Thank-you Creative Scrapbooker Magazine!

 Hi Friends,

I took part in a March challenge over on the VIP Creative Scrapbooker Facebook group and won a fabulous prize and a handmade card from Jackie.  It really is worth a membership over there. You get so much in return from free projects and content, group zoom crops, chances to win assorted prizes from amazing companies, a free apron for 2 consecutive membership subscriptions (3 months long, each) and so so much more :) And a big thank-you to Scrapbooking Fanatics for allowing me to use some of the design team products for this fun project 

Happy Creating,

Jessie

 Create Yourself!

I started a new art journal and decided that I should start it off with a page titled "Create Yourself". I believe in this turbulent world we need to show ourselves some self love, and show others patience, compassion, empathy and love!

I used a few elements out of Vicki Boutin's Color Study line, as well as one of the stamps and the stencils.

The other supplies used were:

Black Embossing Powder

Modeling Paste

Distress Ink in Black Soot, Squeezed Lemonade and Peacock Feathers

Unknown acrylic paints to color the modeling paste and unknown purple and yellow cardstock

Honestly, I just kept layering and layering until I loved the page. Remember, there are no mistakes in art, so enjoy yourselves and the process

Most of the supplies can be purchased at Scrapbooking Fanatics, including one of the Kits of the Month that I used ;)

Take Care Friends,   

                                                        Jessie

 Hi Friends,

    I created this one page layout for Scrapbooking Fanatics. I absolutely adore the colors and elements included with this kit. It may be a bit of an oldie, but is truly timeless and has so many options, from simple pages to layered pages to fun cards.

Our daughter loves cars now that she is an adult (I seriously call her for truck help....lol) and this line from Simple Stories called Simple Vintage Cottage Fields was perfect for the photos she had taken.  I'm tempted to head back into my scrap room and do tons more with this line. It is fabulous

It is available in the shop here 

Have a great day,

Jessie

When Garth came into our lives

 We brought this little guy home not long before the photos were taken. Garth is a Boston Terrier that has added so much love to our lives. He's quirky, loving and very agile. He's now 6 ;)  I believe he also helped my husband, Jeff, immensely when our lives took a turn for the worst, although it was a blessing in disguise, with a partnership dispute and couldn't work for 6 months. Jeff became increasingly depressed and I went to work full-time so he was home alone with Garth and Cassie (our old girl, who is a Pomeranian cross). He took care of the household chores, cooking and minding after our 15 year old daughter (our son had left home already). I'm grateful Garth was in our lives and helped Jeff through the tough time. So "Loved" is a perfect title for this page.

I used a Simple Stories paper line called "Simple Vintage Lemon Twist".

Have a great day,

Jessie

How to Color Easter Eggs with Alcohol Inks

                                     

I did this up quite a few years ago, but I thought I'd share it as Easter is coming soon ;)

The supplies needed are as follows:

- eggs (I suggest using blown out eggs so you get longer use of them)
-  2 or 3 colors of alcohol inks  (I used Espresso, Raisin, Pesto and           Butterscotch)
-  1 or 2 mixative colors ( I used Copper and Pearl)
-  alcohol blending solution
-  Ranger applicator tool and replacement felts
-  optional:  rubber gloves, pair of kitchen tongs

Instructions:

1.  Apply a new replacement felt to your applicator tool;  add 2 drops of color to the felt and lightly dab onto the egg;  continue to dab color onto your egg until you are satisfies with the coverage.  (You may need to add more ink to you felt as it will evaporate; I just added the same colors to the same spots on the applicator felt and then continued to dab the egg).

2.  Replace the felt on your applicator (you may use the used felt with similar colors once it is completely dry).

3.  Apply the same 2 colors to your felt as you used in step 1;  apply one other color as well as a drop of metallic mixative; Continue to dab onto your egg until satisfied with the coverage.

4.  Replace the applicator felt.

5.  Now add 1 color that you used in step 1 as well as a small amount of the mixative color;  Add a very small amount of the alcohol blending solution to the applicator felt as well;  As in previous steps continue to dab the egg until you are happy with the coverage.

6.  Let Dry and there you have it :)

For some more fun I thought I would use kitchen tongs to go ahead and hold my egg for me while I dropped very small amounts of ink (a few different colors as well as a mixative color) onto a new clean egg. I let the ink drops run at will and sometimes would manipulate where the ink ran by moving the egg around or even blowing on the drops. I started off by dropping one color at a time at random spots, then continued on with the second color, then the third and finished off with the metallic mixative. (The metallic mixative will work best if you drop it onto a spot that is still a bit wet from the last drops of ink).

Just remember to have some fun and experiment...... there are no mistakes, only creations!

Birthday Girl!

Happy Monday everyone!  I hope you had a fabulous weekend……I know I did. I was able to attend the Great Canadian Scrapbook Festival put on by Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine and then went to a late night crop at Scrapbook Memories and More in Sherwood Park.  It was so much fun to hang out with friends…..Steph from High Level, Sabrina from Valleyview, Julie and Hope from Little Smoky (We had such a blast……..Thanks Ladies).

Anyways, for TotallyStampalicious Monday we have a super fun challenge………Birthday Girl!!! 

We want to see your card project geared towards the Birthday Girl.

For my card I used the Balloon Kids- Girl stamp.

Don’t forget to check out the Totally Stampalicious Blog for the Winner from the Blog Hop!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful week.          

    Jessie

Welcome to the Hop

The Totally Stampalicious Design Team is teaming up with the Incredible Crewmates from Ribbon Carousel to bring you some awesome prizes and unbelievable eye candy.

We are using the new release stamp sets from

Totally Stampalicious

&

 the ribbon is from the Ribbon Carousel

I took this opportunity to use..............Balloon Kids Boy

Now, let’s talk prizes!

The Ribbon Carousel will be giving away a $20 gift certificate to the Ribbon Carousel Store

&

 Totally Stampalicious will be giving away their 4 newly released September stamp sets!

 Enjoy the hop and be sure to leave some blog love along your way to be eligible for the prizes!  Winners will be announced Saturday night at 8:00 PM EST.

Take Care and Have a great Hop..........

Your Next Stop is the talented

 Laurie !!!!

                                              Jessie

Hi

Hi Friends:)

I just wanted to stop by and let you know that I have not disappeared......we are prep-ping our home for sale as well as looking for a new home in a different town. And that means I need to de-clutter everywhere, including my craft room. I hope to have everything re-organized (and de-cluttered) by the end of next week. SO I do hope to be back and in the swing of things very soon.

Thanks for your understanding and I hope I'm not disappointing you .................Hugs

Girls Rock!!!

Happy Totally Stampalicious Monday J

Today the girls have a fun challenge for us over at

Totally Stampalicious Monday...

Think Teen!!!

I thought this would be a great time to use the new “Girls Rock” stamp set from the newest release for my card.

So head on over to

Totally Stampalicious to join us.

Have a wonderful week,

Jessie

Welcome to the 10th Stop of our

JUNE NEW RELEASE and BLOG HOP!

We have FOUR BRAND NEW STAMP SETS from our fabulous Bugaboo line by artist 

Jodie Mackrell!!

AVAILABLE NOW

at

Totally Stampalicious!

As always we'll be giving away PRIZES as well to THREE lucky Hoppers!!!

1st Prize - All 4 New Sets

2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certficate

3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate

All you have to do is Hop along with us and leave your comments along the way and maybe 

YOU could be a WINNER!!!!

So are you ready to see the latest and greatest?!!!
You're not going to be able to resist these!!!

I decided to use the super adorable - Clyde Bug....you can get it here at the Totally Stampalicious Store!!!

Now it's time to hop on over to the uber talented Laurie- On the Bright Side! , to see what AWESOME-NESS she has for us!! 

Here is the entire line-up in case there are any glitches along the way!!

Totally Stampalicious
Bonnie
Diane
Leanne 

Joanne

Stacy

Angel

Kendra

Dawn

Lori
Jessie 

Laurie

Becky

Joycelyn

Sue

Good Luck and have a great time along the hop,

Jessie

Summer Time...

Happy Totally Stampalicious Monday J

This week’s challenge is in the air........SUMMER TIME

So you get to choose your own Summer Theme......be it blue clouds, popsicles, flowers, etc.

I decided to use Ballerina Brat from our latest release.

I just had to turn this cute little ballerina in a summer card. So I drew the tree with my multi-liner and coloured it in using Copics. Then I punched 3 different sizes of circles from patterned paper and popped some of them up with 2 different thicknesses of pop dots and attached some with my glue runner. I’m quite pleased with how my background tuned out. It reminds me of when we prop our kids in front of trees or flowering shrubs for photo ops J.

CS- SU, Gina K

DSP- Kaiserkraft

INKS- Copics, Memento, Tim Holtz

Other- border punch, twine

Head on over to the Totally Stampalicious Blog to check out all the details for:

      the Challenge

      the Current Promotion on now!

Have a super great week and come check out the blog for my tutorial this ThursdayJ

Jessie

It's a CAS!

Happy Totally Stampalicious Monday J

I hope you all had a great Mother’s Day weekend. We sure did, it started off with an appreciation bbq complete with 150 pounds of lobster for all the staff at our Edson base and then we finished it off by having a bbq with my Husband’s family yesterday.....it really was a perfect weekend.

So are you ready................................for a CAS Challenge

@

Totally Stampalicious Monday...

We want you to keep it Clean and Simple.......so limit your layers and embellishments.

I decided to use Birthday Gus on this one...he’s too hilarious J

You’ll also want to head on over to the

Totally Stampalicious Blog to get all the information about the upcoming new release as well as the Design Team call.....and Becky and Joycelyn are the greatest ladies to create for......it truly is a Dream Team.

*Angel's Creative World * Can You Pixel This * Cindy Haffner's Corner

* Crafts and Cravings * Dip 'n Dots Creations * Inkingly Yours... *

*Julie Makes Cards * On The Bright Side! * Stamp Act *

*Stamps 'n' Coffee * Summerthyme Studio * The Inky Ocean Gazer *

*Twinshappy*Stampin For Fun! *

*Splitcoaststampers Member Galleries - coffeestamper - Handmade Cards & Crafts*

Have a wonderful week,

Jessie

A good one!

This is a good one!

Today over at the Paper Crafting Journey the 9th  challenge of the year for you is to use Black + 1 other colour

And we are so grateful to have Digital Delights by Louby Lou as a fantastic sponsor for this challenge.

I went with a classic palette of Black and White for this one.

I love the contrast on this card and thought it would be perfect for a Mother’s Day card…..Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mothers;) I hope you have a wonderful day!

Be sure to stop by my fellow design team member's blogs to see the sweet inspiration they have for you.

* Lisa Sumpter * Alethea *Christy *Hilde *Jacki * Kenzie *

* Laura * Lisa W * Lou * Renee * Suzie * Wendy * Zahreen *

Good luck in the challenge!!!

Jessie

Happy Totally Stampalicious Monday J

Okay so I know it’s Tuesday and I’m late posting ;(

Today the girls have a Sparkle challenge for us over at

Totally Stampalicious Monday...

Use SPARKLE! Use glitter, bling...anything to make your card SHINE!

I decided to use this fab little Penguin from the “Party Penguins” Stamp Set for my card.

It felt good to use some of my stash that never gets used.....I dug out my Glitter Ritz J It’s usually only out around Christmas Time.

So find your bling and head on over to

Totally Stampalicious to join us.

*Angel's Creative World * Can You Pixel This * Cindy Haffner's Corner

* Crafts and Cravings * Dip 'n Dots Creations * Inkingly Yours... *

*Julie Makes Cards * On The Bright Side! * Stamp Act *

*Stamps 'n' Coffee * Summerthyme Studio * The Inky Ocean Gazer *

*Twinshappy*Stampin For Fun! *

*Splitcoaststampers Member Galleries - coffeestamper - Handmade Cards & Crafts*

Have a wonderful week,

Jessie