Wednesday, July 31

DOILIES, BUTTONS, RHINESTONES AND RIBBON...

Here is a simple but pretty card I put together this morning.  I used one of the new tea doilies which are available in a pack of 25 for $2.95.  I used the En Francais background stamp in Pink Pirouette, layered against black and a pink pirouette card base.  I put a few black rhinestones in a swirl on the doily.




 I added a 1" pink stitched ribbon and two buttons with a clear rhinestone in the middle.



 The sentiment is WISH BIG cut with the window punch and tied under the button with some bakers twine.  Oh yes, I also added a pink brad next to the sentiment.

I don't use pink pirouette ink very often because it is so light.  But here the softness of the ink works great, I believe, and gave me the look I wanted.

Thanks for stopping by!!

I have entered this card at:

Technostamper: Monday Lunch Sketch

Retro Sketches Challenge

Mojo Monday Challenge



Tuesday, July 30

SNEEK PEAK AT NEW HOLIDAY ITEMS

Here is an unusual fellow we saw yesterday morning on my husband's car antenna.  Yes, he is alive and real. We googled him and he is a Gold Winged Orange Skimmer Dragonfly.  Not supposed to be in Texas, they live in Mexico, but with climate changes, etc, no one told him!!  They are also found in Eastern Coastal US.




JUST A FEW MORE DAYS AND THEN YOU CAN START ORDERING FROM THE NEW HOLIDAY CATALOG.  YIPPEE!!

Here is a card I made using a new single stamp called HALLOWEEN HAPPINESS.  So Cute!!
 This is the cutest fall stamp set.  I stamped it on yellow card stock with pumpkin pie ink, then I used markers to color the stem, vine and leaves for some detail.

 I then stamped a second time with versamark and used tangerine tango embossing powder on the jack o lantern and cut him out.  I used stampin dimensionals to pop him up.  Sponged around the edge of the square piece and attached to a piece of the NEW Halloween DSP.

This is a fun fold card and I half opened it so you could see that it is a different shape and size.  Some more DSP inside and a piece of yellow sponged with pumpkin inside for you to write your note.  Black polka dot ribbon on the front with a candy dot of pumpkin to finish it off.

I am entering this card at
Late Night Stampers:  Fancy Folds Challenge.

RETRO SKETCHES 75

If you need a Holiday Catalog and do not as yet have a demonstrator, I would love to mail you a catalog and/or help you with your order.

Thanks for visiting.




Sunday, July 28

NEW PRODUCT AVAILABLE AUGUST 1ST - THINLITS DIES

NEW! Stampin' Up! Thinlits Card Dies
Available August 1, 2013
They've been called flip cards, flip flop cards, swing cards, and more-but they have always been a bit tricky to create. Not anymore! Our amazing new Thinlits Card Dies (available Aug. 1) cut and score to create a card that flips in just one step.
Item
Description
Price
Label Card Thinlits Die
$32.95
Circle Card Thinlits Die
$32.95
These new card dies come with extra die pieces that have versatile designs, so you can use them on other projects, not just flip cards. (The Circle Card Thinlits Die comes with 10 total pieces; the Label Card Thinlits Die comes with 9 total pieces.)

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GET READY TO ORDER THESE THINLITS STARTING AUGUST 1st.


Friday, July 26

CREATING ARTISTIC BACKGROUND WITH SEVERAL STAMPS

I love to combine several different stamps to make my cards.  It is a freeing activity to create my own conglomeration to be my background.

 I love these postage stamps and punches.  It feels like I am using antique stamps from my stamp collection.

 I love this natural lace trim. It totally works with the colors in this card.


Crumb cake, early espresso, baked brown sugar, very vanilla are the colors on this fun card.

I am entering this card at:

CASual Fridays using numbers

Tuesday, July 23

I AM BACK AND A FUN PROJECT FOR HALLOWEEN

HELLO BLOGGIES:  We are back from our Caribbean Cruise!!  We had a wonderful time and really enjoyed ourselves.  The "fun day at sea" (a full travel day each way) was perfect for us to relax, talk, read, people watch, explore the boat, etc.  I thought it would be boring but it absolutely was NOT.  It was perfect!!

The employees aboard the cruise were so friendly and so fun to be around.  Many of them remembered our names and said hello whenever we saw them.  That made it feel like we were with friends!!

We swam with the dolphins in Cozumel and that was the most amazing part of our trip.  They are so gentle and yet so powerful.  When they pulled us around, it was at top speed and so exciting!!

Yesterday, after doing ALL THE LAUNDRY that accumulated from cruising, I started working on my upcoming classes.  Here is a Halloween Banner I created that was so FUN to make:

 Each pennant of the banner started with a 5 x 7 piece of designer paper and then I "WENT WILD".  It was so fun to just pick and choose what I would do with each letter!!

 This is a little closer so you can see more of the detail.  On the "S", I made a bunting (like a medallion but only 1/2 of it).  I also used the NEW HALLOWEEN WASHI TAPE that is in the HOLIDAY CATALOG which starts AUGUST 1ST.


I made banners on my banners!  Used DSP and Washi Tape all over!!  My letters are from my BIG SHOT AND DIES.  LOVE IT.

Want to take the class?  Shoot me an email to reserve your spot.  It will be in August.

Want to purchase the kit?  I am offering the complete kit for you to create your own banner in the comfort of your home for only $20 plus shipping.

Thanks for stopping by to visit.  IF you need any SU supplies, won't you consider purchasing them from me?  Just click on my signature below to go to my Stampin' Up! store.

Stay creative!!

I entered my project at:

SIMPLY CREATE TOO


Monday, July 22

MY PAPER PUMPKIN KIT AT A SPECIAL PRICE FOR TWO MONTHS

WOW!!  My Paper Pumpkin Kits have been discounted to NEW SUBSCRIBERS for TWO MONTHS ONLY special price of only $10/month.  Isn't that amazing??!!  This special is to entice new subscribers to try My Paper Pumpkin Kits and to see what wonderful creations can be made with your monthly kit.

Q:  HOW CAN I GET THIS SPECIAL PRICE?

Answer:  You just visit mypaperpumpkin.com, click on "Join Now" and enter all of your information (especially make sure you choose ME as your demonstrator:  JENNIFER KAY, WOODLANDS, TEXAS. 

Make sure you select "1" as the quantity for monthly kits and enter the coupon code:

 PUMPKINDEAL 

in the promo code box which is located just below the kit quantity. You will then finish with payment information and click "Submit." You will receive a confirmation and a request to set up a password. You can return and do that at any time.

(If after two months you decide NOT to continue your subscription, you go back in to mypaperpumpkin.com and change your quantity to "0".)


At this wonderful special price, I AM GOING TO SUBSCRIBE MYSELF SO I CAN HAVE THESE KITS.

The first kit includes a "C" acrylic block for your stamps.  ONLY this first intro kit includes the block.  After that, it will include stamps, Stampin' Ink Spots, paper, stickers, accessories, etc. but NO acrylic block.

If you have any further questions that are not answered at the paperpumpkin webnsite, please contact me and I will be happy to help you.

Thank you for considering me as your SU demonstrator,.  I sincerely appreciate your support.

Thanks for visiting my blog!!

Friday, July 12

PERFECT TIME TO JOIN MY STAMPIN' UP! TEAM

STAMPIN' UP! has just announced a special for ONE MONTH ONLY for anyone who joins my SU team of demonstrators.  For ONLY $99, you receive $125 of product OF YOUR CHOICE as well as an AMAZING KIT AS FOLLOWS:




New recruits get to pick one of four project kits for free in addition to their starter kit when they join Stampin' Up!  You ALSO get free shipping on your complete kit!!

Dates: July 15-August 31, 2013

Kit Options:
The first three project kits are from the holiday catalog and the last option is from the annual catalog.


Option
Kit Description
Item
Total Value
1
Build a Banner Simply Created Kit AND 
Halloween Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit
133507
132698
$29.90
2
Build a Banner Simply Created Kit AND 
Christmas Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit
133507
132697
$29.90
3
Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit
133463
$19.95
4
Tag a Bag Bundle AND
Tag a Box Bundle
131371
131372
$22.45
You may sign up by clicking my signature line below and then go to JOIN NOW, or you may email me and I will answer any questions you have before you sign up.

As always, there is NEVER obligation to purchase at any time, BUT your first order after your starter kit is work a 30% discount if you order $150 or more.  AND every other order you decide to submit STARTS at a discount of 20%.

I would LOVE to have you join my Team of fun gals who get together and "play" with stamps and paper!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Thursday, July 11

World Treasures Peacock

I loved this stamp set so much I purchased it, but then others were easier to work with so this cute peacock sat on my shelf for several months.  I just discovered it and knew it needed some LOVE.

I stamped the peacock 3 times - pacific point, daffodil yellow and elegant eggplant.  I cut the layers apart.

 Then I used a paper doily and glued the layers back on, but spread out so that the peacock is much bigger than the simple stamped one.  I sponged gumball green along the edges of the paper doily.  And I hope you can see this in my photo - I pierced scallops along the edge of the peacock on the daffodil card base.


 I think you can see better the paper piercing on the right side of the spread out feathers of my peacock.


Two strips of feather themed DSP and a simple message and I was done.  What do you think?  I love how large the peacock turned out.  That is just what I was hoping for.

Thanks for stopping by.  Come on back again to see more fun creations.  And if you need supplies of any kind, just click below to go to my SU shop.

Entered at:

Color Throwdown Birthday Challenge

Friday Mashup

Wednesday, July 10

I DIG YOU

This is the cutest little garden shoves and sentiment.  I just had to get this stamp set.  It is called TAG IT.


Wild Wasabi and basic black are the two colors of this card.  I used embossing powder on the shovels and on the small flower pot in the upper right hand corner.

Here is a closer photo so you can see the cute sentiment.  I DIG YOU.  corny and cute
I used the labels framelits and made it the size I needed.

I knew I wanted to keep it clean and simple, but I needed something else on the card, so I stamped the pot and flower from the Create a Pennant stamp set and embossed it with melon mambo and early espresso powder. (At the Addicted to Stamps and More challenge it was supposed to be chocolate chip and pink pirouette, but these colors are VERY CLOSE).


I used hemp for the embellishment and I think it works perfectly with this card - outdoors and all, don't you?



One last view for you.  Hope you enjoyed this clean and simple card.  Please stop by again to see more of my creations, won't you?

Entered at:

VC ROCKS

Techno Stamper Monday Lunch Challenge

ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE



Monday, July 8

CARD BOX AND 3-D HELLO DOILY EMBELLISHMENT

 The most wonderful thing about the blogosphere is all the amazing people we get to meet that we might never have met without the blogs, websites, etc.  I have become a follower to a lady in France who is also a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and I love her artistic style.  Her name is Cecile Ortiz and her site is called Lezards de Cilou.  I found this idea of making the Hello Doily into a 3D embellishment.  She put hers on a card, but I decided to decorate my card box and give it as a gift.

 I inked up my HELLO DOILY stamp with pinks in both ink pads as well as markers.  Where I wanted a specific color in a specific spot, I used the markers and the thump method.  Stamp on whisper white card stock 3 times in 3 different ways of color .

The first layer is just cut out around the edge, the next layer is cut within the first stitching and the third layer is cut just in the middle part of the petals.  See my photo so you understand what I am talking about.

The third layer I not only cut the skinny petals out but also cut them apart and then used glue dots to adhere them onto the top layer, closer together.  By bending and curling, you create the 3D effect.

 I put it on my card box, which is made with one sheet of DSP and holds 4-6 cards plus envies.  I am going to put HELLO DOILY CARDS in the box for my gift.  I added seam binding thru the oval punched handle for a bit of prettiness.


I made four of these to give to my next HELLO DOILY class members.  I used vintage RASPBERRY LEMONADE DSP because it has so many different colors of pinks.  LOVE IT!!

Thanks to CECILE for the idea.  Way to go girl!!

Thanks for stopping by today to visit.  I hope you will stop to visit again soon.

For Try Stampin' on Tuesday, I stretched their sketch a bit to make the circle AND the flower the same part of my design.  Hope that is ok!

Entered these items at:

Try Stampin' on Tuesday

Latenight Stamper's Weekly Challenge


Sunday, July 7

Arts Mosaic card

At least that is why I THINK it is called.  I just got my things out and started creating and here is what I came up with.  IF you know a better name to call this technique, please let me know.  All I know is I HAD FUN:

 Here it is in all it's grungy goodness - my card for today.  I have been in the mood for crumb cake and cajun craze for a few days now and am still not done with it yet.  Oh yeah, also always artichoke too.

 See the little CANDY DOT I put on the crown?  LOVING THESE!!  Hope they start coming in a larger size also.  I used my MAGIC MESH from my old stash and swiped an ink pad across it to get some color.

 Then I used the OFF THE GRID stamp and ripped it out to the shape I wanted before I added to to my card.  The FOR YOU sentiment is from the Hostess set available in the HOLIDAY CATALOG starting August 1 with your hostess dollars if you have an order OR a workshop of $150 or more total.

I double stamped the key and the crown and put is slightly off so it looked like a shadow.  The antique brad brings it all together, don't you think?

Thanks for visiting my blog.  DON"T FORGET - YOU have a chance to win all the hostess benefits this month by entering an order with my MYSTERY HOSTESS CODE:  C9SMEVM6
Your order will ship directly to your home AND you could win all the benefits.

Entered into

Retro sketches

VC Rocks 


Saturday, July 6

HOT HOT JULY and A CLEAN AND SIMPLE MASCULINE CARD

OH MY!!  Every year I forget just how hot and humid east Texas can get until it happens  and it ALWAYS happens every year!!  It is too hot to do much more than fill the bird bath and run back inside.  really - I am not exaggerating at all.  100 degrees plus 85-90 humidity feels something like 118 they said on television.

Sooooo, time to be creative in side in the cool air conditioning, right?

 I was looking for something masculine and decided to do something clean and simple in some darker colors.  Here I used cajun craze, crumb cake and always artichoke.

 I used a horded item that I have had for probably 4-5 years called Magic Mesh.  It is self sticking.  I rubbed  crumb cake ink on the tallest piece and left the other ones the natural canvas color.  I used always artichoke woven ribbon and frayed the ends.

I stamped happy birthday in always artichoke onto news print and then backed it with always artichoke card stock and cut banner ends.  This is from the hostess set entitled Banner Labels.

 Here is a bit closer look at the sentiment and the magic mesh.


Here's one more look at my card.  I hope you have enjoyed this clean and simple masculine card.

I am entering this card at:

CAS-ual Fridays

Retro Sketches