Cupid Mini Blog Hop

NEW RELEASE at DZ Doodles!!

There are 6 of these adorable NEW cupid's!!! These are available for purchase today as a single image or all grouped together here. You should have arrived from the DZ Doodle blog, if not head back over there and read up on the details.   

I hope you'll take a few minutes and hop through our DT.  Make sure you leave some love along the way so you'll qualify for the giveaway.  Then head over to our store and pick up one of these cuties to play in the upcoming challenge on Thursday!  Or if you're really on the ball check out the easter cuties and get a head start on your easter cards!

Challenges entered:

Critter Sketch - sketch

7Kids College Fund - I heart you

Flutterbye - Anything Goes

Simon Says - Love is in the air

Polka Doodles - With hearts

Stampin for the Wknd - Valentines Day

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Pink.Red.White

StampIt Crazy - Valentine

Phew....that's ALOT for me!  Have a great week and hopefully fingers crossed I'll still have my MOJO tomorrow!

Big hugs - Ms. Jen

Woke up to snow! And a card

YAY, snow again, NOT!

I had to share a funny pic of my fur baby "Ruffis".  He's a chocolate lab with a bit of hound in him.  He's Buddies daddy. (The one that got hit by a truck and had his tail amputated, yep, that's the one!)  His momma was a beagle, yes folks it does happen.  Poor old girl had two litters of his pups before she went to puppy heaven. She was a strong little thing. We call them "Beagledores", half/lab - half/beagle

On to my card!  Of course, you now know why I was thinking about fur babies today.  I used this adorable image "Hershey Bath" from Sew Many Cards.  He's just too darn cute.  I paired him up with some of my papers from an old Swirlydoo's Kit and ribbon from RRR.  I made my bow and added a little blue stick pin with a heart on it.  I pushed it down under the layers so you won't get poked opening it.  I love the phrase "Oh no you didn't!", which is from Kraftin Kimmie's.  I'm NOT happy with the coloring on the barrel, but I am happy with the glazed water look.  I used my glossy accents for that and sprinkled just a touch of glitter on it.  I also distressed all the edges and inked it with Tim Holtz, Weathered Wood.  I'm really trying to use different products and colors that I'm not so comfortable with.  One day I will actually figure out shading, until then I'll keep on trying!

Challenges Entered:

Sew Many Cards - Monkey Business

My Sheri - Organic (Can't get more organic than water!)

StampIt Crazy - Loopy - Something to cheer you up

Simon Says - Animal Antics

Mojo Monday - Sketch

Critter Sketch - Distressing and Circles

 I'm trying to make a point to also decorate the insides of my card as well this year.  Nothing fancy just to finish it off.

I hope everyone stays warm!

Hugs

Jen

Hey There!

******UPDATE******

I totally forgot to link this!!  So here it is:

Critter Sketch Challenge

I have a quick post today.  I put this card together for the Critter Sketch Challenge.  I really like this shoe from Just Inklined.  It has so many possiblities.  I'll probably use it for some bridal shower cards.  I'm trying to get some cards done but it's slow going.  Thanks for stopping by!

Without PCP I'd have no birthday cards!  I've recieved a birthday card almost every day this week.  Thank you Cynthia and Diane.  Those gals are so special.  I even got a package of goodies from Cynthia!

I got a Christmas card from my very special Secret Pal today!!  Thank you so much, I just love you.  And no I haven't figured out who you are yet.  But rest assured, it's not for a lack of trying...............LOL 

Hugs - Jen

Butterfly Wishes

My next two posts were inspired by the color challenge at Colour Create, using Black, mint green, gold and cream.  Unfortunately I didn't get them posted in time to qualify for that one.  But I do have other challenges I incorporated into it as well.  Every once in awhile you see a color scheme that you just love.  So far I've made two cards from two 12X12 pieces of paper and there's still more to make a couple more, thank goodness!  I was able to incorporate one of my favorite images ever which is "Butterfly" drawn by the talented Priscilla, creator of CDAC and Midnight Madness Challenge Blog.  You can find many more images like this, especially if you like Victorian.  Thanks for stopping!

Recipe:

Image - "Butterfly" by Priscilla Styles

Paper - Creative Imaginations (from my Swirlydoos Kit)

Ribbon - Walmart

Embellishments - I used lotsa glitter and gems.  I even glittered an old black button I had.  The glittery placque was also from my kit as well as the stamped corners and gems.  I used Prisma's to color.

Challenges Entered:

The Sweet Stop - Sketch

Flutterbye Wednesday - Anything Goes

Simon Says Challenge - Sparkle (I could enter all my cards I made this week - LOL)

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Whatever makes you happy (Butterflies)

Critter Sketch - Texture - Lots of layers and textures goin on here for sure!

Digital Tuesday - Anything with Wings

Your comments mean the world to me thank you so much for taking a minute to leave me one!

Hugs - Jen

With Sympathy

For tonight's card I decided to try out a technique called Eboss Resist. I noticed that several bloggers were talking about it this week and wanted to check it out. Gina K has a wonderful tutorial over at StampTV. Her tutorials are very detailed and they all follow the same basic outline so you always know what to expect.

So for my card I used the clear butterfly stamp set from Martha Stewart. Then I embossed it and colored it with Distress Inks, Broken China, Antique Linen and Vintage Photo. I really wanted this card to be clean and simple and let the sentiment and butterfly picture do all the talking. I added some ribbon from my scrap bucket. Then I stamped the sentiment, found at Our Daily Bread on the Get Well set, onto the tag.

Thank you so much for looking. Hopefully I'll see ya tomorrow!
Hugs - Jen

Challenges entered:
Lollipop Crafts - Sympathy
Critter Sketch - Think Fall
Wildflower Wednesday - fall
Sentimental Sundays - Clean and Simple
Stampin for the Weekend - Shabby or Vintage

"School Zone"

My first post for today is my sweet Mo's image "byebye". She reminds me so much of my sweet little girl, Wednesday, that lives next door. She's almost 4 and wants so badly to go to school. I can just picture her with her backpack and tricycle thinking she can go too. LOL So I combined my digi's and my cricut to come up with this card. I"m seeing more and more of this and really love the two techniques used together. I followed the sketch at The Sweet Stop. The papers are from K&Company, the Marmalade Pack. I used my graphically speaking cartridge for the "school zone" cut, and the mat on the image. The ribbon at the bottom is from Fiskars.

Thanks for taking a look! Have a fantastic weekend!

Jen

Challenges entered:

The Sweet Stop - sketch
Cricut Cards - Anything goes
Critter Sketch - Use red and stripes

Sweet Bear and Mouse

Hey there - Have a cute easel card I made today for several challenges. This image is "Bear and Mouse" made by Beccy at Beccy's Place. She is very talented and has many freebies she shares with all. Her images are just adorable. Do stop by and leave her some love.

At Charisma Cards we were to make an easel card. I did that following the sketch from Critter Sketch's Challenge. The image was colored with my prisma's. All paper and embellishments are from my Swirlydoo Kit. Those can be found here.

Thanks for stopping by!
Jen

"Pammy's Stocking"

Happy Tuesday! I spent the day at the mall - UGH! We got up early and left since the A/C is out in the car and we needed to go to Rivergate. With the temps. over 100 today it was a terribly hot drive but not as bad as I thought it'd be. I think we got home just in time before the high of the day hit. My bestie's hubby sent my son a gas powered remote truck to rebuild and drive so of course it was all built and ready to go by this morning! LOL It just came yesterday afternoon. She spoils him so much. But he was thrilled. It's his senior year and I have to say that his list for new clothes was very short considering. Only like 3 things. That's my kid, the bargain shopper and he's so good about re-using his things every year. Some kids think they need a new backpack every year. I don't get that. Anyway, on to my card!

I used Digital Pencil Two's DT, Paola's coloring as a guide for this sweet little Mo's image "Pammy's Stocking". I have to say she is the cutest christmas image EVER! I'm gonna have fun coloring her all different kinds of ways. I use alot of Paola's coloring for inspiration to help me get better. I followerd the sketch at the Critter Sketch Challenge. You were also supposed to use two ribbons, which I doubled up behind my image. Even with the 5X7 card size my image was still a little large but I decided to use it anyway and pop the tent! That sounded kinda funny.

The papers are from Making Memories "Tinsel" pack. I love these papers. I won Jan's blog candy over at Simply Made. She is so sweet. You should stop by and leave her some love. I have to say that the couple contests I've won I have become great friends with the bloggers. It's so exciting to meet new people that way.

I think that's it for this post. I got a little windy, sorry 'bout that!

Love and hugs to all!
Jen