New York Style!

Hello!

I can't believe it's almost the end of the week!  How does that happen so quickly!  I'm in the process of getting 45 baby shower invitations ready and it's consuming most of my time right now!  I will hopefully get another new card posted on the weekend but we won't hold our breath!

I was commissioned by a friend to create a shower card - New York Style!  Okay, let's be honest.  I've never been to New York, I don't watch (and haven't ever watched) "Sex in the City" so when it comes to fashionista cards - I'm probably not your girl!  My friend, however, trusts me with this (Thank you Lauren...since I know you're reading this!).

I started with the Retro Sketches Challenge sketch for this week.  I threw in a purse and a shoe - and of course a wand (who doesn't want a wand?!) and viola!  The purse, shoe and wand started out red but then quickly changed to silver since the red just didn't quite look right.  Silver seemed to be a more fashionista colour...I could be wrong though...very wrong!!!  I used the Boho Blossoms punch to create a new flower on the purse!

I'm trusting this will meet the approval of the bride to be!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White
Stamps: Dress Up, Itty Bitty Banners
Ink: Versamark
Other: Silver Embossing Powder, Bitty Banners Framelits Dies, Lacy Brocade Textured Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Boho Blossoms Punch, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great weekend!

Jen!

Mambo Birthday

Hello!
Did you survive your Monday!  Tuesday already!  Seems impossible.  Okay so I mentioned a few days ago that I had some professional pictures taken by a friend of mine (including makeup and hair)...I got a peek at them today...here's a link to the blog if you want to see too....Heidi is awesome!  I'm sure photoshop is awesome too!  It was sure a fun experience and I can't wait to see what new opportunities Heidi will offer for mom's to get glamed up and have their pictures taken!

I decided to tackle the Dynamic Duos and The Paper Players challenges this weekend.  I know I'll be needing a card for a special little girl who's turning 5 very shortly!  Her mom is expecting her 4th baby very shortly and I want to make sure she has the perfect card for her daughter who wants a princess birthday party!

I love the Melon Mambo and Basic Black colour options!  They make me very happy!  A dessert choice of ribbon!  I should have had a second helping!!!  The black ribbon is hard to see.  I tried Melon Mambo and it looked funny so I decided to stick with black.

The Paper Players challenge was basically to take one of your favourite challenge from the past 100 challenges and make a card.  I have only played this challenge once (I think) so I decided to just pick a sketch that I really liked and work with it.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Melon Mambo
Stamps: Dress Up, Voeux Mignon,
Ink: Basic Black, Melon Mambo
Other:  Basic Rhinestones, Curly Label Punch, Adorning Accents Folders, Argyle Embossing Folder, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great day!
Jen

6th Birthday Bling

 Hello!
How did your day go?  We had a great play date this morning at a park in our neighbourhood.  I'm so glad Caleb has such great friends - especially ones that are girls!
Caleb has been invited to a birthday party this weekend for a sweet friend of his!  My youngest son Jacob has the biggest crush on this almost 6 year old!  It's the funniest thing and thankfully she has also invited Jacob to her birthday!!!

I wanted to try out my new Dress Up stamp set!  I do think it's wonderful for making cards for little girls!

Anyhow, I used the Mojo Monday sketch to start this card.  I needed something to get the card going.  I then used the dynamic duos colours for the week.  How on earth can you resist Basic Gray and Regal Rose?!  The card wasn't quite complete so I added some rhinestones to bling it up a little!

I hope our sweet little friend enjoys her 6th birthday card!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Gray, Regal Rose, Whisper White
DSP: Twitterpated, Basic Gray DSP
Stamps: Dress Up, Itty Bitty Banners
Ink: Regal Rose
Other: Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Scalloped Circle Punch, Circle Punches, Bitty Banners Framelits Dies, Timeless Type Sizzlets Die, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by!
Jen