Happy Bee-Day!

 Time to share some of the new stencils from the FEBRUARY RELEASE at:

This stencil called Bee Stream is one of my favorites!  You can get it as part of the Master Creator Bundle here, and use code JennFan10 on top to get an additional 10% off!

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Stencil Fun - AG/Make Your Own Background

AllSorts #824 - Make Your Own Background

A Place to Start - AG/Optional Small Critters

Krafty Chicks #806 - Birthday

613 Avenue Create - AG/Optional Animal Magic

I started with the background - I applied some inks and sprays on a piece of watercolor paper, then applied a darker ink through the Double Honeycomb stencil. I then applied Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink through the Bee Stream stencil and embossed it with clear embossing powder. I used some distressed looking eyelets in the corners to finish it off. Peace.

Kindergarten Valentines

 Hello again!  Yesterday I shared the Valentine cards I made for my granddaughter RaeRae's 1st grade class.  Today I'd like to share the ones I made for Lisey's kindergarten class (frogs for boys, kitties for girls - top right for teacher, bottom right for Lisey):

Close-up of the one I made for Lisey:

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Add a Heart

I Love ProMarkers #600 - AG/Love and/or Romance

Passion for Markers - Add Some Red

Let's Craft & Create #228 - AG + From the Heart

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #213 - Happy Hearts

I had a ball making these little ATC sized Valentine cards! I did Hello Kitty coloring pages shrunk down, colored with Copics and layered on to an ATC base that I prepped by the full sheet with heart stencils. For Lisey's card, I die cut a large heart after printing the sentiment on it, and applied Candied Apple Distress Ink to it. I attached Hello Kitty with foam dimensional tape and sponged red ink around the whole card. Peace.

I Love You ALOTL!

 Hello there!  Can you believe it's almost Valentine's Day? I love to make special cards for my sweet granddaughters, and Valentines Day is a good excuse to do that!  My oldest, Raeana (RaeRae) is 7 and LOVES axolotls! LOL  So this card is for her, and I'd like to enter it into the following challenges:

Passion for Markers - Add Some Red

Little Red Wagon - Picturing Love

Fab n Funky - Love is All Around

A Place to Start - AG/Optional Small Critters

We Love Stamping - Hearts

I used a heart stencil on the little cards below, so I used the reverse stencil technique on this card, giving it an almost watercolor look. I sponged the edges in Candied Apple Red. I printed out the axolotl, colored with Copics, fussy cut, and attached with foam dimensional tape. I printed out the sentiments on cardstock, cut to fit and sponged the edges in red before attaching to the card.

And here are the ATC-sized Valentines I made for her to give out to her class (green for boys, pink for girls - the 2 bigger cards are for her teachers):

Thanks for visiting! Peace.

You Make My Heart Happy

 Goooood morning!  I was honored to be asked to be a guest designer for the Time Out Challenge blog this month. Here's the inspiration graphic for you:

And here is my creation using sparkle, red, hearts, and aperture:

I created my "aperture" by ink blending Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink all over a piece of watercolor paper. I misted with water and blotted with a paper towel, then die cut the heart out of the center. I used foam strips to attach it to a gray cardstock base. I die cut the heart from the larger heart scrap and attached it with a foam dimensional square. I die cut the "xo" from the same gray cardstock and attached to the card with adhesive. I printed out Love You This Much - Love Always from Polkadoodles, colored with Copics and a glitter pen and fussy cut him. I used more foam tape to attach part of him to the inside and adhesive on the parts that are attached to the outside. Sentiment is from CC Designs Swissie Love set, stamped with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I finished it off with some rhinestone stickers.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

We Love Stamping - AG/Optional Hearts

Shopping Our Stash #566 - Love Me Do (die cut pieces from my stash)

Little Red Wagon #844 - Picturing Love

A Place to Start - AG/Optional Small Critters

Inkspirational #360 - XOXO

Peace.

Clarity and Peace

 Good morning!  Off to spend the day in my craft room to make Valentine cards for my 2 granddaughters classrooms!  They are in kindergarten and 1st grade, and have requested Hello Kitty and an axolotl - I will share the results later!  LOL

For today, I have the card below for the following challenges:

Double D - Vintage/Shabby Chic

Paper Funday #84 - Anything Goes/Optional Pastel Colors

Wednesday's Creative Inspiration - Think Pink

Beautiful Blossoms #37 - Anything Florals Goes (optional mood board)

Path of Positivity #138 - Anything Positive Goes/Optional Dynamic Duo

I had this adorable ephemera of a shabby chic coffee cup, it's just paper - I was immediately inspired by it - in my stash.  I had some paper that coordinated with it also in my stash so I pulled that out, fussy cut the cup and attached a kraft sentiment strip (Unity Stamp Co.) to it. Peace.

Yoga Confession

 Goooood morning! I would like to enter the card below into the following challenges:

Retro Rubber #264 - Sketch

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes

AllSorts #842 - AG/Optional Create Your Own Background

Classic Design Challenge - AG/Optional Use Circles

Fab n Funky #629 - Going Round in Circles

I created my background/sketch by blending Villainous Potion and Rustic Wilderness Oxide Inks on the left-hand side of a piece of watercolor paper. I spritzed with water and let dry. I stamped Yoga Anya from The Greeting Farm (2009) with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored with Copics & a white gel pen and used a deckled edge circle die to cut her out. Finished it off with a snarky sentiment from a Tim Holtz sticker book. Peace.

Stay Wild

 I have to tell you - taking the Tiffany Solorio course last weekend really helped me use up some of my background stash! Here's an example below - I had this background in my stash but it was... boring. I was inspired by Tiffany and ended up really pleased with how this came out. I'd like to enter it into the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge - T is for Texture

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes

Time Out #305- Favorite Card Making Technique (ink smooshing!)

As You Like It - Favorite Die and Why (I love circle dies because they are so versatile!)

Krafty Chicks #805 - AG with Twist: Embossing

I miss the Hero Arts challenges! I used some texture paste that I added silver Mica Spray Stain to and applied it through a star stencil in the upper corner. I stamped the text in the upper right corner with white pigment ink and embossed with white embossing powder. I stamped the image & sentiment from Hero Arts Where to Next set (currently on sale!) with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored in the mountains only with a silver gel pen. I cut a crescent moon from 2 circle dies and spritzed it with Frozen Fog Mica Spray Stain and attached it with tiny foam dots, then I flicked some more of the Frozen Fog Mica Spray on the entire card. Peace.