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Freshly Made Sketches #264

November 23, 2016 Jentimko 8 Comments

Happy Wednesday to you! For those of you in the US, I’m sure you are preparing for Thanksgiving! And for your holiday crafting time, we have a lovely sketch for you from Freshly Made Sketches. The incredible Karren Johnson has a winning sketch that is sure to spark your creativity. Perfect for fast cards or those that require a bit more time!

I opted for the “a bit more time” choice but only because I had colored these flowers last week. I took some stamped images and my Copics on a trip with me and took a bit of time just to color for The 30 Day Coloring Challenge. I used two of the poinsettias and some of the leaves from the Poinsettia stamp set (Simon Says Stamp) to create this lovely flower. The set comes with coordinating dies but I chose to fussy cut these instead. I used a card base from an old holiday kit and then cut some Thick Whisper White with my Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS). The sentiment is from WPlus9’s Be Merry set. I just LOVE this sentiment and the fonts!! I added some little pearls to finish and add a little balance without detracting from this flower.

If you are traveling this weekend, I wish you a safe trip and no delays! Thanks so much for stopping in today. See you soon!

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamps: Be Merry Stamp and Die Combo (WPlus9), Poinsettia Stamp and Dies (Simon Says Stamp); Ink: Copic Markers, Momento Black; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Holiday Card Kit (retired); Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Basic Pearls, Red Pearls (kit), Misti, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Fancy Friday – Holiday Inspiration

November 17, 2016 Jentimko 3 Comments

Welcome to this month’s Fancy Friday Blog Hop! Our team is a group of stampers who love to make beautiful things. Sometimes they are clean, sometimes they are layered but the one thing I can say for sure is that our projects will be fancy! If you hopped over from my friend Cindy, welcome to the next stop. For November, we have an inspiration challenge! And what inspiration it is!

There are so many beautiful elements in these photos to draw from! I decided to pull the plaid, the kraft/burlap and the chalkboard style wrapping paper into a card. I started with the Stitched with Cheer kit from Stampin’ Up’s Holiday Catalog and then put a spin on it. That is one of the best parts of kits. If you are pressed for time, the kits are perfect just as they are! If you are like me and have a hard time making multiples of things, the kit allows for personalization. In this case, I just did a mix and match. I pulled the star and two of the kraft banners along with the kraft base. The stitching on the star is super quick and the metallic thread in the kit is gorgeous! I adhered the two banners together and the seam is hidden behind the star. I pulled out a piece of Basic Black card stock and cut it to 3-3/4″ x 5″. I stamped this sentiment from Wondrous Wreath (it is a favorite of mine) with Craft White and then embossed with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. Then I sponged on a tiny bit more of the Craft White to give the chalkboard feel. Gold, red and white “pearls” are in the kit. I did use at least one that was from a previous kit (but I can’t remember because I was playing with them for so long, haha). But that is just me being me. Use the ones from the kit and keep it simple! If you have the sentiment set that goes with the kit, most of them would work here too. So to make this the only non-kit items you need are black card stock and the white ink/embossing powder.

Fancy-Friday-08 You are going to love all that the team has to share this month! How lucky I am to be a part of this Fancy Friday team. We have another new face joining us this month….the lovely Susan Wong. You know her work, I’m sure! No more delay! On with the hop. The extraordinary Cathy Caines is next up. You already know you will be wow’d!

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Stamp: Wondrous Wreath; Ink: Craft White; Paper: Basic Black; Accessories: Stitched With Cheer Card Kit, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Sponges, Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #263

November 16, 2016 Jentimko 6 Comments

I cannot believe it has been a week since I posted. I am in the joy and pain of pre-holiday flying. I was totally fortunate in getting Thanksgiving off but to make that happen my monthly flying has been really front loaded. So…not much stamping time. But today is Freshly Made Sketches day and I simply cannot miss out on that!! And oh I cannot wait to see what this week’s gallery looks like!! The incredibly fabulous Cécile Ribon is our sketch hostess and this one is super creative!

After pondering for a bit on how to incorporate circles, I had a burst of inspiration. I just got this awesome Be Merry set from WPlus9 and it seemed just right for all the elements. So I stamped a bunch of them with Momento Black ink and then colored with my Copic Markers. This set has matching dies which make it easy to create these groups!! I thought it would be fun to use a black card base to help everything pop that much more. I added extra dimension by using, well, Dimensionals to pop some of the layers. Then I added some tiny Basic Pearls to the flower centers.

Ok, it is your turn! Run right over and check out the inspiration and then get to work so we can see your creations! Also, there is a new challenge over at The Card Concept today. I just could not get it together enough to finish my card (not enough hours home) but I want you to see all the gorgeous work for the challenge! I think you will want to play along there too (why not join the challenges??!)! Thanks so much for stopping in today. So glad you did! See you on Friday for this month’s Fancy Friday hop.

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamps: Be Merry Stamp and Die Combo (WPlus9); Ink: Copic Markers, Momento Black; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Basic Black; Accessories: Basic Pearls, Misti, Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #262

November 9, 2016 Jentimko 6 Comments

Today is Freshly Made Sketches day. Thank goodness. Because I, for one, need something happy to occupy my time. I feel certain there are others who share my thoughts. The lovely Jennifer Brum is our sketch hostess. I know you will love it as much as I did.

I will admit that things have been super busy here are I had this flower colored from a project last week. Copics were the tool of choice for coloring this flower and it was such fun. I had not used them for a bit and forgot how much I love them. I added some Pop of Pink DSP with this cool chevron pattern and a sentiment from the same set as the flower, Altenew’s Beautiful Day.

So today is one of those days that we have a choice. I am going to choose kindness. I wish you a beautiful day! See you soon!

Stamps: Beautiful Day (Altenew); Ink: Copic Markers, Momento Black; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Basic Black, Pop of Pink DSP; Accessories: Metal rimmed pearl (SU ret)

The Card Concept #61

November 2, 2016 Jentimko 8 Comments

We have a beautiful inspiration piece over at The Card Concept this week and it was hard for me to narrow down which elements I wanted to use. No surprise, the team has created some really pretty projects and you are going to have fun with this one!

I chose to use one of my favorite flowers from the Altenew Beautiful Day stamp set. I stamped on Canson Watercolor paper using WPlus9 Black Dye Ink and then colored using Tim Holtz Distress ink in Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry. The pretty mint typewrite inspired the Mint Macaron card base. I cut image layer using Stitched Rectangled from Simon Says Stamp. The sentiment was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black and comes from the Lovely set by Ellen Hutson (Essentials by Ellen). Finally the little details. I added some lace trim and gold thread (hard to see in the picture) to keep with the sketch from this week’s CAS(E) this Sketch. I also colored this for Kathy Racoosin’s Thirty Day Coloring Challenge….a great way to motivate yourself to color just a little every day!

Just a reminder that this is my second post of the day. Please check my card for Freshly Made Sketches as well. I hope you enjoy this and that you are having a great week. See you soon!

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamps: Beautiful Day (Altenew), Lovely (Essentials by Ellen – Ellen Hutson); Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry), WPlus9 Black Dye Ink, Versafine Onyx Black; Paper: Canson Watercolor Paper, Mint Macaron (SU); Accessories: Zig BrusH2O, Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles (SSS), Dimensionals, Lace Trim (SU ret), Gold Metallic Thread (SU), Green Pearl (Paper Pumpkin by SU)

Freshly Made Sketches #261

November 2, 2016 Jentimko 7 Comments

Today is Freshly Made Sketches day and I have some fun for you! They sweet and oh so talented Cindy Hall is our hostess and she has created an instant classic for us to use this week!

A little while ago, I was lucky enough to have a layover in Dallas-Ft. Worth and got to spend a whole day with the lovely Bev Gerard. She is even nicer in person that she is over at Splitcoaststampers (almost impossible to believe!!). She and her dear husband came over to whisk me away from a long boring layover hotel and straight into her amazing stamp room. I sat there in awe and we even did a little bit of stamping. One of the things I brought home was this stamped image from Merry Mice and I knew I wanted to color him for The 30 Day Coloring Challenge. I posted a closeup of him yesterday on Instagram and you can see the sparkle in his little sweater and on the ornament! I used my Zig Clean Color pens for coloring and then added some Wink of Stella to add some shimmer. The image was stamped on Fabriano Watercolor Paper which happens to be a nice color match for Shimmery White card stock from SU. So that is what I used as a base. The sparkle from the Stella is also a nice complement to the shimmer from the base. I added a Cherry Cobbler layer and a Bermuda Bay embossed layer across the card. Isn’t this mouse just the cutest??? I love him so much! If you do too, you are in luck. He is on sale right now for a 25% discount!! It is our lucky day!

Just a reminder that this is post 1 of 2 today. I’m back in a little while with a beautiful inspiration challenge from The Card Concept. Please make sure you go check out that FMS team’s work this week and let them know how much you appreciate their work! See you soon!

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamps: Merry Mice; Ink: Zig Clean Color Pens, SU Archival Black; Paper: Fabriano Watercolor, Cherry Cobbler, Bermuda Bay; Accessories: Zig BrusH2O, Big Shot, Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder (ret), Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Fancy Friday – Merry Tags Partial Die Cut

October 27, 2016 Jentimko 6 Comments

Welcome to this month’s Fancy Friday Blog Hop! Our team is a group of stampers who love to make beautiful things. Sometimes they are clean, sometimes they are layered but the one thing I can say for sure is that our projects will be fancy! If you hopped over from the lovely and talented Connie, welcome to the next stop. For October, our theme is a Technique challenge! I love a good technique and I thought it would be fun to revisit the Partial Die Cut Technique.

So I debated whether I should do this as a shaker card or using DSP and I finally decided to show you both!! They each have their wow and I can totally see you being able to go crazy with ideas on them. To keep it simple, I created a video tutorial for you on the shaker card.

If you are having trouble seeing it in your email, you can click HERE!

Just a few of the details to add in from the video. The DSP in the background on the deer and tree tag is from the Floral Boutique pack. Just remember your paper doesn’t have to be “holiday” to work perfectly. And you could totally use some Glimmer Paper for a wow effect! DSP on the bottom panel or textures like the Softly Falling Embossing Folder will change the look and allow for fun variations. I’m really hoping you’ll share your versions with me!!

Fancy-Friday-08 I think you are going to jump for joy as you hop around this month! You know these stampers are simply going to wow you!! And speaking of wow, I get the privilege of introducing a new member of our Fancy Friday team. The amazing Sue Plote has agree to join us. Her work is extraordinary and we are thrilled to have her along. Have fun on the hop!

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Stamp: Holly Jolly Greetings; Ink: Versamark, Night of Navy; Paper: Crumb Cake, Thick Whisper White, Floral Boutique DSP; Accessories: Big Shot, Merry Tags Framelits, Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh – Concord and 9th Birthday Mix), Window Sheet, Die Brush, Stampin’ Trimmer, Night of Navy Baker’s Twine, Foam Adhesive Strips

Freshly Made Sketches #260

October 26, 2016 Jentimko 6 Comments

The lovely and super talented Kim Singdahlsen is our sketch hostess this week at Freshly Made Sketches and she really created a unique one. Super interesting and so many ways to play with the idea!

After pondering the “any shape” feature for a while, I thought I would see if these leaves from Concord and 9th would be right. Yep! Totally!! I colored with Tim Holtz Distress Ink onto watercolor paper and then cut the leaves out. It gives them a soft, varied look in person! I first started using Kraft and then white but finally realized that this DSP pack (retired from SU) was the PERFECT answer. Don’t forget to look in your stash (because I know you have one) for those hidden gems that you have forgotten after the season changed. I love the plaid for fall and the pretty polka dots were a great background for the sentiment. This script/type combination is from Mama Elephant’s Butterfly Kisses set. I stamped in Early Espresso using my Misti to get a super crisp and clean look. I played with the placement of the leaves and found that this little button provided the right balance. See…you are going to have fun playing with this one!!

I hope you enjoy this one and that you will join us this week. I’ll be back on Friday with the latest from the Fancy Friday team. Lots of fun on that one that you won’t want to miss. Until then, have a great week!

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamp: Butterfly Kisses (Mama Elephant); Ink: Early Espresso, Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed); Paper: Sweater Weather DSP (SU ret), Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock; Accessories: Big Shot, Layering Leaves Dies (Concord and 9th), Button, Early Espresso Twine

Strength & Prayers

October 25, 2016 Jentimko 3 Comments

Because I had some time to stamp last week and I needed a card for a friend, it seemed like the perfect time to pull out this gorgeous stamp set from Stampin’ Up. I think the art on this bird is stunning!!! The best part of this set?? Less is more. (I know it shocks you to hear that I’d be drawn to a set like that, haha!) I stamped the image and the sentiment onto watercolor paper using WPlus9 Black Dye Ink. Then using a Zig Clean Color Pen in Light Blue I added in a bit of color to the bird. And a few sequins (some hoarded ones that I LOVE) from the Watercolor Wishes kit that matched perfectly just had to go on too. I put it on a Soft Sky base and cut the inside sentiment panel to match the layout of the front.

I rarely see a set that simply goes into my shopping cart without question and this was one. The set of 3 is perfect for sympathy cards but also for inspiration. Ok…quick post for today. Back tomorrow with the latest from Freshly Made Sketches. Until then, have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Strength & Prayers; Ink: WPlus9 Black Dye Ink; Paper: Canson Watercolor, Soft Sky; Accessories: Misti, Zig BrusH2O, Sequins (Watercolor Wishes Kit), Dimensionals

The Card Concept #60

October 19, 2016 Jentimko 5 Comments

It is a double post Wednesday!! Yippee! My second of the day is my card for The Card Concept. We have a beautiful inspiration picture and you are going to have loads of ideas from it. As I was looking through my stash, I realized I was woefully low on pumpkin stamps (seriously??!!). But I had kept this one from a few years ago because it is always fun to color.

I stamped it in WPlus9 Black ink and colored the image with my Zig Clean Color Pens. The best part about saving great images is that you get to re-visit them later when you have different supplies. Coloring this one with the Zigs made me so happy. I’m not totally sure I hit the mark with Clean and Graphic this week but in an attempt to keep it there, I simply added the sentiment from the set and kept the rest clean. The chevron paper is from the old Sweater Weather DSP (ret) that gives a nod to the inspiration. I was also inspired by Ceal’s challenge for Falliday Fest at Splitcoaststampers, FF16Simplybeautiful, which is a Colors of Fall challenge. There are a lot of great ones to join in so go check them out!

I hope you will have fun joining us this week at The Card Concept. Remember that my Freshly Made Sketches post went up earlier so go check that one out too. Thanks so much for stopping in today. See you soon!

Supplies:

Stamps: Always Thankful; Ink: Early Espresso, WPlus9 Black Dye Ink, Zig Clean Color Pens; Paper: Canson Watercolor, Sweater Weather DSP (SU ret); Accessories: Zig BrusH2O Water Pen

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