NEW Cuttlebug Sample's

Happy Labor Day...
Before I start with my post today I would just like to thank all of you for ALL of your warm comments on my blog yesterday! It was so nice to read each and every post so I thank each and every one of you, it really warms my heart! :)

Today's project is using the NEW Christmas Cuttlebug embossing folder's from Cut At Home. For this project I used the Christmas Ornament embossing folder. To start, I cut out two circles for the embossing and two more for the background. To add a little detail, I stitched the two circles together and added a middle layer of chipboard for stability. To hold the twine, I used the tab punch and inserted it in the middle layer. Once the pieces were all adhered, I sponged on some white ink to make the ornaments pop.

All six ornaments fit in this custom box I made. To make the box I used an 8 1/1 x 11 piece of cardstock.

Here are the instructions ~

Score the 8 1/2 x 11 at 3/4" (long ways) and again at 4 3/4. Turn and score at 3 3/4, 3/4, 3 3/4, 3/4 and the rest can be folded in. Depending on your box, fold in all of the scored area's and put the box together. Once the box is folded, you will notice what area's need to be cut off. Since I wanted my box to close, I kept the middle section and used it for the flap of my box. For those that are interested, I will try to post a template for the box in the coming week.


For the decoration of my box, I used the Winter House embossing folder from Cut At Home. Since I LOVE to use my Janome sewing machine, I added some fun stitching to the front layers as well. **For those that are curious about this machine, I totally recommend getting it! It's so small and compact and for those that have little experience sewing, no worries, they have step by step instructions too. Just so all of you know... I have not done any kind of sewing since the 7th grade, if I can do it, so can you!! LOL :)

On Tuesday I have will be posting some other fun samples using these embossing folders from Cut At Home. Please stop by then and let me know what you think...

Don't forget to sign up for the Blog Candy Giveaway, I will announce a winner on September 6th.

BIG hugs to all,

Blog Candy Giveaway ~ Goodies from Archiver's

Hello & Thanks for stopping by... Its time to give away some fun goodies. Thanks to all of you, I just hit 100,000 hits on my Blog earlier this week and to thank you, I have a few things I would LOVE to give to one lucky winner.

Post a comment and you will be entered to win! I will pick a lucky winner on Saturday, September 6th. For a little something extra, if you sign up for "My Followers" on the side bar, I will include a little something extra.

The Blog Candy includes:
- 3 NEW Christmas sets from Imaginisce
- 4 6 x 6 Sheets of Flurries & Frost
- 1 Spool of ribbon
- Bag of buttons
- 2 Cards: 1 card designed for "Our Creative Corner" and 1 card I designed last year for Christmas


Thanks again for visiting my Blog and all of your wonderful comments, it really means so much to me!

Have a wonderful holiday,

OCC Birthday Challenge

Happy Saturday and thanks for stopping by...

Today's card is for this week's OCC challenge, by August host Dawn Easton. The challenge is to make a birthday card. There is no time limit on our challenges so please feel free to participate in any of our challenges at any time. To play along, just post your project to your blog or gallery, then include a link in the comments so we can check it out. If you upload to SCS, use keyword: OCCC.

Here is the recipe to my card ~ Stamps: Party Cupcakes - Inque Boutique Paper: Daisy Bucket - Mothers & Daughters Creations, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White Ink: Chocolate Chip Accessories: Janome Sewing Machine, Flowers, Ribbon.

Please stop by a little later, I have some fun goodies to give away along with a fun project using some of the NEW Cuttlebug embossing folders.

Have a wonderful weekend,

MDC Challenge - Odd Shape Card Challenge & Card Giveaway

Happy Thursday...

Before I announce the challenge, I would also like to announce the winner for the card drawing. Congratulations Jar from "Joy in a Jar" you won the Mojo card, Please email me your address at jdmeyer6@sbcglobal.net

Today's card is for a fun challenge over at Mothers & Daughters Creations. Our host for August is Maria and for her challenge you are to create a card using different shapes. Since I LOVE the NEW paper & stamps from Daisy Bucket, I knew I had to create a card using hearts.

If you would like to win this card, please leave me a comment and you will be entered to win today's card. I will announce a winner on Monday, September 1st.

***For those that are waiting for mailings from me, some went out and others will be going out on Friday. I am sorry it too me so long but I have been super busy. Please know that if are receiving your package a little late, you will be getting a little something extra. :)

All paper & stamps can be found at Mothers & Daughers Creations.

Here is the recipe ~ Stamps: Swirl Heart, Begins With Love - Daisy Bucket Paper: Whisper White, Daisy Bucket Accessories: Nestabilities/hearts - Cut At Home, Janome Sewing Machine, Brown EP, Flower Punch, Dew Drops - Cut At Home.

Have a wonderful day & thanks for stopping by,

Mojo Madness Challenge & Card Giveaway

Today's card is for Julee's Mojo Madness. Sorry this is so late but I have a ton of NEW things I am working on.

Please leave me a comment and you will be entered to win this card. I will announce the winner on Thursday, August 28th.

Here is the recipe ~ Stamps: Anniversary Birds - Verve Paper: Kraft, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Bella Rose DSP Ink: White Accessories: Scalloped Punch, White EP, Circle Punch, Heart Nestabilities - Cut At Home, Tag Nestabilities - Cut At Home, Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by,

100,000 Hits - Heartfelt Thanks!!!

100,000 hits, WOW! I want to thank ALL of you for this exciting moment and I can not tell you how much this means to me!! Please watch for my "Blog Candy Giveaway", I will announce the details early this week!

For the mean time, here is a video of my favorite singer "Morten Harket", OMG he is a hottie!!! :)

Meet the *VERVE* Divas Part 7 ~ Happy Anniversary Julee

Today's card is for a sketch challenge "MTVD07" over at Splitcoast called Meet the *Verve* Diva's. It's Julee's turn to host and my card is for Julee's Challenge, Part 7.

If you would like to play, upload your card by Wednesday, August 28 at midnight (10 PM Eastern Time). You will be entered to win $15 in Verve Bucks. Julee will announce the winner on Thursday morning, the 29th! Have fun!!!

Here is the recipe ~ Stamps: Anniversary Birds - Verve Paper: Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Whisper White (I heard these are Julee's favorite colors) Ink: Chocolate Chip Accessories: Cuttlebug/Swiss Dots - Cut At Home, Dew Drops - Cut At Home, Nestabilities/Ribbon Tags Trio - Cut At Home, Nestabilities/Hearts - Cut At Home, Scalloped Punch, Ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

Our Creative Corner Color Challenge

Happy Saturday... Today's card is for a fun challenge over at Our Creative Corner! For those that played last week, all of us at Our Creative Corner would like to thank you! :)

The challenge over at Our Creative Corner is "Color Challenge". Dawn Easton has put together fun color challenge that will certainly get you in the mood for fall: Old Olive, Ruby Red, and Pumpkin Pie, with Chocolate Chip as an optional color.

Please stop by Our Creative Corner to see all of the wonderful samples and our guest designer, Julee Tilman of Poetic Artistry.

I would also like to take a moment and announce the winner for last Saturday's OCC card. Congratulations Cindi from "WindyCindy". Please email me your address and I will get your card out to you. jdmeyer6@sbcglobal.net

Here is the recipe for my card ~ Stamps: Autumn Harvest Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Watercolor Ink: Brown Staz-on, Old Olive, Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip Accessories: Cuttlebug/Pumpkin Harvest - Cut At Home, Aqua Painter, Janaome Sewing Machine, Twine.

Thanks so much for stopping by and all of your wonderful comments! :)

CC180 Card for June...

This has to be a quick post, I am headed to the park with the little ones. My colors for my card are for this week's Color Challenge "CC180" over at Splitcoast (I did use chocolate chip, but it needed some dark chocolate on the card). If you would like to play, the colors include Close To Cocoa, Ruby Red & Blush Blossom. Please stop by later for more details on my card.

Here is a close up, for a little extra detail, I added some fun pins in the cupcake :)

Thanks for stopping by,

MDC Sketch Challenge

Thanks for stopping by!

I want to thank those that sent me cards for the passing of my Step-father, it has certainly put a smile on my face to know so many of you are thinking of me at this difficult time! Today's card will be going to my Mother, I hope sending her cards can bring a little comfort knowing we are all here for her and that we LOVE her so much!!

The design layout is for today's Sketch Challenge over at the Mothers & Daughters Challenge Blog. Maria Levine is our August host and we would LOVE it if you could play! If you post your cards to Splitcoast, please use "MDC" in the keywords. There is no time limit so play when you can.

Here is the recipe to my card ~ Stamps: Butterfly Bush - Serendipity - Mothers & Daughters Creations Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Bella Rose, Chocolate Chip Ink: Accessories: Janome Sewing Machine, Scalloped Circle Punch, Circle Punch, Twine, Scalloped Punch, Cuttlebug/Leafy Branch - Cut At Home, Copics.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sketches Challenge #58 Butterfly Kisses

Hello Blogging friends...

Today's card is for Tamara's Sketch Challenge "SC58". Tamara would LOVE it if you played along, if you download your card to Splitcoast, please put "Sketches" in the keywords. If you would like to see more samples done with this sketch, please visit Tamara's Blog "Sketches".

*Want to win this card? Please leave me a comment and you will be entered to win along with some fun ribbon. I will announce a winner this Saturday, August 23.

Please stop by a little later, I will be posting my card for Mothers & Daughters Creations.

Recipe ~ Stamps: Garden Whimsy Paper: Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Bella Rose DSP Ink: Riding Hood Red Accessories: Scalloped Punch, Janome Sewing Machine, Paper Piercer.

Thanks for stopping by,

CC180 From Me to You...

Happy Tuesday everyone...

Today's card is for this week's Color Challenge "CC180" over at Splitcoast. The colors include Close To Cocoa, Ruby Red & Blush Blossom.

For my design it just sort of all came together. I knew with these colors, you can never go wrong with a heart somewhere on your design! The heart was done using chipboard from Stampin' Up! For the heart, I traced the chipboard on a piece of designer seriers paper and glued it to the chipboard. After about 15-20 minutes, I used a sanding block and lightly sanded around the edges.

For the image, I stamped the image in brown staz-on and colored in the sweets using my prisma colored pencils and some gamsol.

Lately you have seen a lot of stitching my cards, that is because sometimes when I don't use it on my cards, they seem a little naked? LOL :) Kind of like, not wearing any make-up except some lipstick! I NEED my lipstick if nothing else! LOL :)

Well thanks again for stopping by, don't forget to sign up for the card giveaway, I will announce a winner on August 23. :)

Here is the recipe ~ Stamps: Tiers of Treats - Stampendous, So Many Sayings (SU) Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Blush Blossom Ink: Brown Staz-on Accessories: Cuttlebug/DVine Swirls - Cut At Home, Ribbon, Chipboard, Janome Sewing Machine, Buttons & White Floss, Prisma Colored Pencils & Gamsol.

Well, thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Stamping hugs,

Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge

Happy Saturday... :)

Before I begin with my card, I would like to take a moment and congratulate Amy Sheffer, she is now a Dirty Girl over at Splitcoast! Go Amy!!! :)

Today's card is for this week's Sketch Challenge for Our Creative Corner. Our host for the month of August is Dawn Easton and she created this fun sketch for all of you to try. It is based on Dawn's sketch seen here. Since I don't have my NEW supplies from Stampin' Up!, I created a card using more of this beautiful paper called Bella Rose. I hope you are not sick of it because I really think it is so pretty and so much fun to work with. My stash is running a bit low but I should be getting more of it and a ton of NEW paper, stamps and accessories from Stampin' Up pretty soon.

Before I got, I would like to announce the winners for the Halloween box and last week's card giveaway:

Congratulations Michele (luv2stamp2002@yahoo.com) you have won the Halloween box & for the Pumpkin card Julee from Poetic Artistry. Please email me your address and I will get your goodies out to you. (Julee, don't worry about emailing me your addy, I got yours) :)

**Want to win this card? Please leave me a comment and you will be entered to win today's OCC card. I will announce a winner next Saturday, August 23.

Here is the recipe ~ Paper: Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Bella Rose DSP Accessories: Cuttlebug/With Love Embossing Folder - Cut At Home, Ribbon, Charm (thanks Cindy), Scalloped Punch.

Thanks so much for stopping by and all of your wonderful comments!

Anni-Verve-sary Challenge 10, 11 & 12

Sorry this is late but with the older kids starting school on Monday, there is so much to do and not enough time to do it! Here are my cards for Julee's Anni-Verve-sary Sketch Challenge #10, 11 & 12. All 12 cards were made using the gorgeous paper from Stampin' Up! called Bella Rose.

Sketch Challenge #10

Sketch Challenge #11

Sketch Challenge #12

Please stop by tomorrow, I will be posting my card for Our Creative Corner and will announce the winners for the Halloween card & Box.


Have a wonderful weekend,

WT179 Copic Challenge

WOW I am on a roll today!!! Here is another fun card I made for today's Ways to Use it Challenge "WT179" over at Splitcoast. As some of you know, Copic markers are HOT and really fun to work with. Since I am Copic Certified I am comfortable to say why I LOVE them so much! You can color on just about anything, ribbon, metal, glass, ect. They are refillable and come in a ton of colors and you can even erase with them (Blender marker). Since I got my stash of Copics, I have not even touched my colored pencils or SU Markers. If you have the chance to order a few, get a few markers in your favorite color and start playing. If you need some help, please stop by Marianne's Blog "I Like Markers", she posts everyday and has some of the best tutorials on how to use them.

So today's challenge is to use Copics. No Copic markers??? You can still play, use some other type of blending marker/colored pencil.

Here is a close-up picture. As you can see from the picture, I layered the ribbon on the present, paws and feet. For a little extra fun I added some glitter using the clear Spica pen.

Recipe ~ Stamps: Paper: Close to Cocoa, Whisper White, Daisy Bucket Ink: Black Memento Accessories: Copics, Ribbon, Cuttlebug - DVine Swirls.

I would like give a special thanks to Vivienne from Crafting Haven, I could not of made this card with out her! Thanks Viv for all of the wonderful images, you are so sweet!! :)

Thanks again for visiting & all of your wonderful comments! :)

Mothers & Daughters Creations Challenge - Outline Stamps

Thanks for visiting Jennifer's Sweet Designs... Here is my challenge card for Mothers & Daughters Creations. The challenge is to create a card using these beautitful detailed outline stamps. Since I have been sewing a lot on my cards, I chose the Sparkle Pocket image.

The pocket is sewed on but I left the top open so I could add a fun gift card or even some money $$$. For a little extra detail, I added these decorative pearls.

Here is a pull out tag that I also added some stitching on. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! called Pretty Princess.

For the fun samples using these outline stamps, please visit MDC Blog.

*All supplies can be found at Mothers & Daughters Creations except the Stampin' Up! sentiment.

Recipe ~ Stamps: Outline - Sparkle Pocket, Pretty Princess - Sentiment Paper: Whisper White, Imaginisce - Baby Powder - Oopsie Daisy, Baby Pownder - Queen of the Crib Ink: Black Accessories: Janome Sewing Machine, Ribbon, Decorative Pearls.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sketches Challenge #57 Dinosaur Birthday

Thanks so much for stopping by! Today's card is for Tamara's Sketch Challenge "SC57". Tamara would LOVE it if played along! If you upload your cards to Splitcoast, please put "Sketches" in the keywords.

Here is a picture of the inside of the card. Just for a little extra touch, I layered the inside of my card and cut out the stamped dinosaur.

***You can find all the supplies except the Nestabilities at Mothers & Daughters Creations. If you shop now you can say 20% off ALL Basic Grey produtcts.

Recipe ~ Stamps: Basic Grey - Dino Paper: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Basic Grey - Archaic Paper Pad Ink: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa Accessories: Nestabilities/Oval - Cut At Home, Janome Sewing Machine, Twine, Basic Grey -Colored Buttons.

Please stop by a little later, I have my Mothers & Daughters card to post later this afternoon!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Anni-Verve-sary Challenge 8 & 9

Thanks for stopping by... Here are my cards for Julee's Anni-Verve-sary

Sketch Challenge 8 & 9.

Please stop by tomorrow, I have two cards scheduled to post. My Mothers & Daughters card and My card from Sketches.

Have a wonderful afternoon!

SC189 NEW Halloween Cuttlebug Samples

Happy Wednesday! :)

Since I was still up after the Sketch Challenge "SC189" was posted last night, I decided to stamp a fun sample using the NEW Haunted Halloween & Skeleton Scroll embossing folders. Today's sketch works well my daughters 3rd annual halloween party invites.

Here is a picture of inside the first flap. Since these Cuttlebug folders are too cute to cover up, I used the Haunted Halloween folder on both the front & the inside of the card.
For the inside of the card I also added the haunted halloween folder. To add a little extra detail to the card, I cut out the door on both the front and inside of the haunted house.

Recipe ~ Paper: Black, Basic Grey, Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant Ink: Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant Accessories: Cuttlebug: Haunted Halloween & Skeleton Scroll - Cut At Home, Janome Sewing Machine. (All printed info. was done on the computer)

Please stop by a little later, I have two more Anni-Verve-sary cards to show all of you.