I just had to use this Father’s Day Stamp I ordered from Simon Says Stamp! It is a very simple card but I am really happy with it!!
Quick and simple but I think the stars add so much!!
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Jessie
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April’s Favorites!
Its the first day of May! Woot woot, maybe the snow will finally stop in my part of the world. Wishful thinking!
So I am going to start a new little series here on this blog where on the first day of the new month I will post some of my favorite things I have used in the previous month. (Does that make sense? I sure hope so). Hopefully you enjoy these little posts with a few products I love, and maybe a couple that I figure were a huge waste of my hard earned money. Yes, I have those once in a while, maybe more often then I like to admit.
Favorite #1
I am taking the Watercolor for Cardmakers Class, which starts on May 5, 2014. So I bought myself a little treat for this class, the Cotman Watercolor Compact Set.
I love the colours in this set, and they paint so lovely. I have only played with them a little bit, so maybe making them a favorite is a bit premature, but I am sure you will see cards I make with this set throughout the month of May.
Favorite #2
I have raved about this stamp set for a long time, I regularly tell people that it should be a staple in every stampers collection. Its the Simon Says Stamp Lots of Dots Set.
Favorite #3
And my last favorite for the month of April, is something I have been saying they should make since I first fell in love with the distress inks. The Ranger mini ink blending tool.
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Jessie
Mom, I love you
Mother’s Day is coming… so I made a Mother’s Day card.
I think it is rather lovely, pretty, fuzzy circles.
Okay, I had trouble getting this picture. It’s snowing at the end of April! So it is slightly out of focus but not as much as you would think. The circles were stamped then went over with water to make them wick out.
Supplies:
Neenah Solar White 110lbs Carstock
Ranger Watercolour Paper
Tim Holtz Water Brush
Distress ink: Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Mustard Seed
Simon Says Stamp, Stamp set Mother’s Day, Lots of Dots
Ranger Mini Ink Blending tool
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Hugz
Jessie
Birthday Card Challenge
This weeks challenge is to make a birthday card, but there is a twist… *insert dramatic pause here* The card should be able to be used for both males and females.
Well here is mine.
This is done on watercolour paper, I am still unsure if I like the card or not. But you never get better if you don’t try!
There are a couple of close ups, it really was fast once I had the colours ready. Slopped it on, didn’t blend, but all in all it was fun.
Supplies:
Ranger Watercolour Paper
Lawn Fawn Stamp: Cruising Through Life
Simon Says Stamp, Stamp set, Handwritten Greeting
Inktense Blocks
Tim Holtz water brush
Neenah Solar White 110lbs cardstock
Versafine Onyx Black
Yet to come..
More watercolour, yes it has become an obsession. What can I say when I love something I kinda run with it.
The lighting in this card isn’t great, and I apologize for that, unfortunately the colour’s coming in through the window just weren’t quite right. Anyway. onto the card, I again used Heidi Swapp colour shine to make this card, Blush, Mint Green, and White are the colours I used. The stamps are from Simon Says Stamp, Love Languages, and Tilted Banner Stamp’s and dies. The Polaroid Frame is a die from The Greeting Farm.
The Ink used to stamp the hand image, and the sentiment is Crumb Cake from Stampin up. The white enamel dots are from My Minds Eye, and the others are from Basic Grey.
Laces and trims are as usual from my stash, as well as the vellum with the tiny hearts in the back round. I probably bought it all from a garage sale somewhere.
Thanks for looking.
Hugz
Jessie
Regular Joe
Here is another card, again inspired from the same layout as the last card from, my friend, Sarah.
This one was tons of fun, using a Stampin up set from back in 2002.
The back round of this card is made using Heidi Swapp colour shine in teal and white, also Lindy’s stamp Gang Down the rabbit hole, and Sandra Dee Sepia.
The image is from the Stampin up set, I think it is called Express Yourself, but that could be wrong. The behind the coffee cup is cheese cloth I sprayed with the Lindy’s sprays, the paper is reccollections paper from Michael’s and behind it is Recycled Sari Silk Ribbon. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp, and the tag is actually is a ticket die from Memory Box that I cut the one side flat on.
A close up of the coffee cup stamped with Archival Ink in Potting Soil, and coloured with Prisma Colour Pencils.
The inside of the card I stamped the sentiment and some more of the bean’s both from that Stampin Up set, and added a little bit of the same colours of sprays in a water colour fashion inside.
Tomorrow I will have this weeks card Challenge up with a link up tool for you to add your cards!
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Hugz
Jessie
Feeling a little shabby.
o, me being me, I suckered asked Sarah to stream for us this afternoon. She is an amazing card maker you can see her blog here. It never fails, I read her blog, watch her YouTube, or watch her on ustream she always makes me want to pull out my lace, trims, fabric, soft colours and do a little shabby chic. So, as I was saying, this afternoon she was streaming and that is exactly what I did. I actually lifted a card design I have been seeing her do lately to make this card.
I really think it turned out lovely, I dug into my stash and pulled out some lace, sari silk and cheese cloth. Dyed the cheese clothe with Heidi Swapp Colour Shine, the back round paper is from Donna Salazar’s Antiquities paper stack, and the front panel is a watercolour look, again using Colour Shine. The cork and wood veneer butterflies are out of my Scraptastic kits.
I really am completely satisfied with the way this card came out. the cheese cloth, lace and sari silk look fantastic all layered on eachother.
Supplies:
Neenah Desert Storm Cardstock
Scraptastic cork and wood veneer
Tim Holtz Watercolour cardstock
Heidi Swapp Colour Shine in Rose, Peach and Seafoam
Sari silk
Lace
Cheese Cloth
Simon Says Stamp Birthday stamp
Sorry for no links but most of the items used on this card are either not available, or came from a fabric store.
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Jess
Acrylic ink
Let me start by addressing the new blog…. I have things in the works for the future and those things will be easier for me to attain and make happen using WordPress as opposed to Blogger. That’s a long story short, lol without giving too much away.. Anyway on to today post.
I was on ustream earlier today and somehow the conversation ended up around acrylic inks.. .so I pulled out the few I have, I only own 3 and I used 2 on this card.
So these are the inks I used, they are Liquitex ink, ever so much fun, its funny how you can start just by playing with them a bit to show someone and ending up with this… 
So I dropped the ink on the back round and sprayed it with water with some Pearl ex powder and gum arabic in it to give it a slight shine. drying in between layers. I made the sequin bag by folding a piece of vellum, filling it with sequins then taping it shut with washi, I layered it on a grey paper bag, that I believe is from websters pages. as well as some silvery gold thread I had in my stash. I then stamped the Happy birthday sentiment with Simon Says Stamp Audrey blue ink and added it to the front. Studio calico stars inked with Hero Arts Silver ink finshed it off,.
Thanks for stopping in hope you enjoy my little card. Happy Crafting!
Hugz
Jess
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