Snowman

My oh My, if I didn't know better I'd say it's snowin, just a little tiny bit.  The wind kicked up the temperature dropped and it's just blustery outthere!  This is post number 3 for today.  Scroll down and have a look at my other posts, if you have time!

Here's the progressive freebie from SNB Shop called "Follow the Star".  In order to qualify for next week's freebie you must use this weeks and post a card or project.  You can find out the details here.  I'll be posting my Designed2Delight weekly progressive card next.

Recipe:

Image - Stretch N Bubbles

Paper - DCWV - last year

Ribbon - Really Reasonable Ribbon

Challenges Entered:

Stretch N Bubble - Use image

Get Sketchy - sketch

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Toodles! - Jen

Made with scraps!

Good Morning!  I wanted to challenge myself to using up some of my scraps.  Lately the scrap pile has been getting a bit large.  So I reorganized it in hopes that I will go there first! Yeah, right, but I can try anyway - LOL

But this card I did make completely out of things from my scrap bin.  This is an adorable picture from Stretch N Bubbles. It was offered as a freebie this week you can find it at the SNB Shop.  I just love freebies!  I made him into rudolph because I wanted to play along at Southern Girls too and they had a transport theme.  Who better to do transporting at this time of year but Rudolph!  Then Polka Doodles was looking for a quick and easy card and this definitely falls into that!  I followed this easy sketch at Get Sketchy and since the image is quite simple it was a breeze to color.  Using my bow easy made the ribbon (RRR) look beautiful.  I was able to embellish it and still had it done within half an hour.  Easy Peasy!

Recipe:

All from my stash!

And the two little ribbons on top of my image were the ends cut off from the ribbon at the bottom.  No waste!

Challenges Entered:

Stretch N Bubblse - Use image given

Southern Girls - Transport (Rudolph transports Santa!)

Get Sketchy - Sketch

Polka Doodles - Quick and Easy Christmas

Thanks for stopping by!

Beary Beautiful

***UPDATE***

Surgery is over and Grandma Dottie is resting.  We won't know anymore until the oncologist has a chance to look over everything.  Thank you so much for your prayers for my family.  It means the world to me that people I've never met would take time to think of us.  God Bless you all!

Good Morning and a happy Friday!  Any exciting plans for the weekend? It's supposed to get down to 29 tonight.  Coldest night yet.  I need to dig up my banana trees and bring in my aloe vera.  I have two knockout roses that aren't in the ground yet.  Anybody know what I should do with those?  My son got them for me and I just haven't decided where to plant them yet.

Today is the day of my grandmothers surgery.  Our prayers are with you Grandma Dottie and mom you too.  I know this has been hard on you as well.  Thank goodness grandma has you.  And you're training me in the process! LOL  I love you both.

Okay, on to the reason you're here.....my card!  This is a sweet image from Phindy's Place called "Beary Beautiful".  I followed the Get Sketchy sketch, but once again I'm not sure if I'll get it posted in time.  I think that's 3 weeks in a row now.  Better get on it better!  It doesn't show up great in the picture but I cut two triangles and then punched the edges with my stamp (not sure what it's called...sorry), then I ran this pretty fiber that matched the colors through it like a lace.  I added a bow at each end to finish it off.  I looked really pretty until I realized I was covering most of it up with my image.  Oh well.  Thanks for stopping.  Tomorrow I have a Michelle Perkett image I used and it turned out beautiful.  Hope you stop back by.

Recipe:

Papper - Basic Gray, Eva Collection

Image - Phindy's Place "Beary Beautiful"

Embellishments - gems, fiber and ribbon from my stash

Challenges entered:

Phindy's Place - 3-2-1 Recipe

Get Sketchy - Sketch

Clearly Delightful - Stitching
Sassy Studio Designs - Stitching

Happy Crafting!

Jen

Cheers

It is a WINDY AND BLISTERY day here in Tennessee!  We are under Tornado Watch till this evening.  It's hot and muggy and windy and I can't believe how much those trees are bending at the moment.  Just crazy.  My poor dogs are going crazy.  They hate storms.  We don't have any rain yet, but did yesterday.  Definitely not a day you want to be out and about.  Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll let my hubby come home early today.  Yeah right!!  The last two major tornadoes we went through were within 3 miles of our home.  I'd be really happy if we did not have any touchdowns today!

I have a fun halloween card for you today.  I used "Vampire Lilith" from Lil Lolitta.  I used more paper from my Echo Park pack. After I followed the sketch at Get Sketchy I felt it still needed a little something.  So I added the googlie eyed stars.  They're fun!  Hope you enjoy it. 

Stay warm and safe on this blistery day!
Hugs - Jen

Challenges Entered:
Colour Create - Purple, Aqua and white
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Halloween
Get Sketchy - sketch
Paper Kutz - Halloween with shapes

Monochromatic Apples

Good morning and Happy Hump Day! I made my first attempt at a monochromatic card today. I think they're absolutely gorgeous when done the right way. Now this one isn't on that level, just a fun one. I hope to play with this technique again soon.

I used MelJen's "Little Apple Worms". Colored with my Prisma's. I used these gorgeous papers from Cosmo Cricket's, Double Deck of Girl Friday and Everafter. I followed the sketch from Get Sketchy . I pick my sketches based on which one I think will fit the overall card and image I'm using. It's a pretty simple card really, not a lot of fluff and bling.

I'm brand new to spellbinders and would really appreciate any tips anyone has to offer me. When I ran it through my cuttlebug the first time and the cutting pad made that sound I almost screamed! Is it supposed to make an impring of your spellbinder? I followed the directions. I also found directions for using the sizzix templates in my cuttlebug if anyone is interested. Just let me know.

Your comments mean the world to me, thanks for taking the time to leave one!

~Jen

Challenges entered:

MelJen's - Monochromatic, no glitter

Stampin for the Weekend - Autumn

Get Sketchy - Sketch