{TCP143} A RedHeaded Valentine

Up next  is  TCP challenge 143, which was to use the word 'love or heart(s) on the card. I am still waiting for my Valentine-y lovey dove stamps from the new release, but alas, they aren't here yet! Darned customs always know where to hit me where it hurts! lol
So, I used my little man from the previous release. He is the sweetest..he reminds me of my 2 older kids who love having hot cocoa in real little mugs (which are me and my brothers 'brother bear' and 'sister bear' Berenstein Bear mugs from when we were kids). Quick fact: did you know the difference between Hot Cocoa and Hot Chocolate is that Hot Cocoa has mini-marshmallows, whereas Hot Chocolate has no marshmallows...that's according to the Peterson boys anyways!! lol
I used today Mojo Monday sketch:

I used OA's Seaside collection designer paper. I wanted to make a Valentine that wasn't all frilly and pink...something suitable for a boy! I also used some SU heart punches, kiwi kiss and cherry cobbler CS. I stamped my guy right onto the card front (SU whisper white- which is not my fav for colouring copics on- the colour tends to 'sit' on the surface of the paper more, giving it sort of a shiny, painted look. If you like that look, then SU is the way to go and cheap, but I prefer neenah, TE and xpress blend-it CS)

I made my little dude a redhead (E08, 09, 97), paper-pieced his coat and added some CE to the cocoa mug:) I stitched down all of the hearts (hey- who says you can't slather a boyish card in hearts?), added some silver brads to the corners and a SU kiwi cord button tied with red bakers twine. The sentiment (containing the word heart, of course) was stamped directly onto the white CS.

I kept the inside simple, as I want to be able to personalize this card for one of the many little guys in my life...I know a certain, sweet little redhead that might need a Valentine!!

{TCPTUES142} Krafty Big Bear

So, for a procrastinator such as myself, the last day of the month usually consists of getting anything done that has a deadline of the first of the next month. So here I am getting 2 of this months The Cats Pajamas challenges done! Well, in my defense, I had a little bit of a plan floating around this big ol' head of mine, and I needed one of my new TCP sets to arrive in the mail. For the first challenge, which was a lovely colour challenge (my fav besides sketches) of kraft, white, black, yellow and red. I wanted to use Big Bear and stamp him directly onto kraft CS..I have him a bit of shading (E53, 55, 57), glossed up his wee nose with some Crystal Effects and a bit of opaque white gel pen, and cut him out. The dp is the stunning new 'Circa 1934' line by Cosmo Cricket. I have been seeing this paper alot lately and I had to try my new pad out!! All I can say is Yumm-O! I know I'm gonna have to get some more of this or I'll end up hoarding it! hehe! I used an old skipping stones designs SSD61 sketch for this one. I'm also entering this card for the Thats Krafty Thursday #46 (use kraft CS in your project)..I've never entered Jeanie's contests before, but I sure admire her stamping!

Big Bear is popped up on a stack of circle nesties, I used my new TCP dies, Big scallop edge border die, and pinking edge die (not sure if thats the name?), some black satin SU ribbon. I used TCP's banner die and Coolvetica alphbet to spell out ROAR. I then used some SU twine and gold brads to finish off the banner...I LOVE banners! They are soooo fun! The banner and the circle panel are up on dimensionals as well.

The inside is the same dp, and a few layers of that super scallop die, as well as a strip of the satin ribbon. I used a PapertreyInk die, and SU scallop punch, a spellbinders label die and 2 gold brads to finish it off! I have to say that I am seriously in love with the way this card came out. The colour challenge was such an elegant combo, and this sketch made it all so easy! I am lovin Big Bear too:)





{MFTGUESTDT0211} I Love You

Hi!!! How's your weekend? Mine's been great! We took off Friday morning and went to West Edmonton Mall to go to the waterpark and stay overnight in a theme room at the Fantasyland Hotel. We had a blast on the slides and in the wavepool, ate at The Old Spaghetti Factory, shopped, saw a penguin show (to which my Hayes shouted 'Nice Puppy'...such a sweet little age! But no good for shopping with;) lol)...my oh my, you could go for days without even stepping outside, that place has so much to do and see! My hubby left for work this afternoon, which always makes me feel a little down:( But I have my 3 little monkeys to keep me busy, so the next few weeks should fly by. Oh, and my new job will keep my mind off being a desperate housewife, I'm sure! I managed to carve out some stampin time today to get my entry done for MFT's February guest DT. The challenge was to make a card using a specific recipe. Now I find these kinds of challenges really hard, as I tend to creatively 'veer off' the recipe and I always feel to confined, which I think stunts my creative mind! lol! But I gave it a shot anyway! The recipe: 1 patterned paper (WHAT!!!! If you know me, you know I love paper!!), 2 colours of CS, besides the neutral, 3 kinds of embellies, and the card has to have a Valentines theme to it.
Here is my card:

Guess what? I got this little Pure Innocence 'Sunshiney Day' at my LSS for SEVENTY PERCENT OFF!!! Plus I had a coupon for an additional 25% off!!!!!!!!! Can I hear a "WhoopWhoop"?!!
 I stamped her with memento, omitting the butterfly and hedge(?). She is coloured with copics, masked off, and then I airbrushed sky. I cut a few clouds from MFT's Cloud Trio and put them here and there before airbrushing. I punched a few small hearts and sewed them together. The trick with sewing such small pieces (they are too little to be pulled along properly by the feed dogs) is to sew everything onto tissue paper. The tissue paper can then be easily pulled away. Don't ask me how I found all this out!! LOL! I popped up the hearts on dimensionals (halfed) and glued to string ends to her hands. The panel was then stitched around with a straight stitch. I used various SU punches for the border strips, the small hearts and the white circle under the button (which is also SU). The large heart is a sizzlits embosslit from SU. I tied plain white thread through the button.
Soooo, my three embellishments were: 1) ribbon, 2) button, and 3) punched out hearts
I used chocolate Chip and Baja Breeze (SU) plus the neutral white, as my colours, and the striped DP paper is from my stash. I thought it went perfect with the heart-stitched ribbon (Dear Lizzy + American Crafts). The ribbon is actually what inspired the whole card! I was brainstorming a completely different card, and then I realized that I didn't have the stamp set for the card!! HAHA!! I'll have to use that idea another time!
Here is a close up of the heart strings:

And here is the inside. I used the SU scallop border punch again, as well as a strip of the ribbon. I used the clouds again and airbrushed the main panel (although darker than the front, as I was practically doing it with no light- I thought about redoing it, but I think I am almost out of air and I don't have a compressor yet). I used 'I LOVE YOU' from Little Loveasaurus set. It is also stitched around to repeat the card fronts theme.

Well, that's about it for this one! Thanks for stopping by! I am hoping to get back into the stamp room tonight- I have a few unfinished TCP Tuesday challenges that I want to get done by tomorrow!! Cheers!
Jenny

{TCPTUES140} Miss Ewe Snowbirds!

I've probably mentioned this before, but my mom and dad and 'snowbirds' (for those of you who aren't familiar with that term, it means desperate Canadians that 'migrate' to the southern states in the bitter winters to warm up!) My parents take their huge RV and drive down to Nevada, Arizona, California and even wander into mexico for day-trips..... they are gone for 6 weeks and I hate it! I miss them sooo much (I'm a self-admitted 'mommys girl') Anyway, when I was making this card, I started thinking about my mom- the sentiment 'Miss Ewe' is what got me thinking about her:( I think that snowbirds used to be typically elderly types (maybe thats just a stereotype?), but my folks are in their 50's, so they are still young and want to go while they are still fit enough to 1) drive the RV, and 2) golf and drink! But for this card, I went with an older gal  in mind.....I threw on some fancy dazzled sunglasses (which I used sakura glitter pens, cyrstal effects and tiny twinkles on- a little extra from an MFT set- Bon Voyage?). I also gave her a nice purple-y blue rinse on her hair, as some older gals like to have (which I also gave a coat of spica clear glitter pen to). This card is so bright that I thought the shades were fitting for that as well!

I used TCP's apron lace die and cut it twice so I got the lacey look one each side. I used the TCP Tuesday inspiration challenge for this one, pulling out some of the colours in the hat. I also think the lacey dies look sort of like loopy crocheting. I used similar colours of bakers twine from The Twinery and wrapped them around the die cut strips.  I love this twine! It has great names, like lemondrop, pink sorbet, caribbean, and lilac. Plus you can get the sampler pack so you can try each colour and the shipping to Canada is cheap too! The rest of the card is pretty self explanatory. I used some SU circle punches for the sentiment and some polka dot SU ribbon. Not sure where the yellow button is from. The glasses and hair are popped up on dimensionals.

I kept the inside blank..I was thinking that if you are missing someone, a nice little note would be something you might like to add:) I used all of the colours and the TCP die to make more strips (single sided this time) and a little more twine and another yellow button.

{SSSC101} Love Sick

Hi! As I am trying to write this post and edit my photos, my little one is still up, whining crying, saying every word in his little vocabulary...Did I mention it's almost 11 at night!!!!!! The babysitter let him have a really long nap today while I was in town getting the lowdown on my new job that starts Tuesday..Yikes!! I'll tell you more about that later. I wanted to get this card finished up for the All That Scraps Challenge to make a valentine card. I also used the SSSC 101, which I flipped to be a vertical standing (?) card...

 I used my beloved little nurse PI from MFT, and i also got a little TCP order in the mail today and decided to use the big scallop edge die....some zig zag stitching was done (note the crap stitching my machine is doing, missing stitches here and there- oh well, it's homemade right?), a little chocoalte taffeta ribbon...what else can I tell ya? Oh yeah, I stamped her nurses cap and clipboard separately, coloured them and popped them up on a dimensional....it makes such a nice little detail! I also added little SU pearls to her shoes.

I used new Bo Bunny paper and SU cardstock, the ribbon is SU as well as the punches used in the inside. Well, I am beat and the baby is finally asleep, so I'm going to go and catch some Zzzzz's:) See you soon!

Jenny

Goldilocks and the 3 Boys...er, I mean Bears!

Sometimes I feel a little like Goldilocks..with my 3 lil boys (who can be real bears when they want too, let me tell ya!). This weeks Kraftin' Kimmie challenge is to create something with a fairytale theme. I decided to ink up my Goldilocks set. I used last weeks SSSC100, but didn't get the card done until this past sunday night, so I missed the deadline on that one:) Yes, I know...I am on the ball! lol

Since I was obviously channelling the story of Goldilocks and The Three Bears, I busted out my brand-spankin new OA paper pack...called 'Campout' I believe? Anyway I thought the baby blue story book page and the tree dp were perfect for the theme! The tale of wandering through the forrest and coming upon the bears house was runnning thru my mind:) My son Jake came in my stamp room to hang out with me and I told him the story...the I felt like a bit of a 2nd rate mom, as I had never told him that one before and he's almost 5!! Oops! lol!
Anyway, I stamped her on TE choice white cs and coloured her with copics....btw, these kraftin' kimmie kids are fabulous, but colouring them is not for the faint of heart!!! It's definately an endeavour! I practically develop carpal tunnel every time I ink one up! I also made a mask and airbrushed a light blue sky basckground and green grassy base...I then added a bit of grass with the same green copic. I added a little sparkle to her hair bows, the mama bear's bow, and Goldi's dress ruffle with a clear spica. Some SU pearls were added for a little extra detail, as well as a big SU ribbon bow:)

Don't you love that loopy border die on the front? Well, it's one of my favorites...the Apron Lace border from TCP! I also used it on the inside, just cutting twice, to make a double edged border. I used another spellbinders die (different size, same label) for the inside sentiment, as well as the little bear that comes with the set (there are 2 sentiments that come with this set- the other is something about 'sending you bear hugs' or something like that). As I mentioned before, KK stamps are UNMOUNTED (which I loathe, but I love Kimmie stamps, so I put up with it;)...so If you live in the sticks (like me) and have been patiently waiting for your stamps to arrive in the mail, and they come and you are so excited to use them and then you open them and think "what the heck?! where is the foamy, sticky peice that I push onto the block??"....and then you have to wait days until your trip to town to find some product that you stick on the back...then you're not alone!! So here's my advice: Buy some of that EZ Mount foam and have it on hand for these kind of predicaments!! It will save you some grief!

Thanks for visiting!!! Jenny

Charlotte

This is gonna be a fast one, so buckle your seatbelts! I have to get out the door soon, and I have yet to even have a shower, but I really want to get this one in for the Kraftin Kimmie challenge (use flowers)....
The sketch is this weeks from Cardabilities.

I used Kimmie's 'Charlotte' and coloured her with copics. I wanted the dollies to look like the old fashioned kind that were made with muslin scraps..i like how they turned out! I inked the edges of the oval die cut panel with creamy brown chalk ink. I layered it on a scalloped oval die. There is a bit of straight stitch sewing on the panels. I made the flowers with various circle punches and scraps I had laying around. I spritzed them with water and crumpled them up, added brads and a twiney button, and used another twiney button to anchor the sentiment, which is an MFT PI sentiment.....The DP is a little October Afternoon as well as The Girls Paperie. No time to do the inside of this one!! LOL! Thanks for popping in! Jenny