Happy Day Amelia!!

Hello fellow stamping bloggers!! Today I have a card for the Challenge over at DIE CUTS R US, one of my very favorite online stores, they have a great blog with some great challenges too....just in case you've never been there. This week their challenge is a recipe challenge and here it is.....

1 stamped image
2 die cuts
3 buttons/jewels
ribbon

I used the Amelia stamp from The Greeting Farms Happy Day set. The sentiment Happy Day is very appropriate for me this week!! I have some wonderful news that I will be able to share with you at the end of the week, YAY!!! So, you'll have to wait just a little bit for it.



Here's how I used the recipe challenge. 1 stamp already mentioned. The large circle and scalloped circle die cuts are Quickutz Cookie Cutter dies. The 2 pink jewels are Kaisercraft and the yellow is from Doodlebug. Ribbon from my craft supply.

Hope you like Amelia, she looks pretty happy don't you think??

supplies not already mentioned
patterned paper-Basic Grey June Bug
cardstock-Bazzill
color mediums-Copic and AtyouSpica Markers

One of My Nicest Thoughts

Today I have a card for you that I did for two different challenges. The first is the Wild Flower Wednesday Challenge WFWC5 over on The Wild Flower Patch and the second is Card Patterns Weekly Card Sketch. Here is the sketch they provided.



This image is Valentine Lily from The Wild Flower Patch. I really like her ( love that crooked smile!!) and wanted to try her with something other than a Valentine. The sentiment stamp is Unity. For the Wild Flower Wednesday Challenge we were to use the colors red, black and white, I've always loved black and white with a touch of color. Sorry for the bad photo, I finished this at night and wanted to get it posted. Lily is colored with Copics, I covered up some hearts on the bottom of her dress with a black stripe to make it less like a Valentine so then I also made the collar black. The heart she is holding and her socks are colored with moonlight smooch. I used my Atyou Spica glitter markers on her shoes, eyes, eyelashes and barrette.

All of the rest of the supplies are from my Taylored Expressions Feb 2010 Key Ingredients (except the ribbon is from my supply). Here is what I came up with.





THANKS for taking a look at my card, hope you like it and hope to see you soon.
{HUGZ}
Jodi

Pure Innocence Valentine

Hello Stampers,
Today I am sharing a card with you that I made for some challenges, the sketch I used is from the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.
This is the 1st time I have done this challenge and I thought it was a great sketch. Here is my card.....


I was so excited to find that you can get some of the Pure Innocence stamps as Digis, I just happened upon a blog where someone had used one for a card. Here is where you can find them, they are made by Heather Ellis. I think they are all JUST SO ADORABLE, it is very hard to pick, but I really liked this one for my cards.
supplies used
Digital Stamp by Heather Ellis
Dp by My Mind's Eye Bo Loved
Cardstock by Prism
Sentiment Stamp by Unity (Sending My Love)
Copic Markers- Taylored Expressions Valentine Ingredients
Stickles Glitter Glue
Scalloped Circle and Small Heart die-Quickutz
2Tag dies-Spellbinders

I am also submitting this card for 2 other challenges, and both are to make a Valentine Card.
Crazy 4 Challenges
Die Cuts R Us Design Team Challenge

Thanks so much for coming to visit, I hope you like my Valentine as much as I do. Have a GREAT day.
{{HUGZ}}
-Jodi

Pixie Dust Studio Pixie Challenge

This week the Pixie Dust Challenge #4 is to make a shaped card. I chose to make mine in the shape of a flower, using a stencil that I have. I LOVE this super SWEET digital fairy image I found at Pixie dust studio. I guess I was drawn to the ETSY store by their name. I LOVE all things fairies and pixie dust, I think I'm trying to make up for my childhood when I wasn't a "girly girl".
This didn't turn out quite as I hoped, maybe I just don't like the distressing I did on the edges, I'm not sure. I colored her with copics first and then used my favorite twinkle markers...Atyou Spica. I wanted her to sparkle as much as possible...she is a fairy after all!!!
My closeup shows the sparkle a little bit better in some of the areas. All papers and the epoxy circles used here are from SEI, the cutting dies are Spellbinders and the ribbon is from my supply.

Hope you enjoyed my Fairy today, if you like it you could head on over to Pixie Dust Studio. Have a great day!!!
-Jodi

http://pixieduststudio.blogspot.com/

More leftovers and Friends with FLAIR!!!

I decided to make another project with my Christmas/Holiday leftovers for the DIE CUTS R US leftovers challenge. I found enough of Jillibean Soup's Grandmas Christmas Soup collection to make this card. I paired it with the paper pieced Unity tree and sentiment from the Unity Dec KOTM {delightful moments} to create this 1st card. It seems to be a bit busy for me, probably because I was trying to use up the paper. All cutting dies are Spellbinders, which I love to play around with.




My 2nd card uses stamps from the Spring Unity set. The image is colored with Copics, cardstock is Prism, cutting dies are spellbinders and embossing folder is from Cuttlebug.

THANKS for visiting on this wonderful Friday and have a GREAT weekend!!!
-Jodi

Leftovers......for DIE CUTS R US

This week we are suppose to make a new creation from our leftovers of Christmas/Holiday papers and here is what I came up with.


I looked through my papers and found I had enough of the My Minds Eye Colorful Christmas collection to make a nice card. The stamp is a new Wild Sprout from The Greeting Farm which I happened to get in the mail today from DIE CUTS R US, her name is Stella and isn't she precious!!! I colored her with Copics, the ribbon and all Dp is from the Colorful Christmas Collection mentioned above. The cardstock is Bazzill and the cutting dies (embossed and colored frame, labels and flowers) are all Spellbinders.

I hope you like my little "leftover Stella" and thanks for stopping bye to visit.

Have a beautiful day,
-Jodi

Unity Monochromatic Challenge USGDC02

Here's my layout I did for the Unity Stamp Co. July KOTM Guest Designer Challenge. The rules were to use the April or May Kit and have your project be monochromatic. I thought it would be the perfect time to pull out this picture of my daughter and her friend that I've been wanting to scrap. I used the Unity May Kit...another sweet day for all stamps except for the parenthesis, that is from Unity's Amazing Me! set. I chose to use some of my Close To My Heart papers in Hollyhock (I used cardstock and B&T papers of the same color) and also used CTMH ink in Hollyhock. I stamped the Heidi Swapp chipboard letters with one of the decorative stamps from the May Kit also. The flowers are also from CTMH and I inked them up with some of that matching ink too. Thank you so much for visiting me!! If you just happened upon my blog you can click on the Unity blinkie to the right to find out more about their monthly kits and other incredible stamps. Also be sure to check out their blog where Angela always has some great inspiring quotes.