S&D Color Challenge: Pink, Orange, And Lime Green

The Sunflowers and Drangonflies DT is playing with color again for this weeks challenge. What can you do with the colors Pink, Orange and Lime green?

I used Rachelle Anne Miller's Picking Flowers image as the main image on my challenge card.  The layout follows this week's Splitcoast Sketch challenge.

This weeks prize is a $15 Gift Certificate to the Sunflowers and Dragonflies store.  Stamps, Paper, Embellishments etc, you can pick your prize this week just for playing along!

To be eligible for this weeks prize drawing, please post a direct link to your challenge project from either your blog or an online gallery to the Sunflowers and Dragonflies Blog, specifically on the Challenge #31 Blog Post, so we can view it. If you upload to an online gallery, please use the keyword SD31.


Deadline for this challenge is next Friday, March 5th.


Good Luck!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Easter Sneak Peek

I have an Easter card to share with you today, but since it's my day to post on the DRS Designs Blog you'll have to go over there to see it. 

Here's a little peek!

Happy Friday to you all!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Irish Eyes!

Watch out for those Irish Eyes! LOL!  Isn't this new saying from DRS Designs cute!?!?!

The image is also from their latest release.  I colored it with Copic markers and the sentiments were stamped with SU! Glorious Green ink.

I'm looking forward to St. Patty's Day...Are you?

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Luck O' The Irish

Can you believe it's almost March? It won't be long before the first quarter of the the year is here and gone!  This time of year my family gets very excited about St. Patrick's Day, and we're not even Irish!  I was remembering memories of previous days spent at the St. Patrick's Day parade while making this card.  Both the image and sentiment are part of DRS Designs lastest release.  

 

Does your family do anything special for St. Patty's Day?

Smiles,

Jennifer

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It's Easter, Cool Beans!

I'm have a lot of fun playing with DRS Designs new St. Patty's Day and Easter images.  I used this week's CPS Sketch to create this quick and easy Easter card.

 

I created the background by stamping the new Jelly Bean Jumble Background on white cardstock, and colored all the jelly beans with Copic markers. I love those pastel colors together!

So, are you ready for Easter?  After yesterdays huge snow fall, I'm ready for anything Spring. I've had enough of the cold weather and snow!

I say "Bring on the Bunny!"

Smiles,

Jennifer

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You've Always "Bean" A Wonderful Friend!

It's hard for me to sit here today and type up blog posts about Spring and Easter when we're experiencing one of the biggest snow falls of the year today!  At this point snow has been falling for about 8 hours, we have about 3-4 inches on the ground and were expecting about 8 inches total.  Yikes!  It's days like today that I really wish the hospital could have "snow days!"  I'm going to stay focused on blogging about the Spring and Easter projects I have to share with you this week and NOT look out my window!  I guess you could say this is all a bit of wishful thinking, huh?

Well, if you haven't had a chance to see the new images DRS Designs just released this past Saturday, you're in for a treat! Not only are these new stamps fun, but they've also redesigned their website and blog! Make sure to run over and check both out.

The card I have to share with you today uses one of the new images, Jelly Bunny Bean and a new sentiment, "Bean A Wonderful Friend!"  

I colored this image with Copic markers.  The sentiment was stamped with SU! Close To Cocoa and then I sponged light blue ink around it while it was still in the Nestie die.  A touch of grograin ribbon made this card complete!

Thanks to all of you for your patience while I was out of town a few weeks ago and last week while I was playing catch up. I'm glad to say that I'm back to my regular posting schedule!

Hope you all have a wonderful Monday!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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A Sketch For Amber

Happy Saturday to you!

Today I have another Sunflowers and Dragonflies Sketch Challenge to share.  Are you ready to play along?

I used this sketch to create a card using Amber from Sunflowers and Dragonflies Beautiful Life Series.

Amber was colored with Copic Markers.  I used designer paper from Basic Grey's Euphoria Collection and Prima flowers, both available at the Sunflowers and Dragonflies store. 


This week's prize is a $15 Gift Certificate to the Sunflowers and Dragonflies store.  Please post a direct link to your challenge project from either your blog or an online gallery to the Sunflowers and Dragonflies Blog, specifically on the Challenge #30 Blog Post, so we can view it. If you upload to an online gallery, please use the keyword SD30.


Deadline for this challenge is next Friday, February 26th.
Good Luck!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Looking Forward to Spring!

Happy Friday to you all!

Well, I'm glad to report that I spent majority of yesterday coloring new images from DRS Designs and I created 4 cards from start to finish, with more to complete today!  It felt so good to get back in to my stamping room.  It's so relaxing to just let the creative juices flow!  Here's a sneak peek of one of the cards I made.

Run over to the DRS Designs blog to see the entire card and its details.  Just by the colors, I bet you can tell I'm looking forward to Spring!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Back To The Grind!

I apologize for my lack of posting last week.  My husband and I were out of town for the week and things were crazy as I tried to prepare projects and blog posts before I left.  After I completed the projects due for some deadlines there wasn't much time for playing in my stamp room and blogging about it.  

We traveled about 5 hours North to Michigan's Upper Pennisula to go snowmobiling for 5 days.  Over the course of the trip we covered about 400 miles on our snowmobiles in Michigan's Winter Wonderland.  Yes, it was cold, but we had a great time!  One of the stops we made was in Tahquamenon Falls.  Here are some pictures of the frozen and not-so-frozen waterfall. This is one of my favorite places to go to on our snowmobile.  It's absolutely beautiful!

So, tomorrow is back to the grind for me after having a week off of work.  But, on a much happier note, I came home to a huge package of rubber from DRS Designs for their next release, which will be here very soon! :-)  Please bear with me over next few days--I anticipate my next post to be on Thursday.  I have a ton of laundry to do and it will take a bit of time to mount, stamp and color my new stamps/images before I can create cards with them.  I should be back to my regular posting schedule by the end of the week. 

Thanks for being patient, for all of your wonderful comments, and for visiting often.  I greatly appreciate it and look forward to posting very soon!

Have a great day!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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S&D #29 Red, Cream and Pink!

Sunflowers and Dragonflies is getting ready for Valentine's Day this week with a color challenge!  This challenge is all about Red, Cream, and Pink! Won't you join us?

Here's my Red, Cream, and Pink card.

This weeks prize is 2 Stampavie stamps! Yes, mix and match 2 Rachelle Anne Miller or Sarah Kay stamps!!!

To be eligible for this weeks prize drawing, please post a direct link to your challenge project from either your blog or an online gallery to the Sunflowers and Dragonflies Blog, specifically on the Challenge #29 Blog Post, so we can view it. If you upload to an online gallery, please use the keyword SD29.

Deadline for this challenge is next Friday, February 19th.

Good Luck!

Smiles,

Jennifer

PS: Hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day!

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Happy Valentine's Day!

I created a fun Valentine to share with you today, but since it's my day to post on the DRS Designs Blog you'll have to run over there to check it out. 

Here's a sneak peek to convince you!

;-)

Happy Friday to you all and have a great weekend!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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DRS Designs and Tuesday Morning!

Want to win some great prizes this week?  Ready for a fun Sketch Challenge?  Well, Look no further! DRS Designs is sponsoring this week's Tuesday Morning Sketch!

I created this Get Well card for the challenge.   I love the clean and simple layout of the sketch.  I was able to whip this card up quickly.  It helps to always have pre-colored images on hand! 

Both the image and sentiment are by DRS Designs.  It's been a while since Leonard has been seen on my blog! I'm glad he's back, but sorry he has the Sickday Blues!   I colored him with Copic markers.  The "Cured Yet" sentiment is a perfect match for him, and it's bound to cheer up anyone who's feeling a little bit icky!

I look forward to seeing your version of this sketch!

Hope you have a wonderful Tuesday!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Gettin' Sketchy with S&D!

Today begins a sketch challenge over at the Sunflowers and Dragonflies Blog.  It's challenge #28!  We hope that you'll play along!

I used Chesire Cat from Sunflowers and Dragonflies Alice in Wonderland series as my focal image on my challenge card.

I colored Alice with Copic Markers.  I used the masking technique to sponge ink for the sky and grass.  I used Prima flowers, leaves and Basic Grey's Euphoria paper all from the Sunflowers and Dragonflies store to accent the image.

One lucky participant will receive a package of Prima Flowers and a package of Basic Grey paper, both of your choice, just for playing along!

To be eligible for this weeks prize drawing, please post a direct link to your challenge project from either your blog or an online gallery to the Sunflowers and Dragonflies Blog, specifically on the Challenge #28 Blog Post, so we can view it. If you upload to an online gallery, please use the keyword SD28.

Deadline for this challenge is next Friday, February 12th.

Good Luck!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Are You Ready For The Big Game?

Happy Friday!

I posted some fun Super Bowl Party Invitations on the DRS Designs Blog today.  No worries regardless which team you're rooting for--I created invites for both teams!  

Click HERE to check them out. 

Have a great weekend and enjoy the game!  

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Bee-Cause You're Special!

Buzz, Buzz...I'm a bit bee-hind (sorry, couldn't resist) trying to accomplish a long to-do list, so today's post is "short and sweet" and my card for today is "clean and simple!" 

 I love these fun bees and this sentiment from DRS Designs.  Since there isn't much to color here, this card was pretty quick to just stamp and assemble.  I used Copic markers to color the 2 tiny Bitsy Bees (A1020) and the larger Happy Bee (C561).  The  "Bee-cause You're Special" (F544) sentiment is perfect just stamped in plain black.  I love the design of the sentiment.  I see it resembling the motion of flying and giving this card a care-free feel.  Speaking of flying and wings...waiting for the Stickles on the Bee's wings to dry was most involved part of this card.  Stickles are wonderful, aren't they?  They gave this card the extra punch it needed since it was on the simpler side, and a bit of sparkle always makes everything better, right?

Buzz, buzz, well, that's it for today.   Buzz, buzz, Hope you have a great one!

Smiles,

Jennifer

PS: Sorry to have to add word verification for those of you who leave comments.  I've noticed a huge increase in some unwanted stalkers over the last few days.  Once things quiet down a bit, I'll turn it back off.  Thanks for your understanding. :-) 

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Best Fishes!

 I made this card quite a while ago, but I don't think it was ever posted on my blog.  I submitted it to a few magazines for publishing, and unfortunately,  it was never selected. :-(  I think this is one of my favorites!  There's some thing about these fish from Rubbernecker that make a great Birthday card!  Don't you agree?

I colored them with Prismacolor Pencils and blended the colors with Gamsol.  I shaded the background with blue chalk to resemble water.   The entire scene was created by using the masking technique and only 2 stamps.  It was so much fun to create!  The tag was computer generated and says "Best Fishes For A Wonderful Birthday!"  I added some dimension to this card by adhering it to the card front with foam tape.

Thanks for visiting today.  I hope you all have a wonderful Monday!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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I Don't Do Mornings, Especially On Mondays!

Oh how true and how appropriate for today!  The weekends just fly right by, don't they?  I hope this doesn't mean that it's going to be a long week!  Today's card reveals to you just how I feel! I think I'm going to need an extra cup of coffee to get me moving today.  I created this card using this weeks CPS Sketch #152.  The image, "Ethel with Coffee Cup" and the sentiment are both from Rubbernecker.  She was colored with Copic markers.

Of course, the slippers just had to be fuzzy! I love Fun Flock!

Happy Monday to you all and thanks for taking the time to visit today!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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