A Happy little duck..... and some MOST exciting news! :)

Coffee of the Day - Vanilla Biscotti

Good morning! As I was getting my card package ready to mail off to Stef and Clyde (see yesterday's post), I realized that this cutie little duck card had never been posted on my blog before. oh the HORRORS!!! :D but really, this card always made me smile, so here's hoping it brings a bit of a grin to Stef. and just a bit of an update, her hubby made it home last night from the hospital. yippppeeeee! I would be splashing in the puddles like this little guy, too! He does have more appointments for follow-ups, but prayers for a COMPLETE healing are going up like wildfire!!

Papers for this precious little card come from October Afternoon. This is actually the same sheet of paper, just both sides. isn't is adorable?! they have some of the most fun designs!!! I was super-dee-duper blessed a few weeks ago and won the blog hop prize over at Jacksonbelle Embellishments - a sheet of every Oct. Afternoon paper she carries! boy was that a happy mail day! Thanks, Lindsey! okay, I digress like I always do....... The digi comes from Digital Ink, but I don't know if it is available any longer. The sentiment is from Studio G, flower is Prima, ribbon is actually some old purchased from a retro Etsy seller. pin comes from Maya Road.

Now on to the news.......... I have been chosen along with 13 other fabby ladies to be a 'Lady With Attitude' DT member with Shirleys 2 Girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It took me all day yesterday to process the news! I am on top of the mountain with this!!! I will get my blog updated ASAP with the other blogs and blinkies and all of the good stuff, but gosh, this is truly a dream come true! You can head to the blog for more info, and p.s. check out the store for a huge sale & some fabby-licious buttons that have me drooling! :)

Another Digital Ink Challenge Card....

Just finishing up a few challenge cards from over at Digital Ink. This is for the Christmas Carol challenge - create a card that uses a Christmas carol. Rather than use a line or title as a sentiment, I just copied the sheet music onto a piece of parchment paper and then tore, inked, and sprayed with walnut gold glimmer mist. The image is from M & M Designs. I have never been priviliged enough to have one of these delightful coffees myself, but have seen photos of them - cream made into beautiful designs right into the coffee itself. Can't you just imagine what a treat that would be?! oh my - pure joy in a cup..... :)


The holly paper is from Anna Griffin, the crepe paper ornament is from Martha Stewart, buttons are from my vintage stash, as is the beautiful trim. I love the vintage feel this and the previous card have! but then you know me and my love of vintage cards!!!


Speaking of that, I was so sad that today was the last day of the 12 Tags of Christmas over on the blog of Tim Holtz. Please stop by if you haven't. I had never been involved with this before, and goodness gracious, this man is a genius! I am now ready to check out the archives for the past few years' articles. Don't know if I have the nerve to try any yet, but I love to gallery gaze!!! :)

I have decided to use this card for the Saturday Spotlight Challenge, too. I do love my Christmas music this time of year! :)

It's Monday - must be time for COFFEE!!! but every day is time for coffee around here! grins!

Coffee of the Day - Chocolate Caramel

It's a beautiful day indeed when I can start the day with a fresh cuppa joe in my hand and feature a card with coffee on it, too!!! Today starts a new challenge over at Digital Ink - use buttons, bows, glitter and fabric on your creation.

Well the first 3 are easy peasy pumpin spice latte simple for me, 'cause I do that without even thinkin'! but FABRIC???? oh my goodness gracious me..... I don't sew...... can't faux sew straight to save my life......... the boys would notice if I ripped up their clothes for a wee scrap of material...... but then again maybe not considering the way holes in the jeans are fashionable. so I thunk and I thunk and I came up with burlap as the perfect material for my image from Jules Junk - that fabby coffee press that I adore. since coffee beans come in burlap bags when being shipped from their far off countries (or at least in my exotic imagination!) I thought that would be the ideal pairing. little did I know in my tiny burg how difficult it wuld be to track down burlap! so I settled for this neato bandito burlap garland smidgen I found at our neighborhood Michael's crafty supply store!!! Added some of the coolio retro/vintage paper from Recollections, some added embellies courtesy of Making Memories, tied my bows with linen thread, and oh yes, the glitter is painted on with shimmerz Hi Ho Silver blingz and caramel shimmerz around the main image edges. The colors match better irl than what ended up in the scan.

So grab your supplies and play along with us!! Check out the other simply AMAZING creations by the super-dee-duper DT!!! and this is the last week of the 50% off sale, so fill up your shipping cart! I did my shopping, and it was grand! :)

FUN Chocolate!

Coffee of the Day - Creme Brulee

A new week means a new challenge over at Digital Ink! This week you get to do an ABC project - Anything But A Card.

One of my fave "go to's" is a covered Hershey bar. I mean, who can resist chocolate? expecially BIG chocolate!!! :D I used this great digi by Angela of Sewn Together from the Breast Cancer Awareness pack. Please consider making a purchase of this pack - not only do you get some wonderful artwork, but your purchase helps go toward Breast Cancer reasearch, too. Used some Basic Grey Sultry papers, this super soft Anna Griffin satin ribbon, a bit of pearl trim to match the pearls our adorable little bunny is wearing, and a spray of flowers. Of course I glitterized parts with my handy dandy shimmerz paints! A trio of baby Primas with bead centers finishes it off.

Don't forget that all items in the D-IC store are 50% off through the end of this month!!! fabby sale!!! I have been waiting 'til closer to the end of the month 'cause each designer keeps adding so many new things almost every day! I want to have a complete selection to choose from! of course you could shop every day or every week if you want! They certainly won't mind! :)

So be sure to play along in the challenge with us! There is a gorgeous digi up for grabs as the prize!!! check out all of the fun creations by the DT and by Linda, our Guest DT member for the month!

We're Just an Old Indian Couple........

Coffee of the Day - Spiced Hazelnut

Welcome to another challenge with Digital Ink! There is a great sketch for this week's challenge project - super neat and oh, so fun! Be sure to get in on the blog candy giveaway - just one week left! :) We all love our blog candy!!!

Don't forget that all of the digis in the store are 50% off for the entire month of October! what a deal! and please please please take a look at the amazing Breast Cancer Awareness Pack put together by many of the fabby designers at D-IC. the digis are fun, but the rewards from purchasing this set will be even longer lasting! :)

I love these cute little Indians on my card - they come from Judy of M & M Designz through D-IC. Hailing from a family with a Native American background, these 2 just warmed my heart! I immediately wanted to pair them up and make a card for my sweetie! The great thing about digis is that you can put several images right up close to one another as I did here. I wanted to keep this card a bit rustic, so I did some distressing and wearing down of the edges to naturalize it. I intentionally popped them up a bit, rather than gluing the edges down smooth. The paper is from Making Memories. The beads are from Flair Desings. That gorgeous flower is a Prima. Don't the colors remind you of a beautiful sunset?!?! Added a bit of natural magic mesh to give some more texture.

Please join in and play along! Don't forget to visit the other DT members to see their inspiration pieces! some very talented ladies who continually amaze me with their creativity!!! :)

have a great day! love ya!

Jennifer

Time for Coffee (always! grins!!)

Coffee of the Day - Pumpkin Spice

Hello! So have you had your cuppa yet today? Just in case you haven't, I have this card for you featuring a fabby new digi from Jules Junk over at Digital Ink. She drew it just for me 'cause I'm always beggin' coffee stamps from people!!! :D I just love my french coffee press and have never seen a digi of one, so Jules was great and drew one for me! isn't it great?

My card is sized to fit in a legal envie. I used these neat coffee papers from Flair Designs. Dave brought me this wonderful Starbuck's sticker home the other day. OF COURSE I had to put it to good use on a card! :) The silver parts of the press are painted with hi ho silver blingz shimmerz paint. The flowers are Prima, and the dew drops are clear ones that I colored black with a sharpie. black satin ribbon is from a remnant stash.

Don't forget that all digis are 50% at Digital Ink for the entire month of October! Have a wonderful day! and any comment left on this or any post through Saturday qualifies you for my Blogaversary blog candy!

Sunflower Baby!

Coffee of the Day - Creme Brulee

Hello! I sure hope the day is bright and sunny where you are! and if not, then make it that way in your heart! :)

It's time for a new challenge over at Digital Ink!!! Don't forget that EVERYTING in the store is 50% off for the month of October! how fabby is that?!!? and also, to promote Breast Cancer Awareness, the designers have come up with a Stamp Out Breast Cancer promo pack for the amazing price of $8 filled with wonderful digis! This is a horrible disease that strikes many across the world - let's do what we can to help support research and to help stop it in its tracks!!!

The challenge this week is to create a Fall or autumn project. I chose this cutie little sunlower babe in a pumpkin digi from Stitchy Stamps. My papers are from Daisy D's. the trim is Prima and the flowers are Making Memories. the pumpkin is painted with orange sherbet shimmerz, while the sunflower petals are painted with beeswax shimmerz. I used a Martha Stewart border punch for the top border.

Don't forget that the D-IC Blog Raffle is still going on through the 19th and the Falloween blog hop ends soon as well - so please participate! great prizes and lots of fun! come back on Wed. for my BLOGAVERSARY BLOG CANDY!!!

It's the Digital Ink Blog Hop!

Coffee of the Day - Pumpkin Spice for Fa*L*L* of course! :)

We*L*come to the Digita*L* Ink B*L*og Hop today! If you have come here from Sue's B*L*og, then you are right on target! If at any time you *L*ose your way, you can hop right back over to the store b*L*og and get back on the right road to fun! :) Hope you are *L*oving all that you have seen on this wonderfu*L* journey through the digi wor*L*d of creativity! so many neat cha*L*L*enges and projects for you to see! are you co*L*L*ecting a*L*L* of your *L*etters, too?!?! I know mine is tough to find.... gigg*L*es!!!

I am using the cutie Tay*L*a the Tiger image drawn by Ange*L*a of Sewn Together. This is the Tay*L*a on Pumpkin digi. and guess what - for the month of October, A*L*L* digis are 50% off!!!! how phenom is that ?!?!?!? Of course I went with my fave ever Basic Grey papers - this new Indian Summer I seem to *L*ove so much! A*L*L* co*L*oring is waterco*L*ors, with the pumpkin being painted with 2 coats of orange sherbet shimmerz. added some buttons, a safety pin with *L*inen thread, and vintage seam tape. card is done!

now hop hop hop a*L*ong to Raque*L*'s b*L*og!!!! and don't forget to *L*eave comments a*L*ong the way to he*L*p earn your way to the Grand Prize! thanks for joining us!

A Hippie Challenge from Digital Ink!

Coffee of the Day - Chocolate Caramel

Good morning! A quick post filled with lots of info! First - be sure to head over to the Digital Ink Co. Challenge blog today for 2 reasons: Great blog candy chances & a new challenge is being posted!!! :)

Here is my card for the challenge -

You get to use the colors navy, light blue, & burgundy on your creation. The winner will get a really fun new digi from Beary Dust! I grabbed papers from my fave ever paper line yep, Basic Grey! :) these are actually from 3 different collections - diamonds from the new Eskimo Kisses, navy mat from Boxer, and blue deco from Marrakech. I love the retro way they all go together! so perfect for this little rebel gal, Hippie Chick from Stitchy Stamps! She just shines with lots of bling courtesy of shimmerz, blingz, and my spica glitter pen. I saw someone one day with navy hair which spurred the idea behind hers, and a dear friend had a lock of burgundy sparkle hair once, so dearest Maddie - this is for you! (some of you may reember my horrible mishap with trying to dye my hair with kool-aid..... this card brought back funny memories while I was making it. sooooo happy I can laugh now - although the rest of the family was in hysterics at teh time! grins!!!) the mat is edged in more of those fabby new disterss stickles. The gorgeous trim, 'cause after all this hippy chick is still a girly girl ya know ;), is from Prima. the top Prima flower is painted with pink shimmerz to add that last bit of sparkle and shine!

Last but not least, stop back by on Friday for the start of the Digital Ink Co blog hop! I'll also have blog candy on Saturday to clelbrate World Card Making Day and my BLOGAVERSARY!!!!!!! WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!! Check out the other DT chicas to see what fun creations they came up with for the challenge this week! and then play along! :)

Love ya! Jennifer

'oh Sue, don't be sad' Challenge card

Coffee of the Day - Caramel Truffle (and it's already GONE!!!)

Good morning! What a glorious day! it's overcast, scheduled to rain all day, and I LOVE IT!!!!!! I love the rain!!! what a wonderful aroma the earth takes on as the rain hits the pavement and the grass........ oh I could just breathe it in all the time..... that and coffee and the smell of bacon and fresh cookies baking......... well, I got most of those this morning. Dave is in DC today for a big church district meeting, so it was up to me to get the guys to school. so I fixed them breakfast - bacon, eggs, english muffins, and of course, coffee for me. add that to the rain that was lightly falling outside and I am such a happy camper! except that my hunny bunny is missing from the picture........

so that makes me one sad sad sue......... just like the girl from this cute little digi from Designs by Sue/Beary Dust at Digital Ink Company. (man, how was that for some snazzy lead in.......... wink wink!) the fun challenge this week is to use 2 decorative papers and 3 buttons or brads on your project in addition to this cutie. you should see the wonderful digi that is the prize - CUTIE FUN SET!!!!!!

My papers are from Basic Grey (surprise!) Wisteria and 3 Bugs in a Rug. Go figure, I didn't use buttons on this project, I used brads instead. thought I would mix it up a bit! ;) Sue's hair bows, pj feet and prima flowers have been painted with lavendar shimmerz. The floral border punch is by Martha Stewart. The heart pin is actually from the notions dept. at JoAnn's. all coloring is watercolors - just got new watercolor brushes yesterday and I am doing the happy happy dance over that one!!!!! my old ones were gettin' all icky on me....... bleah....

have a glorious day and find something to make you smile! don't be a sad sue! :D

love ya! Jennifer

p.s. I am also using this card for the color challenge over at Ildi Co. It is their first challenge - to use lilac, yellow, and brown.

The Great Pumpkin!!

Coffee of the Day - Chocolate Caramel

I have a really fun card to show you today using this pumpkin digi out of the Halloween stamp pack by Reece Designs over at Digital Ink, Co. The challenge this week is to use the sketch and any of Reece's wonderful digi images. you should see the cute little digi from Jules Junk that is the prize for this week! super cute!

I chose this great paper from The Rusty Pickle (newsprint stripe) and Daisy D's (green polka dot). As I watercolored the pumpkin, I tried to blend different colors. Sprayed the whole thing with my ink squirty tool and sponged the edges before matting. The cute little flower popsicle is made with a prima flower, button, scallop circle, and piece I took from another prima piece. I love the way this big orange and white bow accents the whole card! doesn't it just make you happy to see that big thing sitting there?!?! :) The card size is 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" square.

So check out what the rest of the DT has put together to inspire you to PLAY ALONG this week! you'll have a great time!

It's a HAPPY MONDAY at Digital Ink! :)

Coffee of the Day - Chocolate Caramel (hubby is tired of pumpkin spice..... silly guy! :p)

Happy, happy Monday to ya!!! What a beautiful glorious day! Actually, it's pretty overcast here, but it's all in the 'tude ya know! ;)

Welcome to the Grand Opening of Digital Ink, Co.!!!! There is a challenge over on the blog this week and you get to join along with a FREEBIE DIGI!!! let me tell ya folks, life doesn't get much better than that! giggles! You will have from today through Sunday to create an awesome project using this gorgeous Jules Junk Poppy. Then just go back and link your coolness to the challenge blog using Mr. Linky. You could win a prize of free stuff! isn't that neat?!?! Please be sure to visit the other amazing blogs of the DT. I am truly the black sheep of this group. there is some amazing talent sitting on this team!

My card uses the neat Jules Poppy that I watercolored. The center of the flower was painted with beeswax shimmerz. The SEI paper is so neat - it is embossed & so shiny irl. It's kinda hard to see, but there is a delightful filigree pattern in the bg, so I mimicked that on my main image. I used 2 scallop corner punched pieces, but turned them backwards to add a little highlight alongside the upper edges. Toss on a few fun dew drops and some vintage seam tape, and voila! a bright shiny card to hopefully brighten someone's day! The card is 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" square.

Please be sure to play along with us in the challenge this week! I can't wait to see what you have created! and check out the rest of the DT!

love ya! Jennifer

2 cards for fun! :)

Well, the blog hop is over, but that doesn't mean you can stop being nice! :D I will continue to accept comments for the blog candy through this evening and will draw for a winner first thing tomorrow morning. Speaking of tomorrow - be prepared for more fun and excitement with the Digital Ink, Co. Grand Opening!!!! So be sure to check back!!!!

I had a chance to do a little bit of stamping today that wasn't connected to any DT. The first one is a companion card to the Latte Princess purse basket of coffee goodies that I posted the other day. The deets are all the same, so check that post if you have any questions. Have I mentioned how much I love this image from The Stamping Boutique!?!?! Isn't she just the most adorable thing???!!!! Speaking of adorable (and getting completely off topic) David bought me the most precious pair of hot pink flip flops today when we went to the mall. They were on sale and I won't be able to wear them for much longer, but gosh, oh goodness, do I ever think they are fabby!!!!

Okay, next card! ;) This digi comes from Handfull of Stamps. This is a shop I happened upon over at Etsy yesterday. cute digis! As soon as I saw this one, I thought of the fun MME snowman paper I had just received from I {heart} papers. thought they would be fun together. the felt snowflakes are some I picked up at Michael's. so much glitter and stickles on here, I'm surprised you aren't blinded! (instead the gremlin in my scanner makes it look like a big lumpy grey blob........ sorry 'bout that!)

see ya tomorrow! Jennifer

THE announcement! :D

So I know you have all been waiting with baited breath to discover just what in the world could be more important than Starbuck's introducing Pumpkin Lattes for the season. Well you need wait no longer.........

I have made another Design Team! I am now an official member of the team at Digital Ink, Co.! and look at this gorgeous welcome photo taken of all of us! Don't we look wonderful?! (I am Princess Aurora, in case you were wondering.......)

Our first challenge begins next Mon., Sept. 7, on the challenge blog - and you get a freebie digi to use! how cool is that?!?! So get ready for some more fun coming your way!