It's The Most Wonderful Time Of Year!

So, with a title like this I bet you think I'm getting ready to post another Christmas card, right?  I know you've seen nothing but Christmas on my blog since DRS Designs released their new Christmas stamps, but I'm actually going to change things up a bit!  The title of today's post refers to my love for the season of Autumn and everything that comes with--not for the Christmas song!

It felt so good to get my Fall and Halloween stamps out!  There's nothing that gets me in the mood to stamp more than these stamps! I used this weeks Splitcoast Sketch challenge SC298 for the layout on this card.

That cute doggie stamp is by Penny Black.  I colored it with Copic Markers and added Yellow Stickles to the Jack O' Lantern.  The "Boo" paper you see in the background I created myself.  The "Ghost face Boo" is by Stampabilities and the "Boo" alone is by Northwoods.  The "Spooky Greetings" sentiment is from Rubbernecker.

Stay tuned for more Fall and Halloween stuff coming very soon.  DRS Designs Halloween release is just days away!
Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great weekend!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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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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Tulip Bouquet

I worked this past weekend and took a ton of stamped images with me to color in my down time.  One of them was this Bold Floral Tulip Bouquet from From Rubbernecker.  If this card doesn't say Spring, I don't know what does! I am so ready for warmer weather!

All but the yellow and brown borders were colored with Prismacolor Pencils and blended with Gamsol.  The borders were colored with Copic markers.  Just a simple card today...ribbon, pink rhinestones, and the Textile Texture Cuttlebug Embossing Folder decorates this card.  I didn't want to take too much away from the image.  It's such a beautiful bouquet!

Hope you have a wonderful Monday!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Spooky Witch Greetings

Halloween is not too far away now.

The ghosts, goblins, and witches will be out before we know it!

I used this cute little witch & sentiment from Rubbernecker to make ATC's for a Wacky Witch ATC swap I'm in at the Stamp Shack.

Stamps: Rubbernecker
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, SU! Barely Banana
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by The Paper Company
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Bic Markers, Yellow Stickles
Finished Card Size: 3.5" x 2.5"

This ATC's was mostly colored with Prismacolor Pencils and blended with Gamsol, but I also used a little bit of marker too. I sponged yellow ink around the image to soften the white cardstock up a bit and added yellow Stickles to Jack-O-Lantern's eyes, nose, and mouth.

Isn't she sweet? Practically too sweet to be spooky, huh?

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Friends ATC

I decided to take the plunge into the world of ATC's! I thought I'd never get into them! The cards I tend to make are always large--I have a hard enough time trying to stay within the limits of an A2 size (4.25" x 5.5") that I never thought I'd ever have interest in 2.5" x 3.5"!

Boy, how quickly things change! LOL!

The one I have to show you today is for a swap titled "Memories of Shackapolooza." Shackapolooza is a get together we do with members of the Stamp Shack every year in April.

I decided to go with the "Friends" theme for my ATC. I thought that was perfect because we are friends, online friends, that we talk to everyday, but only see each other once a year or so if that. (Lucky for me I have a few Shack friends who live close to me that I see quite often!)

Stamps: Brush Daffodil image by DRS Designs, Sentiment by Rubbernecker
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink in Yellow Ochre
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by The Paper Company
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Brads by All My Memories
Finished ATC Size: 2.5" x 3.5"

I've recently joined several ATC Swaps--Pumpkins Pumpkins Everywhere, Sunny Sunflowers, Wacky Witch, and Candy Corn! You can bet you'll be seeing more of them from me in the near future.

Have you joined the ATC craze?

Smiles,
Jennifer

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A Challenge That's Been A Long Time Coming!

Have I ever told you how much I love Rubbernecker Stamps? If I have it's probably been a while...a long while! I can't even remember the last time I created with them!

I have been meaning to attempt the challenges on the Rubbernecker Blog, but have found them to be a challenge within themselves to complete--until now! I'm so excited to say that I've completed this week's color challenge to use Olive, Pumpkin, and Summer Yellow!

I just love this little cub image--can you say cute?!?! I used the Cut Out card technique on SCS to cut him out with my Nesties. Normally when using Nesties I would have cut his paws off, but this technique let me keep his paws still in the picture. Such a neat technique, I'm glad I found it yesterday while browsing past Technique Lovers challenges.



I used Lime Green Stickles on his little eyes to give this card a little bling, and I think it made him almost creepy looking! LOL! What do you think?

Stamps: Rubbernecker- Cub In Circle
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink in Creamy Brown,
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by The Paper Company, American Crafts
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Nesties, yellow ribbon by The Paper Studio, Orange & Olive ribbon by Michaels, Brads by O'Scrap, Lime Green Stickles, Spiral Clip by The Paper Studio
Finished Card Size:5 5/8" x 5"

Well, that's it for today. Off to work I go...

Thanks for visiting today!

More fun stuff coming soon! :-)

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Who Let the Dogs Out?

TGIF & Happy Friday the 13th!

Just a quick reminder for you to check out the DRS Designs Blog today for you to get to know Michelle, the first Featured Friday Stamper. She was given a set of Easter images to use and you can see what she came up with on the DRS Designs Blog.

TGIF! I just can't seem to stress that enough today. For our Fun Filled Friday Challenge this week, I challenged Kimmy to create a card using a dog image.

I've had this dog image from Rubbernecker colored & blended for a while, so I figured this was the perfect opportunity to create him into a card. I think I actually got this image from Kimmy when we traded images one day--wonder what dog image she'll use for this challenge??? Will this be the first Fun Filled Friday where we use the same image?? Don't forget to run over to Kimmy's blog to see her challenge card.

This card is pretty straight forward and self explanatory. I didn't get too fancy with this one, but I've brought my computer back into card making by computer generating the sentiment. This poor little puppy looks like he's sad cause he missed the birthday party. I thought he'd make a great belated birthday card, so that's exactly what I made!

He is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and then the colors were blended with Gamsol. I sponged light blue ink around him to create the sky and then used a scallop die to sponge in some clouds in the background. I matted the image as shown and then used my SU! Word Window punch and some brads to fill in the empty space.

Stamps: Rubbernecker- Birthday Dog
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink in French Blue
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by The Paper Company and American Crafts
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, SU! Word Window Punch, Brads by Joann's Scrap Essentials, Sentiment is computer generated.
Finished Card Size: 3.75" x 6.5"

I'm so glad the weekend is here! It has been a long exhausting week for me & I blame the Daylight Savings time change 100%! It time for me to catch up on some sleep, catch up on some card making & spend Sunday having fun at the St. Patty's Day parade! I hope to get some good pics to share with all of you!

I wish you all a wonderful weekend.

Thanks for visiting today!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Rubbernecker Hibiscus

Here's another awesome image by Rubbernecker! I love their stamps! Just wish I had more time to use them! :-) I'm sure you can all relate!

I made this card several weeks ago & I'm just now getting around to posting about it. I colored the image with my Prismacolor Pencils and blended the colors with Gamsol. I cut the image out & and matted it with pink and brown cardstock.

The pattern paper is from the DCVW Glitter Stack. As you can see I used a decorative corner punch on my background layers and added some ribbon loops and a bow to accent the image.

This image reminds me of some tropical place with hot Summer temperatures. You definately won't find Hibiscus-type flowers here in Michigan, and definately not today--the temp right now is 26 degrees with a high expected of only 33! The sun is out though, so I'll take the little bit of heat it will give off today.

Well, as always, my weekend is packed full. Heading out to do a little Christmas Shopping with my Sister today and maybe we'll even stop and see Santa for fun! (If we do I'll post a picture for you to see!) I plan on spending the evening crafting away in my studio! DRS Designs has just released some new stamps and I get to play with them! Yeah! Have you checked them out yet?

Stamps: Rubbernecker

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, DCWV Glitter Stack, Bazzill Cardstock
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Ribbon unknown from my stash, Decorative Corner Punch by EK Success

Finished Card Size: 5" x 5"

If you've stopped by today, Thank you so much for your visit!

Please leave me a comment. I'd love to hear from you!

Have a Wonderful Saturday.

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Under The Sea!

Happy Friday!

Today's Fun Filled Friday has an "Under the Sea" theme! What could be better then the Rubbernecker fish for this challenge? I was glad to use them. It's been a while since I've used my Rubbernecker Stamps.

I also used this week's Splitcoast Stampers Sketch Challenge (SC196) for this card, AND I think it is also fitting for the Rubbernecker Challenge for this week--to use lots of embellishments. Hopefully, my embellishment list counts: Pattern paper, Cuttlebug embossing, brads, ribbon, staples, and Stickles!

The fish were colored with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol. I then used markers to outline them. I used blue chalk for the water and used blue ink on a sponge dauber to give the water some texture. I also inked the edges around the image with blue ink. The image was then layered with dark blue cardstock

Next, I created the panels seen on the SCS196 sketch. I used patterned paper and light blue cardstock with one, and the other I ran light blue cardstock through the Cuttlebug with the Tiny Bubbles Embossing Folder to create a textured background. This piece was matted with dark blue cardstock as well.

I assembled/adhered these panels like in the sketch and added polka dotted dark blue ribbon behind the image. I added just a touch of ribbon at the bottom left of the image with a blue staple, and added a dark blue brad to the 3 corners of the embossed panel.

I adhered the matted image/panel piece to a light blue cardstock base that measures 6.5" x 5."
This ended up up be a pretty good size card, huh?

As a finishing touch, I added Glitter Glue to each fish and the worm. Not sure if this was such as wise thing to do, as I think it is now over done. What do you think? Do you think the glitter is too much? However, it does count as another embellishment for the Rubbernecker challenge!

Stamps: "Luncheon Meet" by Rubbernecker
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Colorbox Fluid Chalk in Azurite Blue
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Bazzill cardstock, Cardstock by Paper Reflections, Pattern Paper-Creative Imaginations Cyan Dot by Jones Inc.
Accessories: Chalk by Inkadinkado, sponge dauber, Stickles and Glitter Glue, Ribbon by Pebbles Inc., Blue staple unknown, Cuttlebug and Tiny Bubbles embossing folder, brads by Making Memories.

Hope you enjoyed "Sea-ing" my card today, and I appreciate your visit!

Did you get a chance to play with our "Under the Sea" theme. Leave me a link to your "Under the Sea" project. I'd love to "sea" it! LOL!

Hope your Friday is an easy one, and that your weekend is great!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Pink and Green = Frog with Flowers!

For this weeks Fun Filled Friday Challenge, I challenged Kimmy to make a card that is pink and green!

What could be better for this challenge than this Rubbernecker image of a Frog holding pink flowers?


To make this card I first stamped the image and colored it with pencils and blended the colors using Gamsol. I used a decorative corner punch on all 4 corners of the image, and then inked the edges of the images using pink chalk ink. Next, I matted the image with green cardstock, and then matted the image again using light green patterned paper.

I used a photo corner punch to cut the pink photo corners for each corner of the matted image, and then used the smaller photo corner to add dimension to the upper right corner as shown. I added 3 green bling stickers to this photo corner.



Next, I used the slit punch to add an opening to tie the ribbon around. I adhered the matted image piece to a A2 size cardstock base. I finished the card by adding a pink bling sticker to the space between the 2 photo corners at the top & bottom of the image.

• Stamps: Image by Rubbernecker
• Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
• Paper: Bazzill cardstock, DCWV The Stack 5
• Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Notched Corner Punch by Marvy Uchida, Ribbon by Offray, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink, pink pastel, Bling-Me & My Big Ideas Icons Stickers, SU! Slit punch, SU! Photo Corner Punch.
  

Have a great weekend, and stay tuned for Monday when DRS Designs announces their first Blog Challenge!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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