Relax

Here's another card made for our family member. I'm thinking of getting him a bottle of gingerale and making a matching tag to tie around it. I'm not really sure what he likes to eat or munch on. Maybe I'll make him some cookies, everyone likes cookies right?

For this card I used whisper white, soft suede, and bermuda bay. I really didn't like Stampin' Up!s in-colors, but I am making myself use them up! I really am getting a lot of use out of everything in my stash and not having to buy new things so much! I really have a lot of stuff, lol!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jen

Praying for you

We have a family member that is going to be going through some medical treatments for the next few weeks. So I have been busy making little treats and cards to share with him over the next month or so.

For this card I used my markers to color in the tree and also stamped the Praying for you on the bottom.

I used Whisper White, Old Olive, and Rich Razzleberry for my colors. I also used Soft Suede for the tree trunk and branches.

The top corners have a little paper piercing, but it's hard to see in the picture.

I also made a little bag topper that just says thinking of you, and filled it with hershey kisses to go along with this card.

I hope he likes it!

Happy Stampin!

Jen

Bright Birthday Fun!

I used some birthday stickers that I had gotten on clearance for $1 to make a set of 3 Birthday cards since I needed to increase my stash of birthday cards.

I paired the bright stickers with Stampin' Up!s in-colors, which are a little bright for me.

All of my cards are white, and have layers with white embossed with the swiss dots Cuttlebug folder.

Here is a picture of all 3 of them together, and the matching stamped envelopes. I feel so good having birthday cards all ready to go in a hurry~

Thanks for stopping by! Jen

Bella Baby!

It's been a very long time since I've used my Bella stamps. I pulled out this cute stamp to make a card for an old high school friend who just found out she is expecting her 2nd child. I'm so excited for her!

Happy Baby!

Jen

Blue & White Birthday

This is a 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 square card that I made for my brother's birthday. I'm not sure where the penquin came from, he was stamped for me by a friend. But I think he's so cute in his swimming trunks and a popsicle in his hand. The white layer underneath was embossed with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Folder. The birthday saying was stamped and punched out with Stampin' Up! punches and layered on with pop-dots.

I made this for the Stamp Something Challenge for today which was use blue & white. I used the bright color Brilliant Blue which I hardly ever use. I also layered with some black to tie in the colors of the penquin.

Hope you all have a great weekend. We are all getting over the flu bug at our house, so lots of cleaning, laundry, and shampooing of the carpets.

Happy Weekend!
Jen

Cute Kitty!

Isn't this a cute little kitty, all wrapped up! This is another one of my new Whimsy Stamps that I bought for myself! I love their new Christmas images! This kitty is just perfect for paper piecing. I used a green dotted Christmas paper for the box and some sparkly gold paper for the bow. I love all the sparkle! The designer paper is from a DCWV pack from JoAnn's. The card base is also from JoAnn's. I used my Stampin' Up! punches for the greeting. The saying 'for you' is also a Whimsy Stamp.

I love still being able to work on holiday cards for next year! Keeps Christmas alive all year long for me!

Happy Stampin!

Jen

N'ice Friends

Isn't this the cutetest little snowman? I just love all snowman images and had to have this one from Whimsy Stamps. He is called N'ice Friends and was designed by Crissy Armstrong.

The card turned out to be 5.5 x 6 inches and uses Stampin' Up! designer paper called Christmas Cocoa. I love this paper!! I cut the snowflakes using my Cricut. The cute snowman is colored in using my SU markers and then outlined with my glitter pen. The snowflakes also have glitter. It is very sparkly!

I am excited to say that while my Christmas supplies are out I will be working on starting my holiday cards for next year! My Christmas Card Challenge that I participate in on Splitcoaststampers has me making 10 cards a month so that I will have a whole box full of cards come Thanksgiving time next year all ready to go! I think I may be making 10 of this design card for my January cards since I have everything out and this is so fast and easy to do.

Happy Stampin!

Whimsy Stamps - Holiday Card Contest

I'm back!! So sorry for my long absense, but I am officially back to my stamping, yeah!! And what a better way to get me back into stamping than with a challenge!! My card today was for Whimsy Stamps Holiday Card Contest. You can check out all the details on the website here:

Whimsy Stamps

The rules for the contest are as follows:

Enter only once with a holiday themed card, which MUST include a Whimsy Stamps image and it must also be created for this contest. Please feel free to combine it with other challenges, but do create a NEW card with this contest in mind.

Post your card on your blog with links back to our home page: http://whimsystamps.com, spreading the word about our contest

No blog, no problem! Just email your entry to Whimsy Stamps and we will be sure it’s included in the contest

Provide a direct link to your card, by Saturday, December 12th at 11:59pm ET using the Mr. Linky Feature below

The 3 finalists will be announced on Sunday, December 13th, here on this page and the voting we begin! We we add a poll for voting along with images of the cards from each of the 3 finalists. Voting will continue until Saturday, December 19th at 11:59pm ET. We will announce the winner on Sunday, December 20th!

So, what's a girl to do when she doesn't have any of Whimsy Stamp's holiday stamps? She improvises! See my Mele Kalikimaka card below!!

I used their adorable Whimsy Turtle stamp along with a stamp set from Close to my Heart called Tropical Christmas. How cute is this turtle wearing a Santa Hat? And I love the palm tree all decked out for Christmas! Someday, when I live in FL, I will have a palm tree with lights on it in my yard!

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Holidays and Happy Stamping!

Jen

Christmas Card class

Here are a few more photos of the projects that we made at our Christmas in July class last night.

For this first card we used a retired stamp set from Stampin' Up! called To You & Yours. It was sold last year during the holidays. We used the Poppin' Pastels Technique for the pretty blue dove. If you have never done that before, you just stamp your image in
Versamark ink, and then using a sponge dauber, cover it with the chalk color of your choice. It is a great way to use your Stampin' Up! Pastels!

We also used the eyelete border punch along the one side of our cardstock before adding the ribbon for another pretty little touch.




Our next card was a simple no layer card. It only uses one 1/2 sheet of Whisper White cardstock! I love these simple cards!

We stamped the image from the stamp set called Home for Christmas which is available in the new Stampin' Up! catalog! It was stamped with Brown Stazon ink, and then colored in in a few places with Stampin' Up! markers. Each girl colored theirs a little differently, so they all came out different! I love that! We used some new In-Color Ribbon - Soft Suede - I really like the polka dots on it~

Each girl that came last night also got their very own copy of the new Idea Book & Catalog included in their class fees! It is just full of terrific cards, scrapbook pages, and project ideas!! If you would like your own copy, just let me know, and I'll get one to you!

Flower Pot Tutorial

Here is my example of a Flower Pot Card. I saw the tutorial over at Splitcoaststampers, and I just had to try it! I did use some retired Summer Picnic designer paper on mine. All supplies used for this card came from Stampin' Up!

You can see the tutorial here: Flower Pot Card

Happy Stampin!

Jen

Christmas in July

My card today is for Christmas in July! Of course, I have been making at least 10 Christmas cards each month since January, so I allready have a whole box full of x-mas cards ready to go! Gotta plan ahead! No, I just really love making x-mas cards all year long! Keeps me in the mood!

My image today is a Riley Moose image from Hannah Stamps. He was stamped for me by one of my online stamping friends. Isn't he the cutest carrying his x-mas tree home?

The designer paper that I used is called Ski Slope and was sold by Stampin' Up! last year. I also used my Cuttlebug and the snowflake embossing folder for the white layer.

This second picture shows how I decorated the inside of the card. I kept it fairly simple, but just wanted to show you how I've been 'dressing up' the insides of my cards instead of just leaving them plain.

Hope this inspires some of you to start with your holiday cards soon!

Jen

Happy Birthday In-Colors

This card is brought to you from Stampin' Up! again! I love the pretty In-Colors that they have used on this! I haven't had a lot of time to stamp this week. Have been really busy with the kids, and working nightshift. Plus I just got a new job working in a Dr's office as a part-time nurse, just filling in for the other ladies! Hoping to be able to get off of night shift soon! Hope you all are having a great week!

Instructions

Happy Birthday card (4" x 4")

1. Stamp circle images in Bermuda Bay ink diagonally across Bermuda Bay textured card.

2. Stamp circle image in Crushed Curry ink on Crushed Curry card stock, punch out using 1" Circle punch, and adhere to card.

3. Stamp large circle image in Melon Mambo ink on Whisper White card stock, punch out using 1-3/4" Circle punch, and adhere to Metal Edge tag. Fold Pumpkin Pie 1/2" striped grosgrain ribbon in half and adhere behind tag. Adhere tag to card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

4. Stamp sentiment in Pumpkin Pie ink on Whisper White card stock (1-7/8" x 5/16"), and snip right end. Punch hole in left side of card stock using 1/16" Circle punch, and attach Clear Rhinestone brad. Adhere to card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Happy 4th!!!

Here is one of the projects that I promised to share with you using the scallop border punch that is on sale right now through Stampin' Up! Get it soon, the sale ends tomorrow!!! Each week for the month of July they will have a special product on sale. See my Stampin' Up! website for more details: http://jenorbaker.stampinup.net/.

For this card I used my new stamp set called Wings of Friendship. It is a level 2 Hostess set, which means that you need to hold a Stampin' Up! workshop of your very own to get it. I also used my new In-Color Markers to color it in. I love having the new In-Colors in markers this year! I am so excited about that!!!!

If you look close I also used some new In-Color textured paper for one of the layers. And the designer paper is also new and called Tall Tales. I used the scallop border punch on the designer paper layer. I also used my tool kit and pierced all away around the edges.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you all have a safe and happy 4th of July!

Jen

Supplies used:

Stamps: Wings of Friendship

Ink: SU Markers (old olive, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo)

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry, Designer Paper Tall tales

Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Tool Kit

Just Chicken In

I saw a card like this in a magazine and just couldn't resist making it. It says "Just Chicken In." Isn't it adorable?

The stamp set is called Best of Cluck and is retired Stampin' Up! I used the photo corner punch for the yellow layer underneath the chicken. And I also added 2 silver brads on the top.

The chicken wire stamp was just a background stamp that I had gotten from someone, there is no name on the stamp. But I know that Stampin' Up! used to have one just like this a few years ago.

I used my Stampin' Up! sponges and sponged chocolate chip ink around the edges of all the cardstock.

Supplies:

Stamps: Best of Cluck, Unknown Chicken Wire Background

Paper: Real Red, Whisper white, Barely Banana, Basic Black

Ink: Black Stazon, Chocolate Chip, Stampin' Up! Markers

Acc: Photo Corner Punch, Hole Punch, Silver Brads, Sponge

Hope you all are having a great weekend! Me and hubby are heading to the casino with some friends for the weekend! We are celebrating my friend's and my birthdays!

Jen

Cased Wedding Towels Card

I totally cased this card from Lori's Blog. She had a lot of really nice cards that I just had to make! And since I needed a card for the bridal shower this past weekend, this one was perfect!

I used retired Soft Sky paper and ink on my card, but you can easily use any color! I also didn't have a Mr and Mrs stamp, so I just hand wrote those on. Isn't this too cute? This would be perfect for any wedding, bridal shower, or anniversary!

The towels measure 1 1/4 x 3 1/2, and they were run through my Cuttlebug with the swiss dots folder. I also used more soft sky paper and the eyelet border punch to make the little details at the bottom of the towels.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jen

Lucky Duck!

This is another cute card using the Wagon Full of Fun stamp set and the Pairsian Breeze Paper. Love them!!!!! I wish I had more of this cute little duck image! I kept it plain and simple and just colored him in with my Stampin' Up! markers. I used the ticket corner punch and added some silver brads on all 4 corners. I also punched out the Lucky Duck! saying with my large oval punch, and used the scalloped oval punch in close to cocoa behind it. Placed it on the card using my dimensionals - from Stampin' Up! Love those little pop-up dots. I think I just about use them on every project these days.

Wagon Full of Fun

This cute little duck image comes from the stamp set called Wagon Full of Fun by Stampin' Up! Isn't he cute? I don't own this set, but was sent some stamped images from a friend. Now I really want this set!!!

I've had these images for several weeks and haven't done anything with them until I was on Jenn D's blog. She has made the cutest projects with this little duck!!! This card was totally cased from her card here.

This was my first time using the Parisian Breeze Specialty paper from Stampin' Up! I can't believe I waited so long to get some of this gorgeous paper!!!!! And it is retiring next week. You better get some now!!!!! It is the most wonderful textured paper that I've used!!!!

Stayed tuned for more cute duck projects!

Happy Staming!

Jen

Hope Your Day is Par-Fect!

This image and saying come from the stamp set And Many Mower, available on my Stampin' Up Website: http://jenorbaker.stampinup.net.

It has great images and sayings that are perfect for Father's Day, or a guy birthday. I am not the greatest at the manly type cards, so this set is perfect for me.

I cased the idea of this card from the gallery over on Splitcoaststampers. I loved the idea of the little golf ball. So how did I make my golf ball you may ask? I embossed white cardstock using my Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots folder. I punched out the circle and flipped it over to the backside, voila, instant golf ball. It is put on the card using a dimensional to pop it up! So cute, I mean, so manly!

Hope you all have a wonderful Father's Day Weekend!

Jen

Butterfly Thank Yous

Here are some more of the Thank You cards that I made for a bridal shower gift. I can't wait to show you the finished project, I am so excited to give it to her!

I made a total of 20 thank you cards with matching envelopes for the bride. All of the cards use the Eyelet Border Punch (#113692 $15.95 from Stampin' Up!). I think it adds such a pretty touch to the bottom of the cards, and it's so very simple to do!

I also used the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Dies on some of the cards. They make the prettiest little butterflies. Now most of you know that I still do not own my Big Shot machine that I so desperately want, but this is another die that I have just used with my Cuttlebug! So easy! The Beautiful Butterflies die is #114507 and is just $21.95. I can't wait to make more projects with it!

Cased Delicate Dots Thank Yous

I needed a gift for a bridal shower that I am attending soon, and wanted to make something homemade for the bride. So while I was blog surfing one night I came across Patty Bennett's blog - she is awesome! I cased these Thank You notes using the Delicate Dots Designer Paper that you could get for during during SU's SAB that they recently had. And since I had two packages sitting here in my craft room unopenend I thought they would be perfect to give to the bride! I also stamped a set of matching envelopes and will be making her more stationary items, such as a journal and RSVP to go along with the set.

As you can see, I did change up the cards a little bit, using what stamp sets and ribbon that I had, but they still follow her basic idea. She used the little note cards that you can buy from SU!, but I used whisper white cardstock and made regular sized cards.

I will show you the rest that I made tomorrow!

Stamps: Oval All, Thank You Kindly

Paper: Whisper White, Delicate Dots DP

Ink: Certainly Celery

Ribbon: Ribbon Bundle (SAB), Whisper White Grosgrain, Whisper white Organz, Retired Ribbon, White Satin

Punches: Large Oval, Scallop Oval, Eyelette Border,

Butterfly Bigshot die, Dimensionals