Stampin! with Jaydee

Sweet Details for FreshlyMade

Hi Everyone.

Happy Monday.  I hope you are all having a great start to your week.

This is another image that I downloaded from Stampin' Up! via My Digital Studio.  I aboslutely LOVE these images from Sweet Details.  I also love that you can size the flowers any size you wanted.

I saw the great sketch across at Freshly Made last week and was really inspired by it.  I wanted to do something different for the circular element, and that's when I saw this daisy from the Sweet Details set.  I downloaded it (product id 125870) - cost me $3.95 - printed it on my new Epson printer.... loving this printer!!!!  Colored the image using my Copics, fussy cut it and I was ready to work on the rest of my card.

I made this card for my best friend in England - I wanted something that reflected the fall colors.  I just love the warmth of Cajun Craze and decided to work with that on all layers of my card, except for the focal image.  It was a great excuse to play along with my Big Shot, my Color Spritzer, and use some of my neglected DSP packs.

Of course, I had to pull out some pearls, too!  I thought that the middle of the flower needed a little texture, so used 3 different size pearls.  The circle under the flower was cut out using my nestabilities and colored with the SU Tea Stain ink to warm it up and fit better with the yellow flower.  The scalloped layer was also created using my nestabilities and gave me the opportunity to carry the green through to the lower layers of the card.

Isn't it a great layout?  I thought it was.  In fact, I thought it was such a great layout, that I made another card with it - you will see that tomorrow!

I have decided to add another category to my side bar - Fall To Layouts.  Sometimes I find myself looking for a great layout and forget which ones that I have enjoyed using.  So, from now on, as I make cards and load them, if I really like the layout, I am going to add them to this new category.

I think this image would be wonderful used to create wrapping paper.  I think it is such a pretty image, as is the other image that goes along with this set.  Once again, even though this is a hybrid project, you wouldn't know it from the quality of the printed image.

So, what do you think?  I know I can hear Brenda saying, "there she goes, fussy cutting, again!" and she's right... but it just seemed the fit :-)

On a personal note:

Loving being on vacation.  No time in my stamp room today, but we did get other things done.  I also managed to read, play a word game on my ipad, spend some quality time with the kitties and spend some quality time with my handsome hubby.  All round.... a great day!

Warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift again tonight.  I do hope that your Tuesday is filled with love and laughter - and time spent doing things you love.  Why not take a moment to reach out to someone that you haven't spoken to for a while and just send them a quick card saying "thinking of you"?

Hugs

Jaydee

Mr & Mrs

Hi Everyone.  Happy Saturday Night.

Well my newly organized stamping space is almost finished.  It was another late night last night... or should I say morning!  It was around 1am when we got into bed and the roofing team were here at 7am!  We are going to relish having a little lie in tomorrow morning.  It has so been worth it though.  I can't believe what a difference it has made.  I need two more three drawer boxes and some frosting sheets for the glass doors and then we will be finished. 

It seems that so many people I know are making moves towards marriage including my great-niece and my step-daughter, that I thought another wedding card is in order.  This one is very different to either of the ones I have shown you recently.

A square card in pink, black and white.  Not my usual combination I know, but I have known brides who use this color combo.  It certainly is striking.

Once again this is a layout that can be changed to suit any color scheme.  I love the ribbon it makes it look like a fabulous parcel.  If you haven't tried the Satin ribbons yet, you really should.

The tags are from the Tiny Tags set from the Spring Mini.

The black and white paper is the Night and Day DSP.

The pink paper is from the Welcome Neighbor set - free as an SAB item.

I punched the 1" squares of paper and backed them onto a 4" piece of white card stock.  I then adhered that to the 4 2/5" card base using dimensionals. 

Before adhering down the squares, I wrapped the Whisper White Satin Ribbon around and tied into a knot.  I decided to fork the tails of the ribbon to echo the background black and white paper on the bottom right hand corner.  The hearts on the pink paper were the perfect touch for a wedding card.

Well.... the roof is complete.  The boys worked really hard.  We have a VERY steep roof and they were running around on it like mountain goats.  It was also very windy today, which didn't help them at all.  They were a well brought up bunch of young men and their parents should be very proud of them.  It feels so good to get the roof replaced.  (We had issues with certainteed shingles, like so many other people did.)  The $300 we will get back from the manufacturer to cover the issues won't even put a little, teeny, tiny, microscopic dent in the cost of the new roof.  However, it did pay for my new cupboard and some of the new storage I bought. :-)

Once I have declared the cupboard complete, I will take some pictures and show you some of the storage I used.

I hope you ALL have a fabulous Sunday and get to spend time enjoying this amazing weather.  I swear I can see all the plants growing.  Literally overnight the bushes seem to have grown by inches!

Hugs

Jaydee

Baby Bear

Hi Everyone.

Happy Thursday night.  Tomorrow is Friday... yay.... spring is on its way.. the snow is beginning to melt...and we even had a thunderstorm today!  So, old-man winter may well be on his way out!  Not that I'm counting out a few more snow storms before May!

Tonight's card is a change of color for me, and also uses a stamp set I haven't used before - Teddy and Train.  So, still trying to keep up with my new year's resolutions and choose different colors and stamps!

For the card I used Brocade Blue, Brilliant Blue and Bashful Blue... so all BLUE..... so unlike me.  

I had great fun water coloring the teddy bear in various shades of brown and ran my texturz polka dot plate through my big shot

I love the Teddy from this set.. he's just so cuddly... mind you, I guess if I was doing a girl card then it would be she's so cuddly :-)

 

So... of course, I would have water colored the bear to have the shadow on the left side (looking at him) and photographed him with the light coming from that side, so the shadow on the card is on the other side!  you know... sometimes... really... I amaze myself!!!

Anyway, here's what I did:

I ran a piece of Brocade Blue card stock through my Big Shot with the large polka dot texturz plate.  To get the polka dots to stand out - and match with the lighter blue of the DSP - I lightly sanded the dots with my sanding block.  You can see that this takes the top layer of color off and really helps to tie it in with the lighter blue of the stripe DSP.

I adhered the striped DSP to the card stock and cut three layers of matt to go underneath the teddy bear.

One in Brilliant Blue, one in Brocade Blue and the top one in Bashful Blue. 

On the Bashful Blue layer, I stamped the image of the Teddy in Brown StazOn ink.

I then stamped it again on a piece of Whisper White and used this one to color.  I colored the teddy in close to cocoa, chocolate chip and creamy caramel and his ribbon in Brilliant Blue marker

I snipped around the Teddy and adhered him over the stamped image on the Bashful Blue layer.  I used dimensionals to mount him to the Bashful Blue layer.

I stamped the "Bundle of Joy" sentiment in Chocolate Chip on the Bashful Blue layer.

I stamped "hello" and "baby" in Chocolate Chip on Bashful Blue using Tiny Tags and punched them out with the jewelery punch.  A small blue half pearl finished off the two Tiny Tags.

I was really pleased with it.  It's a great boy card, has enough interest in layers, colors, etc. yet still manages to feel "clean".

I hope you all have a fabulous Friday... remember.... only 20 more days left of Sale A Bration!

As always.. thank you to all of you for visiting my little area of the stamping blogosphere!

Hugs

Jaydee

Ever After Valentine

Hi Everyone.  Happy Valentine's Day.

Tonight's card is dedicated to my darling hubby, whom I love dearly!  This Ever After card is one of the Valentine cards he will be receiving today!

I used the sketch challenge from stamping411 and the crazy4challenges challenge to make a predominantly red card in celebration of Valentine.  Why don't you click on the links and see inspiration cards from the talented design teams and participants!  I guarantee you will find lots to stimulate your creative juices.  You can see my other Ever After cards here

Card recipe:

• The base is metallic gold
• The next layer is Real Red.  I ran this layer through my Big Shot and used a texturz plate.  You can see the scroll detail if you look above the bow.  I'm still having trouble with my photo editing software and have downloaded a trial of another product and will try playing with that tomorrow! It's driving me crazy that it's washing out these rich lush colors! 
• I have a strip of the gorgeous paper from the Sending Love DSP pack that has hearts and glitter already on it :-)
• I stamped the heart from the Ever After set (113401) onto Very Vanilla using Real Red classic ink
• I attached the focal image onto a layer of Real Red using dimensionals.  I adhered this to the metallic gold using snail.
• I ran some of the fabulously rich and luscious satin Real Red Ribbon underneath the central image and around the back of the DSP and Real Red layers and adhered with snail.
• I stamped "4 you" and "love" from the Tiny Tags and punched them out with my Jewelry Tag punch. 
• I made the bow from the same Real Red satin ribbon and put 3 mini glue dots behind the bow.  I adhered the front of the tags to the glue dots behind the ribbon and then applied that to my card.

The gold of the card stock and the gold in the DSP look fabulous together and the Real Red ribbon and the DSP are just so rich..... I wish I could let you feel it and hold this card in your hand.  My photo really doesn't do it justice.

I hope you all have a day filled with love, laughter and get to spend quality time with those that you love the most.  Thank you for taking time in your day to visit my little area of the stamping blogosphere.  Your visits are always much appreciated.

Hugs

Jaydee

Vintage Vogue in Red, White and Black - Friendship

Hi Everyone

Very quick post for you tonight.  I finished work very late and hope you will forgive me for so short a post.

Fristly, I'd like to give a huge shout out to Hazel who let me know that she has posted cards for hugsandhope.... so thank you, Hazel.  You Rock!  Also... I'm pleased to let you know that you will be seeing more of Cam's fabulous creations.  Another box of cards arrived today and I had great fun oohing and aahing over her fabulous creations. I will be photographing those this weekend!

Tonight's card was made using the color inspiration from stampsrus... the challenge was to make a red, white and black card.  I made a masculine Valentine's using that same color scheme the other night.  I made a more feminine card that same night.  I used Vintage Vogue, the Very Vintage wheel (on the left hand side of the card) and I used Iridescent Ice all over the white focal image.  I was very pleased with the way that it came out.

 

It's pretty tough to see, but the Very Vintage wheel is on the left hand side of the card - I did it as a watermark using Versamark and the Iridescent Ice on the focal point looks like moonlight on a fresh snowfall, but it's really tough to photograph.  I used a Tiny Tags, a half pearl and grosgrain ribbon to finish of the card.  Mmmmm... the color looks fine in Aperture, but when I bring it across to Typepad it really washes it out... here's a closeup for you

 

Have a fabulous Thursday everyone.  I hope that you are all warm and cozy and for those of you who are having snow days and getting in some crafting time.. enjoy.... for the rest of us.. have a good day at work - or whatever you will be doing tomorrow

Hugs

Jaydee

 

Sweetheart Lollipop card and HugsandHope and FromourHearts showcase 2

Hi Everyone

little talking... for a change i can hear you all scream.  about time, too.  I can hear you all add.  

My card for the crazy4challenges.  A new site I found last week.  The challenge was to make a card featuring a lollipop.  Well, considering I don't have stamps with lollipops on them.... that left me scratching my head.  Which is the reason why you should do challenges, right?  So here's what I came up with using the Sweetheart set the I {love} Love wheel and a Tiny Tag statement.  Go check out the new great challenge site for some more inspiration and sketches to use. I promise you will find lots of inspiration.

I hope you like my card.  Then, scroll down for lots more inspiration for you on this visit.  I selected a few of Adelle's card's - at random - to highlight for you.  Two of them had me in stitches!  I hope you will leave Adelle a little love in the way of comments - to show her appreciation for donating these cards for the card drive for hugsandhope and fromourhearts!

 

Here are some of Adelle's great cards.  Such creative use of colors and all sorts of different sizes and shapes to get your creative juices going.  It was fabulous looking through the box of cards that Adelle supplied.  Lots of ooh's and aah's when I went through the cards. I know the recipients at the charities will be thrilled by them.  So a huge shout out to Adelle!  You ROCK!

And... as far as I'm concerned.. this card couldn't be further from the truth!!!

I love the black with the blue.  gorgeous!

love those cut out details and the strong focal image!

wait till you see the inside of this creative card!  Isn't that face too funny!!!

 

Very funny!  I laughed outloud!

That's all folks!  Have a fabulous Friday.... yay... it's almost the weekend.. I am so excited.  I really hope you enjoyed seeing so many different cards tonight.

Cam's cards will be showcased tomorrow.

Hugs

Jaydee 
      

Abundant Hope - Thanks!

Hi Everyone.  Happy Friday Night and welcome to Jaydee's SU stampin' space.  Tonight's card shows you yet another way to use Abundant Hope.  And tonight's card is dedicated to Sally.  You can see my other Abundant Hope cards here

Before we get started on tonight's cards... I'd like to give a shout out to Lynn.  Her cards arrived for Hugs and Hope today and they are gorgeous.  Look out for some of Lynn's fabulous creations on my blog tomorrow.  I promise you will be inspired.  A shout out to Cam, too... who let me know her cards on the way.  Thank you ladies!

And whilst we are on the topic of doing something for others... here's more detail on the drive that Stampin' Up! is having to help those in Haiti.  So... think about buying a heart (stamp set) - to help others!

My new goodies arrived for my stampfest tomorrow.  A couple of friends are coming around to add to our card drive, so I'm looking forward to having some girl time and some play time - all together.... now that's a good Saturday.  Which is a good thing, because I didn't have a particularly good Friday and can honestly say that I am, uncharacteristically VERY GRUMPY!  So, I think I am several of the Seven Dwarfs all in one tonight!  :-)  However, spending time with a little bit of rubber and ink should cure me of my grumpiness.  If that fails... then a glass of wine... if that fails... I'll watch a George Clooney movie! :-)  Actually....mmmm... maybe a George Clooney movie and a glass of wine - now that should definitely do the trick! :-)

So, back to the card for tonight....I really love this Daffodil image and I wanted to see how I could use it in a way that visually changed the proportion of the stamp - and I found that using it on a square base, with a square matt, did that for me.  Of course, I had to use my scallop border and corner punch.  Don't forget.. talk to your friendly SU demonstrator to see how you can earn your own free scallop trim border punch... and I also used my Tiny Tags sentiments!  You know I wasn't crazy about getting the Tiny Tags...until I got them!

Card recipe:

• Always Artichoke and Crushed Curry Card stock.  The central image is stamped on Whisper White.
• I stamped the sentiments "4 you" and "thanks so much" in Always Artichoke and punched them out with the jewelry punch.
• I inked the stamp with Always Artichoke and Crushed Curry markers and stamped the image onto the Whisper White
• I used my scallop border and corner punches on a piece of Crushed Curry card stock.  Jaydee tip: I used the 3 13/16" size as per LyndaLee28's great post on splitcoast.  You can check the link and LyndaLee has put the sizes that she worked out to get the best use of the corner punch with scallop.  The key is to start in one corner (with the right size paper) and then work down one side, do the next corner, etc.  until you have worked all the way around the square.  The key is.... you have to have the right size square in order to get the corners and sides to match.  It takes a little effort - but I think the results are really worth it.
• I matted the Whisper White onto a piece of Always Artichoke and then put that onto the Crushed Curry.  I stuck the Always Artichoke matt onto the crushed curry with snail and attached the Whisper White focal image using dimensionals.
• I wrapped a piece of crushed curry around the card and stuck the two ends in the middle of the front of the card. 
• I put the image and the matts onto the card base, over the ribbon, using dimensionals.
• I made a bow with a piece of crushed curry ribbon and stuck 4 mini glue dots behind the knot ... yeah.. I know...4 is more than you need... but I wanted to make sure it was REALLY stuck!  before I adhered the bow to the image, I stuck the sentiment labels underneath the bow and secured them to the mini glue dots.  I then pressed the bow onto the image.

I hope you like it. I think I'm done with Abundant Hope for a couple of nights :-)  I have some new goodies to go play with:-)

I hope you have a fabulous Saturday and that you get to spend time doing the things you love with those you love the most.  For my readers in California, I hope you are all safe and dry.

Hugs

Jaydee