools that I have been wishing for of course!

Places I have Lived:
Sterling Heights, MI
East Lansing, MI
Roseville, MI
St. Clair Shores, MI
Macomb, MI

Go check them out! I am tagging:
Kimmy
Beth
Barb
Kim
Vicki
Jovi

Have fun reading & playing!
Jennifer

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Christmas in July!

Happy Fun Filled Friday! I challenged Kimmy to make Christmas in July cards this week.

Happy Holly-days!

I colored the holly image with Prismacolor Pencils and blended the colors with Gamsol. I trimmed the white cardstock around the image, and chalked the white area with brown chalk to tone the white down a bit. Then I matted the image twice--once with green cardstock, then again with red cardstock. I added a large red brad in the center below the image and then places a smaller green brad on either side of it. I used a white gel pen to accent the highlighted areas of the holly berries.

I made the card base for a A2 size card (4.25" x 5.5") in red cardstock. I adhered the Holly patterned paper on top of the base. I cut a 4 1/8" x 1.5" piece of the polka dot paper and matted it with green cardstock. I layered it on the cardstock base near the bottom. I placed the matted image over it so the top corners of it were placed just at the edge of the base.

Next I stamped the sentiment on white cardstock, used brown chalk to toned the whiteness down again, and used Stickles on the little holly image. After it was dry I matted it with red cardstock then adhered it across the polka dot pattern paper, but also so it covered up the lower portion of the image diamond.

• Stamps: Holly Image-Stamps by Judith, Sentiment by Northwoods Rubber Stamps
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Pattern Paper: Holly paper-DCWV, Polkadot paper-Imaginisce
• Ink-Staz On Onyx Black
• Accessories: Opaque White Gelly Roller Pen, Red Brad-Joann's Scrap Essentials, Green Brads- American Crafts, Stickles by Ranger, chalk by Inkadinkado

This was a rather quick & easy card to make & love its antique look! Don't forget to check out Kimmy's Christmas in July card. Her card is a cute one!

Have you made a Christmas in July card? Have you recently participated in one of our Fun Filled Friday challenges? Make sure to post a link to your card on Kimmy's blog. She's randomly giving away blog candy to those who participate in our Fun Filled Friday Challenges. You can find the details here.

The 2 challenges we've had in July so far are:
July 4th-Patriotic Cards

July 11th-Christmas in July Cards.

Hope you'll play along!

Have a great Weekend!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Card Sketch Wednesday #1

Starting today I will offer sketch challenges on my blog every Wednesday. If your an avid card maker like I am, you probably love to try out new sketches! You'll even have a chance to win some goodies! Read on...

Sketch Wednesday Challenge Details:
The details are pretty simple--make a card of any theme you choose utilizing the card sketch posted on my blog and then on the sketch challenge announcement post, reply with a comment posting a link to your blog or online gallery so that everyone can view how you utilized the sketch. You have all month to complete each challenge. So there is no confusion, a "month" runs from the first day of the month through the last day of the month--example July 1st-July 31st.

Bonus Opportunity for Participating in Sketch Wednesday Challenges:

Each month, I will assign a number in order from all of the comments/links posted from all qualifying participant weekly sketch challenge cards and draw one lucky winner for a package of blog candy from me! All of the blog candy goodies that I will offer will be craft/card making related--embellishments, ink pads, images, stamps, ribbon, punches etc.

July 9, 2008-Sketch Wednesday #1:

** Please note: blog candy duration for July will run from July 9th through July 31st. For any card utilizing this sketch, please comment with a link to your challenge card here on this post.

Here's the first sketch! Have fun & Enjoy!

Here's my card!

• Stamps: Sunflower-Kodomo Inc., Sentiment-Amuse
• Ink: Staz On Jet Black
• Image colored with Prismacolor Pencils and blended with Gamsol
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Patterned Paper: DCWV
• Ribbon: Michaels-Dashes, Dots, and Checks
• Accessories: Buttons-Button Ups Adhesive Buttons-Stickopotamus

I can't wait to see your cards! Make sure to post the links to them here, on this post, so we all know where to look to see them.

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Get Ready For Sketch Wednesdays!

Starting tomorrow I will begin hosting Card Sketch Challenges every Wednesday. Are you up for the challenge? I hope you'll play along...You can win some goodies! Read on for more details...

Sketch Wednesday Challenge Details:
The details are pretty simple--make a card of any theme you choose utilizing the card sketch posted on my blog and then, on the sketch challenge announcement post, reply with a comment posting a link to your blog or online gallery so that everyone can view how you utilized the sketch. You have all month to complete each weekly challenge, so NO pressure! For clarification purposes, a "month" runs from the first day of the month through the last day of the month--example July 1st-July 31st.

Bonus Opportunity for Participating in Sketch Wednesday Challenges:

Each month, I will assign a number in order from all of the comments/links posted from all qualifying sketch challenge cards and draw one lucky winner for a package of blog candy from me! All of the blog candy goodies that I will offer will be craft/card making related--embellishments, ink pads, images, stamps, ribbon, punches etc.

The first sketch will be posted tomorrow morning, so get ready to play! I too, will be playing along every week, and I will display my first challenge card tomorrow as well.

Of course if you have any questions regarding my Sketch Challenge Wednesdays feel free to email me by clicking here.

Hope you have a Great day!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Christmas in July!

Now that the 4th of July has past, it's time to start thinking about Christmas! OK, not really, but for this weeks Fun Filled Friday Challenge I've challenged Kimmy to make Christmas in July cards. (I've actually seen the stores bringing out Halloween and Thanksgiving stuff already--can you believe it!?!?!)



If you horde your stamps like I do, then I'm sure you have brand new Christmas stamps that have never been inky! Well, go get 'em. It's time to make some Christmas cards! Hey, if you start now you can have all of them handmade & ready to send! So, get cardmakin' and let me see your green and red!



Hope you'll play along with this challenge this week. I look forward to seeing some Christmas cards made by my readers!



Have a Great Week!



Smiles,

Jennifer

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Happy 4th of July!

Hope everyone is having a nice & relaxing Holiday today! I'm working this morning, but this afternoon I'm off to my Aunt's house for a BBQ and pool party. Then, later in the evening DH and I are going to sit outside & watch everyone else's firework displays!

In honor of 4th of July today, Kimmy challenged us to make Patriotic cards for our Fun Filled Friday challenge today. When she mentioned she wanted to do this theme, I realized in looking through my stamps I didn't have any patriotic stamps at all. I was saved by many of my friends at the Stamp Shack, who graciously sent me patriotic images from many different companies.

I decided to use this flag image from Serendipity Stamps. Many of you may recognize the Independence Day tag stamp from Stampin' Up.

To make this card, first I colored the flag image with Prismacolor Pencils and blended the colors with Gamsol. Next, I matted the image a few times with Bazzill cardstock and added icicle Stickles to the stars on the flag. While the stars were drying I made the blue cardstock base.

This finished card measures 4.75" x 6.5". I matted the firework patterned paper to white cardstock, then adhered the matted flag image to it. I used my 1 inch punch to punch out the Independence Day Tag and used my Cricut to mat it in blue cardstock. Next, I used my Marvy Uchida punch to punch the scallop in red. I matted them all together as shown and then adhered that to the space above the flag with Pop Dots. I added the blue and red star ribbon by Paper Studio Ribbon Trends at the bottom, then adhered the entire front to the cardstock base.

Hope you enjoy this one! I had fun working with Red, White, and Blue this week!

Have you made a Patriotic cards this week? Leave me a comment & post the link. I'd love to see your cards!

Have a wonderful Holiday Weekend!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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