CAS Wedding

Hello!
The weekend is here!  I love the weekend though we do have a busy one ahead of us with a couple of birthday parties and of course Father's Day!
My husband will be enjoying a day to himself on Saturday as he goes to fly his airplanes with a few of his friends!

I was supposed to be making a father's day card this afternoon (which I eventually did make!) but first wanted to tackle the Clean and Simple (CAS) challenge on Splitcoast Stampers!  This week's challenge was to create a CAS card with a white layer on a white base.  I wanted to try out my "new to me" Love and Laughter stamp set.  It's not a new one in the catalogue but it did come in my most recent order!   Who doesn't love a good wedding stamp?!

I also really enjoy the Itty Bitty Banners and the coordinating Bitty Banners Framelits!  I think I could use them on every card but I will honestly try not to!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper white, Glimmer Red and Silver
Stamps: Love and Laughter, Itty Bitty Banners
Ink: Versamark
Other: Dimensionals, Silver Embossing Powder, Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon, Bitty Banner Framelit Dies, Heart punch

Thanks for stopping by!
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

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

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #39

Hello!

I hope you all are having a great start to your week!  Is it possible that it's Wednesday already?!  Seriously, where does the time go!  I spent my morning yesterday being "pampered" and then photographed by the lovely and very talented Heidi Ram.  She is a fabulous (and VERY patient) local photographer who is starting a new endeavour with mom's!  I got to be a guinea pig for her today!  You can check out her blog here!

Okay that aside, today is Wednesday!  That means there is a new sketch on Freshly Made Sketches from another talented lady - Jen Mitchell! Did you know there are 4 Jen's on our FMS design team?!

Jen's sketch challenged me for a while.  Not really sure why.  Then I remembered I needed to make an 80th birthday card for the father in law of a dear friend of mine.  I love the new Clockworks stamp set.  It's masculine and works great for men of all ages!  Maybe I'll start using that instead of "The Open Sea"!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse

DSP: Comfort Cafe

Stamps: Clockworks, Itty Bitty Banners

Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Midnight Muse

Other:  Bitty Banners Framelits Die, Timeless Type Sizzlets, Argyle Textured Embossing Folder

Thanks for Stopping by!

Have a great day!

Jen

Lego Thank You

Hello!
What a weekend!  Sorry I didn't get posting!  We had several picnics and everyone was pretty tired....including mom!  I didn't get any crafting done this weekend which is unfortunate.  I did have a card stuffed up my sleeve for this occasion!  My son needed thank you cards for his birthday gifts.  I made the cards but getting him to write in them is a slow, painful process!

I wanted to do a Lego card since he had a Lego party!  I also made sure I used a block with 6 dots since he turned 6!   I'll probably be the only one who makes that connection!!

I love the textured impressions embossing folders and now that Stampin' Up! isn't selling textured cardstock  I'll be using these more and more!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper white, Basic Black, Real Red
Stamps: Thank You Kindly
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Square Lattice Textured Embossing Folder, 3/4"circle punch

 Thought I'd share a few photos of my sweet boys from this past weekend!  They are growing up too fast!

Thanks for stopping by!
Jen

Colour Q and Mojo Monday Birthday

Hello!
The weekend is here!  Are you as excited as I am?!  We will be attending my husband's work picnic tomorrow - if the weather cooperates.  It's not looking good at this point but we can pray that the weather changes!

So I was running out of days to complete challenges this week so needed to combine two!  We won't even go down the road discussing how long this card took me to make.  It started off as one card then turned into another and another and this is how it ended.  I think tomorrow I'll clean up my craft room and hopefully that will help the creative process run a little more smoothly!!!  It does look like a bomb went off in it.  Even my 6 year old commented on how disastrous it was!  I think it shocks my kids since the rest of the house is never allowed to be that messy!!!

Okay so I combined the Colour Q challenge with the Mojo Monday challenge.  The Mojo Monday sketch was pretty straight forward...it was the colour challenge that, well, challenged me!  Still not sure how I feel but I wanted to try out a bunch of the new treasures that arrived from Stampin' Up! the other day!  I do love the new Blue Ribbon Stamp set!  It's fun but I was a little disappointed that the 2 3/8" scallop circle punch didn't fit or punch the medal out the way it showed in the catalogue.  I ended up having to cut it out a bit since the punch seemed to punch it out funny.  Did anyone else have this problem?

Supplies:
Cardstock: Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise
Stamps: Blue Ribbon
Ink: Real Red, Island Indigo
Other: Dimensionals, Finishing Touches Edgelits Dies, Argyle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Bitty Banners Framelits Dies, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Punch, Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon


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

Jen

Teacher Coffee Cup

Hello!
I hope you had a great day!  My son's school had their volunteer appreciation tea today.  The kindergarten class sang the cutest song which my camera decided not to record on me.  I am a little sad about that but I still managed to get some cute pictures!

It occurred to me today that teaches might love to get a coffee gift card as their end of the year gift.  Maybe Timmie's (if you're in Canada) or Starbucks???  Wouldn't it be perfect if it came in this cute little teacher themed gift card holder?!  I had to try out the new Apothecary Accents Framelits too!  I just love them!!  I forgot to take a picture of the cup open though...sorry about that!

The template for this coffee cup can be found here!  Lorri Heiling has done an excellent video that walks you right through it!  Thanks Lorri!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Crumb Cake
Stamps: Teacher's Apple (PTI)
Ink: Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Early Espresso
Other: Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies, Oval Punch, Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals, Paper Crimper

Thanks for stopping by!  I'll be back tomorrow with my combined Mojo Monday/Colour Q challenge card!

Jen