Shopping our Stash #251 - April Showers bring May flowers

Good morning! This week at Shopping our Stash we have a nice broad challenge for you -  This week, as the challenge title suggests, we challenge you to use umbrellas, rain, or flowers, OR make a wedding/baby shower card or project. See? Lots of options!! I decided to do some quilling, since I haven't done any since Christmas, and used a rainbow spectrum:

Supplies: quilling paper; MME enamel dots; bling from stash; unknown sentiment stamp; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Sakura Stardust glitter pen

I took a wild leap of faith and after adding the quilling I stamped the sentiment (whew!) and then traced over it with the glitter pen.

Check out what the rest of my awesome teammates made!

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna (off this week)

Chris 

Barb

Chana 

And you have until Monday May 16 to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - T is for -

Technique! Pick your favourite, try a new one, it's all good with the Sisterhood :) I really honestly intended to pick a new technique, but spending most of my time not able to sit at the desk is really sucking. (I can't remember if I mentioned it on my blog, but I fell & managed to get whiplash. My shoulder is in a lot of pain and I'm not too functional at the moment). SO I went with my latest favourite technique, ink dipping, and some quilling :)

Supplies: Distress inks in Wilted Violet, Mermaid Lagoon, Twisted Citron; May Arts sheer ribbon; quilling paper, bling, stick pins, seam binding from stash

Go see what the Sistahs made, and then make your own & link up!  You have until Friday, February 5 to play along. 

Barb

Chris

Donna 

Karen 

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

Don't forget to leave some love for this week's guest designer,

xoxo,

Jessi

It's Hip to Be Square!

I've got two square cards to share with you today - when I make these super-embellished cards, I also make a little box for giving. No worries about squishing that way! The Paper Players are looking for square cards this week if you'd like to play along. Each card measures 5.25" square.

Supplies: Dreamweavers Crackle Embossing paste; Lil Inkers fringed flower die; Prima leaves; AC Thickers '40'; distress inks for watercolouring - dusty concord, seedless preserves, mowed lawn, broken china, peacock feathers; all other items from stash

I just coated a piece of paper with a layer of crackle paste using my fingers, and when it was dry watercoloured it. Super simple!

Supplies: blue flowers quilled by me; gem swirl & ribbon flower from Dollarama

The rhinestones & ribbon flower were a single-piece embellishment I got at the dollar store. A few snips and repositioning and it was perfect to pop up this card. 

xoxo,

Jessi

Shopping our Stash #212 - Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend!

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Oh but this challenge will appeal to your magpie eye :) This week at Shopping our Stash we want to see lots of bling! I know I use it a lot, so I decided to pull out some great big gems for something a little different. 

Supplies: Versamark & white detail EP; Waltzingmouse 'hello'; PTI 'baby'; all other stuff from stash

It's been a while since I played with quilling, and it was nice to get back into it. I imagine there'll be more this week since I have *guilty pleasure* season 7 of True Blood on loan from the library!  The ribbon was a great find by my friend Carrie at a thrift store - and the pearls woven at the top made it perfect for this card. 

Check out all the OOOOOH SHINY!!!

Leslie

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday,August 3 to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - C is for...

Cake! (mmmmmm, cake....)

I am still apparently snark-impaired...lucky snark isn't necessary to enter. The sisters have some awesome snark to make up for it though :) I made a quilled wedding cake:

Supplies: Stampin' Up pearls; Corner Chomper; Tattered Angels pearl glimmer mist; quilling paper

I freehanded the cake as I quilled, filling in the layers where needed. The little blooms were fussy as all get out but I love how they turned out!

So what delicious cake offerings have we got to whet your appetite? 

Barb

Chris

Donna

Karen

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

You've got until Friday, May 29th to join in! 

And don't forget to stop by and leave our guest designer STEPHANIE some love for her project! 

xoxo,

Jessi

Getting Started on Mother's Day

Working on Mother's Day cards the past couple days, and made this one this morning :)

Supplies: unknown sentiment stamp; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Wink of Stella clear glitter pen; rhinestones from Dollarama; flowers quilled by me

I love all the bright colours together! I traced over the sentiment with Wink of Stella for some subtle shimmer. And since these are definitely handmade flowers, I'm popping it in over at Creative Card Crew's challenge 84. 

xoxo,

Jessi

Junk in My Trunk!

Squeaking in at the last minute, just finished my project for Our Creative Corner this morning - lots of drying time for this one. I altered a little wooden package from some veneer pieces that I bought (waytoolongago) and saved for just this sort of thing.

Here's the start:

Each compartment measures 1.25". I began by coating everything with Picket Fence Distress Stain, and gave it 3 coats. I didn't take step-by-step photos because I honestly didn't think it was going to be share-worthy at the end.

I then used Mod Podge to apply Tim Holtz patterned tissue to the back of each compartment, and the back of the entire piece. Some Hero Arts lace around the outer edge, some seam binding, an antiquey key, some quilled flowers, and voila!

Just a tiny little piece of art - I love how it turned out!
And thank you to Our Creative Corner for the kick in the butt to USE my hoarded "I should do something with thats"!

xoxo,
Jessi

Merry Monday #149 - Guest Designer!

Eeeek! I am so excited to be the guest designer at Merry Monday this week!

I knew I wanted to make something special for my card, so I went to quilling!

Supplies: quilling paper; rhinestones from Dollarama

I couldn't get an accurate photo of the colour - the background is a pale robin's egg blue. The snowflake was quilled in two layers, and then I added the sparkle. 

I know I can't wait to see what the other designers have created - hop on over to Merry Monday for all the details on how to play, and I hope to see you play along!

xoxo,

Jessi

Merry Monday Mixed Media!

This card was a custom order for a specific person who occasionally visits my blog, but since it doesn't have a name on it I think it's still safe to share it :)

Supplies: Tattered Angels turquoise mist; Peacock Feathers distress ink; sentiment from MSE!; snowflake stamp from Unity; quilling paper; heart button from stash

Super shimmery goodness! The snowflake is quilled in two layers since this will be hand-delivered. I love the frosty detail of the snowflake - this card was my first time using it. 

I'm entering in three challenges:

little red wagon: anything Christmas

Just us Girls: mixed media (mist, inks, and quilling)

Merry Monday: Winter Wonderland

xoxo,

Jessi

Shopping our Stash #180 - Favourite Technique!

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Favourite techniques....that's what we want to see this week at Shopping our Stash! It doesn't have to be a super fancy one, but make sure you tell us what it is! I couldn't resist choosing quilling - it makes such an impact visually.

Supplies: basically all unknown items from my stash! Handmade gold paper, quilling paper, assorted bling 

The team has done an outstanding job this week - all sorts of different techniques to inspire you to play along!   so join us before next Monday,December 15th!

Leslie

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

xoxo,

Jessi

Quilled Christmas Wreath

With a classic Christmas colour combination of red, green, and white, it was actually hard to come up with the idea for my card for this week's Merry Monday prompt. Netflix recently added Grey's Anatomy and while binge-watching the first season I got some quilling done, and let my idle mind decide where to go with it :)

Supplies: quilling paper; Wplus9 banner die; stampendous sentiment; Festive Berries distress ink

I used 3" and 1.5" strips of quilling paper to achieve the two different leaf sizes. The berries were made with 3" strips. And the banner is attached using a double layer of foam tape, folded & arranged so the flag ends give some dimension. You can see a little better in this photo that there are two layers of quilling - after letting the first 'round' dry, I went back & filled it in for a fuller wreath. 

xoxo,
Jessi

Rustic Quilled Snowflake

Remember last week's Merry Monday card? Well, here's the snowflake that I made, finally on a card. This week's challenge is Rustic Christmas, and the wood paper I picked up on the weekend made a perfect base.

Supplies: wood paper from MME; oval pearls from ancient stash; quilled snowflake made by me 

Simple and pretty! This card measures 5.25" square.

I can already tell I'm going to regret only buying one sheet of wood! I ordered more quilling paper last week & it just arrived, so with any luck I'll have some more fun stuff to show you :)

xoxo,

Jessi

It's Pink Christmastime at Jingle Belles!

I am so thrilled to be posting this - the Jingle Belles host a Pink Christmas challenge every October in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness. Not only do they raise awareness, but Stephanie & Lauren donate $2 each for every single card entered. They want to hit 125 cards this year - can we do it? (Yes we can!)

So WHY am I so excited to be a part of this? Because someone very dear to me fought breast cancer and WON. She kicked its ass. Angela has been a part of my life since I was 15 - she's always in my corner. She wrote about her journey - and she writes about other things too - and you should read her blog, because I told you to. She's funny and incredible and you'll wish she was your friend too :) And to toot my own horn, she wrote about me. She's an autism mom too - seriously, I am lucky to have her as a part of my life. And so that I don't get misty-eyed, and so that there are as many copies of this photo as possible on the internet:

 

Yep, I paid someone to do that to my hair. 

*koff*sniffle*OKBACKTOCARDS*

I had to go big with my card for this! Quilling was the obvious choice, really.

Supplies: quilling paper; vellum; patterned paper from MME; sentiment stamp from Stampendous; Versamark  & white EP; Tim Holtz design ruler, paper piercer, embroidery floss

I start out each snowflake with the six points, and really just let it flow from there. Since this is a keepsake card to be given in a box, I added some more details in a second layer.

To assemble the card, I embossed the sentiment on vellum, and then 'artfully tore' it to form two corner accents. I used the Tim Holtz ruler to pierce along the outer edges, and stitched with embroidery floss, and then glued the finished snowflake on top. 

Here's all the nitty-gritty details for the Pink Christmas challenge - 

The "Pink Christmas" prompt runs at JINGLE BELLES from midnight on Friday October 10th to 6pm EST on Wednesday, October 22nd; Stephanie and Lauren pledge to donate $2 each per linked up card to The Susan G. Komen Foundation.

The only requirement is that all link-ups be NEW holiday cards with some noticeable pink on them (so in other words, not just Rudolph's NOSE, lol!)

Participants may use sketches, combine challenges, and include any other colors in addition to pink; you can showcase however many cards you'd like to in one post, don't worry, we'll still count them all towards the total!

Thank you very much for your support!
♥♥♥

Check out Lauren's and Stephanie's  first cards for the two-week prompt, and keep an eye on all the entries coming in at the Jingle Belles blog! 

I am so excited to see what you all make to join in! 

xoxo,

Jessi

Seize the Sketch #22

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Good morning! It's time for a brand new sketch over at Seize the Sketch, and this week Lori Tecler is our sketch artist. (I tried to fit "sketch" in that sentence one.more.time. but I couldn't do it! lol)

I decided to pull out some funky neon and make a super bright card:

Supplies: Neon card stock & washi tape from Recollections; Cuttlebug embossing folder; sentiment from The Stamps of Life; Adirondack Citrus ink; quilling paper 

I assembled the base panel & stamped the sentiment before embossing - embossing the washi really helps it stay put! The flower is made up of two layers - one with large petals, one with smaller, slightly offset for more dimension. *happy sigh*

Here's the sketch: 

The linky will be open for two weeks - play along by Sunday June 22!

Check out what the rest of the amazing DT did!

Cathy

Colleen

Jen

Jessi - that's me!

Katie

Lee Ann

Lesley

Lori Turner

Lori Tecler

Marybeth

Mona

Rose

Sandy

Sherry

Vicki

xoxo,

Jessi

Mother's Day

This week is full of crafty mom stuff - bear with me while I show ALLOFIT to you :)

Supplies: 'watercolour' pattern paper from Basic Grey; Medallion stamp from Stampendous; sentiment stamps from PTI; Distress inks in Victorian Velvet, Shabby Shutters, Mustard seed, Dried Marigold, Broken China, Faded Jeans; Pearl Glimmer Mist; quilling paper; swirls die from Paper Smooches

I inked up the medallion with 5 inks & then sprayed it with Glimmer Mist before stamping for the slightly watercolour effect. I love the way the inks bled together - and how this card turned out soft without being super pastel-girly.

I'm popping it in the Mother's Day theme challenge over at The Paper Players.



xoxo,
Jessi

The Paper Players #193

Continuing with my sketchy week, I played along with The Paper Players - more mother's day!

Supplies: papers from Echo Park; AC fabric thickers; quilling paper; Cuttlebug embossing folder; heart pearls from stash

There was lots of fiddling putting this together - I had planned to stamp my sentiment but forgot & embossed that layer first, so I improvised with the Thickers. 

Here's the sketch - the linky is open until Friday:

 

xoxo,

Jessi

Wanna Sketch? 15

Lisa's sketch for Wanna Sketch? 15 had me a little stumped - I've attempted it several times & the crafty process just never ended up being close to my original idea. Finally this morning, SUCCESS! Once I saw that the current little red wagon challenge was to make your own flowers, it all came together.

Supplies: PTI sentiment; bundled sage distress ink; quilling paper; all other materials from stash

I quilled the flowers & leaves, and set them aside to dry while I added yellow french knots to the patterned paper. I started out just adding them to the flower centres, and then went to town with it. After gluing on the leaves & flowers, I added 3 half pearls to the centre of each flower. 

Here's the sketch - there's more than 2 weeks left to play, so lots of time! 

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #223 - My Creative Classroom!

Good morning sketchers! It's been a while since I've done any quilling, but I just HAD to for the new Tuesday Morning Sketches sketch - as soon as I saw it, that's all I wanted to use for the cluster element. Our sponsor this week is My Creative Classroom - they have so many crafty lessons available you'll be stunned - check them out!

Supplies: classic small Oval Nesties; Paper Smooches sentiment & Flourish dies; Memento Gray Flannel ink; Bazzilll cardstock; pearls from Dollarama; flowers quilled by me

Our sketch this week was designed by Laura, who recently stepped down from the team - she is definitely missed!

This sketch will be open until next Sunday, November 10th - check out what everyone else made!

Angela

Bonnie

Debbie

Jenee

Melissa

PS - a tattoo update! Unfortunately the tattoo artist & his family have come down with the barf plague, so my appointment is postponed until they stop vomiting (I am most definitely ok with that!) Hopefully I'll get in at the end of the week - and I will definitely share pictures when it's done!

xoxo,

Jessi