Save the Date!

Check it out...the new DT I am on, my thoughts exactly, is having a blog hop to celebrate their first stamp release! I think you are going to love the cute sentiments you can make with these fantastic mix-and-match stamps.

More to come soon, so make sure to come back for the blog hop on July 1!!

DT Wed- Wishes for You

Yep- today is SP and Company's DT Wednesday!! I'm also taking this opportunity to make a card for embellish magazine's challenge- the above colors and background stamping.

The Kokimo background is perfect for this challenge!! Check it out in the shop here.

I stamped it onto vellum in white, stitched it onto the card, and added a simple strip and sentiment. Super CAS.

By the way...I am very close to 100 followers. There might be something fun when I get there!

Congratulations, Friend

Good afternoon! Today after school I made a color-blocked card for the latest challenge at CAS-ual Fridays.

I chose a cute tree image stamp that has been in my stash for a while, although I don't think I have ever used it before. Stamps with lots of positive space (ya know, where the ink will go) kind of scare me because it is more difficult to get a good impression. I used a trick I learned to flip the cardstock over and rub it over the stamp- it worked pretty well!

I went with some fun coordinating colors for the trees, and adhered them to the card with foam tape. I also used my scalloped scissors to make a decorative edge on the card.

The "friend" part of the sentiment is from my trusty "Mini Card Creations II" set from SP and Co, found here.

So glad you could visit!

Lawnscaping Guest Designer

Jennifer R?!?! That's me!

You could only imagine my excitement when I found out that the sample sketch I sent to Laurel last month was selected for this week's Lawnscaping challenge!

I've been playing along since their first challenge (my entry is here). I love Lawn Fawn stamps, so I knew it would be a fun challenge site.

Here's the card I made based on my sketch:

The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn, and so are the "flowers." They might not look familiar, unless you clicked on that link to my first Lawnscaping challenge entry.....I'll give you a sec to scroll back up and do that if you want!!

I used the Frosties set! (do you see the snowflakes now?) Once I had it all stamped out, I drew in the stem and leaves with a black pen and whipped out the colored pencils.

I'm really looking forward to seeing what the DT has done with my sketch...I hope you pop over there too and play along!

OCC Color Challenge...with a twist

Hey there! It's time for another challenge at Our Creative Corner. This week's hostess, Lori Rider, chose some great colors for everyone to use! The twist is that the project must be made by using 3 different punches- and one of those has to be a border punch.

My card used:

balloon punch

corner-rounder punch

scalloped border punch

I was kind of inspired by the movie Up- I thought a house with balloons would make the perfect card to congratulate someone who just moved. (I actually made this card a week or so ago, because a friend of mine from work just moved into a new house!!! Hooray for her!!)

The clouds, the sentiment, and some of the balloons are popped up with foam tape for added dimension, the house is die-cut, and I drew the balloon strings in with a marker. Here's the final card:

I really hope you check out the rest of the samples from the DT and play with our challenge this week at Our Creative Corner!

Floral Congrats

Happy DT Wednesday! I'm here with a pretty card for SP and Company. I'm working with the Kokimo background stamp this month, and I went with a really subtle look for this card. I started with a white card base, then stamped with watermark ink onto grey cardstock. Then I added the flowers on top, and a few little pearls to finish it off. I used my favorite foam adhesive to stick on the grey panel. Here it is, all finished:

Below is the background stamp, check it out in the shop here!

(and yes, this card is destined for the ever growing PC Gallery Idol. There have been hundreds submitted already!)

Twine, Flower, Button

That's what I went with for this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge. The challenge is to select 3 elements that are found in a row in the above diagram.

By the way, you may notice an abundance of congratulation cards on my blog in the coming weeks. I would love to be a finalist for the PC Gallery Idol, but I know I'll never make it unless I submit a bunch of cards! (and even with that, I'll likely never make it....)