Polka Doodles Week #13, Simon Says Stamp and Self Challenge #29 of 30!

Howdy all! This is a quick post for me as I've had quite a long day and really need to put my aching body to bed! I'm entering the following project in both the Polka Doodles Week #13 Challenge and also the Simon Says Stamp Challenge. Polka Doodles required us to create a birthday card and the Simon Says Stamp Challenge asked us to create a card for a child. Put both together and this is what I came up with using a Dustin Pike image. His images are totally kid friendly and I adore them! :) If you haven't been to any of the blogs I've listed you should! You don't know what you're missing!

I used my Sizzix Texture Boutique on the Green (Swirl), Yellow (Flower) and Blue (Swiss Dots) papers. Once i finished coloring Dudley, I added Glossy Accents to the cake, the balloon and a few spots on Dudley himself! A little glitter added to the gloss on the balloon, some bling and doodling around the edges finished this fun card up! The inside is stamped with "Birthday Wishes" in blue ink accented with red bling.

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

Spring Creation Self Challenge Projects #16-23!

Good Evening! Hope everyone is having a great weekend. I am posting some quick pics of Projects #16-23. Not much explaining tonight as I'm exhausted after being up half the night last night! Ahhh, what we do in the name of crafting! lol I hope you enjoy these creations!

--Project #16 of 30-- Small Paper Easter Basket--

Don't ya just love that little girl stamp?? She is sooo cute! I made a few different cards with her and am actually still using her in a few projects I'm currently working on! She's from "Pure Innocence". LOVE her! :)

--Project #17 of 30-- Pebble Magnet--

So I saw these cute little pebble magnets at a craft show one weekend and thought "I can make those!" Honestly, I wasn't sure how to do it but I figured it out and here is my first pebble magnet! They would make good paper weights or even thumbtacks!

--Project #18 of 30-- Cemetery Vase #1--

It is officially Spring here in Connecticut (though it certainly hasn't felt like it the last two days!) and until I can plant real flowers, I thought it would be nice to create Easter bouquets for my Father and Grandparents grave sites.

--Project #19 of 30 -- Cemetery Vase #2--

Easter Bouquet for my Grandparents.

--Project #20 of 30 -- Gear Up For A Happy Birthday Envelope--

About a week ago I created a "Gear Up For A Happy Birthday" Card for my Great-Nephew who will be turning 5 on Wednesday. Today I wrapped gifts (we're celebrating tomorrow) and realized I needed an envie for his card! Of course, I didn't have any that actually fit his card, so I had to make it! My first envie making (from scratch) experience! Not too bad if I do say so myself! :)

--Project #21 of 30 -- "Happy Easter" Blue/White Card--

I completed this card in Card Club at The Inspiration Station! So quick and easy, LOVE that! :)

--Project #22 of 30 -- "Happy Easter" Pink Ribbon Card--
I completed this card in Card Club at The Inspiration Station!

--Project #23 of 30 -- "Happy Easter" Yellow Polka Dotted Card--

I completed this card in Card Club at The Inspiration Station!

(Close up of the grass! It's a punch!!!! :) )

PHEW! That was a lot of creating! I hope you enjoyed what you saw today! Don't forget to sign up for my BLOG CANDY HERE!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Hugs, JennRo~

Project #3 Spring Self Challenge & Polka Doodles Challenge Entry

Good evening to all! I hope everyone had a great weekend! It was a gorgeous, warm & sunny weekend here in Northern Connecticut. I'm sure it won't last long but I've been trying to enjoy it while it lasts! I have been super duper inspired this weekend by a lot of new (and treasured not-so new) creation blogs and many hours spent wandering around both Michael's and JoAnn's Fabrics! Because I can never remember what products I want or where it was I first found them, I have decided to make a visual wish list. So while I was meandering around the craft stores, I took pictures (sometimes with my cell phone camera and other times with the regular camera) of the things I wanted to purchase at another time. Just a way I have come up with to help with my Fibro-fogged brain! I would love to hear your suggestions for remembering or wish listing! I need all the help I can get these days! lol OK, now on to the Project!

"Gear Up For A Happy 5th Birthday Mason"

Have you checked out the Polka Doodle Challenge Blog? It's FANTASTIC and there are so many great crafters! Be sure to check it out! I have been working on this birthday card for my Great Nephew for quite a few days. Piece by piece and a little at a time...it's finally finished! :) He is turning 5 at the end of this month (bet you couldn't figure that out?! lol) and is obsessed with the movie "Cars". I saw a really cute collection of "Cars" chipboard shapes at Michael's a few weeks ago and knew they would come in handy!

The Polka Doodle Week 10 Challenge was to create a card to celebrate a milestone birthday or anniversary. So Mason's 5th birthday was the perfect milestone I needed! The background card stock is black and the large 5 on the front is cut out from the front card flap.

I used the Cricut Alphalicious cartridge and the Design Studio Software to make the "5". I cut it once in white using the shadow function and again in bright red using the base number. Added some yellow card stock to the left side and adhered the white "5" shadow first. Then added the red "5" with pop dots to add dimension. I added the Lightening McQueen chipboard image with pop dots as well so he would be as high off the card as the number 5. Just to be certain he wouldn't drive away (heehee) I adhered him to the bottom of the 5 as well.

One of the movie's tag lines is "Gear Up". I decided to bring that into the card as an added bonus for my Car's loving nephew! ;) I cut "Gear Up" using the Cricut Alphalicious cartridge. I did one cut in black card stock using the base shift letters and a one cut in white card stock using the shadow shift feature. I adhered them together and plopped them on the yellow strip. As a finishing touch to the outside of the card I added a little line/dot border with a fine tip black marker around the yellow section and around the red "5".

There we have the front of the card! I took this picture to try to show the "5" cutout. In hindsight it would have been great if I took these pics on something other than a black table so the card would have shown up better! Oh well! (sigh)

For the inside of the card, I adhered two strips of white card stock that would stay hidden behind the solid part of the front flap. Using the Alphalicious cart (again!) and the DSS I was able to get my letters small enough to fit in this small space. I shadowed the "5th" with black and used the same yellow card stock from the front to make the milestone pop again! (Five is a BIG accomplishment you know! It takes a WHOLE hand to show your age! lol) The other words were welded together (FAVE feature of DSS!) and cut on black card stock.

Here's a closeup of the inside wording. I like how the letters came out different sizes. Usually I'm a perfectionist about my sizes and positioning of things but for this card, I let myself be a little crazy! (woohoo! lol)

It feels great to be creating again and participating in some blog challenges along the way! :) Check out the great blog candy opportunities on the right sidebar of my blog!

Happy almost Monday! :)

A few Scrapbook Pages from the Past...

My FibroFriend Vicky asked if I would post some of my Scrapbook pages. I will have to work on getting some updated pics this weekend but here I've posted some older pages I just happen to have pictures of already! Enjoy!
This was a really fun day! I took my GodDaughter, Kaitlyn and my Great Nephew Mason (best buds btw) to CT's Beardsley Zoo. Mason was a little young but Kaitlyn had a blast! One of my favorite days still! I need to get an updated pic of this first page as it's actually journaled now! lol My favorite part of this page is that the map is attached to the outside of the page protector so you can actually fold it out and look at the map of the zoo!

I love this layout because I LOVE B&W pics! This is my nephew Stephen and his date Abby (and friends) at their Junior Prom. I loved that Abby wore a red dress and it was a great color scheme to scrap! I love using black pages and metallic accents!

Sorry this pic is so blurry! The boys are Mason (my Great Nephew) and Davey (my cousin's son) who are exactly 30 days apart! I just loved this layout because I love the border of trucks and the amount of pictures on the page is almost like a little movie of the boys playing. (smile)

The rest of the layouts I have for you are from my college roommate's bridal shower and wedding! The layout above and below are from her shower. I try to use the actual invitations, napkins, favors, etc. from any event if at all possible. So both Mechelle's bridal shower invites and her wedding invites were used in these layouts.

The invitation on this one is adhered to the outside of the page protector so the "reader" can flip it open and read the details!

I used the wedding ceremony program in this layout.

It's been a look down memory lane as these layouts came from 2006! I will have to update soon with some newer layouts...of course, I'm so far behind, I'm not finished with my 2007 album yet!! (smile) I chose to make yearly albums with some special smaller albums thrown in (ie: Disney or other fun events that deserve their own books!) Some people make an album for each child, some make an album for each catagory (Vacation, Christmas, Birthdays, etc.). That's what I love so much about crafting! There are no mistakes, just variations! ;)