Teddy Bo!

GOOD MORNING!

It's another gloriously sunny day here in Tennessee.  Our grill out yesterday was fantastic.  DH grilled up venison steaks to perfection and along with some spuds and corn who could ask for more!  I also got a cute little coffee mug that is made of chalkboard.  So my boys each wrote me a message on it to enjoy while I drink my luscious coffee - yummmmmmmy A big HAPPY VALENTINES TO YOU AND YOURS!!

I've had this little cutie colored up for a couple weeks now and was looking through my stash of papers for the perfect match. (Since I didn't pick papers first -sheesh!)  I finally chose these, which were from my scrap bin so I can't remember who they're by.  Dang it!  I followed the sketch over at Friday Sketchers.  The circle sentiment is from Bizzy Bec's and was a freebie.  I'm using one of the new Teddy Bo's by Gayle, I just love them!  This one is "Teddy Bea", which I won on a challenge.  I colored her with my Prisma's and was pleased with the way she turned out.  I hope you enjoy her too!

Challenges entered:

Teddy Bo - Pink, use Teddy Bo image

Friday Sketchers - sketch

Whimsie Doodles - Red and white

Colour Create - Chocolate Strawberry Cream

Stamp-N-Doodle - Red Pink White plus one

Fuzzy Wuzzy - Birthday Wishes

Really Reasonable ribbon - Pink Red and White

Sentimental Sundays - Red Pink and White

Thanks so much for taking the time to look and visit with me!  Have a fab-u-lous day!

Hugs - Jen

I Love Ewe

Good morning and happy Wednesday!  It looks like the snow is letting up around here.  It's still colder than a "you know what"!  The kids are out of school again today.  Maybe they'll be going back tomorrow.  It sure is different here in the south.  Up north we went to school anyway.  But the roads do seem to be more icy rather than slushy.  Oh well, gives me plenty of time in the craft room, right!?!

I just wanted to say that I am really enjoying my new followers.  Ya'll are the best!  I've found tons of new talent and ideas and I'm lovin looking through the blogs.  Keep comin by!

I have this darling little sheep from Designed2Delight to share with you today.  I colored her in pink for Valentines Day.  There's still time to pick her up if you haven't already.  She's free here.

Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for The Hodge Podge Shop's new challenge.  And then on Thursday is my other DT, DZ Doodles.  There's so much happening you won't want to miss it. 

I also found another new challenge site called Teddy Bo.  Gayle has the most adorable little bears over there.  You definitely want to check them out!

I think that covers my announcements for this week.  Have a fabulous day!

Recipe:

Image - Designed2Delight

Papers - Momenta (Flirt Collection)

Ribbon - Walmart

Challenges entered:

Delightful Challenges - Buttons

Digi Doodle Shops Best - Buttons

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Designed2Delight - Use free image

Hodge Podge Blue and Silver Challenge

Good morning and happy Thursday!  It's time for another challenge at the The Hodge Podge Shop.  We're slowly growing and Margaret has added several new images to the shop.  All images are priced at $2.50, go check them out here!

This week's challenge is to use Blue and Silver.  When I saw this adorable carousel I couldn't resist coloring her up!  I'm sending it to my BFF's granddaughter.  I used my Prisma's to color it.  Since Margaret's images are usually pretty detailed you don't have to add much.  That's one thing I like, especially if I'm in a hurry.  I chose to use the sketch from Friday Sketchers and I just love all the layering.  I used my Cricut and cut out the swirly tree and snowflake.  Then I sprayed them and the background embossed papers with my shimmers mist and added some silver glitter.  I was covered in glitter by the time I was done with this one - LOL.  I chose the dark chocolate cardstock to back everything I thought it went well as a finishing color.  Make sure you pop over and leave some love for my DT sisters too!

I decided to postpone my blog candy till the first of the year with everything that has happened this month.  So be sure and watch my posts.  Have a fabulous day my girlies!!

Recipe:

Image - Hodge Podge Shop

Paper - K&Company

Cricut cartridge - Christmas Noel

Ribbon - RRR

Embellies - Gems by Prima

Challenges Entered

The Hodge Podge Shop - Blue and Silver

Simon Says Stamp - Blue, silver and white

Friday Sketchers - sketch

Sending Christmas Hugs

It's Monday again.  I've been missing in action all weekend.  There was a little flu bug that came to visit and kept us all pretty quiet.  Thank goodness it left this morning.  I wanted to give a quick update that my grandmother's masectomy surgery went well.  They got the results back and she is now once again cancer free!  Thanks to all of you who kept us in your thoughts and prayers.  Prayer is a powerful thing isn't it?!?

I have s cute little snowman today from Sassy Cheryl's called "Jumping Jack Santa". Isn't he just adorable?  I followed the sketch at Friday Sketches and incorporated several other challenges in this one too.  I opted to color my santa in Raspberry Red and added flitter to his clothes and beard and added some flock to his fuzzy parts!  He's just so happy how  could he not put a smile on your face. 

FYI - My neighbors daughter, Wednesday who's 4, comes over to watch cartoons and visit a couple times a week.  We are at the "I Want Everything" stage.  I have started a "list" for her and when she wants something (which is every commercial" we just add it to the list and then she gets to choose what she really wants.  The best part is that she gives me a list for her older brother too.  Why do they have so many toys available to buy?  What child needs 10 Dora dolls!!!!  And what's with Black Friday being every day in November???? 

Challenges entered:

Sassy Cheryl's - Use ribbon or tulle

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Totally Gorjuss - Traditional Christmas

Stamp something - Use a digi

Digital Tuesday - Never used stash plus a digi (Paper is from DCWV I got last year)

Hope you are having a wonderful start to your week!

Hugs - Jen

Basket full of Blessings

This image reminds me of our family.  Thanksgiving has always been a time of year to spend with family.  My family is over 3,000 miles away and it's during the holidays I miss them most.  My mother-in-law was always busy in the kitchen whipping something up.  While us girls sat around the island and cut vegetables or mixed dips enjoying conversation.  We enjoyed her canning and were thankful for the harvest they raised that year.  She introduced me to all kinds of foods, rather than the typical meat and potatoes.  I even eat onions now.  Thanks to her love and support I now do my own canning, but it would be much for fun if we were in her kitchen instead of mine! That's the reason I chose "Baking Some Smiles" for my sentiment, which is from Bethany and Elegant Word Art2.  Bethany shares her life on her blog and at the end of every day she has a free sentiment that corresponds to something that happens in her day. 

The image is from Designed2Delight, called "Harvest Basket".  The first free digi in the progressive monthly challenge.  I followed the sketch at Friday Sketchers.  It really threw me for a loop cause there were so many layers to it.  The image is a bit busy already with all the veggies in the basket so I wasn't sure how I was gonna pull it all together.  But I choose my challenges first and make my card according to them.  It's a challenge in itself sometimes.  I went back to my scrap bin and started rifling through the papers to find something that would work.  Usually I choose them first then match the Prisma's.  Oh dear, I'm all backwards tonight!  I added some cuttlebugging too, as if it wasn't busy enough already - LOL.  This was a stretch for me because I like everything even and matching and in it's right place.  The purple was a stretch because I only used it on the eggplant but it seemed to work.  Hmmmmm, well let me know what you think.  Sorry I'm babbling on.......

Recipe:

Image - Designed2Delight

Paper - stash

Flower Embellies - from my bottle swap

Challenges Entered:

Double Delight - Use given image

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Sew Many Cards - Fall

Digi Doodle Shop - Fall/Autumn

Delightful Inspiration - Use Image

I have some wonderful blog candy I won to share with you later this week too.  Have a wonderful evening or morning, depending on where you are!

Hugs - Jen

Christmas Ballerina

Hi again! LOL  Awhile back I won the Mo's Digital Two blog hop and got to choose an image.  I chose "Bella Loves Christmas".  She's so sweet and and colors up beautifully.  This time I used Friday Sketchers for my sketch.  I love all the layers.    I also tried out a new product from memories2embellish called Shimmery Misting Spray.  The one I used on this card was "winter ice".  You can see it in the next picture better.  It really adds alot to your image or paper or embellishment. 

Recipe:

Paper - Greetings of the Season from Hobby Lobby

Flowers - Prima

Ribbon - Walmart

Embellies - gems, Shimmer Mist (Winter Ice), Prisma Pencils

Challenges Entered:

DP2 Mo's - Pick a season (Christmas)

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Paper Romance - Pleated Ribbon

Charisma Cards - Match Master (Card and Envelope)

Don't forget to join us for our first ever Blog Hop tomorrow over at the Hodge Podge Shop!

Have a "witchin" Halloween

Hi everybody.  A quick post before I head off to bed.  I had a wonderful weekend with my family.  My son's girlfriend joined us for a day of movies and fun.  She was gone for a week at the National FFA convention.  You know FFA in Washington state was something you didn't tell people you  were part of.  But here in the South it's completely different.  The kids are proud to be a part of it.  And your not cool if you aren't a member.  Weird how that works.  My son is a member too, just not an officer.  It will definitely help him when he starts college next year!

Anyway, on to my card.  I used Michelle Perkett's image "Happy Halloween Witch".  Isn't she cute?  I colored her in orange and greens.  She has a bunch of sparkle from my gel pens but it didn't show up very well in this picture.  I followed the sketch at Friday Sketchers.  The papers are from Echo Park.  I got this pack for like $3 from My Sheri Crafts.  It was just 1/4 of each page in a pack.  Let me tell you I have made SEVERAL cards with this pack and still enough paper for several more.  What a great idea to get to try out different designer papers at a fraction of the cost for whole sheets.  Uh oh, I'm supposed to be off already.  I guess I'm not very good at short postings!

Sweet Dreams or daily snoozes, depending on your time zone!
Jen

Challenges Entered:
Michelle Perkett - Witches or Halloween Images
Paper funtastics - orange,green,black
Friday Sketchers - sketch
My Sheri Crafts - Halloween

Shower

It's almost Friday! Yay.  Well,  batteries in my camera just died so I guess my day went from bad to worse!  The rest of my posts will have to wait until tomorrow now.  I'm afraid this picture isn't the greatest but at least I can get it up today and then fix the pciture later.  I have a digi image from Belles and Whistles today.  I can't even remember where I got it, I think it was CDAC or PCP, one of those.  Anyway, it's so beautiful.  I had these great papers from Basic Grey to work with.  At first I thought I'd make a birthday card but by the time it got done it definitely looks more like a shower card.  I used the excess scraps to make those flowers.  I had a couple yellow ones in my stash but they were too bright so I used my alabaster chalks to lighten them up just a bit.  I hit the bows and edges of the flowers with some stickles, just enough to give it a little sparkle.  The sketch I followed is from Friday Sketchers.  I seem to always get that in at the last minute, oh well.

Have a great day and I'll be back in the morning with some batteries.  And don't forget to hop over to the Hodge Podge and join in the challenge there!  There's some yummy stuff coming up so make sure your following it so you don't miss out.

Hugs - Jen
Challenges entered:
Friday Sketchers - sketch
Colour Create - Color scheme
Simon says stamp and show - recipe

Fall Leaves and Announcement!!

Here's my second post for today. This image is "Acorns" and it's from the Digi Doodle Shop. It's that time of year when the trees start changing and the temperature drops and we can smell that wonderful fall aroma. We're FINALLY experiencing some cooler weather. We haven't been over 80 in the last couple days and it's been so nice.

I colored it with my Prisma's. The design paper is from my Swirlydoo kit. I embossed the cardstock with some vines and added some green ribbon to match the leaves. Then I cut some leaves to add to my Prisma petals and finished it off with some green gems. I really loved this sketch. It was very easy to do and I love the finished look of it.

Now for my BIG news! I was accepted on the Hodge Podge Design Team! My first design team EVER! I'm so excited. I know the work of several of the other DT's as well and you are in for a treat. The challenges are starting on October 7th here. Pop over and get some images so you're ready to play! Here's the shop. I've been working on some cards, but you'll have to wait to see them! He He He

Thanks!

Jen

Challenges entered:

Friday Sketchers - sketch

Digi Doodle Shop - Embossing

Simon Says Challenge - Picture inspiration

Mr. Straw

Today I have a cute image from Digital Delights by Louby Lou called "Mr. Straw". He's the September freebie and I decided to whip up a cute halloweenie card with him. He's colored with my prisma's. I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers. My papers are from DCWV Autumn pack. I added some great ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon and topped it off with some flowers and a button from my stash. I hope you like it.

Here's the challenges I entered it in:

Digital Delights by Louby Lou - Use September Image

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Sew Many Challenges - Halloween themed project

Get Well Card

I haven't played with my Karen's Doodles images in awhile and they were feelin a bit neglected. This is one of the very first images I ever got and I just love it. I used paper from my DCWV, summer pack. Colored my image "A friend in Need" with my prisma's. I made my tag from left over scraps of paper, including the flowers and ribbon. The button was from a mix of gems pack I got somewhere. Here's the challenges I'm entering it into:

Karen's Doodles - Polka Dots
Stamp Scrap and Doodle - Get well or Good luck card
Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Thanks so much for stoppin by!
Jen

Playing Farmville

Morning! This card was inspired by my bestie! Her birthday is tomorrow, the BIG 40! Ha, I still have a couple years.. She is completely addicted to Farmville on Facebook. I have to admit I was too for awhile. I flew back to stay a week with her earlier this year and we'd get ourselves all setup at the dining room table with our coffee and laptops and farm and visit and laugh. It was an absolute blast. We'd even schedule what we were doing around our crops! LOL So this card totally fits her! I kept going back and forth between a mushy one and this one, but if you know us, you know this fits!

So I used the image "Checking Facebook" from Mo's Store. So totally my Jocie, right down to the hairstyle, glasses, robe and slippers! LOL I colored her up with my prisma's and added the sentiment from TLC Creations. Isn't it just perfect for this image. Paullette takes requests. You send her an image and she makes a sentiment for you. So great! I followed the sketch challenge at Friday Sketchers. I got this papaer pack kit as a gift I believe it's by My Mind's Eye.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope it's a wonderful Sunday for all filled with tons of blessings!

Hugs - Jen