Graduation...

is right around the corner.  Are you ready?

Run over to the DRS Designs Blog to see my post that will give you a few ideas on cards you can make for this years Grads.

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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So Good You could Almost Eat It!

Have you missed me?  

I know I haven't posted much in the last 2 weeks since my Grandpa's passing and the little get-away I was at over the weekend. 

I've spent the last 4 days with the girls from the Stamp Shack for a stamping weekend at the Potawatomi Inn in Indiana.  Basically, it's a 4 day crop called Shackapolooza!  This is our 3rd consecutive year doing this.  We stay at a beautiful hotel in a State Park and rent out one of their conference rooms as our crop room for the weekend! It was tons of fun! There's nothing like getting the girls together, stamping, laughing and snacking for 4 whole days!  

Over the entire weekend I learned several new techniques and created about 13 cards!  This is a huge success for me.  Usually I am too busy running my mouth and looking at what everyone else is doing rather than concentrating on my own projects.  However, I was bound and determined to make this year different and I really got a lot done!

One of the cards I made/played with is this Birthday card.

The cake, candle and inside sentiment are all by DRS Designs.  This is also the first time I've ever created an easel card.  I'm not too sure I like the easel part of this card, but I do love the way that cake looks!

It's almost good enough to eat! Doesn't the frosting look real? I created it using white Liquid Applique and real Betty Crocker Sprinkles!

Hope you have a great Monday. Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Calling All Designers!

DRS Designs is holding a DT Call to add talented stampers to their design team. The info here was copied from the DRS Designs website.  Applications deadline is Tuesday, May 4th. New team members will be announced by May 7th.

DESIGN TEAM ESSENTIALS

DRSdesigners must:

♦ have a daily blog and post/promote DRS Designs minimum once per week.

♦ submit 8-10 completed cards per release, using only DRS Designs, by the due date given (usually 2-3 weeks).

♦ post submitted cards to Splitcoaststampers and Paper Craft Planet galleries.

♦ post to the DRS Designs blog according to the team schedule (usually 1x per week)

♦ visit and comment on DRSdesigners individual blogs.

♦ post (on your blog) links to DRS Designs online store, DRS Designs blog, and fellow DRSdesigners blogs

♦ participate in special blog events (ie, hops, challenges etc.)

♦ create and use background papers using DRS Designs Easy Background designs.

Team Members will commit to a minimum term of six months. After that time, a determination will be made between DRS and the designer whether to extend the term.

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Design Team Members will receive:

♦ A Welcome Package of DRS Designs Rubber Stamps (approx. value of $125)

♦ Monthly (or thereabouts) shipments of DRS Designs Rubber Stamps (average retail value of $85)

♦ Discount on all items in our online store (free shipping if order coincides with monthly shipment)

 

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Interested applicants should e-mail the following information to samantha@drsdesigns.com by May 4th for consideration. Please use 'DT Application' in the subject line of your message.

 

♦ Name and contact information

♦ Photos of 3 cards or projects (bonus points for using DRS Designs Rubber Stamps ;)

♦ Links to your blog and online galleries

♦ Current design team responsibilities

 

Only applications from The United States and Canada will be accepted. New members will begin their term in June 2010.

 

We are excited to be adding to our team and meeting new people! We look forward to viewing all of your wonderful creations.

 

DRSdesigners

DRS Designs Rubber Stamps

http://www.drsdesigns.com/

http://www.drsdesignsblog.blogspot.com/

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SD38 No Layers!

The Sunflowers and Dragonflies team is creating cards without layers for our challenge this week.

I used Sunflowers and Dragonflies Alice in Wonderland image and sentiment to create this "Some Bunny Loves You" card.

I colored Alice with Copic Markers, and used the masking technique to shade around her using a Nestie die as a stencil.  The sentiment was stamped in black ink and I used an EK Success heart border punch and my Score Pal to create a bit of dimension without using layers!

Feel free to play along with this sketch if you'd like, and if you do, please link me up so I can see what you came up with.  Unfortunately Beth’s Blog is corrupted and is still getting fixed!  We won't have any prizes for the challenges until things are up and running, so please be patient with us.   

In the mean time, you can browse the other S&D DT Blogs to see how everyone else used this sketch!

Beth

Jerusha

Kim

Karen

Cathy

Thanks for visiting today and have a great weekend!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Congratulations!

Thanks so much for all of your prayers and thoughtfulness as I dealt with the passing of my Grandfather this week.  Things have been quite stressful, and I'm glad to finally have some time to myself and just relax in my stamping room.


We just had new neighbors move in next door and I created this card a while ago to welcome them to the neighborhood. 

I thought this cute Shoe House (L1069) by DRS Designs was perfect! I colored it with Copic Markers and masked off the edges with some Post-It Notes. Then I sponged light blue ink around the image and peeled off the Post Its.  I love the white border created by the masking.

"Congratulations" was taken from DRS Designs Warm and Snug sentiment (H131).

Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Sad News

My Grandpa has been sick for quite some time, and his suffering has finally ended.  He passed away peacefully Sunday afternoon.  I will be spending a lot of time with my family this week, and won't have time to work in my scrap room or blog.  Please bear with me during this difficult time and please keep my family in your prayers.

(Three cross image by DRS Designs.) 

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SD37 Getting Sketchy!

The Sunflowers and Dragonflies team is playing with this sketch for our challenge this week.

I used Sunflowers and Dragonflies Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Cupcake image and sentiment from the Cupcake Set to create this "Chocolate is a girl's Best Friend" card.

I colored the cupcake image with Copic Markers.  The sentiment was stamped in black ink and I used an EK Success punch, a few brads, and some yummy ribbon to embellish it up a bit.

Feel free to play along with this sketch if you'd like, and if you do, please link me up so I can see what you came up with.  Unfortunately Beth’s Blog is corrupted and is still getting fixed!  We won't have any prizes for the challenges until things are up and running, so please be patient with us.   

In the mean time, you can browse the other S&D DT Blogs to see how everyone else used this sketch!
Beth
Jerusha
Kim
Karen
Rose
Cathy

Thanks for visiting today and have a great weekend!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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The Difference Between Cats and Dogs!

Hooray for Friday!  

I'm excited today becuase I'm enjoying a 3 day weekend!  These kinds of weekends don't come around for me very often working in a hospital so sometimes I just have to create my own long weekends, and that's exactly what I did!

As I mentioned earlier this week, I've seemed to have lost my crafting mojo a bit.  I think it's slowly on the mend, but it's definitely affected by the nicer weather we've had lately.  One of the projects I was able to complete this week is this card that tells about the difference between cats and dogs.

But...

...It's my day to post on the DRS Designs Blog, so you'll have to check it out over there!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous weekend!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Birthday Test!

How would you like to poke a bit of fun on your family and friends for their birthday?  This Birthday Test image (L248) was just released by DRS Designs this past weekend.  I also used the new Circle Spiro Design (P158) stamp to decorate this card. I think this Birthday greeting is hilarious, and I can actually see the duck and the rabbit! Can you?

Smiles,

Jennifer

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"Toad"ally Wonderful Day!

Happy Tuesday Friends!
Hope you all had a wonderful Easter and Spring Break.  After a few days off I'm finally trying to get back into the groove.  So far so good, but I've seemed to have lost my mojo.  Lucky for me, I still have a few cards to show you that I made for DRS Designs latest release.  I hope to have things back in full gear by the end of the week so that I have projects to post next week.  I guess we'll see (wink!)!

 

Today I'm showing off that cute little "Frog on A Log" (H252) again. The "Toad"ally Wonderful sentiment (E455) and the sea grass (L128) you see in the background are also by DRS Designs.

I colored the Frog on a Log with Copic Markers.  The sentiment was cut out using my Nesties, and I inked around the inside of it while it was still in my Nesties die.  The sea grass was stamped in Versamark just to give a bit of texture to the background.

 

Well, thanks for visiting today.  I hope you enjoyed it!


Have a good day!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Orange, Yellow Blue!

The Sunflowers and Dragonflies team is playing with the colors Orange, Yellow and Blue today!

Just in time for Easter, I created this card using the White Rabbit stamp from the Alice and Wonderland series.

Alice was colored with Copic Markers, and the background was sponged with blue and green ink for the sky and grassy areas.  The sentiment is by Great Impressions.

I appreciate you visiting today!

Have a Wonderful and Blessed Easter!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Faith

I know the situation doesn't come up very often, but after someone has surgery do you find yourself scrambling to create a card to wish them a speedy recovery?  Often, a typical Get Well card isn't appropriate becuase they're not sick.  DRS Designs just came out with some new stamps yesterday and I've used one of them to create a special type of "Speedy Recovery" after surgery card.

Here's a sneek peek...

...but you'll have to run over to the DRS Designs site to see it.  :-)

Thanks for checking it out!

Have a great weekend!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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