Stampin! with Jaydee

Simple Friends

Hi Everyone

Happy Tuesday night.  A very quick post tonight. A big shout out to Adelle and Cam.... who let me know tonight that they have both sent me more cards for the card drive!  I know that you will be looking forward to seeing more of their creations!  You both ROCK!!!! thank you!

Tonight's card uses Simple Friendship and Matchbox Messages.  You can see my other Simple Friendship cards here .  I love this set - and the butterfly is one of the most beautiful around!  I used the sketch from the splitcoaststampers sketch challenge last week. It was a great sketch and I couldn't wait to use the new Sending Love DSP again!

as you can see, I had problems with my light tent again!

Card recipe:

• Real Red (102482) and Very Vanilla (101650) card stock
• Sending Love DSP - love the shine, sparkle and textural quality of this DSP! (117153)
• The ribbon is that absolutely gorgeous, sumptuous, fabulous satin ribbon - this time in real red - Lou bought me more colors of this great ribbon for Valentine's Day!  Thank you, honey! (117286)
• The sentiment is from the Matchbox Messages set (113800)
• I stamped the butterfly in Pretty in Pink and rock and rolled it in Real Red.  I then stamped the image again and cut around the butterfly.
• I then used my Versamark pad and stamped all over the second butterfly and sprinkled it with Iridescent Ice (101930) and then heat embossed it.  I then snailed the middle of the butterfly and stuck it over the first stamped image.
• I rounded all the corners of the paper - and the base card
• A single half pearl worked as the head of the butterfly

As always, thank you so much for spending time in my little area of the stamping blogosphere.  You know I appreciate your visit.  I hope you have a great Wednesday!

Hugs

Jaydee

Simple Friendship - true friend

Hi Everyone.  Welcome to Jaydee's SU stampin space - where you are always welcome :-)  Back to my normal blog banner tonight.  Bilbo has decided that two days in the spotlight was quite enough... well, what he doesn't know is that he will be making an appearance again for Christmas :-)

Today's card, using the Simple Friendship set, was designed for my best friend in South Africa, to say thank you for spending time with me during my last visit.  I do miss her a great deal and really enjoyed our time together.  It's a fabulous thing when you can see someone so rarely, and yet fall back into a comfortable discussion and it is though you were never apart.  I do miss you Suzie and am blessed to call you friend.

I decided to use two challenges for this card - one was a layout challenge from the talented Gretch Barron - this was the Weekend sketch challenge - Inspiration in Action 108.  (Gretchen is also a member of the Stamping411 design team.)  I actually created two cards using this layout, but this one I turned portrait instead of Gretchen's original landscape. 

You all know by now that I love doing the challenges.  They really force me to do something different... and I've just started to incorporate color challenges.  Some of them really push me out of my comfort zone - and the color throwndown challenge # 66 certainly did.  The challenge colors were Rich Razzleberry, Elegant Eggplant and Bordering Blue.  Oh boy... did I have to think about that one for a while! :-)  So, thank you LeAnne for forcing me to think outside of the box.  I was really pleased with the final card and glad that I incorporated both challenges.  Although... I noticed that the colors are showing much cooler when I import them than the actual card itself.... mmmm...

 

• I stamped the image in Bordering Blue  on Whisper White card stock
• I then "rolled" the stamp in my Elegant Eggplant
• I stamped the en Francais stamp (my favorite background stamp!) on Elegant Eggplant
• I then cut a piece of Rich Razzleberry DSP and used my eyelet border punch on both edges
• I then put a piece of Rich Razzleberry ribbon around the DSP - polka dot side down :-)
• I matted the image on both Elegant Eggplant and Bordering Blue card stock
• I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set in Rich Razzleberry and used my modern label punch
• For the final touch, I stamped the butterfly again using the same colors - except this time I did one extra step.  I inked up my stamp again with White Shimmer Paint and stamped over the second dried butterfly image.  I let it dry and then cut it out using my paper snips.
• This last step gives a phenomenal sheen and sense of luxe to the image.  I attached the cut out butterfly over my stamped image with some snail and lifted the wings.  The double wings give a natural shadow and make it look like a double winged butterfly.
• A couple of pearls from the pretties kit... and voila... all done.
• I attached the matted image to the cardstock with some stampin dimensionals

Here's a closeup of the details for you... I love the fact that the script of the sentiment echoes the script on the background stamp. 

For my newsletter subscribers... I just wanted to let you know that I am updating the format of my newsletter and will be including some tips and techniques.  The tip and technique for this month will be using my shimmer paint to create this card.  To sign up for my newsletter - just click HERE

I hope you have a fabulous Monday and that those of you who celebrated Halloween had a fabulous night with the little ones.  A shout out to Kelli - who was my blog candy winner.  Kelli's children love Halloween and I love the pictures that Kelli has shared on her blog. :-)

As always, thank you for spending time in my little area of the stamping blogosphere - your visit is always much appreciated - as are your comments.  If you have any questions on today's project, or any other project you find on my site, just send me an email, I am always happy to provide further information.

Peace and blessings

Jaydee

Simple Friendship - Inspired by You

Hi Everyone - Happy Tuesday night!

A very quick post today, as my meds are really messing with my head and are making me very sleepy.  Thank goodness this is the last day that I will be on them. :-) I made this card for a friend who never ceases to amaze me, so the sentiment was perfect :-).  This Stampin' Up! Simple Friendship butterfly is my all time favorite.  I was inspired to use two of the retired in colors (Pacific Point and Kiwi Kiss) and use the Rock and Roll technique for the butterfly.   I

I stamped the image in Pacific Point onto Naturals Ivory paper and then stamped the image again and cut it out.  I first stamped it into the Kiwi Kiss and then rolled it in the Pacific Point ink.  Jaydee tip:  the key to successfully rolling is to touch the touch the corner of the stamp on the second color of ink and then roll the outer edges in a clockwise motion - in a very clean movement.  You need to touch just the edges to the ink to get coverage just on the outside.  By stamping the image the first time in the darker ink, gives an almost shadow effect when you see the raised butterfly. I attached the cut out butterfly with a little snail in the middle. 

Card recipe:

Card Stock:

Pacific Point card base (A2), the Naturals Ivory matt is 2 1/2 x 2 1/8

Panels - Flock Together.  The panels are 1 x 3 with a 1/16 Kiwi Kiss matt

Designer Series Paper:

Flock Together (114018)

Ribbon and Buttons:

Kiwi Kiss

I think the Tempting Turquoise worked really well with the Kiwi Kiss and the Pacific Point to create a strong color combination.  I'm tempted to try this together with a couple of the new in colors.

As always, thanks for spending a little time in my area of the stamping blogosphere.  Your visit is always appreciated.

Jaydee

Simple Friendship - Color Throwdown #52

Hi Everyone!  Happy Monday.
Something a little different today.  I decided to tackle my first color throwdown challenge.  I decided to combine it with another sketch challenge - this one from a midnight madness.  I chose the Simple Friendship butterfly to highlight in these challenges.  Both of these challenges took me way outside my comfort zone.  Color challenge was Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip and Perfect Plum.  Colors I use - but never together.  The sketch challenge also has more embellishments than I generally use.

I find it's worth doing the challenges to take me out of my comfort zone as this finished card is more "romantic" in feel than my normal style.  I'd be interested to hear what you think about this card that forced me outside of both my comfort zones :-)  I used the Simple Friendship butterfly for this card, after I realized that there were butterflies on the Cottage Wall designer series paper.

Jaydee tip:  I used the medium flowers from the Pretties Kit. The flowers are white so you need to dye them.  I decided to use two colors in the color challenge and put them onto the flowers with my Aqua Painter.  I started with the lighter color - the Certainly Celery and once it was almost dry, added a little of the Perfect Plum around the edges.  The Aqua Painter is the ideal tool for this, as it allowed me to get just the right amount of coverage that I wanted. 

As always, thanks for visiting and spending a little time in my area of the stamping blogosphere.  I wish you an inkspirational day filled with time to do the things you love - with those you love.

Peace
Jaydee

Card recipe:  I used an A2 card turned vertically.  The card is Perfect Plum.  I used Cottage Wall DSP for the matting, which I scalloped using the scallop punch.  I then stamped the image on Whisper White paper using the rock and roll technique.  I inked in Perfect Plum, then gently rolled the edges in Chocolate Chip - just on the outer edges of the wings.  I then used my Versamarker to cover the whole butterfly, then used Iridescent Ice embossing powder to add shimmer.  The Chocolate Chip edges, just gave a little more depth.  I used Whisper White satin ribbon and three flowers and half pearls from the pretties kit.  I mounted the Cottage Wall paper on top of Chocolate Chip.  I stamped the best wishes from the Short and Sweet set.  I stamped it on Certainly Celery in Perfect Plum ink and scalloped the edge to match the other scallops.  I finished it off with a brad from the pretties kit.

If you like the Simple Friendship butterfly, you may like my other card at this posting Simple Friendship 2 or this one.  I think it's a very versatile set and you can always make the butterfly fit in with your color scheme.  It's one of my all time favorite butterfly images.

Simple Friendship - Just a Little Thanks

Hi Everyone.  Happy Saturday!
For those of you who are following my blog, you will know that I'm crazy about natural things.  The Stampin' Up! Simple Friendship butterfly is one of my all time favorite butterflies.  For this card, I used Mojo Monday Challenge number 90 for the inspiration.  I love Stampin' Up's Simple Friendship set and, in fact, I did two cards with this layout I loved it so much.  Unfortunately, I had lost the cable to upload my pictures and was not able to get this layout loaded before they closed the challenge.

  I took the first photograph from this angle so that you could see the dimension to the card.  I started with Rich Razzleberry card stock, which I ran through the Big Shot and the polka dot texturz plate.   Jaydee tip: To add more dimension to the dots, I rubbed a sanding block over the top of the dots in a circular motion.  (This takes the top off the dots and releases a paler color in the paper.)  I love using this technique with the polka dot ribbon.)) Especially as it makes the small polka dots look as though they are mimicing the lighter polka dots of the ribbon.  To add more dimension to the butterfly, I stamped it twice.  The second time I cut it out and mounted it over the original stamped image and lightly curled up the edges.  I took the picture from this angle to show this.  Here's the view of the card from the front.  It's easier to see the sanding, but harder to see the lift of the wings of the butterfly.

I stamped the butterfly in Melon Mambo ink and then used the "rock and roll" technique to coat the stamp in Rich Razzleberry on the outer edges.  I love this technique and you can see where I have used it before on this project - also using the butterfly. I used the flower stamp from the Circle Circus set to create a pattern on the Melon Mambo paper behind the main image.  I used Rich Razzleberry ribbon and finished it off with the round message from Matchbox Messages and a filligree brad.  I mounted the whole thing on Very Vanilla cardstock and used Very Vanilla for stamping the butterfly and the sentiment.  Great layout.... I am usually very inspired by the MojoMonday layouts - so thank you, MM! 

On the personal front:  OK.... so did summer and fall come and go in the last few days?  We have been caught in an Artic pattern and it was 58 degrees as a HIGH!  In July?  Mind you, as I love the colder weather, I wasn't exactly complaining.  I've been having fun today playing with a couple of new stamp sets and hope to get some new cards completed and photographed over the next week.  This morning, it was a quick visit to the Farmer's Market.  I swear, it's one of the highlights of my week, especially as we have such long winters and I have severe withdrawal symptoms from the lack of locally grown Heirloom tomatoes.  What I ever did before I discovered Heirloom tomatoes, I have no idea!  No tomatoes taste like those!  I like to slice 3 or so different varieties, put them on a plate, sprinkle with really good quality salt (Maldon, Himalayan pink salt, etc) and then drizzle them with a really good quality olive oil, either plain, or lemon flavored.  Yummy.

As always, I wish you an inkspirational day with lots of fun times .. and thank you for spending a little part of your day in my area of the stamping blogosphere.  Look for a new card on Monday.  Have a fabulous weekend.

Jaydee

Card recipe:  Stamps: Matchbox message (113800), Circle Circus (115778).  Card stock:  Very Vanilla (101650), Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo (115719 in stock pack).  Embellishments:  Filigree Designer Brad (112577), Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon (115613).  Inks:  Rich Razzleberry (1156518) and Melon Mambo (115656)

Simple Friendship - love you

Hi Everyone!
Today's card was created after I saw the layout on Stamping411 - it's the Saturday Sketch Challenge 101.  I think it's a fabulous layout and is likely to become one of my fall to layouts!  I used Stampin U's Simple Friendship set.

 

Card Content:
The stamp is the butterfly stamp from the Simple Friendship (113997) set.  It's one of my favorite stamps and you will see it make an appearance several times during the next couple of weeks.  Card stock: I used the new in colors for the card (Bermuda Bay) and Melon Mambo for the matt. (115315 for the in color card stock pack.)  I LURV the new in colors and I promise you will be seeing lots of them. :-) 

Ribbon: The fabulous Rich Razzleberry polka dot ribbon (115613). (For this card, I decided to tie the bow so that the dots showed on all parts of the ribbon.)  The image was stamped on Whisper White card stock(100730) and WW was also used to back the Melon Mambo. I mounted the butterfly with Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).  Sentiment: The sentiment is from the Short and Sweet (115060) greetings set.

Jaydee tip:  To give greater dimensionality to a stamped image, you can use the "Rock and Roll" technique.  It's a really simple technique.  The image was stamped in Melon Mambo Ink and, before placing the image on the paper, I very gently placed the left hand side of the stamp on a Rich Razzleberry ink pad and slowly - and gently - rolled the outside of the stamp in a circle on the Rich Razzleberry pad. The key is to place the bottom corner very lightly on the pad and slowly rolling just the outside edges in a circular motion.  This enables you to determine how broad you want the border of the second color to be.  Using two complementary colors helps to bring elements together.  In this case, those two elements are the Melon Mambo paper and the Rich Razzleberry riboon. 

On the personal front:  Another glorious day here.  The weather hasn't been too warm nor too humid.  Our garden was visited by a Cooper's Hawk who quickly found himself mobbed by 7 blue jays.  This time he decided it wasn't worth sticking around.  I think he realized, that once he had been spotted and lost the element of surprise, lunch wasn't going to be served up from our garden!

Now... I'm off back to my stampin' spot, I have some new stamps to go play with :-)
Happy Stampin'

Jaydee

P.S.  I noticed that I was having a little trouble with saturation and the Bermuda Bay looks more turquoise in the pic.