Journeys Of A Cricut Lover...

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Get Well Card!

I made this Get Well Soon card for a dear friend of mine who had to have her knee replaced. The bouquet of flowers is a rubba' stamp and I textured the darker lilac paper using my Sizzix Texture Boutique and the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. The "Get Well Soon" is also a rubba' stamp. I decided against coloring in the image and went for a simple look. I added three purple roses to finish it off.

Another reminder to check out my BLOG CANDY!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
PaperTake Weekly - Anything Goes & Flowers

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

Snow Friends Card!

Good afternoon everyone! WOW! I've hit over 80 followers! I can't believe it! Thank you all so much! I'd like to share a card I made yesterday for the "Baby it's Cold Outside" Challenge over at PollyCraft. This is a rubba' stamp from Cookie Crumbs "Snow Friends" collection. I used pencils to color it in and Diamond stickles to make it sparkle! The sentiment is from the same collection and says "There's no friends like snow friends!". I wrapped a piece of thin light weight twine into a bow to finish it off!

Don't forget about my BLOG CANDY!! Please help me spread Fibromyalgia Awareness!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
PollyCraft Challenges - Baby It's Cold Outside
PaperPlay Challenge - Stamp It Out

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

BLOG CANDY REMINDER!

Good morning all! I just wanted to remind you of my BLOG CANDY to celebrate over 5,000 hits! I've met my goal of 50 followers and have now exceeded 6,000 hits (WOW!!) so I've added to the loot! What loot, you may ask? Well I'm keeping it a secret! That way the winner will be surprised! Just know that it's a variety of yumminess! So head on over to that post before it's too late! It ends February 14th at midnight EST and the random winner will be announced here on February 15th! Good luck and pass on the Candy word!

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

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Teddy Boy Card!

This week over at the Pixie Cottage Challenge we were asked to follow this sketch and to use buttons! Easy Peasy!

Here's my take on the sketch! I used a fiberous blue paper for the background and various shades of yellow paper. The image is from the great Dustin Pike and I colored him using pencils. I then added Glossy Accents to his hat, nose and buttons. I doodled around the edges and tied a thin white twine through the buttons. Easy peasy!

Don't forget about my BLOG CANDY going on until February 14th!

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

Pixie Cottage - Sketch & buttons

More Than Favors/Wacky Wednesday - Yellow & Blue Color Combo

Paper Playtime - Anything Goes & Digi

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

Be My Valentine Card!

This is my first time entering a challenge over at Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge Blog! I thought one of the requirements was to use Peachy Keen Stamps, which I unfortunately do not own, but that is only for their Friday challenge! YAY! The Tuesday challenge is open to use whatever stamp you would like! WAHOO! So this week's challenge is a sketch and make it monochromatic! Here's the sketch:

And here's my take! I used various shades of red (pink is a shade!) The stamp is from Ellephantastic and came colored! LOVE that! The ribbon is from Bo Bunny. I cut the heart and circles using my Cricut and George & Basic Shapes cartridge. I then cut the circles in half. I textured the heart and vertical rectangle (after I distressed the edges) with my Sizzix Texture Boutique and Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. I went over the heart with Moonlight White ink and then stickled each dot with Diamond stickles. I also inked all the paper edges with Vintage Photo Ink by Ranger. I stickled the edges of the circles also. I faux stitched with my trusty white gel pen for a finished look.

Can you see the glitz?

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Peachy Keen Stamps - Sketch & Monochromatic
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
40:31 Creations - Valentine
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Red, Pink & White

PaperPlay Challenge - Stamp It Out

Totally Gorjuss - As You Like It

Paper Playtime - Anything Goes & Digi

Creative Inspirations Challenge - Valentine/Love

So Saturday Challenge - Valentine

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

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

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

Chinese New Year Card!

The Sentimental Sundays Challenge this week was to create something to Celebrate the Chinese New Year. I had the perfect digi stamp in mind (sorry I don't know where I got it!) and set off to make this card. I used Creative Memories paper and used a Fiskars border punch on the strips of gold. I used gold ribbon and printed the sentiment off the computer. I used a translation program to get the traditional Chinese translation for "Celebrate".