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365 Cards - Day 2!

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:03:00 +0000

Hey stampy people!!! It's Friday, Friday! ANDDDDD it's also a NEW 365 CARDS YEAR! Woo hoo! We are on Day 2 today and the challenge is Inspired by Sunrise.

Here is my sunrise theme. I didn't want to overpower the main image with a lot of embellishments so I tried to keep it a bit simple today. I pulled out this Stampin' Up! stamp set that I HAD to have and used once. Hey, perfect for today so I guess that was a good call purchase after all! :)

Alright, that's Day 2 you guys!! Make sure you give a BIG welcome to the 4 new members of the 365 family! They will be inspiring you on Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday. We are thrilled to have many old favorites still with us as well, it's going to be another fabulous year of daily inspiration!

So, happy stamping, don't forget to link up on the 365 Cards Blog so we can all see YOUR inspired-by skills!

365 Cards - Day 361: 20 Minutes

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:39:00 +0000

Hello stampers!! It's Friday, Friday! That means I get to share a new card with you from 365 Cards! Today's challenge -- "20 Minutes". Create a card, any card, in 20 minutes or less.

Now I admit I am not all that fast of a stamper, in general. Of course when there's coloring involved, most of us probably aren't. So how do we make a "quickie" card? I have found 3 ways that I can manage it. 1) use an image that looks ok in just outline form, but dress it up with paper and embellies. 2) use a large sentiment and no "picture" image. 3) use stickers or other pre-made embellishments for your main image(s). I chose #3 this time, using these cute cardstock stickers from Sassafrass Lass and adding in a small sentiment at the bottom (Paper Pretties)!

I will admit this took me 22 minutes. There was an issue with the embellies I chose for the bottom corner originally; they just weren't working right, and I had to dig into the button drawer for replacement options. I think we can all understand how that would take awhile, right?? :)

Alright, that's what I've got for today!!! Day 361 you guys!! Next week will be part of the new 365 year!! Happy stamping, don't forget to link up on the 365 Cards Blog so we can all see YOUR quick-card skills!

365 Cards - Day 354: Prickly

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:49:00 +0000

Hello stampers!! It's Friday, Friday! That means I get to share a new card with you from 365 Cards! Today's challenge -- "Prickly". Create a card with a texture element that is prickly - nothing smooth or soft. Pam made me dig DEEP into the stash for this one!!

Here's my contribution, using this pretty flower from Prima, some glittery pine needles from my stash, and this sweet sentiment from Paper Pretties! I love it when a plan comes together!

And let's not forgot, you have UNTIL TOMORROW to apply for 365 Cards' design team call!!! All the details are right here, so check it out!

Alright, that's what I've got for today!!! Day 354 you guys!! My how the time goes by. :) Happy stamping, don't forget to link up on the 365 Cards Blog so we can all see YOUR prickly side!

365 Cards Design Team Call!!

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:24:00 +0000

Hello stamping friends! I hope you're enjoying your weekend! I just wanted to make SURE you know about the 365 Cards design team call. Pam is looking for four designers to join us for the next 6 months!! Yay! You check out all the details -->>RIGHT HERE<<--, and good luck! The deadline for application is February 18th.

365 Cards - Day 347: Pop Culture

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:33:00 +0000

Hello stampers!! It's Friday, Friday! That means I get to share a new card with you from 365 Cards! Today's challenge -- "Pop Culture". Create a card based on a current trend. Trends can be clothing, beauty, accessories, hair...if it's trending now, it's fair game.

Here's my contribution, using this AD-OR-ABLE Turtle Love from Bugaboo Stamps. Hey, it's Valentine's Day next week and now I'm ahead of the game!! I went for a more masculine look so I can give this to someone in a few days...

Ok, I admit, I am not exactly up on what's trendy these days. I got a little help from this web article, and decided to work with Color Blocking as my trend. Paper is from Basic Grey and Scenic Route. Ribbon from RABOM. Colored with Copics. Sentiment is from the Love Birds set by Paper Pretties.

Alright, that's what I've got!!! Day 347 you guys!! My how the time goes by. :) Happy stamping, don't forget to link up on the 365 Cards Blog so we can all see YOUR pop culture knowledge!

PW192 - Texture

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:33:00 +0000

Hello blog land!! I am back with another AWESOME challenge from Paper Pretties! Don't forget, if you play along with us you could win free stamps or digis from the Paper Pretties Boutique! Prizes every week!

This week's challenge (keyword: PWC192) is to add texture to your card. Yay! I always have fun with this challenge. So many options - embossing, clay, embellishments, glitter, flock...the list goes on. I chose to use SAND for my main texture element on this card. Yep, that's REAL BEACH SAND, imported from Florida. :) Thanks Mom!

And that little man right there could be one of mine any time we go to visit! Check out this great Life Is Good Cooper in the store. I also added these fantabulouso burlap buttons from Nikki Sivils and some Cuttlebug background for good measure. TEXTURE ON!

So, to play along just add some texture to a card and link up with us on the Paper Pretties Blog. You MUST link there for a chance to win. Please use the keyword when you upload to online galleries. Have an awesome day friends!

365 Cards - Day 340: Abstract Art

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:43:00 +0000

Hello stampers!! It's Friday, Friday! That means I get to share a new card with you from 365 Cards! Today's challenge -- "So Abstract". Create an abstract in the background of your card. It doesn't have to be wild and crazy (although it can!), just make it abstract and it will work.

Here's my contribution, using one of two new sentiment stamp sets from Paper Pretties,
Cursive Greetings II. How fun are these?? My shapes are from one of the Stampin' Up! sets I've hung on to. Guess that was a good idea!

Alright!!! Day 340 you guys!! My how the time goes by. :) Happy stamping, don't forget to link up on the 365 Cards Blog so we can all see YOUR abstract art!

PWC191 - Ribbon!

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:01:00 +0000

Happy Wednesday! Are you ready for the Prettie Wednesday Challenge?! I bet you are! If you play along with us you could WIN! Check out the Paper Pretties Blog for all the details!

For this week's challenge (keyword: PWC191), your challenge is to make a card that includes ribbon (or twine). To play along, just make a card that fits the challenge, then link up on the Paper Pretties Blog to enter. Here is my contribution:

As you can see I put in my share of ribbon on this one! I had fun trying to get creative with it, using our beautiful set "Follow Your Rainbow". I hope you have fun too! Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget to head over to the Paper Pretties Blog for a full list of the day's eye candy and all the challenge (and PRIZE) details! You link up THERE for your chance to win this week's prize! Happy stamping everyone!

365 Cards - Day 333: At This Moment

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:36:00 +0000

Hello in blog land!! It's Friday, Friday! That means I get to share a new card with you from 365 Cards! Today's challenge -- "At This Moment". At THIS VERY MOMENT, what are you doing? What are you thinking? What comes to your mind? Translate YOUR moment into a card!

I am going to share my moment-inspired card, but I also want to share HOW I came to it. It's a really great story, I promise!

My amazing little first grader has had a bit of a struggle staying challenged this year in school. It's been very tough for him as he is SO intellectually curious, he all but demands knowledge. We've all had our ups and downs with this over the last few months, trying to find a way to balance his need for higher education with his need to be seven, plus the various extra-curriculars, work and home. Earlier this week he had a visit day at a different school. He was incredibly nervous!! (Well, who wouldn't be right?). We talked it through for days beforehand; he went but he was worried. I came back at the end of the day and my brave little man had 13 new best friends. Could not have asked for a better day! The big bonus? Today we found out that he has been accepted. :) Could not be more proud and excited for him. Absolutely COULD NOT. So here's my card, obviously, in honor of my extremely proud mommy moment (I'm sorry the picture is not very good. I think the camera is due for a little checkup):

Alright!!! Day 333 you guys!! My how the time goes by. :) Happy stamping, don't forget to link up on the 365 Cards Blog so we can all see YOUR inspirational moment!

PWC190 - Color Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:31:00 +0000

Happy Wednesday! Are you ready for the Prettie Wednesday Challenge?! I bet you are! If you play along with us you could WIN! Check out the Paper Pretties Blog for all the details!

For this week's challenge (keyword: PWC190), your challenge is to make a card using Blue, Black and White. Gotta love a good color challenge! To play along, just make a card using this combo, then link up on the Paper Pretties Blog to enter. Here is my contribution:

What a great combo, I do love me some BLUE!!

Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget to head over to the Paper Pretties Blog for a full list of the day's eye candy and all the challenge (and PRIZE) details! You link up THERE for your chance to win this week's prize! Happy stamping everyone!

365 Cards - Day 326

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Hello in blog land!! Well I have stamped a bit but I keep forgetting to keep the blog updated! But without further ado, here is today's challeng from 365 Cards -- "BREEZY". What do you think of when you hear this word? Use it as inspiration for your card today!! Here is my breezy:

Day 326 you guys!! My how the time goes by. :) Happy stamping, don't forget to link up on the 365 Cards Blog so we can all see the breezy beauty!

PP Hop - Lawren's Birthday!

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:11:00 +0000

Merry Christmas!! And Happy Birthday Lawren! It's a Prettie birthday and we're hoppin' in style! I hope you all have a wonderful day with your families! Make sure that you hop all the way through and wish Lawren a happy day! Kristine is your next stop!

(YES, this is an older card because YES I forgot. Heck, I was wrapping gifts yesterday at 4:30 in the afternoon, so don't judge). :)

365 Cards - Day 291

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:48:00 +0000

It's Friday, Friday! I am ready! Here's a fun challenge to jump start your creativity for the upcoming days from 365 Cards.

The challenge today is "Diamonds and Pearls". You must include the diamond shape somewhere (can even be patterned paper) and at least THREE pearls. I went with a Christmas theme since it's still that time!! This is one of my favorite little stamps, so much fun and sweet to boot! Season of Joy from Paper Pretties.

I colored the image with colored pencils and Gamsol. The diamonds are in this SU patterned paper. The background paper is from The Paper Studio. Pearls along all the scalloped edges of the center oval. Sentiment on the inside.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have a fabulous weekend! Don't forget to visit the 365 Cards blog to link up your projects!

PWC182 - A Color Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Happy Wednesday! Are you ready for the Prettie Wednesday Challenge?! I bet you are! If you play along with us you could WIN! Check out the Paper Pretties Blog for all the details!

For this week's challenge (keyword: PWC184), your challenge is to make a card using white and one other color. Gotta love a good color challenge! To play along, just make a card using white and one other color, then link up on the Paper Pretties Blog to enter. Here is my contribution:

Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget to head over to the Paper Pretties Blog for a full list of the day's eye candy and all the challenge (and PRIZE) details! You link up THERE for your chance to win this week's prize! Happy stamping everyone!

365 Cards - Day 284

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:36:00 +0000

It's Friday, Friday. WOOT! I am definitely ready! Here's a fun challenge to jump start your creativity for the upcoming days from 365 Cards.

The challenge today is to create a mosaic on your card using small pieces of paper. Since "abstract" and I are *not* friends, I chose to make a nice tiled pattern for my mosaic background. All the better to show off this fantastic image from Paper Pretties - love this baby boy set. Currently out of stock but check back to the website soon to get yours!

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have a fabulous weekend! Don't forget to visit the 365 Cards blog to link up your projects!

PWC183 - Let's Get Sketchy

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:01:00 +0000

Happy Wednesday! Are you ready for the Prettie Wednesday Challenge?! I bet you are! If you play along with us you could WIN! Check out the Paper Pretties Blog for all the details!

For this week's challenge (keyword: PWC183) it's another amazing sketch from our own Prettie Girl, Frances! You know I love a good sketch. To play along, just make a card using our awesome sketch, then link up on the Paper Pretties Blog to enter. Here is my contribution using an oldie but goodie - Trim the Tree Sophia. We are getting ready for Christmas around here -- are you??

And here is the sketch, you can check how I did:

PWC182 - Thanks!

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:03:00 +0000

Happy Wednesday! Are you ready for the Prettie Wednesday Challenge?! I bet you are! If you play along with us you could WIN! Check out the Paper Pretties Blog for all the details!

For this week's challenge (keyword: PWC182) all we need is a Thank You card. What a great challenge! You always need those and it's not at all complicated for ya! To play along, just make a thank card, then link up on the Paper Pretties Blog to enter. Here is my contribution using one of our new December releases, Book Worm Polly.

ALWAYS love the Polly images! We have TWO this month to choose from -- bonus! I am excited to be stamping again. Things are finally going a little more smoothly around here and I made time to stamp -- I feel great about that! I hope this is the return to normal for me. :)

Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget to head over to the Paper Pretties Blog for a full list of the day's eye candy and all the challenge (and PRIZE) details! You link up THERE for your chance to win this week's prize! Happy stamping everyone!

A Prettie Birthday!

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:29:00 +0000

Happy Friday to you all! Welcome from Heather's blog!

Today we are celebrating a Prettie Birthday -- the fabulous and talented Taylor Usry! Have an amazing day girl!

Kristine is your next stop! Don't forget to wish Taylor a happy birthday at the end!!

Paper Pretties December Release HOP!

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:59:00 +0000

Happy Tuesday!! Can you believe it's here?? Yep, Release Day has arrived at Paper Pretties, and all of the new sets are now available for purchase in the Paper Pretties store! To celebrate, we're blog hopping! So go hopping, then go shopping! :)

Thanks for joining us on the hop today! Welcome from Amber's blog! You're right on track. If you've gotten lost along the way, you can find a full list of the blog hop participants on the Paper Pretties blog.

Without further ado, here's my contribution to this fabulous blog hop, featuring Aged to Perfection. Too much fun!

What a great butterfly. So adorable and fun to color! Of course there are four other great new sets released now too! Check them out now in the Paper Pretties Store! Now, I'm out, your next stop on our party train is Kristine Reynolds. Have a fabulous day!

365 Cards - Day 235 and a PRETTIE BIRTHDAY!

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:03:00 +0000

It's Friday, Friday. Yay!! Are you ready for the weekend?? I am, as always. :-)

Well I have a 2-for-1 post for you today - a new challenge AND a birthday celebration from Paper Pretties!! Today is Heather's birthday, she's our wonderful owner and I can't think of a better person to celebrate! I've known Heather for going on 5 years now, and she is amazing! I am happy to call her a friend. Have a wonderful day Heather!

Along with this awesome celebration, here's a fun challenge to jump start your creativity for the upcoming days from 365 Cards. Day #235: Seeing Spots. Let's see three different polka dotted patterned papers on you cards today! Have fun!

Stamps are from Paper Pretties (of course). I love this quick and easy little sentiment!

Here is the order of the PRETTIE BIRTHDAY HOP in case you get lost along the way.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the party festivities so far! Keep it rolling and visit Kristine!

Easy Canvas Prints

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:29:00 +0000

Hello out there in blog land! How is everyone on this crisp, October day? Doing well, I hope! I have a special blog post today to share an amazing company and product with you! I know I always love hearing about new goodness in our crafty/scrappy industry.

Last month I was contacted by EasyCanvasPrints.com and offered a free canvas in exchange for a product review here on my blog. I went to their website and surfed around a little to get more info. The more I saw, the more intrigued I was so of course I said "SURE" and "yayyyyy thanks" to the awesome website and marketing people. The next (and more difficult question) out there was...what photo should I use?? Wow. Talk about a tough choice...

In the end I got a gorgeous, high-quality 8x10 canvas featuring this wonderful photo of my boys, taken when DS#2 came home from the hospital. (I know the picture of the picture is not the best quality. I think there's something wrong with my camera, the bottom of the photos has been coming out blurry lately).

I really can't say enough how impressed I was with everything about EasyCanvasPrints. (And you KNOW I'm not that easily impressed!). This canvas is thick and heavy, with a beautiful finish and texture that shows it off as something unique, but doesn't lose anything from the photo (not even tiny baby features!). I had the "standard wrap", which means it's 3/4" thick. Since the sides of the canvas are exposed without a frame, I got the mirror image option, which means they're not plain, they're printed with a mirror image of the photo! Love it! The entire frame underneath is solid and it came wrapped so carefully to ensure there was no damage during transit.

Here's the part of the ordering process that I really liked. When you are ready to order your canvas, you go to their website, choose the canvas size you're after, and upload your picture. You can upload from your hard drive or even from Facebook! The website has an excellent photo editor built right into it, so you don't have to try to tweak your photo before you upload, it will show you the sizing area based on the canvas size you chose, and will let you "zoom" in the image, move it around on the print area, crop, and all kinds of things. When you are done it will show you PERFECTLY just how your canvas will look. This was especially important for me, the photo I chose had a kiddo's coat thrown off onto the floor right above the boys' heads. Using the system on their website, I was able to move and zoom and push the coat out of the picture, while still seeing how it would look on the finished product (helpful because when I tried to crop it out in PSE it didn't work as well without having that sizing palette set for me.

So, yes, I am EXTREMELY pleased with this gorgeous canvas, and I can't wait to show it off! Oh, the other thing - the printing and shipping was unbelievably fast, even with the standard shipping option I had this beauty in my hands in less than a week after ordering - coming from Texas up to Wisconsin! I rate their quality, shipping, ease of website use and professional communication 10s across the board! I can't wait to get another; I'm thinking wall collage...

Thank you again to Brendan for contacting me and for the workers for creating such a beautiful canvas. I have put a permanent link to the EasyCanvasPrints website up on my right side bar, if you'd like to check it out. You can also like them on Facebook!

365 Cards - Day 228

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:53:00 +0000

It's Friday, Friday. WOOT! I need a Friday. Actually, I need a week of them I think. :D How are you today stampy friends? Ready for the weekend?? Here's a fun challenge to jump start your creativity for the upcoming days from 365 Cards.

Pam *loves* the word "fabulous". My challenge for today is to incorporate the word "fabulous" into my card. Awesome idea!! Sentiment cards can be so much fun. Here is what I came up with - I hope it's fabulous enough for you!

The paper for this card is from Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker. They have SUCH fabulous goodies! Sentiment is Stamping Bella, swirl is Prima and the metal flower is from The Paper Studio.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have a fabulous weekend! Don't forget to visit the 365 Cards blog to link up your projects!

Paper Pretties October Release Hop!

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:01:00 +0000

Happy Wednesday!! Can you believe it's here?? Yep, Release Day has arrived at Paper Pretties, and all of the new sets are now available for purchase in the Paper Pretties store! To celebrate, we're blog hopping! So go hopping, then go shopping! :)

Of course with all this release excitement, it's easy to forget that it is still Wednesday, so we have a new Prettie Challenge for you. This week's challenge is to use Halloween as the inspiration for your card (but does not have to be a Halloween card) (PWC175). Um, this could be a costume! If you don't buy that, I've got nothing, but please do play along and show us YOUR Halloween inspiration.

Thanks for joining us on the hop today! Welcome from Dawn's blog! You're right on track. If you've gotten lost along the way, you can find a full list of the blog hop participants on the Paper Pretties blog.

Without further ado, here's my contribution to this fabulous Prettie Wednesday and blog hop, featuring the new sports-themed set Basketball Lily. A great addition to our Teen Scene category!

She's awesome. Of course there's a guy-themed b-ball set too so everyone is covered! Check them out now in the Paper Pretties Store! Now, I'm out, your next stop on our party train is Kristine Reynolds. Have a fabulous day!

365 Cards - Day 200

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:02:00 +0000

It's Friday, Friday. WOOT! I need a Friday. Actually, I need a week of them I think. :D How are you today stampy friends? Ready for the weekend?? Here's a fun challenge to jump start your creativity for the upcoming days from 365 Cards.

Go to your utility/junk drawer, and pick out something that you can use on your card today. Oooh!! Challenging and very clever! Here is mine:

See the bottle cap? We goes to the utility drawer, we pulls out the bottle opener. We opens the beer and gives to the hubs (ew, beer). Then...we STEALS the cap for our card!!! Yes, we are tricksy.

Stamp is from Paper Pretties.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have a fabulous weekend! Don't forget to visit the 365 Cards blog to link up your projects!

Paper Pretties September Release HOP!

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer {jennifer-g}) — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:01:00 +0000

Of course with all this release excitement, it's easy to forget that it is still Wednesday, so we have a new Prettie Challenge for you. This week's challenge is to use EARTH ELEMENTS colors on your card (PWC171). Love it. Perfect for Packer season! *wink*

Thanks for joining us on the hop today! Welcome from Frances's blog! You're right on track. If you've gotten lost along the way, you can find a full list of the blog hop participants on the Paper Pretties blog.

Without further ado, here's my contribution to this fabulous Prettie Wednesday and blog hop, featuring the new sports-themed set Football. Perfection. What a way to celebrate the big win last week, and to cheer on all those budding football stars out there! I think my DS#2 is going to be one as well...

You may notice my preview card was the green (home) jersey. Now, the away jersey! Heeeeee!!!). Now, I'm out, your next stop on our party train is Kristine Reynolds. Have a fabulous day!