Halloween Tag & Giveaway

Happy Halloween!! Thanks for stopping by!! This is going to be a quick post... I created this fun tag using my NEW Label 1 Nestabilities from Cut At Home. To decorate my Halloween tag, I added a ghost & pumpkin from Sizzix. The ghost was embossed using my DVine Swirls embossing folder. For the extra detail on the pumpkin, I whipped out my Martha Stewart branch punch and added a twine bow.

Got a funny story to share on Halloween... if so, you will be entered to win this tag along with some fun ribbon. I will announce a winner on Sunday, November 2nd.

Don't forget... you have one more day to use your October coupon for Cut At Home. They have all of the NEW Nestabilities in stock!!

Have a safe & happy Halloween!

Sketches Sketch Challenge #68

Happy Thursday & thanks for stopping by!! Today's card is for this week's Sketch Challenge "SC68" over at the Sketches Challenge Blog. Tamara would LOVE it if you played along, there is no time limit and if you upload to Splitcoast please include "Sketches" in the keywords so she can see your cards.

For my design I started with my card base, Chocolate Chip, layered with Riding Hood Red and then a piece of Kraft cardstock. Since I just got NEW goodies from Cut At Home which included the NEW Label 1 Nestabilites, I incorporated the NEW Labels in my design as a fun pull out tag. The vellum pocket was stamped and sponged to flow with the vintage design.

I stamped the background using Lovely As a Tree in Chocolate Chip and then again in Craft White to make the trees pop. To really age the card and make it feel more vintage like, I sponged on Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip using the Vintage Value technique. For some extra detail and fun, I added some coarse glitter to the trees and landscape. To finish the card, ribbon and rope by Stampin' Up! was added.

I hope you enjoy this card as much as I do, it really warms my holiday spirit!! You can find the Vintage Value technique at the end of this post. Give it a try, you will LOVE the finished look!!

Here is the recipe ~ Stamps: Winter Post, Lovely As a Tree Paper: Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, Kraft Ink: Chocolate Chip, Craft White, Close to Cocoa Accessories: Nestabilities/Label 1 - Cut At Home, Brads, Jumbo Eyelet, Ribbon - SU, Rope - SU, Coarse Glitter - Martha Stewart.

Vintage Values How-To: Requires 2-3 shades of the same color of ink and a craft sponge. Starting with your lightest shade of ink, use a craft sponge to sweep ink from the outer edges of your cardstock inward as far as you want your glow to touch. Repeat with your next shade of ink, but only sweep about 2/3 as far in (so some of the lighter color still shows in the inner sections). Repeat with the darkest shade of ink (if desired), sweeping with short strokes, only about 1/3 of the way in.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Tomorrow I will share a fun Halloween card and a fun little giveaway.

OCC Challenge - Vintage Technique

Happy Monday to all... Hope all of you had a wonderful weekend and off to a wonderful week!! :) Today's card was made for a mid-week challenge over at Our Creative Corner. The challenge is to give your cards a vintage glow with a technique called Vintage Values. Julee Tilman from Verve is hosting this awesome challenge, she is even giving away a prize. For more details on the challenge, click here.

Vintage Values How-To: Requires 2-3 shades of the same color of ink and a craft sponge. Starting with your lightest shade of ink, use a craft sponge to sweep ink from the outer edges of your cardstock inward as far as you want your glow to touch. Repeat with your next shade of ink, but only sweep about 2/3 as far in (so some of the lighter color still shows in the inner sections). Repeat with the darkest shade of ink (if desired), sweeping with short strokes, only about 1/3 of the way in.

Before I go, I would like to announce the winner for the fun paper & ribbon giveaway. Congratulations to Lauren from Lauren's Cards Ect, please email me your address so I can get your goodies out to you. jdmeyer6@sbcglobal.net

Here is the recipe ~ Stamps: Winter Post, Lovely As a Tree Paper: Kraft, Whisper White, Real Red, Chocolate Chip Ink: Chocolate Chip, Craft White Accessories: MS Glitter - Coarse, Cuttlebug - DVine Swirls - Cut At Home, Ribbon, Twine, Brads.

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful day!

OCC Challenge - Homemade Goodies

Hello & thanks for stopping by Jennifer's Sweet Designs. We have another fun challenge over at Our Creative Corner!! Our October host, Lynda Benden is having the girls create something homemade. Got any neglected supplies?! Why not put them to use and create something fun for yourself or for someone special... Anything goes, we just hope you play along!!

Lindsey from Jacksonbelle Embellishments is our Guest Designer this week and she is offering up some fun goodies for one lucky winner!! Just post your project to the OCC blog before October 31st, noon EST.

For my homemade fun, I created this candy corn box. The boxes are tiered using Yo Yo Yellow, Only Orange and Whisper White cardstock. The boxes can be filled with what ever treats you would like.
To compliment my homemade treats, I also created this fun tag using my Sizzix pumkin and font.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend...

MT189 HAPPY Halloween

Hello & thanks for stopping by... I created this card for this week's Way's to Use It Challenge "WT189" over at Splitcoast. Today's challenge is to find ways to use just "One Word" on your design.

For my design, I used this fun pumpkin template that I found on-line and cut out. I layered a piece of patterned paper by Best Creations. The image was colored using my Copics and cut out. For extra detail, I used my Martha Stewart branch punch and added a bunch of branches around and behind the image. The pumpkin is popped up and placed on a few oval circles.

Here is the recipe for my card ~ Stamps: Serendipity - Mothers & Daughters Creations Paper: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Best Creations - Mothers & Daughters Creations Ink: Memento Accessories: Copics, MS Branch Punch, Twine, Sentiment - Sizzix, Cuttlebug/Swiss Dots - Cut At Home.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sketch Challenge

Happy Thursday and thanks for stopping by! Today's card is for this week's Sketch Challenge over at the Sketches Challenge blog. A NEW Sketch Challenge is posted every Thursday and we would LOVE it if you played along. There is no time limit so play when you can. If you upload to Splitcoast, please use "Sketches" in the keywords.

I am having a blast with my NEW Christmas Sizzix. After seeing the fun sketch, I whipped out my jolly snowman die and created another fun card. The background paper is Deja View from the "Flurries & Frost" collection.

Speaking of Christmas, I have a fun Christmas Card Giveaway going on until December 4th. I will pick 20 people to receive a homemade Christmas card designed by me along with a fun treat. For all of the fun details, click here. When you are ready for a little Christmas cheer, pour yourself some hot chocolate and click the holiday house on the right sidebar. :)

Please stop by later this afternoon, I will be posting another card for a fun challenge over at the Mothers & Daughters Challenge Blog.

Have a wonderful day & thanks for stopping by!

Two Challenges to Try... Vintage Verve & Cuttlebug

Before I start, I would like to wish my son a special Happy Birthday. Happy Sweet Sixteen Nicholas, I LOVE you!! :) xoxo

Hello & thanks for stopping by... We have another fun challenge over at Our Creative Corner. The challenge is hosted by Julee Tilman, who wanted us to get a little inky with our Verve stamps. The challenge is to give your Verve projects a vintage glow with a technique called Vintage Values.


Vintage Values How-To: Requires 2-3 shades of the same color of ink and a craft sponge. Starting with your lightest shade of ink, use a craft sponge to sweep ink from the outer edges of your cardstock inward as far as you want your glow to touch. Repeat with your next shade of ink, but only sweep about 2/3 as far in (so some of the lighter color still shows in the inner sections). Repeat with the darkest shade of ink (if desired), sweeping with short strokes, only about 1/3 of the way in.


Our Creative Corner would LOVE it if you played along!! Julee is even offering a fabulous Verve prize. Post a link to the OCC blog by Thursday October 30th. On Friday, October 31 at noon EST, we'll be choosing one random participant to receive their choice of any Verve Stamps set. If you don't have Verve stamps, feel free to play along with stamps from any company.


Recipe - Stamps: Fluttering By - Verve Paper: Kraft, Kraft Prints, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette Ink: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa Accessories: Cuttlebug/DVine Swirls - Cut At Home, Tool Kit, Round Corner Punch, Brads, Twine.


I have another fun card to share... This card was designed for a fun challenge over at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog. This week's challenge is to embossed a piece of designer paper. Since I am so in the Christmas mood, I embossed a piece of this yummy holiday paper by Deja Views "Flurries & Frost" collection.


Giveaway time... Do you LOVE the paper I used on my card? Leave me a comment and you will be entered to win some PLUS I will include some of this beautiful Christmas ribbon by May Arts. I will announce the winner on Saturday, October 25th.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day and please stop by tomorrow, I will have another fun Christmas card to share.

Two Challenges in One

Happy Tuesday!! Thanks for stopping by, today's card is for two challenges. The first challenge, I used Julee's Mojo Sketch Challenge "Mojo57". The second part is this week's Color Challenge "CC189". The challenge colors are Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip & Kiwi Kiss. Some of you know how I feel about Pink so I got right on it!

I had not inked up my Upsy Dasiy stamp set yet, so I quickly mounted it and got right on my card! To create the flowers, I inked up the image with Pink Pirouette and then turned the stamp over and colored on some Regal Rose to the tips of the flowers using my SU markers. I continued with Old Olive and Chocolate Chip on some of the stems. To give it some fun sparkle, I used some Angel Wings by Shimmerz. To finish off the main image, I used my spritz tool and added some fun specks with my Regal Rose marker.

ALL of my "Pink" challenge cards this week will be donated to the Chemo Angels. Starting Monday, October 20, ALL of the the weekly Challenges over at Splitcoast are going PINK for the week in honor and celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. If you'd like to donate your Pink Challenge Cards to this month's Cards for a Cause, which is Chemo Angels, check this thread out for more details.

Before I go I would like to thank all of you that left a comment on my stair step card giveaway! ALL of your comments were so fun to read and VERY thoughtful! Using the random generator, I would like to announce the winner... Congratulations to Cheryl. Here is what Cheryl had to say... "Oh My Gosh Jennifer,What a very gifted talent you are !!This Stair Step card is amazing and takes me back to White Christmas" One of my Fav movies for the Holidays. Gosh between this and the other Christmas card boy are there going to be 2 Very Happy Ladies and I sure hope to be one of them :) Thanks again for sharing with us:)Ps I still want to be you when I grow up :) Cheryl

Please email me your addy at: jdmeyer6@sbcglobal.net

Please don't forget to sign up for my Christmas Card Giveaway X's 20. Hope you can stop by tomorrow, I have a couple of cards to share PLUS a fun giveaway!

Thanks so much for stopping by,

OCC - Sketch Challenge

Hello & thanks for stopping by Jennifer's Sweet Designs!! Today's card is for a fun challenge over at Our Creative Corner. Lynda Benden from Stamp Act is our host for the month of October. This week she has a "Sketch Challenge" for all to try PLUS a fun prize!! The prize is being sponsored by Lindsey over at the Jacksonbelle Embellishments store.

To play along, upload your design to our blog or gallery, then leave us a comment linking to your card so we can check it out. To be included in the random prize drawing, have your project linked to Our Creative Corner by noon on Friday, October 24th. Feel free to play along whenever you're able. If you upload to SCS, use keyword: OCCC.

Here is the recipe ~ Stamps: Paper: Ink: Chocolate Chip, White Accessories: Cuttlebug/DVine Swirls, Ornaments, Snowflakes - Cut At Home, Sizzix - Snowman, Buttons, MS Branch Punch, Nestabilities/Tag - Cut At Home.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget to check out ALL of the other wonderful samples using Lynda's Sketch over at Our Creative Corner.

Have a great weekend,

WT188 Who's Got Plaid???

Happy Thursday & thanks for stopping by... Today's card is for the Ways to Use It challenge "WT188" over at Splitcoast. The challenge today is "Plaid". I LOVE plaid, especially at this time of year! It adds such a warm feeling to Christmas cards. Don't have plaid, how about some plaid ribbon, patterned paper or background stamp?...

I settled for my background stamp! Can you believe I could not find any plaid paper in my stamp room? I looked high & low for plaid paper and could any... So I whipped out my handy plaid background stamp and inked it up with white craft ink. The main scene was sponged using some baja breeze and the to make it all come together I added some Martha Stewart coarse glitter. For some extra holiday detail, I added the deer from the Winter post set and some pretty snowflakes.

Hope my card puts you in the Christmas mood and if that doesn't, hope over to my Christmas blog, I have a Christmas card giveaway X's 20.

Have a wonderful day,

SC198 Winter Scene & Giveaway

Another fun post for Wednesday... When I saw last nights Sketch Challenge SC198, I wasn't really sure I was going to give it a try {I must of been super tired, LOL}. When I woke up this morning I decided to look at the sketch again. While looking at the sketch, I thought it would make a great stair step card. So I got right to it. If you remember, earlier this week I made a Halloween stair step card and I really liked how it turned out.

How would you like win a stair step card from me? Leave me a message and the lucky winner will have their choice of either Halloween or Christmas, your pick. I will announce the winner on Tuesday, October 21st.

Here is the recipe ~ Stamps: Christmas Post Paper: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, SU Ski Slop DSP Ink: Memeno Ink - Brown Accessories: Copics, Nestabilities/Tags & Circles - Cut AT Home, SU Ribbon, Cuttlebug/Snowflakes - Cut At Home, Martha Stewart Branch Punch.

Thanks for stopping by & don't forget to sign up for my Christmas card giveaway X's 20!

Cuttlebug Challenge #3 - Spooky Halloween Box

Happy Wednesday & thanks for stopping by Jennifer's Sweet Designs! Before I start with my post, I just wanted to update some of you that emailed me and posted about Hannah! She is doing much better, it looks like she has a start of a cold. I am hoping she gets over it as fast as it came! Thanks again for asking about her and keeping her close to your hearts! :)

Today's fun project is for this week's Cuttlebug Challenge. The challenge is to use your Cuttlebug on something else but a card. Since its just a couple week's until Halloween, I wanted to make good use out of my NEW Halloween Dies from Sizzix.

For my design, I created this fun Halloween box to store some extra pieces using my Sizzix dies. This way I don't have to cut each & every time I need a NEW piece. I even added dividers in my box, the idea came from Nichole Heady's Blog. You can find the divider tutorial here.

Directions for box: Cut a piece of cardstock 8 x 8. Score all four sides at 1 1/2". Fold, cut and glue in the corners. {I use sticky tape when I make my boxes} For the lid, Cut a piece of 8 x 8 paper. Glue a piece of 8 x 8 decorative paper over the top & let dry. Score at 1 3/8 on all four sides. Fold, cut and glue in the corners. Decorate the top of box.

Thanks again for stopping by! Tomorrow I will post a card/project for a fun challenge by Mothers & Daughters Creations.

Have a wonderful day,

Two Challenges in One...

Happy Tuesday... Thank you for all of your wonderful comments and emails, Hannah seems to be getting better a little more each day! The doctor said it's not strep so I am hoping it is just a little bug of some sort!

Today's card is for two challenges. The first challenge is for today's Color Challenge "CC188". If you have time to play, the colors are Basic Black, Pink Pirouette & Whisper White. The second challenge is for Julee's Mojo Madness Challenge #56. Julee would LOVE it if you played along. Since she is giving away prizes, ALL cards need to be submitted by Monday, October 20th at Noon Mountain Time. Once Julee has all the entries, she will pick TWO entries that she thinks are the mojo-est of them all. She will announce the winner on Tuesday, October 21.

Here is the recipe ~ Stamps: Black Tie Birdies - Verve Paper: Black, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, SU Halloween DSP Ink: Black, Pink Pirouette Accessories: Cuttlebug/DVine Swirls - Cut At Home, Heart Nestabilities - Cut At Home, Dew Drops - Cut At Home, Janome Sewing Machine, Ribbon.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Tomorrow I will have my Cuttlebug challenge to share with ALL of you!

Have a wonderful afternoon,

TLC190 Happy Halloween

Quick card, quick post. I created this for today's challenge Try a NEW Technique "TLC190". You can find all of the directions here. Later today, I will post my directions & the recipe! Well, I am off to take Hannah to the doctor.

Have a wonderful afternoon,

What Happened???

Good morning! Sorry but I don't have anything fun to share today. Yesterday, we went from having a great time at the pumpkin farm...

to this... When we got home Hannah was sick on the couch. At first she complained of a sore throat, then a tummy ache, then she got sleepy and fell asleep for about 45 minutes. When she woke up from her little nap, she had a fever over 102. What happened?!

Boy they get sick so fast! I am planning on taking her to the doctor today to rule out strep, so no stamping until Hannah is better. However, I am working on something fun and hopefully will post it in the next day two.

Have a wonderful week!

Quick Post

Good Morning to all. Since we had gorgeous weather yesterday, we packed up the family and took a mini trip to get away from all of the craziness of every day stuff! It felt so good to get out and spend some quality time with the family! There are going to be fewer days of warm weather so we really took full advantage of it! I would have pictures to share, but silly me left the memory stick in the computer. {Note to self... keep an extra one in the car & camera case}!

I hope to share something with you today but that depends if its nice out again! I checked out the Featured Stamper challenge and its a good friend of mine from Splitcoast Anne Ryan. If you have some time, you should check out Anne's amazing gallery! I hope to play a little later...

I also would like to announce the winner for the fun Halloween pillow box. I LOVED reading all of the fun answers and you all did an amazing job at guessing, but I'm going to go with Cindy Haffner's guess. She guessed ribbon on her first try but I know a couple of you were VERY close {you know who you are... hehe} Thanks for playing and I promise to have another fun game soon! This time ladies, only one guess each! :)

Have a wonderful week & thanks for stopping by!

OCC Challenge - Dare to be Square

Happy Saturday to all! It's Saturday which means its another fun challenge over at Our Creative Corner... Our host for the month is Lynda Benden from Stamp Act. This week's challenge is anything but square. Just create a card that is ANY shape EXCEPT Square or Rectangle!

If you complete the challenge, Lynda created some homemade spooky goodies that one lucky winner will receive. When you've uploaded your project to your blog or gallery, just leave a comment on the OCC blog with a link to your card. All cards need to be linked there by noon on Friday, October 17th! We will post the winner the following Saturday, October 18th.

For my design, I created a mug out of this template. The mug is embossed using the snowflake embossing folder by Cuttlebug. The fun poem called "Snowman Soup" was written in word and to match the baja breeze, I changed the font RGB color to: R: 146 G: 193 B: 195.

I have another fun card to show you for the OCC challenge that will post after 1 pm. I will also announce the winner for yesterdays Halloween box giveaway! Thanks to everyone that played, your guesses were amazing and super fun to read!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Guess Whats in the Box?

Happy Friday... I wanted to post this yesterday but ran out of time. Since I LOVE to giveaway things, I thought I would turn this giveaway into a fun game... The first person to guess what is in the box will win it. Hint... It's not candy! :) Good luck and I will check back later to see if we have a winner.

The fun paper & stamp can be found at the Mothers & Daughters Store.

Recipe ~ Stamps: Imaginisce - Cobweb Paper: More Mustard, Black, Whisper White, Imaginisce - Hallowhimsy Ink: Accessories: Sizzix - Pillow Box, Ribbon, Silver Cord, Circle Nestabilities - Cut At Home.

Hope you can stop by tomorrow, I have a fun card to show you for a challenge from Our Creative Corner. Have a wonderful weekend!

Sketches Challenge #65

Happy Thursday and thanks for stopping by! Today's card is for this week's Sketch Challenge over at Sketches. A NEW Sketch Challenge is posted every Thursday and we would LOVE it if you played along. There is no time limit and if you upload to Splitcoast, please use "Sketches" in the keywords.

When I saw the sketch for the challenge, I knew it would either make a great Birthday card or Christmas card. Since I have been in the mood for Christmas lately, I went for another fun Christmas design.

Speaking of Christmas... I have a fun Christmas Card Giveaway going on until December 4th. I will pick 20 people to receive a homemade Christmas card designed by me along with a fun treat. For all of the details, click here . When you are ready for a little Christmas cheer, pour yourself some hot chocolate and click the holiday house on the right sidebar. :)

Before I go I would like to send all of you a special thank you for ALL of the wonderful comments on my Blog, you really said some amazing things, so thank you!! :) I would also like to announce the winner for the Blog Candy Giveaway. Congratulations Betty from Scrapped into a Friendzy. Please email me your addy jdmeyer6@sbcglobal.net

I have a fun project to share with all of you from the Mothers & Daughters Challenge Blog. It's another fun giveaway, please stop back for all of the fun details.

Recipe ~ Stamps: Winter Post SU Paper: Kraft, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red Ink: White, Chocolate Chip Accessories: Label Punch, Cuttlebug - Christmas Ornaments & Winter House - Cut At Home, Ribbon, Cuttlebug - Snowflakes, Twine, MS Coarse Glitter.

Have a wonderful day {Hugs}

Cuttlebug Challenge - Create a Halloween Card or Project

Happy Wednesday! Thanks so much for stopping by and all of your wonderful comments on my NEW blog design and cards! I can not believe all of the amazing comments you are also leaving over at my Christmas Blog, you really know how to make a girl smile!! :) Some of you have left some really heart warming comments and I actually choked up a few times, please know I am thinking of you and will keep you in my prayers!
On with the challenge... Here is a fun pop-up card I made for a fun challenge over at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog. Every Wednesday a NEW challenge will be posted. Please stop by to see the fun samples and play along!

I am having so much fun with my NEW Halloween Sizzix dies, I hope I can find some fun Christmas ones so I can make a few Christmas pop-up cards to share! :)

Have a wonderful day & if you get a chance, please sign up for my Christmas Card Giveaway, you will have until December 4th, 2008. I will pick 20 people to share a homemade card designed by me along with a fun treat. Hope you can stop by tomorrow, I will have a fun challenge to share from the Mothers & Daughters challenge blog.

CC187 Happy Halloween

Happy Tuesday everyone... Today's card is for this week's Color Challenge "CC187" over at Splitcoast. I really LOVE this color combination & since I was still up when the challenge posted I got right to work! The challenge colors are Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango/Pumpkin Pie & Kiwi Kiss/Old Olive.

Sine I just got some NEW goodies from the Mothers & Daughers Creations Store, I had to dip right in!! All the supplies used on today's card is from the MDC store. I LOVE this NEW paper from My Little Yellow Bicycle along with these gorgeous stamps from Serendipity!

Here is the recipe ~ Stamps: Serendipity - Pumpkin Tower Paper: My Little Yellow Bicycle - Frightful, Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White Ink: Chocolate Chip, Memento Accessories: Copics, Twine, Hardware, MS Branch Punch.

Thanks so much for stopping by & Don't for get to sign up for my Christmas Card Giveaway, click here for all of the fun details!

Have a wonderful week!