Friends Forever

WOW, can you believe I posted twice today?! LOL Here is a card I did for last week's Sketch Challenge "SC221" and this week's Color Challenge "CC212".

The background layer was created using the NEW Friendly Words jumbo wheel by SU. Since this sketch required so many layers, I embossed the chocolate chip cardstock using the Birds & Swirls by Cuttlebug.

The colors this week were Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red & Pink Pirouette. What a wonderful color combination and it works so well with the Friends 24-7 stamp set. The bird was stamped on the oval Nestabilities using memento ink. I stamped the branch again and colored it in using my Copics.

Thanks again for stopping by! See you tomorrow...

CC202 - Happy Hellos :)

Hello & thanks for stopping by... Today's card is for this weeks Color Challenge "CC202" over at Splitcoast. The challenge colors are: Regal Rose, Bravo Burgundy & Kiwi Kiss. For more inspiration with this color combination, check out the CC202 Gallery.

My card measures 5 1/2 x 5 1/2. I bet some of you are wondering how I did the branch?! I inked up the whole stamp and turned it over so I could see the inked rubber. I then took a wet q-tip and wiped off the kiwi kiss on the flowers and buds. I then took my regal rose marker and inked all of the flowers and buds. I then took my bravo burgundy marker and colored on just the edge of the flowers and buds. It's a little work, but well worth it! Maybe someday, Stampin' Up! will come out with markers for their in-colors!!

If you give this technique a try, I would LOVE to see your beautiful samples. Just post a link here in the comment section so I go and check it out!!

Have a wonderful week,

CC197 Winter Card

Happy Tuesday! Today's card is for this week's Color Challenge "CC197" over at Splitcoast. The colors are Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Basic Grey & Old Navy (which is optional). Since I am still working on my personal Christmas cards, I might be sending this out along with a few others today. I really can not believe that there are only 8 days until Christmas, WOW! I don't know about all of you BUT I am not ready!!

Here is the recipe ~ Paper: Basic Grey, Kiwi Kiss, Bella Rose DSP - SU, Baja Breeze, Whisper White Ink: Baja Breeze Accessories: Top Note Die - Sizzix, Layer Ease, MS Snowflakes, Pom Poms, Cuttlebug/Winter House - Cut At Home, Ribbon - SU, Border Punch - MS.

Enjoy your week and thanks for stopping by!! :)

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,

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,

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!

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,

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,

CC163 Birthday ALL Year Long...

I created this card using this week's Color Challenge "CC163". You are to use Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink & Certainly Celery in your card. I LOVE this color combination so much I will be using it for most of the challenges this week!

I'll be be sending this card to a friend of mine on Splitcoast, she is trying to celebrate her Birthday everyday this year! :) If you want bigger hint, she is in my Blog roll & LOVES Pickles (I think) LOL :)

I only gave it away because she knows that this card is for her. Amy challenged me to use my Copics so I took the fun challenge. What do you think? What are your thoughts about the Copic markers?

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Recipe - Stamps: Cupcake by Hero Arts (My Favorite, can you tell LOL) Paper: Close to Cocoa Prints, Pretty in Pink, White PTI Ink: Chocolate Chip Accessories: Ribbon, Round Corner Punch, Copics Markers, Rectangle Nestabilities -Cut At Home


Please stop by a little later, I will have some other fun cards to share with all of you.

Cards For June...

Its late so I won't be posting the recipe until tomorrow. These two cards are for the Color Challenge "CC162". For the top card I combined 2 challenges in 1, Cindy's weekly MFT Challenge and this week's Color Challenge "CC162". I will post more information in the morning.

Thanks for stopping by,

CC161 You Are So Lovely...

Happy Tuesday...

Today's card is the this week's Color Challenge "CC161". The colors are to use Real Red, Glorious Green & Night of Navy. I found this challenge to be challenging but who doesn't like a good challenge?! Since the colors had green and red in it, I knew I would be safe using a foral image.

I have been working on a bunch of RAK's (Random Acts of Kindness) so I will be sending this card out. Would you like to send out some RAK's to our troops, click here for more details.

Recipe - Stamps: Garden Silhouettes & En Francais Paper: Night of Navy, Glorious Green, Real Red & Whisper White Ink: Night of Navy, Glorious Green & Real Red Accessories: Oval Nestabilities, Creative Memories Oval, SU Ribbon, SU Hardware, Color Spritz Tool

Please stop by later I will have another card to share with all of you.

CC159 So Happy Together...

Today's challenge over at Splitcoast is the Color Challenge "CC159". LOVE this color combo, what about you? I used my NEW images from Verve Visual called "Anniversary Birds" & The sketch is from Cindy's My Favorite Thing challenge "MFTSC23", click on this link to see this fun sketch.

Thanks for stopping by & Don't forget to enter for the Blog Candy Giveaway!

CC156 Thinking of You...

Its late but I decide to wonder over to Splitcoast before shutting down the computer. I noticed the Color Challenge was posted and I still had a little mojo left in me, so I stamped up another card to post for all of you late time bloggers! LOL :) This is for Color Challenge "CC156". If you would like to view more cards with the color combination, click here.

I was inspired to use this scalloped note cards from Stampin' Up! for a fun challenge that Lynda & I made up at the last minute. If you have these wacky note cards from Stampin' Up! and would like to play, The challenge is to decorate your wacky circle card. If you post your card on Splitcoast, please use "ULAS" in the keywords.

All images can be found at "Mothers & Daughter Creations".

Thanks for visiting & hope to share more cards with you tomorrow.
Jennifer :)

CC150 Love You...

Here is my card this weeks Color Challenge "CC150". For this color challenge you are to use Soft Sky, Blue Bayou and Real Red.

The image is watercolored on watercolor paper. For just a hint of red, I added a little red ribbon and sweet little red heart. The embossed background is done with the bubbles Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Have a wonderful weekend, Jennifer :)

CC148 Valentine...

I made this card for today's Color Challenge CC148. I have not been doing much for the color challenges, but since the NEW Basic Grey Two Scoops matched the colors picked, I whipped a card together and made it into a sweet Valentine card.

Stamps: Touch of Nature, Basic Grey Two Scoops Sweet Sentiments

Paper: Buckaroo Blue, Wild Wasabi, Barely Banana, Whisper White

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Wild Wasabi, Barely Banana

Accessories: Tool Kit, Scalloped Scissors, Ribbon

CC148 Card Gallery

CC141 Let It Snow...

Here is a quick card I made for this week's color challenge CC141. I colored the snowman using my ink pads and blender pens.

CC136 Joy...

Here is my card for today's color challenge "CC136" over at Splitcoaststampers.

Stamps: Stampendous Retro Joy
Paper: Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
Accessories: Cuttlebug - Snowflakes, Oval - Coluzzle

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness, Splitcoast has designed a challenge using anything and everything "Pink". If you want to play along you can make something besides just a card - something in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness.

***Members from the Design Team for "My Favorite Things" has created an auction on Ebay designed to use their "Think Pink" stamp. They are offering the card collection on ebay and 100% of the proceeds go to Susan G Komen for the Cure. Please check it out! You get fab cards and support charity!

Color Challenge CC134 "Priceless"

Here is my card for today's Color Challenge CC134. I started with a totally different card and got frustrated so I decided to do something totally different and out of my element.

Stamps: Priceless, Stamp of Authenticity

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Blue Bayou, River Rock, Whisper White

Accessories: Ribbon

CC133 Friend...

Here is my card for today's color challenge CC133. I LOVE this color combination and thought it would look great with something with flowers. The image was watercolored and edges were distressed using the cutter kit.

Stamps: Long Time Friend, Weathered, Canvas
Paper: Old Olive, More Mustard, Bashful Blue, Watercolor Paper
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, More Mustard, Bashful Blue
Accsessories: Cutter Kit, Spritz Tool, Twine, Linen Thread, Tool Kit, Watercolor Pen

So Sorry...

I made this card for this week's "Color Challenge" CC129 over at SCS. I will be sending this card to a good friend, her mother just lost her son.

Stamps: Garden Silhouettes, En Francais, Fancy Phrases
Paper: Old Olive, Purely Pomegranate, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Oval punches, Mulberry Paper, Markers

I used my SU markers for the garden silhouette stamp. Since I did not have a pomegranate marker, I used rose red.