BBQ Invitation!

I created this next project for Papertake Weekly as their challenge was "Summer Fun" and I couldn't think of anything more fun in the summer than getting together with family and friends at a Bar-B-Que (BBQ)!! I had this cute Hedgie image from Dustin Pike that I thought would be perfect. This project did not start off as an invitation but don't you just love how our creative minds are able to transform a project right in the middle?! I used bright colors because they remind me of summer (my favorite season, btw!) and I cut the "You're Invited" from the Alphalicious Cricut cartridge twice; once using the shadow feature (blue) and once using the base feature (yellow).

Isn't this Hedgie just toooo cute??!! Oops! I just noticed I forgot something...can you see what it is? Oh well! lol
--This project is entered in the following challenges--
PaperTake Weekly - Summer Fun


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~Hugs, JennRo~

Flower Picking Fairy Easel Card!

Morning all! I got halfway through the previous post and we lost electricity from the bad storm we were having. :( Made me miss one of my favorite challenge blogs. :( Oh well! We were powerless from about 3pm-2am! Thankfully there are no little ones but the dog was super spooked! Poor baby. I don't think he's ever been in a power outage come to think of it.

Anywho, I created this next project with the Doodle Dragon Studios Challenge in mind because this time around we were challenged to use flowers!

You know, I LOVE my Dustin Pike images so...I thought this Teddy Fairy picking flowers was the perfect one. I colored him with pencils then stickled wings of another image I had printed and added glossy accents and stickles to the base image. When all that was dry, I cut out my second set of wings and adhered only the right side to the base image so I could curl them up! I then flocked the Teddy with Bearly Brown Stampin' Up Flocking Powder. I added Baby Pink FlowerSoft to the flowers on the ground and the one in his hand.

Again, once everything was dry, I added my Teddy friend to a dark pink circle with pop dots (of course! *smile*). I created the easel card and decided to go with blue papers to match the Teddy's outfit. I took on a challenge of my own when I decided to use the zigzag stitch on the sewing machine for the first time! After a few practice rounds I think the finished product came out pretty well! I stitched around the full inside panel and the half easel panel. Finally, on to the flowers! I decided rather than use pre-fab flowers I would once again make my own using my Cricut and the Create A Critter cartridge. (Have I mentioned lately I LOVE this cart.???!!!! lol) I cut fifteen flowers all together (at 2.5, 2 and 1.5inches) and matched them up in three's to create nice big (3-D) flowers! I doodled around the edges and pieced them together with brads. I adhered them all with pop dots. ;) I added white rhinestones to the tops of the brads to match the rhinestone brads I used on the base of the card to hold up my easel! I have discovered I very much like making easel cards and I didn't know how easy it was! LOVING them! --This project is entered in the following challenges--

Doodle Dragon Studios - Flowers
Polka Doodles - Sew and Sew



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~Hugs, JennRo~

TeddyButterfly Blank Card!

Howdy friends! There are quite a few projects I would like to share with you today and I don't have much time so they will be quick posts. If I have any energy later I"ll come back and give details!

This cute little Bear/Butterfly is an image from Dustin Pike and I cut the flowers from the Cricut Create A Critter (hedgehog cut), doodled and layered them. LOVING those flowers!

I added some bling to the teddy's wings and surrounding card.

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

Doodle Dragon Studios - Flowers

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Fairy Card!

Good Morning! I have something to share with you this fine sunny morning. I hope it's very nice weather in your part of the world! This week Friday Sketchers challenged us to the following sketch:

Here is my version! I used a freebie digi stamp (I think I got it from PollyCraft, but please correct me if I'm wrong) because several challenges this week had to do with wings or fairies. The challenge over at PaperPlay Weekly was to create something "Up In The Air". I chose the fairy because she looks like she's flying mid air and also chose the butterfly lilac background paper because butterflies fly in the air!

I printed the image twice and cut her dress from one of the images to pop it up on the base image (see picture below). I used faux rub on stitches around each paper and around the outside edges. The stitching is silver so it didn't photograph well. I popped my image up (after doodling around the angel's oval) with pop dots and sticked her flowers, sash and wings (of course!). I added some pearls to each corner, purple pearls to the left side and pink crystals to the bottom right of the angel's oval.

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

PaperPlay Weekly - Up In The Air

Polka Doodles - Sew and Sew

Friday Sketchers - Sketch 104

Totally Gorjuss - Wings

Rosie D's Challenge - Fairy Tales

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Roses For You Card!

Good Evening all! I have just this one post for you today. The challenge over at Quixotic Paperie was to "Emboss It" and the challenge over at AllSorts was to use Black/White and one other color. Combine the two and this is what I came up with!

I used Black/White and Silver! I originally thought red but decided to go silver for a more formal feel. I edge punched both the black using a Fiskars punch and then embossed the silver paper using the Sizzix Texture Boutique and the Swirls folder. I also embossed the silver and black image background using the Swiss Dots folder. I stamped this cute little bear holding roses in black and used black embossing powder to emboss the image. I decided to leave him just as he is (no coloring) so the card is strictly black/white/silver. I added the white flowers and chose black brads to hold them together. The three flowers are an illusion as the middle flower is actually on the inside of the card! This is a different sort of card for me as I cut the base card away from the base card. So it's sort of a shaped card I guess. The inside is blank, unusual for me-I know!, but I didn't know what I wanted to use this for yet. It would make a nice anniversary card or a wedding card. Hmmm...We shall see!

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

Quixotic Paperie - Emboss It

Allsorts - Black/White and One other Color

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Happy Retirement Bunny Card!

I created this cute easel card for a friend who is retiring. I wanted to celebrate her retirement with something special so I used my new favorite stamp (thank you Jenny!!) and created an Easel Card. I used Creative Memories paper and sewed around both lilac rectangles. I added some bling along with some yellow roses for extra pizazz!

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

Crafty Creations - Favorite Stamp

Polka Doodles - Sew and Sew

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Red White and Blue Thank You Card!

In honor of Memorial Day I decided to create a Thank You card using Red, White and Blue papers. I created an easel card and based it on the Pixie Cottage Sketch #20.

I used a Dustin Pike image and printed it twice. I colored both images and cut the bear out of one of them. I flocked the bear with Stampin Up Bearly Brown flocking powder and popped it up from the base image. I cut the flowers from the Cricut Create A Critter (hedgehog) cartridge and attached them with silver brads. I topped the brads with a red, white and blue rhinestone! I also added mini silver star brads to the blue square on the top and the red rectangle on the bottom.
Can you tell he's flocked?

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

Pixie Cottage - Sketch #20
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Flowers for May
Cricut Cardz Challenge - Use brads
Just Cute Bears - Thank You Card
Sentimental Sundays - Thank You Card

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~Hugs, JennRo~