Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 79

Hey bloggies! I've been missing my family a whole lot since the holidays. Christmas and New Years are always best spent with family right? So I was feeling a bit down not having them here. My sisters and I have finally got our Skype running though and have been having a lot of video chat sessions lately. Thank you Skype! It makes a lot of difference, specially on my bad days.

Well this good news brings my spirits up. Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge is back! Yay! 

I've missed it a lot since the break and I'm pretty sure you have too. We have a new sketch this week and it's a pretty simple one actually. Something you can do absolutely anything and everything with! :) 

Here's my card for WMSC79. I was thinking of my mom right as I was trying to decide what to do with the sketch.  So I ended up making a card for her. I used images from Cameo to Go, Flourishes: Scallops and Dots, Dainty Doilies 2 - Small, and Text It.

The doily die cut is from Papertrey Ink, and the tag is from Fancy Tags 2 - Spellbinders. I also glued some micro beads straight on the doily. I thought they looked really pretty and sparkly...almost like German glitter glass. They're from Martha Stewart. The patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye: Madison Avenue.

This was such a fun card to make. And the sketch allows for a lot of possibilities. So get inky and come play with us! Don't forget to check out what the rest of the Mischief Makers have in store! Thanks for stopping by today and for all the nice comments you leave for me. I don't get to reply to all of them but they're my everyday pick-me-ups! So thank you!!! See you again! 

PDCC 112

Hey everyone! I've had some time on my hands to join some challenges this holiday season. I tell you, I think I used to join them almost everyday before I started working for different DTs. Now I don't have as much time to do that anymore, and so whenever I do get a chance to, it's so much fun. This one is for The Play Date Cafe Challenge 112.

It's a nice Christmas colored theme, perfect for the holidays. Here's my card. I stayed neutral for most of the card, with little splotches of color. I just LOVE neutrals. I stamped a newspaper print background using some PTI stamps and distressed the edges. Then I adhered some patterned paper strips over it. I zigzag stitched the panel on my newspaper print background.

I used one of my favorite holiday stamps from The Craft's Meow, Vintage Snowflakes. I also added this beautiful flourish from Waltzingmouse Stamps, Flourishes - Scallops and Dots.

To tie it all off, I added a lace ribbon, a button and some pearl stick pins. It was so much fun just making a card like this. Card challenges are so much fun, maybe I'll go look for some more to join...

Thanks for stopping by today! Happy New Year!!!

~Jean~

The Ribbon Reel Challenge 18: Happy New Year

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you enjoyed your Christmas weekend. 

After all the food has been enjoyed, and presents opened...did any of you get some crafty gifts? They're my favorite gifts to receive! :) 

I was going through my favorite blogs and found a new challenge site. Well, it's NEW to me. I haven't been playing in many challenges lately and I wanted to join this one.

The Ribbon Reel Challenge 18 - Happy New Year.

They have this beautiful inspiration photo. I used a combination of stamp sets from different companies. I used Mehndi Medallions and stamped 3 images from it on my patterned paper. I added this gorgeous Ironworks Accents to the top of my card. My sweet hubby bought me a few of the dies I had on my wish list. :) Now there's still a bunch of stuff on the list...but I'm slowly getting there! 

My main image is from Waltzingmouse Stamps, Seasonal Remedies. I also used this beautiful snowflake from The Craft's Meow, The Merry Best. And the sentiment from Happy New Year.

That's it for me. I'll be looking for other challenges this week that I can join. I'll see you again in a few! Thanks for stopping by today! :)

The Sahbby Tea Room - Week 93

Hi friends! Christmas is almost upon us! I've been making so many Christmas cards lately that I thought you might be sick of it by now. So since it's my sisters' Cathy and Julie's birthdays this month, I thought I would make a birthday card. I entered this card for The Shabby Tea Room Week 93 challenge without reading the instructions well. It's theme is supposed to be A Kraf-y Christmas!!! Argh! Jean, really! You should read first! BEFORE making a card!!! lol!

I love their theme for this week and I thought I would still enter my card today. I'll try to make another Christmas themed one if I have some time this week. :)

Here's the inspirational photo for A Kraft-y Christmas! 

Don't you just want to start wrapping something up?! It's such a wonderful inspirational photo. I was at work and sneaked a peek at some of the challenges and found this. I wanted to go home to make a card after! lol!

I was missing my WPlus9 stamps and really wanted to break them out and get them inky. 

I used my favorite stamp set Mehndi Medallions to make a background panel for my card. Then I used severl images from Le Cirque to decorate my card. 

I also wanted to add some banners up top and so I die cut some triangles using the Pile It On die and stamped the banner image from Pile It On. I added the little German glass glitter star for some texture and bling.

I hope you liked this one! I'll try to be back to make a Christmas themed one for this challenge. Thanks for stopping by today! Enjoy the rest of your weekend! See you again!

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 78

Hey there! We have one more Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge before we take a break for the holiday season. I hope you're enjoying it so far. It's finally the weekend and we can all rest and maybe have some inky fun? We have a nice festive little sketch for everyone this week!

Yes, it's a star. And you can do WHATEVER you want with it! lol! Since the sketch is so festive, I've decided to go with a Christmas card. I've been trying to make background panels using my stamps lately. I did the same thing with this card. I used Seasons of Love to make a star background for my card. I went for neutral colors with a little pop of red.

I also made a small strip of patterned cardstock by repeatedly stamping an image from Midnight Feast. I added some baker's twine for a little more red. I restamped the star from Seasons of Love and heat embossed it silver for some bling. Then I stamped Santa from Santa is Coming to Town right in the center.

I added a little glittery star to complement my bigger one. I hope you like this one as much as I enjoyed making it. I'll be seeing you over at the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge blog! Thanks for stopping by today! 

The Craft's Meow December - January Sketch Challenge

* This is my second post for the day...please scroll down for CASE Study Challenge 70.*

Hi friends! I'm back with another post and a card for you today. Welcome to The Craft's Meow December - January Sketch Challenge! Nothing like a challenge to spice up our crafting day. What do you say? :) 

I don't know about you, but when I started card making, I LOVED joining card challenges online. It's always with the spirit of friendly competition. And don't you just love perusing through the blog's of the participants? I always found inspiration doing so. 

Well, here's your chance to join us! Here is The Craft's Meow December - January Sketch Challenge. 

Here's what I came up with. I moved some elements of the sketch...I know! Naughty, naughty! lol! It is as always, open to interpretation...just as long as the sketch is still there. I used two of my favorite stamp sets for this card, Vintage Snowflakes and Vintage Ornaments. As you can see, it's Christmas themed once more. I hope you're not tired of my Christmas cards yet! 

I stamped a background panel using Vintage Snowflakes using 4 different shades of ink. I wanted to make a vintage looking Christmas card. I hope I was successful. I zigzag stitched a strip of patterned paper over my background panel. Then I die cut a circle from another patterned paper. By the way, all patterned papers used for this card is from Recollections Naughty of Nice collection. 

I stamped and hand cut images from Vintage Ornaments and adhered them to my card with foam tape. Of course, I added a ribbon and a nice vintage looking button.

I hope I've inspired you to join us! You have one month to do so! So come and play!!! 

Don't forget, you have to use at least one TCM stamp image in your creation! Oooh, and because we're celebrating being featured in the Moxie Fab blog's Stamp of Approval we are  offering 10% off everything in the store, including TCM stamp sets!!! This means an additional 10% off clearance sale prices on the following:

• LaBlanche Stamps - 25% off!!
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads, Re-inkers and Stains - 25% off!!
• Maya Road, Pink Paislee, Echo Park and My Mind's Eye - 50% off!!!
• Little Frieda & Friends stamp sets - 50% off!!! 
• Crate Paper and Graphic 45 - 60% off!!!

Just enter the code MoxieFab at checkout to receive the discount. The offer ends December 15th, so hurry! See you over at the sketch challenge! Thanks for stopping by today! Have a nice week! :)

The Play Date Cafe 109

I know this is ubberly late...but I had made it with the intentions to join PDCC109. I still wanted to share it with you anyway. My sister in law and her family spent last week with us so the house was a bit busy. 

Here's the beautifully soft colors that PDCC109 had for last week.

My picture came out a bit too bright...I hope you can still discern the colors though. The inspirational photo was so soft and feminine that I came up with a card just like it. I used Mehndi Medallions from Papertrey Ink and made a background. The I took a piece of text patterned paper from Recollections and attached some lace onto it. 

It feels like I haven't used my PTI stash for such a long time because of all the releases for other stamp companies. So I broke them out for this card. I die cut Mat Stack 4 using some kraft cardstock. Then I die cut and stamped this cute little house image from Love Lives Here. I also put some coarse glitter over it to add a little bling. The sentiment is also from the same stamp set. 

How was your week? It was nice to have family over even for only a short while. I'll be back again this week for more challenges and cards! Thanks for stopping by! I'll see you in a bit! :)