Happy Anniversary

I'm playing along with the card sketch challenge

at Two Peas In A Bucket.

 

 

I used a preprinted card background.

The papers & tag are from Close To My Heart.

The stamps are My Mind's Eye & CTMH.

 

Now here is a trick I'll share.

The oval sticker is actually cut from the outlining area of an old sticker sheet.

I just trimmed a thin strip all the way around that empty used up sticker space opening.

 

Sweet Little Dresses

I think these little dresses are the sweetest stamp ever made.

 

 

It's a Unity Itty Bitty called Fabulous Girl.

 

 

These are such spring colors, it's a refreshing change from Christmas overload.

Linking up to: Unity's Friends With Flair



Balloon Shaker Thanks

Here is my funky entry for

Two Peas In A Bucket's

Finally Friday Video Challenge

 

It's a shaker card.

 

 

The stamp set used here is My Minds Eye

Rosy Everything.

The background paper is Tim Holtz.

.

 



MERRY CHRISTMAS 2012

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

TO ALL MY SUPERB CREATIVE READERS!

 

 

JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON.

 

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE TIME

TO READ THE CHRISTMAS STORY

WITH YOUR FAMILY OR FRIENDS.

 

 

STAY SAFE, WARM & HAPPY.

~JANE

 



Merry & BRIGHT

I simply love BoBunny's Mistletoe paper line.

It is true Christmas colors, bright & rich.

 

Here is a very recent pic of my youngest.

It's a memorable photograph,

since his simple request for Christmas was puzzles.

 

 

The Memory Keeping Monday challenge at

 Two Peas In A Bucket is to use a die cutting machine.

So the title & snowflakes were made on my Cricut using Winter Frolic.

 

 

 



Candy Canes

I found this candy cane stamp at the thrift store.

It seemed like a fun one to color in.

Here are the cards made with it.

 

 

 

 

I have since bought a new black ink pad.

I couldn't stand how weak my black was getting,

looks more gray than black here.

 

*****

 

Here are a few blue Christmas cards using my new ink.

It's so much bolder.

 

 

 

7th Grade

It's Friday, so that means Friends With Flair over at Unity's blog.

I have a scrapbook page to share today.
Must not be too bad, because even my son thought it was cool.
 

 

I finally got the stamp set Smarty Pants.

What a great set! I'm glad I broke down & bought it.

 

An Itty Bitty stamp that worked well with it was Paper Play Time.

That's what those little airplanes are from.

I colored them in with Copic Markers.

 

The background is Paper Loft.

 

The great lockers are We R Memory Keepers Hall Pass.

 

 

 

 

Color Challenge

Another scrapbook page to share today...

 

for the Authentique color challenge.

 

 

Good boy colors!

 

 

We made a rustic snow turkey last year

when it just happened to snow around Thanksgiving!

That doesn't happen ever year.

 

Products:

Authentique papers~

Thankful Remember

Original Independent

Journey Stroll



Crazy Inspiration

Bobunny really found a dandy image

to inspire some crazy shapes!

It's the December Layout Challenge.

 

 

It scared me a little.

How could I possibly interpret this?

 

Once I started cutting a few odd shaped diamonds,

it started to come into place!

 

 

I haven't scrapbooked in a while,

but was glad to see I can just jump right back in.

 

 

 

 

It's a pretty busy page, so I didn't add many embellishments.

You can see my Liquid Pearls in the photo above.

The paper line is Barefoot & Bliss.

 I accented with BB back to backs wine berry red dot.



Tiny Reindeer

You wanna see some real cuties?

Check these little guys out.

 

 

 

 

 

I simply cut the 12x12 paper into strips & made a good stack of cards!

 Too bad I cut it up before noticing which brand made it! Duh.

 

 

 

 

 



Make A Flower

Here again is another Finally Friday Video Challenge

from Two Peas In A Bucket.

 

This challenge encourages you to create a flower embellishment!

So I broke out the Martha Stewart leaf punch & got going!

 

 

I used Echo Park paper again on this one.

 

 



2 Peas Sketch

I LOVE THE SKETCH AT

TWO PEAS IN A BUCKET THIS WEEK!

 

 

USING SOME ECHO PARK PAPER,

I CAME UP WITH JUST THE RIGHT DESIGN.

 

 

I CUT THE WORDS FROM SOME PRINTED FLASH CARDS! 

THEY WERE TRICKY TO USE ANYWAYS &

I LOVE HOW THEY TURNED OUT HERE. 

 

 

I USED A CORNER ROUNDER FOR ONE END

THEN PUNCHED SOME HOLES TO HANG THEM ON TWINE.

 



Dec. Tag

I'm playing along with Tim Holtz's 12 tags of 2012.

Here are HIS creations for December:
 

 

I chose the poinsettia tag.

Here is how mine turned out...
 

 

I cut those flowers from Tim's Christmas paper.

The background was "enameled" using a technique from his 2nd book.



sing it LOUD

What a great saying...

 

 

life is a song.

sing it loud

 

It's from the Ippity stamp set Music Of My Heart.

 

 

The leaves are from Unity's Harvest Of Memories.

I cut that bird from some K&Co Christmas paper.

The background is Tim Holtz paper & Kaisercraft.

 

Linking up to Unity's November Challenge.

 



Framed Santa

The Santa on Kaisercraft (Turtle Dove) printed paper

was so amazing, I framed him!

The .50 frame from a garage sale seemed like

just the right one to use.

 

 

I added some Unity brand flourish stamping.

The stamp sets are:

Embrace You & Learn Discover Grow.

I also cut a glitter star & layered canvas on top.

Die cut numbers and a few buttons finished it off.

 

 

 

 

Linking up to:

Unity's Friends With Flair

 



F.J. #12

I did it!  I made it

through all the 12 challenges

 at Funkie Junkie!
 

 Here is Linda's tag #12:
 

 

A tag on a tag.

How cool is that?

And all that gold is rich.

Here is my creation,
featuring a gold embossed background,
holly, ribbon and a flower.

 

 Visit the Funkie Junkie Boutique when it reopens in January!

 



HEXAGONS

USING HEXAGONS IS HARD!

I'M TRYING TO EXPAND MY SHAPE OPTIONS

AS SUGGESTED BY THE TWO PEAS IN A BUCKET

FINALLY FRIDAY CHALLENGE

& USE HEXAGONS.

 

 

I JUST LOVE THE CHICKADEE PAPER FROM AUTHENTIQUE.

IT'S FROM THE PEACEFUL LINE.

THE STAMPED BORDER IS USING MY MIND'S EYE "BEAUTIFUL".

 

 

HERE IS USED A UNITY BRAND STAMP

CALLED WINTER JOY PEACE LOVE.

I FOUND THE BIRCH PAPER IN MY SCRAPS!

 

 

 

 

 

 



MOJO 270

Hi there everyone.

Happy Sunday to you!

It's snowing here in MN

& I am HAPPY about that.

It's very pretty.

 

I'm sneaking in an entry for Mojo Monday's card contest.

Here is the sketch:

 

 

The paper here is Tim Holtz Christmas.

I just picked it up a two weeks ago & really love it!

 

 

 

 

I used a punch for the leaves,

but hand cut the flower out.

The Santa is KaiserKraft.

The snowflake strip is Cosmo Cricket.

The studs are Mark Richards,

one of my favorite embellishments

(silver & gold).