Winter thanks

Good morning:

Yesterday was a rainy and gloomy day, so you know what that means :) it was a great day to create and I did that for sure :)

I started off by going through the challenges I like and came up with a handful to work on.  These are the two challenges I picked for the first card I worked on.  I am using the Freshly Made Sketches and Curtain Call challenges.  

I  went through my scrap paper and came up with these beautiful winter paper.  I didn't realize until I started writing up this post that the icicle colors didn't match my colors, but I'm still going to submit it because I was thinking icicles.

This card was so much fun to create and I just love all the sparkle.

I'm watching YouTube videos of CHA 2017 and wow, I'm blown away by all the great new products coming up (can we say Tim Holtz is the best and has so many great ideas).

Have a great day

Janet

Supplies:

Cardstock - Simon Says Stamp fog

Patterned paper -Bo Bunny Altitude collection (from Simon Says Stamp 2015 kit); Stampin Up dazzling diamond glitter paper

Ink -  Distress ink seedless preserves (spots); Versa fine black ink

Stamp set - Simon Says Stamp Hand Lettered Winter Wishes

Accessories - Memory Box Gabriella die cut; Stampin Up snow embellishments; DMC silver thread; Judikins iridescent embossing powder; Sheer Shimmer spritz; fun foam; glue dots; Stampin up dimensionals; MISTI stamping tool

Freshly Made Sketches birthday card

Hi everyone:

Hope you are all doing well.  I am creating today and am so happy to be back in my craft room today, I'm using Freshly Made Sketches sketch #270 to create a birthday card for a friend who will be celebrating her birthday this week.

I'm going to keep this short so I can get back to creating :)

Have a great one

Janet

Supplies:

cardstock - Stampin Up strawberry slush cardstock, whisper white heavy cardstock, Stampin Up watercolor paper
patterned paper - Stampin Up painted blooms
ink - Stampin Up blackberry bliss, strawberry slush, gumball green, daffodil delight; Stazon black ink
stamp - Stampin Up Touches of Texture, Stampin Up Express Yourself
accessories - Pretty Pink Posh clear sequins, Stampin Up in color sequins, aqua painter brush, Tombox adhesive

Busy over the weekend

Hey everyone:

I was real busy Sunday - I was sick Friday and Saturday so I was ready to hit my craft room for sure Sunday morning.

Here are a few things I created:

  

I didn't use any sketches, which is unlike me, but I came in my craft room and just went to town. It was so much fun.  I did, however, forget to keep my supplies out or written down so I can't provide the supplies I used - sorry.

I hope everyone is ready for the holidays - I know I am.  I hope to write another post one day later this week.  Have a great one

Janet

Happy Birthday for a friend's 3 children

I have a wonderful friend who has been asking me the past few years to create birthday cards for her 3 children and I am always so honored to do them because they have some of the most unique birthday themes. This year I was very late in getting them created and to her, but I finally finished last weekend. I really had fun creating these.

Have a great day

Janet

Freshly Made Sketches 267 and a Happy Retirement

Happy Wednesday everyone :)

We have an abstractor at work who has retired and we are having his luncheon this coming Friday, so I wanted to create him a special card.  I recently used a Freshly Made sketch, so knew I had to go back and try the one for this week.  This is the sketch and even though I can't enter this in the competition (it's not really a clean card pursuant to the requirements), I really liked this sketch, so continued on.

and here is my creation using this sketch:

I really enjoyed stepping out of my box creating this card and it's a masculine card, which is always a challenge for me.  I don't use texture paste much, but I have to keep reminding myself how much fun it is to use.

I hope everyone is having a great week and I hope to be back soon.

Thanks

Janet

Supplies:

Cardstock:  Neenah dessert storm 

Patterned paper:  Paper Loft Hooked on Fishing

Stamps:  Paper Smooches Simply Said "best wishes", Stampin Up Teeny Tiny Wishes, Stampin Up Touches of Texture; Stampin Up The Open Sea

Ink:  Stampin Up Early Espresso, Stampin Up River Road, Distress Ink gathered twigs, Distress Ink vintage photo

Accessories:  We R Memory Keepers hole punch; LawnFawn baker's twine; Tim Holtz stapler; Stampin Up oval punch; Tim Holtz texture paste; 

A shiny Christmas card using Retro Sketches #249

I know you are probably tired of me by now, but I am so afraid if I don't keep this up, I'll lose my mojo again, but I do believe this will be my last post for the day, but I'm not going to promise.

My friend Sheri Gilson posted the Retro Sketch for this week on their Facebook page yesterday and knew I had to use this sketch because it looked like so much fun.  I was looking through Christmas paper and came across this paper from Stampin Up and had to use it.

I hope everyone has a great day

Janet

Supplies:

Paper - Stampin Up Holiday Fancy Foil; Stampin Up real red cardstock; Stampin Up heavy Whisper White cardstock
Ink - VersaMark
Stamps - Come to Bethlehem sentiment
Accessories - Stampin Up silver 1/8' and 5/8' silver ribbon; Stampin Up baker's twine; PPP silver and red sequins; Stampin Up Christmas trinkets.

It's beginning to look like Christmas ...

... cards that is :)  I am finally starting on some Christmas cards and even though I try doing this every year, I tend to fail on getting them out and really hope I will do so this year.

I am using Tuesday Morning Sketch 379, which I will be using again because it is GREAT.  I found these vintage looking papers in my supplies and like I was saying yesterday, I'm using them up. I love this paper - it is so pretty and was difficult to cut up, but it had to be done.

I'm going to be working on more throughout the day, so I will be back :)

Thanks

Janet

Supplies:

paper - Stampin Up Dusty Durango; Christmas themed patterned paper (I think it is from Graphic 45 but not 100% sure)

ink - Distress Ink Vintage Photo; Stampin Up Early Espresso

stamps - Stampin Up Christmas Magic; Heidi Swapp date stamp

accessories - Stampin Up lace (I distressed this with the Vintage Photo ink); Stampin Up neutral candy dots; Santa's Express embellishment (not sure)

Color Throwdown and Mojo Monday

It's me again with another card using several challenges.  Like I stated in my last post, I'm going through my craft room and cleaning out patterned paper and when I saw this paper from Melissa Francis, knew the Color Throwdown would be the perfect color challenge and you can never go wrong with the Mojo Monday sketch.

I used peerless watercolors on my flowers and have to start using them more - they are some difficult watercolors to use (well, they are to me anyway), especially when I have gotten familiar with my zig clear brush markers, but I'll keep practicing.

I hope everyone enjoys.

Janet

Supplies:

stamps - Penny Black blooming garden; Unity Stamps ... I consider you special sentiment

ink - Black onyx Versa mark ink; Versa mark ink

paper - Neenah solar white 120 lb cardstock; Melissa Francis patterned paper; Tim Holtz watercolor

accessories - Hero Arts clear embossing powder; Peerless watercolors - cadium yellow, chrome yellow, olive green, Stampin Up daffodil delight ribbon, Avery Elle Basic Set die, PPP clear sequins