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Thursday, 17 September 2015

Vintage Blossom

A vintage style card using the Tic Tac Toe at Vintage Stamping as inspiration.

I chose Vintage Tones + Flowers + Lace


Cardstock - 5"square white card blank, Rosie's Studio textured Blush, white and pink scraps
Paper - a Cre8tiv mini stack
Stamp - Stampin' Up Mixed Bunch
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Dies - HOTP Paper Artist Bodacious Blooms
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, Fiskars compact stamp press, Stampin' Up Blossom Punch
Adhesives - ds tape, glue dots
Other - lace, pearl flower centre, sentiment sticker

Challenges:
Vintage Stamping Challenge 36 - Tic Tac Toe
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Die Crazy
Mod Squad Challenge - Flower Focal
Hiding In My Craft Room HIMCR#216 - Super Scraps Saturday
Scrapbook Blessings Club September Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Wednesday, 16 September 2015

Apothecary Art


Cardstock - white card blank, white, Rosie's Studio textured Icing
Stamp - Stampin' Up Apothecary Art
Ink - Memento Rose Bud and Angel Pink, Dove blender pen
Dies - Sizzix Stampin' Up Labels Collection framelits
Embossing Folder - Elizabeth Craft Designs Flower Mosaic
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, Fiskars compact stamp press
Adhesives - foam tape, Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue
Other - sentiment sticker

Challenges:
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Love This Technique ~ Embossing
Pink and Main Challenge 1 - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Swallowtail


Cardstock - 6" ivory card blank, ivory snippets
Paper - My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose
Stamp - Stampin' Up Swallowtail
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Die - Elizabeth Craft Designs Happy Birthday
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, Fiskars compact stamp press, sponge dauber, Cutter-bee scissors 
Adhesives - ds tape, foam tape, Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue
Other - pearls

Challenges:

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Driving Miss Daisy

One more masculine card for UnstampaBelles Boys Will Be Boys challenge, this time with a very simple embossed panel and die-cut sentiment.


Cardstock - kraft card blank, Rosie's Studio textured Asphalt, kraft snippets
Embossing Folder - Couture Creations Driving Miss Daisy
Dies - Poppy Stamps Happy Birthday Banner Flags, Elizabeth Craft Designs Happy Birthday
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot
Adhesives - Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue, ds sticky sheet

Challenges:
UnstampaBelles Challenge 50 - Boyz
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Love This Technique ~ Embossing
Pixie's Crafty Workshop: Snippets Playground Week 194

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Scrappy Birthday


Cardstock - 5" square white card blank, dark olive, white and dark olive snippets
Paper - Authentique Free Bird Nest Comfort & Familiar snippets 
Stamp - Stampin' Up Label Love
Ink - Memento Olive Grove
Tools - Fiskars compact stamp press, Stampin' Up Artisan Label punch
Adhesives - ds tape, foam tape, Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue
Other - Krafters Korner Craft Rope ribbon snippet, Cre8tiv woven jute ribbon snippet

Challenges:
Hiding In My Craft Room HIMCR#216 - Super Scraps Saturday
Pixie's Crafty Workshop: Snippets Playground Week 194
Crafty Ribbons Challenge 126 - Happy Birthday + Ribbon

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Monday, 14 September 2015

Pink Pen Pattern Butterfly

A bright girly version of this card with the Stampendous PenPattern butterfly coloured in pink, lilac and purple (although the purple looks a bit bluish in the pic)

Cardstock - white square card blank, white, X-Press It blending card
Paper - a Cre8tiv mini stack
Stamp -  Stampendous PenPattern Butterflies
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Markers - Bic Mark-it Pink Flamingo, Petal Pink (Lilac), Polynesian Purple
Die - Stampendous Butterflies set
Embossing Folder - unknown (freebie with magazine)
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, Fiskars compact stamp press
Adhesives - ds tape, Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue, foam tape
Other - white sentiment sticker, bright pink rhinestones

Challenges:
Cardz TV Card Designers Challenge 1 - 3 colours only
The Artistic Stamper September Challenge - Things With Wings
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Love This Technique ~ Embossing

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Old Jalopy Gears

Another card for UnstampaBelles Boys Will Be Boys challenge, looking very masculine even though it has flowers all over the background paper  :  )


Cardstock - kraft card blank, kraft snippets
Paper - My Mind's Eye Stella & Rose snippets
Embossing Folder - Sizzix Tim Holtz Texture Trades Artful Muse Set - Old Jalopy
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, EK Success ticket corner punch
Adhesives - ds tape, foam tape, Ranger Glossy Accents
Other - Prima Finnabair Cogs & Gears, sentiment sticker

Challenges:
UnstampaBelles Challenge 50 - Boyz
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Love This Technique ~ Embossing
Pixie's Crafty Workshop: Snippets Playground Week 194

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Saturday, 12 September 2015

Blue Flower


Cardstock - 5" white card blank, white, light green, white
Dies - Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Finishing Touches - Mosaic Leaves, Spellbinders Mega Ovals
Embossing Folder - Mpress Spring Drop Collection
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot
Adhesives - Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue, glue dots, foam tape
Other - Craft Spot designer flowers, Ladybug Crafts Ink candy dot, sentiment sticker

Challenges:
The Ribbon Girl September Challenge - Add Flowers
Card and Scrap Challenge 102 - Flowers
Scrapbook Blessings Club September Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Umbrella Man

A manly card for UnstampaBelles Boys Will Be Boys challenge, not really a difficult challenge for me as I have a lot of suitable papers, dies and embossing folders. A simple design plus a bit of distressing was all it took to make this vintagey card.


Cardstock - 5" white card blank, Becky Higgins Project Life Cinnamon Edition 3x4 Textured Cards
Paper - Kaisercraft Sears & Son
Embossing Folder - Sizzix Tim Holtz Texture Trades Artful Muse Set - Umbrella Man
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, Tonic Tim Holtz distress tool, paper piercer, sponge dauber
Adhesives - ds tape, foam tape
Other - sentiment sticker, Prima Finnabair Mechanicals brads, Memento Rich Cocoa ink

Challenges:
UnstampaBelles Challenge 50 - Boyz
Frilly and Funkie - Stamps Be Gone

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Vase of Flowers


Cardstock - 5" white card blank, white, American Crafts Pastels textured pale blue and peach
Embossing Folder - Portacraft floral
Dies - Spellbinders Labels Eight and Decorative Labels Eight, Sizzix Tim Holtz Labels
Digital Image - DigiStamp Boutique Mothers Day Flowers
Markers - Copic B000 Pale Porcelain Blue, Bic Mark-it Peach Parfait and Summer Melon, Promarkers G339 Meadow Green
Adhesives - ds tape, foam tape, Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, EK Success Cutter-bee scissors for fussy cutting
Other - sentiment sticker

Challenges:
Cardz TV Card Designers Challenge 1 - 3 colours only
Card and Scrap Challenge 102 - Flowers
Doodle Pantry Ants In My Pantry Digital Challenge 9 - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Friday, 11 September 2015

Birthday Banner

My last entry for Darnell's NBUS challenge, two different die sets that work well together - Poppy Stamps Happy Birthday Banner Flags and Simon Says Party Banner (just the string part).



Cardstock - 5" square white square card blank, kraft
Paper - Prima Believe
Dies - Poppy Stamps Happy Birthday Banner Flags, Simon Says Stamp Party Banner, Elizabeth Craft Designs Happy Birthday
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, Fiskars Apron Lace border punch
Adhesives - ds tape, ds sticky sheet, Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue

Challenges:
NBUS Challenge 5 - Never Before Used Dies
Pink and Main Challenge 1 - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Lacy Butterfly

Another card for Darnell's NBUS challenge, this time a piece of butterfly lace that I just have to have and then completely forgot about it : )



Cardstock - 5" square white card blank, white
Paper - a Cre8tiv mini stack
Stamp - Stampendous Butterfly Trio
Ink - Memento Teal Zeal
Die - Stampendous Butterflies set
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, Fiskars compact stamp press, sponge dauber
Adhesives - ds tape, foam tape, glue dot, Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue
Other - lace butterfly, aqua rhinestone, sentiment sticker, die-cut ds sticky sheet backing paper from a previous project (cut with HOTP Paper Artist 2 Lacy Borders)

Challenges:
NBUS Challenge 5 - Never Before Used Butterfly Lace

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Owl Mini-Notes


Cardstock - pale pink and blue textured, white
Stamps - Taylored Expressions Hoot Hoot Hooray
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa and Angel Pink
Markers - Copic B000, Dove blender pen
Tools - Fiskars compact stamp press
Adhesives - ds tape

Challenges:
Pink and Main Challenge 1 - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Happy Birthday

A CAS card using Rubber Dance July 2015 colour scheme.  I love this colour combo of brown, white and blue  : )



Cardstock - 5" square white card blank, American Crafts Pastels, white snippet, pale blue snippet
Paper - Cre8tiv mini stack
Stamp - Stampin' Up Four Frames
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa, Summer Sky, Dove Blender pen
Die - HOTP Paper Artist 2 Lacy Borders
Tools -  Sizzix Big Shot, Fiskars compact stamp press, Stampin' Up Decorative Label punch
Adhesives - ds tape, foam tape, ds sticky sheet
Other - sentiment sticker

Challenges:
Rubber Dance September Challenge - previous colour scheme
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Stamp and Die/Punch

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Thursday, 10 September 2015

Apothecary Art

A card of layers using one of my favourite stamp sets, Apothecary Art from Stampin' Up, the colour combo inspired by Rubber Dance July 2015 colour scheme.



Cardstock - white square card blank, Cre8tiv textured brown + snippets, white snippet
Paper - Kaisercraft Blae & Ivy snippets, Kaisercraft Base Coat
Stamp - Stampin' Up Apothecary Art
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Markers - Copic B000, E29
Dies - Stampin' Up Labels Collection Framelits
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, Fiskars compact stamp press
Adhesives - ds tape, foam tape, glue dots
Other - lace snippet, sentiment sticker coloured with Copic E29, pearls

Challenges:
Rubber Dance September Challenge - previous colour scheme
Southern Girls - Layer It Up
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Stamp and Die/Punch

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Grungy Butterfly


Cardstock - 5" square white square card blank, kraft
Paper - Prima Nature Garden
Stamp - Stampendous Butterfly Trio
Ink - Memento Toffee Crunch
Die - Stampendous Butterflies set
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, Fiskars compact stamp press, sponge dauber
Adhesives - ds tape, foam tape
Other - sentiment sticker, pearls

Challenges:
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Stamp and Die/Punch

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Tuesday, 8 September 2015

Pen Pattern Butterfly

A beautiful butterfly birthday card for Darnell's NBUS challenge, using a NBUS stamp, PenPattern Butterflies from Stampendous.  I also have the more realistic Butterfly Trio that I've used before with the matching dies.



Cardstock - white square card blank, Stampin' Up Bermuda Bay, X-Press It blending card
Paper - Bella! Heritage
Stamp -  Stampendous PenPattern Butterflies
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Markers - Spectrum Noir Turquoises BT2, BT4, BT5, BT7
Dies - Stampendous Butterflies set, Simon Says Small Folded Banners
Embossing Folder - unknown (freebie with magazine)
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, Fiskars compact stamp press
Adhesives - ds tape, Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue, foam tape
Other - copper sentiment sticker, copper rhinestones

Challenges:
NBUS Challenge 5 - Never Before Used Stamp 
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Stamp and Die/Punch

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Colourful


Cardstock - white square card blank, white snippet
Paper - My Mind's Eye Collectable "Notable" plus snippet of the teal dp
Stamp - Stampin' Up Label Love
Ink - Memento Teal Zeal
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, Stampin' Up Artisan Label punch
Adhesives - ds tape, foam tape, Zig 2way glue pen
Other - ds sticky sheet backing paper from a previous project (cut with HOTP Paper Artist 2 Lacy Borders)

Challenges:
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Stamp and Die/Punch

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Sunday, 6 September 2015

Fathers Day

A Fathers Day card for today, using one of my favourite downloads from Crafts U Print.


Cardstock - 6" square white card blank, green, white for printing
Paper - First Edition Family Ties
Embossing Folder - Darice Paw Print Background
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, Cutter-bee scissors for fussy cutting
Adhesives - ds tape, foam tape, Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Thursday, 3 September 2015

Trellis


Cardstock - 6" ivory card blank, snippets of kraft, light green and pale blue
Dies - Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Finishing Touches - Mosaic Leaves, CC Designs Cutters Phlox Flowers
Embossing folder - Sizzix Tim Holtz Texture Fades Bricked
Tools - Sizzix Big Shot, EK Success border punch
Adhesives - Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue, glue dots
Other - pearls, Portacraft Flower Petals, silver sentiment sticker coloured with Copic E29

Challenges:
Not Just Cards Challenge 23 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny