Stampin! with Jaydee

Love Bug - 4 up and charity card drive showcase #4

Hi Everyone

Happy Friday!   TGIF!!!!  Oh boy!  I was so looking forward to the end of the day today.  I had this idea in my head all day that I wanted to make a card using paper that had yellow honeycombs on it and I was going to combine it with the Just Buzzin By set...... Well, it was fantastic in my mind.  Really.  Fabulous!  Except... well... when I finally got to my stamping space and opened up my paper... it was pink!  Now, I don't know about you, but I've never seen pink honeycombs before!  So.... thud... that sound you heard was me falling flat on my face.  Back to the drawing board! 

Along with my card tonight - using the Love Bug set, I am featuring a selection of cards from Cam's submissions for my card drive.  I loved looking through Cam's cards - they are fabulous and I would like to give Cam a HUGE shout out!  You Rock, Cam!  Please show Cam a little love and leave her some comments.  It's a great thing that the ladies have done to donate their time and their goodies to send cards to the troops and to critically ill children at hugsandhope.org.  I am so grateful that they came along with me on this journey.

So, tonight's card from Jaydee features Love Bug (115233).  This set is a really cute hostess level 1 set.  I've been dying to find an occasion to use it - and somehow the layout on the cleanandsimple challenge site - a new site I found btw - dedicated to... well.... clean and simple layouts! :-)  My regular visitors know that I love me a clean and simple challenge.  The fabulous layout was to use 4 squares in the bottom right hand corner.  When I looked through my sets, the Love Bug seemed perfect for it.  It makes a great Valentine's card - and is perfect for sending along with the cards to the troops in my fromourhearts card drive.

Isn't this set so cute? I used the single bug and stamped it using StazOn.  I then took my blender pen and used Real Red and Pretty in pink inks to create the stripes on the bodies.  I punched them out with a 1" punch and then took my 1 1/4" punch and punched out 4 Real Red squares.  I stuck the bugs to the matts using snail and put dimensionals behind the matts.  I wrapped a piece of Red and White gingham ribbon around the card.  I then stamped the Love Bugs sentiment from the set onto Whisper White card stock and used my jewelery punch to punch out the sentiment.  A grey half pearl was added as decoration.  I didn't want the coloring to be perfect... I know... Mom... I can hear you screaming at me from Heaven.. but seriously, I thought it would have lost a little of it's whimsical feeling if the coloring had been perfect.  I know, Mom :-)

Simple, quick and, I think, cute!

Now, on to Cam's cards.  I promise you, there is so much for you to find inspiration from here.  Please leave Cam a little love with a comment.  Enjoy the show of Cam's fabulous creations.  Cam's cards have stamps that you haven't seen on my site - so lots of inspiration for you.

here Cam uses Eastern Blooms (111626) and the Trio Flower punch (110711) to perfection.  Notice the piercing at the bottom of the card

 

Here Cam uses the Messages from Mom set (117016 or 118580) and the fabulous Kaleidoscope DSP (115680).  Having seen this... I have to go by myself some of this gorgeous DSP.  Love the spotlighting technique.

Here Cam uses a set you never see on my site - the Beary Best Friends (118052) set! and Thoroughly Modern DSP (115673).  Love that water coloring!

 

Here Cam uses the Garden from the Heart set (117004 or 118568) - its available in French and Spanish, too.  It's such a beautiful set.  Notice the stamped hat at the bottom.

 

I loved this card stamped using Autumn Days from the last holidays mini.  Most of us have used Autumn colors for this stamp set - and Cam went outside of the box and made it fresh and modern by using these colors.

 

I've enjoyed sharing these wonderful creations from the very talented group of women who have so far submitted cards for the charity drive.  Each style has been different and I hope you have enjoyed viewing them.  I still have a couple more collections to share with you. 

Tonight, I spent some time making my wood mount stamps that have just arrived into clear mount stamps!  Oh... the joy... the freedom... :-)  I love the feel of the wood mount stamps from SU.  It was the reason that I became an SU demonstrator.  I found myself scouring recycling sales at my local scraping store to see who was selling their SU sets. Why?  Because I always found myself drawn to them and the quality.  I bought a single stamp at my LSS this last weeked.  $7.99 for a single sentiment stamp.  I love it... but seriously.. it was a lot of money for a single stamp.  It reminded me why I always bought SU!  Anyway, the thing I am loving about the new SU stamps - is that I can buy the clear mount version.  Not only do I save money, but there are serious space saving advantages, too.  I will be placing a tutorial on how I have converted my stamps to clear mount in a post this weekend.  So watch out for that.

Have a fabulous Saturday everyone.  Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and please leave Cam a little love in the way of a comment.

Hugs

Jaydee

Autumn Days Pinecones - Happy Thanksgiving

Hi Everyone.  Happy Wednesday night and welcome to Jaydee's SU stampin space.  Today's card features the Stampin' Up! Autumn Days (115452).  I decided to use the pine cones - but in a slightly different way.... I added some crystal effects to the cones to raise it from the paper and give it sheen and texture - without bling!  It reminded me of pine cones covered in ice.

 

How I created the card:

•  I wanted to use really earthy colors and choose Chocolate Chip textured card stock and placed it over a Garden Green base.  I stamped the image on Whisper White using my Garden Green and Soft Suede markers.  I then "kissed" the pine cones with Chocolate Chip marker to add some dimension.

• Once the image was stamped on the card stock, I used my Crystal Effects and smoothed some over the image and left it to dry.

• When I took the pic, I moved the image into the light so that you could really see the detailing on the pine cones and also the crystal effects.
• I stamped it twice... once on Very Vanilla and once one Whisper White.  I tried them both - but decided I wanted the really crisp cool color of the WW rather than the more muted VV for this card as I wanted to continue the cold, icy theme!  It looked good with the VV... but just not what I wanted this time around.  I then backed the image on a white matt to give a crisp clean separation between the image and the Chocolate Chip base.
• I used textured card stock for the Chocolate Chip to add to the organic feel.
• The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes ---my go to set... with 24 different stamps, it's hard not to find one suitable :-)

Today has been a glorious day.  I found the best place to get internet connection was in the outside courtyard.  So I've been sitting here with little creepy crawlies of all colors and sizes  take the opportunity to explore my screen.  Id forgotten what it was like in Africa!

I will be putting up a card tomorrow - but won't have access to the internet again until Sunday.  So, after Thursday, the next card upload is most likely to be Sunday.  If I can get access, I'll update earlier. 

I hope you have a fabulous day and get time to spend doing the things you love... with those you love.

As always, thank you for spending time in my little area of the stamping blogosphere.  Your visits are always appreciated.

Peace

Jaydee

 

Autumn Days - pine cones in the snow and blog candy alert

Hi Everyone.  Happy Sunday night and welcome to Jaydee's SU stamping space.

Today was rainy and wet - in fact, it reminded me of England...or Seattle :-)  We were sitting out having breakfast on the deck under the awning with the rain all around us.  The smell of wet earth and fresh rain was fabulous.  One of the sparrows took cover in the rock garden.  She sat out the shower all nice and cozy in a little nook between two rocks.  And they insult people by calling them birdbrain!

Today's card was inspired by one I saw in a magazine about a month ago.  I saw the color inspiration sketch across at PPA and decided that I needed to pull out a card stock I don't use very often.  Which is a pity, cos it's such a gorgeous card stock.  I made two cards inspired by the colors in the PPA photo - and also used the same set - Autumn Days.  This is the first of them.  I absolutely love the Autumn Days set and combined with the shimmer paint, white ink and chocolate chip... a nice, muted color palette and a card that was quick, easy and worth adding to a stamp a stack for Christmas. :-)

So, let's take a look at how I created this snow effect.

First of all, I used an A2 card base with Kraft.  I cut another piece of Kraft 21/2" x 21/2" and used that to stamp my pinecone image.  Of course, I used my stamp-a-ma-jig - where would I be without it!

I stamped the image and then used a stylus to apply the shimmer paint - I used the Frost White for this card.  However...... I really didn't like it - I thought it was much too strong on the page.  So.  I did what paper crafters NEVER do... I turned the paper over and re-stamped the image on the other side!  OK... Fess up... who has done that?  :-)

So, here's what I did to get around the fact that the paint was too bright when applied directly?  

I took the stylus and "kissed" my inked stamp instead.

I inked the stamp with Always Artichoke and Chocolate Chip and then "huffed and puffed".  I then took my stylus (the smaller end) and dipped it into the lid of my shimmer paint (shake well before using).  I then used the stylus to "apply" the snow onto the stamp and stamped the image again.

   

This time, I got exactly the effect I was looking for.  If you look closely, you can see where I applied the shimmer paint directly to a piece of card stock for you.  It's much brighter - and too strong for the image I was going for.  Applying it to the stamp gave me the softer, more etheral feel of snow.  

I then took my white ink pad and inked around the edges of the stamped image piece - as well as around the front of the card.  WARNING:  remember to let each side dry when you are moving it around in your hand otherwise you end up with white streaks everywhere... Of course, I would never do that :-)

I also distressed the edges of the card very, very slightly with my bone folder.  I used Short and Sweet for the sentiment and added a little shimmer paint to the stamp before I stamped the sentiment.

Here's a close-up of the final image.  Those of you who visit my blog often must know that I was really, really, really, really... :-) tempted to use my Big Shot to texturize the background. But in this case I decided to restrain myself and keep with the clean and simple feel for the card.  A little chocolate chip ribbon was all it needed to achieve the look that I was going for. Can't you feel the snow on those pine cones?

So.... I've decided it's blog candy time.   Check back tomorrow, as I will be announcing blog candy.  I'll give you a hint - it involves my favorite stamp set :-)

I hope you all had a fabulous Sunday. I have to admit that tonight I will be sitting in front of the TV - to watch the beginning of The Amazing Race.  I love this show and am pleased that it's back.  I love traveling, whether it's in person - or vicariously through others.  Mind you.... because I hate flying long distances, I really wish that we could do a Harry Potter and use some floo powder!  Mmm... thinking about that... and the fact that I keep forgetting things - like lots of things and have to keep retracing my steps - I could do with a Rememberall, too!

On that note, I wish you all a Monday filled with the magic that makes you happy.....  Whether it's a good latte at your nearest coffee shop, walking the dog, scratching your cat under his/her chin, playing tag with the children, or stamping....  thanks for stopping by today - and have a magical Monday.  Don't forget to check in tomorrow for some blog candy - no Bertie Bott's everyflavor beans I promise! :-)

Peace and hugs

Jaydee 

Autumn Days - 115452

Dasher and Autumn Days - Clean and Simple

Hi Everyone!

Happy Tuesday!  Three cards for the price of a single visit today!  I decided to do a couple of clean and simple cards for the holidays.  These are cards that can be done in around 10 minutes.  I love cards for the holidays which still look stylish, but can be made quickly.  I used Stampin Up's Dasher for two cards and then Autumn Days.

How many times can I use Dasher?  :-) I absolutely love this stamp and for $8.95 it's an amazing price for such a versatile stamp.  I've shown you two Dasher cards already and here are two more.  

Dasher - Blue and White - for the diva coffee break challenge this week.  This is their design challenge DCDB#137.  Check out this site  for weekly color and design challenges.  I loved the layout this week and couldn't help but use Dasher. :-)

I loved the simplicity of the layout challenge.  I stamped Dasher with white embossing powder onto a Night of Navy matt which was 2 1/2 inches square.  I then cut a piece of Whisper White card stock 2 3/4 inches square.  The final matt is another piece of Night of Navy 2 7/8 square.  I placed the image onto Shimmer White paper.  The ribbon bow and the ribbon around the card are both Night of Navy.  The sentiment is from Short and Sweet (another set that I get a tremendous amount of use out of.) I stamped it in Night of Navy.  Thanks to the Divas for the challenge - I enjoyed working with the simplicity of the layout.

One more Dasher card for you.  This next one uses Garden Green card stock and features the fabulous in color Crushed Curry.  I hadn't realized how fabulous this color was until I started using it with my Christmas Colors.  The vibrancy of the red and green really highlight the gorgeous yellow tones of the Crushed Curry.

I cut a circle into the Garden Green card stock using my Circle Scissors plus and stamped Dasher onto a piece of Whisper White card stock and matted him behind the circle.  

I used Garden Green classic ink to stamp Dasher and used Crushed Curry marker to color in his horns.  I then used my Versamarker to cover the image and used Iridescent Ice embossing powder to give him the bling that I wanted.  The sentiment was stamped in Garden Green ink on Whisper White paper.  The sentiment is from the Many Merry Messages set.  

I used the Crushed Curry polka dot ribbon. Jaydee tip:  The polka dot ribbon is very versatile and with a little manipulation of the ribbon you can create either a plain ribbon with a plain bow and knot; a polka dot ribbon with a polka dot bow and plain knot; a plain ribbon and bow, with a polka dot knot.  In this case I decided to highlight the polka dots, but also show the plain side to fit with the scalloped Crushed Curry matt. If you are looking for pointers on tying the knots with this ribbon, just drop me an email or leave a comment.

My final clean and simple card is a thanksgiving card.  I used the challenge from Splitcoaststampers.  For this card I used Very Vanilla paper as the card and used my Big Shot texturz plate to create some texture and background.  I love my big shot and use the texturz plates often.  I stamped the pine cone image from the Autumn Days set onto Very Vanilla.  I colored the image with Soft Suede and Old Olive markers.  The image piece is 2 1/4 square with a thin matt of the Old Olive.  I used the textured card stock for the Soft Suede backing.  The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes and was stamped in Soft Suede

So there you go.  Three cards for the price of a single visit today.  If you like the Dasher cards and haven't seen the others I've posted here and here.  I'm thinking he might make more appearances before Christmas :-)

Tomorrow is my MojoMonday on a Wednesday update :-)  I hope you enjoyed the clean and simple cards today and would love to hear your feedback.  

As always, thank you for spending time in my area of the stamping blogosphere.  Your visit is always appreciated.  

Peace

Jaydee

On a personal note.... many thanks to those of you who have visited and left comments and visit my page everyday.