ABC challenge: W is for Window

This is my first time entering the ABC Challenge. I've been wanting to. It's such a fun concept, don't you think? Here is my window card. I made it for my husband this past Christmas. I used a 3D image for the front of the card. I used a Penny Black stamp called Hope is Born and cut it into three sections. I used an Inkadinkado stamp (O Holy Night) for the inside. I used Stickles and gems to embellish and a MS border punch for the curtain and side of the card.
Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day.
Jennifer

Caardvarks Sketch Challenge and Cute Card Thursday #69

I've made a card for the sketch challenge at Caardvarks. This week, they are using a sketch from Sheetload of Cards. It's really cute and they have a great prize!

I've made it a Christmas card for the challenge at Cute Card Thursday, which is Christmas in July. Fun, huh? This is a 3D image, backed with silver mirror cs. The snowflakes are MS. I've used stickles and a braided ribbon.

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Jazzy Inspirations #15

Hi! This is so exciting... Here is my very first creation as a DT member! And I get to be on the team until December! As I mentioned the other day, the blog is called Jazzy Inspirations. Every other week, their challenge is inpired by a different Jazz Album cover. This concept opens up all kinds of creative ideas! You can make anything you want based on the colors of the album. This week, we are featuring Jazz musician Sweets Edison. Here is my card and the album which inspired it. Be sure to check out the cards that the other DT members created, they are awesome! Enjoy!

Recipe:
Tree Stamp: Penny Black, splendor
Inks: Stampabilities, lime green; Memento, tuxedo black
stars: uniball signo pen, white
moon: circle paper punch
jazzy cat: hand made and cut
fence: hand made and cut
music notes: stickers by EK Success
accessories: Stickles, Star Dust; Judikins diamond glaze

One Stop Craft Challenge #37: Guest Designer: Furry Things

Happy Saturday to you! This is my second week to design for One Stop Craft Challenge. I am so pleased that I had a chance to do so. These ladies are very talented and their challenges are great fun, with wonderful prizes! Here is my card for the theme Furry Things. I decided to make it a Christmas card. I only have 3 or four made for this year, so I thought I'd better start getting in the groove. Thank you OSCC!! Have a great day!

Jennifer

moose: Whipper Snapper designs
Sentiment: The Boyds Collection
Color: watercolor pencils and markers
paper on window: frosted vellum
snowflakes: peeloffs by Paper Studio
die cut: nestibilities
branch: my own design
pine: MS punch
doodles and holly: by hand

I made it! I'm a Jazzy Cat for Jazzy Inspirations!

Woo Hoo! I am so excited! This is my first Design Team spot! And I just love this blog! Tenia Nelson is the coordinator. She is such a talented and awesome lady! The blog is inpired by Jazz album covers. How creative is that? So, stay tuned, I'll have my first creation for the blog ready by Friday!

Hugs,
Jen

One Stop Craft Challenge: Stars and Stripes

I won a guest designer spot on One Stop Craft Challenge this week!! I'm so excited! The theme is Stars and Stripes.
Check it out!

I have used mirrored paper and a star stamp by stampabilities on a tri-fold card. Hope you like it!

Happy 4th everyone!!!

A wonderful tutorial

I came across this amazing tutorial for a post-it holder by Liza. Her blog is called Pink Candy Stripes. I can't wait to try one of these. Isn't it so cute?

Three Challenges: Charisma Cardz #23 and CPS 120 and Simon Says

Here's a birthday card I'm going to give to a little 7year old girl today. The challenge for Charisma Cardz is "Diamonds are a girls best friend" which is very fun for me, because I love sparkles. The card has lots of Frosted Lace Stickles accents and the cuttlebugged piece is actually on shiny silver paper, which may be hard to tell on the pic. I also used a sparkly black Sakura Jelly roll pen to go over the cupcake stamp and sentiment. The sketch is based on thechallenge for CPS, found here: http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/2009/06/cps-120-sponsored-by-2redbananas.html
The challenge on Simon Says is Birthdays, so this works well! http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2009/06/happy-birthday-simon-says-stamp.html

The stamps are from Hero Arts birthday frame pack. I used Martha Stewart border punch for the pink strips. I cut the cupcake stamp out to make it 3D.

Thanks for looking, have a blessed day!

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #11

This is my first entry on this fun blog. They have a great DT and lots of fun challenges. This weeks challenge is Father's Day. I made this card for my husband. It says Happy Father's day on the inside. He is a guitar player and songwriter. He's awesome! (See him in the picture) I got the sketch from a freebie site. It's made by Tracy Drane. Can you tell that this is a guitar? (kinda abstract) In the middle of the guitar, I pasted words to a song that my husband wrote for me. We actually had the song produced last year by a wonderful singer/songwriter named Randy Stonehill. We didn't have the funds to finish the CD project, but this one sounds really great! I've basically paper pieced the rest of the card, and used gold embellies around the center circle.

Thanks for looking!

3 challenges in one: Created by Hand, Our Creative Corner and One Stop Craft challenge

Hi! I've been absent for a bit due to busy family commitments and visitors.

Here's a card that fits 3 challenges this week. It's a wedding card for friends of ours who are getting married on Saturday. We're excited for them because it's a mid-life, second chance at love couple! Those are so fun! I didn't think I'd ever get married! I was 35 when I finally found my prince. (I sure got tired of frogs)

I used parts of the wedding announcement to make the cake on the card. Their wedding colors are black, white and ivory, so I stayed with those colors. The challenge on Created by Hand was our choice this week. (love that!) The border punch is a Martha Stewart punch (Our Creative Corner Challenge: http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/2009/06/occ-challenge-border-punches.html ) I've used Stickles glitter on the cake and the embellishment (One Stop Craft Challenge #33: http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2009/06/challenge-33-add-some-sparkle.html ) The flower is a paper flower and the middle of the flower is also from their announcement.

thanks for stopping by!