Stampin! with Jaydee

Poinsettia & Pine for Paper Players #412

Hi Everyone. Happy Sunday. It's the fabulous LeAnne's turn to host our Paper Players challenge this week and she has a Tic-Tac-Toe board for us. I chose the right vertical column: green, any embossing and sequins. I'm trying to make some more Christmas cards, so this seemed like the perfect challenge for a Christmas card. I started by embossing the pine leaves and the petals from the poinsettia. I found a photo that shows more green leaves and used that as my inspiration, especially as I needed to add more green to meet the challenge :-) I colored the plant... Read more →

Sweetest Peas for Casual-Fridays Encouragement Challenge #17

Hi Everyone. I have a quick post for you tonight. I found a brand new (certainly tome!) challenge. Here's a link to the challenge. If you are interested, here's the story behind the challenge. I love that we are encouraged to send a card to someone who needs a little lift in their life. I seem to have a lot of people who are going through stressful situations right now, so was pleased to have another reason to create another card to send out. Here's the inspiration photo for the challenge: I've shared so many colorful cards recently, that I... Read more →

Artsy-Craftsy for Inkspirational #170

Hi Everyone. I have a card made from the fabulous challenge across at Inkspirational this week. I mean... how could I NOT make a card for this challenge :-) I can't imagine a single one of us that doesn't relate to this photo? The buttons, the scissors, the creative use of tools to make words... it's a perfect excuse to make a card to celebrate our crafty friends - and this wonderful hobby that we have :-) I have to tell you, that I completely and utterly salute NBC for broadcasting - in prime time - a show that celebrates... Read more →

Golden Rose for Paper Players #411

Hi Everyone. Happy Sunday. It's my pleasure to host our Paper Players challenge this week and I have a sketch for you: To make my card I used some papers that came in my September Tonic crafting kit. I love the imprinted leaves on the shiny paper and mixed it with some of the glitter paper that came in the same pack. I generally don't use a lot of shiny paper, but loved the colors and texture. Here's a closeup of the paper: Isn't that just gorgeous? I really do love all of that wonderful texture. :-) I decided that... Read more →

Artsy Leaves for Twofer and As You See It

Hi Everyone. I have a quick post for you tonight, but have two cards to share for Twofer. Have you heard of Twofer? You have to make two different cards using the same stamp and, as it is the first day of Fall, leaves is the the appropriate choice for the challenge :-) I also saw this fabulous color challenge across at As You See It I have a very old Fun Stamper's Journey stamp set called "Artsy Leaves". It's one of those very versatile sets that I have used often. My first card for the Twofer challenge uses the... Read more →