A couple more Christmas cards

Another quick post today to share a couple more cards.

Card #1:

Supplies:

Patterned Paper- Echo Park

Cardstock and Ribbon- Papertrey Ink, Fine Linen and Dark Chocolate

Stamps- Papertrey Ink, Holiday Sparkle and Signature Christmas

Other- Fiskars circle punch for scallops, Viva Decor Pearl Pens in Brown and Red for eyes and nose.

And Card #2:

Supplies:

Patterned Paper- DCWV

Stamp- Papertrey Ink, Signature Christmas

Ink- Versamark, and Martha Steward embossing powder

Other- Martha Stewart punch, Papertrey Ink button twine, and 'dew drops' or 'skittles' for red berries

I hope you like them! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Big Hugs,

Jess

Trying to catch up

Hello and 'Happy' Monday! Golly, we are only 12 days away from Christmas! Can you believe it!? Are you ready? I'm not. I've been busy making a bunch of Christmas cards, but I've slacked off on posting them again! So, I'm going to really get caught up with posting my cards. I will try to pop in with a few at a time this week. I'm a bit busy today, so no time for chit chat, just going to get on with the cards!

Supplies:

Patterned Paper-Echo Park

Cardstock,  ribbon- Papertrey Ink

Stamps - Papertrey Ink, Holiday Sparkle

Other- Limitless Layers dies by Papertrey Ink, Small Circle punch by Fiskars, Snowflake punch by Martha Stewart, Gems by Kaisercraft, Ink by Versamark, Embossing powder by Martha Stewart.

Patterned Paper by Echo Park

Cardstock by American Crafts and Papertrey Ink

Stamp Sentiment by Papertrey Ink

Ink is Memento black

Die cut with Cricut Expressions and Joys of the Season cartridge

Other- doodles with White Uniball Signo gell pen and Stardust Stickles, green felt trim was in my stash.

Okay, that's all I have time for today.  I'm sorry to rush off on you, I'll be back soon!

Hugs to all!

Jess

 

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I just wanted to pop in to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!

I also wanted to share a card:

Supplies:
Cardstock and Ribbon are Terracotta Tile, Papertrey Ink.
Patterned Paper is Autum Abundance, Die Cuts With A View
Stamp set and die is Gobble Gobble, Papertrey Ink
Ink, Orange Zest, Papertrey Ink and Walnut Stain, Tim Holtz Distress
Orange Rhinestones adheared with Irock


I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!
{{{HUGS}}}
Jess

Some Cards...

Hello! I know I have been so neglectful of my blog lately! I will try to catch up on posting some cards I've been making in the last month or so.

I also played around with my blog design a bit today. I tried to clean it up a bit and make it a bit more pleasing to the eye and simple.

This first card I made for my co-worker/friend to give to her cousin for her birthday. I can't remember now if she was 14? Around there, anyway. Please excuse the lighting in the second picture.

the inside:

I used Rock Princess for the die cuts, and Echo Park for the papers and stickers. The little vinyl purse is American Crafts. And, you can't really tell in the picture, but the cupcakes eye patch is all sparkly from Stickles.

Next I have a card I made for my Mother-in-law for her birthday:

These two represent my husband and me. :)

I cut them from the Country Life Cricut cartridge. The patterned papers are October Afternoon. I used my Itop to make the brad in the top corner. The sentiment and ink are Papertrey Ink.

Next up is an Anniversary Card I made for my Mother and Father-in-law, which was the day after her birthday.

and the inside:

Again, sorry about the lighting!

 This card I made using Tie The Knot for the gray layer, and Sweethearts for the flowers.
The pink card stock, ribbon, sentiment, and ink are Papertrey Ink. The Gray card stock is Stampin' UP. The bottom edge on the inside of the card is cut with Fiskars Uppercrest border punch.

Okay, I think I'll stop there now for today! I hope you like them! Stop by tomorrow and see a cute card I made for Thanksgiving! I hope you have a SUPER holiday weekend!

{{{HUGS}}}
Jess

Playing with Serenade by Flowerdisco and Friends, Finale

Hello, my friends, and Welcome to our final week of Playing with Serenade by Flowerdisco and Friends! You know, I've really enjoyed working on this project, and especially enjoyed working with this fabulous group of ladies!

For the finale week, I was assigned with image 47, which is a bird perch? A bird cage stand? Okay, let's just say I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do with this one! After quite a bit of brainstorming, this is what I came up with:

Patterned Paper: Echo Park
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink for pumpkin, Georgia Pacific and Waussau from 'Pumpkin Perch' lol.
Sentiment is stamped with Orange Zest ink from Papertrey ink, then heat embossed using clear embossing powder by Ranger.
The sticker boarder strip and stars are also from the Echo Park collection.

I think that covers it! It's a pretty simple card, I'm not totally in love with it, but I can live with it!

Now, let's see what the rest of the gals did!

                           Agnes~  http://flowerdiscosscraphut.blogspot.com/

Helen~ http://craftingcricutmom.blogspot.com/

Melissa~ http://melissaward72.blogspot.com/

Gaby~ http://gabycreates.com/

Abby~ http://www.scrapbookaholic.blogspot.com/

Ohh Snap! http://ohhhsnapper.blogspot.com/

If you haven't already, I hope you'll visit their blogs, and let everyone know how wonderful they did with this series! I also hope you enjoyed seeing all the cards we made using the Serenade cartridge!

I'll be back soon with some other cards I've been working on! Thanks for stopping by and for all your support and comments!

{{{HUGS}}}
Jess

Playing with Serenade by Flowerdisco and Friends, Week 6

Hello and welcome to week 6 of our Serenade Series! I'm just going to just jump right in and show you the card I came up with using my assigned image 40, the bird. I knew before I started designing my card, I wanted to make it a Christmas card. I started with a completely different color combo and papers, and it just wasn't working for me. So, I  finally decided to just start from scratch and started looking through one of the Echo Park Christmas lines, and it all just fell into place from there! When I was finished I still felt the card needed something, my husband was actually who suggested the faux stitching! lol. Anyway, here's what I came up with:

The colors are not all traditional Christmas. I actually had to tell my husband and friend/ co-worker that it is a Christmas card, but I guess unless you know the papers and sentiment come from Christmas collections, it might be hard to know, since it is a bit subtle. hehehe.

Ingredients:
Card Stock and Sentiment Stamp: Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper and border sticker: Echo Park
Also, Versamark Ink, Ranger Embossing Power in black, Distress Ink in Walnut Stain, and Uniball Signo white gel pen.

Now, on to the rest of the gals!

                                      Flowerdisco

Melissa

Helen

Gaby

Abby

Ohhh Snap!

Beautiful right!? I couldn't love their cards more!

Well, that's all for today, but check back in with us next Wednesday for our final installment of the series!

Have a Great and Crafty Day!

Love,

Jess

Playing with Serenade by Flowerdisco and Friends, Week 5

Good Morning, my friends, and welcome to another installment of our Serenade Series! I am really enjoying the challenge of working with these assigned images and I'm also enjoying seeing what my friends have made with theirs! I hope you have been enjoying it as well! =)
This week I had Image 33, a tree. I immediately knew I wanted to make it a fall tree, and when I flipped through the Apple Cider paper pad by Imaginisce, well I really let the paper be my inspiration!

Ingredients:
Card stock base~ 5 x 7 Papertry Ink, Terracotta Tile
Patterned Paper~ all from 6 x 6 Apple Cider pad by Imaginisce
Sentiment~ Rubon, Apple Cider collection by Imaginisce
Embellishments~ Medium brads made with Itop brad maker, and strip made with Martha Stewart punch.


Now let's check out what the rest of the gang did!

                                                           Flowerdisco

Helen

Gaby

Abby

Melissa

Sally

Please visit Sally's blog to see her project!

Thanks so much for visiting and for all of your support every week!

{{{HUGS}}}

Jess