Beachy Birthday!

 

Yeah! Today I'm celebrating a new DRS Designs Blog challenge AND new stamps!  Yep, DRS Designs has a new release coming out and it's screaming SUMMER!!!  The new challenge posted for this week is perfect for showing them off--take a look at what I created for their "Just Beachy" theme!

 

 

I used the masking technique to add this new Mermaid (472F) to the Brush Beach Sunrise (768L).  The way she's chillin' on the beach reminds me of one of my favorite Disney movies, The Little Mermaid! I colored the scene with Copic Markers and then stamped the Beach Birthday Greeting (480G) over top of the sand and water.  This greeting is also part of the new release.  The card front was simply embellished with a little matching purple fish brad placed in the lower right corner. Then, the stamped scene was adhered to violet cardstock and adhered onto a dark purple cardstock base. 

Hope you like it as much as I do!
Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Fishing Rules

Today I'm sharing a little fishing humor with you. This could be easily turned into a man's Birthday card or Father's Day card for next year if you needed one, simply by changing the sentiment or verse on the inside of the card. All of the stamps I've used here are by DRS Designs.

Making the background was a little tricky, but so worth the effort. I prefer unmounted rubber stamps and I was able cut the word border away from the image on the Fishing Square (1093L) stamp. I then arranged them on my acrylic block, one line above the next, and stamped it repeatedly until it was the size I needed for the background. I distressed the edges to give it a rustic kind of look. The Jumping Fish (325L) was colored with Copic Markers and then fussy cut. I popped it up with foam tape for some dimension as shown on the card front.  Below it, I fussy cut out and adhered the Fishing Rules (315K) in place.  It was colored with Copic Markers as well.  A decorative corner punch, some gold brads and beige raffia made this card complete.

Well, that's it for today. 
I hope you'll be back soon to see more of my work! 
Have a great weekend!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Fishing Jerk

Yeah, it's Thursday! Not too much longer before the weekend is here! If you're planning on getting a bit inky this weekend why don't you check out the DRS Designs Blog for some inspiration?  There's a new challenge on the their blog today and theme is "Go Fish."

When I learned of this challenge, I couldn't resist using the Fishing Jerk Greeting (276G) from DRS Designs. It totally cracks me up! It makes for a great masculine card.  Sometimes I wish I had a Brother or Brother-In-Law who loves to fish--it would make a great birthday card for him! (and the reason I say "brother" is because 1.) I don't have any and 2.) I think you can only get away with this type of humor with a sibling...in my opinion, of course!)

As you can see, I split up the greeting so that it fit the layout on my card.  The image I used is the Proud Catch Fisherman (765K).  That goofy grin on his face makes me chuckle too! I colored him and his background with Copic Markers and I embellished the left side of it with 2 gray buttons that I threaded with natural twine.  Finished card size is 4.25" x 5.5."

Well that's it for now.  Thanks for stopping by and come back soon!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Fisherman's Birthday

Hello Stampers! 
Today I have a Clean and (rather) Simple Masculine Birthday card to share with you. I've used the Jumping Fish (325L) and the Tiny Happy Birthday (1081A) sentiment.

I started by stamping and coloring the image with Copic Markers.  It was cut out using a decorative Nestie Die that fit the image tightly and then I sponged light blue ink along the top edge of the image to create the sky. 

The background panel was matted with green trim and I used an embossing folder to give it texture.  The image was adhered in the center and I added 3 Copper brads to the circles on the far left side.  I embellished the bottom of the image with some natural twine that was wrapped around twice and tied in a knot. Next, I created a tag using the Birthday sentiment as shown and it was adhered just under the twine knot.  The image panel was adhered onto a blue cardstock base that measures 4.45" x 5.5." 

Does Dad like to fish? Don't forget that a card like this could easily be turned into a Father's Day card by just changing up the sentiment. 

Thanks for visiting here today!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Fishing Funny

DRS Designs has recently come out with some great new stamps, have you seen THEM?

The card I have to show you today was made using the new Proud Catch Fisherman (765K) stamp. This image was a lot of fun to color with Copic Markers. Then, by using the masking technique I was able to sponge ink around him to create a scene. It's amazing how much a little color will make an image like this come alive! Next, I created the card front and used a decorative border punch at the top and bottom of the beige cardstock. I added the funny Jerk Fishing Greeting (276G) which really gave this card some character!

If you really like this image, make sure to see his friends, Frisky Florence (771K) and Rascally Russell (777M) from this release as well. You're sure to love them!

Thanks for stopping by.

Smiles,
Jennifer

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For a Special Birthday Boy!

One of the things I loved about going on the stamp retreat weekend with the girls from the Stamp Shack back in April was getting to use products from all the other stampers there!  We joked and laugh as we called it "shopping!"  Since I sat right next to Chelsea, I often "shopped" at her place and I used a bunch of her TAC stamps to stamp a wide variety of images for future use.  Best part about this "shopping" is that it was always free, and it usually entailed a bit of inspiration or a quick stamping tip!

This adorable little boy is one of the images I stamped from her. 

I colored him with Copic Markers and accented this card and image using some stamps from DRS Designs. I stamped the Easy Grass Background (E059) around his feet with SU! Glorious Green ink after I sponged it with olive green ink on the ground area. 

Then, I paired it up with DRS Designs Birthday Boy Greeting (E590)--I thought this image was just too cute and made the perfect birthday card for a little boy who likes to fish .  Notice anything different about this particular card compared to the majority of other's I've made?  I'll give you a day or two to think about before I reveal what I'm talking about here.  Leave your answer in a comment and I'll see if I can round up a small prize to mail to the person who gets it right! 

Thanks for visiting today!   

Have a great day!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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~Fishing~

How is this for a Monday morning funny?  This Fishing Sentiment (G276) is one of DRS Designs new sentiments that was just released a few weeks ago. It completely cracks me up!  LOL!

I used the Jumping Fish image (L325) also from DRS Designs and colored it with Copic Markers.  I created my own pattern paper by stamping the Fishing Pole (G270) repeatedly with brown ink on peach cardstock.

Fish always seem to have a metallic shine to them so I thought it was appropriate that this fish looks the same--I painted it with Orange Sherbet Shimmerz to create that effect.  Some gold brads and some white string embellished this card nicely.

Happy Monday to you! 

Hope you have a great day! 

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Fishing Birthday!

It's Friday again, so that means it's my day to post the DRS Designs Blog. 
Here's a sneak peek of my project you'll see there.

Thanks for checking it out!

Have a great weekend!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Bait or Wait?

Yep, bait!  LOL! But we all know it should be wait! 

This cute Can of Worms (G847) and this adorable Good Things...Who Bait (F840) sentiment are both by DRS Designs.  I created this card using the layout from this week's Splitcoast card sketch challenge SC272.  The image was colored with Copic markers.  I distressed the edges around the image and the edges of the sentiment panel with blue ink to give it a weathered look.  The layered vertical panel was embossed with the Divine Swirls Cuttlebug folder to add a bit of texture.

Well, I hope you're all recovered from a busy St. Patrick's Day!

Thanks for stopping by!

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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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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Wiggle Worm!

I've been hard at work in my stamp room this week getting ready for a bunch of upcoming challenges, but I did find time yesterday to whip up a card for this weeks Splitcoast sketch challenge SC242. I had this wiggle worm image already colored in my stash & thought this was a good time to put it to use, plus it fit the sketch well too!

I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol, and masked it to sponged blue ink around it. Kind of hard to tell, but the "Hooked on You" sentiment was stamped in black ink.

Stamps: DRS Designs- Worm on Hook (G843), I'm Hooked on You sentiment (D1103)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink in French Blue
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by American Crafts
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Cuttlebug and Cuttlebug Divine Swirls Embossing Folder, Blue Ribbon by Li'l Davis Designs in Periwinkle, and brown ribbon by The Paper Studio, Brown brads by Joann's Scrap Essentials, blue brads by Making Memories, Spiral Clip by The Paper Studio
Finished Card Size: 4 5/8" x 5 3/4"

Whenever I make a card I really like I also show DH. Not necessarily to get his opinion, as I know he doesn't care, but just to see what he would say about it. This card was one that I showed him, and he asked, "why does the worm look happy? Doesn't he know he's about to be dinner?" LOL! I never really thought about that with this image--it's just a cute little work on a hook, but he's right! (Don't tell him I said that!)


Smiles,
Jennifer

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S&D Fish in the Sea Challenge

Welcome to the 4th blog challenge from the Sunflowers & Dragonflies DT! This week’s challenge is a titled "Fish in the Sea" and you are required to use a fish image on your project. 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. Your participation will enter you in a drawing to win a Oval Nestability set for free! 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&D4.

I've used the Fish image from Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs for my challenge project.

I used this weeks CPS Sketch #126 for this card. I love how the circles in the layout and texture made with the Divine Swirls embossing folder creates the look of water around this fish. Don't blue and orange go well together?

The fish was colored with Prismacolor Pencils and the different shades of oranges and yellows were blended with Gamsol. I inked the edges around the fish with orange ink and added some blue rhinestones near his mouth to imitate bubbles! A blue spiral clip & some fun orange and white polka dot ribbon made it complete!

Stamps: Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs- Fish
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink in
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by American Crafts
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Nesties, Cuttlebug and Cuttlebug Divine Swirls Embossing Folder, Ribbon and Spiral Clip By The Paper Studio, EK Success Corner Rounder, Rhinestones by Me & My Big Ideas.
Finished Card Size: 5 5/8" x 4.25"

As an added bonus, this Fish stamp can be purchased at 20% off until next Saturday (you can find all of the detail on the site link below.) I hope you'll join us in creating a fish project this week. Remember any fish image will do, just remember to post a link to your project on the S&D site. The deadline for this challenge is this Friday, Aug 7th.

Hope you have a wonderful Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Meet Dusty!

TGIF! Happy Friday everyone! Boy, what a long week it has been for me--I'm glad to be able to sleep in tomorrow. *See ear to ear smile on my face*! I hope to get lots of stamping done over the weekend too. We'll be leaving for our Summer vacation in about a week and I want to be able to show you some things while I'm gone. I'll be busy planning some blog posts ahead of time just for that.

Unfortunately, we won't be going to the ocean for our Vacation, so there's no chance of doing any snorkeling and seeing seahorses like Dusty here, or any starfish for that matter either!

Dusty is the new Sea Horse image recently released by DRS Designs.

I colored him with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol and then slathered him with Stickles! Once it was dry I cut him out using my Nesties die and then sponged around him with peach ink before taking the image out of the die. I stamped the starfish from the 4 in 1 beach background stamp in the background. This card was simply embellished with a little white satin ribbon, a border punch a decorative corner punch, and a spiral clip.

You can see just how much of the Stickles goo I put on him by the by the way he glitters and really captures the light in this photo.

Stamps: DRS Designs- Dusty the Seahorse (E1050), 4 in 1 Beach Background (D1099)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, SU! Blush Blossom
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by The Paper Company, American Crafts
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Nesties, Ribbon By Offray, EK Success Decorative Corner Punch, Icicle Stickles, Spiral Clip by The Paper Studio, Fiskars treading Water Border Punch
Finished Card Size: 5.5" x 4.5"

Do your Summer plans include any time at the beach this year?

Thanks for stopping by today & for all of your wonderful comments. I enjoy reading each one!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Smiles,
Jennifer

PS: Stay tuned for another Sunflowers and Dragonflies Blog Challenge to be posted tomorrow. Wanna win free Nestability sets?

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I'm Hooked on You!

One of the new sentiments recently released by DRS Designs is this "I'm Hooked on You!" sentiment. Perhaps a little pun on the word, "hooked," but I immediately thought about this fish image to go with it. Does your Hubby like to fish? This would make a fun anniversary card for him!

This card was pretty simple to make: image colored with pencils, layered, embellished, adhered to embellished card front, then adhered to dark blue cardstock base! Viola!

Stamps: DRS Designs- Jumping Fish (L325), I'm Hooked on You Sentiment (D1103)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink French Blue
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by American Crafts
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Nesties, Brads By Joann's Scrap Essentials, Ribbon By Michael's Special Value, Metal Ribbon Slide-unknown
Finished Card Size: 5.5" x 5.5"

Looking for some Freebies???

There are 3 ways to win some new & fun free stuff right now...

1. Free rubber from DRS Designs for submitting your stamping & paper crafting Tips and Tricks to Sue at submitdrs@yahoo.com. If she picks your idea you win!

2. Vicki still has some free DRS Designs Cutie Pie Kid Stamps up for grabs in her blog candy package. Click on her name to read all about her give-away & how you can participate. Blog candy ends Sunday July 26th 8pm (CST).

3. Beth from Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs is giving away a Nestability set for your participation in her blog challenge. Click on the store name to see this week's "For the Birds" challenge and what you need to do to participate.

Good Luck in trying to win all of the freebies out there right now!

Thanks for visiting today!
Smiles,
Jennifer

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Sketch Wednesday, There's Nothing 'Sweet' about Fish!

Yeah! It's Wednesday, so it's time for a new sketch challenge, you ready?

Use this sketch to create a card and post a link so I can see how you've used it!

Scroll down to see mine!

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I received this cool fish image from DRS Designs last week and thought this would make a great masculine Birthday card! I love the way this card turned out--too bad I don't know any Fishermen who would enjoy receiving this!

So, you're probably wondering what my title has to do with this card, right?

Well, there's more to this sentiment then what you see here. This sentiment is a new release by DRS Designs, and it actually reads "it's your birthday ~" like you see, and then underneath, it reads "sweet!" I just could not include the "sweet" part on this fish card. Why? Because there's nothing 'sweet' about fish!!!! (My thoughts are "Yuck!") LOL!

I colored the image with pencils and blended the colors with Gamsol. I sponged the sky, and added Shimmerz to the fish--it almost makes him look scaly, doesn't it?

Stamps: DRS Designs- Jumping Fish, "Sweet" Birthday
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink in Chestnut Roan
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by The Paper Company and Bazzill
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, Brads by All My Memories and Joann's Scrap Essentials, Sagebrush Shimmerz, Cuttlebug and Spots and Dots Embossing Folder, Chalk by Inkadinkado, Ribbon by Michael's, Nesties
Finished Card Size: 5.5" x 5.25"

Hope you've enjoyed today's version of Card Sketch Wednesday!

Please let me know if you have any questions/concerns/comments regarding any of the projects I make. I look forward to hearing from you!

Thanks for visiting today!

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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