Guest Designing for Paper Sweeties Inspiration #23 - September 2014 - Pretty Pumpkins!

Hello Friends,
Here with a card I made as this month's Guest Designer for the September Paper Sweeties Inspiration Challenge.  Here is the lovely graphic:

  I earned this lovely chance to guest design for this month via the card I made on this post for the July Paper Sweeties Inspiration challenge. Yeah!  So fun to be part of the hop this month and I thoroughly enjoyed the lovely $20.00 gift certificate which was my prize!  Thanks Debbie!  I hope you will join in the fun this month and you can be in the running for a lovely prize also! :)

My card uses the sweet Abigail stamp and die set.  The pumpkin Abigail is holding and the pile of leaves by her feet were stamped with the "Stand Add-on : Fall Harvest" set.  I believe the sentiment is from a set that is retired but Debbie has many lovely Autumn sentiments in her store on a variety of sets!

Thanks for taking a look at my card!  If you are wondering about the flowers in the picture they are some fabric and crepe paper flowers that I have been creating in the evenings while watching television with my son.

Here are the links to all of the lovely Paper Sweeties Designers:

Amber Kroening

Annette Allen

Annette Witherspoon

  Char Cundy

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

  Jeanne Jachna

Kerin Sylvester

Kristi Schurr

Larissa Heskett

Lesley Croghan

Lisa Elton

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala

Mynnette Kitchen

Nancy Penir

Tammy Hobbs

                                               September Guest Designer: Jill Norwood (You are here now! :) 

I hope you will find some time to post your take on the lovely inspiration this month!  We would love to have you join us over at the Paper Sweeties blog for the September challenge!
Hugs,
Jill

Stamp-A-Faire 2014: Challenge #6 - Needlepoint Elegance with Melissa Phillips

 

Hello Friends,
Here is my Stamp-A-Faire entry for Challenge #6 taught by Melissa Phillips:

S.A.F. 2014 Morning Timer Challenge

Hello Stamp-A-Faire Time Travelers!
Here with my Morning Timer Challenge!  I found this card easy to make in 20 minutes though I wish that this set had dies as it would have made it less heart-racing at the end! LOL!  Racing was part of the fun really but my fussy cutting of the flower is not as neat as I would have made it if I had had just one more minute or so! Here is the sketch/colors I chose to use:

 And here is my card:

This is a wonderful sketch to keep on hand when you need a fast card!  Had I chose to use a stamp set with dies for my focal point I could have finished it in about 10 minutes for sure!  I hope you are having fun today with all of the wonderful Stamp-A-Faire challenges!  I am off to start the next one!
:) Jill

Stamp-A-Faire 2014 - Friday Night Meet and Greet!

 

Hello Friends,

Happy Friday Night!  Well it is finally here!  I am so very excited for tomorrow's Stamp-A-Faire 2014 event at Papertrey Ink!  Tonight is the meet and greet event so I thought I would post a photo of my desk with all of my stamps ready and waiting to be inked up! 

I cleaned up and got as organized as possible so that I would be all set to go bright and early in the morning! So excited to share in the 3rd year of this wonderful event!

Thanks to everyone at Papertrey Ink for all of the preparations and the wonderful welcome video!

I am off to look at all of the "Meet and Greet" posts on the inlinkz list at Nichole's blog.

See you tomorrow!

:) Jill

Merry Monday Challenge #121 (Pine Cones, Greens, and Plaid Ribbon)

Hello,
Well I made one more card on this lovely Saturday before heading off to run errands.  It is another Christmas card - this one for the Merry Monday Challenge #121.  Here is the inspiration graphic:

If you have been visiting my blog for the past few years then you may know that I have a true LOVE for pinecones!  I have a pine cone wreath in my living room that stays up all year and I collect all different sized cones and keep them in a milk glass dish in my kitchen too.  We also enjoy burning them in our outdoor fireplace when we roast marshmallows for s'mores and they once saved me from a rainy camp site in Montana when I scouted under the canopy of some large conifer trees for dry wood and found - you guessed it pinecones!!   I enjoy having nature's beauty around me all the time!  So this challenge was inspiring as soon as I read about it!  Here is what I made:

I used the lovely Peaceful Pinecones set from Papertrey Ink for my focal point and sentiment.  The dies for the sentiment are from Top Dog Dies and I just love them and how they can be layered together.  I added some mercury glass stickles to the card to give it that home-spun Christmas feeling that I love! 

Well that is it for me today!  Two cards on a Saturday - one in the morning and one in the afternoon. 
 Thanks for your visit!
:)  Jill

Festive Friday Challenge #38

Hello Friends,
It has been a while since I posted again.  Crazy busy summer this year!!!! Taking some time on this lovely Saturday morning to post a card for the Festive Friday Challenge #38.  Here is the lovely inspiration photo:

And here is the card I made:

I was inspired by the earth tones in the photo and the snowflakes and textures shown. I used the lovely Rustic Wreath set from Papertrey Ink along with the Lovely Layers set to create my dimensional flower/snowflake combo. 
 
 As always there is incredible inspiration from all of the Festive Friday Designers!  I hope you have time to go and take a peek at the blog and check them out!  I am looking forward to some holiday crafting time as school gets started again here in Seattle in early September!  Right now I am still focused on finishing projects on the exterior of my house! Praying the rains hold off a little while longer! It has not been the case this week however! :)

P.S.  I had a visit this morning while I was making some cards from my neighbor Mariko who just turned 10 years old.  She and my son play together almost every day.  She made this beautiful card all on her own.  I only helped her tie the twine bow!  Didn't she do a wonderful job!!!! So fun to have company in my craft room when I am working on a crafty deadline!   Thanks for joining me today Mariko!  :)

 See you all soon!
:) Jill

A little Verve Goodness on a Saturday Night....

Hi Friends,
It is Saturday night and I had a few minutes to play in my craft room with some new products from Verve Stamps.  I fell in love with the new "Happy Place" stamps and dies and decided to get them inky tonight.  I am linking this card up to the "Show us your VERVE challenge" over on the Verve Blog. 

Thanks for taking a look.  I have been super busy with some home maintenance issues the past few weeks and it is keeping me far away from my craft room sadly.  It sure has felt good to make some cards these past few days.  Thanks for taking a peek and as always for your lovely comments!  They always bring a smile to my heart!
:) Jill