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

What's the Buzz Blog Hop and Release

***Please accept my apologies.  The weather knocked out our internet yesterday.  So this is a few hours late***

What's the Buzz Blog Hop and Image Release at DZ Doodles

What's Buzzing through DZ Doodles today??? It's 6 adorable NEW bee's!!!  These are available for purchase today as a single image or all grouped together here.  You should have arrived here from the wonderfully talented Joyce's blog.  If not you can head back to the beginning and start at the Doodle Blog. 

So who's ready for a little fun! Let's buzz on out and visit each of the DZ Doodles design team and play a little blog hop game. What we want you to do is visit each blog (list at the bottom of this post). You are going to comment on each blog and collect a letter from each blog to spell out the "secret word". Then your going to go back to DZ Doodles Blog at the end and comment what the secret word is from the letters you collected from each blog...if your word is correct you will be entered to win 3 free images of your choice from our Buzzing Bee collection release! Sound fun?!?! Let's get started!!!

* DZ Doodles

* Valerie

* Rosalien

* Pascale

* JuelMarie

* Joyce

* Jen (That's me!)

* DZ Doodles

I've used "Doodle Bee" for my image.  Isn't he just the cutest???  He was so fun to color and pair up with my papers and embellies.  I hope you enjoy him too.

I am finishing off the secret word with my cutey patutey "E"!  Now head over to the blog and leave your comment with the secret word here.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic day!

Challenges entered:

MOJO Monday - Sketch

Simon Says - Bingo (gems.glitter.ribbon)
Flutterbye Wednesday - Anything Goes

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Hearts plus ribbon

Mermaid Fantasy Birthday

This is my second post for today.  The Teddy Bo post is below this one

I know we all have our favorite artists and one of mine is definitely Michelle Perkett.  I love the fantasy of her images.  I'm into anything magical, butterflies and purple.  This gorgeous creation is "Butterfly Fairy Stamp".  This is an older image but she has several new ones out that are on my wishlist!  I chose to do her in yellow, orange and green because I'm tired of the snow and cold weather.  I thought this would give out some warm happy thoughts.

All items are from My Creative Scrapbook kit.  The butterflies are doubled up and stamped with Martha Stewart's punch.  I glued down one side on each to give it dimension.  The floral swirls are cut from my cricut.  I chose to back everything with black just to set it off a bit more.  These flowers are also from Flora Doodles.  They were piling up so I broke into 'em finally.  The floral swirls were cuts from my box of "extra's" that I cut and never used.  I"ve been trying to pull that out and use some stuff up.  I practiced alot of different cuts when I first got my Cricut and just put it all in a box for later instead of tossing it.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Don't forget we have a new challenge at DZ Doodles this week.  You won't want to miss it.  I've seen what the team did for inspiration and it's gorgeous!  Also, a heads up there will be candy coming soon!

Thinking of all of you!

Jen

Challenges entered:

Michelle Perkett - Fantasy Fairy

Flutterbye - sketch with wings

Sassy Studio - Use it up (something from your stash)

Delicious Doodles - Use 3 colors

My Sheri - Bling

Hodge Podge Shop Christmas Birthday Challenge!

Welcome to this weeks challenge. We are so very happy that you could drop in today and we can't wait to see what you are going to create! This challenge was sent down from our wonderful Shelley who's inspiration came from the fact that it is her sisters birthday this month!!! And it's my birthday this month too!  So, with that in mind I decided to create some beautiful flowers.  My birthday is Christmas Eve so I know how hard it is to get a christmas card for your birthday! LOL  I used Hodge Podge's new image "Wildflower" to create my card.  I cut the flower out 2 additional times to give it some more dimension.  I also used Opal shimmers and Ba Da Bling shimmer mist to really give it some sparkle!  I really love the look of pink and purple together.  The centers of the flowers were hit with a bit of glossy accents and I added that beautiful butterfly fluttering through the flowers.  I also decided to do some doodling to bring the darkness from the image together with the papers.  Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card.  I can't wait to see what you come up with for your Christmas Birthday Card!  Oh and by the way I don't allow my family to do anything for christmas on Christmas Eve they have to wait till midnight when my birthday is over! Ha ha ha  It doesn't always work but I sure try!

Stop in tomorrow for my announcement of the blog candy winner!  I was delayed because of Buddy's surgery and I apologize for that.  I'm excited to see who it is too.

Recipe:

Image - The Hodge Podge Shop

Paper - Paperbilities

Shimmer Mist - "Hot Pink Mama" by memories2embellish.com

Shimmers - Opal

Prisma pencils to color

Challenges Entered:

The Hodge Podge Shop - Christmas Birthday

MOJO Monday - Sketch

Flutterbye Wednesday - Open

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

Just Breathe.....

Brrrrrrr....... it's a whopping 24 degrees out at the moment.  How about you?  They say we don't have fall here in Tennessee and I think it's true.  You go from 90 degree weather to 40 practically overnight!  Crazy, so different from Washington state.

Today I have another one of the infamous Michelle Perkette's designs "Serena".  The challenge there this week is Under the Sea and what a better way to showcase her mermaids.  They're truly magical. I chose to follow the sketch at Magical Mondays and of course I'm entering it into Flutterbye too this week.

The coloring is with Prisma's.  The papers are from my swirlydoo's kits as well as the flowers.  I found that gorgeous butterfly at Hobby Lobby.   just think it adds a sweet touch to it.  I did highlight her hair and flowers just a touch with shimmerz.  My hand isn't real steady but hopefully it doesn't detract from the overall image.  I also added some pearl flat backed gems I got from Paola, thank you so much!  I love these.  Now I just need to find out where you got them.  Thanks for taking the time to stop by and have a look.  If you want to enter my blog candy you can find the link in the upper corner.  Also, next month is my Big Birthday Candy so if you're not a follower you might want to think about it now.

Recipe:

Image - Michelle Perkett "Serena"

Paper - Webster Pages from my Swirlydoo Kit

Ribbon - from my stash

Butterfly - "Woodland Wonders" from Hobby Lobby

Embellishments - shimmerz, Prisma's, gems, Prima flowers,

Challenges Entering:

Michelle Perkett - Under the Sea

Flutterby Wednesday - Anything Goes

Magical Monday - Sketch
Crafty Purple Frog - Sparkle
Stamping for the weekend - sketch with a butterfly

Warm hugs to all!

Jen

Sweet Pixie

I used this sweet image from Pixie Dust Studios called "Autumn Grace".  I decided to color her in shades of pink.  The challenge at Pixie was to do a sweet baby card.  I chose a sentiment from a friendship set I got a long time ago that reads "The first man a little girl falls in love iwth is her dad."  I just love that saying.  I love my dad more than anything and it's so true!  I followed the sketch at Midnight Madness.  Loved it.  I added the little butterfly and a swirl stamp and then glittered it just to add some sparkles.  The papers are basic grey from one of my favorite collections, Eva.  I'm really trying to use my scraps to a little something the insides of all my cards as well. So here's what I did with this one.  I just used two pieces of scrap papers layered them and punched some tiny hearts then used the punched hearts to add a little design.  And nothin went in the trash!  Yay.

Don't forget that there is still time to enter the Hodge Podge Challenge.  You can find it here!  I have another post in the works but I'm having problems getting my pic's to upload.  Hopefully it will be up soon!

Thanks for stoppin by I read every one of your comments and they mean so much to me.  Especially since I can't get out and about!!

Hugs -

Jen

Challenges entered:

Pixie Dust Studio - Sweet Baby

Midnight Madness - Sketch

Southern Girls - 4 layers of paper

"Dream"

Happy Tuesday Afternoon!

Just a quickie post! I used Tiddly Winks' "Fairy Fae Catches a Star" image today. I used a combination of Prisma browns and pinks to color this cute girl. Then I added Diamond Glaze and some gold glitter to her wings. I found some matching Prisma flowers and the ribbon and lace are leftover scraps from another project. The paper is Basic Grey. I embossed my cardstock for a base.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Hugs - Jen

Challenges Entered:

Flutterby Wednesday - All winged things

Tiddly Inks - Crackle or Diamond Glaze

Wildflower Wednesday - Sketch

Paper Romance - Embellish with handmade flowers.

Christmas Canes

Real quick post tonight. Everyobody in the house is tryin to get computer time. LOL This is one of Mo's new Christmas images, "Christmas Fairy Mint". Isn't she just adorable!!! I used papers from my making memories pack, glittered her wings and made my own flowers!! Whatcha think of those? I also followed the sketch at the Sketch Saturday Challenge. Check out below this one for my other post from today.

Have a fun Friday night!!

Jen

Challenges entered:

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Flutterbye - anything goes with wings
Magical Monday - Flowers

I just noticed that my sentiment fell off. Dangit. It was a little tag that said Joy! I'll have to retake it and repost later.

My Buddy!

I'm entering this card in Karen's Doodles Challenge and Flutterbye this week. This is such a sweet image and it holds a ton of meaning for me and my besties grandaughter! The image is called "Maggie and Me". The papers are from Basic Grey. I love how they work together so well. I colored this image awhile back. I can see that I've grown some since then. The butterfly is from a set I received from the forum on Swirlydoos. If you're not a member you really should go check it out. It's a great group of girls!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Jen

Flutterbye Beauties

Just a quick post here. I did a group of notecards for a friend who ordered some. I used my Cuttlebug on the backing for the script writing. Everything was embossed with distress inks. The paper is from my trusty Walmart's DCWV. The flowers are Prima. The butterfly images are embossed from Martha Stewart's butterfly pack of stamps. They're so pretty.

Quick question I saw a challenge called Magical Mondays but now I can't seem to find it again. If anyone knows it could you send me the link? I'd sure appreciate it.

I won the 3rd place prize over at Particraft's 1000 follower blog candy. It was an A5 stamp sheet. I chose the butterflies, I can't wait to get them to do some more flutterings. Thanks Sue!!

I have some other cards I'll be posting later today so check back. Hugs to all and thanks so much for leaving me such sweet comments. It really makes my day.

Challenges Entered:

Flutterbye Wednesday - Open Challenge

Flutter By Flora

Here's my Flutter By for this week. I'm so glad those girls are back from vacation! This image is from Mo's Digital Pencil Toocalled Baby Fairy Flora. Isn't she just the cutest little thang!! Everything else for the card is used from my scrap stash! I love it when that works out. Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!

Hugs - Ms. Jen

Birthday Wishes

Hey there! I have a couple posts tonight for different challenges. I'm so glad I found these. It's a great way to set goals for myself, to push the envelope and try out new techniques. This is for the Sweet Stop, SSS43, February 13th using the sketch found here. I'm also entering it in Flutter By Wednesday Challenge. This week our challenge is to use hearts along with your butterfly, fairy or angel. I used Lee the Birthday Fairy digi from Mo's Digital Pencil Too. The hearts are on the pattered paper in the background by DCHS. I recently purchased a few images from Mo's and love them. They have that whimsy look that I just love! I wasn't thrilled with it but I guess it's cute. Hope you enjoy it.

Another Flutter!

Happy Sunday! We are 5 inches deep with snow. It's so beautiful, especially looking out back onto the hillside all covered in white. I just love it. The boys had a blast yesterday sledding. The stores were all sold out of sleds so they ended up using our floaties from the pool. Those $1 floaties gave us a years worth of fun, whoda though!

Now onto my card! I used Textured cardstock from the jewel pack from Walmart for the base. I "mistakenly" made these butterflies! It was the leftovers from a butterfly cut from Cricut's Stamping cartridge. I dropped my ink block and walla a new idea. I used it to mask off some more buttrflies and added the tail from some miscellaneous stamps I have. Then I backed it with handmade paper from Paper Passport's Collage pad of golds & silvers. I'm entering it into the Flutterby Weekly href="http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/">

Hope you have a fabulous Sunday!
Jen

First Card Entry

This is my very first challenge entry. I'm so excited that I'm pushing myself to do more. Whatever I can do to keep my thoughts on something other than pain is good for my soul! So I'm taking on some challenges and hoping that it forces me to do better! I'm entering it in the following two challenges this week:

FlutterBy Wednesday's
Mojo Monday

This is my entry for the Mojo Monday123 challenge. Click here to check it out They wanted you to do either a circle or rectangle card this week. So I attempted both. The fairy girl is from "A Child's Year" cartridge and the hearts are from "Accent Essentials", The paper is from Colorbok and the stamped sentiments are from Heidi Grace Stamps. I embossed and added glitter to her wings and also glittered the hearts. Tryin to add more bling to my stuff.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great Tuesday!