Beate's Sketch and SCS Color challenge

German Phrase of the Day: Kannst du mich spater abholen? = Can you pick me up later? I love the word spater (supposed to have the 2 dots over the a, again, I'm lazy!) it actually rhymes with later - well, so long as later is said with a good New England accent that is! So, it's pronounced SPAYta. Such a fun word to say.

Today's card was for Beate's weekend sketch challenge. I decided to use the colors for the Tuesday color challenge over to SCS, and while I like the colors, and the layout, I'm not thrilled with the card. I think my favorite part of the card is the large text boxed image. I inked it up with summer sun, then I used the chocolate chip marker in the air art sprayer and spritzed on some chocolate directly on the stamp, then stamped it. Doesn't it look cool?!? Gotta play with doing that some more with those stamps...I really like the effect.

Speaking of Papertrey Ink stamps, have you SEEN the newest releases yet?? OMG!!! I HAD to have the spooky sweets set. And all my daughter's cards are going to have the "From your favorite little pumpkin" sentiment stamped on the back of them!! We called her pumpkin a lot when she was little, and so for her first Halloween home, she was dressed as a pumpkin. TOO cute!! (maybe I"ll post the picture for you all to see!) And for her first birthday, we have a beautiful photo of her with a pumpkin the size of her birthweight, and one the size of her at her 1st birthday. I just love that photo because it shows just how far she came in the one year. From just under 2 pounds to 16+ in 12 short months!! Ok...I'll post that photo instead.

Anyway, be sure to head over to Papertrey Ink today to check out their newest releases. And for the curious, I bought...Spooky Sweets, Beautiful Blooms, Borders & Corners {square}, some circle metal tag rims, the small window coffee bags (both colors) and 1 jar of primas. Yeah...I had a fun shopping morning!!! I'm waiting to order the tins next month...and those I'll ship direct to California to pick up when I'm there! :-)

Supplies: (all supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Text Boxed by Papertrey Ink
CS: whisper white, Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Blue Bayou
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Blue Bayou, Summer Sun
Acc: circle punches, air art gun, chocolate grosgrain, natural hemp

TFL!
-Jana

I stamped today!

German Phrase of the Day: Ich muss mir noch die Haare waschen. = I still have to wash my hair. Actually, I washed it yesterday so it's ok today...but boy was it desperate for a wash when I got home on Saturday!!

So, the latest on me is I'm just waiting to meet with a surgeon to schedule my gallbladder removal. Hopefully we can get it scheduled soon so I can just get it over with!!

I actually made three cards this morning, but I'm going to dole them out one day at a time because I have no idea when I"ll have the energy and time to stamp again!! I needed to make a viewmaster card for a fun one on one swap I do with my Stampin' Divas MSN group, and then I was excited to see it was also the TLC challenge this week over at SCS, so it was meant to be!

I used 2 of my favorite new colors, Soft Sky and Blue Bayou for this one, and boy doesn't the saffron look gawgeous with them??? For the stamp set I thought it would be fun to use Perfect Presentation again. I'm happy that I've been able to use this set quite a bit so far...makes me feel better about actually PAYING for it!! So, if you've never made a viewmaster card, go for it...it's super easy! If you need directions, my wonderful friend Kyla made some fantastic directions over here on SCS.

Oh...and I decided to include 2 photos so you could see another of the windows!

Have a great day!

Supplies: (all supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Perfect Presentation
CS: Whisper White, Blue Bayou, Soft Sky
Ink: Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, Purely Pomegranate, So Saffron
Acc: 1 3/8" 1 1/4" 1/8"circle punches, Coluzzle, white grosgrain ribbon, silver brad

TFL!
-Jana

Home again...

Well, my trip to Turkey has been canceled, or at least, postponed. I spent the last 24+ hours in the hospital over here due to Gall stones. Seems I'll be having an operation while here in Germany, so that should be interesting. You really learn a lot about a culture being stuck in a hospital, and only able to sort of communicate with your doctors. I was allowed to come home for the rest of the weekend, so long as I don't eat anything beyond dry toast and water or tea. Then back to Hospital on monday for more tests...and scheduling of surgery.

So...Guess that means I might get some time to stamp this weekend, huh?? ;-) And for sure when I go back to the hospital, I'm packing my stamping stuff so I don't go too insane sitting there. Thought I'd go bonkers last night after I finished the book I had brought (not expecting to be stuck at the hospital) before my hubby showed up with a new book and the dvd player with some movies. .

So, today's German Phrase of the Day is: Ich bin im Krankenhaus. = I am in hospital. I love how the word krank is sick in German. Gives you new insight into the word cranky!! :-)

Oh, and the card today is one I did for my recent customer newsletter. I got the colors from one of the Dirty Dare's on SCS, and the technique is the Emerging Color technique Beate recently did for the SCS newsletter. I used a few more stamp sets than I usually like to for this card, Pick a Petal, In the Spotlight, Little Pieces and Carte Postale. Phew! But, it was loads of fun to do!!

Hope you like it...and I'll keep you all posted on my medical adventures in German!!

Supplies: (all supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Pick a Petal, In the Spotlight, Little Pieces and Carte Postale
CS: Whisper White, glossy white, more mustard, tempting turquoise, Wild Wasabi
Ink: more mustard, tempting turquoise, Wild Wasabi, purely pomegranate
Acc: turquoise grosgrain, small and large tag punches, sponge, crimper

TFL!
-Jana

More Christmas-y fun!

German Phrase of the Day: Manchmal ist er auch hoeflich. = Sometimes he is also polite. I suppose that could refer to my husband. Sometimes!! I think it's funny how we require our children to always say please and thank you when asking for things, yet how often do we actually use those words with our spouses? Probably not as often as we should!! Oh well.

So yesterday when I was doing the sketch challenge, I decided to do another card with Perfect Presentation, because I'm feeling a little bad that I bought this set and am not using it much. I like the tree a lot (I LOVE Christmas trees!!) and wanted to try using it. I had nothing in mind, so I stamped the tree on some white cardstock, then decided I could possibly frame it inside a scalloped oval. Ta-da...it fit! I suppose I could have punched the tree out and that would have looked better, but I liked having the red be on top! Then...what to do with the card base. I had wanted to stamp the JOY sentiment on yesterdays card, but it just wasn't going to work, so I thought it might here. I stamped the upper right JOY first, then started working down the card...then I moved over to do the send diagonal line...and when I finished that I thought "Gee, this looks kinda cool like this, I think I'll stop now!" Then I added the red gingham and mounted my framed tree on dimensionals. Overall, I'm happy - and it was super easy!! :-)

Supplies: (all supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Perfect Presentation
CS: Whisper White, Real Red, Wild Wasabi
Ink: Wild Wasabi
Acc: Red gingham ribbon, dimensionals, Marvy giga scalloped oval punch

TFL!
-Jana

SC136 with Perfect Presentation

German Phrase of the Day: Sie ist sehr nett. = She's very nice. Nett is a new word for me today, pronounced NEHT I guess like net in English, this will be a good word for me to remember and use!!

I loved the sketch challenge today over at SCS. But designing a card with it is always a separate matter! I still had out my in color blues from yesterday (no, I don't often put things away...bad girl, I know!) and so I decided to match them up with my beloved pomegranate! I mean, I hadn't used it all day yesterday, so it was feeling neglected!!!

The hardest part of this card was stamping the Do Not Open image. I inked the entire image up with pomegranate, then used a cotton swab to remove ink from the words, then carefully rolled the edges in Blue Bayou ink, trying not to get any ink on the petals!! It would be so much easier with a marker, but alas, SU! doesn't make markers with the in colors...wish they would! And, I don't even have the reinkers yet to make my own markers with blender pens!! Soon though! :-)

I used my 1 3/8" circle punch to punch out part of the Soft Sky cardstock to make the circular cutaway... and then of course added some glitter to the center of the poinsettia...I mean, a girls gotta have something glittery! Finally, I finished it off with some May Arts ribbon. I'll be so glad to get my new double-stitched ribbon in the new In Colors. It's been very trying to create with these gorgeous colors and not have matching ribbon!! Especially when everyone else does!!! Ok, temper tantrum over. I'll have my new stuff when we get back from Turkey.

Supplies: (all supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Perfect Presentation
CS: Whisper White, Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, Purely Pomegranate
Ink: Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, Purely Pomegranate
Acc: 1 3/8" circle punch, SU! cutter kit distressing tool, dazzling diamonds glitter, May arts ribbon

TFL!
-Jana

Baroque Color Challenge

German Phrase of the Day: Gehst du gerne einkaufen? = Do you like shopping? Literally, it translates to Do you gladly go shopping, which I only do sometimes. I gladly shop for craft stuff, but I really don't enjoy shopping for clothes or other things. To me, it's just exhausting! Perhaps that is because I've been worn down by bringing a young child with me so most shopping excursions are exhausting!!

Today's card is a combination of 2 challenges. As usual, I forgot to bring my little sketch upstairs, so it's off a little, but I like it this way. And I like just having that little tiny bit of cameo coral (NOT one of my favorite colors, to be sure!) because it adds just enough non-blue to balance the card out.

I really like all the cards I've seen with the faux stitching around the outside of this blue bayou color...so of course I HAD to incorporate that! Otherwise, it's a very simple card using the sketch from Jen Del Muro's blog, and Emily's color challenge 126 up at SCS.

Oh...and I'm playing around with my photo taking. My husband told me last week that some of the photos I was using were really bad (which I knew) so I'm actually using Beate's technique of setting 2 sheets of cardstock on a chair by the window and taking the photo in natural light. I still think I need at least one back light...but this is what I've got available now. If hubby keeps complaining about quality maybe I can convince him to get me some good lights!! :-)

Supplies: (all supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Aida Cloth
CS: Whisper White, Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, Cameo Coral
Ink: Blue Bayou, Cameo Coral
Acc: sponge, white gel pen, silver narrow organdy ribbon

TFL!
-Jana

What's Black & White and Purely Pomegranate all over?

German Phrase of the Day: Es ist richtig warm hier. = It is really warm here. And believe me, I'm NOT complaining!!! After having possibly the coldest summer (following the warmest winter) I'm enjoying a few days of sunshine. However, I hear it's going to cool down again starting tomorow, so don't worry, I'll find something to complain about! ;-)

I discovered I actually have one more card from my Dare to get Dirty challenges to show you all, but not today, because today, I stamped!!! Can you believe it? I finally made it back into my stamp room after almost a week away, and it was great.

I really wanted to do Beate's weekend sketch challenge, because it looked like so much fun. My color scheme was governed by some cool new Making Memories brads I picked up at Pippoos last week...and then I didn't even use them! They're all black and white, 2 sizes, with the larger ones having different patterns. They are very elegant looking, so I will have to find the perfect cards to use them with (of course!) But in the meantime, I wanted to do something black and white, and of course I had to use my favorite pomegranate!! And what better stamp set for that color combo than this little lady.

The card itself is pretty self-explanatory. For directions on sizes, etc, Beate's blog. Oh, and I used some more bling for my flower centers. I mean...you GOTTA have bling, right??

Supplies: (all supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Little Lady by Papertrey Ink
CS: Whisper White, Purely Pomegranate, basic black
Ink: Purely Pomegranate, basic black
Acc: rectangle punch, black narrow organdy and black gingham ribbons, rhinestones from Pippoos

TFL!
-Jana

More definately IS more!

German Phrase of the Day: Das ist meine Freundin. = This is my girlfriend. Now, I'm not sure if that is girlfriend as in You all are my girlfriends, or Girlfriend as in boy and girl girlfriend. But, I'm guessing that just as in English, it can work either way. Freund is friend, so adding the in makes it feminine, thus, girlfriend!

I can't believe I forgot to post these cards! These were another multi-challenge set, being pink to meet Cambria's challenge, and the More is More challenge by Jami was loads of fun. We had to take a simple card, then step it up with layers, embellishments, or other things to kick it up a notch. So, on the left is my basic card, and on the right, the stepped up card, with matting for the designer paper layers, along with sponging, I used the ticket corner punch and some brads on the stamped piece, and I also did the faux diamonds technique on that to add some shimmer and shine. Lastly, I used some organdy ribbon along with my grosgrain to add a little more elegance.

This was a very fun challenge, and definitely got me thinking more about what I could to to Kick Up my cards more!

Stamping Supplies (All supplies Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.)

Stamps: Big Blooms

Paper: Regal Rose, Rose Red, Whisper White, Rose Red Prints DSP

Ink: Regal Rose craft, versamark

Accessories: ticket corner punch, irridescent ice ep, rose grosgrain, pink wide organdy, silver cord, silver brads.

TFL!
-Jana

What's black adn brown and dirty all over?

German Phrase of the Day: Du hast Recht, wie immer. = You are right, as always. This is a phrase my husband should be perfecting to say to me...don't you think?? ;-)

Today's card is NOT one of my favorites, but I haven't been stamping the last few days because I"m fighting some sort of virus, so it's all I got left! I do like that I used my Danke stamp...it just fit perfectly! This was for the Brown and Black stamping challenge of the Dare to Get Dirty week, and I knew this DP was just perfect. Problem was, Chocolate Chip didn't quite match the brown, so I couldn't use any Chocolate Chip cardstock. I think the black worked out ok though. Also, I realized after I finished that it was in fact a brown-eyed susan in reverse...oh well! Hopefully I'll get some new stuff created tomorow for you all.

And Danke to Beate - I won her sketch challenge last weekend!! :-) When I feel better I'll be doing the happy dance.

Supplies: (all supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Pick a Petal
CS: Basic Black, Very Vanilla, summer sun, Basic Grey Perhaps or Phoebe
Ink: Chocolate chip, basic black, summer sun
Acc: black grosgrain, 1 3/8" circle punch

TFL!
-Jana

A Lighter shade of pale...

German Phrase of the Day: Das ist viel Arbeit. = That is a lot of work. Arbeit is pronounced AHR-bite, like "hey, I'm a Pirate, ahhrr bite!" Sorry...that was pretty bad.

This card was another Dare to get Dirty challenge - actually - 2! The sketch was a challenge created by StamperSharon, and the color scheme was from JanTink's Lighter shade of Pale challenge. I used some more Basic Gray paper (I've been loving that lately!) and another of those awesome silk flowers from my friend Karin. I kinda followed Wanda's tutorial for coloring the flowers from the Pretties Kit. I coloed the petals with the blush blossom marker, then added some So Saffron to the center, then I used my aquapainter to spread the color out and soften it some. Lastly, I added the Rhinestone brad to the center.

For the sentiment, I used Happy Everything. Did you know that if you stamp Happy upside down it actually looks like helehoy? I had my stamp upside down (a problem with unmounted images!) and kept stamping it on the wrong end of the cardstock...and looking at it upside down I thought "well, that doesn't look like Happy!" Oh well!! I'm a doofus, I know! So, I finally correctly stamped Happy with So Saffron, then I used Pretty in Pink to stamp the "For You" which gets hidden by the flower somewhat. I thought this would be a nice generic card for a bridal shower or a baby shower.

Hope everyone has a great Friday!

Supplies: (all supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Happy Everything
CS: Blush Blossom, So Saffron, Very Vanilla, Basic Grey Phoebe (I think)
Ink: So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Blush Blossom
Acc: Rhinestone brads, silk flower

TFL!
-Jana

A Dirty Christmas card...

German Phrase of the Day: Wahrscheinlich ziehe ich bald nach Berlin. = I am probably moving to Berlin soon. This is NOT true...but we did visit recently! :-)

Today's card was a result of more Dirty Girl challenges over at Splitcoast. It was for the twisted humor, vintage image, and ATC challenges. It was originally an Artist Trading Card, but I knew it was missing something in that format, so I pulled it apart and tried again. I added the red layer and red gingham to bring out the red in Rudolph's nose...although I notice you still can't really see his nose in the photo.

I thought the saying was great. I actually thought it up on my own - although I may have seen something similar on a store bought card at some point. My husband actually laughed when he saw this one, and has requested this be one of our Holiday Cards this year...I'll keep working on the overall design for that since I'm still not happy! And of course, when mass producing, I'll print the sentiment from the computer.

Have a great day everyone!

Supplies: (all supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Festive Favorites, Weather Background
CS: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Real Red
Ink: Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Handsome Hunter, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, bashful blue
Acc: Sponge, chocolate grosgrain, red gingham ribbon, dazzling diamonds glitter

TFL!
-Jana

Beate's Weekend Sketch #12

German Phrase of the Day: Wohin gehst du? = Where are you going? Wohin is pronounced VOH-hihn. Personally, I thought where was just wo - guess I"ll have to further investigate!

Speaking of German, today's card is one I made for Beate's weekend sketch challenge. This is definitely a "scrappy" card instead of a "stampy" card which I usually do. But...I was having so much fun with my Basic Gray papers, I couldn't help it!

After completing all the pieces from the sketch, I had to add SOMETHING stamped, so made up the tag and attached it with the ribbon. I used my snap stamps to stamp the YOU inside the One of a Kind stamp from last year's punch box set.

I liked how the Purely Pomegranate paper matched this Phoebe paper from Basic Gray (at least, I think I pulled these from my Phoebe pack...I guess it COULD have come from Perhaps, but I think Phoebe!) Oh...and I finally sat down and organized all my ribbon from my ribbon swaps with Jody M...I made little cards using chipboard and my word window punch to wrap the ribbon around, and now I can just open my little box and see it all there! Much easier!! If only I could get the rest of my stamping area so well organized. Oh well...kindergarten starts up again in just under a week, then I'll have my mornings to myself again finally! Phew!!

Oh...and by the way...where is everyone?? I'm guessing either at Convention or over at the SCS Dare to get Dirty challenges...because I'm missing you all here! Give me a hollar and let me know you're around!! :-)

Supplies: (all supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Designer Label Punch Box, Snap Stamps by Karen Foster
CS: Chocolate Chip, Purely Pomegranate, whisper white, Basic Gray Phoebe 6 by 6
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Purely Pomegranate
Acc: Designer label punch, Celery grosgrain, May Arts polka dot ribbon

TFL!
-Jana

Still getting Dirty

German Phrase of the Day: Bald wird es regnen. = Soon it will rain. Boy...that's a phrase I know, as well as Es is regnen jetz (it is raining now) We've had so much rain lately, I wonder if I'll float away!

This card was for a couple of the Dirty challenges over at SCS. I used the sketch from Friday as well as the transparency challenge. I like how the transparency looks over the patterned paper, it gives a cool effect!

This sketch was definitely a challenge for me, and I'm still not sure about the button with the gold brads. The brads are elegant, the button more country. Oh well. Tomorrow I'll post my Beate weekend sketch card...I like that one better!

Thanks for checking in!

Supplies: (all supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Baroque Motifs
CS: River Rock, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Brocade Backgrounds DSP
Ink: White Stazon, Timber Brown Stazon
Acc: gold brads, neutrals buttons, linen thread, transparency sheet

TFL!
-Jana

A triple challenge card

German Phrase of the Day: Ich muss in den sauren Apfel beissen. = I have to swallow the bitter pill (or more literally, I have to bite into the sour apple.) One of the fun things about this phrase calendar is finding all these fun phrases that I wouldn't otherwise learn.

Last night I decided I could probably get 1 card done quickly while my husband got Julia to bed. I figured I'd use Beate's sketch, and then I also wanted to do Jen's Clear Stamp challenge and Sharon's Easy Elegance challenge. So, I used my PaperTrey Ink stamps (Green Thumb) since they are the only acrylic stamps I own thus far. Then, for the added elegance I added some rhinestones to the flower centers and the silk flower with rhinestone brad for the circular part of the sketch.

Of course, I had to use my new in-colors again. I can't believe I just placed my first order (FINALLY) and didn't order any new In Color cardstock except the textured 12 by 12. Oh well...guess I'll have to do another order soon! ;-)

Ok...hoping to send dh and dd off to the "Aquazoo" so I can do some serious stamping today! :-) Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Supplies: (all supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Green Thumb by Papertrey Ink
CS: Whisper White, Purely Pomegranate, soft sky, blue bayou, pretty in pink marker to color flower
Ink: Purely Pomegranate, soft sky, blue bayou
Acc: Rhinestone brad, sponge, silk flowers by ???, rhinestone stickons from Pippoos

TFL!
-Jana

Toile tent cards

German Phrase of the Day: Der Kuchen schmeckt zu suss. = The cake is too sweet.

I made these cards the other day for StamperSharon's dirty challenge, making a toile card! Since I had also just looked at the sketch challenge to make one of Michelle Wooderson's tent cards, so I figured I would combine the two. I think the design could use some work, but overall I'm happy with it.

I decided since i was at it, I'd make 4, showcasing some of the new In Colors...which I just LOVE!!! The first 2 use Purely Pomegranate and Wild Wasabi, the 2nd 2 Blue Bayou and Soft Sky. And don't you love the combination of the ticket corner punch with the scalloped square punch? I think it looks so cool...the perfect place for a brad! Oh...the card base itself is 4.25" square...the tent part makes it 5.5" tall.

I didn't get any of yesterdays challenges done...so maybe I'll get a few from yesterday and today done tonight. Otherwise, I'll just have to play over the weekend!

Supplies: (all supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Holidays & Wishes, Floral background
CS: Whisper White, Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou, Soft Sky
Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou, Soft Sky
Acc: ticket corner punch , silver brads, gold brads, narrow white organdy, gold & silver cord, Marvy giga scalloped square punch

TFL!
-Jana

Pomegranate Strawberries?

German Phrase of the Day: Ich liebe Nachspeisen! = I love desserts! And boy, is that ever true (as you can tell from my photos!) and what a perfect phrase for todays Berry card. :-)

I decided I wanted to do as many of the Dare to be Dirty challenges over at SCS over the next week as I can squeeze in. (If you're a fan club member, you can see the challenges here! all others can see the gallery here.) Now that I'm out of my Harry Potter stupor, I need to get stampin'!! Only way to get over the post-Harry blues, right?

I was inspired to make this layout when looking at Sherry's sample for Jody's challenge. The white cardstock is actually 4.25 by 5.5, and is truly attached with the brads. (Well, I did use a little snail to hold it in place while attaching the brads, but still!) I really like how this turned out with the brads in each scallop!

The berries are of course from the Papertrey Ink Green Thumb stamp set. I stamped them with the purely pomegranate ink, which I am completely and totally in love with. I mean, it's such a LUCIOUS color!! Makes you want to just eat them up, doesn't it?!? The tops are stamped with Wild Wasabi, another new fav of mine. Can't wait to get the matching ribbon!! Since I didn't have that, I thought it appropriate to use some May Arts polka dot ribbon from one of Jody's awesome ribbon shares! See....she even ships to us poor souls overseas! :-) And she didn't charge much more for shipping either!!

Hope you all like this one as much as I do...cuz I LOVE it!

Supplies: (all supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Green Thumb by Papertrey Ink
CS: Whisper White, Purely Pomegranate
Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi
Acc: corner rounder, silver brads, may arts polka dot ribbon

TFL!
-Jana

And more Christmas...

German Phrase of the Day: Das ist mir zu sharf. = This is too hot for my taste. This is a phrase I will NEVER use in relation to German cooking...since even the spicy "taco sauce" here is probably only about a mild California style. Oh well...I did get to have some really good Mexican style food up in Berlin...did I mention that? We actually think it's funny when people warn us about something being too spicy for Julia over here.

So, here are my little buddies again. I had to pull them back out since I decided to make another Christmas card. I couldn't think what to make for you all today, so I pulled out a piece of already cuddled cardstock and decided to build from there. This went pretty quickly once I decided on the colors and orientation. I colored these little dudes in with markers, and I used a blender pen with Cool Caribbean ink to add some of that color. After adding the stamped piece with dimensionals, I knew I had to add some ribbon, and what better way than with some HPH which I recently organized, and realized I have WAAAAYY too much of? Anyway, I hope you all like this one!

Supplies: (all supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Festive Favorites
CS: Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, Cool Caribbean
Ink: Markers - Green Galore, Real Red, Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Cool Caribbean re-inker, white craft
Acc: blender pen, HPH, black gingham ribbon, cuttlebug embossing folder

TFL!
-Jana

Circle Journal #2

Ok Michelle...if you want to be surprised....don't look!!!

German Phrase of the Day: Willst du von meiner Suppe probieren? = Would you like to taste my soup? Not that I ever make soup...but I suppose it's a good one to know. Someone might make soup for me, right? ;-)

So today I am posting the journal pages I made for Michelle's journal over at Painted Dessert Serenade. She is also the host of the circle journal swap, so has been reminding us all of our mailing dates.

The theme of Michelle's journal was things to do in this lifetime. I thought that was a great theme, but couldn't think of too many that I know for sure I want to do. Therefore, I only had 3. Visit all 7 continents, write (and publish) a book, and grow old with my honey. I used the Pick a Petal stamp set to write my tasks on the petals, and I stamped using one of the patterns with Pomegranate ink on the same pretty in pink cardstock. I stamped the title using my only double alphabet over here on whisper white, slightly sponged the edges with the pomegranate ink, then mounted it on pomegranate, finally adding a tag with my name to the bottom. I also added a rhinestone brad to the flower center to give it a little more sparkle.

I hope you like it Michelle!!

Supplies: (all supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Pick a Petal, Newsprint Alpha
CS: Whisper White, Purely Pomegranate, Pretty in Pink, Petals and Paisleys DSP
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Purely Pomegranate
Acc: Spiral punch, Rounded tag punch, pink gingham ribbon, rhinestone brads

TFL!
-Jana

I finished it!

Well...I finished it at 9:45 this morning. Just 24 hours after purchasing it. And I loved it! Anyone out there who has finished and wants to talk about it send me an email...my dh probably won't read it for a few more weeks, and I think I'll go insane waiting for him to talk to me about it!!

Hope you all are having a great weekend!

-Jana

Don't bother me now...

German Phrase of the Day: Ich lese gerade ein Buch. = I am reading a book right now. So...go away! I mean really...I can't believe people are actually blog surfing today when the latest Harry Potter book just became available. Over 2 million Americans are getting their copy today from Amazon alone! So...what are you doing in front of your computer??

Ok, for those of you still here, this is a name sign I made for Julia last summer when visiting my wonderful friend and upline, Rachel before we moved over here to Germany. The new chipboard letters had just come out, and she was teaching us all how to cover them, stamp on them, and emboss them. Isn't this just adorable?? I really loved this paper, and the colors are perfect for my non-pink little girl. Well, she does like pink, but as she says, she likes ALL the colors. Oh...and have I told you her other recent saying? She told her daddy one day that the sun was shining like "100 glitter glues." She makes me so proud!

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this...now I'm off to buy my book!

TFL!
-Jana