"Bling It Up" - some JELLYPARK Fun!

Hello, dear friends!

I hope your new year is off to a great start!
Mine is beginning with some happiness!

I am very excited to be one of the Guest Designers over at the Jellypark Friends Challenge Blog.
It was always such a joy being on the Jellypark DT!
They were the greatest group to work with...and what about those adorable images?!?
Unfortunately, the Jellypark Store has been closed down due to the new VAT regulations. 
Hopefully it will only be temporary!

In the meantime, the challenge blog will carry on with the usual fun!

The new challenge is "Bling It Up" and I have two cards to share with you.
I hope to see many of you link up over at the blog!

For my first card I used the image called "Princess for a Day".
I diecut some layers from some fabulous blingy paper, and added lots of stickles and rhinestones.

Materials Used:

Papers: Recollections - Cardstock, Bazzil Bling Paper;

Image: Jellypark - Princess for a Day;

Spectrum Noir Markers;

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities - Marvelous Squares;

Ribbon: Offray Glitter Ribbon;

Stickles: Cotton Candy, Star Dust;

Rhinestones: Unknown.

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For my second card, I used "Snowball Girl".

A little layering and some pretty dies and bling, and it was finished. 

I love how the Diamond Stickles makes the snow on the card look just like the snow in my yard

...so sparkly and glittery!! 

Materials Used:

Papers: Recollections - Cardstock;

Image: Jellypark - Snowball Girl;

Spectrum Noir Markers;

Dies: Whimsy Snowflake Border, Echo Park Paper Co. - Snowflake Set #1;

Stickles: Diamond;

Rhinestones: Unknown

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Now it's time for you to make up a sparkling project, 

and  head over to the Jellypark Friends Challenge Blog to join in the fun! :o)

A very heartfelt THANK YOU to Claire and Mel 

for inviting me to be Guest Designer for this month's challenge! :o)

Jellypark Friends - Christmas in July

Hello, my friends!

This is a bittersweet post for me today!

It's a sweet post because I love to play at Jellypark Friends.

It's a bitter post because I love to play at Jellypark Friends.

This is the final post for Jellypark Friends!

Claire has made the very difficult decision to close down the Jellypark Challenge Blog. 

The good news is that the store will be staying open!

We'll still be able to get ahold of the fabulous images.

For my final DT card I used this adorable image called "Christmas Robins." 

You can find it in the Jellypark Store right HERE.

Materials Used:

Papers: Hot Off the Press - Christmas Pack,

Recollections - Cardstock;

Image: Jellypark - Christmas Robins,

Prismacolor Pencils and OMS;

Punch: Fiskars - Holly;

Ribbon: Offray.

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I would like to thank Claire for having me on her fabulous Design Team, 

and for creating such sweet images!

I would also like to thank all the DT girls for being so wonderful!

It's been a thrill and a joy to work with such a talented and friendly group! :o)

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So...get busy making a creative Christmas project

...and join in the final round of fun over at Jellypark Friends! 

I hope to see you all there! :o)

Oh, We Do Like To Be Beside the Sea!!

Hello, my friends!

There's a fun new Challenge beginning at Jellypark Friends!

It's "Oh, we do like to be beside the sea!"

Oh, yes! I like to be by the sea...although it's been a LONG time since I have been! 
For my project I created a 12 X 12 layout.
Doesn't this look like the most peaceful place ever? 
I think I will visit it in my mind regularly! ;o)

You can find the fabulous digital image I used right HERE, in the Jellypark Store.

Here's a close-up of Claire's beautiful image.

Oh, look! There seems to be a message in that bottle.

I wonder what it says?

Materials Used:

Papers: Colorbok Textured Cardstock,

Grafix - Clear Craft Plastic;

Image: Jellypark - Woman in hat reading book;

Prismacolor Pencils and OMS;

Stamp: Stampin' Up - Shell;

Ink: Vintage Photo Distress Ink,

Alcohol Ink: Adirondack - Sail Boat Blue, Blending Solution;

Die: Tim Holtz - Mini Apothecary Bottles;

Frantage: Stampendous - Aged Bronze.

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Please pop on over to Jellypark Friends Challenge 

and check out what my fellow DT members have created!

Then make your pretty projects and link them up!

You might be lucky enough to win some fabulous Jellypark Images! 

Jellypark Friends Challenge - Bold and Bright

Hello, my friends!

Today is the beginning of another fun new challenge over at Jellypark Friends. 

You have two weeks to make a project that is "Bold and Bright" and link it up. 

Claire has so many super sweet images in the Jellypark Store. 

The one I used is called "Ice Cream Van" and you can find right HERE!

Here is my card:

Materials Used:

Papers: K & Company - Urban Rhapsody,

Recollections Cardstock;

Image: Jellypark - Ice Cream Van,

Prismacolor Pencils and OMS;

Die: Shapez - Frame 5;

Ink: CTMH - Smokey Plum, Distress Ink - Vintage Photo;

Stamp: Sentiment - Unknown;

Punches: EK Success - Border Frame, 

WRMK Corner Chomper - Cloud,

Twine: Hemptique - Spring Bloom;

Bling: Unknown.

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Please pop on over to Jellypark Friends Challenge 

and check out what my fellow DT members have created!

Then make your pretty cards and link them up!

You might be lucky enough to win some fabulous Jellypark Images! 

Jellypark Friends Challenge - One For the Boys

Hello again, my friends!

Wow...another post from me! That makes four this week...is that a record? ;o)

Today is the beginning of another fun new challenge over at Jellypark Friends. 

You have two weeks to make a project that is "One For the Boys" and link it up. 

Claire has so many super sweet boy images in the Jellypark Store. 

I used this adorable digi image called "Boy Playing With Train Set" that you can find right HERE!

Here is my card:

Materials Used:

Papers: Crate Paper - Toy Box Collection,

Recollections - Cardstock;

Image: Jellypark - Boy Playing With Train Set,

Prismacolor Pencils and OMS;

Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities - Scalloped Circles (LG).

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Please pop on over to Jellypark Friends Challenge 

and check out what my fellow DT members have created!

Then make your pretty cards and link them up!

You might be lucky enough to win some fabulous Jellypark Images! 

Jellypark Friends Challenge - Things With Wings

Happy Friday, my friends!

It's time for a fun new challenge over at Jellypark Friends!

Wait 'til you see the fabulous new images!

I had so much fun playing with this one called "Owl With Flowers"...can you tell?

I printed out several copies of this image on a couple of different colours of cardstock.

 I fussy cut  all the different layers and then coloured them. 

After they were coloured I put them all back together again using dimensionals

Here you can see the dimension:

   

I stamped the background of the card with a woodgrain stamp, added a black oval, 

and then centered the owl in it. 

I added a few punched leaves and some feathers.

Finally, I added the sentiment that comes with the image!

Materials Used:

Papers: Recollections - Cardstock;

Image: Jellypark - Owl With Flowers

Prismacolor Pencils and OMS;

Stamp: Stampin' Up - Woodgrain;

Ink: Distress Ink - Walnut Stain;

Punches: Martha Stewart - Branch, Rose Leaf

Fiskars Shapecutter and Oval Template;

Feathers from my Stash.

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Again, "Things With Wings" is the new challenge at Jellypark Friends!

Get busy, my friends, and link up your projects!

I look forward to seeing you all there!

I hope you all enjoy a fabulous weekend!

We're expecting windchills of -64 tomorrow morning, 

so I think I'll be staying inside where it's cozy! :)

New Challenge at Jellypark Friends - Lots of Love

Hello, my lovely friends!

Today is the beginning of a new challenge over at Jellypark Friends! Wow... have we ever had lots of fabulous entries for the last couple of challenges. Thank you all very much for participating! I hope you will join us again for our new "Lots of Love" challenge!

For my card I used the new release image called "Romantic Meal for Two" that you can find in the Jellypark Shop HERE. I really like all the detail in this image and had lots of fun colouring it! This will be my sweetie and me on Valentine's Day. We'll be drinking the bottle of Sparkling Pear Juice that we received for Christmas...and forgot to drink at New Year's! Some of you may remember that last year my husband bought the card I made from me to give to me! He wants to do the same thing with this card this year! lol Who am I to say "no"...he pays VERY well! :o)

To put my card together I cut an oval in my card front and framed it with a lacy die. Then I simply added some black rhinestones and a pretty sheer bow. 

On the inside you see the complete image. 

I added a punched border, some fancy corner dies, and some more black rhinestones. 

Here's a close-up look at the coloured image:

Materials Used:

Papers: Momenta - Textured Cardstock,

Crate Paper - On Trend;

Image: Jellypark - Romantic Meal for Two,

Prismacolor Pencils and OMS;

Punch: EK Success Border Punch - Arrow Border;

Die: Cuttlebug - Decorative Corner;

Bling and Ribbon: My Stash.

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Head on over to Jellypark Friends and see what my fellow designers have created!

Then get busy making something fun...and link it up!

Hope your weekend is full of joy and laughter! :o)

Jellypark Friends Challenge - New Beginnings

Hello, my friends!

It's time for a new challenge over at Jellypark Friends! We had such an incredible response to our month long Christmas challenge, with well over 200 participants! We hope to see you all join us again!

The new challenge theme is "New Beginnings" which is very appropriate as we begin a brand new year. This challenge will run for two weeks. For my card I have used a brand new Jellypark release called "New Home House Keys." I started by coloring the keys with my Versa Marker, and then heat embossed them in silver and bronze. I colored the rest of the image and then fussy cut it. Now, what to put it on? A door immediately came to mind. I LOVE old doors. I used to have one, you know. Just a battered old door with the most gorgeous crackling paint and a rusty old door knob. I didn't really have a place to put it, and it took up a lot of room, but I just couldn't bear to part with it! So we cut it in half and I only kept one half! lol Some day I hope to get a hold of that fabulous Bo Bunny collection called Avenues. So many beautiful doors to play with! Well, that's a bunch of useless information for all of you. Doors excite me and start me rambling! ;o)

Back to my card...and how I made the door. I used my Stampin' Up Woodgrain stamp on kraft cardstock twice using brown and the black ink. I cut around the stamping and then cut it into 3/4" strips. I then inked around each strip of "wood", and adhered them to a kraft base, alternating the brown and black. The hinges and keyhole were adhered, and a embellished with bronze brads. I added the image to the door. I printed out a second image and colored the heart and tag, fussy cut them, and added them on top of the first using dimensionals. Finally, I added pearls for the chain. It was a super fun image to play around with! 

A closer look at the embossed keys and pearl chain:

Materials Used:

Papers: Recollections - Kraft Cardstock;

Image: Jellypark - New Home House Keys;

Prismacolor Pencils and OMS;

Embossing Powder: Stampendous - Black, Bronze;

Ink: Stampin' Up - Basic Black, Basic Brown, Versa Marker,

Distress Ink - Walnut Stain;

Maker: American Crafts - Metallic Silver;

Stamp: Stampin' Up - Woodgrain;

Die: Tim Holtz Alterations - Hardware Findings;

Brads and Pearls: My Stash.

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So come on over to Jellypark Friends and join us in our "New Beginnings" challenge! 

Jellypark - Challenge Reminder and Stocking Stuffer Idea!

Happy Friday, my friends!

I'm back today to share with you a fun little Jellypark project. It fits right in with the month long Christmas Challenge that is going on over at Jellypark Friends. I used the image called "Gingerbread Woman" and you can find it in the Jellypark Shop right HERE.

If you're still looking for some last minute stocking stuffers or gift ideas, this one is ideal. It's so quick and easy and FUN to make. It's a little recipe book! I printed the image on kraft cardstock, colored it up, and cut it out. I used two pieces of medium chipboard measuring 4" X  6". I covered the front and the back in this fun...and most suitable...designer paper. Then I added 24 recipe cards between the covers and bound it with my Bind-It-All. I adhered the fun sentiment on the front, then added some seam binding and rhinestones. 

This would make a lovely gift as it is, especially if some special recipes are added to the cards. It would also be a wonderful addition to a basket of baking goodies; cookie cutters, icing and decorative tips, baking pans, or even a jar of gingerbread mix! :o)

Here's a photo of the stamping I did on the inside.

This one is for one of my girls...but don't tell her! ;o)

Materials Used:

Papers: American Craft - Merrymint;

Image: Jellypark Digi - Gingerbread Woman,

Prismacolor Pencils and OMS;

Dies: Spellbinders Shapeabilities - Lotus Pendants,

Orchard Harvest Tags and Accents;

Stamps: Stampin' Up - Unknown,

October Afternoon - Home for the Holidays;

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, CTMH - Cranberry;

Seam Binding and Rhinestones from My Stash.

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Why don't you pop on over to the 

Jellypark Friends Challenge 

and link up your Christmas projects!

If you use a Jellypark Image your project will be counted twice! 

Christmas is so much FUN!! :o)

Some New Yummies and a Month Long Challenge

Hello, my friends!

There are going to be a few exciting changes happening around here in the next couple of months. Today I get to tell you about one of them!

I know that many of you are familiar with my fondness for Jellypark digi images. I have used them regularly for a long time. Well, I am very happy to share that I am now part of the Jellypark Design Team! I've been a fan of Claire's sweet images ever since I first saw them, and I'm so excited to have joined the team! :o)

For my first project I have used this brand new Jellypark release called "Gingerbread Dress Up" that you can find in the Jellypark Store. As soon as I saw it I had an idea of what I wanted to make. Since this is for my introduction at the  Jellypark blog I wanted my project to be special. Here it is:

Here it is open:

Yes, I made a little gingerbread easel card for my gingerbread man! The trick came in putting my plan into action. I only have a few Cricut Cartridges...nothing Christmas themed...and nothing that could be adapted. My Slice Cards have gingerbread houses but they were too small. So I had to make this one from scratch...which was lots of fun! I drew out the house in the size I wanted. Then I cut the icing trim and used the goo punch on it. The candy was made from a circle punch and the modern label punch. I then covered it with Glossy Accents. It looks a little bit cloudy in my photos because it was still wet.

Materials Used:

Papers: American Crafts - Merrymint, Kraft Cardstock;

Image: Jellypark - Gingerbread Dress Up;

Dies: Sizzix Framelits - Tags, Rounded;

MM Slice Design Card - Fa La La;

Punches: Martha Stewart - Drippy Goo Punch,

Fiskars - 1" Circle, Stampin' Up - Modern Label,

WRMK  Corner Chomper - Cloud;

Stamp: Tim Holtz - Mini Holidays;

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink - Walnut Stain;

Buttons & Ribbon: My Stash;

Other: Enamel Accents - White, Glossy Accents, Clear Glitter Glue.

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Please head on over the the Jellypark Friends Friday Challenges where we're having a month long Christmas Challenge. Then make something and join in the fun! :o)

A Die for a Sketch - Challenge #18 - Reminder

Hello, friends!

Just a quick reminder that Challenge #18 that is going on over at A Die for a Sketch! Our wonderful sponsor this month is:

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Here is the fun sketch created by Dunja:

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For my card I used the super sweet Jellypark image called Girl in Coat. I coloured it up with my pencils and had fun with punches and dies.  A fun sentiment and it's done!

I wish you all JOY! :o)

Materials Used:

Papers: Hot Off the Press - Ultimate Christmas Creative Pack;

Image: Jellypark - Girl in Coat,

Prismacolor Pencils and OMS;

Ink: Momento - Tuxedo Black;

Stamp: Unknown;

Punch: EK Success - Stars;

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Labels Six;

Pearls: My Stash.

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Head on over to A Die for a Sketch and join in the fun!