A couple of longies:)

Wow, I'm behind with my challenges this week! My desktop is loaded with sketches to do:) I did manage to get a couple of cards made today using a couple of sketch challenges. Both were for long cards so I made mine 6.5 x 3.25. Here they are:

This first card is one I've made for my nephew's 1st birthday. I just love these little critters! But I'm wishing the set had one sentiment in it....like...."for my little monkey" or something:) I really like this sketch and I think my card is alright, but if I had some In Colour polka-dot ribbon, that would have been perfect!! I'm loving this pp with these images, doesn't it kind of look like paw prints? :)

Supplies:

-chocolate chip, really rust, more mustard, and whisper white cs

-autumn vine dsp

-dusty durango, soft suede, crushed curry, and pumpkin pie ink

-circle punches

-white ric-rac from Beachfront ribbon originals

-dimensionals

-Fox and Friends and Happy Moments stamp sets

I love clean and simple sketches, so this one from Card Patterns really caught my eye. I've been wanting to make some sympathy cards for my collection and I thought that the Bella Bleu DSP from SU! would be perfect. I quite like this card, but it has a couple of flaws so I don't think I'll be able to sell it, but there has been a certain someone who I've been thinking about a lot lately, so maybe she would appreciate receiving it:)

Supplies:

-not quite navy, basic gray, and whisper white cs

-Bella Bleu DSP

-not quite navy and basic black ink

-vintage brads

-scallop trim punch

-paper piercing tool

-Thoughts and Prayers stamp set from SU!

thanks for stopping by!

Jenna

Mojo Monday #130

I finally got my mojo monday card from last week finished:) I really liked this sketch, but my card didn't quite turn out as planned. I really struggled with my colour combo on this one, I might have to give it another go:)

Supplies:

-whisper white, taken with teal, and elegant eggplant cs

-Sweet Pea DSP

-scalloped edge and apron lace punches

-white organza ribbon

-white embossing powder

-elegant eggplant ink

-Whimsical Words and Kind and Caring Thoughts

-white brads

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenna

Sweet Sunday Sketch #60

I had a card mapped out in my head for this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge since I saw it. I knew I was going to take the sketch literally and use a pile of flowers and I knew I wanted to use my white embossing powder on a bold colour. But this didn't exactly turn out how I imagined:( I think the stitching is throwing me off, next time I will use a backstitch and I think it will look better. Plus the butterfly trail should have been stitched too:) Anyways, here it is: (Sorry for the glare)

Supplies:

-pumpkin pie, whisper white, rich razzleberry, and melon mambo cs

-Sweet Pea DSP

-white embossing powder

-pumpkin pie grosgrain ribbon

-Garden Greetings and Great Friend stamp sets from SU!

-pink thread

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenna

Spring is in the air

A couple of friends and I took advantage of the gorgeous weather today and went for a walk on the Kal Lake trails (now is the perfect time because there are no snakes:). It was the perfect afternoon: not too hot, not too cold. And of course Attaboy had a good time as always. Not only did I get to go for a nice walk, but I also got to spend some time in my craft room today:) This first one I made using clean and simple's FTL #82. If I'm going to try and sell some of my cards this summer, I thought I should probably make some sympathy cards so I decided to make a sympathy card using this sketch.

I like this card a lot, but I think it would be better if the sentiment was lower down.

Supplies:

-very vanilla, old olive cs, and old olive dsp

-scalloped edge punch

-Thoughts and Prayers stamp set

-very vanilla satin ribbon

-versamark and white embossing powder

Isn't this next card cute? I love that little bunny!

I might have to make some Easter cards this year (I never have before) b/c that bunny is screaming Easter:)

Supplies:

-bermuda bay, melon mambo, whisper white cs, and good neighbours dsp

-old olive and melon mambo ink

-circle punches

-dimensionals

-scalloped edge punch

-pretty in pink satin ribbon

-Forest Friends and Happy Moments stamp sets

Finally, even though it's spring when I saw this week's

Card Patterns sketch I immediately knew I wanted to use Christmas themed patterned paper. So this one will hang around until December:)

Supplies:

-garden green, real red, whisper white cs, and Merry Moments DSP

-real red satin ribbon

-soft suede ink

-red brad

-Dasher

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Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary honey! My husband and I "started dating" 8 years ago today. Do you consider it dating when your best friend reaches over and holds your hand while watching "Strange Brew"? I'm such a lucky girl!:) Anywho....here are some cards I made that aren't for my husband...:)

I made this cute little birthday card for my nephew

using Mercy's Tuesday sketch challenge this week. The first time I saw Fox and Friends in the new SU! mini, I knew I had to have it:) Aren't those little guys the cutest?! I love this lion, but the next time I think it would look better with his mane popped up instead of his face.

Supplies:

-whisper white, crushed curry, and pumpkin pie cs

-pumpkin pie dsp

-pumpkin pie and crushed curry ink

-pumpkin pie grosgrain ribbon

-scalloped edge punch

the sentiment is from Happy Moments

The next card is one I made using an old clean and simple sketch. I needed to punch out an easy card quickly and this is what I came up with.

I used my new stamp sets that I got for free for Sale-a-bration. The birthday cake is from Happy Moments and the sentiment is one of my favourites from Whimsical Words.

Supplies:

-whisper white, taken with teal cs

-Sweet Pea DSP

-pumpkin pie grosgrain ribbon

-taken with teal ink

-stampin dimensionals

-corner rounder

Finally, I had this card planned out in my head since last week and was finally able to get it made today:) I stole the idea to paper piece the flower from Garden Greetings from Sarah Gough. She made a beautiful card showcasing her pp with this set. I played around with a few different patterns, but finally settled on this subtle one. I'm pretty happy with it:)

Supplies:

-taken with teal, whisper white, rose red cs

-taken with teal dsp

-pretty in pink satin ribbon

-taken with teal ink

-teal brad

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenna

March Madness!

Wowzers! I've got a lot of cards to make! I have 4 birthdays in March plus the anniversary of when my husband and I started dating 8 years ago is next week. Luckily there is tons of inspiration out in the blogosphere:) I used a couple of sketch challengs to make a few cards today. The first one is from clean and simple stamps:

When I first saw the medallion stamp in the IB&C I thought, "who would buy that stamp? It's all by itself!" But as I was designing sketches it kept coming up. I started to understand its appeal:) Now I LOVE it! Here's my first card using it. I loved the grid technique the last time so I decided to use it again for this card.

Supplies:

-very vanilla, always artichoke cs

-Sweet Pea DSP

-Medallion and Vintage Vogue stamp sets from SU!

-very vanilla satin ribbon

-copper brad

The next one I used is Sweet Sunday Sketch #58. Isn't it fantastic? You can do so much with it!

My husband's birthday is next week and I always struggle with masculine cards. I'm not sure I hit the head on the nail with this one, the ribbon kind of fems it up a bit:) Ah well, he'll love it:)

Supplies:

-whisper white, autumn vine dsp, not quite navy cs

-basic gray satin ribbon

-clear button

-white embossing powder

-Happy Moments stamp set

This one is for my niece who loves pink! I hope she'll like it:)

Supplies:

-whisper white and rose red cs

-Sweet Pea DSP

-pretty in pink satin ribbon

-white button

-scalloped square punch

-the cupcake is from The More the Merrier stamp set

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenna