Becca's Birthday!

Oh boy...once I got started playing with Becca's Distress Ink Dipping Technique, I couldn't stop. Here's two cards, and there's more drying right now!

Supplies: Sweet Pea Stamps image; Paper Smooches sentiment; unknown rectangle die; Distress inks in Seedless Preserves & Picked Raspberry; sequins from Neat & Tangled; Spectrum Noir markers

Supplies: Reverse Confetti Stamps; unkown floral dies; Distress inks in Seedless Preserves & Picked Raspberry; Sakura Stardust clear glitter pen; classic small circle Nesties; Neat & Tangled Sequins; bling from Dollarama

The stamping was a happy accident - the picked raspberry wasn't dark enough, so I slightly offset it with Seedless Preserves and got the cool shadowy effect...and now it's legible lol.

I've found Becca's inspiration board ridiculously inspirational, and I'll have some more to share tomorrow - which is coincidentally & conveniently also the deadline for her birthday bash :)

xoxo,

Jessi

Paper Players Sketch

Lots to post before deadlines! I had my first kid-free day since mid-June and I made good use of it :) This card is for the Paper Players sketch: 

Supplies: PTI stamps; distress inks in Shabby Shutters & Peeled Paint; Versamark & clear EP; May Arts Twine; Bow Easy; Tim Holtz design ruler & embroidery supplies; unknown tag die

Here's the sketch - I couldn't resist using vellum and stitching the border to mark that element on the sketch:

xoxo,
Jessi

Shopping our Stash #212 - Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend!

For my TMS post please click here - thanks!!

Oh but this challenge will appeal to your magpie eye :) This week at Shopping our Stash we want to see lots of bling! I know I use it a lot, so I decided to pull out some great big gems for something a little different. 

Supplies: Versamark & white detail EP; Waltzingmouse 'hello'; PTI 'baby'; all other stuff from stash

It's been a while since I played with quilling, and it was nice to get back into it. I imagine there'll be more this week since I have *guilty pleasure* season 7 of True Blood on loan from the library!  The ribbon was a great find by my friend Carrie at a thrift store - and the pearls woven at the top made it perfect for this card. 

Check out all the OOOOOH SHINY!!!

Leslie

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday,August 3 to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #311 - Sherri Baldy Designs!

Good morning! Kris is our talented sketcher this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches - and I love the ease of this sketch so much I made 2 cards to share, one using an adorable Bestie from Sherri Baldy Designs :) 

Supplies: image from Sherri Baldy Designs; Spectrum Noir markers; Sizzix embossing folder; Bo Bunny patterned paper; flag dies; classic small circle Nesties 

Supplies: papers from MME; sentiment from Paper Smooches; floral heart from Flourishes; Memento Gray Flannel ink; Shaded Lilac distress ink; classic small circle Nesties; Tim Holtz design ruler and embroidery supplies

Here's Kris' sketch:

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, August 2 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! 

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris 

Melissa 

Nina

xoxo,

Jessi

Perfect Day!

The current Tiddly Inks challenge is Summer Song - and ohhhh how I love song-inspired challenges! I chose "Perfect Day" by Lady Antebellum, because I had Beach Babe to ink up!

Supplies: Beach Babe from Tiddly Inks; sentiment from Paper Smooches; Festive Berries distress ink; various distress inks for watercolouring; unknown edge die; MME papers; Lil Inkers stitched rectangle die; Distress embossing powder for sand

Inspired by the song, I chose red (for the red guitar), and had to include some "sand" for the couple sitting in the sand near the end of the song. 

xoxo,
Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - S is for...

Shaker cards! Doesn't Edna look festive with her maracas? The Snarky Sisters have truly brought it this challenge - can't wait to see what you guys come up with! I wasn't snarky at all - this card is one of those that I just keep seeing stuff in the piles on my desk and voila, it happened. 

Supplies: Waltzingmouse sentiment stamp; Distress inks in Peacock Feathers, Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Broken China; sequins from Neat & Tangled; stitched rectangle die from Lil Inkers

I've been playing with wet watercolour paper trying to get the neat 'wash' backgrounds - love how this one turned out! 

Check out the shakers by the sistahs!

Barb

Chris

Donna

Karen

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

You've got until Friday, August 7 to join in! 

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

xoxo,

Jessi

Shopping our Stash #211 - Don't get Stressed, get De-Stressed!

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

Breathe in, breathe out. Repeat as necessary. This week at Shopping our Stash we want to see what relaxes you. For me, that is definitely art. I can manage to put the world aside and create something beautiful, and that brings me a sense of calm nothing else does. 

Supplies: PTI paintbrushes; Paper Smooches sentiment; Distress inks for watercolouring; Palette Noir ink; Lil Inkers stitched rectangle die

Something else I like to do when I'm particularly stressed out? Make a card for myself, kinda. 

Supplies: Dusty Concord distress ink; Versmark & clear EP; Lil Inkers stitched rectangle; flotsam & jetsam for embellishing; Distress inks for watercolouring

Even if card-making or papercrafting is your de-stresser, make sure you use something that shows that (you know there's lots of adorable stamping sets out there!)

So what helps the SOS crew de-stress? 

Leslie

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday,July 27th to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #310 - SLS Lines!

Good morning! This week at Tuesday Morning Sketches we have SLS Lines as our awesome sponsor - so many fun & funky images in her shop! I had to choose Hipster to play with - being near a university town it's just too tempting to poke a little fun :)

Supplies: Hipster digi from SLS Lines; Spectrum Noir markers; computer-generated sentiment; unknown washi, card stock, and wood veneer

You'll notice his glasses are NOT shiny - because they have no glass in them, I decided. Faux frames. lol!

Debbie is our sketch artist this week - love the simplicity!

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, July 26 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! 

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris 

Melissa 

Nina

xoxo,

Jessi

Happy Birthday Sweets!

In my marathon of posts yesterday I forgot one! I've got this cute little cupcake from Neat & Tangled for the Cupcake prompt at CASology:

Supplies: stamps all from Neat & Tangled; Sizzix embossing folder; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir markers; Distress inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Festive Berries, Peacock Feathers; Mod Podge Dimensional Magic

That cherry REALLY wanted to be shiny!

xoxo,

Jessi

Becca's Birthday Bash!!

woohoo! The fabulous Becca over at The Damsel of Distressed is celebrating her birthday with a challenge - and a super inspiration board:

So many favourite things right there. I'm inspired by Becca to try new mixed media things all the time - every time I haul out a stencil or paste I think of her :) I know I'll play along more than once, but for my first time I decided to give her dip-dyeing technique a try. She explains how in the birthday bash post. 

Of course, because I'm different (read: too lazy to get up a fill a mister with water) I used pearl mist. This background is from a 'second dip' - I love the dotted and lighter intensity of the colours. Don't worry, I have a bunch more of these backgrounds to play with :)

Supplies: Unity Stamps; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; unknown stitched banner die; 1.5" circle punch; Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, Seedless Preserves, Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn distress inks; homemade perfect pearls mist; MME enamel dots & random bling; organza fabric from stash; googly eyes

OOOOH, SHINY!

Really, a card celebrating Becca was gonna have googly eyes on it. 

I paper-pieced the sherbet with another piece of dip-dyed paper that didn't blend as well. I made the inside of the bowl green too because hey, it's freaking hot and any sherbet worth its salt would be melty. The organza was frayed & heated with the heat gun. Love that stuff!

Happy Birthday Becca!! MWAH!!!

xoxo,

Jessi