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Freshly Made Sketches #357

October 3, 2018 Jentimko 6 Comments

And I’m back for my regular Wednesday post! Thanks for your patience as I caught up to life a bit. I started with creating a swatch paper for some new watercolors that I got for my birthday (THANKS MOM!!). The paints are from Daniel Smith and my friend Lydia puts together splits to share the cost and allow people to have more colors. Here is my first split….aren’t they pretty?!!

Swatching out the colors was a good way to get back in the groove a bit. And did I mention they are so pretty!!! Notice that the palette has room for another split….hmmm….. So after putting these paints down on paper, I decided to get real and actually color an image. I had ordered this Mondo Holly the second I saw it and thought it would be pretty for today’s sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. Cécile created this one and I love all the options for it. I thought this would go another way (with a spotlight vibe) but it didn’t work out quite like I had in my head. I stamped the holly onto watercolor paper using Gina K’s Amalgam ink. This is a new ink to me and I just had to give it a go. It stamped well onto the watercolor paper (always a challenge, don’t you think?). I did overstamp a few times with my Misti but the result was clear and crisp. It dried quickly and I was able to get right to watercoloring. I used colors from my split above (with the addition of one brown from a DS Dot Palette I have from Simon Says Stamp). I need to work on the shading of the leaves more but I love these colors! I added a sentiment from the same set and some black to make the image pop. Finally some sequins in a pretty Rose Gold.I hope you have fun with this sketch and will join in with us. The inspiration is always amazing from our design team and in the gallery too! Thanks for stopping in today. I’ll be back on Friday with a card featuring a new product and a new to me technique. Until then, have a wonderful week!

National Coffee Day Hop – Have a Cup of Cheer

September 29, 2018 Jentimko 115 Comments

Happy National Coffee Day!! If ever there was something worth celebrating, it is definitely coffee! I am thrilled to be part of the Coffee Loving Cardmakers hop today. So many Super Sponsors! So many prizes!!

Avery Elle – $25 Gift Code
CAS-ual Fridays Stamps – $25 Gift Code
Ellen Hutson LLC – $25 Gift Card
Gina K Designs – Two $50 Gift Cards
Honey Bee Stamps – $25 Gift Card
Joy Clair – $25 Gift Card
Lawn Fawn – $25 Gift Card
Newton’s Nook Designs – $25 Gift Card
Pink & Main – $25 Store Credit
Precious Remembrance – Little Things stamp set + exclusive coupon savings
Reverse Confetti – $15 Gift Card
STAMPlorations – $15 Gift Card
Studio Katia – A Cup of Thanks Stamp Set & Coordinating Die Set
Trinity Stamps LLC – Coffee with Character stamp set

The hop starts over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers’ blog. You should have come to me via the amazing Wendy McGaffey. I have all the links later in my post if you get lost along the way.

I decided I should pull out the adorable Cup of Cocoa set from Newton’s Nook Designs today. It so happens that Newton’s Nook Designs is one of the Super Sponsors today and I will be giving away $25 Store Credit to shop with them! Make sure to comment here and around the hop for chances to win. Also, the Newton’s Nook Designs team is doing a hop too with another chance to win.

I colored these fun cups with my Copic Markers and then created a shaker card with the Storybook Dies. The sequins from Picket Fence Studios were perfect to match the cups. I think the sentiment from the stamp set is fantastic for today’s hop theme!! Lots of cups of cheer all around blogland!!

I’m so happy that Newton’s Nook Designs allowed me to feature their prize! Make sure you don’t miss out on the chance to win! Now on to the rest of the hop. Next up is Maria Peters over on Instagram.

Here are all the links to the Coffee Lovers team (click the blue button):

And here are the links to all the Super Sponsors (click the blue button):

I hope you have a fun with all the inspiration!!

Cool Beans

September 28, 2018 Jentimko 1 Comment

I’m thrilled to be sharing one more card as the Guest Designer for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers today. I’m back using Picket Fence Studios products and I hope you enjoy this.

I’m pretty much in love with the sweet owls and this BFF Owl is super fun to color. I went a little out of the box on her palette and used the new Color Box Dyestress Inks by Clearsnap. They have some beautiful shades and they are great for easy watercoloring and blending. I stamped the owl in Versafine Onyx Black and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Once she was colored I used the new Circle Stencil from Picket Fence Studios and the Life Changing Blender Brushes to create her spotlight.

You can see that there are seriously no lines from the blending. And the brushes come in big and little sizes so you can use them for all your stencils. The really are life changing when it comes to simplifying your blending. For the sentiment, I used another set from Picket Fence Studios (soon to arrive in the store) called Ways to Say Congrats. This one is perfect for all us coffee fans, don’t you think?

I had so much fun joining in on the Coffee Loving fun this month that I’ll be a part of their hop celebrating National Coffee Day!!! A whole day to celebrate coffee…I’m all in!! And I’m lucky enough to be one of the hop participants with a sponsored prize. You won’t want to miss it!! Come back tomorrow for all the fun. Until then, thanks for stopping in today.

A Winner….and a brief note

September 25, 2018 Jentimko 5 Comments

Hi everyone! I’m here today to announce a winner from my Circle Stencils Giveaway!

Using a random number generator, the winner is comment #2. That means Patricia Allison is my winner! Patricia, I’ll be sending you an email to get your mailing information. Congratulations!!

Now for an update. Over the last few weeks, my posts have been sporadic and mostly ones with projects created well ahead of time for design team work. A week and a half ago, my dear brother-in-law passed away after a fierce battle with cancer. Needless to say, it has been a difficult time for my husband and my boys, along with the whole family. As such, I have not had time for stamping. I know you understand that family comes first but wanted you to know why I have been gone a bit more. I will have a post for Friday this week (I hope) and then should be returning to a more normal schedule. United has been good about giving me time off and making sure we got to all the family events. I’m back to flying today so we are working back to a new normal. I’m grateful for all the support you give me here and look forward to getting back to creating. We all know it is good for the soul. Until next time….thank you!!

Santa and His Reindeer

September 18, 2018 Jentimko 3 Comments

I have two more cards to share with you today that I created for the Picket Fence Studios new release. I have had such fun with the new sets and will be sharing more with you over the next weeks too. Today, I’m focusing on Santa and his reindeer. Two adorable sets! And don’t forget my GIVEAWAY….see my post from Sunday to enter.

I love all the Santa images in the Santa’s mischief set and the sentiments are awesome too. Lots of possibilities for fun cards! I fell in love with the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge #289 and thought it wold be fun to use for this card. I stamped Santa in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and colored him with my Copics. I thought the Framework Dies were a great shape for the sketch and used it to cut some of the Festive Farmhouse paper (SU). I added a sentiment from the set onto some Wood Textures paper (SU) and then layered on the elements.

For my second card, I chose three of the reindeer from Santa’s Sleigh Ride and watercolored them with Zig Clean Color Pens. Using a mask that I created with the Land Borders Dies I added a distress ink background with my Life Changing Blender Brushes. And yes, they really are THAT good!! Super smooth and absolutely zero brush or blending lines! I put the panel on a base of School House Red card stock and added the sentiment onto a banner. It is embossed with Wow Bright White Embossing Powder.

I hope you enjoy these cards and don’t forget to enter for my giveaway!! See you soon!

Christmas Glitters and a GIVEAWAY!

September 16, 2018 Jentimko 11 Comments

On Friday I told you that Picket Fence Studios was launching its very first new release. It has been so exciting to see the projects from the design team and there will be more to come from us all! And guess what?! I even have a giveaway for you courtesy of Picket Fence Studios (details at the end of my post). For today, I have a card that showcases two of the new sets, Merry Christmas and All That Glitters.

I stamped the both images in Twilight Versafine Clair ink. Such a pretty color! The ink stays wet enough to emboss for a bit so I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder to add a little more shine to the card. I used the sentiment layer to add dimension and thought maybe it needed a little more oomph.

So I added a layer of silver glitter paper from the Neutrals Glitter Paper Pack by Concord and 9th. So wonderful!! And it doesn’t shed the glitter…win!! I picked out some the of the more neutral sequins from the Shark Bite Sequins pack to finish the card.

And now to my GIVEAWAY!! I am giving one set of three circle blending stencils from the new release. These stencils are pure genius and have both the positive and negative circles. When paired with the Life Changing Blender Brush set, you won’t know how you lived without them! Rules for the giveaway are simple:

Comment on this post for a chance to win by Saturday, Sep. 22nd. I’ll announce a winner by Sep. 25th right here. It is that simple! Pretty great, right? So let me know what your favorite product is from the new release. Good luck!

I hope you are loving this new release! I’ll be back soon with card showcasing another stamp. See you soon! Thanks for stopping in.

Picket Fence Studios – September Release

September 14, 2018 Jentimko 4 Comments

I’m so excited to share with you today that Picket Fence Studios is launching its very first new release. So many fantastic new sets and I get to start sharing with you today!

First up, I have a card for you that I created for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers where I’m the guest designer this month. Ah…coffee!!! And cards! Need I say more??!! Ok, maybe a little more but click over HERE to see my post and some more details. This adorable owl from You Are A Hoot seemed perfect for this new sentiment from the Louise (#girlboss collection) set.

I colored using Copic Markers and then fussy cut her out. I added this stitched scallop layer for the sentiment and thought some dots to match my coloring would be nice in the background. Love the sentiments from this new set and they will be great to pair with many existing stamps in your collection.

For my second card, I used another of the new release sets called String of Lights. It is such fun and I love the sentiments too. I created this background using Dyestress Inks by Clearsnap. Then I stamped the image and sentiment in Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Bright White Embossing Powder by Wow Embossing.

These new inks come in such pretty colors and I loved the cool colors to make this image pop off the card. I found that the Shark Bite Sequins from Picket Fence Studios were the perfect match for the inks (love when that happens) and I also added in a few Sparkling Clear Sequins.

Well that is it for today! Make sure you head over to the Picket Fence Studios site to see all the new products available in the new release. I’ll be sharing more of them over the next few days! Thanks for stopping in. See you soon.

Freshly Made Sketches #354

September 12, 2018 Jentimko 9 Comments

I’m happy to be back with you today to share a fabulous sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch hostess is the talented and oh so witty Linda Callahan. I love her whimsical takes on sketches and stamp sets!

Her sketch this week reminded me of this little stamp set from Pinkfresh Studios called Dream On. I love the little images and the sentiments in it and it had not gotten nearly enough use. I hope that I didn’t stray too far from the sketch but I’m sure Linda will forgive me if I did.

I stamped the image onto a Strathmore Watercolor Notecard (these are the fabulous watercolor paper all pre-cut and ready to go with envelopes). I used Versafine Onyx Black and then watercolored with a new product from Clearsnap called the Dyestress Blendable Dye Inks. These are beautiful distress style ink in gorgeous colors. I just got them so I used this card as a bit of a palette test. Pretty, aren’t they?! I thought this sentiment kind of fit my mood as I was creating it. I know I didn’t make my usual Sept. 11th post yesterday but, truthfully, there is a lot going on with our family and I just didn’t have it in me. So in a way, this is my tribute card. It is hard in the face of tragedy to be happy. But it is ok to try to own it and allow yourself to heal and find joy. So I have this card for just the right day and just the right person.

I hope that you have a wonderful and peaceful week. Take a moment to allow yourself to be happy! And for those of you who are facing hurricanes, fires and other tragedies, please know that I am thinking of you and your safety! Thanks for stopping in today. See you on Friday with lots of fun things!

Freshly Made Sketches #353

September 5, 2018 Jentimko 8 Comments

A quick post for today. On a layover, hotel wifi is wacko and I am just trying to fight to get this posted. Ah, technology!!

The amazing Jen Mitchell has a sketch today over at Freshly Made Sketches that is perfect for anyone. That wide open space meant that I just needed to create something with watercolor. These fabulous fish from Picket Fence Studios are such fun and seemed perfect. I stamped on Fabriano Extra White Watercolor paper and colored using some Daniel Smith paints. The sentiment from a sister set called A Dose of Vitamin Sea really spoke to me and I thought it would work well here. The Frosted Droplets are a new product from Stampin’ Up and I liked their added texture.

Ok, like I said…super quick. More soon when I’m back to a functioning internet. Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon!

Freshly Made Sketches #352

August 29, 2018 Jentimko 7 Comments

Do you ever see a stamp set that speaks to you and you cannot even begin to resist it?! Yeah…me too. And my card today features one of those stamps!! I’m the sketch hostess over at Freshly Made Sketches today and I created a sketch that was perfect for this image and this sentiment. Because, really….just look at them!!

As with most things that hit you as “must have”, there is a back story. Many of you know about my sweet little calico kitty named Kate. But do you know WHY she is Kate? Before her, I had an old man kitty who had been my friend for over 19 years. He was my sweet boy who was kind enough to adopt my husband and then tolerate the arrival of my two boys (albeit, with a 2 week hunger strike after the birth of the second). When he passed away, the house was too quiet and I was so sad. After a few months, DH told me that we were heading to the local SPCA to see if a new kitty would choose us. We narrowed it down and I was looking for another boy. After all, I said, I’m the queen and there will be no other. So I took the boys the next day to see which kitty really wanted to come home with us and there was this sweet little girl. And she took one look at us, realized we would do very nicely and demanded that we get her home immediately. So there was a princess. As luck would have it, there was also a new princess (well duchess but whatever) so we chose the name Kate. And here we are about 6 years later and the boys wore DH and I down asking for a second kitty. In a moment of weakness, I took them back to the SPCA “just to look”. Yeah, right. And thus a new kitty has entered the house. Another little girl. Naturally, her name is Meg (after the latest addition to the royal family). Kate is warming up to the idea of a sister but you don’t have to speak fluent cat to know there were some very unkind words uttered. In the midst of the early chaos (Meg has been with us about 3 weeks), I saw this stamp and yep. It just hit me as totally hilarious. And true. At least in my house. (and yes, I’ll share some pics here of Meg but I did put some up on Instagram when she first came home)

Ok now that I covered that seriously too long story, back to the card. This stamp set is from Picket Fence Studios and it is called Wicked Together. It is awesome!! I stamped this fabulous kitty in Versafine Onyx Black Ink and then heat embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder (SU). I chose this chevron paper from my stash as a background to the sentiment (stamped and embossed too). I tied on some purple twine and added a few sequins just for more dimension. But we know that all eyes are on that cat…as they should be!!

I hope you will find this sketch inspiring! As always the Freshly Made Sketches Design Team has outdone themselves and you need to hop right over to see their work. I’m so glad you were able to stop in today. Until next time, happy stamping!

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