Stampin! with Jaydee

Free as a Bird for Addicted to CAS

Hi Everyone. Happy Saturday. It's the fabulous Susan's turn to host our Addicted to CAS Challenge this week and it's a color challenge: The design team have some fabulous inspiration for you, including our very talented guest designer for this challenge YoonYoung Kim For my card, I decided to stick very closely to my two least favorite colors .... pink .... and purple! I paired it with the neutrals of black, white and gray, so that the ahem, pink and purple, could take center stage. :-) I brought out my new favorite Stampin' Up! Free as a Bird set and... Read more →

Free as a Bird for Paper Players #456

Hi everyone. Happy Sunday. It's the fabulous Laurie's turn to host our Paper Players challenge this week and she has a sketch for us: I thought this sketch called for the use of some of my new DSP - Bird Ballad. It's part of the Bird Ballad product suite. I love the paper - and I love the stamp set. I stamped the bird onto Neenah Solar White 80# and watercolored it with my zig real brush markers. I chose colors that would complement the colors in the DSP. Instead of a white base, I decided to go with an... Read more →

Tempus Fugit for The Male Room and CAS on Fridays.

Hi everyone. Happy Saturday. I have a quick card for you today made using the challenges from CAS on Fridays and The Male Room. CAS on Fridays is asking us to use stencils and the Male Room theme is: I was initially drawn to using a bird stamp, but decided to go a different route when I went through my stencil collection. Lou travels frequently, so we really enjoy our time together, especially on vacation. So I created a heartfelt sentiment that fit with the flight theme. In this case, time is flying. :-) Here's my card: I hope Lou... Read more →

Christmas Cardinal for Freshly Made Sketches Anniversary

Hi Everyone. Happy Friday. I don't know about you, but I am over the moon that it is Friday! For the past couple of weeks I have been unable to join in the fun and celebrate Freshly Made Sketches 400th anniversary. I've really wanted to play with the fun retro sketches - such a cool idea, by the way! FMS is one of my favorite challenges and one of my always go to places for sketches everytime I craft. So, congratulations ladies on celebrating 400 sketches and thank you all for your hard work and amazing inspiration every week. Here's... Read more →

Christmas Day for Paper Players #455

Hi everyone. Happy Sunday. It's the fabulous Joanne's turn to host our Paper Players challenge and it's theme week: This challenge was right up my alley! I've spent the last two weeks making cards for my final 2019 batch to be sent off to SendaSmile4Kids. The hardest part was choosing which card to showcase for the challenge:-) In the end, I went with a Christmas card. The snowman and the sentiment are from an Echo Park scrapbooking kit that I repurposed to make Christmas cards for the kids. I mounted both of the elements on fun foam and put them... Read more →