Live the Life You Dream About

It's LAUNCH nite... and it's happening at JessicaLynnOriginal!

Check out this new stamp set 

Live the Life You Dream About Spirit Animal

I had so much fun with this stamp set... and WOW! You really do need to go to the other DT members blogs because they made some amazing stuff with this set. (You'll find links in my right sidebar).

Card #1

This one is my favorite of the ones I made

Card #2

Card #3

I thought the ribbon was perfect with this image

Card #4

I wanted to try a more elegant looking design 

to show the versatility of this set

Card #5 

- My failure -

This one definitely looked better in my head

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Supplies used:

Stamp Set: JessicaLynnOriginal Live the Life You Dream About Spirit Animal
Ink: Dew Drop Brilliance (Rocket Red) and Memento (Rich Cocoa and Tuxedo Black)... and Copics, of course
Cardstock: Recollections (Black and Brown), Stampin' UP! (Metallic Silver) and scraps from my scrap file
Designer Paper: from my scrap file
Embellishments: Michael's Rhinestones, Offray Ribbon, Stampin' UP! Ribbon, and Brads and Sequins from unknown vendors

Batty for You

It's the first Friday of October - so the PDE Linky Party Challenge that begins today is ANYTHING GOES! 

I hope you'll participate! (You have all week to do so - a new challenge will begin next Friday, and every Friday!)

I used one of my newer stamp sets to make a card for the challenge...

Sugar Pea Designs "Fangtastic"

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Image/Sentiment: Sugar Pea Designs Fangtastic stamped with Memento and Tim Holtz Distressed Inks and colored with Copic Markers
Cardstock: Recollections Black and 110# White and Stampin' UP! Cajun Craze
Embellishments: Michael's Rhinestones

Card Kit Cuties 2016 - #4

I used another card kit to make cards for today's blog post. This kit came from Terry A. and it was full of great things. I absolutely love the Penny Black images and the Hero Arts sentiments that were in the kit. The papers were colorful and fun, the embellishments were plentiful (so many I couldn't even begin to use them all). THANK YOU, Terry!

Card #1

Card #2

The only thing other than kit items that I used was some cardstock - Recollections Black and Stampin' UP! Pumpkin Pie and a piece of blue from my scrap file.

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Card Kit Cuties 2016 - #3

After a few weeks of not even looking at the kits I've received, I finally found time to create with one of the kits (in fact, with two, but you can't see the  other one until you come back to my blog tomorrow.)

The kit I used to make the two cards in this blog post came from Tracie. It was just FULL of all kinds of lovely items - images, sentiments, designer papers galore, fun embellishments, cardstock for card bases, and more. She even sent me a handmade card with a sweet note inside and a special gift too. THANKS Tracie!

Card #1

The inside is decorated, too, but here's just a peek:

Card #2

Isn't that butterfly amazing!?!?! I am assuming Tracie made it - crochet, if I'm not mistaken.

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Glistening Snowman

I know. I know. It's barely autumn... but who can resist an adorable snowman?

I actually made this card for a mystery image group I'm in on SCS. Dea sent the adorable image and I had fun putting together the card.

It's hard to tell from the photo, but the snowman was stamped on white cardstock. I masked the snowman and then sponged both blue and lavender ink all around him. (Only the blue shows up though. UGH!)

I love the DP - all one piece, but hues of blue and lavender. So on the inside I used two pieces...

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Image: Penny Black colored with Copic Markers
Ink: Tim Holtz Distressed Inks
Papers: from my scrap file
Embellishments: Michael's Rhinestones, Stampin' UP! Ribbon, Stickles Glitter Glue, and a Snowflake Brad from an unknown vendor

Monochromatic Blue

I do not do monochromatic! Let me repeat that... I do NOT do monochromatic! at least, not unless I have to. 

I had to...............................................

One Stitch at a Time

Challenge #272

October 2 - 15

Theme: Monochromatic

Sponsor: StitchyBearDigiOutlet

Please participate!

Not only did StitchyBear provide a prize for a lucky participant (YAY! A $10 gift certificate to their store) - they also provided images for the design team to use. THANK YOU, StitchyBear!

Did I mention I don't do monochromatic???!?!?!

It's kind of difficult to tell form the photo, but the color is BLUE with some cream too. (My understanding of monochromatic is you can also use a neutral color - I sure hope that's right, because I did.)

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Image: StitchyBear Digi Outlet Panda Bear Designs "Serenity Paper Pack"
Cardstock: Recollections Navy
Embellishments: Michael's Rhinestones and Stampin' UP! Ribbon

Sweet Baby

Is there anything sweeter than a new baby? 

Sweet Stampin' is having a BABY-Themed Challenge right now... so grab your baby stamps and get to it. You're going to want to play along!

October 1 - 14

Theme: Babies

Sponsor: Freckled Fawn

I did a quick search of my stamp inventory on Evernote (I love my inventory - makes searching by theme so easy!) and settled on an old Stamping Bella stamp that I've had for a very VERY long time.

Stamping Bella "Babyfellabella"

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Image: Stamping Bella "Babyfellabella" stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers
Cardstock: Recollections Brown and Stampin' UP! Soft Sky
Designer Paper (it's very subtle, but it is DP): from my scrap file
Embellishments: Rhinestones and "Sweetie" Heart Brad from unknown vendors