Hero Arts Video Tutorial :)

Hi everyone! Happy Saturday! 
From my Hero Arts Catalog Hop post on Friday, I got allot of requests for a tutorial on the Hero Arts Large Flower Background stamp. So since I haven't done a video in a long time, I thought I would make one. But I couldn't find my FLIP camera so I had to use my phone. So the videos are a little jumpy but if you have any questions about any of the instructions I give, just send me an email :)
Here is the card I designed that I am using for this video tutorial:

This stamp is the Hero Arts Large Flower Background stamp. It's a GORGEOUS stamp!

Here is a close up of the flowers:

And a straight on view:

Sorry the video is narrow, I took it on my iPhone.

Here is PART 1 of my video tutorial:

And here is PART 2:

I am also entering this in the current HERO ARTS contest - LOVE & HUGS & KISSES. And the Moxie Fab World Challenge - The Cutting and Trimming challenge.
Hope you enjoyed this video tutorial, sorry I get nervous when doing a video LOL. 
CHA is getting SO close!! I hope to meet some of you there! I will be there Sun-Tues. If you're not going and would love updates from CHA, follow me on Twitter and Facebook, I will be doing lots and lots of FB & Tweeting. The links are on my sidebar ---->
If you have any questions about this tutorial, shoot me an email.Have a wonderful weekend! :) :) :)

Moxie Fab Card Sets Challenge

Hi everyone!! Hope you had a great weekend!! :)

Just wanted to share with you a card set I did for the 350 Cards & Gifts Week: Moxie Fab Card Sets Challenge. A fun challenge and I couldn't wait to play.

Here is my card set:

My container for my cards, recycling a stamp set container from Papertrey Ink.

For my cards I used the Woodgrain Design Block from Hero Arts to create the tree cards. For the butterflies I used one of my favorite sets - Antique Engravings from Hero Arts. I colored the butterflies with Copics and finished it off with a sentiment from Friends set from Hero Arts. And for the container I used a die from Spellbinders, another sentiment from Say Hello by Hero Arts, more butterflies and the woodgrain design block and some Caribbean twine from The Twinery. All cardstock is from Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for peekin' in and letting me share my project with you!

Hope you have a wonderful week!!

:) :) :) Jenny

Want a signature like this? Check out my design blog HERE.

Smooches!

Hi all! :) Hope your week is going great!! ♥

What a week! It's tax season for me so I have been SUPER busy! Eek!
And im also doing samples for Your Next Stamp for some of the new stores we picked up! YAY! Lots of work but so fun coloring and cutting all the cute stamps from YNS. But I cant show them to you, im going to save them for submitting ... lol ;) gotta do more of that this year.

I do have a card I would love to share with you. I just got this super cute set from Kim's new stamps - Paper Smooches! Such adorable images.

This set is called Falling for You!
My little monster is holding his apple balloon ;)
I colored him and the apple with Copics and white gel pen.
Twine is from The Twinery
Grass die is from MFT
Cloud dies from PTI
I love these sweet, fun images ... just my style!

I entered this over at Moxie Fab World, they are having a great challenge - Stamping with Markers!! Love coloring with my Copics.

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This weekend is my daughters 10th birthday. We were going to go to Universal but shes been having major issues so we are not going ... :(  ... shes 10 going on 13. Oye! But we are going to have a little birthday party this weekend for friends and family. Should be fun. Im going to attempt to make THIS cake. Wish me luck! LOL!

And while I kill time to relax and unwind ... thanks to my dear friends, they have me hooked on Pinterest... loving it! I can see all my fav things in one place... awesome!

Thanks for peekin by!!!
Thank goodness its Friday tomorrow and a 3 day weekend YAY!
Hugs and smooches,
:) :) :) Jenny

YNS Challenge #36 - Paper Piecing

Morning all!! :)

It's time for our next challenge - Paper Piecing!
My fellow DT member Simmone is the host for this challenge!

I love paper piecing so I really loved this challenge!

For this challenge I used YNS Rainy Day Fhiona - this is my favorite YNS stamp!! She's so fun to color, paper piece and I love her! I also used some other YNS images (raindrops, sentiment). And finished it off with some grass and cloud dies from MFT and some glossy accents. Fhiona was colored with Copic markers and the 'flicking' hair technique was used on her hair.

Hop on over to the YNS Challenge Blog and join us for your chance to win some YNS bucks!! And see all the other fabulous inspiration from the Design Team!!

And over in the Moxie Fab World they have a Stamping with Markers challenge and Stamp It Paper Piecing Challenge! Of which I have entered Fhiona in! ;) Love all the Moxie Fab Stamp It challenges this month!!! :)

Hope to see you join in the fun! :)

Have a great day friends!

Hugs,

Jenny

Cards, cards and more cards!

Hi all! Hope you had a great weekend! Im so sad its over but so glad that this weekend is a 3 day weekend! YAY! And its my daughters 10th birthday too this weekend (19th) ... we are going to Universal Studios. Gonna have some fun!!


Been a bz weekend for us, doing chores and lots of projects im working on.
I plan on a total redo of my craft studio in a couple months in the spring I am hoping. Gonna replace the carpet and repaint and redo the whole closet for storage. So exciting! Got any good studio pictures to share? Want some ideas! :)


Well, without further adieu ... here are some cards I have been working on.

I did this card for the current Lawnscapings challenge #3 - All About Love and for the current Embellish Chalenge - Color Trends with Hearts. I used the seal from Critters in the Snow set and made the sentiment with Jessie's ABC's set all from Lawn Fawn.

This card is for the current Hero Arts contest - Love & Friendship. Here I used the Oceans of Joy Hero Arts set, along with some PTI cloud dies and MFT cloud and wave dies. Colored with Copics.

This card is for the current Moxie Fab challenge - Appearance of Cameos. Stamps used are from Wilson Designs Simply Silhouettes set.

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And here are some cards I did for my etsy shop :)

Cards designed for Your Next Stamp! Aren't these too adorable? I love, love, love these! So much fun to color!! 

These 3 are designed using Lawn Fawn Stamps ... so fun!! Love playing with these stamps. 

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Updated my ETSY shop with new stuff and a new look. Come by and take a peek ... HERE! Going to be adding more new items this week.


Sorry to overwhelm you LOL Lots of cards to share with you today!!
Hope you have a fabulous week!!


Hugs,
:) :) :) Jenny

Who wants to win a prize?

I haven't had a giveaway in awhile since everything that has been happening. And I wanted to show how much I appreciate your support during this difficult time. Im so glad everything is starting to calm down. Doctor ordered me to stop stressing though and told me to get a massage and relax. So thats what I did. LOL. 


So! Who wants to win a prize? If your not a follower already, become one and then leave a comment on this post and I will draw from the comments. I will close the comments on Friday at 11:59pm. Nothing will be counted after that. 


Wanna know what the prize is? 


A stamp set from MS called Heart and Flower. Isnt it cute? It has 4 stitching stamps and lots of goodies!!

ALSO in the prize you will get 4 sets of Stickers from Bo Bunny, Making Memories and more. And a set of alphabet chipboard from Making Memories. And a little secret surprise just from me :) You will just love this prize pack!! :) :) :)

Now onto some cards!! Heres a card I did for the Hero Arts contest theme - Food and Travel. You can see my card featured on the Hero Arts blog today along with my other Hostess Sisters HERE. I hope you will check it out and come play along. The next round has started and you could win a $50 shopping spree in Hero Arts products. And please come join us on the Hero Arts Flicker Group HERE, we have so much fun!!! This card was also featured by Split Coast Stampers on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks SCS!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Hero Arts Paris

Paper: PTI enchanted evening, lemon tart, white

Ink: Versamark, Memento

Other: PTI cloud dies

Tech: Heat Embossing

Next here is a card I did for the Moxie Fab world Fun and Cute challenge. Thats just my style, fun and cute. Love it. Made this cute little summer scene with my little girl in mind, she loves when we go to the beach and she can fly her kite. Its so much fun. 

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Hero Arts Simple Things, Little Girl w/Heart, Kiss from the Sun

Paper: PTI new leaf, white, hawaiian shores

Ink: Memento, Copic Markers

Other: PTI dark choco ribbon

Thanks for peekin' in!! :)

Have a blessed day!!

E.A.D. Designs Blog Hop

Back with the E.A.D. Designs blog hop. If you came from Valerie's blog, your on the right track. If you just came to mine please start the hop at the EAD blog.


Here's a card I did using the Damask Stickerz background in clear, it brings through the cardstock color and looks great. And I used the pretty Plum Shabby Stickerz for the main image and sentiment. Im also going to enter this into the Card Style Classy and Elegant Challenge at Moxie Fab World.

Card Recipe:

Stickers: EAD Damask Background, Plum Shabby

Paper: PTI black, white

Other: PTI ribbon, Rhinestones, Spellbinders

Your next stop on the hop is my dear, sweet and very talented friend...

BEATRIZ

And be sure to get your projects in for the Color Challenge at EAD Designs, see HERE. It ends July 31st. You could win a $25 GC and you get 25% your next order just for playing.

Thanks for peekin in (again) lol  :) :) :) :)
Have a wonderful day!!

Classy EAD

Hope you are enjoying your weekend. We are staying indoors this weekend, the heat (106+) and the humidity (which is unusual around here) are really bad right now. Our swimming pool is like a sauna :( lol. 


Here is a card design for E.A.D. by me using the Plum Shabby Stickerz set. Also entering this in the Moxie Fab World Card Style Challenge - Classy and Elegant.

Card Recipe:

Stickers: E.A.D. Plum Shabby

Paper: PTI kraft

Other: PTI ribbon, Pearls

And be sure to check out this weeks Weekly Steal, this is HUGE. Its the length of a couch. And you can get it in 47 colors for only $15. Neat!

Also, you can purchase E.A.D. Stickerz on Paper Maniac! Check it out... HERE!

Thanks for peekin' in and I will be back soon with the challenge. :)

Ouch that HURT!

Just kidding... well I did prick myself a few times. I always do when I sew LOL. I wanted a break for the night from cards to make a little something I need and for another entry for the Moxie Fab World fun with fabric challenge. I made a few for my craft room for the pins I put on cards and LO's and for needles. So heres my little cushion all stuffed and fluffed:

Recipe:

Fabric: Cosmo Cricket (love their fabric)

Felt: PTI raspberry fizz and white

Other: PTI bloom dies, Needle, Thread

I love the line of fabric from Cosmo Cricket, I have lots of it. I cant wait to use it. This pin cushion is the same basic concept as my fabric flower tutorial but you are going to make the circle at least 5.5" round, you can go bigger too just keep in mind that whatever size your circle is your pincushion will be half that size and also you will stuff it as full as possible. And make sure to use a strong thread to make sure it doesnt break when you pull it closed. Instead of putting a button like on the flower you can add some fun felt cutouts to the top, go crazy with it. Here I used the PTI beautiful blooms flower dies for the top. Love it and its so handy having these around the craft room and you can whip these out in 10 minutes. :) :)

Dont forget ... the challenge closes on Friday at 11:59pm, so hurry and get your card or project in. 

On another personal note, can I please ask for some prayers? My fiances Dad is very ill, hes not doing well at all. He refuses a hospital till he can get his affairs in order. He keeps thinking if he goes in he will never come back out. Hes in really bad shape and his health is heading down hill fast. So I ask could you please say a prayer for him (Jim) that God may put his healing hand on him and ease his pain. If for some reason I dont post this weekend till possibly Sunday that means we probably took him to the hospital. Im praying that he can hold on that long. Thank you kindly.

Many blessings to you! :) :)

Whimsy Haven Wednesday

Im so glad you stopped in and joined us for our Hop. If this is your first hop, welcome!! Make sure you start at the Whimsy Haven blog ... don't want you to miss anything! :)


Today I would like to share a card I did using stamps from 2 different sets. I paper pieced this card... I really enjoy paper piecing its so easy and lots of fun! :)

Card Recipe: Whimsy Haven Digi Stamps Sweet Tooth & 'As If' Owl

Paper: PTI bitty dot basics, white

Accessories: PTI cloud die

I hope you have fun hopping around and seeing all the amazing work by our talented Design Team!!


Be sure to leave some ♥ love ♥ for all the girls and over at the Whimsy Haven blog for your chance to win a SET from Whimsy Haven for FREE!!!!  Lindsay has created such a wonderful variety of stamps to fill any papercrafters & scrapbookers needs!!!

If you reached me from JoAnn's your on your way!! Your next stop is the talented ....

JULIE - PAPER AND SUCH

Also head back over to Whimsy Haven after you finished hopping to pick up todays $1 stamp!!! Its awesome!! 


I also wanted to share with you a card I did for the Moxie Fab World challenge - Fun with Fabric.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Hero Arts (leaf, woodgrain & clouds), PTI (sent.)

Paper: PTI raspberry fizz, white

Ink: PTI dark chocolate

Accessories: PTI button, Spellbinder Nestibilities

Hope you have a wonderful day! Thanks for Hopping by! :)