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I've created this blog to share my life & love of paper crafts with others. You will read bits and pieces of what goes on in my world and be able to see my paper craft creations! Please leave me a comment if you see something you like. I'd love to hear from you!
Hi Friends! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
I had a nice restful weekend at home--visiting with family, got a massage and even had some time to myself to get a some stamping done! Here's one of the cards I made. I think these beer stamps from DRS Designs are hilarious! They make a perfect masculine birthday card or they could be great for St. Patrick's Day too!
I used the Large Beer Mug (557H) here as my focal point and colored it with Copic Markers. I created a banner to show off the bold part of the Beer is the Answer Greeting (486G) and embellished it with a button and twine. I popped it up with some foam tape and adhered it over the image as shown. I stamped the rest of the greeting on the bottom of my card front and added 2 black brads to the upper left corner.
For a realistic look, I added Diamond Glaze to the beer mug to make it look like glass. I love what Diamond Glaze adds to the elements on a card! I'm amazed at how real it looks and I often find myself admiring the finished product by running my fingers over the shiny area repeatedly. Do you like it as much as I do?
Hope you enjoyed today's card and I hope you'll be back to visit soon!
Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles,
Jennifer
With Valentine's Day right around the corner I've been stamping a lot of hearts lately, and with the challenge on the DRS Designs Blog being the word "Love" my challenge card is no exception.
I couldn't resist adding a little diamond glaze to their eyes to make them realistic--or does it make them a even more goofy?!?! LOL!
Hope you enjoyed seeing it!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Hi Friends!
Well, it's Thursday again, or should I say already?!?! Things have been really hectic lately and I'm feeling like I'm bearly staying above water. Just when I think I've got a good handle on this card making and blogging thing, life throws me a curve ball. So please accept my aplogies for not posting as often as I'd like to.
I found this Valentine's Day card in my stash to use for the Brads challenge on the DRS Designs blog this week. This was a card I made awhile ago and I submitted it to 2 different magazines for publication. Unfortunately, it was never selected, so its never been shown off on my blog before...until now!
Both stamps are by DRS Designs. The focal image is the Valentine Tree (976H) and the sentiment is the One Line Valentine Greeting (996D). The hearts on the tree were colored with Copic Markers and then I added Diamond Glaze to each one. I love how it makes them all look like tiny glass hearts! I think the light pink sponging around the tree makes it look really elegant too! This is one of my favorite cards yet!
I know brads are pretty much a card makers/stampers staple nowadays, so run over to the DRS blog and link up your latest creation to win! **Stamps by DRS Designs are not required!
Good luck and thanks for stopping by!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Hi Friends!
Well as promised, here is my first Christmas card design I created to send to my stamping friends.
I received a card made with this type of layout a while back and always wanted to try it. As you can see, I made it a point to use it for one of my Christmas cards this year. I love the unique folding style of this card! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find a tutorial on this specific kind of card, but it seems to be a cross between a Double Z-Fold card and a Gate Fold Card. Finished card size is A2-4.25" x 5.5"
I created my own background papers by stamping DRS Designs Polka Dot Background (688P) with red and green ink. I stamped it vertically with one color and then horizontally with the second color so that 2 colors weren't stamped on top of one another. It created a really fun pattern! The left half of the Happy "Holly" Days sentiment (888B) is adhered to the left panel and the right half of the Girl Swirl Holly (887G) is adhered to the right side of the card. The way the card is folded, it stays closed by tucking the left side panel behind the Holly image you see on the card front, and to open, you tug lightly on the the left panel, and it slides out from underneath the holly image. All of the edges were distressed lightly with green ink and I added Diamond Glaze to the holly berries to make them stand out.
Thanks for taking time to stop by today. I know this is a very busy time of year for everyone and I appreciate your visit more than ever!
Happy "Holly" Days,
Jennifer
The new challenge on the DRS Designs Blog this week is candles. I got a little creative and changed up the Holly Hurricane (164M) to look more harvest-like.
The candle, hurricane glass, and bow were colored with Copic Markers. I sponged light brown ink around the hurricane and then added a bit of yellow Stickles to the candle flame and then Diamond Glaze to the hurricane make it look like real glass. For the transition from a Christmas image to a Thanksgiving image, I stamped the Bunch of Wheat (137K) repeatedly, colored them with Copic Markers, fussy cut them out, and then arranged them over the bottom of the hurricane to cover up the holly. I replaced the bow that was originally there.
The new Thanksgiving Blessings Sentiment (637E) was broke up and stamped individually to fit the layout.
DRS Designs is giving away a great prize this week for this challenge. Check out all the details HERE and link up your card for a chance to win!
Thanks for stopping by, hope you'll be back soon!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Hi Everyone!
If you're a regular follower of mine or the DRS Blog then you're familiar with all of the Christmas In July Challenges the DRS DT has been doing. This week's challenge is Christmas in general again, but the DT is showing off the brand new Christmas stamps DRS Designs is releasing this weekend!! I can hardly contain my excitement about them and I'm glad I can finally show off a sneak peek!
I think this Merry and Bright card is my favorite of all of the cards I've made from this batch. Maybe it's the colors or the cute sentiment banner I added (which, I've never made before and love, love, love!) I'm wondering why I didn't try making this kind of banner a long time ago. All of the stamps I used to create this card are new and will be available for purchase this Saturday, July 28th. They include the White Christmas Text (259P) that I used to create the background, the Holiday Hurricane Lamp (253G) and the Merry and Bright Stars Greeting (333E).
The image was colored with Copic Markers and to dress it up a bit I added my favorite yellow Stickles to the flame. Then when it was dry I applied Diamond Glaze over the entire area of the hurricane glass to give it a realistic look.
I hope you like this card as much as I do!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Last week for DRS Designs Shape Up Challenge, I started Working on this cupcake card, but I had forgotten about the note I wrote to myself to try the Teepee card that was featured in the April issue of Scrap and Stamp Arts magazine. In the meantime, the cupcake card was put on the back burner and I started on my Teepee card from scratch. Luckily, this week's challenge on the DRS blog is all about food, so my cupcake card fit right in! Best part, is that I was already half done with this week's challenge project!
The first step to make this card was to hand draw the cupcake silhouette on white cardstock that was folded in half. The card opens upward, so the card fold is located under the cherry. Next, I created a template by tracing the cupcake silhouette on scrap paper. I cut it into two pieces, one for the bottom and the other for the top portion of the cupcake.
I used the bottom portion to cut the cupcake wrapper from brown cardstock. The edges were inked with Vintage Photo and then I stamped it with the Lines O' Plenty Background (366H). The upper portion of the cupcake was cut from pink cardstock and the edges were inked with Worn Lipstick. Then I stamped the frosting repeatedly with the Raindrop Background (1012H) in multiple colors to resemble sprinkles. The cherry was papercrafted by cutting a red cardstock circle with a Nestability die and hand drawing the center line. I added Diamond Glaze to it to make it look realistic and added a brown cardstock stem.
DRS Designs has a great food-themed prize to give away this week. Check out all the details for the challenge here, link up your Food For Thought card, and win!
Have a great day!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Hey Everybody! My Birthday's almost here!
As the Design Team Coordinator for DRS Designs, I'm the one who picks the themes for their weekly blog challenges. Since this is my birthday week, I thought it would be fun to see all kinds of birthday cards.
Birthdays and sweet treats often go hand-in-hand, so I used the Cherry Top Cupcake image (463E) repeatedly for the front of my birthday card. The images were colored with Copic Markers and I added fine glitter for the frosting. The cherries even look edible created by the shine you can see when Diamond Glaze dries. For the sentiment at the bottom I stamped the first portion of the Sweet Birthday Greeting (161E). The second half of it was stamped on the inside, which was decorated as well!
Now that you've seen my birthday card, create one for yourself and link it up HERE on the DRS Blog for a chance to win some free stamps!
Until next time,
Smiles,
Jennifer
Woo Hoo! Schools out for Summer!
Did you thank your teachers?
The card I'm sharing with you today is a teacher's thank you card I made for a friend of mine.
Do you have big plans for the Summer? We're still waiting on the birth of our first baby and then I'm looking forward to getting to know my baby and enjoying the entire Summer off of work!
I hope your Summer is off to a great start!
Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles,
Jennifer
While blog hopping the other day, I was immediately inspired by this sketch on the 365 Cards Blog. It looked like a lot of fun, so I decided to give it a try. This Green Beer card was the outcome, and each part of this card easily fell right into place!
I couldn't help but add some Diamond Glaze to the Large Beer Mug (577H) to make it look like real glass and some Stickles to the foam really makes it fun!
Thanks for visiting! Hope you have a wonderful Day!
Smiles,
Jennifer
DRS Designs is sponsoring this week's Tuesday Morning Challenge. Simply just for playing along and creating a card with "Heavy Metal," you could be the winner of a $10 DRS Designs Store Voucher. What does "Heavy Metal" mean you ask...just use metal embellishments on your project!
I used stamps from DRS Designs to create this card for the challenge. I stamped the Heart Drops (344K) with black ink and colored them red with a Copic Marker. I matted the image on a piece of black cardstock that was punched with a heart border. To make the tiny hearts stand out a bit more, I put a strip of white cardstock behind them.
Next, I used Diamond Glaze on the hearts to give them a bit of shine, as suggested by my good friend, Thanks Kimmy! I used a metal book plate to frame the "I Love You" greeting (608B) to fit the challenge. The bottom of the card base was embossed with the Cuttlebug hearts embossing folder.
Create your Heavy Metal challenge card today and then run over to the TMS Blog to link up your project. A FREE $10 shopping spree at DRS Designs could be all yours! Good Luck!
Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Oh my what fun! The 4th round of Alicia's Card Tag is now complete! It's a lot like the kids "Tag" game, but we use hand crafted/stamped cards. When you are "tagged it," you use the card of the person in line before you as inspiration to create your own card. Here's my finished card. I was inspired by Barbara's cupcake birthday theme and how she used buttons and border punches to embellish her card.
All of the stamps I used on this card are by DRS Designs. First, I colored the Cherry Top Cupcake (E463) with Copic Markers. Then I cut it out and layered it on a white cardstock circle embossed with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder. I matted it again with a red cardstock circle. I stamped the Happy Birthday 3" Giga Cicle (L488) with SU! Real Red ink on white cardstock and used my Marvy Uchida Giga Circle punch to punch it out perfectly. I colored in the dots with a red Copic Marker. I stamped the Happy Moments, Happy Days sentiment (G490) on pink cardstock and used an EK Success border punch for the edges. I added this piece to a red cardstock front and added ribbon to cover the area where the pink cardstock stopped. I added the matted Giga circle to the center above the sentiment and embellished the front with small red buttons. To add a bit of dimension, I stamped the cherry a second time, colored it with Copics, cut it out and adhered it in place with foam tape. Then I added Diamond Glaze to it to give it a bit of shine.
You can see all 10 cards from the Card Tag game HERE on Alicia's Blog and see the transition from the first card to the very last card.
Thanks Alicia for hosting this card game. I enjoyed it and hope to play again soon!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Is this the perfect Man card or what!?!?!?
What man wouldn't love this card on his birthday? I"m so used to heavily embellishing my cards that this looked too plain to me. So, I dressed it up a bit by adding Stickles to the foam part of the beer and then I created the look of real glass by putting Diamond Glaze on the mug. Now, if only there was a way for me to make it "cold!" ;-)
Smiles,
Jennifer
