The NEW 2013-2014 Stampin' Up! Catalogue!

The NEW Stampin Up! Catalogue is here!  Starting today (later on today - 3 pm EST) ordering will begin!  I do love the new catalogue and unfortunately (?) love too many of the new stamp sets!!!

Check it out!  Click here to see the Canadian SU Catalogue!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Please let me know if you have any questions!!

Jen!

Retro Sketches and Cowboy Boots!

Hello!
Quick post today....my eyes are getting heavy!!!  It's been a busy week and I am so looking forward to Friday!!!  A quieter weekend is ahead of us!

I needed a masculine card for my uncle's birthday!  I find it so hard to make masculine cards.  I made him a card last year using the Open Sea so had to stay clear of that this year!  I used the new sketch from this week's Retro Sketches challenge!  I do love their sketches!!!

I have had the Bootiful Occasions for a LONG time and honestly don't think I've used it yet!  Sad I know!!!  I tried to make this as masculine as I could....though not sure how I feel about it!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White
DSP: Polka Dot Parade, Neutrals DSP Paper Stack
Stamps: Bootiful Occasions
Ink: Basic Black, Versamark
Other: Silver Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Star Brads (Retired)

Thanks for stopping by!!!
Have a wonderful day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches #88

Hello!
This is probably going to be a shorter post...I kinda forgot it was Tuesday night and I needed to get this post up!  Seems I'm mixing up my days and it's only the beginning of the week!  I wonder what I'll be like by Friday!  It was rainy here today and it seems to have left me a little foggy!

Today we have a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches!  This week's sketch is brought to us by Jen Mitchell!  I love Jen's cards....she is incredibly talented!

I love the Pleasant Poppies stamp!  It makes me happy and think of the Remembrance Day cards my mom makes which in turn makes me think of my Grandpa.

I love red and black together...don't know what it is.  I have a new thing for red!  I just bought a new red chair for my family room!  I love it!  I had to make my own ruffled ribbon for this card.  I wanted to do it a bit differently but that's not what happened!  I used the 3/8" taffeta ribbon in real red.  How I love taffeta ribbon!  The poppies are hand cut because I tried colouring them again but sadly failed miserably again.  Honestly...how slow of a learner can I be?!  I hand cut the stems as well because I only wanted some of the poppies!  Yes, I could have masked them but I do like cutting!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red
DSP: Neutrals DSP Paper Stack
Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Petite Pairs
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Real Red Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!  Please hop on over to the Freshly Made Sketches Blog to see the other beautiful cards the Design Team has created for you!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen

CAS(E) This Sketch Wedding!

Hello!
Hope you're having a good start to your week!  It was a beautiful day here in Burlington today!  I was able to get a few cards made this past weekend.  I really am mourning the end of our youngest's nap time...that was my card making time.  I don't know what I'll do come summer when both boys are home!!!

I do love the CAS(E) this Sketch! challenge.  I can't wait to check their blog each week to see what the newest sketch is!  I must say I gave this one a few tries before I decided on a card...sad sometimes!!!

I decided to go with a wedding card....I guess it could also be an anniversary card!  I saw a piece of that fabulous textured DSP (who's name escapes me) sticking out of my scraps bin and just wanted to use it!  Throw on a few rosettes and we were good to go!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Very Vanilla
DSP: SU...but can't remember...
Stamps: Petite Pairs
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Rosettes, Basic Pearls

Thanks for stopping by!  I'll be back again tomorrow!!!

Have a wonderful day!

Jen!

Freshly Made Sketches #87

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  It's been one of those weeks!  We now have a very special 7 year old at our house.  I honestly think he grew over night.  I don't know how that's possible but this morning my sweet 5 lb little boy seemed bigger!  I'm not sure how ready I am to have a 7 year old at our house!

This week's Freshly Made Sketches sketch is brought to us courtesy of the talented Jennifer Timko!  You need to stop what you're doing right now and head on over to her blog to check out her fabulous card!  Okay...maybe wait until you're done reading this!

So I obviously needed a birthday card for a certain 7 year old.  If you didn't know before, Caleb LOVES Lego.  It's more than love...he's obsessed with is.  It's all over our house.  It drives me crazy!  I could not, not make him a Lego card again!  It's clean, it's simple but he loved it!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Real Red, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black
Stamps: Best Dad Ever
Ink: Basic Black
Other: 1/2" Circle Punch, Timeless Type Die, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!
Head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches Blog and check out what the designers have created for you.  You will not be disappointed!

Have a great day!
Jen

CAS(E) Thinking of You!

Hello!
Happy Monday!  I totally have been out of the loop these last few weeks!  My husband went away for a week which left me with minimal stamping time!  Tomorrow we celebrate my oldest's 7th birthday!  I have no idea how it's possible that he can be 7 already!  We celebrated today with a pirate party for Caleb and 6 of his friends.  It was exhausting.  I'm thinking we will need to change things up a bit next year.

I really loved the CAS(E) this Sketch! challenge this week.  I really wanted to play along.  I must apologize for the quality of my photo.  it's late and I had to use my phone...

As soon as I saw this sketch I thought French Foliage.  I think this stamp set has got to be my all time favourite set.  I just love it!  It doesn't help that my favourite season is fall so to me I can have fall all year round!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Very Vanilla
Stamps: French Foliage, Apothecary Art
Ink: Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard
Other: Bitty Banners Framelits, 3/4" Circle Punch, Dimensionals


Here's a picture of my two pirates!  They were hilarious!!!!  The moustaches did not last long...sadly!  I thought for sure they'd love them!

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a fabulous day!

Jen!

Fab Friday Mother's Day

Hello!
Happy Thursday!
This is going to be a super quick post since it's Thursday morning and I completely forgot I had made this card to actually enter in a challenge!!!

My friend requested a Mother's Day card for her sister-in-law who had twins!  I recently made them a baby card as well!  I didn't quite know what to do to reflect the twins.  I saw my owl punch and knew it would be perfect!  Who doesn't love two sweet little girl owls?!

I used this week's Fab Friday Sketch for the starting point of my card!  I do love this sketch though it also challenged me greatly!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Melon Mambo
DSP: Pretty in Pink DSP Paper
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Early Espresso
Other: Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Two-Step Owl Punch, Melon Mambo Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a fabulous day!!!

Jen!

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #85

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I love Wednesday's!  This week seems to have gone really slowly for some reason.  We have had some beautiful weather this week though!  I must have gotten a little too much sun at lunch with the kindergartners today!  My neck is a bit pink!  We weren't even out there that long!

So we have a fabulous new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches!  This week's sketch comes from the uber talented Narelle Farrugia!  Narelle is the queen of fabulous layers on her cards!!!  This weeks' sketch threw me - even more than last week's!  I wasn't sure what to do!

I decided to use my Quint-Essential Flower stamp!  I do love this stamp and what you can do with it.  I then combined it with this week's Dynamic Duos colours!  Who doesn't love Daffodil Delight and Baja Breeze!  I am still quite upset that this beautiful colour will be retiring...

I used the brand new A Round Array stamp set.  I do love it!  The centre of the Quint-Essential stamp isn't another scalloped circle but I thought this would work well for what I needed!  I must say this cute new stamp set is very fun!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White
DSP: Daffodil Delight Brights DSP
Stamps: Quint-Essential Flower, A Round Array
Ink: Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight
Other: Basic Rhinestones, Daffodil Delight Seam Binding, Dimensionals, Scalloped Circle Punches, 1" Circle Punch

Thanks for stopping by!
Please hop on over to the Freshly Made Sketches Blog to check out the beautiful cards the Clean Team has crafted up for you this week!

Have a wonderful day!
Jen

CAS(E) this Sketch

Hello!
Happy Monday!  I hope everyone had a great weekend!  We had some fabulous weather here in Burlington this weekend!  The sunshine and warmer weather has caused the dandelions to flourish!  I spent a good chunk of time pulling them from our front lawn!!!

I am loving the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge!  I love their sketches!  I'm really love being able to make clean and simple cards!  I wish that they came together faster for me than they do!!!

I love the Heart-2-Heart stamp set from Papertrey Ink!  I love these little coffee cups and I love their little cozies!  I wanted to keep this particular card really simple.  I decided not to add any additional paper and just score the Crumb Cake cardstock instead.

Supplies:
Carstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Stamps: Heart-2-Heart
Ink: Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip
Other: Heart-2-Heart Die, Dimensionals


Here's a little picture from our walk down at the waterfront this weekend!  The boys loved it!  I thought for sure Jacob was going to end up in Lake Ontario but thankfully he thought the water was too cold!!!

Have a great day!
Check back tomorrow for another card!!!!

Thanks!
Jen

Paper Players Mother's Day

Hello!
It was a beautiful day here in Southern Ontario!  The sun was shining and it was so lovely outside.  Jacob and I were able to spend a few minutes outside here and there today!  Thankfully the rest of the week is supposed to be very similar!!!

I had a request for a Mother's Day card with some flowers on it.  I decided that the Paper Players sketch this week would be perfect for said card!  I love the Secret Garden Stamp set and love that there are coordinating dies!

I used some black embossing powder on the flowers to make their lines stand out a bit more.  I love the new This and That Epic Day DSP!  It is so fun and the colours are fabulous!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party
DSP: This and That Epic Day
Stamps: Secret Garden, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Versamark, Basic Black
Other: Black Embossing Powder, Chevron Embossing Folder, Bitty Banners Framelits Die

Thanks for stopping by!
I hope you have a lovely day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #84

Hello!
It's Wednesday again!  How did that happen?  We were at Caleb's Awana awards night at our church tonight.  Caleb was so fired up!  He loves his ribbons and we are so proud of his hard work!

Today brings us another new and fabulous sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  The fabulous  Linda S brings us a great sketch this week.  This sketch stumped me.  I wasn't sure what I was going to do then I remembered that I needed a card for my In Laws anniversary.  After I got the card made I remembered that it was their 40th!  Not a typical 40th anniversary card but I think my Mother In Law would much rather have black and silver than ruby!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer
DSP: Neutrals DSP Paper Stack (Black polka dots)
Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Versamark, Basic Black
Other: Silver Embossing Powder, Basic Rhinestones, Square Lattice Textured Embossing Folder, Bitty Banners Framelits Die, Timeless Type Dies


Here's a picture of Caleb (the one with the award in the air!) and his friend Jackson (the little boy with his arm in the air beside Caleb) received their awards!  Super cute!

Thanks for stopping by!  Please head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the beautiful cards the Design Team has created for you!

Have a great day!

Jen