Another Birthday idea from MFT!

My second card today using the sketch challenge at MFT!

(If you'd like to go to the blog, just scroll down to my previous post and click on the link!)

On my second card, I simply utilized the 

"Happy Birthday"

stamp again and followed the sketch rules.

The star is a fabric stick-on that our 15 yr old grandson can remove 

and re-use on a backpack or school folder, etc.

Thanks for checking out my blog,

and keep on crafting!

Jan

Happy Rockin' Birthday!

New card sketch at My Favorite Things!

I never have enough masculine/boy cards on hand so I try and use these challenges 

as an opportunity to add a card or two to my ready-to-go stash!

I picked sentiments on both cards from an older 

MFT stamp set, 

"First Class Friends"

This has come in very useful more times than I can recall!

The pattern paper is actually from an old stack from Bazzill Papers.  

Oh how I miss them here in Phoenix!

The inside is fairly simple so that I can adjust for any one's birthday who does not live local!

There are sooo many sentiments to choose from in this huge collection of stamps! 

Love them!

Here's to a very happy new month, and hope everyone is out there crafting and scrapping!

Jan

Wee Little One!

Finally getting around to scrapping my grandchildren after almost two years of card making only!!!

Shame on me, my bad!

 

Here's one of my favorite photos of Harper at only two months old.

Those beautiful eyes have been mesmerizing from day one!

 

 

Papers used were from the gorgeous new DCWV paper pack,

"hello darlin' Stack"

 

I love the soft water color look of this page.

The rub-on sentiment was Prima,

Nursery Tales Collection.

 

 

 



The flowers were in my Bazzill stash from their terrific closeout sale when they sold the company here in Phoenix.  Gotta start using all those goodies!

 

Thanks for letting me share my precious little granddaughter with you!

Lots to catch up on!  She turns two in October!

 

~Jan~

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge is here!

"Congratulations"

is our theme for this week's challenge!

 

With all of the high school, college, and those very

important grade school graduates, this is easy!

Plus, you can include ANY event a friend needs to be congratulated for;

Weddings, Promotions, New House,

any occasion that would be cause for a

celebration! 

Use your imagination and join the challenge!

 

I chose to create a gift for my grandson who has been promoted from

4th Grade Gifted Program to the 5th Grade Gifted class!

He is such a bright and imaginative kid!

 

 

The House Mouse image I used is actually called

"Congratulations"

I filled the decorative milk bottle from Michael's

with my one of my grandson's favorite treats,

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chex Mix!

 

 

 

I'm so very proud!

 

Join the fun at

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

to try and win some prizes!

 

~Jan~

 

 



House Mouse welcomes Spring!

The House Mouse challenge this month is:

 

APRIL SHOWERS!

 

Check it out over at their challenge blog at

House-Mouse and Friends

 

Always a great time and some wonderful designs to look at by both the design team and others who have joined in the party!  And, of course, some great prizes to win!

 

Here's my tribute to "April Showers" although I would be remiss to mention that here in Arizona, we have yet to see any of this strange phenomenon you call rain!

Come on, Arizona and California, we NEED rain!!!!

 

 

Even my desert friends can appreciate the sentiment behind this card.

 

Now, keep your fingers crossed that this dry spell will be over soon!

My day would be brightened simply by winning some terrific House Mouse product!

 

Image:  Happy Hopper, "Puddle Fun"

Papers: Bazzill

Embellies:  Bazzill

Markers:  Copics

 

~Jan~



Another very CAS-ual Friday here!

Made this cute little mini album cover for the color challenge at

CAS-ual Fridays

today.
(Orange, Aqua, and Green)

It will hold the photos taken of my grandson's first day going to third grade at his new school!

It only has a handful of chipboard pages, but I only have a few photos, so perfect!

As is the rule with CAS-ual Fridays, they keep it clean and simple.
The eyes are washers that I heat embossed with "Aged Aqua Embossing Powder" from Stampendous. It is absolutely beautifully
AQUA, but hard to tell in the photo! I used the over-sized "bottle caps" for the rest of the eye. 

I will be adding a title when I decide on one!

Papers:  DCWV, "The Green Stack"
Twine for tassle:  Bazzill

Also entered at the "Twine" challenge at
"Craft Your Passion" blog!
Pink By Design, "Round" out your summer!
(use circles)
The House That Stamps Built (Wings)
Lessology (Open that bottle!)

Thanks for looking!

 

 



A Bevy of Butterflies!

In recognition of

Breast Cancer Awareness Month,

I made this layout using the prettiest butterfly stamp ever

and one of my favorite quotes!

 

Crafter's Companion

 has many different styles of stamp images...

funny, cute, sincere, and insightful.

I loved these butterflies from

"Flying Colors"

(part of the Sheena Douglas collection)

the very first time I saw them!

 

 

The proverb was taken from the internet.

I think it speaks volumes when it comes to the brave women who

face breast cancer every day!

"There, but by the grace of God, ..."

 

 

A side view showing the dimension I added to each butterfly.

 

I colored them with my alcohol markers.

Then, with the antenna and the Glossy Accents added, they really came to life!

 

 

This is definitely one of my all-time favorite layouts.

No personal photos, or even experiences journaled, but it simply reflects how I feel about the trials that one must be faced with when battling a horrible disease.

 

If you look closely, you will also see how I implemented a new embossing folder from Die'Sire!  More of that at Crafter's Companion later this week!

 I made the background layer more vintage by cutting and distressing the edges and inking it to appear more aged.

Paper:  Graphic45, "Botanicabella" 
Cardstock:  Bazzill

Thanks for sharing in this special project with me
and Crafter's Companion!



Crafter's Companion shows "Friendship"!

My challenge entry this week at

Crafter's Companion

is this adorable little S.w.a.l.k gal

and a sweet sentiment from Henry Thoreau.

 

 

 

This particular stamp set is called "With Sympathy", but I look at her and she just appears to be deeply sincere whatever her message and can be used for

 many occasions.

And I love to color these with my markers!

 

Inside of card reads...

 

 

and is a combination of sentiment from MFT,

and silhouette image by Unity Stamps.

 

I hope to win a gift certificate from Crafter's Companion so I can get more of these adorable stamps!



Head's Up!

Introducing you to one of the terrific new Fall releases from
STAMPENDOUS!

(This little guy is so adorable!)

"Mumeek"

After coloring him,

I just had to get out the "Hug Snug" and wrap away!

The "Mumeek" image can be ordered here

at the Stampendous shop!

It's just one of the many cute Halloween and Christmas images, along with some gorgeous vintage and lovable Kiddos stamps that are just too, too terrific!

A few of my teammates are showing off new products from Stampendous as well!

Not only do some of them have their own blog candy, Stampendous will be drawing a winner for this great prize pack.

How do you win it? It's easy! One of the featured bloggers today will be choosing a random commenter from her blog, and that lucky person will be announced on the Stampendous blog tomorrow. The more places you leave a comment, the better your chances are to win! Below is the list of team members who are sharing inspiration today:

Stampendous Impressions
Cyndi Bundy (has additonal blog candy)
Kristine Reynolds
Jennifer Dove
Taylor Usry (has additional blog candy)
Jan Garber
Wendy Jordan
Lea Kimmel
Rhea Weigand
Wendy Price

It's just one of the many cute Halloween and Christmas images, along with some gorgeous vintage and lovable Kiddos stamps that are just too, too terrific!

CHECK THEM OUT!

My grandson will love this card and will, more than likely,

take it home with him on his next visit!

DYSU Challenge- Play it "COOL"!

The Stamping Boutique

* Winner's Choice of 3 Digis

Copic Maker Scrapbooking

* 6 copic ciao marker (North/South America), Martha Stewart punch (rest of the world)

Scrapper's Delight

* $5 Gift Certificate

Wow! 
SUMMER and Challenge #80 is already here!

Here is my little summer gal, colored with Copics.
The frame around the little hula girl is cut out of the patterned paper and
 popped up on the card.

I also added a little sparkle by adding some Embossing Powder and mica crystals onto the frame. I even heat embossed the shell to make it prettier.

The bling was added to simulate "waves".

The sandals are from my ever-growing collection of charms.

Join us at

 "Do You Stack Up?"

and you could win a fantastic prize!

Supplies:

Papers; DCWV, "Pocket Full of Posies"; Bazzill Cardstock

Stamp ("Hula Kiddo"), Embossing Powder, and Mica Fragments; Stampendous

Flower; Prima Marketing
Bling; Zva Marketing

My Favorite Color - RED!

USE RED AND LOTS OF IT!

  The Ribbon Reel - http://www.theribbonreel.co.uk/
* £10 Gift Certificate



Paper Pretties - http://paperpretties.net/
* Winner’s Choice of 6 Images



Inspired Stamps - www.inspiredstamps.com
* $15 Store Credit
 

  This week's challenge was the most fun yet!

What could be better than working with my favorite color?

 

  
The only stamp I used this week was the sentiment, an old Fiskars one that was just the right size for this CAS card!

It is so hard for me to keep it simple, and stop before I've overdone it.

But, at the same time, I think this is more bling than I've ever put on one project!

The rows of rhinestones were cut from a solid 4 X 12 sheet that I purchased at the last scrapbook expo I attended. (Have no idea who makes these)

 Normally I would have shuttered at using so many!

There's even a tiny one in the buckle of the boot!

The little Spellbinders boot die was one that a friend gave me because she no longer wanted it! Is it not adorable?

I put it to good use immediately!

And, finally, the paper is DCWV, the "Couture" collection! 

One more from my favorite paper stack company!

Thanks for joining us at DYSU and looking at my card!

Show us what you can do with the color RED!

Doodle Dragon Challenge

The challenge this week at

"Pike's Playground"

is to use

PRIMARY COLORS!

That means only RED, BLUE, and YELLOW!

Don't look too hard, because I think you'll find specks of

green and orange in my paper!  It's really hard to find pattern paper with

only primary colors!

In this case it was the pretty "Celebrations", from Die Cuts with a View!

Even though trapped in the balloon, this little guy seems really happy!

Check out the rest of Dustin's images at

the Doodle Dragon store HERE!

I hear there are sneak peeks for sale -

Christmas in July June!

Have a wonderful, colorful weekend!

DYSU is Under The Sea!

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps
* $10 Gift Certificate 



The Stamping Boutique
* Winner’s Choice of 3 Digis

Melonheadz -  http://melonheadzillustrating.blogspot.com/
* $15 Gift Certificate
 

Challenge #74...

I used the Melonheadz "Mermaid" image,

and had so much fun making this cute little card!

You might say her little starfish lost its' "charm" when I lopped off the ring and chose not to use it as a charm but as a hair barrette!

I have really gotten to where I love working with these step cards! It gives a nice perspective when you want to highlight a particular element.

My netting was a combination of

May Arts green mesh and a white veggie bag from the grocery store! LOL!

The "sand" is Stampendous "Crushed Glass Glitter" in Gold and Fresh Green.

The sparkle on the mermaid is simply Stickles.

The image is colored with Copics, and the background is embossed with

Cuttlebug, "Swiss Dots".

That pretty much wraps it up!

Have a great day!

Jan

Hey, Friend!

Welcome to the next stop of your hop at

Waltzing Mouse!

The challenge this month is to use felt or cozy fabrics!

If you've gotten here by other means due to the challenge at
Stampendous,
Thank You and please enjoy my project!

Sentiments are by Stampendous

Dotted frame is Waltzing Mouse, Vintage Labels

I decided to recycle something from my stash of boxes, containers,

and objects that I have hoarded for the last 2 years. 

After pulling out the only felt shapes I own (Heartfelt, CTMH) , I recalled having an empty Close To My Heart kit box from back in the early days of my scrapping!

It was perfect for decorating and using as a future gift box!

I'm always looking for a clever way to give something special that's a bit different from the everyday.

I stamped and heat embossed the label from the "Vintage Labels" set, and ran it through my Cuttlebug with the coordinating Labels 18...easy!

The Close To My Heart punch-out felt pieces made it pretty easy, too!

This was as simple as just a card to make, and it will be such a fun gift to give!

What shall I fill it with?  The options are many!

 I made the little matching gift card, adding the felt and embossing.

Thanks for taking the time to hop today!

And before you hop on, please remember Claire in your prayers, and send her strength to continue all the wonderful accomplishments she's had thus far.   
Please show your appreciation to ALL the women in your lives, today and everyday;
mothers, daughters, family, friends, neighbors,...
We tend to take them for granted,
assuming that they are doing what they do because it is expected of them.  
We are strong when we need to be strong,
and tender when the situation requires it.
Love each other.

Cardstock:  Bazzill
Stamps:  Waltzing Mouse (Vintage Labels),
Stampendous (Happy Messages, Sunny Flowers)
Die:  Spellbinders Nesties, Labels 18
Embossing powders: Stampendous

Also entered into the challenge at
Stampendous Impressions (Gift Box and card)