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

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

Sweet Valentine Shaker

I'm slowing down on the Valentine's cards but they're so much fun I can't resist still making a few :) This one is using an image from Mo Manning, and it makes me think of my darling Abby dog!

Supplies: digi stamp from Mo Manning; Spectrum Noir markers; Making Memories rub-on 'sweet'; Paper Smooches heart stamp; Picked Raspberry Distress ink; classic small circle Nesties; various sequins & confetti, microbeads as filler for the shaker

She likes to make sure I take regular breaks from crafting - you know, for my health. lol!

I'm entering my card in three challenges:

Just Us Girls - LOVE

The Pink Elephant - Be My Valentine

Virginia's View: Shaker Cards

xoxo,

Jessi

Wait a minute...

...just as I started to type, I realized that I combined these challenges last week. BUT, it did result in my very first shout-out from The Pink Elephant, so it must have worked! This week's challenge at The Pink Elephant is Mother's Day, and I'm popping in again with Virginia's View for the stitching challenge. 

Supplies: stickers & paper from Sassafrass; chipboard letters from KI Memories; bits of lace trim, buttons, embroidery floss from stash

I enjoyed making my card for the current Shopping our Stash challenge so much that I made another one with the same basic supplies :) The star & heart stickers are stitched on as well - dusting baby powder on the back deactivates the sticky, and lets you sew without gunking up your needle. 

I imagine I'll be popping in with more for Virginia's challenge, because I am stitching on everything these days, feels like. Except for the major under-the-fingernail-stab this morning, I'm finding it really relaxing!

xoxo,

Jessi

Pink Elephant meets Virginia's View

We've been going through some serious parenting challenges at our house. Like a lot of crafters, I tend to create as therapy. The time it took to pierce & stitch this card was the perfect antidote to a particularly horrid day. The pastel colours & stitching make it a great card for both The Pink Elephant's pastel challenge and Virginia's View stitching challenge. 

Supplies: papers from MME; veneer from Studio Calico; letter stickers from Basic Grey; Colorbox Frost White pigment ink; Tim Holtz design ruler; embroidery floss & needle

I have just scraps left of this pretty MME paper, so I arranged a bunch of them to create a sort of faux quilt look. I used a small piece of Scor-tape to keep them all in place, and then pierced around the edges for sewing. The sentiment banner strips are part of one of the patterned pieces in the collection, and I trimmed between the words at various points so I could bend the ends up for dimension. I was a bit flummoxed to find  that I had ZERO matching letters to add the "you are" part, so I patted some white ink on top of red letters to get the effect I wanted. 

xoxo,

Jessi