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You’re in my Thoughts

January 31, 2016 Jentimko 5 Comments

I hope your weekend is going well! We are finally digging out of all the snow and life is returning to normal. Both boys may even go to school tomorrow! Yay!! My oldest missed a whole week. Eek! I know a lot of people make fun of this area and how it handles snow but the reality is that we have equipment that is good for regular little snows and NOT for gigantic storms like Snowzilla. So it takes a bit. But I did have a great time with sledding along with all the shoveling. Over all, a mom win for time spent with the boys!

Meanwhile, back at the stamp table, I was able to finally put together something that I worked on over a week ago. I showed a peek of the coloring in progress on my Instagram page (link is over in my sidebar if you want to follow). I was practicing my no-line coloring using just grays. In this case, Copic Toner Grays T0, T2 and T5. The flower is from Altenew’s Beautiful Day. I stamped in SU Smoky Slate ink and then did the coloring. I added a little white to the center with a White Gel Pen. The sentiment is from Watercolor Wishes and also stamped in Smoky Slate. I cut the white layer with a Lil’ Inkers Border Builders Die and added a piece of Basic Grey Vivienne DSP underneath. Some Sparkling Clear Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh were a nice finishing touch. You can get most of these products all in one place at Simon Says Stamp.

I hope you enjoy this one. I had fun practicing my coloring. Even more fun when it turns into something worth showing (not everything does but the practice is still worth it!). Thought I’d add this in on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge this week – the theme is Anything Goes. Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon!

Stamps: Beautiful Day (Altenew); Ink: Smoky Slate (SU), Copic Markers; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Basic Gray Vivienne DSP; Accessories: Big Shot, Border Builders Die (LID), Sequins (PPP), White Gel Pen

Fancy Friday – I Heart You

January 28, 2016 Jentimko 8 Comments

Welcome to this month’s Fancy Friday Blog Hop! Our team is a group of demonstrators 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 dear friend Cindy, welcome to the next stop. For January we are creating a Valentines….but very special ones with a twist. No traditional red or pink!My first thought when I considered what colors to use was to somehow add in gold. I went looking for a sketch and found this fun one from Can You Case It. I also wanted to focus on Valentine’s Day for the CASology Adore Challenge. I used a Tea Lace Doily against Basic Black and then layered on some Gold Metallic Thread and heart cut from Gold Foil with the Sweetheart Punch. The sentiment stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder is from And Many More. Finally a few gold Metallic Sequins to finish the image layer. I cut a card base from Basic Black and put on an A2 sized piece of Gold Foil. I think the color combination is really elegant and just as perfect for Valentine’s Day as red or pink!

I’ll be back on Sunday with another card that I had time to create. But for now you need to get to hopping and check out all that the team has created!

The fabulous Kaitlyn Zumbach is up next! As always, she will wow you!

And you can click our logo above to get to the Fancy Friday Pinterest page!

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Stamps: And Many More; Paper: Basic Black, Gold Foil; Ink: Versamark; Accessories: Tea Lace Doily, Heat Tool, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Sweetheart Punch, Gold Metallic Thread, Metallic Sequins

Freshly Made Sketches #221

January 27, 2016 Jentimko 9 Comments

Quick post today. I just got back from a long day of sledding. Taking advantage of the snow while we have it! The neighborhood sports complex has some fabulous hills that are simply crazy for the boys! Good stuff. Speaking of good stuff, Freshly Made Sketches has an awesome one for you this week courtesy of the wonderful Karren Johnson. I just love it.

Had no stamping time this week due to the snow madness here. I was able to put this together quickly yesterday. I tried a technique I had seen on a card made by Tasnim over at Altenew to create the flower. Her’s, admittedly, is far more spectacular but I think this creates a nice effect. I simply used Distress Ink in Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Hickory Smoke on wet watercolor paper and then added more water with my Zig Water Pen to move ink a little more. The sentiment comes from Another Thank You stamped in Basic Gray ink (SU). Despite using my Misti to overstamp multiple times, the sentiment just would not stamp completely clean. Ah well….that is how it goes sometimes. I cut the panel out with my Stitched Rectangles Die (SSS) and put the image panel on a Smoky Slate base.

Hope you have a fun time with the sketch this week! So much room for fun and interpretation!

Stamps: Beautiful Day (Altenew), Another Thank You (SU); Ink: Basic Gray, Tim Holtz Distress Inks; Paper: Ranger Watercolor, Smoky Slate; Accessories: Zig Water Pen, Misti, Big Shot, Stitches Rectangles Dies

For-Ever

January 22, 2016 Jentimko 2 Comments

I’m a little late with this today but I have been in full snow prep mode! The snow started at noon and we are hunkered down for whatever comes! My boys have promised me they will help me shovel along with their playing in the snow. Good lads!

I have a fun little Valentine for you today using a set I used recently called Tree Hugs from Concord and 9th. I used the retired Canvas Creations as my base and sponged on a little Crumb Cake ink to start. I stamped the big heart, the sentiment and the little heart and added in the “birch” lines and marks using Momento Tuxedo Black ink. A little bit of a red Copic marker for the little heart and I put it on a Real Red base. A nice, clean and masculine Valentine!

Just a note…over the next couple of days I’m doing a little construction on the blog. Bear with me if things seem a bit off as I get widgets and details rebuilt. Hoping for a cleaner look that works better with devices when I’m done.

Thanks so much for stopping in today

Stamp: Tree Hugs (Concord and 9th); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black; Paper: Real Red; Accessories: Canvas Creations (SU ret), Copic Marker

Freshly Made Sketches #220

January 20, 2016 Jentimko 11 Comments

Do you hear the panic in my typing??!!!! The snow is coming, the snow is coming!!! And apparently lots of it to Northern Virginia. So I did what any reasonable stamper would do…..I created a happy spring card with not a snowflake in sight! Over at Freshly Made Sketches this week we have an awesomely fun one for you to try. It comes courtesy of the lovely Jen Brum who has clearly decided to embrace her fears as a new year’s resolution. She notoriously does not like it when we put circles in the sketch and then she went and created this one! Bravest woman I know, haha!

I played around with the idea of flowers and was looking through the stash when I saw this little floral spray in my Beautiful Day stamp from Altenew. I thought it would be perfect to use in the corner and I just love how this turned out. Using WPlus9 Black Dye Ink, I stamped the image onto Shimmery White Paper (SU) then added a couple more little flowers from the set to fill out gaps. With my Zig Water Pen, I colored using Tim Holtz Distress Inks. Easy and so pretty! Then I lined up the sentiment on my Misti and stamped in the WPlus9 Ink again. I stamped another few flowers inside the card (you can see them peeking out) and colored them up to. Fast and oh so happy!

I hope you enjoy this one as much as I liked making it. Now hop right on over to the challenge and let’s see what you make of the circles!

Thanks so much for stopping in today. Back on Friday with a fun Valentine card! See you then!

Stamps: Beautiful Day (Altenew); Ink: WPlu9 Black Dye Ink, Tim Holtz Distress Inks; Paper: Shimmery White, Bermuda Bay (SU); Accessories: Zig Water Pen, Misti

CTS#155 – Ombre Feathers

January 16, 2016 Jentimko 7 Comments

Happy weekend to you!! I hope you are having a great one! I had a little time to stamp yesterday and I wanted to join in some fun challenges. First, I saw an incredibly cool sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch and I decided to combine it with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge to use Ombre in your card.

I had the feathers out on my desk still from the FMS Challenge this week so that was my starting place. Instead of using the stamp set that coordinates, I only used the Fancy Feathers Dies (Lil’ Inker Designs) and cut a couple out of Fabriano Watercolor Paper. Then using Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon and Picked Raspberry (sounds like a tasty summer treat, doesn’t it?!), I colored to create a graduated ombre look to the feathers. After they were dry, I spritzed on a little water to add to the look. For the sentiment I went in reverse and inked up the watercolor paper first (same colors) and then cut it out with a little bonus die that I got from Taylored Expressions with an order….love the size and font on this one! Then on to the sketch. I found this one intriguing but challenging. I thought this curved stitched die from the Border Builders set (Lil’ Inker Designs) did a pretty good job of approximating the sketch so I cut some more watercolor paper with it and put in on a Tangerine Tango (SU) card base. Finally I added the White Perfect Accents (backs removed) to finish.

Well, off to see what the weekend holds. Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon!

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress (Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon and Picked Raspberry); Paper: Fabriano Watercolor, Tangerine Tango (SU); Accessories: Big Shot, Fancy Feathers Dies (LID), Border Builders Dies (LID), Joy Die (TE), Zig Water Pen, Dimensionals, White Perfect Accents (SU)

Freshly Made Sketches #219

January 13, 2016 Jentimko 7 Comments

Well, winter has finally found its way to Northern Virginia….wow it is cold today!! The good news is that the weather was just the excuse to hang out in the stamp room yesterday. My mom is visiting so we did some stamping and hanging out. She was a big help on this card because I kept running into creative road blocks. Which is crazy because this sketch is awesome! The oh so amazing Cindy Hall created this one and it is a classic for sure.

Over the Black Friday time frame, I took advantage of some great deals from Lil’ Inker Designs and purchased this Fancy Feathers stamp set that I had wanted for quite a while. I just love these feathers and their matching dies! The sentiments in the set fill some holes I had too so this was a big win to find it on sale! Now that the holidays are over, I finally had the chance to break out the set and I love it even more than I thought! I kept this to all gold and white. I cheated a little, maybe, on the sketch because I didn’t create two panel colors on the base but I think I kept to the spirit of the layout at least. Good thing Cindy already told us that we could not be fired with her as the boss this week! Whew! *smile* I inked up the feathers using Versamark and heat embossed them with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. The same for the sentiment. I created the frame by layering the Stitched Rectangles Dies from Simon Says Stamp. The Gold Thread and gold sequins from the Metallics Sequins (SU) add a little more gold goodness! For some reason it looks dark here but the shine in person is really pretty. I just love the sentiment and my mom had a great suggestion for the perfect recipient!

Ok, the team has rocked the sketch and you are going to have a great time with it for sure. So off to the stamp rooms! Can’t wait to see your creations!

Thanks so much for stopping in today. See you soon!

Stamps: Fancy Feathers (Lil’ Inker Design); Ink: Versamark; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU); Accessories: Heat Tool, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Dimensionals, Metallics Sequins, Gold Thread, Glue Dots

Tree Hugs for You + Me

January 11, 2016 Jentimko 3 Comments

I’m so happy to be able to share this fun card I created last week for the Simon Wednesday Challenge! The challenge was “Something New” and I totally just had to pull out the latest stamp that I got from Concord and 9th called Tree Hugs. I just love that you can create your own birch trees and add a little carving. I suppose that Valentine’s Day is right around the corner (already?!) and this set makes awesome masculine cards! I stamped the trees onto Whisper White using Momento Tuxedo Black ink. It took a little bit of masking to create the angled trees and the branch but nothing too time consuming. Then I set about coloring. I used two Copic colors and that was it! BG11 is the light aqua background and then E31 adds a little shading to the trees and carving. I was so happy that Santa brought me some Copics for Christmas and E31 was in that little pack of neutrals that he knew I just had to have!! When I was all done coloring, I trimmed the image layer using my Big Shot and the Stitched Rectangles Dies from Simon Says Stamp.

Hope you enjoy this fun card. Back on Wednesday for the latest from Freshly Made Sketches! See you then!

Stamp: Tree Hugs (Concord and 9th); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black; Accessories: Big Shot, Drummer Boy Dies(WPlus9), Stitched Rectangles (SSS), Zig Water Pen, Dimensionals, Softly Falling Embossing Folder (SU)

Freshly Made Sketches #218

January 6, 2016 Jentimko 9 Comments

Happy first Wednesday of the new year and welcome back to another year of challenges from Freshly Made Sketches!! I have to admit that it was nice to have a little bit of time off but wow, were you all busy in the FMS gallery. We were so thrilled to be a part of your holiday stamping and really enjoyed seeing your creations! The oh so talented Kim Singdahlsen has a fun and unique sketch for this week and it is sure to get you right to playing with all your new holiday gifts!

The focal point of my card today is this gorgeous flower from Altenew from the set Beautiful Day. I had been showing a friend how to use the Zig Clean Color Markers one day and this flower was the result (hers was really lovely too). Because it was sitting on my desk calling to be used, I built the card up around it. I stamped with the diagonal image from Gorgeous Grunge (SU) using Versamark Ink onto Basic Gray card stock and then heat embossed with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I did the same with the sentiment from the Watercolor Wishes stamp set. After fussy cutting the flower and leaves, I popped them up on Dimensionals. These lovely sequins from Pretty Pink Posh were the perfect finish, don’t you think?!

Now I will let you get to the rest of the team’s gorgeous work! You can tell they were happy to get back to the sketches too!

Thanks so much for stopping in today. I hope your week is fantastic! See you soon!

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Stamps: Beautiful Day (Altenew), Gorgeous Grunge, Watercolor Wishes; Ink: Versamark, WPlus9 Black Dye Ink, Zig Clean Color Markers; Paper: Fabriano Watercolor, Basic Gray; Accessories: Heat Tool, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Dimensionals, Pretty Pink Posh Sequins 6mm Sparkling Clear

SRC – You’ve Got This

January 3, 2016 Jentimko 7 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 You’ve Got This. This set is a hero of this year’s catalog. The beautiful flower plus the wonderful sentiments makes it a real winner!

If you just came over from Dawn Tidd, 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 wanted to play some more with the watercolor look for this flower so I stamped using Versamark Ink onto watercolor paper and then heat embossed with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. Using Zig Clean Color Markers (#21 Light Carmine, #46 Mid Green, #50 Yellow, #91 Light Gray) I colored the flowers. I love how these markers coordinate with my Stampin’ Up color palette so it makes my coordination simple. I added the sentiment by stamping it in Smoky Slate along with some Smoky Slate splatters. For just a little more dimension, I added White Perfect Accents except with a trick. With a little attention you can peel the white back off of the dots and then they are clear (looking like water drops). Using glue dots I just added them onto the card that way. No extra color but a pretty little accent. The image panel was popped up and put on a Smoky Slate card base.

I seems that I’m ready to move into spring colors and it hasn’t even really acted like winter here. I hope you like this little burst of flowery fun! You can continue the hop by jumping over to see my friend Heidi Baks. I can promise you’ll be wow’d! So glad you dropped in today. See you again on Wednesday with a new Freshly Made Sketches challenge!

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Stamp: You’ve Got This; Paper: Smoky Slate, Fabriano Watercolor Paper; Ink: Versamark, Smoky Slate, Zig Clean Color Markers; Accessories: White Perfect Accents, Heat Tool, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

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