Occasions/Spring Catalog ’15

Freshly Made Sketches #230

March 30, 2016 Jentimko 8 Comments

Another week, another amazing sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. This time it is the lovely Jen Brum as our sketch hostess and she has created one that will ensure a varied and interesting gallery. I have been in a bit of a stamping slump (mostly due to lack of time) and so when I sat down to finally stamp yesterday, I was a bit overwhelmed with too many ideas and found myself stuck doing nothing instead. Ever have that happen??!! I did what any good stamper does and fessed up to the team, lol! And the wonderful Linda Callahan broke the code for me with three little letters. D.S.P. Yep, I needed a directional push and that was the right one. Yay for stamping friends!

I went over to my stash of papers and found this pretty spring set from last year called Painted Blooms. Once I chose the Wild Wasabi stripes and the Daffodil watercolor solid, I was back on track. I kept rummaging through some unused things and found these leftover flowers from my Watercolor Wishes kit. The sentiment from Watercolor Wishes was just the right size and I added sequins from the kit too. All of the rectangles are cut using Stitched Rectangles dies from Simon Says Stamp.

I’m sure you will have lots of ideas the minute you see this sketch but if in doubt, listen to Linda. This is a great sketch for using some of your pretty DSPs. Hope you have fun and I’ll see you in the gallery.

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamps: Watercolor Wishes; Ink: Wild Wasabi; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Painted Blooms DSP; Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS), Dimensionals, Watercolor Wishes Kit

Essence of Love…

February 9, 2016 Jentimko 3 Comments

I am continuing my coloring practice for The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge with this card today. I love this retired image it is perfect for working on shading. I also saw the Time Out Challenge #49 with their inspiration challenge: “Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow”. Again….this image is simply perfect. So I got to work. I stamped with Smoky Slate (SU) ink and colored with my Copics. Once I was done, I cut it out with a Stitched Rectangles Die. When I put it on the white panel, it seemed a little blah so I added some stenciled sponging. The stencil is from the Happy Patterns masks group. I used my Ranger Mini Round Blending Tool (I love it because it doesn’t create edges). Once I had the background on, I liked it much better. I popped the image up on Dimensionals and added some Sparkling Clear Sequins (PPP).

I’ll be back tomorrow with the latest from Freshly Made Sketches. I even made another video for it! Thanks for stopping in today. Hope your day is great!

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Stamps: Love is Kindness (SU ret); Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU); Ink: Smoky Slate, Copic Markers; Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS), Sequins (PPP)

Stamp Review Crew – Butterfly Basics

May 3, 2015 Jentimko 10 Comments

I am so excited to be a part of this amazing group of Stampin’ Up demonstrators! If you haven’t heard of “The Crew” yet, you are going to be so thrilled with this. We are here to show you the versatility of one stamp set every time we hop (the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month). We have a whole team of people and different stampers participate each time. Like you, we look to find ways to maximize our investments and the single focus on one set allows you to see all the possibilities! This week, our featured stamp is Butterfly Basics. This set is a favorite from the Occasions Catalog and I’m so thrilled it has made it to the new 2015-16 Stampin’ Up Catalog too!

If you just came over from the wonderful Tanya Boser, I’m so glad you are here! If you want to see everyone who is hopping or if you get lost along the way, just click over to The Stamp Review Crew blog.

I thought I’d combine this beautiful stamp set with some retiring favorites! This Natural Filter paper is so pretty especially when texture is added to it. I used the Honeycomb TIEF to add the background design and then sewed it onto a Crumb Cake card base. I stamped the retiring Dictionary stamp in Crumb Cake ink onto this tag from Chalk Talk that was cut from Naturals Ivory card stock, added the little watermark and then the leaves from Butterfly Basics in Mossy Meadow. The butterfly from the set is stamped in Blackberry Bliss and cut by hand. I added some Basic Pearls, the Venetian Crochet Trim and a mini clothespin to finish.

I hope you like today’s card. Like you, I can’t wait to see all that the others have for inspiration! Hop on over to Betty Traciak to continue on your way around. So glad you dropped in today. See you again soon!

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Stamps: Butterfly Basics, Dictionary; Paper: Crumb Cake, Naturals Ivory; Ink: Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Blackberry Bliss; Accessories: Big Shot, Honeycomb TIEF, Venetian Crochet Trim, Basic Pearls, Mini Clothespin, Sewing Machine, Dimensionals

I’m so excited to share my new edition of Stamps on the Fly! You all know how much I love working with sketches and I thought it would be fun to share that with you. I have a page up telling you all the details including the links on how to get these PDF tutorials for FREE!

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Stamps on the Fly – May Sketch Edition

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Freshly Made Sketches #181

April 8, 2015 Jentimko 12 Comments

I hope you are having a fabulous week! I am in week two of spring break-a-pa-looza. My younger son has the break this week. We are taking advantage of the nicer weather and doing some gardening and other outside things. I also got to go with my boys on a short trip to the Shenandoah River State Park for some unplugged time. The weather was beautiful for the days we were there and we all had a blast.

So onto my card for this week at Freshly Made Sketches. The oh so amazing Jen Mitchell is this week’s hostess and she has given us another fun sketch that has a cool angled layer. Amazing how the twist changes the card in such a great way.

I decided to base my card on this cool new embossing folder called Splish Splash from Spellbinders. This wave pattern seemed like a fun place to start my image panel. I used my Birthday Bash Washi Sheets to create the little boat. I just cut the right size and applied them to Whisper White card stock and they were ready to go. The patterns are such fun! The base of the boat is my 1-3/4″ Circle Punch cut in half and then I just created the sails with rectangles cut in half. The sentiment is from the So You stamp set (it is becoming a go-to for me) and I added a little bit of extra to the rectangles using the Stitched Rectangles dies.

The team has some really awesome work to share with you this week and you are going to have a blast joining in this week. I’m going to keep working on the gardening and hanging out with my 9 year old. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll even get some stamping done together. I always love seeing what he creates when his big brother isn’t around to take charge. *smile* Thanks so much for dropping in today. See you soon.

I’m so excited to share my new edition of Stamps on the Fly! You all know how much I love working with sketches and I thought it would be fun to share that with you. I have a brand new page up telling you all the details including the links on how to get these PDF tutorials for FREE!

Available for international customers and demonstrators too! Just click below for all the details!

Stamps on the Fly – April Sketch Edition

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Stamp: So You; Paper: Bermuda Bay, White; Ink: Bermuda Bay; Accessories: Big Shot, Spellbinders M-bossibilites Splish Splash, SSS Stitched Rectangles, Birthday Bash Washi Sheets, 1-3/4″ Circle Punch, Regals Button, Bermuda Bay Baker’s Twine

Happy Easter

April 5, 2015 Jentimko No Comments

Happy, happy Easter! I hope that your day is full of blessings. My last few days have shown me the many reasons I have to dance like this little bunny. I took a short vacation with my boys out into the Shenandoah River State Park where we stayed in a lovely little cabin and enjoyed a bit of unplugging. No TV, no wi-fi, no Minecraft! We hiked around the lovely trails, made s’mores, played board games and read. I could have stayed a few more days!

To celebrate this glorious day with you, I thought I’d share some Happy Easter Bunny cards with you. The top card was colored by me using Blendies and Copics. I stamped in Momento Black onto the awesome little note cards. The group of cards were colored by the Religious Education class that I have been teaching (6th grade). They decided that the bunny reminds them of Snoopy doing his happy dance. I laughed that they thought this and totally agree! They colored the cards and then wrote sweet little notes for people who live in a local nursing home. I hope the cards bring Easter joy to the recipients!

Off to enjoy this beautiful Easter day! He is risen, He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

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Stamps on the Fly – April Sketch Edition

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Stamp: Happy Easter Bunny; Paper: Note Cards and Envelopes; Ink: Momento Black, Blendabilities, Copics; Accessories: Assorted colored pencils

Freshly Made Sketches #180

April 1, 2015 Jentimko 5 Comments

Happy Wednesday! I hope you are having a fabulous week. I have to say that this will be short and sweet today. My boys have only a little bit of overlap on their spring breaks from school and today is the start of that. I have a little bit of “business” at the end of this post and I will be handling that as needed but otherwise I plan to take off through Easter to spend time with my boys.

I am the sketch hostess for today at Freshly Made Sketches and I hope you will enjoy this one!

I created this little burst of sunshine using the So You stamp from the Occasions catalog. I love this stamp set for the sentiments alone but this stamp is such fun. I stamped it onto the Moonlight DSP and then cut out the rays. I stamped them onto the Whisper White card stock too so I had a guide and then just placed the cut outs on top. The clouds were cut from another print using the Word Bubble Framelits. I outlined the edges of of the clouds using my black Stampin’ Write Marker so that it mimicked the look of the fussy cut rays. I added the sentiment from the same stamp set and threw on a few sequins that I had left from a Paper Pumpkin.

FMS Final 180-001 I love what the DT has created with my sketch and I hope you’ll have some time to play along too. As I said, I’m going to be taking a bit of a break but I will have a post for you tomorrow. I have been busily working on my Sketch of the Month version of Stamps on the Fly but I think it is easier to run that information in a separate post. I have all the projects ready and the videos made so I can’t wait to share the sneak peek. Until then, I hope your day is great. Thanks for stopping in!

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Stamp: So You; Paper: Whisper White, Moonlight DSP; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Black Stampin’ Write Marker; Accessories: Big Shot, Word Bubbles Framelits, Sequins, Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #179

March 25, 2015 Jentimko 10 Comments

Has it really been a week since I posted?! Wow. I’d love to say I knew where the time went but I’m not even sure. I did get the chance to hold some stamping events though and those were such fun! So guess what we have up for your this week at Freshly Made Sketches? Yep, another excellent sketch (like there was any other possible answer)!! Amy O’Neill is such an amazing stamper and I love what she has given us this week. I’m hoping that spring break means you’ll have time to join us because you are going to want to join us!

I needed an Easter card for a teacher in my son’s Religious Education class and thought this sketch would be perfect. I used this pretty flower from Butterfly Basics. I really love this flower. Yes, I did color it with Blendabilities but it could easily be made using classic ink and Blender Pens. The sentiment is from a retired set called Blessed Easter. I tend to save sets like that because they are great to have on hand. Sometimes for the images, sometime for the sentiments but always great when you need a quick go-to! In fact, that is one of the the things I look for when I’m purchasing stamps. Long term flexibility makes stamps a great investment! I used this yellow print from Painted Blooms DSP. I cannot get enough of this DSP as you may have noticed. The variety of prints and the awesome spring colors just make me happy! The 5/8″ Organza Ribbon and some retired Lucky Limeade (that’s a throwback, isn’t it) are combined for the little banner element.

I’m already working on the card for this month’s Fancy Friday hop coming on Friday. I’ll also have an announcement for you then. I can hardly wait to share!!

The FMS team has so much inspiration for you this week. I just love these ladies and all the talent they share every week! And speaking of talent…the gallery continues to wow us every week. Your contributions make me ooh and ahh!! Thanks for sharing with us!!

Ok….back on Friday. Hope you have a great week and I’ll see you then!

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Paper: Whisper White, Painted Blooms DSP, Bermuda Bay; Accessories: Big Shot, Mini Treat Bag Thinlits, 2-1/2″ Circle Punch, Everyday Adventure Washi Tape, Dimensionals, Tomboy Multipurpose Adhesive

Freshly Made Sketches #178

March 18, 2015 Jentimko 14 Comments

Do you ever take online classes? Well, I though I needed a perk up from the winter blahs so I signed up for one that focuses on die cutting called Stretch Your Dies from Online Card Classes. I’m even trying to do some of the homework. Ok, yeah, yeah….what does that have to do with Wednesday at Freshly Made Sketches?! I combined the ideas from day 1 of class with the sketch this week and I can’t wait to see what you think!

So the first day of class focus on word dies and I immediately thought of this fun scripty word from the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits. After cutting it a bunch of times from Whisper White card stock, I attached them to another panel of Whisper White using Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive (light hand). Then I cut the word again from Bermuda Bay so that I could add it over the circle. The triangle print on the sides comes from washi tape that comes with the Everyday Adventure Project Life Accessory Kit. I cut the circle and the panel from Painted Blooms DSP and then popped the extra sentiment on. I just love the effect from the tone on tone words down the panel, don’t you?! Can’t wait to hear what you think about it. Takes a little patience but worth it.

The team has created their usual fabulous inspiration and you’ll have such fun with this sketch. Our resident layer goddess Narelle has given us one that has just the right combination of layers and clean lines so that everyone should be happy! I’m going to try to continue with my class work and hopefully have some interesting stuff to share. Until then, I hope your week is great! Thanks so much for stopping by.

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Paper: Whisper White, Painted Blooms DSP, Bermuda Bay; Accessories: Big Shot, Mini Treat Bag Thinlits, 2-1/2″ Circle Punch, Everyday Adventure Washi Tape, Dimensionals, Tomboy Multipurpose Adhesive

Stamp Review Crew – Point & Click

March 15, 2015 Jentimko 9 Comments

I am so excited to be a part of this amazing group of Stampin’ Up demonstrators! If you haven’t heard of “The Crew” yet, you are going to be so thrilled with this. We are here to show you the versatility of one stamp set every time we hop (the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month). We have a whole team of people and different stampers participate each time. Like you, we look to find ways to maximize our investments and the single focus on one set allows you to see all the possibilities! This week, our featured stamp is Project Life: Point & Click. While it is certainly great for creating Project Life memory keeping, it is also fabulous for cards!

If you just came over from the lovely Yapha Mason, I’m so glad you are here! If you want to see everyone who is hopping or if you get lost along the way, just click over to The Stamp Review Crew blog.

I just love the little designs in this stamp set. So many fun arrows, stars and elements! I thought I’d just use one and repeat it to create this sweet little card. I stamped the arrows using Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight and Real Red. Then I added the sentiments from So You, a stamp set from the Occasions Catalog that goes along with the So You Project Kit (an adorable scrapbook kit). LOVE this sentiment (and all the others in the set)! I put a narrow background frame around the stamped panel with Real Red card stock and then attached this striped pattern from the Stacked with Love DSP Pack to a white card base. While some of the patterns have a subtle heart theme this stack is really great for so many projects! It seemed to be missing something so I finished with a tiny Cherry Cobbler Button (Regals) tied up with Bermuda Bay Baker’s Twine. The stamped panel is up on Dimensionals for a little extra wow!

I hope you like today’s card. Like you, I can’t wait to see all that the others have for inspiration! Hop on over to Holly Krautkremer to continue on your way around. So glad you dropped in today. See you again soon!

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Stamps: Project Life Point & Click, So You; Paper: Stacked with Love DSP Pack, Real Red, Whisper White; Ink: Bermuda Bay, Real Red, Daffodil Delight; Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Regals Button, Bermuda Bay Baker’s Twine, Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #177

March 11, 2015 Jentimko 11 Comments

Another week is flying by!! Finally, it has warmed up a little here and my boys are actually in school (and may be there for an entire week!!)! I have been catching up on stuff around the house but was so excited to sit down with this week’s awesome sketch by Karren. Now you probably know Karren as the fabulously talented stamper from New Zealand (and she is!!) but did you also know that she is a world class enabler?! Yep. Under that sweet exterior is a woman who “helps” the entire team find just the right stamping products. If you follow her blog, I’m sure she has helped you right along too! *smile* Not shocking that her sketch will make you need to play along this week, then, is it?!

Can you tell that I’m ready for spring?! This card practically screams it! I pulled out the beautiful Painted Blooms DSP and started looking at prints. I finally decided to keep it simple and use a white base with this Wild Wasabi striped print. I love these stripes!! Then I pulled out my Butterflies Thinlits and cut the background butterfly out of White Vellum card stock and then used the solid butterfly thinlit on a flower print to cut the top one. I love how the look of the print changes when it is cut out with a die! This little butterfly makes me happy! I topped it with a Vintage Faceted Button and the coordinating Painted Blooms Twine in Wild Wasabi. The sentiment is from Gifts of Kindness. Now for the weather to get warm enough to see butterflies for real!!

Ok…so I’m sure you have seen it. Yesterday, Stampin’ Up issued an announcement that the Blendabilities line of alcohol markers has been discontinued. While I’m personally sad for this because I love them, I am proud of Stampin’ Up for being the kind of company that will ensure that products pass the quality control test. These were simply too inconsistent from the manufacturer and no resolution was in sight. I know this was a difficult choice for the company but ethically the only one they could make. What does this mean for you? If you have them, keep using them! I will and you will still see them here at the blog until they are unusable. If you have product that is defective, please contact your demonstrator because there are policies in place to make it right. If you bought them from me, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. I’ll be happy to help in any way possible!

The variation on this sketch from the design team this week is really fantastic. I think you are going to have fun using this one. Oh…and the long card sketch last week….what a great gallery we had! Thanks to all who joined in on that!

Well, I hope that your week is going well and that you are having a stretch of nice weather too! Thanks so much for stopping in today. See you soon!

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Stamps: Gift of Kindness; Paper: Neenah White, Painted Blooms DSP, White Vellum; Ink: Wild Wasabi; Accessories: Painted Blooms Twine, Vintage Faceted Button, Big Shot, Butterflies Thinlits, Crystal Effects, Banner Punch, Dimensionals

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