A Bunny Birthday Card...

What is more fun than a cheery bunny birthday greeting? This cute bunny is from The Cat's Pajamas and I love this little guy (or maybe girl). Actually, given the hair bow (no pun intended), I would guess this one is a girl! Anyway, stamped with Momento and colored with Copics. Then cut out. I cut out two Spellbinders labels - one with brown Bazzill cardstock and the other with a BoBunny Double-Dot Designs - of course I had to use BoBunny paper! I went around the border of the smaller piece with a white Viva Pearl Pen. Add some layers and a punched border from an EK border punch and you have a wonderful card!

Sorry for the delay in posting - the days have just snuck away.

Jeannette

Distress Holiday Book

I took a class with Tim Holtz on Monday and this is one of the projects from the class. It is a holiday book - with pocket pages that can be used for keeping mementos and other items for the holidays. It would make a nice gift for something - either empty for them to add their own items, or a special gift for someone where you filled it with various items (mementos and maybe some gifts). To create the book, we utilized some great techniques - the letters on the front are made by applying Ranger's silver paint dauber to black plastic letters, allowing that to dry, then applying Glossy Accents over the paint and allowing that to dry. Easy and inexpensive! It was a lot of distressing and combining, but created quite a unique book when finished.

This is the cover - you can see the tabs on the inside pocket pages sticking out the right edge. The book is held together with an elastic band that wraps around the knob on the front.


The side includes 9 pocket pages, made from Tim's enamel kraft paper - colored with Distress Stains. The tabs are made using one of his Sizzix dies. There are small pages where you could journal, write some inspiration or attach special photos to. the pockets would be perfect for little mementos or something like a gift card!

A fun little project that can be highly customized for any special recipient.

Thanks for making us part of your day today!
Jeannette

Spooky Tree!

This is another fun Penny Black Halloween stamp - a nice spooky tree. I stamped the tree image, then cut the cardstock out with a Spellbinders die. To create the moon, I punched out a circle and placed it in the upper right corner as a mask, then sponged Ranger's Distress ink - Pumice Stone to create a grey sky background. I stamped the tree again on another piece of cardstock and cut out all the little "ornaments" hanging from the tree and colored them with Copic markers. Then they are attached to the card with foam tape to add a little dimension. The base card is an orange Bazzill card with a striped DP at the top and bottom. Lastly I added some crystal Stickles for a little glitz!

Thanks for checking out the blog today!
Jeannette

Cupcakes for Halloween!

Cupcakes are all the rage and Halloween is no exception! This card was made with a fun set from Penny Black. The background cardstock is cut with a Spellbinders scallop rectangle die, then the edges are colored with Ranger Distress ink in Frayed Burlap before the cardstock is removed from the die. The base of the cupcake is stamped on the base cardstock. Next you stamp 2 different cupcake tops on a 2nd piece of cardstock and color with a foam dauber and Ranger Distress ink - Orange Marmalade. Cut out and attached over the cupcake base and adorned with the little bats and candy corn. Stamp and cut out the Halloween banner and attach so it looks like it is sticking out of the cupcake. Add that to a couple color layers and you're done!

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!
Jeannette

80 Degrees and We're Thinking Snowmen!

This is one of the great images from the "Blizzard Bunch" stamp set from JustRite Stampers. He's stamped with Momento ink and colored with Copic markers. I layered the oval to a Spellbinders Labels Ten die. I used a Tonic holly punch to add a little trim to the design and some gold self-adhesive pearls to the Labels Ten die. The base card is a BoBunny double-dot cardstock, then added the presents paper by Little Yellow Bicycle and trimmed it with some gold cardstock - one edge cut with an EK border punch. Then add some brown lace trim by May Arts and 3 punched snowflakes with a Martha Stewart punch and some red circles added to the center. It's 80 degrees outside right now and it is hard to think about snow, but we all know it is coming!

Thanks for coming by!
Jeannette

Miss You A Latte!

This card uses another fun A La Mode set from My Favorite Things! I stamped the image and colored her with Copics. I used a Spellbinders die to create something that kinda looks like a coffee cup lid and stamped that with the "Miss You a Latte" saying - which is part of the stamp set. The DP is from BoBunny. Very cheery paper - which is what we need here in the Northeast, as it continues to rain. We're considering building an ark! I punched a couple different flower punch pieces and layered them together and lastly added a few pink pearls.

Thanks for coming by today!
Jeannette

New October Release From La-La Land!

These are the new 8 images from La-La Land that will be shipping mid-October! I am taking pre-orders for an order that I will place around October 10th...

I think my favorite is Autumn Marci, but I also really like Lil' Rocker Luka and Angel Marci!

Have a wonderful Autumn day!
Jeannette