Ila's blog candy - yummy stuff!

Ila is giving away some new Magnolia stamps. Head on over to her blog RIGHT NOW and get in on the chance to win. Here's the link: http://artfullyila.blogspot.com/2008/07/magnolia-blog-candy.html Good luck!
Janet

Yummy Scrummy blog candy alert

It seems like lately all I have time for is posting blog candy alerts, but those are good, too! Right? Everyone loves to try to win some great candy. Well, here is a link to some more yummy blog candy: http://yummyscrummycreate.blogspot.com/2008/07/yippee-i-hit-5000-hits-time-for.html Tina is celebrating 5,000 hits. Be sure to help her and get in on the fun.
Janet

Another Blog Candy Alert

Emma is giving away some great blog candy. Check it out NOW here: http://elf-creations.blogspot.com/2008/06/please-dont-shoutbut-fantastic-candy.html
Good luck to everyone who enters!
Janet

Elzybel cards

Here is a couple of cards that I made during Amuse-apalooza. I used my only well-loved Elzybel stamp for this challenge. Both used the same sketch challenge from A muse. I just switched up the colors and added some different accents. I colored both images with my Prismacolor markers.

Card 1:

stamps: Elzybel flower girl stamp sold by A Muse

accessories: DP by DCWV; small flower punch; ribbon; Nestabilities dies; Prismacolor markers;

technique: paper piecing; greeting is cut from DP

Card 2:

stamps: Elzybel flower girl stamp sold by A Muse; greeting "hi" by TAC

accessories: DP by DCWV; Nestabilities dies; black pen for doodling edge; Prismacolor markers.

technique: paper piecing

Thanks for stopping by.

Janet

Another Blog Candy Alert

Boy, everyone is giving away blog candy this week. Yippee! Marlene is giving away some great blog candy. Check it out here : http://mar1ene.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/mmmmm-blog-candy/ I am dying to get ahold of some Hanglar images. I would love to win, but I am willing to share the chance with you. Good luck if you enter.
Janet

Blog Candy Alert

Hello everyone!
I found out about some awesome blog candy being given away by Donalda on her "Enjoying the Journey" blog. She has a Magnolia "Tilda" stamp ready to go to a lucky someone. Be sure to check it out here: http://donaldas.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-candy_17.html
Good luck to all who enter.
Janet

Dutch Dare Challenge 5 card

Hi everyone. Today I finally found some time to make a card for the Dutch Dare Challenge #5 (http://dutchdare-cardchallenges.blogspot.com/2008/07/challenge-5.html). The challenge this week was to use only 1 piece of Designer Paper. That was tough! I kept wanting to add some strips of contrasting DP and had to stop myself. I tried to add to the card by doodling and putting brads on. The paper is from Basic Grey Cupcake pack. I love this stuff! It is so cute. The stamps are from Clear Mini Stamps Bad or Fattening set by Inkadinkado. The circle is die cut with my Nestabilities. The greeting rectangle was hand trimmed with scissors. The edges of the card, DP and greeting were distress inked with Distress inks or Vintage Sepia Versafine. Thanks for stopping by.

Janet

Taylor's Cupcake Challenge Card

I finally got a card made for Taylor's Cupcake challenge. I used a cupcake from Clearly Posh stamps and the greeting is from Gina K's "How Sweet It Is" set. I did a lot of layering on this one. The paper is all from Basic Grey's Cupcake paper pack. I used my Nestabilities to cut the circles for the cupcake image. I added lots of bling even though it is hard to see it in my scan. I used an Atyou Spica Copic pen on the cupcake paper to add some bling. I used my Dazzling Diamonds glitter from SU! on the main cupcake. I cut the cherry out separate and mounted it with SU! dimensional. I used Antique Linen Distress ink to distress the edges of DP. Thanks for stopping by!

Janet

Sweet! Card for Gina K's challenge

Here is my entry for the Gina K challenge this weekend. My details are provided on SCS. I used Gina's "How Sweet It Is" set for this card. I also used Basic Grey's Cupcake paper. I paper pieced the ice cream and added sparkly gel pen to the cherry and micro beads to the chocolate sauce. The spoon was colored with a silver gel pen. This was a fun sketch! Here is a link to Gina's blog: http://blog.ginakdesigns.com/2008/07/10/the-ups-man-has-a-new-little-baby.aspx Have a great day tomorrow!

Janet

Some more great blog candy!

Here is another chance to win some great blog candy from Alota Stamps and Shary. She just got picked to be one of their designers. Congratulations! Check it out here: http://shary-theothersideofme.blogspot.com/2008/07/exciting-news.html
Good luck to all that enter!
Janet

Want some Magnolia blog candy?

Here is the link to some great Magnolia blog candy: http://andreabrownjohn.blogspot.com/2008/07/magnolia-blog-candy-pauline-from.html

Be sure to check it out now and good luck if you enter!
Janet

Sentiment Only challenge

Wow, 2 posts in one day! I may actually get into blogging daily if I keep at this pace. LOL Here is my entry for the challenge given out on htt://stampinwhenican.blogspot.com The challenge was to use only a sentiment stamp - no other stamps allowed. I had fun with this one. It gave me a chance to use one of my Bible verse stamps. This one is from TAC. I actually cased this layout from my July Cardmaker magazine. I saw it and thought it would work well with a sentiment stamp. I actually positioned my verse in a different spot so it was not a total case. Plus I used totally different colors since the case was a Christmas card. All of the paper used is from DCWV. I got the flowers from Oriental Trading and the jewel brads are from Making Memories. It is basically just a lot of layering. I just used my paper cutter to make all the squares. I did use my Wizard and Nestabilities to do the verse mattings. I hate that my scan isn't the clearest, but that happens when I have thick embellishments on a card(the jewel brads). Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening.

Janet

Sketch and color challenge card

Good morning,

I got a card done for 2 challenges. I had only so much time so I decided to kill two birds with one stone. LOL The challenges are Kazan's sketch 4 on http://2sketches4you.blogspot.com and the color challenge on http://paperpleasing.typepad.com using Night of Navy, Mellow Moss, and white. I started with a white card and cut a piece of Mellow Moss cardstock slightly smaller than the card front. I stamped the moss piece with a lacy leaf backgrounder (TAC) using Versamark. I then attached a piece of adhesive ribbon from K&Company across the bottom. Next I cut a rectangle out of Night of Navy and stamped it with the Linen Backgrounder (SU!) using Versamark. I then used my Martha Stewart scallop punch to make the bottom edge. I then made a large flower by tearing 3 graduated sizes circles from white cardstock. I crumpled them and distressed the edges flipping them up. I used the technique for the flowers that I saw on the above "Paper Pleasing" blog. I tore leaves from Mellow Moss and scored with bone folder. I attached a pearl button to the middle after attaching the layers with glue dots. I attached the flower to the top of the navy rectangle after attaching it to the card. Next I made smaller flowers(5) with pearl centers for the bottom row. I attached them with glue dots to the card. The last step was to tear and distress a smaller white rectangle for the greeting. I stamped the greeting (TAC) with Night of Navy ink(SU!). Thanks for stopping by!

Janet

Ying's Blog candy

Ying is giving away some great stamps as blog candy. Go there now and check it out.
http://yingandrubberstamping.blogspot.com/2008/07/high-hopes-new-release-blog-candy.html
Good luck to all that go and enter to win.
Janet

OOPS! I made a big mistake!!!

I used the wrong stamp set on my last blog for Melanie's challenge. Here is my corrected card:

Be sure to use my link below to check out her challenge. Sorry to mess this one up so bad!!!

MMGKDMC Melanie's challenge

This is my entry for Melanie's Pick a challenge using SCS daily challenges. I used a whopping 4 challenges on this card. I used the sketch, scoring, suspension, AND limited supplies which had to be red, white, and blue. This was very tough because I had no Gina K patriotic stamps and I had limited red and blue combination paper that wasn't patriotic. I also could only have 4 layers and only use 4 tools/embellishments. This is what I came up with. I posted the details to the card on SCS. Here is the link to Melanie's challenge: http://melaniemuenchinger.blogspot.com/2008/07/pick-challenge-any-challenge-contest.html

Be sure to check it out and join the fun. You have until 8:00pm Central time tonight(Tues.). Good luck and have fun. Thanks for looking.

Janet

Dutch Dare contest entry

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July holiday weekend. We had a good time going to our town parade, watching fireworks, going kayaking, and working on our yard. It was a fun yet productive weekend.

Let's get to my card. I needed to make a card for my BIL and SIL. They recently moved into a new house in TN. I decided to use the sketch challenge posted on the dutch dare card challenge website.(Here is the link: http://www.dutchdare-cardchallenges.blogspot.com )

I started with a standard white A2 card. I cut a piece of blue cardstock to cover the entire front. Second, I cut a 3 7/16 X 4 1/2" piece of patterned paper and attached to blue piece. Then I cut a 2 7/8 X 4" piece of brown cardstock and layered this on top of the patterned paper. Next, I cut a 2 1/2 X 3 9/16" flowered patterned paper and attached it to the brown cardstock. The next step was to cut a 1 7/8 X 2 3/8" piece of green cardstock. I stamped the house image(TAC) with sepia Versafine. I stamped the image again on blue polka dot paper and cut out only the house. I attached the house to the image on the green cardstock. I then colored the image with Sakura Souffle gel pens. I set it aside to dry. While the image was drying I stamped the greeting(Magenta) with sepia Versafine on a strip of blue cardstock and attached it in bottom right portion of the flowered patterned paper. I also punched a flower out of the patterned paper, put a Cloud 9 flower rain drop in the center of the flower punch. I attached this circle to the bottom right corner of the card. After main image was dry I attached it to the bottom left corner of the card with dimensional foam pads. All pieces were edged with brown ink before attaching. It still needed a little something else so I pierced the top corners of the blue cardstock and only the bottom left corner of the image piece.

stamps: TAC and Magenta

Paper: DCWV

ink: Sepia Versafine; Close to Cocoa SU;

accessories: Sakura Souffle gel pens; Cloud 9 flower rain dots; Paper piercer with cork board(Timeless Touches)

Thanks for stopping by.

Janet

Another Blog Candy Alert

Be sure to check out this link: http://artfullyila.blogspot.com/2008/07/high-hopes-new-release-blog-candy.html for a chance to win some awesome blog candy. Ila is giving away a brand new High Hopes stamp set featuring adorable sea creatures. Good luck!
Janet

Sketch entry

Hi ya'll. Hope everyone is getting ready for their 4th of July celebrations. We are actually home for once on the 4th. We plan to go to our little town parade in the morning and then we will spend the evening at a local park. We will probably ride our bikes on the path and maybe play disc golf before the fireworks at dusk. The weather looks to be beautiful for this time of year in MI. As for the card, it is my entry for Laura's sketch 3 over at "2 sketches 4 you" blog. I needed to make a thank you note for our Couples Bible study leaders who graciously hosted almost every meeting even though they have 3 small children with one more on the way. She even made us all homemade strawberry jam. So naturally I am using paper with strawberries in it. The stamp is a dollar stamp from Canadian Maple Collections. I stamped it 3 times on white cardstock with Black Versafine. I colored with colored pencils and blended with a blender pen for pencils. I cut them out. I then wanted more pizzazz so I added Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (SU) to them. To assemble the card, I first made the card out of bright green cardstock A2 size. Then I cut a piece of DP(K&Co.) to fit the whole front of card. Next I cut a strip of matching DP and attached across the middle of the card. Then I made the border on the right with a berry red piece of cardstock. I used my scallop border punch(Martha Stewart) to add the frills to it. I attached it then. I stamped "thank you"(Unity) on the green DP paper. I then attached the stamped strawberries onto the card. Two are mounted flat, but the one over the greeting is on a dimensional foam piece to raise it. The last thing I did was attach the little green bows to all 3 strawberries. Hope you like the card. Have a wonderful 4th!

Janet

Stephanie's Blog Candy

Stephanie is offering several chances for blog candy. Check it out here: http://stephaniejomayne.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-candy.html
She is giving several candies away over the next 2 weeks - all random. Get over there quick and sign up!
Janet

Melanie's Blog challenge

Be sure to check out Melanie's blog for a fun challenge with a chance to win some awesome blog candy from Gina K. Here is the link: http://melaniemuenchinger.blogspot.com/2008/07/pick-challenge-any-challenge-contest.html
Good luck and have fun!
Janet

Another chance for blog candy

Hello everyone,
Be sure to check out this link: http://stampscrapnmore.blogspot.com/2008/07/monthly-blog-candy.html She is starting a new monthly challenge to win blog candy. Good luck to all who check it out.
Janet

More Awesome Blog Candy

Bunny-Zoe blog is having a celebration of reaching 10,000 hits on her blog. She wants everyone to check out her blog and get their name in for a chance to win some great blog candy. Here is the link: http://bunny-zoes.blogspot.com/2008/06/blog-candy-yeah-10000-hits.html
Good luck to all who go there and enter the contest.
Janet

Phoenix Crafts Blog Candy

Hey everybody,
Be sure to check out the Phoenix Crafts blog for a chance to win some cool blog candy. Here is the link: http://jennifer-phoenixcrafts.blogspot.com/2008/06/blog-candy.html
Good luck to all that check it out and enter.
Blessings,
Janet