Creative Knockouts Challenge #347 - Friendship

Hello crafty friends!

It's time for a new challenge over at Creative Knockouts Challenge #347. Our theme this week is "Friendship" and our sponsor is "The Artsy Stamper". 

I chose to work with a stamp set called “Koi Pond”. I’m very lucky to have a rubber version of this stamp in my stash from (the now retired) SparkleNSprinkle, but you can still grab the digital version here.

Here is what I created:

I love simple cards that yield stunning results. I did a quick watercolor “smoosh” background on watercolor paper, then let dry. Once it was dry, I stamped my images. To do this with the digital version, you would print your images first, the do the smooshed background. Easy peasy! I also added a quick shot of shimmer spray.

I hope to see you at the challenge. Challenges are a great way to bust out of a creative funk - or just to have fun and maybe win a prize or two!

Until next time,

Jess

Greenhouse Fun with Rinea Foiled Paper & Poppystamps

Good morning crafty friends!

I hope you are all doing fantastic today. I am very excited to share a new card with you today featuring  Rinea products along with Poppystamps!  I am once again using the Greenhouse Potted Plants die and we will be doing a bit of paper piecing today.  First up, supplies! 

Supply List:

Greenhouse Potted Plants Die by poppystamps

Copper/Gold Glossy Foiled Paper

Arctic Starstruck Foiled Paper NEW

Ebony/Gold Glossy Foiled Paper

Jade/Gold Glossy Foiled Paper

Mocha/Gold Glossy Foiled Paper

Ghost Ink 2.0

Stamps & Scissors

Tombow Glue

Big Shot or other die cutting machine

Let's have some fun! You will start by diecutting all of your pieces. I used the Mocha/Gold Glossy Foiled Paper for the base frame and also cut it out a second time using Copper/Gold Glossy Foiled Paper. For the leaves, I used Jade/Gold Glossy Foiled Paper, the birds came from Ebony/Gold Glossy Foiled Paper.

 



I used the Copper/Gold Glossy foiled paper as my base and added a layer of our BRAND NEW Arctic Starstruck Foiled Paper. You are going to LOVE it - it's so pretty.

Next, I used the Tombow Glue to add my base frame to the Arctic Starstruck layer. Once that dried, I trimmed out some of copper pots to layer over some of the Mocha pots and glued them down.

The rest of the bits and pieces were just glued down as I built my scene. It was a fun project!



Finally, I stamped my sentiment with Ghost Ink onto a piece of Copper/Gold Foiled Paper that was trimmed to fit inside the frame. Once it dried for about 30 seconds, I simply wiped off the ink and like magic, my sentiment appeared! Ghost Ink is just so neat! You definitely need to pick some up if you haven't already.

You can really see the Arctic Starstruck Foiled Paper here!!

Remember, you can save 10% on your Rinea order when you shop HERE. Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you are inspired to use your Rinea Foiled Paper and poppystamps dies.

See you again soon!

xoxo
Jess

Creative Knockouts Challenge #345 - Buttons

Hello crafty friends!

It's time for a new challenge over at Creative Knockouts Challenge #345. Our theme this week is "Buttons” and our sponsor is "Jan's Digi Stamps". 

I chose to work with a stamp set called “Succulent Bouquet”. It’s just sooo pretty! I love it.

Here is what I created:

I hope to see you at the challenge. Challenges are a great way to bust out of a creative funk - or just to have fun and maybe win a prize or two!

Until next time,

Jess

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #362

Hello friends!

Easy peasy lemon squeezy? Yes please!  I love anything with lemons - and this bright and fun card just makes me smile! This is my last card in my summer SCT Sampler series - I hope you enjoyed them! :) I think it's time to play with something else from my stash. Hmmm...I wonder what will be next?

I've been playing along with the sketches from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge for years now and every week I'm inspired to create!  This week my cards are based on the following sketch:

The sketch was created by Michelle Stewart and digitized by Brandi Robinson.  

I hope you will come and play along with us!

See you next time!

Jess

Ghost Ink 2.0 with Rinea

Hello friends! 

I'm super excited to share my Rinea YouTube video with you this month -and it's all about techniques!  Did you read my blog title? YES - you read it right!  We have a BRAND NEW formulation of Ghost Ink - Ghost Ink 2.0 - and you are going to fall in LOVE with it!

For this tutorial, you are going to need the following:

Rinea Ghost Ink 2.0

Rinea Ghost Ink 2.0 Reinker

Misfits Foiled Paper Variety Pack - Artists Pack

Embossing Folders

Cloth or paper towel
Paint Brush

Now check out all the cool things I was able to do with the new Ghost Ink in this video:

I took the backgrounds I created and made this really cool Valentine Card:

  

I used the Ghost Ink 2.0 Pad here to stamp and lift the color.

  

I added a few bees using embossing powder - apparently bees are super hot in the crafting world right now! Who would have guessed they would be the next big thing?

I love using the Misfits Foiled Paper Variety Pack to play with different techniques! You would never know that there was anything "wrong" with them - and you get a variety of colors to play with.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you enjoyed my video and that you will go and grab yourself some of the new Ghost Ink 2.0.

See you soon!

Jess

Merry ChristMOOSE with Joy Clair

Hello friends!

I hope you have all your Christmas shopping and creating finished (or at least in full swing!). I know I'm a last minute shopper/prepper - so I'm still going strong! haha  

If you are like me and still need some inspiration to create those cards, I have one more cute card idea using the Merry ChristMOOSE stamp set from Joy Clair!  Take a peek at how CUTE this set is:

I started by stamping the moose onto a piece of white Neenah cardstock and coloring with my Nuvo Maker pens. He's just so darn cute!  Then I cut out the image leaving a bit of a white border. 

I had some Kaisercraft paper in my stash that was PERFECT with the pine trees, but still whimsical feeling along with some woodgrain paper, so I used that as my background.

Look how happy this guy is! LOVE it!  I used some really cool twines I had in my stash (thank you Dollar Tree!) and added the "Merry ChristMOOSE" sentiment, stamped in red.

Finally, I haven't played with Nuvo Crystal Drops in a while, so I added a few of those just to add a little sparkle. Every Christmas card needs some sparkle!!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I wish you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS with a happy, healthy and CREATIVE New Year!

xoxo

Jess

Snowman Selfies with The Hedgehog Hollow

Hello friends!

Guess what? I'm so excited to announce that I am a Guest Designer for The Hedgehog Hollow this month! They have such adorable things and I had a lot of fun playing with the November Subscription Box. The stamps were super adorable and I know I will use them time and time again.  

For my first creation, I wanted to created a cute "Polaroid Camera" scene using the Christmas characters. I chose the reindeer and the snowman - they wanted to make a selfie together! So that's what we did! 

I had a cute polaroid style die in my stash that worked perfect! I cut out some white cardstock and used the stencil from the subscription box to add dimension to the outside of the frame. I set it aside to dry and started on my cute images.

I stamped them onto a piece of white cardstock that was die cut from the center of my polaroid die. I wanted them "peeking" in, so I slightly offset them.  I used my Nuvo Marker Pens to color them images, and added a touch of the Sparkle Dust to Rudolph's Nose!  When I looked through the cute patterned papers that were included in the kit, this black and white polka dot paper stood out to me for the background because it kind of looked like a snow storm!  Of course, I had to grab my White & Ivory Seashell to make some texture dots on the "snowflakes" and the frame.

 

I had so much fun creating this adorable scene card! I hope you liked it too!

If you want to see more of what was included in my box, you can check out my unboxing video:

Thanks for watching and stopping by today!  I hope you enjoyed my card. I will have a video tutorial for you next week, so stay tuned!

Until then,

xoxo

Jess

National Coffee Day 2019

Hello friends!

It's that time of the year again - time to celebrate all things COFFEE! AHHH - coffee!  One of my fave treats!

I'm celebrating with the Joy Clair Coffee Stamp extravaganza! I created the following two cards using two of my favorite coffee themed Joy Clair Stamps - Coffee Love and Coffee & Jesus!

I used the Welcome Home paper pack from Carta Bella as my base. The images were stamped and colored with Tonic Nuvo Marker Pens. I hope you like them!

Did you know that Joy Clair has TONS of coffee themed stamps? There is a full category of them! You can find them HERE.  You can save on all your coffee purchases using code NCD2019 and shop here.



Thanks for checking out my COFFEE love post!  See ya soon!

Jess

Ninabrook January 2019

Hello friends!

I have my January Showcase for Ninabrook Papercrafting to share with you today!

For this month’s kit, I used the Kaisercraft Limelight Bundle! It's filled with tons of pretty & fresh greens. I was super inspired! I created 3 mini cards, 2 A2 Sized Cards, one round 5” Round Card and a single page layout!  I even still had supplies leftover!! 

I did “borrow” some leftover supplies from my January Card Kit (flower, flat backed pearls) along with some brads, buttons, ribbon scraps and sequins from my stash.  It was a great “stash-buster” opportunity to embellish my cards! 

The stamps I chose were from Close to My Heart.

Here is what I created:

A2 Standard Card

A2 Standard Card

3x3 Mini Card

3x3 Mini Cards

And here is my layout:

I hope you enjoy my projects and it inspires you to create your own this month with this gorgeous bundle!  Have fun creating!

Jess

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #293

Hello crafty friends!

It's time for another great sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!

Here it is:

The sketch was created by Michelle Stewart and digitized by Brandi Robinson

I actually created 2 versions for this week's challenge!

I love the little sparkly red nose I added to the deer!

I hope you will come and play along with us!

See you next time!

Jess

Cheeky Studios - November Guest Designer

Hello friends!

I'm so excited to share with you my Guest Design Team Member creation for Cheeky Studio this month!  I shared an unboxing video earlier this month along with a sneak peek over on my Facebook page!  Now today I get to do the grand reveal!!

For this sweet layout, I used the Autumn Beauty Cut Apart Labels and the Autumn Beauty Ephemera. They perfectly fit with my fall themed layout!

I used the leaves in the ephemera to make a border at the top of the page and gently wrapped some twine around them.  I love the bright and bold colors in the pack!

I did a little "doodle borders" around my photo boxes.The Cut Apart Labels made adorable little title boxes. 

Other supplies: Paper (PhotoPlay Fall Breeze), neutral twine, white cardstock, journaling pen.adhesive and foam squares.

I also was blessed to play with the beautiful Sweet Succulent Cut Apart Circles and Ephemera! With these, I decided to make up a set of cards!   Take a peek:

I hope you head over to the Cheeky Studio site to grab a few things! The quality it top notch and who doesn't love supporting small family businesses? I even have a discount code for you: Guest10

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are inspired to go and create handmade cards & scrapbooking layouts!!! 

See you again soon!