Baby Shower Thank Yous

Last month when I went on the stamping weekend with the girls from the Stamp Shack, they all threw me a surprise baby shower. I was very, very surprised and shocked to learn that they had been planning it since January!  With all that has been going on, it's only taken me a month to finally make and write out their Thank you cards!

One of the girls gave me a cute set of Inkadinkado clear stamps called "Baby Love" and I thought the little swaddled bunny was perfect for their cards! I made 13 of them and had to mail them so I didn't want to add any extra embellishments. I colored the image with Copic Markers and then paper pieced the blanket after I ran it thru the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder to match the pattern I used on the background panel.  The "Thanks" sentiment I used on the bottom is by Serendipity Stamps.

To all of you Shackapalooza girls who follow my blog, thank you again for the surprise shower and for all the goodies you all so generously gave me! I greatly appreciate your thoughtfulness!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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For Baby!

Oh my how time has slipped away from me over the last few days! Sorry about that, but life has been hectic.  Hubby has been home for the last week on "vacation" and it has really interrupted my stamping and blogging routine, but I have to admit that I'm enjoying it! :-)

Well...It's a girl!

I created this card for a co-workers baby shower that I attended this past weekend. It was great being able to create such a very girly card rather than a unisex card since they already know what they are having. 

I colored this adorable Inkadinkado image with Copic Markers and added Yellow Stickles to the Stars on the blanket.  The star pattern paper I used in the background is by K*I Memories from a long time ago.  This paper is one of those oldie, but goodie items.  I think I got it on clearance and I have a ton of it.  So, glad I was able to put it to use and I think it goes perfectly with the stars and moon theme of this baby card!  I stamped the words "For Baby" using individual letters from a Technique Tuesday stamp set.   I love how this card turned out!

Doesn't that teddy look warm and cozy!?!?!  It makes me want to just snuggle right up next to it!
Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope you enjoyed it!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Sketch Wednesday Card-Sweet Dreams!

So, as promised, No Christmas cards for today! I need a break from the Red and green & glittery snow. For today's Card Sketch Wednesday Challenge, I decided to break out this Baby themed stamp by Inkadinkado. I think this stamp is absolutely precious! And what's more perfect is that it can be Unisex! Great for those baby surprises!

So, did you get a chance to use this sketch?

I started first by coloring this image with Prismacolor Pencils and blending the colors with Gamsol. Next, I used my Nesties to mat the image as shown.

I created the card base from dark yellow cardstock to measure for a 4.5" x 6 card. I layered it with dark pink cardstock after I used the SU! Ticket Corner Punch in the top corners. Next, I cut my designer paper to cover the bottom portion of the pink cardstock. I apologize for not knowing who makes this paper. This was a 12 x 12 sheet that I picked up at a LSS and of course, I must have used the corner piece that gives the name/brand of the paper on another project. If any of you recognize it, please leave me a comment & let me know!

I covered the dp seam with sheer white ribbon and then laid pink and white plaid ribbon on top of it. I also created a bow from the plaid ribbon and adhered it to the middle.



I place the matted image in the center above the dp and Shimmered it up a bit. I painted the moon and the stars in the blanket with Beeswax Shimmerz and added some Cotton Candy Stickles to the scallop. Finally, I added some pink bling to the Ticket Corner punches to finish it off.



Stamps: Inkadinakado
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink in Yellow Ochre
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Cardstock by DCWV and The Paper Company, Designer Paper-unknown
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Nesties, Cotton Candy Stickles, SU! Ticket Corner Punch, Me and My Big Ideas Icon Stickers, Sheer Ribbon by C & G, Plaid Ribbon by Making Memories, Beeswax Shimmerz




This is the first of my Card Sketch Wednesday Challenges for November. Please join me every Wednesday for a new Sketch! Make sure to subscribe now so you don't miss any!

Remember you have all month to complete this challenge. Just make sure you come back to this post and leave me a comment with a link to your card, so I can make sure to enter you in the Blog Candy Drawing.

I'll be waiting to see it!

Happy Wednesday!
(Yeah, the weekend is almost here! Can you tell I'm counting down?)

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Jack-O-Lantern Help!

So, in my earlier post I mentioned that I needed help from you, my readers. I participated in a couple Halloween image swaps a while ago and received this awesome image that I just colored up yesterday. What do you think of my Jack-O-Lantern? Isn't there something about him that makes almost spooky looking? That's why I think he makes a great Halloween card!

Well, I don't know what stamp company makes him and I NEED to know. That's where I need your help. Please help me find out who makes him. I'd love to get my hands on the actual stamp! So, if you know, please leave me a comment!

ETA: Thank you to all who helped me findout who makes this stamp--It is called Happy Jack In Square by Northwoods.

ok, back to card deets and stuff...

I colored this image with markers. I cut it out and layered it with black and orange cardstock. Then I stamped the sentiment on orange cardstock with black ink. I matted it as shown and used the SU! Horizontal Slot punch so I could thread orange ribbon through it.

Both the image and the sentiment were adhered to black cardstock and then again on orange cardstock. I added an orange brad in both upper corners and then added 3 to the center of the card front, just below the sentiment. I adhered the card front to a back cardstock base that measures for a 4.75" x 6" card.

What is a fun card like this without Stickles? To finish this card up, I used Golden Rod Stickles on the eyes, nose, and mouth of the Jack-O-Lantern.

Stamps: Image by ???(PLEASE HELP HERE)???, Sentiment by Inkadinkado
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Paper: Colored cardstock by Paper Reflections
Accessories: Bic Markers, Golden Rod Stickles by Ranger, Tiny Mardi Gras Brads by Buttons Galore, Ribbon by Bobbie M. Designs, SU! Horizontal Slot Punch.

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Sunflowers and Bleach!

Happy Fun Filled Friday everyone! With the Holiday last weekend, this week sure flew by didn't it?

Well, Sunday I announced that we were going to use bleach in our card making this week. Did you give it a try?

Here's my card:

This is my first time using bleach with my card making! Normally, I use it with laundry and that's it, but I think I like this new way of card making! I'm sure you can plan on seeing more bleach cards from me in the future!

This card was rather quick for me to make. First, I heat embossed the image with black embossing powder. Then I used a paint brush to apply bleach to the areas I wanted to highlight and lighten. Once the bleach was dry, I trimmed the area around the image and then mat it with several different colors of cardstock to help "pop" the bleached areas. I used a yellow Bic Marker and some yellow chalk to add yellow tones to the areas highlighted with bleach. Sunflowers are supposed to be yellow, right?

Next, I formed the background column that I used to add some green brads and green ribbon to my design. The card base was made from green cardstock and it measures 5.5" x 5.75." I then adhered the background piece to the center of the card base and then adhered the matted image to it.

So, what cha think?

Don't forget to check out Kimmy's Bleach card here.

Stamps: - Inkadinkado
Ink: Embossing Ink by Rubber Stampede
Paper:
Accessories: Black Embossing powder by Creative Beginnings, Household bleach, a paint brush, Bic Markers, Chalk by Inkadinkado, Ribbon by The Paper Studio Ribbon Trends, Brads by Making Memories

Have a great weekend!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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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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