Stamp and Create June Challenge

Happy Monday! Hope you weekend was a good one :) I want to share my card for the June challenge over at Stamp and Create. This month the theme is “Summer Fun”

For my card I used this super sweet image that I just got from the store.  It is Pollycraft Fleur from CC Designs.

To create the background, I used Distress Inks. It was quick and the perfect summer backdrop for the image. The sentiment is from a SU! set that I have had for awhile: Bloomin’ Marvelous.

To enter the challenge, just click on the logo below. You will be directed to the correct post :)

On random participant will win a $25 Gift Certificate to Stamp and Create.

Here’s what’s new over at Stamp and Create this week:

The new High Hopes All About Boys Release is

Now Shipping!!

Thanks for swinging by and have a wonderful rest of the day!
Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp And Create ~

Happy Monday! The weekend flew by and now another week has started. The days just go by so fast! Here is my latest card. I pulled out a few stamps that I had from CC Designs and created this sweet little scene. I just love the Sweet November images….I wish that they would release some new ones. I think they are oh so sweet :)

The stamps and sentiments are:
- Sweet November Fairwee Josie
- Sweet November A Little Bit of Magic Sentiments
- CC Designs Woodland Daisy

I created the background using Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and Hero Arts Green Meadow ink.

Here is what is new at Stamp and Create!

 

 

At Least 15% off of the Entire Store!!

Orders placed will ship out on Tuesday, May 26th.

Thanks for swinging by!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp and Create

Happy Monday! Hope your week is off to a brilliant start :)

Here is my card for Stamp and Create this week.

I used an image from CC Designs:  Swiss Pixie Elf Lucy.  I have had this in my to-stamp basket for a long, long time now. I was happy to get it inked up and onto a card. The background behind the image was created with the Copic ABS (airbrush system) using various copic inks and then I sprayed Mr. Huey’s White over on top to soften up the look :)

Here is this week’s news from  Stamp and Create!

We have some new CC Designs in stock.
Here are a few of the new designs...

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Make it Crafty stamps have been restocked...

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That is it for me! I have to run out to the elementary school’s curriculum night :)

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Dance in the Rain

Happy Friday my lovelies! I am happy that the week is coming to an end. The whole “back to school” has been pretty seamless so far. It is nice to see the kids happy to fall back into the groove!

I have a fun card to share with you today. I mixed a whole lot of products from different companies to create it.

Supplies:
Mama Elephant Femme Frames and Landscapes Dies
Sweet November Fairwee Stamp from CC Designs
Verve Stamps Sentiment
Fiskars Cloud Punches (Large & Extra Large)

Thanks for swinging by and have a great week-end!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp and Create

Happy Tuesday! As I look out my window this morning….it is snowing….again. Actually I am really not all that sad. We have been pretty fortunate this winter if you compare us to our neighbours to the south and to the west and east of us. They are getting hit pretty hard and the the storms seem to be by-passing us for the most part. Besides…the snow is great for skiing.

SO I am back with a new little insert that I made for my PL album. Love this sweet image :)

It looks pretty plain and simple, but I did a lot to this little 3x4 insert!  I cut it out using the new WoJ die using watercolor paper. I then added the graduated colors using Distress inks: tumble glass, broken china and stormy sky. The I used SU! Distressed Dots background stamp with white embossing power.

I added two types of ribbon along the bottom and some twine and a cute umbrella charm to the top. Finally I added my copic colored image: Swiss Pixie May Day Birgitta from CC Designs. A perfect little insert for when Spring-time finally arrives.

Here are some quick links to new products available through Stamp and Create:

**New Saturated Canary
**New Make it Crafty Rubber Stamps
**Magnolia Lost & Found Collection
**New** Magnolia Winter Wonderland
**New Wild Rose Studio
**New** Whimsy Stamps
**New** Magnolia Little London Collection

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by. I have a back-log of projects that I need to start posting so be on the look-out this week for more from me!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp & Create Cards + a sale!

Happy Wednesday! We have had visitors and I haven’t had a chance to get much done here on the blog or in my craft studio :) I have so many new goodies to play with too! I am hoping that once the boys get back to school, I will have more time for my stamping!

Right now, I am sharing some of my Stamp and Create DT projects with you! First up is a small embossed tag that I made using some die-cut elements from Kerri Bradford  and this cute CC Designs stamp: Drozy's Darlings White. She was so much fun to color up and I used Disney’s Snow White as my color inspiration!

I also created this small insert for my Project Life album using Magnolia's stamp Autumn Tilda with Pencils. This fits the current Stamp & Create with Magnola challenge which is Back to School. There is still plenty of time for you to enter!

Here’s what is happening this week at Stamp & Create:

New Greeting Farm Stamps have arrived:

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This week we have a Product Spotlight Sale:

20% off CC Designs

Sale runs through Midnight EST Sunday, August 25th

Sweet November Princesses

Happy Monday! We just came back from a fun week-end up at my SIL’s cottage. The kids fished, boated, tubed, water-skied and had fun with their cousins. It was a fun time and lovely break.

I am excited to share this project with you that I created for the Stamp and Create August Monthly Challenge with the theme of Glitter!

I fell in love with these Sweet November Princesses when I first saw them on Amy’s blog. I love, loved their big eyes and the way Amy had colored them made we want them. I held off as long as I could, and finally caved and got them. I loved Amy’s color choices so much, and I am a BIG fan of her work, and so  I ended up using her color palette myself. She is always so lovely about listing what she uses (so much more organized than I am) and it was fun to pair some markers up that I hadn’t thought of! Love that the blog world lets us all share with one another and I want to give the credit and thanks to Amy for the color palette!

I decided to create little tags with these 3 princesses. There is one more that I have yet to color up…stay tuned. I cut the tags using my Silhouette SD cutter and then embossed them with at PTI folder to give them some texture. The hearts and leaves were also die-cut with my Silhouette. The butterflies were die-cut with a Stampin’ Up die. I also used these charms: Rainbow, Strawberry, Heart 2 and some white wrinkled ribbon to tie to the tops of the tags.

I am going to enter this is the Simon Says Stamp anything goes challenge and CC Designs Summer Dreaming challenge.

Hope you can join in us in the August challenge and the chance to win a $25 gift certificate. Just click on the logo below to go to the correct challenge posting.

Here is the  Stamp and Create news this Monday:

The new Whimsy Stamps are now in stock...

Also, the new Magnolia Sea Breeze Collection is now shipping...

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Here are some quick links to new products available through Stamp and Create:
**New Whimsy Stamps **New Feathers
***Magnolia Sea Breeze Collection
**New CC Designs
**New Wild Rose Studio

Thanks for swinging by! See you soon!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp & Create ~ Sweet Felicity

Happy Tuesday! After having the most gorgeous day yesterday, the Artic air has blown and once again it has turned positively nippy and “blown” is the operative word. It is really gusting out there today. Perfect for staying indoors and while I have the laundry working away in the machines, I hopefully can get some crafty time!

I received my package from Stamp & Create last Friday, and I didn’t waste any time in inking this sweet stamp up. This is Sweet November's Felicity from CC Designs I love Any Young’s Sweet November line and every release is always amazing.

I colored the image with Copic Markers and paired her with Echos Parks' This & That Christmas patterned paper. I added a few strips of glitter paper (from $ store) and I punched the top strip with a Martha Stewart die. I also used CC Designs's Mistletoe die and pucned it out with some left over paper from the project. The sentiment is from Stampin’ Up and it was stamped with Memento ink.

Here is all the weekly news from Stamp & Create

La La Land Crafts 25% off

and Stamping Bella stamps 25% off

Plus we still have a lot of Magnolia stamps on sale up to 35% off...

This week's candy is:

Bathtub from Magnolia

**In order to enter the candy, you must post the Stamp and Create's Store Logo in the side bar of your blog and link it to www.stampandcreate.com...

The candy end Sunday, November 18th at 7pm EST

You can still enter the candy if you do not have a blog.

Enter candy ~here~

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day my lovelies!

Hugs Jeanette

Stamp & Create: A Halloween Banner and an invite

Happy Thanksgiving Monday to all my Canadian Friends!

We had a lovely Thanksgiving and I have tons of left-overs in my fridge. I won’t have to cook again for a few days :)

Before I show you my Stamp & Create DT card, I wanted to invite you to a new Stamper’s Community over at a Bunch. Bunch is a brand new site that has been developed and what is really fun is that is creates “Bunches” where like-minded people can get together and share their ideas. There is one for foodies and of course, one for us stampers!  I was asked to start test posting over there to see how it was working. I am rattling around in there all alone and so I was happy when I was asked if I could invite my stamper friends to join! Yippee! I hope you join and start sharing your creations. It will be fun. You can post text and photos, comment,  and there is a like button. You can even register with your Facebook info. Hope you will give it a try!

Here is the link for you to use: www.joinbunch.com/WjP

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I could not resist this set of Halloween Ghosts from Sweet November. I really love all of Amy Young’s designs. They just are so sweet. I decided to make a banner.

The images used are  CC Designs Sweet November Boo's Fun trio of stamps to create this little Halloween banner. The patterned paper is from the Whimsy Halloween Grunge and Echo Park Chillingsworth Manor paper packs.

As per usual, I cut out the banners and the mats and even the bats with my lovely Silhouette SD. I made the moon using some Glitter Ritz. I am totally in love with this stuff!

Please disregard that I have one wee ghostie that is not cut out it his entirety! OOPS! I just noticed now when I was posting my pictures. I will have to go and rectify that!

This week's Stamp & Create candy is:

Apple from Magnolia

**In order to enter the candy, you must post the Stamp and Create's Store Logo in the side bar of your blog and link it to www.stampandcreate.com...

The candy end Sunday, October 14th at 7pm EST

Enter the Candy at ~this posting~

That is it for me! I am going to get into my jammies and watch one of my favorite shows: Castle!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp & Create Product Spotlight ~ Basic Grey

Happy Monday! Whew! It is quite warm and muggy today and at the moment, it feels like we might have some thunderstorms. I have a mental note as to which windows I have open in case I have to close them :)

I was busy this morning trying to get caught up with my Project Life :) I have completed up to week #14 so am feeling great. I have to say, that this truly is a great way to document your life. I am way, way behind in my traditional scrapbooking so this really makes me feel less guilty. We all enjoy the process of taking pictures and it has really made me more aware of the small things in life which truly are the most important! After posting this, I will go choose my pictures for the last two weeks and hopefully get totally caught up my tomorrow!

So, today I have my Stamp & Create Product Spotlight to share with you and this week we are shining the light on:

Basic Grey

All Basic Grey Paper, Stamps, Brads, Buttons, and Bling are on sale 25% off this week.

I used two images from CC Designs: Swiss Woodland Lucy and Swiss Woodland Mushroom. She is utterly adorable and I lover her perched on top of this flower.

They were both colored with a combination of distress inks and Twinkling H20s. Two of my dear blogging friends; Lacey & Katharina, are expert watercolorists and I adore the gorgeous tonal quality that you can achieve by using watercolors so I decided to reach for them for this card instead of my usual Copics. I get all my Twinling H20s and water tank brushes ~here~.

The patterned paper is from Basic Grey's Nook & Pantry paper pad. To embellish my card,  I used Kaiser Crafts Pearls, May Arts Silk ribbon, Stampin’ Up pleated ribbon and assorted Kaiser Craft and Prima Flowers.

I am entering my card in the Ribbon Girl Challenge. They have a color change to use pink, orange and aqua.

The Stamp & Create blog candy this week is:

Ducky Duck from Magnolia's Princes & Princesses Collection 2012

**In order to enter the candy, you must post the Stamp and Create's Store Logo in the side bar of your blog and link it to www.stampandcreate.com...

The candy end Sunday, April 22nd at 7pm EST

Please enter the candy at this posting ~here~

That is it for me! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a lovely rest of the day!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp & Create Monthly Challenge ~ Paper Piecing

Happy Tuesday my dear friends! Whew! It was sooo cold here yesterday but today it is starting to warm up. I am more than ready for Spring!

My card today was made for this month’s Stamp & Create Challenge which is Paper-Piecing. I decided that since I was already doing some paper-piecing, I would also 3-D my image like my talented friend Mariska does. She has a really in-depth video tutorial ~here~ to show you how she does it.

Let me just say that I am really delighted at how amazing this image looks 3-D. Let me also say that this technique is NOT for you if you like to do things quickly! OMGosh! This took a really long time to do. Let me know what you think of the results :)

I used one of the new CC Designs images: Swiss Nymph Lucy for my card. I simply fell in love with their release this month.I paper-pieced her dress using paper from the scrumptious new MME paper pad Miss Caroline Howdy Doody. This entire image was paper pieced. Here is what it looked like before I started to assemble it.

After taking this photo, I realized that I had forgotten something major. I needed to color in the image that you see in the oval with my W9 copic marker so that the white wouldn’t show. I also ended up stamping the image again because I needed a few more levels so that the dress and head would be on top of the neck. Hope that makes sense. It does take a little bit of planning to do. At this point I decided that I wasn’t going to 3-d the flowers. No way. I cheated by gluing some tiny prima ones on instead.

This side-view gives you an idea of the true 3-D look that you get. Just because I know that you will ask….I used Glossy Accents as my “glue”. I think it worked pretty well but I have nothing to compare it with. That glue that Mariska uses in her video looks pretty neat.

 

I also used May Arts White silk ribbon and the bow easy to tie a beautiful bow.I then added Ranger Stickles in Crystal to the wings and embellished the corner of the card with Basic Grey Curlique rub-ons. The lacey border was made with a Martha Stewart punch.

 

And now it's time for you to try this month’s Challenge. Remember all you have to do is the Paper Piecing!! You don’t have to do all this crazy 3-D stuff as well but if you do, you will love it!

One lucky participant will win a $25 gift certificate to Stamp and Create.

You are welcome to use any stamp to enter. You are also welcome to create tags, boxes, or scrapbook pages as long as it follows the challenge theme. You can enter your card or project ~here~ and you have until April 1st 7pm EST to do so.

However, if you are in need of stamps or supplies, check out Stamp & Create - they just might have what you are looking for!! I love the variety of crafting goods that Lacey carries in her store and her prices are pretty sweet!

That is it for me. Gotta run! Have a good one!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp & Create Product Spotlight

Happy Tuesday! How is your week going so far my friends? As you can tell by my late post, I’ve been busy! Too busy to post but I do have a card to show you today and more tomorrow as well! I have lots of Christmas stamps that have arrived at my house in the past week or so as well as some gorgeous paper and embellies!

First of all, I have a fun card to show you that features this week’s  Stamp and Create Product Spotlight sale:

Halloween Designs

All Halloween Designs are on sale 25% off! This could be your last chance to grab this designs. Most will not be restocked.

My Halloween creation features this cute CC Designs image: Sugarplum Witch Emma. The patterned paper is from Fancy Pants October 31st paper pad. I kept my card fairly simple. That patterned paper was too gorgeous to cut into very much. Besides, I love the clean look of this card with the fancy witch hats lined up behind her. I created a little mat with another piece of DP and used the MS drippy goo punch to create the border. Then I tied some bakers twine to it. I designed and cut out the Spooky sentiment with my Silhouette SD.

Many items in the store have been added to the Clearance/Sale section! Make sure to check it out!

This week's Stamp & Create Blog Candy is:

Basket Tilda by Magnolia

The candy end Sunday, Oct 30th at 7pmEST

In order to enter the candy, you must post the Stamp and Create Store's banner in the sidebar of your blog and link it to http://www.stampandcreate.com/...

***Please note that to enter this candy you must enter at the Stamp & Create blog and not my blog***

Enter the candy at the Stamp & Create blog at the end of this post ~here~

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp & Create PS & Sketch Saturday #155

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend! I was super busy this week-end. We hosted a big potluck dinner and ceilidh on Saturday. It was wonderful evening with yummy food, hanging with close friends and of course, music and  singing.

So today I have two cards to show you. The first one is my Sketch Saturday card that I didn’t have a chance to post on my blog on Saturday. I was too busy making lasagna and muffins ;)

I have used the incredibly cute Greeting Farm image: Ruby! I got this one over a Scrapbook Centrale (for those of you in the Montreal area) but she is also available at Stamp & Create ~here~ for those of you who are not in the Montreal vicinity :)

I colored her to match this fabulous American Crafts Confetti paper. The background behind the motif was stamped with a Hero arts background stamp and the butterflies were cut out using a Martha Stewart punch and I used the tiny attacher to staple them on. The sentiment was embossed with white filigree powder and is from Verve Stamps. I hope you can join us this week over at Sketch Saturday. Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp.

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My second card is my Stamp & Create Product Spotlight card. This week our product spotlight is Mermaids and all mermaid stamps will be 25% off!

  

I knew of course that I would be using one of the fabulous Sweet November mermaids. The difficulty was in choosing which one! They are all so gorgeous. I love, love them. In the end, I picked sweet Fathom Calmsea & Lio. I colored her in aqua green and used the same markers to create these dotted underwater scene. I added a few dew drops to softly create the look of bubbles. Here is a close-up of Fathom:

When you untie the ribbon, you open a flap to reveal this sweet message that was stamped with Technique Tuesday stamps. The doily shape was cut out of kraft cardstock with my wonderful Silhouette SD machine. I love the fact that I can download so many different designs and have these intricate shapes cut with just a press of a button. Pure Genius!

The card does open up as a regular free-standing one and you can add your personal salutation to the inside of the card.

Here are some links for you:

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a peek at my cards. I hope you have a lovely day!

Hugs Jeanette xxo