DIVA Birthday Card!

I'd like to introduce you to a new Challenge Blog called Die Cuttin' Divas! It's sure to shape up to be a really fun challenge! I'm excited! The first challenge was to follow this sketch:

I used my Baby Cricut Bug and the George & Basic Shapes, Paper Doll Dress Up and Alphlicious cartridges. I thought it only fitting to put "Diva" in the oval! Then I glammed it all up! I used both Diamond and Cotton Candy stickles and lots of crystal rhinestones! The punch is from MS and the ribbon is from my stash. I printed the sentiment off the computer!

Can you see all the sparkle??
A real diva needs a crown!
There's still time to embrace your inner diva! Head on over to Die Cuttin' Divas and give the sketch a whirl!

Just a reminder, I have BLOG CANDY going on until February 14th and because I've exceeded 70 followers (my goal was 50!!) I'll be adding to the loot! Spread the word!


--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Die Cuttin' Divas - Sketch
Kaboodle Doodle - Monochromatic
Polka Doodles - Party Time
Totally Gorjuss - As You Like It

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~Hugs, JennRo~

There's No Place Like Home Card!

Hello everyone and happy Saturday to ya! I hope everyone is staying warm! I created this 5x5 card to follow along with a few challenges. The first was this sketch by Pixie Cottage. The second was Polka Doodles, whose theme was "There's no place like home". And lastly, the third challenge was over at PaperPlay and was "Back to black". I used a new (to me!) technique where I colored the image with watercolor pencils and then actually brushed water over the colors to make it look like I painted it with watercolors. It came out pretty neat I think. The image is from PollyCraft.

Let's not forget I have BLOG CANDY going on HERE!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Pixie Cottage Challenge - Sketch #53

Polka Doodles - There's No Place Like Home

PaperPlay - Back to Black

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~Hugs, JennRo~

"Happy" RWB Card!

Happy Martin Luther King Day everyone! I hope you all are staying warm! We got close to 30 inches of snow this past week and are fixing to have another storm tomorrow! BRR! Today I have a cute creation I made to participate in Polka Doodles' challenge this week. The challenge was to follow the sketch below and use only Red, White and Blue. I used a digi cupcake from The Cutting Cafe and cut "Happy" using my Cricut and the Alphalicious cart at 1.5 inches. The blue oval is a fibrous paper, which I've never worked with before. I made the cupcake "wobble" by putting a small, handmade spring on the back. See video for actual movement! I added the red satin ribbon and a white button with a fine white twine bow. I also doodled and faux stitched around the oval and outer edge. How do you think it came out? I think I followed the sketch to the letter. This would be perfect for a RWB lover or a July birthday!


--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Polka Doodles - RWB, Sketch
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Sweet Shop

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Christmas Thank You Card!

I created this cute 4x6 card using Dustin Pike's snowfriends image. I've used this image a few times already this winter but it's just so darn cute! The three background papers are glittery but you can't see that in the picture. :( I hand colored the image using pencils and then stickled around my snowman and on the hats of the penguin and teddy. This card was based off a sketch from Polka Doodles this week (see pic below).
How'd I do on my interpretation of the sketch? I am SO excited as I'm headed up to New Hampshire tomorrow for a 4 day scrapbooking retreat at the beautiful Pilgrim Pines camp resort with some FAB ladies!! I don't know how much scrapping I'll actually get done since we're all so social but it'll be a great time anyway! I hope everyone has a great weekend and is having a great New Year!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Polka Doodles - Sketch and hand colored image

Kaboodle Doodles - Anything Goes

PaperTake Weekly - Anything Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge - A for Anything Goes

Lots To Do - New Beginnings (new paper and new sketch)

All Sorts Challenge - Thank You

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Happy 5th Birthday Card!

The challenge over at Polka Doodles this week is to make something "age related". I made this card for my nephew's 5th birthday. I used the Cricut Alphilicious cartridge and the Design Studio to create the 5 and added a chipboard die cut of Lightning McQueen. I used the Alphalicious cart for "Gear Up" and the Design Studio for the inside writing as well. I faux stitched around the yellow cardstock as well as the "5".

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Polka Doodles - Age Related

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - For someone special

Lots to Do - Favorite Card of 2010

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Happy 3rd Birthday Card!

I made this cute little Snow White card for a dear friend's daughter on her 3rd birthday. Snow White is a chipboard die cut and I used the George cartridge and the Cricut to cut out the "3", once in shadow and one regular cut. I added some bling, mounted all on red cardstock and rounded the corners for a finished look.

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

Polka Doodles - Age Related

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Snow Friends Box!

I love to make these little boxes from Cricut's Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge. This one is the purse cut and I think it came out just so cute! I cut it at 5.5 inches and used a Dustin Pike image called Snow Friends. I stickled using Frosted Lace, Red and Gold stickles and added the K&Co poinsettas. The tag was cut from the same paper as the image's mat and was cut using the TBBM cartridge at 1.5inches. I added some red ribbon for a "handle", tied on my tag and this project was finished! I love it when it comes together the way you pictured! This little purse/box is ready for a small gift such as earrings or even some candies!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Polka Doodles - Something to hold a Gift

Stamp Something - Digi

Totally Gorjuss - Snow

Just Cute Bears - Anything but a Card

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~Hugs, JennRo~

HO,HO,HO Gift Card Holder!

Good evening everyone! I hope all is well in your little part of the world. Here in Northern CT, USA the weather has turned to snow from the drizzle rain that stuck around all day yesterday and today. This week's challenge over at Polka Doodles is to make something that can hold a gift. My first project is a gift card holder. I've seen so many people make them out of toilet paper rolls and wanted to try my hand at that! I cheated though, because I used the end of a wrapping paper roll! I wrapped it with one of my favorite papers and zig zag stitched around three sides leaving an opening along one short side. I cut a tag using my Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cricut cartridge at 4inches out of coordinating paper and tied gold ribbon on the end. A few stickles here and there and this project was done! It amazed me how easy it was to do!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Polka Doodles - Something to hold a Gift

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Santa and Rudolph Gift Tags!

Here is another set of 3inch by 3inch Gift Tags I made using the Cricut and the Doodlecharm cartridge (Santa) and the Create A Critter cartridge (Rudolph). Both Santa and Rudolph were cut at 2 inches. I zigzag stitched around the edges of the plaid tone on tone green paper and then cut the images. I added a few drops of Gold Stickles to each card to finish them off.

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Cricut Cardz Challenge - 3x3inch Gift Cards/Tags

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Christmas Present Tag!

Keeping with the 'Twas the Night Before Christmas theme, I created this cute Christmas present tag! I used another cute image from PeggyLovesVintage and some cute reindeer paper. I arranged it so there are 8 tiny reindeer!! :) I inked all the edges with Vintage Photo distressing ink and added some vintage Christmas ribbon. I also rounded all my corners. I topped my tag off with some gold ribbon and wrote "to" and "from" by hand. I better get cracking on more of these tags if I want to have enough for Christmas!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Polka Doodles - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge - X is for Xmas

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~Hugs, JennRo~

'Twas the Night Before Christmas...Card!

Good evening everyone!! I recently won some free vintage Christmas digis from Ms. Peggy at PeggyLovesVintage and needed to put them to good use! Over at PolkaDoodles this week the challenge is "Twas the Night before Christmas". This cute image reminded me of the point in the poem when the narrator sees Santa. I used some Christmas scraps I had and inked them up with Vintage Photo distressing ink. I sewed around the red holly paper and layered my papers. I used my Cricut and the Tags, Bags and Boxes cartridge to cut out a 2inch scalloped tag which I inked as well. I was fresh out of thin brown twine so I used thin white twine and inked it to make it look brown! The sentiment is handwritten. I topped off the card with a flower and called it done business! Thanks again to Peggy for the great set of Santa cutouts!!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Polka Doodles - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge - X is for Xmas

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Happy Thanksgiving Card!

Howdy all! I hope you're having a great Saturday and aren't we all loving the long weekend?! I was bestowed an awesome gift by Mr. Dustin Pike (free digis!!!) and needed to put it to good use right away. The Thanksgiving challenge is still going on over at Doodle Dragon Studios Challenge Blog and so here is my second entry. I absolutely LOVE this image. The great thing about this digi is that it came colored already!! LOVE that! Made it easy for me to create this 5.5x5.5inch card. I used my good ol' distressing tool to distress the edges of the background papers and then inked them with Vintage Photo Ink. I also inked the white image square. Some twine and stick on flowers topped off the card!

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

Doodle Dragon Studios - Thanksgiving

Polka Doodles - Give Thanks

Sentimental Sundays - Thankful

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Thanksgiving Thanks!

Over at the Doodle Dragon Studios Challenge Blog, the theme this week is Thanksgiving. As I don't have a turkey image from Doodle Dragon (it's on its way!) I went for a harvest-y feel. For me Thanksgiving is all about being thankful for the people in your life and the blessings around you. So here is a little creation I made to use as a Thanksgiving Thank You card. I used a Dustin Pike image and colored him with pencils. I distressed all the edges (even the mat circle!) and used Vintage Photo Ink to ink them all (including the white inner circle). I used the same ink to stamp the thank you sentiment. Topped this cutie off with some neutral flowers and a twine bow!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Doodle Dragon Studios - Thanksgiving
Sentimental Sundays - Thankful
Polka Doodles - Give Thanks

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Thank You Turkey Card!

I hope you all had a great weekend! I created this cute little turkey card today. I used some nice vintage papers and my cricut with the Create A Critter cart. I inked the edges of everything in Vintage Photo Ink and created the little Thank You sentiment on the computer.

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Sentimental Sundays - Thankful

Polka Doodles - Give Thanks

Papertake - Autumn Skies

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Thankful

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Quick and Easy Christmas Card!

One more Quick and Easy Christmas Card for you tonight! This image is from Dustin Pike. I colored him in using watercolor pencils and matted him with a metallicy green paper. I doodled around the white edge with red for a finished touch. I used my Sizzix Texture Boutique and the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder on the white cardstock. Added the red ribbon and adhered the image. DONE! Again, SO easy!

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

Polka Doodles - Quick and Easy Christmas

Doodle Dragon Studios - Anything At All

PaperPlay Challenge - Circles

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~Hugs, JennRo~

"S" is for Snowman Card!

Here's another Quick and Easy Christmas Card I whipped up tonight. I used the Cricut and Stretch Your Imagination cart to create the circle frame and Doodlecharms to make the snowman. I cut the frame at 5inches and adhered it to a 5x5 white card. I cut the snowman at 2inches twice, once using the blackout feature and once using the regular cut. I colored his nose orange (instead of cutting the snowman again in orange...trying to save paper! lol) and traced around his outer edge with Diamond Dust Stickles. I added the Merry Christmas tag and DONE! Super easy!

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

Fantabulous Cricut Challenges - Circles and Green

PaperPlay - Circles

Cricut Cardz Challenge - Christmas w/ an "S" (Snowman)

Polka Doodle - Quick and Easy Christmas

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~Hugs, JennRo~

I've Been Framed Christmas Card!

Good evening! I'm still not used to this time change. It feels like it should be so much later in the day! Anyway, I've created a few things for your viewing pleasure today. The first was inspired by Digital Tuesdays Challenge called "I've been Framed". This challenge blog always requires a digital image and whatever the weekly challenge may be. I chose to use this cutie patootie image from the wonderful Dustin Pike. This card was so super easy to do and the challenge over at Polka Doodles this week happens to be "Quick and Easy Christmas".

Wanna know how easy?

Ok, so I cut the circle frame using the Cricut and the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge at 5inches. I adhered it to a 5x5 red card, colored my image and adhered it and the sentiment tag to the card. Done! SO EASY!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Digital Tuesday Challenge - I've been framed!

Polka Doodle - Quick and Easy

Just Cute Bears - BW and 1 other color

PaperPlay - Circles

Doodle Dragon Studios - Anything Goes

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Happy 4th of July Centerpiece!

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY TO MY AMERICAN FRIENDS!! I hope you all had fun and safe celebrations this weekend! Perhaps you had a picnic, caught some fireworks or spent some quality time with family, regardless I hope it was great! We had a small barbecue at our house to celebrate both Independence Day and MY Birthday! ;) I wish it lasted a little longer but boy was I exhausted afterward!

In celebration of Independence Day I made the following centerpiece to put on the outside table. I used Dustin Pike's "Uncle Sam Dudley" image and cut the stars using the Cricut and the George cartridge. I used the Cricut DS to design and cut the "Happy 4th" sentiment using the Alphalicious cartridge. I added floral foam to the bottom of a plain silver pail and then added white shredded paper. I added the skewers to the stars, sentiment and image and stuck them into floral foam. I added the red stars ribbon I had in my stash to the outside of the pail and the Red, White and Blue ribbon to the image.

Isn't he cute??!! I love Dustin Pike's images!

I faux stitched around the sentiment star and the "4".

July 4th is my favorite part of the summer as it usually involves spending a lot of time with family and friends. It is my favorite summer celebration and I don't think "summer" without thinking of 4th of July celebrations!


--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Doodle Dragon Studios - Patriotic
Digital Tuesday - Summertime
Polka Doodles - Decorative Item
Kaboodle Doodle - Summer
Sentimental Sunday - Celebrations


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~Hugs, JennRo~

Have a Splashin Birthday Card!

I used the Cricut and 3 cartridges (Everyday Paper Dolls, Doodlecharms and Alphalicious) as well as the Design Studio to create this next card. I cut the little boy at 4inches and the waves at 2inches. I don't remember what I cut the sun at (sorry!).

Surprise! It's an easel card! I used sandpaper (yes, sandpaper!) for the sand, so it looks AND feels like sand! :) I used the DS to cut the words and adhered them to the sandpaper. Added a few embellies and TA-DA! I cute beach themed birthday card for a cute little boy!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Polka Doodles - Boy's Birthday

PaperPlay - Sun/Sunglasses

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Boy Fishing Card!

I created this cute little boy fishing card using a vintage image but I don't remember where I picked up the image (sorry!). I colored it with pencils and combined it with a blue/yellow color combo. I added glossy accents to the fish to make him look wet and slimey!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Rosie D's Challenge - Fish(ing)

Polka Doodles - Male Themed

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~Hugs, JennRo~