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

Wedding season is upon us...

...so I'm working on lots of wedding cards, as you can tell by the blog this week. All of these cards are for the wedding & anniversary challenge at Open-Minded Crafting Fun, and this first one is using the sketch from Leslie at The Crooked Stamper:

Supplies: Mums stamp from PTI; unknown sentiment; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Shaded Lilac distress ink; black Wink of Stella pen; purple gems

I traced the cursive writing with the Wink of Stella pen for some extra oomph. 

Here's Leslie's sketch:

Supplies: AC sparkle paper; Hero Arts cake stamp; PTI sentiment; Spectrum Noir markers; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; buttons from stash; Tim Holtz design ruler & embroidery supplies

 

Supplies: papers from Simple Stories; doily stamps from Clearly Besotted; sentiment from Paper Smooches; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Walnut Stain distress ink; Tonic edge distresser; May Arts cream twine; buttons from stash

Here's the graphic for the Open-Minded Crafting Fun challenge:

xoxo,
Jessi

CSSC #3 - Happy Mother's Day!

It took me a while to get my idea in gear for this sketch!

Supplies: unknown stamps & stencil; buttons from stash; Distress inks in Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, Broken China

I began by cutting a circle from a piece of copy paper to use as a reverse mask to sponge the blue circle, then stamped the sentiments & banner, and then stenciled the hearts and sponged the edges of the panel. The final step was binge-watching season 6 of Sons of Anarchy & sewing on the buttons (and yes, I have a few stitching cards to share coming up because of that, lol)

Here's Leslie's sketch - 

xoxo,

Jessi

Lily Sympathy

I may be addicted to Leslie's latest sketch.  I pulled out this lily stamp to use for an Easter card and thought ohhhh this would also be a good one for a sympathy card.

Supplies: Lily stamp from Inkadinkado; Sentiment from Wordsworth; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Broken China distress ink; Labels 4 Nesties; 1.5" circle punch; Spectrum Noir markers & Prismacolor pencils; Cuttlebug embossing folder

Fairly simple - I sponged the edges of the panels with Broken China, and overtop of the embossing to help it pop. 

I'm entering in these three challenges:

Crooked Stamper Sketch #2

Virginia's View #13 - Embossing

 

The Paper Players - CAS Floral

xoxo,

Jessi

Cute Crooked Sketch!

Ever make a card and think to yourself "THIS. This is why I love making cards!" That was me with this card - I really love how it turned out. I used the second Crooked Stamper sketch (again) and since this is such a cute image I'm entering over at little red wagon as well.

Supplies: image from Tiddly Inks; sentiment from Pink Cat Studio; 1.5" circle punch; Spectrum Noir markers; Mowed Lawn, Broken China, and Mustard Seed distress inks; Tim Holtz design ruler & embroidery supplies

Making the sentiment into the sun wasn't planned but that's what made me fall in love with this card. I sponged each panel with the appropriate colour of ink to suggest the scene, and used my design ruler to pierce the sun's rays & guidelines for adding cross stitching (which would appear to be my latest crafty addiction). At this rate I may use the embroidery thread from my cross-stitching days (20 years ago) by the time I'm 50!

Here's Leslie's sketch:

xoxo,

Jessi

Good Luck!

OK, I promise this is the last St. Patrick's day card for today! I kept three challenges in mind while I was making this card: Open-Minded Crafting Fun LUCK; Creative Card Crew GREEN; and The Crooked Stamper's Sketch #2. (Definitely going to have to use Leslie's sketch again! Classic!)

Supplies: Shamrock bouquet digi from Waltzingmouse Designs; sentiment from Paper Smooches; Spectrum Noir markers; Mowed Lawn distress ink; Wink of Stella clear glitter pen; classic small oval Nesties; 1" circle punch; green rhinestones from Dollarama

Traced the sentiment and parts of the image with the WOS pen, and ta-da - nearly flat card, with some oomph! 

Open-Minded Crafting Fun:

The Crooked Stamper #2

Creative Card Crew

xoxo,

Jessi

Crooked Stamper Sketch redux

Leslie's first sketch challenge inspired me again!

Supplies: Studio Calico veneer hearts; everything else from Pebbles

This was really straightforward - the hearts were a last-minute thought as it just needed....something. 

Here's the sketch for CSSC #1

xoxo,

Jessi

The Crooked Stamper Sketch Challenge!

ERMAGERD! Leslie (aka The Crooked Stamper) has started a sketch challenge! *cheers* As soon as I saw it I knew I was going to be a faithful player - and if you're the least bit leery of sketches, she has a fab post showing you lots of ways to interpret a sketch. Woot!

Supplies: Bugaboo dragon digi; Spectrum Noir markers; PSX alphabet stamps; Festive Berries distress ink; Dress it Up heart button; Cuttlebug embossing folder; W plus 9 banner die; Wink of Stella clear glitter pen; googly eyes

I added a smidge of glitter to the little hearts & to the sentiment. 

Here's the awesome sketch:

You have tons of time to play along - I hope to play again, since this is a great versatile sketch!

xoxo,
Jessi