Wishing you a Sweet Shabby Christmas...

Here with a card for The Shabby Tea Room - Week #140 - Sweet Shabby Christmas.  Here is the beautiful inspiration photo chosen by Lenet:

I just love this photo!  I wish I had some trees like this at my house! So fun!

I am in total AWE at all of the GORGEOUS projects at the tea room this week - those by the designers as well as those of you that have already uploaded a creation!  Gorgeous isnpiration from everyone!

I was so inspired by this beautiful photo...here is what I came up with:

Thanks for taking a look at my card!  It sure came together quickly! These are my favorite colors and I go through more of these color cardstocks than anything else in my stash.  Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, and Vintage Cream or Oatmeal Cardstocks.  So soft and alluring.  Love them!!!

                                 :) Jill
Links to most of the products used in my card:
Not shown: inks - Kraft PTI, heart punch, heart border punch, cardstocks (Papertrey Ink / MFT Stamps)

Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge #100 - Sending Hugs!

Hello,
It is Friday night and I finally got a card made for the 100th Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge.  It is my second time participating and I had fun picking out which stamps to use for my card.
You can find the challenge info:  HERE

And here is the sketch:

I loved all of the inspiration cards from the Mischief Makers.  I loved Lenet Mos's card and used a similar color scheme.  Here is my card:

Below is a close up of the sentiment panel.  I had fun using the various stamps to create the sentiment background.

Thanks for taking a look at my card!  I had fun getting inky tonight and might have another card to post tomorrow if I find some time to spend in my craft room.  Happy Crafting!
                                                                         : )   Jill
 Supplies:
Stamps:  Waltzing Mouse
Inks:  Jenni Bowlin - brown, Quick Quotes - powder puff  tahiti
Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink;
Paper:  iraliamija - Etsy - digital rose paper; digital gingham background; pink text - my stash - Making Memories possibly?
Dies:  Cheery Lynn Designs, MFT Stamps;
Other:  Decorative corner punch:  Fiskars; bling - Kaiser; Twine: Trendy Twine; Felt: Benzie Felt - see sidebar to etsy shop link.  pompom trim:  stash.  ribbon: ETSY - not sure what store?

A card for this weeks Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge #99...

Hello all,
Tonight I had some time to sit down and play with the Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge #99. 

 I decided to make a masculine card for Father's Day which is just around the corner.  It will be Tim and my first Father's Day without our beloved Stuart, Tim's "Papa Stu".  I thought I would be best served by getting my Dad's and Father-in-law's cards done early as doing them closer to the day may be a time when my mojo is sadly lacking. 

Here are some pictures of the card I came up with.  I was inspired by ALL of the wonderful cards by the mischief makers and loved the medallion on Lenet's card.  I hadn't made a medallion in a long time so I decided it would be a nice jump off point for a Father's Day card :


The sentiment stamps are from Waltzing Mouse's "Say it Loud" set.  The heart bling is from prima, and all of the papers are scraps from my stash.  The cardstock is papertrey ink's vintage cream.  The medallion is made with a die from MFT stamps and paper from a CD from Crafty Secrets - although I just received the chicken wire background set from Waltzing Mouse so I can now make my own chicken wire background paper in any color under the rainbow - so excited about that!!!!



 The letters I used are from a Studio Calico kit and are by Basic Grey.  I thought they looked very masculine!

The border is from a Martha Stewart punch around the page set.  I don't remember the name of it though - wish they were on the punches for me!  I used a piece of felt cut from a "sun" die for the center of my medallion and inked it up with some pumice stone distress ink to help it show up a little bit better and give it some dimension. It is topped with a button and twine from my stash. The black ink for the sentiments is archival ink - jet black.

Thanks for taking a look at my card.  I so appreciate reading everyone's comments and going to look at how everyone interprets the sketch.  It makes me realize how unique and special each one of us is in God's eyes when I see how much beauty we can create out of a single sketch idea!
Happy Crafting!
: )  Jill