JiFFy Time!

Happy Thursday! I'm so happy to be posting with my JiFFy friends today! Here's a little reminder of how it works: one of us sends the paper to everyone, and another of us chooses the image. We don't know what we're getting until it's in our hands. Sometimes it's a good combo, and sometimes it's a little bit tricky, but it's always Just For Fun. :)

This month Michele chose the paper, "Hide and Seek" from October Afternoon's Sidewalks collection, and Lori chose the image, "Ramona Fishing" from Stamping Bella.

I *love* this sweet image. She reminds me of my Caroline. :) Since the image is "sketchy" in nature, I colored a bit "loosely" and left some white spaces here and there. I colored and cut out a second heart and popped it up at the bottom of the fishing line. I distressed, sponged with Antique Linen ink, and did some machine stitching. I finished with corrugated and felt hearts, a button, and some twine.

Be sure to visit the other girls to see what they've done with this adorable image and papers!
Amy
Lori
Michele

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Have a great day!

Christina

Just For Fun!

Hello there, friends! Long time, huh? It's been an interesting few months here at the Fischer house. The job is going well, and the family is fine. We have been thrown a bit of an unexpected curve ball, but more on that later...  :)

I am SO happy to be posting today! My sweet stamping friends just couldn't let me stay away for long, so they asked me if I'd be willing to dust off my things and stamp once a month, Just For Fun. Yep, I'm back with the JiFFy girls! :) Here's how it works: one of us picks the image, and another picks the paper, and we all put them together and see what happens! And it's always Just For Fun.

This month, we've combined this beautiful Flower Basket paper from Pebbles' Fresh Goods collection with TCP's Admit One set and Big Ticket Cutups die (so generously donated by the very sweet Alma!). I had fun pulling ink colors from the paper, and I sponged the edges of the ticket with Antique Linen Distress Ink. The numbers on the side are actually a very important date in my near future (part of that curve ball I mentioned earlier...). Cryptic enough for you? ;)

Anyway, be sure to check out what the other JiFFy girls have created -- I'm sure there's plenty of eye candy in store!

Amy
Carole
Lori
Michele

I'll be back soon -- I'm so glad you stopped to visit!

Have a great day!

Christina

Jiffy Challenge

Hello! Happy Thursday! It's time for the monthly Just For Fun challenge with my JiFFy friends! To review, here's how it works: one of us chooses the image, and another chooses the paper. They're sent out to everyone, and we don't know what we're getting until we receive them! Then, we use them together, with no other patterned paper. Sometimes it's a challenge, sometimes it's not. But it's always Just For Fun. :)

This month, I chose the image, Sugarplums Pumpkin Emma by C.C. Designs. Amy chose the paper, Krafty Dots by Recollections. I think they went together pretty well to make this autumn card. :)

I colored with Copics. I rounded a corner, did some machine stitching, and embellished with a ribbon tab, button and twine. I added a little dimension with three rows of Die-namics Simply Scallops Medium.

Now it's time to see what the other girls have done with the same image and paper!  :)

Amy Rohl

Carole Burrage

Jody Morrow

Lori Craig

Michele Boyer


That's it for today! I'm so glad you stopped by!

Have a great day!
Christina

JiFFy Time!

Happy Thursday, everyone! I have some fun and exciting news -- I  have been asked to join some of my favorite stamping friends in their Just For Fun challenges! Yep, I'm a JiFFy Girl! :)

I am SO excited to join Carole, Lori, Michele, and other newbies Amy and Jody for this monthly challenge. Here's how it works: one person chooses the paper, and another chooses the image(s). They're sent out to the others, and no one knows what they are until we get them. Sometimes they work together perfectly, sometimes not... that's the challenge. And it's Just For Fun.

This month, Lori chose the paper, Bohemian Floral from the Le Cirque Collection by Graphic 45. Carole chose the images from the Spiffy Scooters set by Paper Smooches. They're a great combination -- I was glad I didn't have to sweat too much over my first challenge. ;)

I used Copic markers to color this adorable scooter. I don't know if there really are orange scooters like this one out there, but it works in my world. ;)  I placed some baby braddies through the dots between the words in the sentiment.

I cut out the little steam puffs and popped them up on glue dots. I applied some Liquid Applique and immediately puffed it up with a heat tool.

I finished the inside with more paper and another sentiment.

Be sure to check out what the other girls have done with the same paper and images! I can't wait to see them myself! :)

Amy Rohl

Carole Burrage

Jody Morrow

Lori Craig

Michele Boyer


That's all for now! Thanks so much for stopping by! :)

Have a great day!
Christina