GDT at Michelle Perkett!

Hello and Happy Thursday! 

 I was asked to do a guest spot at Michelle Perkett and of course who could say no to this fabulous artist!!  I used her "Thanks Mum" image to go along with their challenge this week which is "Thanks Mom".  You can join in here.

This card is made with items from various swaps that I have received.  The ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the the butterfly is from Mariposa.  I used my Prisma's and my glitter liner for the image and some bling highlighting on the flowers.  I used a brad on my ribbon and hung my sentiment off that.  I believe the sentiment is from Paullette over at TLC, but I can't verify it because I haven't gotten my system fully fixed and that's where the file is.  So my apologies if I get it wrong. 

Thanks for stopping by and please do take some time to look through Michelle's images here and pick up a couple for yourself.  She is one of those talents that you know immediately who's work it is when you see it.  Love it!

Challenges entered:

Midnight Madness - Sketch

Flutterbye - Anything goes with Wings

Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Pick 3: Ribbon,Flowers,Glitter

Kaboodle Doodles - Girly

Creative Inspiration - Mothers Day

Digi's With Attitude - Anything Goes

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!!

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

Happy New Year Friends

When I think "Happy New Year", I think of my friends and family and how lucky I am to have them.  So I made this card with that in mind.  Michelle Perkett's image "Holly Fairy".  It's actually a Christmas stamp, but it works for so many other things too.  I colored her with my Prisma's and then added some Diamond Dust to edges of her dress and snow on the branches.  I stippled the background with Colorbok.  Then I used Creative Imaginations paper to follow the sketch at Sweet Stop.  That flower which matches everything perfectly is from Prima.  Hope you enjoy her.

Challenges Entered:

Michelle Perkett - Happy New Year

Sweet stop - Sketch

Stamp Something - Use a digi

Make it Crafty - Use cool or warm colors (I chose cool)

My Sheri Crafts - Winter(snow and New Years)

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

Autumn Blessings

Hey blogland!  It's been a week since I've been down with this darn kidney infection.  It's better but I'm still feelin weak and nauseous.  I'm sure that's normal though.  I'm post-poning my blog candy till next week so I can get some proper pictures together.

I hope everyone had a wonderful and productive halloween.  It was very quiet here.  The only kids we had were the two little ones that live next door.  They sure were cute though.  I think maybe next year I'll go over to a friends just so I can all the little ones dressed up.  I love to see what everybody's costumes are.  And at least I have candy for my boys' lunches, that'll be a treat.

I have Michelle Perkett image today "Autumn Stamp".  She's a lovely Autumn goddess.  I followed the sketch at the Pixie Cottage.  It just seemed right for her. 

Recipe:

Image - Michelle Perkett

Paper - K&Company

Flower - Prima

Embellies - My Big Idea

Challenges Entered:

Michelle Perkett - Autumn leaves or fall colors - I did both

Pixie Cottage - Sketch

Polka Doodles - Autumn/Fall

Thanks to everyone who stopped by last week and left me some love.  I really appreciated it!  And a warm thank you for all the prayers and love sent our way for my grandmothers masectomy coming up on Friday.  Her and my mother were both touched by your comments.  A very special thank you to my Secret Pal, your card and letter were so thoughtful.  I treasure the friendship we are growing even though I don't know who you are!

Much Love -

Jen

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

Under the Sea

I have been fond of Michelle Perkett images ever since I saw my blogger friend Debbie use them. She is so creative with them I just fell in love. So this is my very first attempt at one of her gorgeous girls. I decided since there was an Under the Sea challenge going on at Magical Mondays that I'd use "Princess Oceana" and combine them. Lollipop and Michelle's both wanted bling and sparkle, I hope I accomplished that too.

I used my Prisma blues to color her hair and threw in a bit of green. Reminded me of seaweed. There's a fab tutorial by Marion here that I followed. Then I used my Viva Pearl Pen on the "bubbles" and finished those off with Glossy Accents for a 3D look. Then I mounted her on this fab Basic Grey paper. Doesn't it look like fish scales?!! For the final touches I got out My Creative Scrapbook Kit and found some Prima's and gems that went perfect.

I really hope you like her. Thanks for stoppin by!

Jen

This card is entered in the following challenges:

Michelle Perkett - Girlie with Bling

Lollipop Crafts - Sparkly!

Magical Mondays - Under the Sea