Birthday Card in Brown

I made the background patterned paper for a challenge over at Just a Spark to make your own background paper:)  I used the stamp from Bliss(ret SAB set) and stamped it in Early Espresso ink on the Soft Suede CS.  I layerd this on Early Espresso and put on a card base of Soft Suede.  I added a layer of Early Espresso 1/8 Taffeta Ribbon and then the Happy Birthday sentiment from the retired Well Scripted set.  I punched using the Scalloped oval punch and added to card front with dimensionals:)  I fell in love with the distressed edging in the SU catty and have tried my hand with it...thinkin I likey:)

A Delicate Thank You

 

I started with a blank sheet of Pool Party CS and added some images from Elements of Style Stamp Set in Pool Party Ink.  I then punched the bottom edge of the card with the Scallop Trim Border Punch and added a Modern Label Punch with the Thank You sentiment and some cute little pearls:)

This card meets a challenge from Just A Spark to make your own patterned paper:)

Raising Kindness...

I love this sentiment from the Vintage Vogue set and thought the sketch from Stamping 411 #187 and the color combo challenge of Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose were perfect!  And of course I had to use my new favorite DSP, Springtime Vintage. 

Regal Rose Card base then layer of Pretty in Pink topped with Crumb Cake Ribbon and a layer of Summertime Vintage over Crumb Cake punched with the Scalloped Trim Edge Punch.  I added Vintage Brads and a Red Rose Vintage Flower Adornment.  Sentiment is from Vintage Vogue.  Sentiment stamped using Crumb Cake Ink on Regal Rose Cardstock with distressed edges.

                                                                            And the closeup:

5 Little Monkeys

The story of the LO is below:)  I used the Creative Scrappers Sketch #140 for their Challenge this week:)

Here is my take on the sketch:

I got this adorable monkey paper while shopping this summer with Joyce.  It was a blast shopping with her!  I told her when I found this paper to keep an eye out for a 5 little monkeys LO to come...as there were 5 monkeys with 5 different colors!  One for each of my kiddos! 

  Found some silly pics of the kiddos and put them with their "color" of monkey:)  I was so excited when the monkey paper matched perfectly with my SU Cardstock!  I used Early Espresso, Pear Pizzaz, Peach Parfait, Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist and Riding Hood Red. 

Title from Don Juah and Monkey from Create a Critter

We've always called them the 5 Little Monkeys and when reading the 5 Little Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed....they would insert their names on the "....fell off and bonked his/her head":)

Sweet Birthday Celebration

Good evening crafty friends...I made this card for my sweet sister's birthday:)  Her favorite is Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Icing....She lives out in AZ and I can't be there for her Birthday but I'm sending this in hopes she's still have a Sweet Celebration:)

Over at Jitterbuggin they have an All Browns Challenge....so I'm entering this card over there and at Fantabulous Cricut they are having a "Sweet" Challenge so I'll enter it there too:) 

I'm a bit disappointed that the camera made the sparkly spray look like blotches tho in person it is super sparkly!!!!  I started with Sahara Sand CS and added Early Espresso and Soft Suede.  The cake is from Celebrations and has been embosed with a swirly embossing folder.  I added the Basic Pearl Jewels from SU to accent the cake and the banner.  The ribbon is Kraft(retired) SU.  The Sahara Sand background behind the cake was embossed using Vintage Wallpaper SU Embossing folder. 

 I added the Smooch Spritz to that layer as well. 

Each layer was given a border using the Scalloped Border Punch(SU)

Closeups:

sorry they are blotchy looking...those are really very sparkly!

The Cake:

and the banner:

sentiment from Sweet Scoops SU stamp set.

Birdie Challenge Card

Hello Blogland:)  I had a break in my fever HOORAY!  and felt ok as long as I sit still sooooo, yep you guessed it, I made a card!  My friend Kate from Small Bits of Paper told me about this awesome challenge over at Jitterbuggin'  so here is my take on the challenge to fit their sketch, use a bird cut and use pink:)  And the Stampin' Royalty's Challenge SR55 --anything with wings:)  I'm entering this one over there too:)

I started with a base of Crumb Cake Cardstock and embossed it with a flowery embossing folder from my stash and inked the raised areas with Pretty in Pink Ink...I added circles cut from Spring Vintage DSP then I cut the bird layers using Pirouette Pink and Pretty in Pink Cardstocks and embossed the Pirouette Pink pieces in a swirly embossing and then dots on the Pretty in Pink Piece.  I stamped the sentiment from the Because I Care set in Soft Suede Ink on Pretty in Pink CS then punched it using the Modern Label Punch.  I added Pearls to the ends of that as well as to the center of the crochet flower. All papers are Stampin' UP!

Thought ya'll may like to see closeups of the embellies:)

bird from Create a Critter

Thanks for stopping by @ studio j:)

Mystery Mark

My friend Liz over at Just a Spark posted a this sketch today for a challenge! 

Here is my take!

I started with a base of Basic Black then added a layer of Whisper White with rounded corners.  I used the Scallop Edge Punch on the Marina Mist and layered it under the edges of the

Barely Banana(retired)  I cut the title in the Marina Mist and the question  mark "embellishments" out of Whisper White.  I used the White gel pen and Basic Black Journaling pen all from Stampin UP!

title cut from Don Juan

Scalloped Circle Punch Callenge

Over at {Stampspiration} I'm sponsoring a Wake It Up Wednesday Challenge to Come up with Creative ways to use the Scalloped Circle Punch!  There is a Mr. Linky box to link your creations!  Head on over and share your Scalloped Circle ideas!

Check out Magnificant Monday!

Over at Just Buggin' we've got challenges every week! This week we began Magnificant Mondays! Every Monday will be a new challenge for the week! Stop by and join us!

WOW where does the time go?

My SS Chrissylu let me know that I hadn't updated my blog for a bit! So I'm feeling better and am updating!

*********************************************************************************

I'm sorry with that blasted KS I was out of the loop! I have sooo much to be thankful for! One of those things is that I am feeling better! I have passed I think the last of the broken KS.



It was miserable! BUT I had to go thru the pain and endure it to get better....sometimes that is just how life is.



I think the LORD showed me alot thru that tiny KS that seemed sooooo huge to me! Kind of like much of life isn't it? Things seem so huge to us but for God they are so simple small things.

*******************************************************************************

Ok, here are my personal challenge goals for August:



*CAMP DECORATIONS

*BE CAMP PHOTOGRAPHER

*ORGANIZE CAMP PHOTOS AND BURN CDs

*AT LEAST START A CAMP MINI ALBUM

*FINISH THE TWO LOs I DIDN'T GET DONE IN JULY

*BACKUP ALL PHOTOS

* DO A PROTOTYPE FOR MY CLASS

*GET PHOTOS TOGETHER AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLASS

*TEACH CLASS IN CHIRPCHAT

*ENJOY SCRAPPING!

*MAKE 10 CARDS

*BECOME A SU DEMO (AFTER CAMP)



I want to thank Ashlee and Cynthia for letting me help with last month's challenge thread! I had a blast! I am so thankful tho that Cynthia is back! I have sooo much in August at least the first week and half that there was NO WAY I could help host this months! LOL. They are GREAT Hostesses! I'm glad Cynthia's DD is doing so well following surgery.



Ok, now I want to say Ashlee is such a great friend!

She put me in her blog a ton last month! LOL Jenny this and Jenny that...she sounded like me with Ashlee here and Ashlee there! LOL.

HEY ASHLEE!!!!!

You should check out her blog its really cool. She makes some really GREAT projects and she got her new scrapspace done! I can't wait to see her pics with it filled! Her link is over in my blog list...Ashlee Scraps and Blogs...I don't know how to make that a hotlink, so you'll have to click in the bloglist links. Sorry!

I'm off to work on Camp! Decorating and setup is Saturday! YAY I love KJ Camp! I'll post some pics of the decorations. I've been using the Cricut DS Trial Version with Mr. George(myE) and the Plantin Schoolbook cart. Really now I have to hit publish post and get myself to work!

Promised Pix...Delivered

Here is one side of the scrapcave:






Here is the other side:







here is the atg:

ATG Altering....

I'm going for it! I, yes, me....Jenny....the no way am I gonna paint that thing woman....have begun the altering of my beloved ATG gun! I have the first two coats of paint three in some areas...now letting it set for 24 hours so it'll be ready for me to work on altering when I get off work tomorrow night! Yeah!!! I'll post pics here!

2 sketches 4 u challenge

I'm going to try this challenge this week...Will post here when I get it finished.

Recipe Swap LO's are DONE!!!

I got them finished! Thanks for all who helped me with encouraging words and my local scrap buddies that were helpful on LO ideas! I think I ended up mixing them all together and making a pretty neat lil lo. At least in my opinion.

bday lo June challenge update!

This is one of the bday lo's for my June challenge! Yeah one down two more to go!

June Challenge: Cricut MB updated

I have signed up for the Cricut MB June Challenge. Here are my goals:

2 - packages to be sent out this week for friends(I'm trying to figure how to package!) DONE

20 - 8x8 lo's for swap - I got the 8x8 bases cut!
I've got part of the lo done for all 20, now one more part of the lo then the actual recipie and then the fun of embellishing! I'm loving doing multiple pages! I feel like I get alot done!
( I'm making progress trying to get my idea onto the actual layout! It is cute in my head having trouble figuring out how to cut it got part figured out yeah!)

2-3 - Father's day cards DONE
(Thinking the wallet ones from Danielle's blog with homemade coupons from each child.)

3 - birthday lo's

20+ - misc cards (mostly for stash and gifts) 9 finished and 20 more started!
***my su order is here!!!!!

10 - layouts for Disney album

7 - layouts just for fun
(maybe a non chronological page or two in there a baby lo or two?)

I can't wait to see how much I can get done in June!