Stampin! with Jaydee

Forever Fern Love and Laughter Forever After for Paper Players #502

Happy Sunday! It's the fabulous Laurie's turn to host our Paper Players challenge this week and it's theme week and I inked up my Stampin' Up! Forever Fern set as it comes with the perfect sentiment. So, I know I went all out with this set for our Paper Players challenge #501..... ELEVEN layers on my card last week! I decided this week it was time to get back to my CAS roots. This card is very clean and very simple. I began by stamping one of the leaves from the set with Early Espresso. Yep... I know. It doesn't... Read more →

Happily Ever After for Freshly Made Sketches

Hi Everyone. Happy Saturday. Quick post for you tonight highlighting the new SimonSaysStamp May 2015 card kit and this fabulous sketch from FreshlyMadeSketches Once I saw this sketch, I realized it would be perfect for the Happily Ever After stamps contained in the May SimonSaysStamp card kit. I also love the DSPs in this kit.... such a beautiful, soft shade of pink with hints of gold. Here's my card: Isn't that just the prettiest pink? It's so soft and serene and I really like it with the touches of gold foil. On a personal note: I thought you might like... Read more →

Black, White and Gold for Addicted to CAS Challenge # 62

Hi Everyone. Happy Saturday. It's the fabulous Barb's turn to host our Addicted to CAS challenge this week and she has a great color combo for us We are also pleased to have our talented guest designer - Pia - along with us again this week. I hope you will check out her fabulous creativity at Pia's creative world. Now... black, white and gold is a great color combo... but one that is very hard for me. I really spent a lot of time planning my card and ended up with a wedding card. I embossed my new favorite stamp... Read more →

Peaceful Petals for Paper Players #208

Hi Everyone. Happy Saturday. It's the fabulous Nance's turn to host our Paper Players challenge this week and she has a fabulous color challenge for us: The minute I saw this I knew that I wanted to do a flower card but..... hang on.... there's no GREEN!!! How can I do a flower card without green? Help! Well, you know what, it's about time I got out of my literal zone and decided that this is my fantasy crafting world and I can have any color leaves and stems that I WANT!!! Yay.... for breaking the mold of conformist colors... Read more →

Celebrate - for Case this sketch

Hi Everyone. Happy Tuesday. I saw this great challenge across at Casethissketch. Now... the sketch had a little twist! They have joined with Tag You're It this week and the challenge twist was to add a tag to the sketch. Now, my readers will know that I am never one to shy away from a tag: I needed an engagement card for a very special couple and decided that this was the perfect challenge to use as the inspiration for my card. All I needed was some Shimmer White card stock, a heart stencil, some embossing paste, some distress glitter,... Read more →