SC214

Hi there. I made this card for the SC214 challenge, I totally loved this sketch- it was so easy to work with and I love the layers. The theme of the card was inspired by my sister's birthday (she passed away quite a few years ago), she always inspired me to be the best that I could be and she still continues to do so.

My Stampin Up Demo (Renee @ Stamping for Sanity) taught us the 'Resist Emboss' technique at our last stamp club meeting. Its so simple to do yet the results are fantastic. I'm guessing that you could probably find a tutorial over at SCS.

Stamps- Natural Beauty CS- Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, Night of Navy and WW DP- Upsy Daisy Designs Ink- Night of Navy, VersaMark Clear Embossing Powder- SU; Hodgepodge Hardware- SU; ribbon, buttons, embroidery thread & hemp twine- unknown

I wish you another wonderful day and thank-you for stopping by.


Jessie

Always

Hi everyone, hope you're doing well. I'm doing pretty good, a bit tired...I've been keeping some really late hours loading products onto the website....It's almost up :). I'm getting so excited.

I needed a bit of a break from the computer so I thought I would check out the Wednesday SC challenge (SC213) and here is the card I came up with. Hope you like it.

All products used were Stampin Up except 1 small green gem and the navy ribbon. This card also qualifies for a little challenge our Stamp Club (Thanks to Renee..our awesome SU Demo). Last month we had an embellishment swap and we are to make a project for our next club meet that uses at least one of the embellishments we were given.

Take care and I'll see you soon. Thanks for stopping by.

Jessie

TGIF

LOL! I made this card last night for the LSC204- Paint it Black challenge over at SC; We were to use a large amount of black. I rarely ever use black and I'm not sure why, but I do like how this card turned out. I think I'll try using black more as it really does help your images pop, anyways I hope you like it and TFL

CS: Real Red, Black, WW- SU

DP: Upsy Daisy Designs

ink: Real Red- SU; Tuxedo Black- Memento; Copic Markers

ribbon- unknown

Big Shot- Top Note Die

Thanks for stopping by. Have great weekend and I'll see you next week,

Jessie

Friendship

This morning I was working away on the Web Site when I ran into a roadblock. When people would go to process their orders and pay it wouldn't bring up the Canadian Provinces....which would have been a huge huge bummer. Good news is that it was a simple adjustment but it will take up to 48 hours to come into effect and well it let me craft another card. Thank goodness that there's always an upside.

Once again I was inspired by a challenge, well actually two. They seem to get me going time and time againSo this card is for challenge WT202 @ SCS and one at Cindy Haffner's blog (I believe it's for MFT Stamps) MFTSC 65. I used the MFT layout and the Ways to Use it over at SCS.

stamps: Friendship set- Pink Cat Studios;

paper: White, Light Pretty Pink, Light Terra Cotta - WorldWin;

patterned paper: Circle of Friends (Sophie Love)- Upsy Daisy Designs;

ink: Pearlescent Poppy, Pearl Beige - Brilliance

ribbon: Light Pink, Tangerine - Ribbon Connections;

other: Gelly Gem - Gel-a-Tins; ass't markers; Clear Embossing Powder

The Ways to Use it Challenge was to embellish the patterned paper so I stamped on it and then colored the images, I stamped the flower onto patterned paper then used clear embossing powder to bring out the colors a bit more. I always have a hard time using orange tones so I thought I would give myself a bit of a challenge.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jessie

Best Friends Always

So I checked out the Sketch Challenge at SCS and loved the sketch so I stayed up super late to make this and I love how it turned out. And have I mentioned that I am soooo grateful that Christmas Card season (for me) is over...lol.

SC212;

CS- Bravo Burgundy, Pink Pirouette- SU; Light Pink textured- unknown; patterned paper- Karen Foster

Ink- Bravo Burgundy, Black Stazon, Pink Pirouette, VersaMark; Also Watercolor Pencils- SU

Ribbon- unknown

I also used a couple accessories out of the Hodgepodge Hardware set.

Stamps- Designer Label & Delight in Life- both SU

I colored the flower with watercolor crayons and when it was dry I covered it in VersaMark and the SU's Clear Embossing powder- I love how it gave the colors a punch. I punched 2 flowers out using the 5 petal punch from SU and also embossed the pair with clear embossing powder. I added a bit of ribbon and there you have it.

Hope you enjoy your day,

Jessie

Great Start..

What a great start to the week. So I was busy downloading photos for the website when suddenly I realized what I need to do to fix the card with the bookmark. So I pulled it apart, added some layers and some patterned paper, a little bit of ribbon and 3 punched flowers and then I was satisfied...hope you like it more than the previous.

Take care and I'll see you soon (hopefully),

Jessie

Oh What a Night...lol

Last night I got together with Renee to do a couple of challenges for VSN so it became a bit of a late night. But I am realizing I like to create slowly and not so much for being on a timed schedule. But I did have lot of fun.

So for this first card I used  Crazy for Cupcakes - SU Chocolate Chip CS- SU, Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon- SU, Copic Markers, Fun Flock and 2 other companies' patterned paper. I stamped 2 cupcakes and cut out just the top of the one, I then colored both, added fun flock to the sprinkles on the one that was cut out, I then popped it up on dimentionals. The matted squares are 3" X 3" and the inner squares are 1/8" smaller. I hope you like it....I had a lot of fun making this one (it was also my 1st time ever using Fun Flock).

This card was for the scraplings challenge and so Renee and I came up with the idea of a bookmark, so my main image is actually removable so it may be used as a bookmark. The image is Isabelle Paper Doll- MFT (I totally loved this set- so I think I gotta get it...lol).

I did struggle with trying to get this card just right- so I plan to play with it a little later...so I'll show you what I come up with then. Hopefully it's just right then :)

Thanks for stopping by and hopefully I'll see you soon,

Jessie

SCS Challenge Card

Hi there, so I stayed up super late to get this card done for the challenge because I don't think I get another chance to complete it ( a trip to the dentist....yippeee). I used WorldWin cardstock- Deep Chocolate Malt, white; DP is from Upsy Daisy Designs (a Canadian Company) - Devoted from the Everlasting Beauty line. Ink- Brilliance- Pearl Crimson and the ribbon is from Ribbon connections (I'm going to call it chocolate/champagne- as it is double sided). I learned how to make this ribbon flower embellishment t a SU Convention that my Girl fiend (Renee @ Stampin for Sanity) took me to back in October 2008...I thought it was the easiest greatest thing ever, so I hope you like it.

I will be selling all the products that I used here on my web site (upload date is February 1st, 2009), so I hope you'll stop by again soon. 

In the meantime take Care and TFL,

Jessie

Lily and Billy- Sneak Peaks are out

Happy Tuesday everyone. Pink Cat Studios have started their sneak peaks for their 2 new stamp sets being released on Thursday, January 15 th.. They have also posted a contest featuring Lily the Fairy from one of their new lines.

  I made this card featuring Lily for their contest. I used the Lily image provided and colored her with Copic markers. I also used 2 stamp set from SU- Pick a Petal and Doodle This. The white CS is from WorldWin (which worked with the Copics really well). I used 2 SU CS- Perfect Plum and Pale Plum. The other SU products used were the small oval punch and the word window punch as well as Perfect Plum ink. To finish the card I pierced around 3 of the corners and adhered the word window strips with purple brads (unknown). 

You should check out Pink Cat Studio to check out all the awesome cards made for the contest. 

Have a really great day,

Jessie

Very Snowy Wednesday

Hi there. Oh my has it ever snowed over night, I'm having a hard time seeing my truck :)

So I made this card for SC210, I'm really happy how it turned out. I did give the card to my Hubby and I think it cheered him up a little, he woke me up to say thank-you. Later I think I'm going to work on a card that isn't for a challenge. I got some new stamps in so maybe I can ink them up.

 I used all SU paper- Aways Artichoke, Mellow Moss and River Rock

Ink- Brilliance- Pearl Crimson; Memento- Black Tuxedo; Copic Markers

SU Stamps- Always & Warm Words

Beads- Hubby's fishing supplies :)

Ribbon- unknown

Pearl- Hodgepodge Hardware by SU

Flowers- Making Memories

Thanks for stopping by,

Jessie

SCS Challenge

I made this card for  TLC202....Tacky Glitter. I used all SU supplies except for the unknown ribbon and Copics that I used to color the butterfly. I used River Rock, Blue Bayou and Soft Sky ink (as well as papers), SU brads, SU Chunky Glitter. I hope you like and TFL

Jessie

2 Challenges in One

Hope you had a Very Merry Christmas!

I made this card for two challenges SC118 and SCSNYE05. I used all SU paper and ink, except for the colouring which I used Copics for. I just can't get enough of them.

Anyways, with the holiday season I have encountered a set back with getting www.funkedupcrafts.com up and going for January 5th, it now looks like it will be by February 1st- at the very latest. So please keep stopping by to check out what's going on as I will give glimpses into the products I am bringing in or have in stock already. As well all the Valentine's products are coming out so I can share the latest and greatest that I have in stock.

Thanks for stopping by and BEST WISHES IN 2009.

Jessie

Warm Winter Wishes

I was inspired to make this card from FS97 challenge. I had a lot of fun coloring in Lily and Tweet with Copic Markers. They blend so awesome. I'm  glad that Renee (Stamping for Sanity) introduced them to me. I have brought them in to sell as well as this stamp set and others from Pink Cat Studios.

Well the paper from World Win arrived safe and sound last week, thank goodness- what would we do without paper......lol.  I am still waiting on the arrival of the ribbon I had ordered and the Designer Paper I ordered should be in within the next few days.

   So I think I'm going to have an extremely busy week....January is fast approaching.  Thanks for stopping by and check back soon for updates about the store.

Inspiration Challenge

As soon as I seen this picture I knew what I wanted to do. I think it turned out okay, everything I did is somewhat foreign to me ( ie paper piecing...lol). Here is my inspiration piece..I just loved the sheep.