Starburst Birthday!

Hello!
I hope everyone had a great weekend!  We had a fairly quiet weekend!  Nothing too exciting which is always okay!  We had a cold day here today.  I think winter is trying to hold on as long as possible.  The long range forecast is looking promising so hopefully by next weekend we'll be feeling a little warmer!  I did see my first robin on Saturday!  Poor little thing was trying to find something to eat!

I had a few minutes in the craft room this afternoon while the boys coloured!  They were so happy to colour away!  I loved it!

I used this week's sketch over at the Paper Players and combined that with the colour combination at Colour Q!  I just loved the Colour Q palette this week!  Some of my favourites!

I have been dying to use the Starburst stamp set (and framelits) since they arrived before the March break and as soon as I saw the sketch at Paper Players I knew I could haul them out!  I didn't have any Going Gray on hand so I opted for some Basic Gray and some silver cardstock!  I used the Decorative Dots embossing folder to create the dots on the silver starburst!  I used clear embossing powder on each of the other stamped starbursts so the colours would be more vibrant!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Silver
Stamps: Starburst Sayings
Ink: Versamark, Island Indigo
Other: Decorative Dots Textured Embossing Folder, Arrows Textured Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Starburst Framelits, Clear Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a fabulous day!

Jen!

Sweet Baby

Hello!
Hope you're having a great week so far!  I love Thursdays...at least for right now I do!  They're my quiet day...both boys are at school and my volunteering doesn't start until next Thursday so I really have the day to myself!  That being said there is always a ton of stuff to do!!!  Never a dull moment!

I loved the Paper Players sketch this week!  I need a baby card for my neighbours who had a beautiful baby boy (Joshua) last week.  This sketch worked for what I had in mind!  Now if only I could find a sketch that worked for an anniversary card for my upcoming anniversary!!!

I think the Zoo Babies stamp set is perfect for this card!  I stamped the elephant in Bashful Blue and then stamped it again in Midnight Muse and cut out his ear!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Bashful Blue
DSP: Midnight Muse DSP Paper Stack
Stamps: Zoo Babies, Itty Bitty Banners
Ink: Bashful Blue, Midnight Muse
Other: Bitty Banners Framelits, Argyle Textured Embossing Folder, Bashful Blue Satin Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Large Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Punch, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you have a great day!!!!
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

Just for You!

Hello!
Hope you had a great weekend!  We had a much quieter weekend which was very nice!  I got my baby shower invitations done (yay!) and I was even able to get some scrapbooking done.  I'm no where near caught up but that's okay!

I decided to tackle the Paper Players and Dynamic Duos Challenges today with one card!  I loved the colours challenge this week at Dynamic Duos! Soft Suede and Crumb cake have got to be my favourite colours!  Pair those up with Very Vanilla and I'm in heaven!

I really loved the sketch at the Paper Players.  I had trouble with the circle and finally decided to just cut out the flower from the Blooming with Kindness stamp set.  It took me a few tries with the butterflies until I was happy with them.  I added a little clear embossing powder to get them to look a bit darker!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Booming with Kindness, Itty Bitty Banners
Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Versamark
Other: Clear Embossing Powder, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Basic Pearls, Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, Bitty Banners Framelits Die, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great day!

Jen!

Quint-Essential Flower Card

Hello!

I hope everyone who went out Trick or Treating had a great time!  My little boys got a little wet but they seemed to enjoy themselves.  Jacob went about half way around our block before he announced he was done and had enough candy!  How can he have enough candy?!  Does he not know that Mommy needs her share too?!  Thankfully they're not really candy addicts so I'm good to go on getting my fix!

I had a few minutes to get a card done this afternoon.  I decided to combine two challenges - the Dynamic Duos (More Mustard and So Saffron) and the Paper Players sketch challenge.   I love More Mustard and So Saffron together!  They are probably two of my favourite monochromatic colours!  I decided to use the Quint-Essential Flower stamp for this card.  I love this stamp!  It's so easy to change each layer to be the colour you want!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, More Mustard, So Saffron
DSP: First Edition
Stamps: Quint-Essential Flower, Create a Cupcake
Ink: More Mustard, So Saffron, Basic Black
Other: Scalloped Circle Punches, Circle Punches, Bitty Banner Framelits, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals


Caleb was so proud of his costume tonight.  He loved being a yellow Lego block!  Thank you Daddy for doing such a fabulous on his costume!

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a fabulous day!
Jen

My Cup of Tea

Hello!
Sorry for the lack of posts lately!  I'm currently battling a cold - a nasty cold and haven't felt much like creating.  I also have a new "job"!  I'm working in one of the kindergarten classes doing lunch duty two days a week. Job starts tomorrow.  Hopefully I'm feeling better!  I've heard the last lady quit because there was some ham flying around the classroom.  I'm a little nervous!  This could go rather poorly!!

Okay, today's card is for the Paper Players and Fab Friday challenges.  I really like the sketch from the Paper Players this week.  I had some trouble with the colours though...I actually don't own any Sahara Sand!  How is that possible?  It's probably criminal for a SU demonstrator to NOT own Sahara Sand!  I had to substitute some crumb cake buttons instead!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Gray, So Saffron, Whisper White
Stamps: Tea Shoppe
Ink: Basic Gray, So Saffron
Other: Crumb Cake Buttons, Wide Oval Punch, Extra Large Oval Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Basic Pearls, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great day!
Jen

the Paper Players is my cup of tea!

Hello!  The week is almost over!  Woohoo!  Jacob has another school visit tomorrow (Thursday) but only for an hour and a half.  He goes for a full day on Friday...I'm quite excited!  He's not too sure about it now. I guess we shall see how it goes.

Okay so I had received as a gift (from my fabulous Mommy) some PTI stamps and I couldn't wait to break into these little gems.  My neighbour Christine is lovely and she took me out for tea after school drop off yesterday.  She had an exhausting day yesterday and I wanted to repay the favour for her and thank her/invite her out for tea!

I started with the colours from The Paper Players and combined them with the sketch from Retro Sketches!  Love, love, love both of these challenges!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Baja Breeze, Basic Black
Stamps: Heart to Heart #1
Ink: Basic Gray, Baja Breeze
OTher: Argyle Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Baja Breeze Seam Binding, Heart to Heart #1 Die, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a wonderful day!!

Jen

The Paper Players Fall Challenge

Hello!
How is your week going?  Jacob had his first day of school on Thursday. Well, it wasn't quite a day of school.  It was a half hour visit with the teacher (who was Caleb's teacher for the past two years!).  Mrs. Cooper is wonderful and Jacob loves her (thankfully)!  We had a great visit and he's ready for his next visit next Thursday...the start of kindergarten here is slow and painful!

Okay today's card...yes, it kinda looks like one I've made before but I tweaked it a bit to fit my mood!  I am so in love with the new core'dinations cardstock that I just can't stop using it!  Is that terrible?  I recently "acquired" the Stampin' Up! sanding block...it is so much fun!!!

Today's card is for this week's "The Paper Players" challenge.  Check out their design team's fabulous cards this week!

I love the Wonderfall stamp set and the Autumn Accents die.  I don't know what I'll do when fall is over!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Early Espresso (core'dinations), Cajun Craze, More Mustartd

DSP: Orchard Harvest

Stamps: Wonderfall, Apothecary Accents (sentiment)

Ink: Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Early Espresso

Other: Stripes TIEF, Buttons, Linen Thread, Autumn Accents Die, Dimensionals, Sanding Block

My baby started school today!  He was so excited for his first day of Junior Kindergarten!

An Engagement with The Paper Players

Hello!  It's almost the weekend and a long weekend at that!  Next Tuesday is the start of school and I have two little boys (and one mommy) who are rather excited about the start of school.  I must say I'm very happy my boys like school and are happy to go!  We are enjoying our week's vacation though.  Yesterday was the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) in Downtown Toronto.  My boys rode the subway for the first time.  They were super excited.  Jacob wasn't really into the dinosaurs and really just wanted to get back to the subway (or hubway as he calls it!).

Today's card was a customer request.  My friend needed an engagement card - with lots of red!  I must say I'm in a creative funk.  I am finding a lot of folks are these days.  When I see the picture of this card I realize that I should have embossed the red rectangles as well.  I tried various combinations and didn't want the red to be too overpowering.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Real Red, Silver
Ink: Versamark
Stamps: I Heart Hearts, Love and Laughter
Other: Basic Pearls, Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, Heart to Heart Punch, Silver Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a fabulous day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches #48

Hello and Happy Wednesday!
I hope you're having a good week so far.  We had a rainy day here yesterday which meant that we were kinda stuck inside but Caleb had a friend over and the kids were occupied!  At least for a while!

We all know that Wednesday's mean that there is a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches!  This week's sketch is brought to us by the fabulous Tui Nathan!  I must confess I got the idea for my card from Ann Schach when I saw her Paper Players card this week!  I love the Open Sea and since my dad's birthday is approaching next week I thought this might work perfectly!

I used the colours from this week's The Paper Players challenge.  They just worked perfectly with the stamp set.  Sorry Ann this card looks so much like yours!

Please stop on by both blogs and check out what the design teams have created!  You won't be disappointed!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy

DSP: Nautical Expedition (Retired)

Ink: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy, Versamark

Other: White Embossing Powder, Silver Brads, Dimensionals

This is a photo of a little visitor we had to our backyard on Monday.  A little baby bunny.  It was so cute!  Our neighbour had the nest/burrow in their yard and there were 4 babies.  One of the babies managed to somehow find his or her way into our bunny proof backyard!  He is adorable though!

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a fabulous day!

Jen

Paper Players Birthday

Good Morning!
Wow, I'm late today!  I normally post at night before bed but I was working on those kindergarten scrapbooks to get them done and into the teacher today!  Who knew they would be so much work!  A few last things to do but they can be done in the classroom this morning!

Okay so today's card is for the Paper Players Challenge this week.  It's sketch week and the very creative and inspiring Lesley Croghan has a fabulous sketch for us!

I need a card this week for my Aunt's birthday!  I really wanted to use this particular piece of Comfort Cafe DSP so I had to make the card work around the paper...I'm losing it I think!!!

Sorry this is short...I gotta get the boys out the door in about 10 minutes!!! At least they're ready to go!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse, Soft Suede
DSP: Comfort Cafe (again...I know, I'm sorry!)
Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Create a Cupcake (Sentiment)
Ink: Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake
Other: Dimensionals, Blossom Punch, Word Window Punch, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Delicate Designs Textured Embossing Folder, Basic Pearls

Thanks for stopping by!  I'll be back tomorrow with our Freshly Made Sketches challenge for the week!

Have a great day!
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

Paper Players Pink!

Hello!

It's Thursday - well, Friday for most of you reading this!  We've almost survived the week!   I was very happy to sit for two hours on the sidelines of the soccer field tonight because it meant that I actually got to sit!  It was nice.  My feet quite enjoyed it!

Okay so I did a double challenge again today!  I really liked the Retro Sketches design this week so I combined it with the colours from the Paper Players challenge!  Love the colour choices this week!  Some of my favourites!  Who doesn't love Melon Mambo?  Especially for me who is in a house surrounded by boys and boy colours!

I really wanted to give the new "A Fitting Occasion" stamp set a try.   I have been eyeing it up since my box full of new catalogue goodies arrived last week!  This card seemed to work out perfectly!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Melon Mambo, Lucky Limeade

DSP: Basic Gray

Stamps: A Fitting Occasion

Ink: Versamark, Basic Gray, Melon Mambo

Other: Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Modern Label Punch, Curly Label Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Top Note Die, Square Lattice Textured Embossing Folder, White Embossing Powder, Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon, Lucky Limeade Bakers Twine, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!

Jen

Paper Players Challenge

 Hello!
How did your day go?  Thursdays are a little chaotic at our house.  I was super excited to take my new Stampin' Up! Catalogue to soccer tonight and peruse through it while I sat on the field for 2 hours!  I poured a lovely hot tea into my travel mug and proceeded to walk out the door without the catalogue...ugh.

I decided to tackle the Paper Players challenge today.  This is my first time with this particular challenge!  LeAnne had a great sketch for this week's challenge.  I sat down with this idea in my head of making the perfect Father's Day card for my husband...I had the airplane stamped and ready to cut out.  Then the doorbell rang and my super nice UPS delivery man showed up with my Stampin' Up! order and once I saw this paper the Father's Day card got pushed aside and I created this thank you card instead.

I love this new Comfort Cafe DSP and the Midnight Muse Cardstock oh and the Betsy's Blossoms stamp set that will be available June 1st (which for most of you will be today!

The new SU catalogue is available today online!  Check it out!  It's full of so many wonderful things!!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Midnight Muse, Cajun Craze
DSP: Comfort Cafe
Stamps: Kindness Matters, Betsy's Blossoms
Ink: Midnight Muse, Soft Suede
Other: Basic Pearls, Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, Modern Label Punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder