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Happy 4th of July! It's time for big celebrations in the USA. We like to celebrate the birth of our nation with a fireworks and we're all about the red, white and blue. With that in mind Jellypark Friends set "Red, White and Blue" as the newest challenge. So go get your patriotic goodies out and have some fun making a card or project to enter into our challenge.
This card uses the "Charity Children's Parade" digi image which reminds me of summer days spent down the Jersey shore with my cousins, tramping around the beach and having a blast. Instead of waving banners we used to tie our towels around our necks like superhero capes. The parades could travel onto the boardwalk, under the boardwalk, to the bay or the ocean. We had no plans and went wherever the wind took us. They were the best summers ever. But I digress...
Profits from any of the the "Charity" images are provided to the charities that have been picked by Jellypark's owner. There is information regarding the organizations that have received funds right on Jellypark's site, as well as links to the individual charities sites. You will always feel good about purchasing one of these.
Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends "Charity Children Parade" digi
ink - printer
paper - My Favorite Things "Primitive Cream" card stock; Close To My Heart "Route 66" pack
miscellaneous - copics; My Favorite Things "Oval Stax" die-namics; Close To My Heart Midtown Cork Shapes; bling; Little Yellow Bicycle "hope, dream, believe" die
Here's the challenges:
Jellypark Friends - Red, White and Blue
CCEE1427 - Red, White and Blue
Crafter's Cafe #70 - Red,White and Blue
Moxie Fab - Wonderful Words Challenge
Inky Impressions #166 - Patriotic (Red, White and Blue)
Little Red Wagon #244 - Summer
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Are you ready for a new Jellypark Friends challenge? Well you better be because it's time for a "Sporty" challenge.
I like to think of baking as a sport, mostly because I'm not very co-ordinated, but I don't think that's what my teamies had in mind when they came up with this theme so I pulled out the skating bears. They look so much more graceful then I will ever be on ice and I've got the scars and bruises to prove it. But I digress...
You don't have to play sports to stamp off or print out a sporty image so get out your supplies and make a card or project and play along with us. We can't wait to see your projects.
Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends "Skating Polar Bears"
ink - printer
paper - Close To My Heart "My Reflections - Frosted" pack; My Favorite Things "Timber Green" card stock
miscellaneous - copics; My Favorite Things "Chevron Stripes", "Oval Stax", "Tree Lines" and "Snowflake Doily" die-namics; bling; twine; snowflake charm
Here's the challenges:
Jellypark Friends - Sporty
4 Crafty Chicks 4cc#197 - Christmas
Creative Knockouts #140 - Die Cut/Punch Frenzy
Crimbo Crackers #66 - Anything Goes
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Has Spring sprung in your neck of the woods? I sure hope it has because I know all my friends and relatives who live in the Northern United States are sick of snow AND Easter is just around the corner. With that in mind it's time to start using those fun Easter images and lovely spring colors. Put that all together and you're ready to play in the new Jellypark Friends challenge - Happy Easter!
My card features one of my favorite Jellypark images "Rabbit Costume". It's just adorable and perfect for this time of year. I colored the costume with copics E11, E13, and E15 and then to get the textured look I put a daub of "0" (colorless blender) on a wash cloth and lightly touched on the coloring. Usually I will color the face, body parts and hair first but if you are going to do this texture technique you need to do the costume first so that the face doesn't blotchy looking. It's very simple and gives the image a little punch.
Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends Rabbit Costume digi
ink - printer
paper - Stampin' Up "Pistachio Pudding" and "Crisp Cantaloupe" card stock, "Sweet Sorbet" DSP
miscellaneous - copics; Stampin' Up "Pistachio Pudding" Stretch Ruffle Trim; Spare Parts Burlap Gem Flowers; lace; bling; Easter Basket charm
Here's the challenges:
Jellypark Friends - Happy Easter
Moving Along with the Times - Easter/Spring
Milk Coffee - Easter
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Easter
Crafty Ribbons #84 - Flower Power
Simon Says Stamp - Happy Easter and/or Sweet Treats
Really Reasonable Ribbons #92 - Flowers or Buttons and Bows
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Happy Friday, and greetings from Jellypark Friends. It's time for another challenge, this fortnight the theme is "Pretty Pastels". Most of you have had a little too much winter this year so this is the perfect challenge for bringing out some papers with spring themes. Just looking at some yellow gingham will put a smile on your face.
This looks like a box but it's a card. That's right, it's a card. If the embellishments aren't too big and thick it'll fold flat and fit into an envelope. Even with all the buttons and flowers on this box it still folded up and went into an envelope.
I got the idea for this at the new Jellypark Digital Craft Store. Claire, the owner and the creator of all the adorable images at Jellypark made one of these cards with a baby theme and published a free tutorial for it on the store's website. The directions are very easy to follow, you have got to try one, you'll be amazed.
From a slightly different angle you can see that the bunny holding the basket is held up on a stick pin (so is the green egg with the pink hearts). The tutorial calls for the use of craft wire to hold up the images but at this time I was couldn't remember where I have stored my wire but I could find the stick pins. So just keep in mind when you're following a tutorial, you can take some liberties and still get good results.
This box went together so easily I'm ready to make another one. Wouldn't it be great in as a Christmas card or a birthday card.
By the way, as pretty and as much fun as this card is, I don't recommend mailing it unless it is going inside a package or a bubble envelope.
Here's the deets:
stamps - Jellypark Friends "Easter Eggs", "Bunny Rabbit", "Charity Rabbit and Balloon", "Ewe Are So Sweet Sheep", "Woman in a Hat Reading a Book"
ink - printer
paper - Stampin' Up "Whisper White" card stock; Bazzill "Chablis" and "Parakeet" card stock; October Afternoon "Sidewalks" patterned paper
miscellaneous - copics; butterfly and daisy buttons; ribbon rose; prima flower; stick pins; Martha Stewart grass border punch; stickles; ribbon
Here's the challenges:
Jellypark Friends - Pretty Pastels
Moving Along with the Times - Make a Box and Decorate It
L'il Red Wagon #228 - Truly Dimensional
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Chocolate and Cake - oh my! That's a challenge right up my alley, yum! and it's this fortnight's challenge at Jellypark Friends.
A long time ago I made a couple 6" x 6" recipe cards and I've been wanting to make more ever since. Many of my recipe cards are a old, and becoming difficult to read. I thought it would be a good idea to make a scrapbook of my favorites. This challenge just gave me the little kick in the behind I needed to get back to that.
The Jellypark challenge is Chocolate and Cake so how about a chocolate cupcake recipe. The recipe is from one of Ina's (the Barefoot Contessa) cookbooks. I love here and have several of her books. Any recipe I have ever made had come out fabulous. Try it, I'm sure you'll love it.
For a recipe card I prefer to keep them on the flat side and relatively CAS but at the same time I don't want them to be completely plain. The size of the recipe also affects how much embellishments I can put on the card. Since this recipe fills most of the card I used the empty space next to the ingredients for a good sized image and just added a bow and a brad for embellies.
Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends "Girl and Cake" digi
ink - printer
paper - My Favorite Things "Blu Raspberry" and "Midnight Blue" card stock; Stampin' Up "Soft Suede" card stock and "Specialty Sweet Shop" dsp
miscellaneous - copics; stickles; divine twine; Creative Memories cutting system' Xmas red Stickles; clear stickles; Stampin' Up Jelly Bean Sweet Shop brad
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"Buttons and Bows!" is the theme for the newest challenge at Jellypark Friends. Our challenges run for two weeks so you've got plenty of time to play along.
This is one time when it would be so much better if you could see this project in real life. This photograph just does not do any justice to it. First of all you can't tell that it's a Kraft pocket album. It's 6-3/8" x 8-1/2" with a 1/2" spine, it has 8 double sided pocket pages. The pockets can be used to hold photos, recipes or DVDs.
This image is "Girl Hugging Heart". I wanted it to look like old fashioned redwork embroidery. I used a Ultra Fine Point Sharpie pen to trace the image on Vellum and cut it out with a Spellbinder's die. It's adhered on top of a piece of Stampin' Up dsp which is adhered to a piece of dotted muslin fabric. Under that there's a piece of distressed Recollections scrapbook paper, a piece of packaging from some Jolee's embellishments and another piece of Stampin' Up paper. On the vellum there are some buttons stitched through the paper layers.
In the first photo the watermark is covering this part of the photo. The embellishment in the corner was made in the corner by taking a couple inches of lace and running a straight stitch through them and pulling them in a gathering stitch. I made a bow with the gingham ribbon and sewed that and the heart button onto the lace and used a glue gun to adhere it to the book. The burgundy heart is button with its shank removed.
The last close up I'll share is the bow and hanging tags so that you can see that it's a double sheer bow. The little tags that are hanging off the ribbon have the word "love" written on both sides but one side of the tag has a pearl on it and the other side has a rhinestone on it. There are pearls and bailing scattered across the cover, some dew drops and various different types of embellishments, even a small strip of washi tape but there aren't any flowers. Go figure...
Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends "Girl Hugging Heart"
ink - Sharpie pens
paper - Recollections scrapbook paper; Stampin' Up "Sending Love Specialty" dsp and Vellum
miscellaneous - Spellbinder's heart die; Close To My Heart wood button; Peebles Heart button; Stampin' Up Boutique Details; pearls bling; Jolee;s boutique cameo; ribbon; lace dew drop; SU tag; washi tape; pin
Here's the challenges:
Jellypark Friends - Buttons and Bows
Curtain Call - Love Letters
Divas by Design - Use Ribbon
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Allsorts week 241 - Ribbon
Thanks for stopping by, come back again. Over the next few weeks I'll have more of the album to show you.
Look at those gorgeous cupcakes! They're perfect for an unconventional Christmas Colors at the Cupcake Inspirations challenge. This week we're being sponsored by one of my favorite companies - Jellypark Friends. You're thinking that I have to say something nice about the sponsor, well, that's sort of true. I don't have to say anything at all, but I happen to love Jellypark Friends and I also happen to be on Jellypark Friends design team too, so you see, I really do love them. If you take a stroll around my blog you can see more of my work with Jellypark images - or you can go to the lower left sidebar and use the label feature to see all the Jellypark posts.
Now I have to make a sad announcement. This will be my last post as a member of the Cupcake Inspirations Design Team. It's been quite a wonderful sweet and fun time for me. I've been on the team since February 13, 2011 and this is my 126th post, that's a lot of sweetness. I've had the pleasure of working with many wonderful teamies and we've been sponsored by many generous companies. I've been so lucky to get to work with the images they provided. My life has become a bit busier these days and keeping up with all the duties of a design team member has started to become difficult so it's time to step down and let someone else have some fun with the job.
don't you just hate it when you can't get the colors to come out just right on your photo? Most of it looks OK but the background colors on the patterned paper and the blue card stocks just aren't reading right. It makes me crazy but what's a girl to do?
Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends "Jack Frost"
ink - printer
paper - My Favorite Things "Berrylicious", "Steel blue", "Razzleberry", "Pink Lemonade" and "Nighshift blue" card stock; Stampin' Up "whisper White" card stock; patterned paper unmarked
miscellaneous - copics; bling; Stampin' Up circle and scalloped circle punch; ek success circle punch; Jolees' snowflakes stickers
Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC241 - photo
Freshly Made Sketches #116 - sketch
Friday Mash Up FM139 - Winter not Christmas
Simon Says - Let It Snow
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It's time to Pile It On. Do you know what that means? Pile It On is the challenge blog that asks when you enter our challenge that you kick it up a notch and find as many other challenges to enter your card or project into as possible. This week have some fun with us and our sponsor Jellypark Friends with the challenge "P is for ... "
I sure do love Jellypark Friends, I can't say enough nice things about them, and if you look around my blog you'll see that I'm on the Jellypark Design Team. You can go to the labels on the left sidebar and click on "Jellypark". That will bring up all of the Jellypark Friends posts that I've made and remembered to label. If you look at the cards I think my love of Jellypark is evident. The images are just too dang cute.
For this card I used the "Princess for a Day" digital image. The bow is obscuring the sentiment. If I were paying more attention I would have moved it so you could see that I took a marker and crossed out "the day" and wrote "life" over it. That's right, I created a monster, my daughter is a princess for life and none of us had better not try to forget that.
Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends "Princess for a Day"
ink - printer; Ranger "Tattered Rose"
paper - My Favorite Things "Rich Razzleberry" and "Blu Raspberry" card stock; October Afternoon "Sidewalk" patterned paper
miscellaneous - copics; My Favorite Things "Ovals" and "Blueprints 5" die-namics; bling; pearls; cord; flower charm; Stampin' Up corner punch; brad
Here's the challenges:
Pile It On #48 - P is for ...
Freshly Made Sketches FMS114 - Sketch
Love To Create #93 - 3 of Your Favorite Embellishments (Charm, Pearls, Bling)
Ooh La La #44 - Birthday
Paper Playtime #24 - Anything Goes
Partytime Tuesday PTT#148 - Anything Goes
Crafting for All Seasons #66 - Birthdays
Little Red Wagon #213 - Off the Edge
Ruby's Rainbow #68 - A Recipe of Flowers, Pearls and a Charm
Simon Says - Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #235 - Use Metal/Add a Charm
Crafty Ribbons #72 - Anything Goes with Ribbon
Crafty Sentiments Design - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday #297 - Anything Goes
Delightful Challenges - Favorite Things (Charm, Bling and Pearls)
Southern Girls - Embrace Your Lumps and Bumps
Fussy and Fancy - Hearts (decorations on the dress)
Sister Act #35 - Anything Goes
Stampin' for the Weekend - Feeling Festive (DT no draw)
2 Sisters #172 - Anything Goes
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Happy Weekend! As Thanksgiving is rolling closer are you starting you're shopping list or are you actually shopping? For me it's a blessing and a curse that my husband most of the food shopping. The blessing is that I won't have to lug a 20 something pound turkey around, the curse is I will have to go out the day before to find the things he didn't understand or couldn't find, but how bad it that?
So - are you ready for this fortnight's Jellypark Friend's new challenge? It's a most timely challenge, the theme is "Happy Thanksgiving/Give Thanks". That just might help you get ready for your holiday festivities.
If you pop over to our challenge blog page (click here) you can get a gander at how some of the other design team members have used our new release "scarecrow" image. Personally I don't think he's very scary and neither does that bird on his his arm but he sure does make a great stamp. If you haven't gone over to the Jellypark page yet, our teamie Mel, has made a table decoration featuring the scarecrow. The decoration is pretty dang cute and she's giving Jellypark the instructions to give to its members. What not a member and don't have any spare cash these days. Don't let that bother you, membership is free AND as they say comes with privledges. WHAT!? What privledges you ask? You'll get a newsletter straight to your e-mail box and along with some fun bits of information about what's going on at Jellypark you'll probably receive a free digital image. As long as I've been a member there's been a free stamp with every issue. So if you love Jellypark and I don't know who doesn't go on and over to the store, click on the "members" bar in the menu area and sign up and you too will be a member. Don't tell anyone about the secret handshake.
Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends Scarecrow
ink - printer
paper - My Favorite Things "Lemon Drop" and "Safety Orange" card stock; Stampin' Up "Garden Green" card stock; Recollections "Photo Burlap" and "Rooster";
miscellaneous - copics; Martha Stewart grass punch; Close to my Heart Midtown Cork Shapes; Leaf brad; My Favorite Things Thank You die-namics
Here's the challenge:
Jellypark Friends - Happy Thanksgiving/ Thanks you
Terrifically Thrilling Thursday - Give Thanks
Delightful - Thankful
CCEE1346 - Stitches
Simon Says Stamp - Thanks/Thanksgiving
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It's Pinktober! at Jellypark Friends and unless you've been living in a cave for the last few years you should know that for everyone October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and pink is the color of Breast Cancer Month. With all the sports on TV don't you just love seeing those burly sportscasters wearing pink shirts and/or ties. I saw one baseball player with a pink baseball mitt, which is probably the coolest thing I ever saw. I don't think there's anything smarter, hipper, maybe even sexier than a man in pink, and I am not joking, being sarcastic or talking tongue in cheek.
My card is using the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Flower Ribbon Digital Stamp. All of the proceeds from this stamp go to charity so not only can you make a beautiful card that will raise awareness, but you will be making a monetary contribution as well. Nice how that works. The middle layer of my card was made by typing "fight like a girl" several times and then copying it several times, and changing the color to pink before printing it onto Georgia Pacific card stock. I love the way it turned out, I think it works perfectly in this card.
I hope you'll join us at Jellypark Friends for "Pinktober" and that you'll stop over at the Jellypark Friends Store and make a purchase of the Flower Ribbon, you'll be glad you did.
Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends Breakthrough Breast Cancer Flower Ribbon Digital Stamp
ink - printer
paper - Copic Xpress card stock; Georgia Pacific card stock; My Favorite Things Pink Lemonade card stock; Stemma Pretty Petals patterned paper
miscellaneous - copics; ribbon; bling; MFT Pierced Rectangle stax die-namics
Here's the challenges:
Jellypark Friends - Pinktober
Splitcoast Stampers HYCCT1314 - Blingtastic
Crafty Ribbons #66 - Anything Goes with ribbon
4 Crafty Chicks #164 - Multiple Layers
Crafty Creations #244 - Let's See You Sparkle And Shine
Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes
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Every other Friday we have a new challenge for you at Jellypark Friends. This fortnight we've got an easy peasy one for you "Anything Goes". That's it, there's no twists, and seriously when there's a twist doesn't that mean it really isn't anything goes anymore. Whatever theme, whatever color, whatever embellishments, whatever images (of course we'd love to see some Jellypark Friend images if you've got them), it's up to you. It's October, so if you want to do something for Breast Cancer Awareness go for it. All you have to do is make it and link it up, we'll be glad you played with us.
My card is made with the brand spanky new image "Get Well Soon". It's made with a little girl in mind but I imagine you could send it to an adult. If you want something a little more sophisticated for your adult friends don't fret today's other new release (Get Well Soon Medicine Bottle) will fit that bill.
There's a couple things that don't show up in the photo or are difficult to discern, that always annoys me. Under the image, atop the lace, there's a charm tied on with pink burlap twine. The charm is a band aid. In real life it's adorable. In the photo it just looks like a stick. All of the hearts, and the drink on the night stand are covered with pink stickles. Lastly the long stripey bar behind the image actually has a green card stock border besides the white wavy border. It wasn't until it was made and ready to be put on the card that I realized the card stock just blended right in with the patterned paper. Even the white wavy punched border blends in, that stripey paper has so many colors in it just about every card stock is going to blend in. Oh well, what's a girl to do...
By the way, if you're a fan of Jellypark Friend images and are interested in being on the design team there's a call out for new members. You can find the details by clicking here .
Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends "Get Well Soon" digi
ink - printer
paper
Close To My Heart - Day Dream
Miscellaneous - copics; Stampin' Up Corner Punch; EK Success border punch; Stampin' Up Subtles Candy Dots; Lace; burlap twine; stickles
Here's the challenges:
Jellypark Friends - Anything Goes
Moving Along with the Times - Anything Goes (Welcome Back - you were missed)
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Favorite Technique or Color (I am partial to pink)
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This week at Jellypark Friends we're challenging you to make a card with the sentiment as focal point.
When you're making a stack of Christmas cards you want something that's quick and easy. Using a sentiment as the focal point is a good choice. Most sentiments can be punched out or die cut and be ready for use on your card. If you feel like it you can dress it up a bit by adding some color like this one.
Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends "Christmas Bundle Set"
ink - printer
paper - Bazzill "Ruby Slippers" and "Sunbeam" card stock"; October Afternoon "Make It Merry" dp
miscellaneous - copics; baker's twine; charm; Spellbinder's scalloped circle die; pearls
Here's the challenges:
Jellypark Friends - Sentiment as Focal Point
Crimbo #50 - Quick and Easy
Crafty Creations #240 - So Charming
Sisterhood of Crafters - Devine Digis
Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Polka Dots
Whoopsie Daisy - Use More Than 2 Patterned Papers
Creative Card Crew #45 - Christmas
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Are you ready for a fun challenge? Well if you are then it's a good thing it's time for Jellypark Friend's new challenge "All About the Kids".
My card card uses one of the new releases "Girl Running with Cake". I just can't resist cake. Fortunately for me when the cake is on a stamp I don't have to worry about how many calories I'm consuming and I love just the same, maybe even a little more. I can make it whatever flavor I'd like it to be and it's so much fun to color and adding on stickles.
I doubt that anyone would need it but I made a "How To" list for throwing a birthday party. If you need directions feel free to copy them.
Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends "Girl Running with Cake"
ink - printer
paper - Stampin' Up - Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana card stock and Specialty Sweet Shop DSP
miscellaneous - copics; SU Pistachio Pudding ribbon; baker's twine; birthday present charm; My Favorite Things Birthday Present border die-namics; Stampin' Up notebook border punch; pink clip; Close To My Heart dots; Creative Memories cutting system; stickles; Marvy scarlet marker
Here's the challenges:
Jellypark Friends - All About the Kids
Crafty Ribbons #60 - Anything Goes with Ribbon
CCEE1336 - Make a Birthday Card
Dream Valley #64 - For a Child
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It's time for a new challenge at Jellypark Friends. This fortnight the theme is "Things with Wings" so get out those butterflies, birds, angels and fairies and have some fun. If you've got something else that's got wings you can use it and you don't have to use Jellypark Friends images but if you've got them we'd love to see them.
My card uses "Butterfly Girl". After it was colored I cut it out and popped it up on the oval die cut. For fun I put stickles on the dots of her dress and the spots of her wings.
Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends "Butterfly Girl" digi
ink - printer
paper - Stampin' Up "Garden Green", "Coastal Cabana" and "Crisp Cantaloupe" card stock; Stampin' Up In Colors 2013-2015 DPS stack; Recollections "Teal Butterflies" and "Aqua Screen" dp
miscellaneous - copics; Spellbinder's "Opulent Ovals" dies; pearls; Martha Stewart tag punch; baker's twine; ribbon; stickles
Here's the challenges:
Jellypark Friends - Things with Wings
Totally Gorjuss #197 - Die Cuts and Punches
Paper Playtime #17- Use Pearls
Crafting for All Seasons #59 - Tag It
L'il Red Wagon #199 - Layers
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This week in honor of the new royal prince the Jellypark Friend's spotlight stamp is Toy Giraffe. If you've made a card or project with this image leave us a comment, we'd love to see what you've made. Don't forget this is the one time when we don't care if you back link.
Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends "Toy Giraffe" digi
ink - printer
paper - Bazzill "Glow" card stock; Stampin' Up "Soft Suede" cs; My Mind's Eye "Lost and Found - Sunshine" and My Min's Eye "Follow Your Heart -Amazing" dp
miscellaneous - copics; MFT "Circle Stax: die-namics; ribbon; twine; button; stickles; bling
Here's the challenges:
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Ruby's Rainbow #59 - Layer It Up
Crafts and Me #139 - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday #106 - Spooled Items
Partytime Tuesday #131 - Anything Goes
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I love Christmas in July challenges because they give me that push I need to get to work on those cards before it's crunch time. At Jellypark Friends we're having that challenge for the next two weeks. This week we're also releasing a new line of Christmas images. If you haven't visited our blog or our shop today then you have to go there after you finish here.
This card was made with one of the Christmas images from last year.
Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends "Polar Bear"
ink - printer
paper - Basic Grey "Mistletoe and Pear" pad
miscellaneous - copics; stickles; baker's twine; tree charm; bling; My Favorite Things "Oval Stax" and "Fishtail Flags Stax" die-namics
Here's the challenges:
Jellypark Friends - Christmas in July
Terrifically Thrilling Thursday - Show Us What You Got, Christmas in July
Southern Girls #74 - Animal Antics
Creative Belli #174 - Christmas (I got this paper pack for Christmas when I was still living in NJ, I moved from there in 2010)
Crafting for All Seasons #57 - Christmas in July
This is another card made with one of last year's Christmas images:
stamp - Jellypark "Snowman with Birds"
ink - printer
paper - Basic Grey "Figgy Pudding - Forest" dsp; My Favorite Things "Berrylicious" card stock; Stampin' Up "Whisper White" cars stock
miscellaneous - copics; baker's twine; snowman charm; EK Success border punch; brads; My Favorite Things "Circle Stax" and "Snowflake Doily" die-namics
Now here's some cards made with some of the new images:
stamp - Jellypark Friends " Snowglobe"
ink - printer
paper - DCWV "Neutrals" Card Stock pad; Martha Stewart "Cottage Christmas" pad
miscellaneous - copics; stickles; ribbon; raccoon charm; cord; EK Success border punch
I don't have a die cut for this image. I cut out the snow globe, placed it (upside down) on green card stock, traced around the edge and then tried to cut an even edge around the drawn line. It's not perfect but it looks pretty good. Sometimes all it takes is to have faith in your abilities.
Another new image -
stamp - Jellypark Friends "Christmas Window Scene
ink - printer
paper - Bazzill "Ruby Slipper" and "Snow White" card stock; Martha Stewart "Cottage Christmas" pad
miscellaneous - copics; Martha Stewart border punch; stickles; cord; ribbon; ornament charm; brads
and another
stamp - Jellypark Friends Xmas Thank You
ink - printer
paper - Close to My Heart, My Reflections "Pear and Partridge"
miscellaneous - copics; corner punch; My Favorite Things "Little Open Scallop" border die-namic; cord; bird charm; machine stitching
and lastly
stamp - Jellypark Friends "Xmas Fairy"
ink - printer
paper - Bazzill "Glow" and "Blossom" card stock; Stampin' Up "Whisper White" card stock; October Afternoon "Make It Merry" dp
miscellaneous - copics; brads; baker's twine; candy cane twine; stickles; My Favorite Things "Snowflake Doily" die-namic; machine stitching
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Every other Friday, the Friday between challenges, at Jellypark Friends it's Spotlight day . We pick an image, some of the design team post a card and we invite you to share your creations made with this image. It doesn't have to be a new creation, if you made it today or a year ago we'd love to see it. Leave a comment on this post with a link to your creation. That's all there is to it.
Did you ever get a smudge on the image you just spent hours coloring? I hope you aren't tossing them out. After all your hard work you want to show it off but that nasty smudge just looks terrible. Well, smudges are just an opportunity to dig into your stash of embellishments. If you haven't guessed, there's an ugly smudge on the top left corner of the image panel. I happen to have that neat button to use but if I didn't I could have used a photo corner or a sentiment spot. If you can't come up with an embellishment idea, try fussy cutting.
Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends - Ice Cream Van digi
ink - printer
paper - My Favorite Things "Nightshift Blue" card stock; Stampin' Up "Specialty Sweet Shop" patterned paper
miscellaneous - copics, ice cream cone button (shank removed); baker's twine; ruffled gingham ribbon; ice cream cone charm
Here's the challenges:
Sister Act #16 - Anything Goes
Really Reasonable Ribbon #76 - Sizzlin' Summer Colors and Ribbon
Polka Doodles week 28 - Summer Fun
Brown Sugar #51 - Anything Goes
Crafts and Me #138 - Anything Goes
Whoopsie Daisy - Use Your Markers
Tuesday Throwdown #156 - Anything Goes
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We've got a new challenge at Pile It On. This week the theme is "Water". 2013 is the International year of Water Cooperation. Now if you're as ill informed as me you're probably saying to yourself "what the heck is the year of water cooperation?" I can't let stuff like that go so I did a search to find out what it is. If you're interested here's a link to one of the sites that will tell you about it.
Now back to our challenge. This week we're sponsored by Jellypark Friends. The winner will be able to pick 2 digis from the store (with the exception of the fund raiser images). I can't say enough good things about Jellypark Friends. I love the images. I can sit and color these images for hours on end. There's an image for any kind of card or project you want to make. When you visit the store your cart will be full in no time.
To be in the running for the prize you just have to make a card with the theme of "water" and link it up to Pile It On and at least one other challenge. So go get your crafting stash out and get busy.
Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark Friends Mermaid; My Favorite Things "Daring Dots" and "Washi Patterns"
ink - printer for image; My Favorite Things "Razzleberry" and "Kraft" for backgrounds
paper - My Favorite Things "Kraft", "Blu Raspberry" and "Razzleberry" card stock; Stampin' Up "So Saffron" card stock
miscellaneous - copics; stickles; baker's twine; sand dollar charm; Cuttlebug embossing folder
Here's the Challenges:
Pile It On #28 - Water
Splitcoast Stampers Sketch Challenge SC444 - Sketch
Color Throwdown CTD250 - Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake, Melon Mambo, So Saffron
Sister Act #15 - Anything Goes
Polka Doodles week 28 - Summer Fun
Just Add Ink JAI173 - Just Add Water (the swirly embossing is meant to be water)
Ruby's Rainbow #58 - Embossing, Ribbon and Self Made BP (using baker's twine for ribbon)
Paper Shelter #120 - Swirly Girly (the embossed layer is swirls)
Charisma #27 - No Designer Paper
Crafty Ribbons #52 - Anything Goes with Ribbon (using baker's twine)
Splitcoast Stampers Ways to Use It WT435 - Hardware, Any Metal Embellishment
A Gem of a Challenge #87 - Lots of Layers
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards #43 - Life's a Beach
Creative Corner #27 - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday #105 - Hexagon and/or Circles
Crafts and Me #138 - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Make It Sparkle
One Stop Craft #234 - Summer Colors
Totally Gorjuss #192 - Sweet (sweet edibles or just plain old sweet looking)
Crazy for Challenges C4C194 - Marine Life
