Oh Canada!

The Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs challenge theme for this week is Oh Canada! We want you to create projects with a Canadian theme, and anything goes! Get out your Maple leaf stamps & start stamping!

My challenge project uses the jolly Canada Beaver. I colored him with Bic & Copic Markers and layered him using cardstock cut with my Nesties. I once again used the Cut-Out Technique around his tail.

Don't have any Canadian Stamps? Then we want you to think out side the box as I did with this card below. I used a maple leaf cut-out and inked around it while it was in a Nesties die to create the background.




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 #17 Blog Post, so we can view it. If you upload to an online gallery, please use the keyword S&D17.

This week's prize is a $10 Gift Certificate to Sunflowers and Dragonflies on line Store! Deadline for this challenge is next Friday November 20th.

Make sure to check out the other S&D DT members to see what they created for their Oh Canada Challenge project!

Beth N.

Kim

Beth U.

Happy Stamping!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Sports Rock!

I'm still trying to get back into my daily routine since my Great-Aunts passing. Thank you all for all of your caring comments and prayers you left me earlier this week. I greatly appreciate all of the support. Today, I'd like to welcome you back to another Sunflowers & Dragonflies Blog Challenge!

This weeks challenge is all about Sports! So, get out those stamps and embellishments that have footballs, baseballs and bats, Hockey pucks and sticks etc. and come play along with us this week.

For my challenge project this week, I used the Sunflowers and Dragonflies Fishing Beaver stamp. I'm featuring the sport of Fishing this week!

Stamps: Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs- Fishing Beaver
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Martha Stewart Pigment Ink
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by The Paper Company, American Crafts, and Bazzill
Accessories: Bic & Copic Markers, Cuttlebug and Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles Embossing Folder, Ribbon by Michael's Dashes, Dots, and Checks, and Ribbon Fx, SU! Photo Corner Punch, Brads by All My Memories, Spiral Clip by The Paper Studio
Finished Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

It's been quite awhile since I've played with the Splitcoast weekly sketch challenge. For the sake of ease transitioning into my daily routine I let it work for me this week and was able to create this card rather quickly using SC253 for my layout.

The Fishing Beaver image was colored with Bic & Copic markers. I sponged blue ink around the upper portion of the image for the sky & green ink on the bottom for grass. I used marker to draw in the blades of grass.

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 #16 Blog Post, so we can view it. If you upload to an online gallery, please use the keyword S&D16.

This week's prize is a $10 gift certificate to the Sunflowers and Dragonflies Store!

Deadline for this challenge is next Friday November 6th.

Good Luck & Have a wonderful weekend!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Shaped Card Challenge!

Today Begins the 7th challenge from the Sunflowers and Dragonflies DT! This week we're challenging you to create shaped cards. Yep, that's right--no squares or rectangles allowed! We're getting really creative this week!

Feel free to create your own Shaped card and post it on the challenge post on the S&D Blog for your chance to win! Anyone can play along in the challenge and we hope you will! There are no limits on time or supplies. Of course we’d prefer that you use images by Sunflowers and Dragonflies, but feel free to use other images. However, there is a bonus if you do use a Sunflowers and Dragonflies Image, you'll receive an extra entry in the drawing for the Nestability set! So, if you have any S&D stamps it would be worth it to use them!

This weeks prize is a set of Nestabilities Labels Two!!!!

Please post a direct link to your challenge project from either your blog or an online gallery to the Sunflowers and Dragonflies Blog, so we can view it. If you upload to an online gallery, please use the keyword S&D7. Deadline is next Friday September 11th.

Here's the Fish Shaped Birthday card for Dad that I made for this challenge! It's a little awkward looking, but I think he turned out fairly cute considering I made him by hand. I have to admit, he looks alot better than the one I had envisioned in my head for this.

To make this card, I first colored the S&D Fishing Beaver image with markers. I added black letter stickers to the side of my image to spell out "Dad." I used Nesties to cut the image out & mat it. The fish card base was created by folding the dark green cardstock in half for the base and I used my circle Coluzzle to cut out a partial circle for the fish's head along the fold. Then I just used scissors to cut out the tail the same way.

I wanted to create the look of scales on the fish's tail, but I didn't have the time or patience to cut little circles out and paste them on one by one. I found that my Fiskars Treading Water Border punch worked just as well and it made it easy after I punched the border from a few colors of 12 x 12 cardstock. The fish's fins were extra cardstock that was added to the card base after the fact. I used the ribbon to cover up the cardstock seams where they were attached. I hand drew the eye with a Gel pen.


I cut the lips out of cardstock by hand and just adhered the piece to the side of the card front. His little face just makes me laugh--I had to get a close up of those fish lips. Pretty funny huh?

Stamps: Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs- Fishing Beaver
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by American Crafts
Accessories: Bic Markers, Nesties, Circle Coluzzle,Fiskars Treading Water Border Punch, Black and White Gelly Roll Pens, Plaid Ribbon by The Paper Studio, Brown Ribbon By Offray, Black Alphabet letter stickers by Pioneer.
Finished Card Size: 6.5" x 4.25"

Thanks for visiting here today! I hope you've enjoyed your stay. I appreciate you stopping by and I welcome all of your comments. If you have any please feel free to ask as well.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!


Smiles,
Jennifer

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Oval Nestabilities up for grabs!

Just a reminder that the Sunflowers and Dragonflies blog challenge this week is to create a card or project with paper piecing. You could win an oval Nestability set for your efforts! Post a link to your entry on the challenge post for your chance to win. Hurry--drawing is tomorrow Friday July 17th!

Here's what I did for the challenge.

Also, this cute fella is available for purchase at 20% off, this week only. You can find the details regarding this sale on the challenge post link I list above.

Good Luck!


Smiles,
Jennifer

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Gone Fishing!

Here's another cute and fabulous image from Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs! I just love this lil guy, and I'm sure you can plan on seeing more of him (and his friends too!)

Got any fishermen in your life? This would make a great masculine birthday or Father's day card. If the man in your life isn't into fishing, be sure to check out his friends, like the Hockey Beaver and the Basketball Beaver. They'd make great masculine cards too! I like that these images are versatile--cute enough for us girls to color and create cards with, yet masculine enough for men and boys to receive them too!

This Fishing Beaver image was fun and easy to color! I colored him with Prismacolor Pencils and blended the colors with Gamsol. I also used a stipple brush and creamy brown ink to shade in the background around the image. The little bit of red you see peeking out of the corners are actually photo corners tucked under the mat.

I added Diamond Glaze to his tackle box to give it that metal look. I love making things on my cards look realistic!

Hope you've enjoyed this one as much as I have!

Stamps: Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs- Fishing Beaver
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink in Lipstick Red and Creamy Brown
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by The Paper Company and Bazzill, Plaid pattern paper by Rocky Mountain Scrapbook Company
Accessories: Brads by Making Memories, SU! Photo Corner Punch, Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Diamond Glaze
Finished Card Size: 5 3/8" x 5 3/4"

Thanks for visiting today and everyday. I appreciate it!

Stay tuned for tomorrow's Card Sketch Wednesday. I plan on sharing some green beer with you! (wink!) I'm sure I have you curious now, but you'll just have to wait till tomorrow to see it!

Have a wonderful day!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Canadian Beaver!

Believe it or not, one thing I'm happy about now that my vacation is over is getting back to stamping. It was a nice break & now it's time to put all of my fresh ideas into play!

Awhile ago Beth, from Sunflowers and Dragonflies, asked me to be a part of her DT so I have been playing with her stamps for several months now. I'm so happy to be able to share these projects with you now!

Here's one I made with the Sunflowers and Dragonflies Canada Beaver.

Can you see all of the Canadian Pride in this Jolly Fella? I think he's just too cute in his Maple Leaf shirt!

I colored him with markers and then stamped him again so that I could cut out the maple leaf from his shirt. I used this as a stencil, laid in a small plain circle Nestie to create the background paper, using red ink and a sponge dauber. I also used my Nesties to create the scalloped edge.

Stamps: Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs Canada Beaver
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink in Warm Red
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by The Paper Company
Accessories: Bic markers, Nesties, Brads by American Crafts

I'm still waiting for my new rubber from DRS Designs and with the US President's Day Holiday this week, my mail is postponed even more. Until then, I'll be busy playing with my new stuff from Sunflowers and Dragonflies. I'll share more cards with Canadian flair often this week. Stay Tuned...

Thanks for visiting today--see you tomorrow!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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