Shopping our Stash #256 - Let me Take a Selfie!

This week at Shopping our Stash we want to see you create a project with a polaroid - plenty of stamps & dies out there to make it easy, and of course you can always wing it freehand! I had to use this Paper Smooches bunny on mine, because well...look at that face.

Supplies: Paper Smooches bunny; Avery Elle sentiment; Lawn Fawn polaroid; unknown Dad die; Spectrum Noir markers; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; googly eyes (natch!)

Check out what the rest of my awesome teammates made - there is some serious adorableness!

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna (off this week)

Chris 

Barb

Chana 

Stacey

Cyndi

Mimi

Maria

And you have until Monday June 20 to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - V is for..

Vroom! Just in time for father's day & the Dreaded Masculine Card season, the Sistahs want to see you use any kind of vehicle on your projects!

Supplies: Motorcycle precoloured digi from Doodle Pantry; sentiment from PTI; graphic stamp from Paper Smooches; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Stormy Sky distress ink; Lil Inkers stitched rectangle dies; AC mirror cardstock; Cuttlebug embossing folder; buttons from stash

Check out the amazing Sisterhood's creations -

Majo

Dotty Jo

Peggy

Barb

Chris

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

And don't forget to leave some love for our guest designer, JANE!

You have until June 24th to come play along :)
xoxo,
Jessi

Shopping our Stash #255 - Tea for Two!

Good morning! This week at Shopping our Stash we're hosting Tea for Two - and we'd like to see you use either tea OR coffee in your projects. I went with a punny Father's Day card (since every dad I know is a BIG fan of the dad joke):

Supplies: background made with Gathered Twigs & Scattered Straw distress inks; stamping done with those two & Walnut Stain; stamps from Reverse Confetti; The Alley Way Stamps, and Avery Elle

And just because I loves ya, I'm going to tell you my husband's latest dad joke  that has everyone laughing as soon as they hear it.

Why don't you ever see elephants hiding in trees?

BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY GOOD AT IT.

(ba dum ching)

Check out what the rest of my awesome teammates made!

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna (off this week)

Chris 

Barb

Chana 

Stacey

Cyndi

Mimi

Maria

And you have until Monday June 13 to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

One Last Dad card

One last Father's Day card to show you - I just love how  the watercolouring turned out and couldn't resist sharing :)

Supplies: unknown bird stamp; PTI sentiment; Palette Noir ink; Distress inks for watercolouring; Tim Holtz design ruler & embroidery supplies

At first I was unhappy with how the inks bled, but once the panel dried....love it. Some stitching on the corners for a little somethin' without too much dimension or frilliness, and tada!  Popping in over at little red wagon for the stitching challenge. 

xoxo,

Jessi

Shopping our Stash #206 - Out on a Limb!

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As the title suggests, at Shopping our Stash this week we want to see trees! Conveniently I'm currently addicted to them, so this was super easy for me.

Supplies: stamps from PTI; papers from Studio Calico; classic small oval Nesties; Distress inks in Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain

This is one of the few multi-step stamping sets I've been able to use successfully - even clear sets generally confound my ability to line things up just so, and I knowwww there's products to help with that but no, I wanna spend my money on fun stuff :) lol

You gotta see all the lovely trees! Check out the SOS crew: 

Leslie

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday,June 22nd to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #305

Good morning! I'm excited to be this week's sketcher at Tuesday Morning Sketches, and I hope you are inspired to play along. Melissa is sponsoring with a gift certificate to Ellen Hutson, so you definitely want to have a chance  to win that!

I rotated the sketch to make my simple Father's Day card:

Supplies: so many unknown! stamp set & tag die?; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Festive Berries distress ink

You'll see when you visit the DT blog that this is a great sketch for simple or fancy :)

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, June 21 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! 

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris 

Melissa 

Nina

xoxo,

Jessi

Moo & Moo

Trying to be a better blogger - I've been making so much but just so freaking busy I've been bad about challenges & even photos. Plus I think my computer needs a tune up...or bloglovin hates me. Either one. Anyway, the farm animal challenge at little red wagon had me playing with Paper Smooches again:

Supplies: Paper Smooches stamps; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir markers; Peeled Paint & Spiced Marmalade distress ink; Mod Podge Dimensional Magic (on the cows' eyes and farmer's teeth); Tim Holtz design ruler & embroidery supplies; unknown paper; googly eyes

The expression on this farmer's face just cracks me up :)

xoxo,

Jessi

Nautical Inspiration at The Pink Elephant

As soon as I saw the inspiration photo at The Pink Elephant I knew I wanted to draw from the nautical touches.

Supplies: Verve Stamps; Map stamp from Hero Arts; Distress inks in Festive Berries, Chipped Sapphire, Stormy Sky; Memento Gray Flannel ink;  Lil Inker stitched rectangle die

xoxo,

Jessi

Guy Stuff at The Kraft Journal

With one of my fave challenges, Take Your Pick, I made two cards to play along with The Kraft Journal this week:

(using masculine, black, white)

Supplies: Unity Stud stamp; PTI Father's Day stamp; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Bo Bunny houndstooth paper; Studio Calico veneers

(using masculine, fish, black) 

Supplies: Kaisercraft fish paper; unknown alphabet stickers

xoxo,

Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - D is for...

With Father's Day next Sunday, the sistahs decided to bow to public pressure & have a dudes challenge. (sad trombone...dreaded man cards!)

Supplies: stamps from Avery Elle & Simon Says; Lil Inker stitched rectangle dies; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; black velvet flock from Doodlebug; paper from Bo Bunny

After stamping I was all ohhhhh this card is awesome. WAIT! ermagerd I could make the mustache furry! And so I did. 

Barb

Chris

Donna

Karen

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

You've got until Friday, June 26 to join in! 

And don't forget to stop by and leave our guest designer SUSAN some love for her project! 

xoxo,

Jessi

Father's Day!

Father's Day is just two weeks away, so I've been crazy busy making the Dreaded Man Cards. Trees seem to be my go-to this year, and there's one to follow, but I also saw a great mug Amy shared with the Coffee Lovers FB group and that saying just had to go on a card! Both cards are for The Kraft Journal's Father's Day challenge, and this first one is also for little red wagon's Use it Up - first time this embossing folder has seen paper!

Supplies: light kraft & chocolate cardstock; Walnut Stain distress ink; embossing folder from Crafts Too; unknown alphabet stamps

Supplies: light kraft and chocolate cardstock; all stamps from PTI; Distress Inks in Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain, Gathered Twigs

Loving the kraft, green, and brown combo on my dad cards this year! 

xoxo,

Jessi

Father's Day Sketch

Squeaking in at the last minute with an entry for the sketch challenge at The Paper Players - after weeks of not really following challenges I've made cards for most of my favourites this week :) It feels good!

Supplies: stamps from PTI; Paper Smooches cloud dies; Studio Calico boat veneers; Distress inks in Festive Berries, Chipped Sapphire, and Tumbled Glass

I masked off the bottom portion of the boat to stamp the little circles as waves - kinda graphic & I like it :)

Here's the sketch: 

xoxo,

Jessi

Shopping our Stash #156 - Oldest Die or Punch

**For my Tuesday Morning Sketches post, please scroll down or click here. Thanks!**

Well, I had a brain fart. I made my card for today's Shopping our Stash challenge without thinking about when it would go live ;) So here's some inspiration for NEXT year! We want to see you use your oldest die or oldest punch - make sure you tell us what it is!

My oldest dies are the classic small circle & oval Nesties - and I bought them on the same day, so I wanted to use them both on my card:

Supplies: pre-coloured Tools digi image from Doodle Pantry; sentiment from Studio G; Fired Brick distress ink; papers from Simple Stories; classic small circle & oval Nesties

Nice & simple!

Dig our YOUR oldest dies/punches and  come and play with us before next Monday, June 23! 

- and don't forget to check out what the rest of the gals made:

Leslie

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

xoxo,

Jessi

Happy Father's Day!

I've got one last Father's Day card that you won't see until Tuesday - it's a DT card that my brain farted on when it would be posting live ;) I have two for you today, though! The first one is for the Anything Goes challenge at Paper Smooches SPARKS:

Supplies: Paper Smooches Beboppin' stamps; Memento Tuxedo Black & London Fog ink; Versamark; clear detail EP; Distress inks in Barn Door and Mustard Seed; Doodlebug letter stickers

The Anything Goes challenge runs until next Saturday.

My second card is for two challenges: Doodle Pantry, where the theme is Make it Manly; and The Pink Elephant, which is specifically calling for Father's Day. 

Supplies: pre-coloured digi from Got Tractor? at Doodle Pantry; classic small oval Nesties; sentiment from Studio G; Vintage Photo distress ink; papers from Simple Stories; unknown woodgrain washi

The lopped-off edge of the oval wasn't my intention, but when it was done? I liked it, so I went with it. I think this layout would make a good sketch :)

Father's Day was a tough one for me for years - despite years of effort my father & I are estranged, and although I'm not happy about that, I've finally made peace with the fact that I have made every effort possible. You cannot change how someone else behaves, you can only control your own reaction to it. I feel sad that my kids do not have a grandfather in their lives, but I can't force that to happen. 

It's only taken me oh, 15 years or so, but finally I think I've managed to transfer most of my feelings about Father's Day to gratitude that my husband is a wonderful father that I am lucky to have as a coparent. He is an incredibly supportive dad, always there for the boys - and always there for me. I shared this picture on Facebook this morning - we really need to take another with all four of us, since this is from 2012 and the boys are both taller than I am now. Plus Rob's beard is much uh, manlier, and my tattoo is completely different. 

l-r: Connor, Rob, Riley, me :) 

xoxo,

Jessi

Shopping our Stash #155 - Something Soft

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This week at Shopping our Stash we want to see you get all soft & cuddly with your supplies! Think flock, felt, flower soft, satin, fabric, puffy tail on a bunny, etc. 

Supplies: Stampendous Chick; AC foam Thickers; papers from Fancy Pants; classic small oval Nesties; yellow Fun Flock; Bic Markers; homemade enamel dots

Besides adding fun flock to my chickie, those Thickers are super soft - this is my first time using the pack, and I was actually going to add flock to them - but they're soooo soft!

 Come and play with us before next Monday, June 16! 

- and don't forget to check out what the rest of the gals made:

Leslie

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

I followed the current Wanna Sketch?16 for the layout (altered to fit a landscape layout) and then I got crazy and made 4 more cards with it. This first one is inspired completely by Lindsey, who used this rose as a background (brilliant!!)

Supplies: Stampin' Up rose; Paper Smooches sentiment; Spun Sugar & Worn Lipstick distress inks; Memento Gray Flannel ink; Versamark & white Detail EP; various mists (not sure, this was in my stash box a while!)

You've got to love a layout that lends itself to cards for every occasion! 

Here's the sketch - the linky is open until Friday:

 

xoxo,

Jessi 

Tuesday Morning Sketches #253 - All Debbie!

Good morning! Our teammate Debbie is this week's go-to gal - she designed the sketch, and she's our sponsor :) Yay Debbie! (oh, and um, can I win the prize? THX!) As you know, once a month at Tuesday Morning Sketches we want you to follow a TWIST as well as the sketch, and this time around the twist is: MASCULINE.

Supplies: pre-coloured car digi from CDS; Amy R sentiment; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Doodlebug twine

To get the twine wrap to stay evenly spaced, I cut it into strips & used tape to secure each separate strand. 

Here's the sketch:

This sketch is open until next Sunday, June 15th - be sure to hop around & see what the rest of the team created!

Angela

Bonnie

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris 

Melissa

xoxo,

Jessi

Best Farter Ever!

A thought I'd never had before yesterday - I need to make more fart cards. When I saw Torico's card for the latest Naughty or Nice challenge I had "farter" stuck in my head while I was working on Father's Day cards. I finally managed to gel my idea yesterday morning, and I LOVE IT and everybody here thought it was hilarious :)

Supplies: star paper from Simple Stories; 'Farter' AC Thickers; 'best ever' Memory Box alpha die; 'poot' and 'ew!' Kaisercraft mini alphas; Paper Smooches cloud dies

My absolute favourite part? POOT.

I may blame it on living in a house full of boys, but I always, always laugh at fart jokes. 

Life's short. Eat beans!

(I'm also popping this in at Simon Says masculine challenge...because of COURSE farts are a boy thing! lol)

xoxo,

Jessi

Father's Day Brainnnnnsssss

I've got a quick Father's Day card to share that I just love - this Whimsie Doodles zombie is one of my very favourite ever images.

Supplies: Whimsie Doodles digi; Jillibean Soup alpha stickers; Amy R stamps (Father sentiments); Antique Linen distress ink; Bic markers; Mod Podge Dimensional Magic

I used a variety of sentiments from the Amy R set to create a tone-on-tone background on the kraft - if you click to see full size it's a bit easier to read those. Some Dimensional Magic one the eyes, brain, and arm bone, and some smudges of 'dirt' on the shirt, and our zombie is ready!

Popping this in over at Simon Says Wednesday Father's Day/Masculine challenge.

xoxo,

Jessi

Simon Says Transport

So back to my comfortable black & white Father's Day colour scheme...I swear I've made loads using other colours. They're just apparently not making it to the blog!

Supplies: Memento Tuxedo Black & Gray Flannel ink; Amy R sentiment stamps (CC Designs); bicycle stamp from CTMH; We R Memory Keepers washi tape; rhinestones from Dollarama

Perfect for this week's Simon Says Stamp challenge, Transport!

xoxo,

Jessi

Father's Day Pug Love

A super-timely challenge to make Father's Day cards from The Pink Elephant this week. I don't make a lot of 'cute' Father's Day cards, but this dog is just too perfect!

Supplies: Paper Smooches stamps; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Red Barn distress ink; Bic markers; polka-dot paper from Echo Park; Sakura black Glaze pen (for eyes & nose)

Our internet has been spotty all day - I blame the rain. SO MUCH RAIN. We had the tail end of a tropical storm over the weekend, and the backyard is underwater again. It dries out long enough to mow the lawn, and then rains again. Blech!

  

That pretty much sums it up at the moment ;) Then again, in August when it's eleventy billion degrees out & I'm melting, I'll remember these days of 13C fondly. 

xoxo,

Jessi