You Melt My Heart...awwwww :)

I hadn't yet played with this fab popsicle set from Reverse Confetti, and what better time to pull it out than now? It did take me a couple weeks to work through the pile on my desk to actually use it ;) I was determined to not use patterned paper to play along with the Virginia's View challenge, and I thought Leslie's sketch was the perfect way to do that. Best of all? I showed Connor when I was done, and he said "WOW! Look at that popsicle...it's SWEET! Get it? Get it? "

Supplies: Reverse Confetti stamps & dies, Let's Chill; Hero Arts inks in Tide Pool, Green Hills, and Fresh Peach; unknown line border stamps; white letter stickers from Kelly Purkey; Mod Podge Dimensional Magic; classic small oval Nesties; bling strip from Dollarama

My stamping on the die cut wasn't so well lined up, so I then patted it on the Green Hills ink pad for more complete coverage. I like the mottled look. Following the sketch made adding the sentiment I wanted a little tricky, so I used washi to mask off the sections of the sentiment, and then replaced the 'melt' with letter stickers coloured with Tide Pool ink. 

Here's the Virginia's View Challenge board:

(dang, missed the linky)

And The Crooked Stamper Sketch #6:


xoxo,
Jessi

Seeing Stars at Naughty or Nice!

So I saw Kate's post at Make the Day Special using die cuts and sequins, and thought ooooooh that looks awesome! I don't think mine turned out as well - but then I had four teenage boys playing some sort of zombie-killing game in the background while I was making mine :)

I thought the stars from Lil Inkers would make the perfect frame for my bright cheery sequins, and thus was born my card for Naughty or Nice this month:

Supplies: Lil Inkers star dies; sentiment unknown; Peacock Feathers distress ink; so.many.sequins.

After lightly marking the area to be sequined with a pencil, I applied them somewhat randomly to the double-sided tape. Dropped a bunch on the dog. Cursed the idea a few times. Applied the orange panel with foam tape more or less where I'd intended to. Swore I'd never do it again....until I showed a few people who loved it. MAYBE I'll do it again :)

xoxo,

Jessi

Take your Pick at The Kraft Journal!

I actually had time to play in some challenges this week - right before we head off on vacation to the South Shore of Nova Scotia. Hold on to your collars, multiple posts coming up :)

Here's my card for the Take your Pick challenge at The Kraft Journal:

Supplies: Lil Inkers star dies; Reverse Confetti sentiment; Waltzingmouse stamps splats; Versamark & white detail EP; trim from Webster's Pages; light kraft card stock; buttons & fabric from stash

I used tiny pieces of double-sided tape underneath the round parts of the trim. The orange fabric is organza, frayed at the edges & then heated with my heat gun to get that fun melted/multicoloured texture. My picks from the board were orange, aqua, and fabric. 



xoxo,
Jessi

Shopping our Stash #210 - Paper Piecing!

For my TMS post please click here - thanks!!

Paper piecing is one of those classic techniques that I sometimes forget about - good thing there are challenges like Shopping our Stash to remind us of the good stuff! Using digital images for paper piecing is a little bit more labour-intensive at the beginning but totally worth it - looky!

Supplies: bird & sentiment digi stamps from From the Heart; papers from MME and Studio Calico; Spectrum Noir markers; MME enamel dots 

A close up to show you his eyes & beak are popped up - I added some colour to the hats, but yes, I paper pieced the polka dots on his belly. Crazy!

Check out how the SOS crew showed off their paper skillz:

Leslie

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday,July 20th to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #309 - Deedee's Digis!

Yay! I'm the sketcher this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches, and I got to play with this adorable otter set from Deedee's Digis!

Supplies: Otterly Thankful digi set from Deedee's Digis; buttons from stash; Cuttlebug and Sizzix embossing folders; googly eyes

The set comes with coordinating papers that you can scale - love! 

Here's my sketch:

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, July 19 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! 

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris 

Melissa 

Nina

xoxo,

Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - R is for...

Rude! Last year's Profanity challenge was so much fun, we had to do it again! The Snarky Sisters pulled out all our favourite curse words to play along:

Supplies: splat stamps from Neat & Tangled; Cup O Joe Hero Arts ink; Basic Grey letter stickers; spectrum noir marker

I think this would be perfect for a belated birthday card :)

Check out the glorious bad words on the Sistah's cards:

Barb

Chris

Donna

Karen 

Lee

Lindsey

Michelle

You've got until Friday,July 24th to join in! 

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

xoxo,

Jessi

Playing with Paper Smooches again!

I've got a few cards for this week's edition of Anything Goes at SPARKS -  the first one involved enough masking that I was doubting my sanity by the time I got to colouring it!

Supplies: Paper Smooches Zoo Crew, Word Up; polaroid frame from Lawn Fawn; MME enamel dots; Spectrum Noir markers; GOOGLY EYES! :D

The next two cards are birthday cards for some very adorable twin girls - I'm lucky enough to get to create special cards for these little ladies and their older siblings :) 

Supplies: Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler, Chubby Chums;  papers from Recollections/Bo Bunny; Spectrum Noir markers; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; distress inks in Shaded Lilac and Picked Raspberry; buttons from stash; AC Thickers sparkly numbers; GOOGLY EYES!!

 

xoxo,
Jessi

Watercoloured Gerberas

Please don't hold the intervention yet - I'm still enjoying watercolouring too much! I've been playing around with making the large 'splotches' and although I still need practice with how much water's needed I am pretty happy with this one:

Supplies: Flourishes daisies; sentiment from PTI; Palette Noir ink; MME enamel dots; distress inks for watercolouring

Enamel dots just seem like the perfect embellishment for watercoloured images. Since this is a birthday card I'm popping in at little red wagon; and I was also inspired by the painted wall photograph at Open-Minded Crafting Fun:

xoxo,

Jessi

Shopping our Stash #209 - Gingham Style!

For my TMS post, please click here. Thanks!!

This week the Shopping our Stash team want you to show off your Gingham Style (and please tell me I'm not the only one with Gangnam Style going through my head? kthx) We want you to feature that classic picnic pattern - or checkered - or squares (not just one square panel, you know what we mean). I used several checkered patterns from an MME pad:

Supplies: papers from MME; stamps unknown; Festive Berries distress ink; Gray Flannel Memento ink

The light gray panel is checkered also. I stamped it with stars with the gray ink, stamping each twice to get the different shades. The 'starburst' is stamped off once on scrap paper so that it matched the red paper better.

Check out how the SOS crew played with their gingham style:

Leslie

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday,July 13th to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #308 - Stitchy Bear!

Good morning sketchers! It's been a quiet week on my blog - my husband's family had a reunion on the weekend, and so last week was full of cooking and prep for that. It was a blast :) Time for another Tuesday Morning Sketch - and this week we have Stitchy Bear returning as a sponsor. They offer such a huge variety of images, from cute to elegant to...the ones you didn't know you needed, like the one I chose!

Supplies: Up Yours digital stamp from Stitchy Bear; Spectrum Noir markers; computer-generated sentiment; button and washi tape from stash

When trying to choose what to use for the horizontal elements on the pink strip, I saw the bird washi tape and giggled to myself thinking hehehe, she's flipping the bird, that's perfect. 

Here's the sketch:

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, July 12 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! 

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris 

Melissa 

Nina

xoxo,

Jessi