Freshly Made Sketches #56

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  Today is going to be a busy day for me!  I am getting lots of last minute things ready before my husband and I head off for a few days for our anniversary!  I am also working at the school today which always cuts my day short!

Wednesday brings us a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches!  This week the very talented Rita Wright has a great sketch for us!  You should head over and check out her blog!  She also has the cutest little girl!!!   Those pictures always make me smile!!!

I decided I wanted to use my Field Flowers set for this card!  I see rectangles and immediately think Field Flowers!  I can't help it!!!  I started out with a card in mind (see the card below) but when it was finished I wasn't a big fan so I decided I needed to make this one!  I am much happier with the results!

Supplies: 

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, More Mustard, So Saffron

DSP: Seriously...I can't remember but it's retired...(how terrible is this?!)

Stamps: Field Flowers

Ink: So Saffron, More Mustard, Old Olive

Other: Basic Pearls, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, Dimesionals

Supplies for Card #2:
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip
DSP: International Bazaar
Stamps: Field Flowers
Ink: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip
Other: Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Basic Pearls, Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!
Hope you have a fabulous day!

Jen

Dynamic Duos Halloween

Hello!
Thanksgiving weekend is over here in Canada.  I am stuffed full of turkey, turnips and pumpkin pie!  We had a delicious dinner on Saturday night and have eaten leftovers ever since!  I'm so sad that we will now have to wait until Christmas to have more!

I did a card up for this week's Dynamic Duos challenge.   This week's colour combination is Tangerine Tango and Old Olive.  When I see these colours I immediately think to Halloween.  I didn't want to do a traditional Halloween card though.  I have been wanting to try out paper rosettes!  I used the First Edition paper for this since it still happened to be sitting on my craft table!!!  Add in some ruffled satin ribbon, a few bats and voila!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Old Olive
DSP: Howlstooth and Scaringbone, First Edition
Stamps: Googly Ghouls
Ink: Basic Black, Old Olive
Other: Bitty Banners Framelits, Black Satin Ribbon, Old Olive Button, Circle Punch, Thread, Chevron Embossing Folder, Glue Gun, Dimensionals


I decided to take some family pictures this week!  Thankfully everyone stayed still long enough to get this shot!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great Monday!

Jen

Happy Anniversary!

Hello!
It's officially Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada!  I love Thanksgiving!  I cooked turnips, cranberries and pumpkin pie today!  Turkey day tomorrow!!!  I can't wait!  Fall is my favourite of the seasons!  I grew up in Eastern Ontario where the trees are so beautiful at this time of year!  It's also the time of year that my husband and I got married...10 years ago!  A week today (Friday) is our 10th anniversary!  I can't believe it.  10 years have flown by!  We have so much to be thankful for this weekend!

I needed to make a card for my husband to commemorate this special day but I find anniversary cards challenging to make!  I decided to start with the sketch from Create with Connie and Mary and combine it with the SU-Only Challenge this week (Feel that Texture) and ta-da!

I decided to use the woodgrain embossing folder since I thought it would work best for this particular card!  I also embossed the hearts in the same woodgrain embossing folder!  I used the Early Espresso and the Cherry Cobbler Core-dinations cardstock so that I could sand it!!!

Our wedding colours were cranberry and gold and I figured this card kinda matched that!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Early Espresso Core'dinations, Cherry Cobbler Core'dinations, Very Vanilla, Champagne Glimmer
DSP: Orchard Harvest, Early Espresso
Stamps: Perfectly Penned, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Early Espresso
Other: Heart Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, Bitty Banners Framelit, Sanding Block, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!
Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Jen

Sparkly Snowflake

Hello (again!)
Another quick post!  I had a good time at the school doing lunch supervision.  I'm sure learning a lot!  Those kids definitely keep me on my toes constantly!  I can't believe it!  Tomorrow is the start of our Canadian Thanksgiving weekend!  Woohoo!  I'm so excited!

I really do love the new Champagne Glimmer Paper in the Holiday catalogue.  It has got to be one of my favourite things in the catalogue....okay...I have a lot of favourite things in that catalogue!  I also love the new Snow Flurry Bigz Die.  I love the possibilities with it.

I wanted to keep this card clean and simple so the focus could be on the snowflake.  I added some pearls, a few dimensionals and there we have it!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Champagne Glimmer
Ink: Soft Suede
Stamps: Petite Pairs
Other: Snow Flurry Bigz Die, Two-Step Owl Punch, Basic Pearls, Bitty Banners Framelits, Dimensionals

Here's a picture of my toadlings last weekend at a local farm!

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great weekend!
Jen

More Butterflies!

Hello!

Happy Thursday!  I'm not used to posting cards in the middle of the day!  This is going to be a quick one because I need to down my tea and head into the school for pizza day lunch supervision then a volunteering session in Jacob's class.  

I really wanted to give the Dynamic Duos challenge a go this week.  With my crazy new schedule I don't have a lot of time to craft but decided I could kill two birds with one stone in this card and incorporated the sketch from The Fab Friday challenge!  Two fantastic sites!  Love the new Fab Friday challenge!

The DD challenge this week was Cherry Cobbler and our choice - I chose black!  I love black!  Too much actually!  I decided to get out the First Edition DSP since I hadn't used it in a while and thought it would be a great background.  Since the Papillon Potpourri was already out from Wednesday's card I decided to use it again!  I cut out the label using the "Apothecary Accents" framelits then cut another two out in black and pieced them together to make the Vanilla one look framed.  I decided not to put a sentiment on this card so I can personalize it as need be.   Thought it could be used as pretty much an "anything" kind of card.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla
DSP: First Edition
Stamps: Papillon Potpourri
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Sanding block, Apothecary Accents Framelit, Basic Pearls, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great day!

Jen!

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #55

Hello!
Hope everyone is having a good week!  Sorry for the lack of posts this week so far...it's been crazy here.   I've been at the school more than I have been home!  It's taking me a while to get into the groove!

This post will be quick tonight...I just got in from a training session and I'm looking forward to crawling into bed!

Wednesday means a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches!  This week's sketch is brought to us by extremely talented Jen Mitchell!  If you check out her sketch you'll see it has a CIRCLE on it!  She LOVES circles...I do not....sadly!!!!  I know she'll be giggling now reading this!

The design team has come up with some gorgeous cards!  What a talented bunch - a true honour to be working with them!  I wanted a clean and simple birthday card to have on hand...I also wanted to haul out my Papillon Potpourri stamp set again!  I've also used the Perfectly Penned Stamp set which you can now buy SEPARATELY!  Check out this link for details!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse
Stamps: Perfectly Penned, Papillon Potpourri
Ink: Midnight Muse, Soft Suede
Other: Elegant Lines Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Basic Pearls, 1" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Scalloped Circle Punch, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Stampin' Up! Sanding Block, Dimensionals


Thanks for stopping by!
Hope you're having a great day!

Jen

Witch's Hat

Hello!
We survived another day!  I just got in from bootcamp and I'm feeling the burn!  I'm in "training" to do the CN Tower Climb for the United Way.  My goal is to beat my husband...not sure it's going to happen but I'll give it my best shot!

I was going through some of my favourite blogs the other day and came across this great project over on Penny Thomas' blog (Penguin Stamper).  You can see her blog here.   I've mentioned before that I'm not a big Halloween fan but my neighbour Owen is getting me into it!  I saw this cute hat made from the Petal Cone Die and decided to give it a try.  It's super "easy" to do once you get it all figured out (I embossed the first piece backwards so had to do it over again!).  I found cutting the paper a bit tricky but there are dimensions listed on Penny's blog!  I decided to use the scallop circle punches and the Mixed Medley spider web stamp to top it all off!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry, Silver Glimmer
DSP: I totally forget what it's called..it was out of it's wrapper and in my scraps!  Help me out!
Stamps: Mixed Medley
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Spider Web Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestone, Large Scallop Die, Scallop Circle Punches, Circle Punch, Dimensionals


Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!
Jen