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

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

Happy Thanksgiving!

Good Morning and a Happy Sunday to ya!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful day  and thanking the Lord for all their many blessings.  In today's economy so many of us are struggling and facing hardships.  It's important to stop and look around you for all the many blessings that we may overlook.  One blessing we are having is that our garden is still producing, belive it or not.  I canned over 10 cases of salsa, tomatoe juice, and tomatoe sauce this summer.  I thought I was done, but our vines are crawling with tomatoes AGAIN!  Our peppers are still going strong even with 35 degree weather last week.  We have made our own pepper mixes and smoked chipotle peppers.  We've been able to share tons of fruit and vegetables with coworkers and friends that needed it.  One small blessing for us meant blessings for others too.  Take a minute and leave me a comment for what your blessed with today!

I have a Karen's Doodles image today "Scarecrow Girl".  I've used her before but she's so fun to color and I wanted to try her out in blues this time.  I continued the pattern on the inside and added a tag that reads "Thanksgiving Wishes".  My papers are from DCWV and the flowers are miscellaneous Prima.  I distressed all the edges with blue to continue the flow.  I know it's not contemporary Thanksgiving colors but I really like it nonetheless.

May each of you be blessed in some small way today!
Jen

Challenges Entered:
Karen's Doodles - Distressing
Midnight Madness - Sketch
Simon Says - Thanksgiving
Wildflower Patch - Twine
Stampin for the Weekend - Halloween or Thanksgiving
Penny's Paper Crafty - So long as it flies (my little birdie flies)

Special Post!

Hello to all my scrappy friends out there!  I haven't been online very much this week.  But I have been busy.  Getting presents that is.  I wanted to share with you a couple RAKS I recieved over the last couple weeks.

This first one was a blog candy gift I won during the Mo's Blog Hop. It comes from Paola, all the way from South Africa. I wanted to share the beautiful card she made me along with all the goodies included in it. Thank you Paola!! You're an inspiration and have turned out to be a great friend.

Next up was a Bottle Swap I did with the girls at Serenity Scrappers.  They are so much fun and a great group to work with and get inspired by.  My swap partner was Laura and she went a bit overboard! LOL  We were supposed to use a 20ounce bottle but I think her's was like a gallon or something because it was huge and had lots of really cool stuff in it.  You've seen some of it used already.  Thank you so much Laura!

I recently got a Secret Pal.  I'm so excited.  We will be pals for one year and I am so looking forward to getting to know my special pal.  I'll post what my pal sends me but you won't be able to see what I send her for obvious reasons! Ireceived a beautiful pumpkin card from her.  I understand this is the Iris fold.  I have no idea how to do this but obviously she does and does it well.  Whoever she is she's VERY talented! 

One last thing, I'll be posting something sweet on November 1 so make sure you check back for updates.  Believe me when I say you don't want to miss it.  Have a fabulous week ladies!
Jen

We all sing for Ice Cream!

It's our second challenge here at the Hodge Podge Shop this week. Thanks to all of you who joined in last weeks challenge! It was great getting to see your creations.

To celebrate we are having a 25% off sale

from today until the end of the month!

Use Coupon Code - novdis

Now for Challenge #2 - Monochromatic

I love monochromatic cards!

The randomly chosen winner will receive 2 images of their choice from our shop. If you use a Hodge Podge Shop image on your creation you will win 3 images! Go here to get one of our freebies! It will be available for one week.

Our DT will choose a TOP THREE.

Here's my card for this week. I hope you enjoy it. I used the "Ice Cream Cone" The papers are from my PaperMakeup Kit and the sentiments are stickers by Creative Imaginations. I followed the sketch at Sunday Sketch and Stamp. Thanks for stopping by!



Challenges entered:

Sunday Sketch and Stamp - sketch

Magic Genie

Hello and a happy Sunday to ya!  It's a busy weekend around here.  I had time to slip in this post real quick and then I'm off again.  Just a reminder about the new challenges going on at the Hodge Podge Challenge site.  There will be a new challenge this coming Thursday.  I know that Shelley has yummy stuff coming up so you definitely wanna pay attention!

This image is "Genie Oil Lantern" of course from the Hodge Podge Shop.  I colored it up to match the gorgeous papers from Basic Grey's, Eva collection.  It's one of my favorites.  I added some buttons and ribbon and that's about it.  The sketch is from MOJO Monday.

Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment on my cards.  I really appreciate everything you have to say.

Hugs - Jen

Challenges entered:
MOJO Monday - Sketch
Paper Romance - Buttons

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