Bouquets of Birthday Wishes Card!

Hi blog friends! Yes I've been very busy in my craft corner. I had a tough emotional roller coaster sort of a day and I find being creative not only takes my mind off things but also helps give me solace and comfort. So, on that note...on to the project!

Over at Friday Sketchers this week we were given the following sketch:

I decided to create a birthday card for one of my dear friends who happens to be having a birthday this month (wink, wink...it's ok, she doesn't blog! lol But just in case I'm not revealing her name!) This is my creation based on the sketch:

First I have to thank my UK blog friend Jenny who sent me this ADORABLE stamp! I LOVE HIM! He's just so cute!! Thank you Jenny!!!

I stamped the image with black pigment ink and once it was dry I colored him with pencils. The image is popped up using pop dots. One of my favorite color combos is grey and pink. One of my sisters always loved grey and pink in the 80s and I guess it just rubbed off on me! I machine stitched around both the pink rectangle and the grey rectangle (not bad, eh? lol) and doodled around large gingham square and the scallops; though the scallops almost look machine stitched in this picture! I added the pink brads, flower stickers and Ice baubles (of course!) to finish it off. The inside is a "postmark for cards" sticker that I thought was rather perfect -- "Bouquets of Birthday Wishes"!

I have also entered this in a really neat challenge over at Inky Impressions. Our challenge was to honor spring flowers by using two of the following:

F - flowers or faux

L - lace or lacing

O - circle or circle embellishments

W - water color or wax paper

E - embossing or easel

R - ripping, distressing, tearing or ribbon

S - stitching (real or Faux) or sparkle

Seriously, how fun is that??!! LOVE it! So let's see, I've used letters...F, O and S (Flowers, Circle Embellishments (brads and baubles) and Stitching (real and faux!))!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--

Friday Sketchers - Sketch #103

Inky Impressions - F.L.O.W.E.R. Challenge

Crafty Creations - Celebration

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Celebration

Thanks for looking and please leave a comment so I know you were here!
~JennRo~

Chic Cody Happy Birthday Card!

Howdy all! I created this Chic Cody Birthday Card using the Chic Cody Digi Stamp from Pollycraft Digi Stamps and More. She was a FREEBIE! Love those! I've been dying to use her in a project and this was the perfect one! :)

This is the first card I've made using REAL stitching on the sewing machine!! Not perfect, but I'll take it! :) I stitched the brown background, and all three panels. I've also loaded this card with texture/dry embossing using my Sizzix Texture Boutique. This little machine has come in VERY handy! LOVE it! I used the Cuttlebug Swirl folder and Swiss Dots folder. I left the swirl embossing as is but decided to ink my Swiss Dots with Vintage Photo Distress Ink so they dots would show up better. I colored Cody with pencils and used Glossy Accents on the pink part of her hat, on her hair, shirt and pants. I paper pieced her together using pop dots. Once everything was assembled, I added this great brown/pink polka dotted ribbon to the left side. I added a pink button tying it with pink twine and adding the Happy Birthday charm. I embellished my charm by attaching a jewelry pin with three pink glass beads. Added my Green/Pink flowers pinned together with a brown/pink brad and PRESTO! I was finished! I know this post wasn't as detailed as usual so feel free to ask questions should you have any!

I have entered this project in the following Challenges:

• Kaboodles -- "Digi Girl"
• Inky Impressions -- "Charm It"
• Totally Gorjuss -- "Texture"
• Friday Sketchers -- "Sketch #97"
• Stamp Something -- "Stitching"
• Lots To Do -- "Embossing"
• Penny's Paper-Crafty -- "Anything Goes"
• PollyCraft -- "Pink and Brown with Yellow OR Green"

Thanks for looking and please leave a comment so I know you were here!
~Hugs, JennRo~