Jazzy Inspirations & Etsy too....

Good Saturday Morning Everyone!It's time for another Etsy challenge and what a nice shop we have for you this week. It's called Tony Carlisle's Photo Gallery and he has a nice collection of photos/inspiration to get the creative juices flowing. He's giving the winner an 8x10 print of their choice so be sure and join us for the chance to win! Visit the above shop, pick your inspiration, make your creation and link it to Ashley's blog.

I chose the pic posted above and decided to focus on the green from the leaves and added my fave shade of blue. I really like the end result & hope you do too!! Be sure and check out the rest of the Design Team & leave them some love!!
Carole--June Guest Designer
De
Emily
Heather
Jenn--June Guest Designer
Joy
Kerry
Kristen
Lee
Shannon
Tiffany
Tonya

This next card is for Jazzy Inspirations and the challenge was to use Orange, Red, Black, White & Yellow. I compromised by using Riding Hood Red because it reminds me of the orange/red combo...through in the other colors and voila---finished card! My main image is stamped in bleach and I think it created the coolest effect on this cardstock. It feels really good to know that your basic techniqes can still make a nice card! Be sure and check out the Jazzy blog for the DT call and to link up your creations for the chance to be the Jazz Cat of the week!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great rest of the day!TTFN,
Hugs,

Jazzy Inspirations & Etsy Time......

Good Saturday Morning Everyone!
It's that time again....yep another double dose of DT work LOL!
This card is for the Jazzy Inspirations challenge to use dark green, dark purple, gray & white. I chose Elegant Eggplant, Garden Green, Whisper White & Basic Gray for my color choices. I also used the sketch from Paper Blooms to help it all come together & I must say that I really LOVE the final result! I think it looks quite elegant despite the colors we had to use. Be sure to check out the Jazzy blog for all the other DT creations & that's where you'd link your creation for a chance to be the Jazz Cat of the week. Good Luck!!!





This is my Etsy Inspired card and wait 'til you *peek* at this week's shop! It's called Chicy Creations and her things are just too stinkin' cute!!! She has all kinds of beautiful hair bows amongst other things that will really inspire you so be sure to check it out! This week's lucky winner will receive an absolutely gorgeous hair pin!! You can see it here....isn't it beautiful!!!!

My creation focuses on the colors from the pretty hair ribbons above and since I used a fairy; it also qualifies for the Flutter by Wednesday challenge. I'm always *looking* at it but don't always get to participate so I was thrilled when I was cleaning & found this image---don't know where I got it but she's adorable! I'm also featuring the sketch from Inspirational Card Sketches....yep 3 challenges on 1 card! Not bad & I think that just makes life so much easier!!!

I'll leave you with the awesome eye candy from the rest of the DT. Make sure you stop by and leave them some love!!

Ashley---link your creations here
Carole---June Guest Designer
De
Emily
Heather
Jenn---June Guest Designer
Joy
Kerry
Kristen
Lee
Shannon
Tiffany
Tonya

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great rest of the day!!
TTFN,
Hugs,

Etsy Designs & Late Jazzy Card.....

Good Saturday Morning Peeps!
It's another Etsy Saturday but before I get to that, I'm showcasing my card for the Jazzy Inspirations Team. We had to use the color combo of Taken with Teal, Whisper White, Green Galore & Basic Black. Not a bad color challenge & I combined it with the CPS Card Sketch to make it even easier. There's still 1 week left to play along so make your creation and link it to the Jazzy Blog. I can't wait to see what you come up with!!

My next card is for this week's Etsy Challenge. The store we focused on is called Bacon Square Farm and their creations are a mix of cute & country......so cute!! I chose the above pic as the source of my inspiration or should I say the colors drew me in LOL! I used the bleaching technique on my main image and I really like the final result!

Kristen will be giving away a little something from Unity to the lucky winner so be sure to visit the above shop, pick your inspiration, make your creation and link it to Ashley's blog!!! Don't forget to check out the rest of the Design Team's creations.....you'll be happy that you did!!

Dawn--May Guest Designer

De

Emily

Heather

Joy

Kerry

Kristen

Lee

Shannon

Tiffany

Tonya

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great rest of the day!!

TTFN,Hugs,

Jazzy & Etsy Inspirations...

Happy Saturday!

It's Etsy Inspiration time again and this week's shop is just as fun as the one we featured last week. It's called Bealoo Kids & the prints are soooo cute & whimsical. I chose The Garden as my inspiration....those colors really freaked me out but I HAD to see if my card would come out ok---I do like the layout that I did even though I'm still not sure about those colors LOL!!

Bealoo is offering buy 2 prints get one free with the coupon code Bealoo Spring Special & Ashley is giving away a ss called So and So Loves....how cool!!! To win the prize, just visit the shop listed above, pick your inspiration, make your creation and link it to Ashley's blog. Good luck!!!

Make sure you check out the rest of the Etsy Design Team! There's sure to be some eye candy GALORE for you.......just click on the names on the right side of my post!!!!

This card is for the Jazzy Inspiration team and we had to use the above colors to make our creation.....WHAT?!!! I decided to use the Friday Sketchers sketch in an effort to make these super bright colors work.....I'm still not sure about it LOL! I'll be the first one to say it.....these are 2 of the brightest & craziest cards I have ever made!!!!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and a Happy Mother's Day! I will not be posting on Sunday so look for my Mojo card on Monday!
TTFN,
Hugs,

Etsy DT & Jazzy Inspiration Cards

Good Saturday Morning Everyone!
It's Etsy Inspirations time again!! This week's store is called Angel Face Designs & she's offering free shipping to anyone who mentions *Etsy Inspired* in the notes to seller box!! I chose the above pendant as my inspiration and pulled those colors right out of there....had to add black as my color balancer though!

Come on & play along with us for the chance to win the Mom2 or Tutu cute necklace. How do you win this week's prize? Visit the above shop, pick your inspiration, make your creation and link it to Ashley's blog. The contest is still going on too peeps. For every challenge you complete this month, you can enter to be June's Guest Designer or to become a permanent member of our Etsy Design Team!!! Read more info on Ashley's blog.......have fun creating and enjoy your prize!!!

Be sure and check out the rest of the DT's creations. I'm sure you'll enjoy all the eye candy that's in store for you:

De--April Guest Designer
Heather
Joy
Kerry
Kristen
Lee
Shannon
Tiffany
Tonya

My next card is for Jazzy Inspirations. This week's jazzy challenge was to make a card using Real Red, Basic Black, Old Olive, Close to Cocoa/Creamy Caramel & Whisper White. I chose to use Close to Cocoa even though I wasn't sure how it was going to work! I just went with the flow here and was smiling by the time I was done.... thank goodness those butterflies were easy to *rock n roll* hugh?

Want to be the Jazz Cat of the week? Make your creation using the colors listed above and link it to Tenia's blog. Eazy peezy....have fun and can't wait to see what you all come up with!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great rest of the day!
TTFN,
Hugs,

Supplies:
Snow Burst, All Holidays, Dreams du Jour & Fresh Cuts ss; Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White & Brushed Silver cs; Old Olive, Close to Cocoa, Basic Black, Real Red, Craft White & Going Gray ink; Old Olive & Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon; Eyelet Border, Wide Oval, Scallop Oval, Large & Small Oval Punches; Earth Elements & Vintage Brads; Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

Jazzy Inspiration #9

Happy Friday!

My post for today is for the Jazzy Inspirations Challenge. It's a day early so please check Tenia's blog tomorrow for the official challenge posting & to see the rest of the Design Team's creations. This week we had the opportunity to paruse the Jazz Art Rotterdam site and choose what we wanted for inspiration. I looked through the art section and found this painting.....the colors on that beauty just screamed bees to me so I had to use them. I also used the Twisted Thursday sketch & the twist this week was to use embossing......easy peasy!!!

We'd love for you to play along with us for the opportunity to be the Jazz Cat of the Week! Just go to the above site and choose your inspiration. Make your creation and link it to Tenia's blog. Have fun creating and good luck!!!

I'll be hitting the highway in a bit. I wanted to let you know that comment moderation is on so if you don't see your post; don't fret. They'll be posted when I return on Sunday. I'm looking forward to having a great time in MN and having swaps to share with you when I get home!! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great rest of the day!!!
TTFN,
Hugs,

Supplies:
Just Buzzin' By & Frest Cuts ss; Whisper White, Chocolate Chip & Pumpkin Pie cs; Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black & Chocolate Chip ink; SU! Markers; Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon; Mega Scallop Circle Punch; Cuttlebug

Jazzy Inspirations & Etsy Inspired Creations.....

Good Saturday Morning Everyone!

I hope you're all off to a great weekend. Mine will be busy with the class I have this morning and shoe shopping for the kiddos this afternoon. Fun, fun but busy, busy....story of my life LOL!!

It's Jazzy Inspirations time!!!! We'd love for you to play along with us and have a chance @ being the Jazz Cat of the Week! Just make a card, scrapbook page or 3D project and link it to Tenia's blog. Good luck and can't wait to see what you create!!!

This week we were challenged to use Whisper White, Pacific Point, Gray of your choice--I chose Basic Gray & Riding Hood Red from the above Monk & Trane's album cover. Let me be the first to say that this was QUITE the challenge peeps! I was totally stumped on how to work these colors so I just pulled out my fave stampset and wished for the best LOL! I don't think it came out too bad---I look at it as a CAS....Clean and Simple work of art! I like the stamps I used so much I continued to use them with the picture below.......

My next card is for Etsy Inspired and this is the shop we parused this week. I really liked the color combo of this pencil case and then I used the sketch from Sketch and Stash to complete my creation. Want to win one of those cool pouches? Then visit the shop, pick a pouch, make your creation & post a link to Ashley's blog. It's that simple.....good luck and have lots of fun creating something beautiful! Be sure and check out the rest of the design team. They're projects are always awesome!!!

Heather

Joy

Kerry

Kristen

Lee

Lindsay

Shannon

Taylor

Tiffany

Tonya

Well, I'm off until tomorrow friends! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great rest of the day!!
TTFN,
Hugs,

supplies:

Heartfelt Thanks, En Francais & Fresh Cuts ss; Whisper White, Pacific Point, Basic Gray, Tempting Turquoise & Certainly Celery cs; Pacific Point, Basic Gray, Riding Hood Red, Certainly Celery & Tempting Turquoise ink; Giga Oval Scallop, Oval Scallop, Large Oval Scallop, Eyelet Border & Boho Blossoms Punch; Certainly Celery Grosgrain & Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon; Bold Brights Brads; & White Gel Pen

Jazzy Inspiration & Etsy DT.....

Good Saturday Morning Everyone!
It's design team day and I truly had fun making these cards! The card below is for Jazzy Inspirations and we had to make our cards based off the colors: Taken with Teal, Green Galore, Basic Black & Whisper White. I immediately knew I wanted to ink up this set and just went with the picture I had in my head......I must say that I do like the final result---not overdone but still classy!

supplies:Fifth Avenue Floral ss; Taken with Teal, Green Galore, Whisper White & Basic Black cs; Taken with Teal, Green Galore & Basic Black ink; Eyelet Border Punch; Wide Oval Punch; Black Grosgrain Ribbon; Bold Brights Brads; 2 Way Glue Pen & Dazzling Dimonds Glitter

My next card is for the Etsy Challenge. This week's shop is Expressingyou and it's full of things to get your creative juices flowing . I chose the black & white ensemble from this room and just went with the flow....in other words; I didn't have a clue how this card was going to come out but was/am pretty happy with the final result LOL!! I know I'm not the only one that does that!!!

supplies: Best Yet & Eastern Blooms ss; Basic Black & Whisper White cs; Basic Black & Whisper White ink; Vintage Brads; Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon; Eyelet Border & Curly Label Punches; Big Shot & Embosslits Flower Burst Die

Be sure and check out the design team blogs. We'd love to have you play along and there's another cool prize for you to win. Just make your creation and link it to Ashley's blog......don't forget to have FUN! I hope to see some of your wonderful creations!!

Ashley
Taylor Usry (March Guest Designer)
Heather
Joy
Kerry
Lee
Lindsay
Shannon
Tiffany


I need to tend to my son--he has dry socket for those of you that understand the dental lingo & he's in so much pain right now. I'll be so happy when he completely heals & this is all behind us!!
I'm also looking forward to seeing my good friend Krista....girl time! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great rest of the day!!
TTFN,
Hugs,

Jazzy Inspiration #5

Good Saturday Morning!
I apologize for the picture...I couldn't get a good one to save my life!!

It's Jazzy Inspirations time! Our challenge was to make a creation using the colors of the Grant Green album above---kraft, old olive, basic black & whisper white--very fun!! My card also features a sketch from Sketch & Stash Challenge Blog---I used my new white brads from my stash.....thanks for the challenge ladies!! Make sure you check out the Jazzy Blog....there's some candy being offered for the Jazz Cat of the week!! You know you want some candy LOL and we'd love to have you play along with us!!

Well, I'm off to start running! I hope to get the chance to create something...actually I'm hoping to do a challenge for SCS---wish me luck!! Thanks so much for stopping by & I hope the rest of your day is great!!!

TTFN,

Hugs,

Eastern Blooms & Best Yet ss; Kraft, Basic Black, Whisper White & Old Olive cs; Old Olive, Versamark & Whisper White ink; It's Beautiful Jumbo Wheel; Brads, Giga Oval Scallop & Wide Oval Punch

Jazzy Inspiration #4 & MTSC27

Good Friday Morning Peeps!!!!

Are you as happy as I am that the weekend is upon us?!!! I'm truly hoping that I have nothing to do but stamp and get ready for my next few classes! Thanks for your responses yesterday....I'll just wait 'til the right occasion comes along and then I'll use that card. Never hurts to have extras on hand right?!!

My creation is for this week's Jazzy Inspirations Challenge. Make sure you check it out tomorrow to see all the design team's creations. For this challenge, we had to use the colors of Herbie Hancock's album which are Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White and Going Gray. I also used Mercy's sketch since I felt it was a perfect compliment to our challenge. Thanks Mercy!!

I'm off to get busy for the day. I hope your morning and rest of the day is wonderful!!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!
TTFN,
Hugs,

Upsy Daisy ss; Bella Rose DSP; Whisper White, Going Gray & Kiwi Kiss cs; Kiwi Kiss & Basic Gray ink; Scallop Edge & Mega Oval Punches; Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon; White Gel Pen

Jazzy Inspiration #3 & OCC Sketch

Happy Saturday Everyone!

My first card is for Jazzy Inspirations. Our challenge was to make a blue monochromatic card based on the album you see above. Easy enough right? I used Night of Navy & Brocade Blue for my colors along with Whisper White and some retired DSP from SU! Added some scallops, bling, ribbon & dots...all done!! Come on over and play with us...we love looking at your fab creations!! My card is also featuring the sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You.....thanks Kazan---I love it!!!!

This card is for last week's sketch challenge on the OCC blog. They have really cool challenges posted every Saturday...if only I could get myself *unbusy* to complete these in time!! I'm truly working on that and will get this week's challenge done really early if things go as planned. For my card I used Purely Pomegranate & Pink Pirouette cs. I threw in a bit of black with my white to kind of balance it out and I do believe that was the right thing to do. I'm lovin' the Season of Friendship ss along with the sentiments from the new Level 2 Hostess set--A Little Somethin'-- so couldn't resist inkin' them up! I was trying to find a small solid heart to use but came up empty so I resorted to stamping those luscious lips from High Hopes......a truly *kissed* tree LOL!!!

I hope everyone has a pleasant day! We're going to visit our cousin who just had a baby boy....can't wait to see the lil' cutie & kiss those cheeks!! Thanks so much for stopping by.

TTFN,

Hugs,

Jazzy Inspirations Challenge #2 & Something Old

Good Saturday Morning! It was so nice reading your comments from yesterday and checking out your blogs to see what goodies/presents everyone received!! I'm a bit impatient though...I asked for $$ and Santa delivered but now I have to wait for my things to arrive.....can you say STALKER for real ROFLOL!!!!!

K, enough drama.....onto my creations for today! My first card is for the Jazzy Inspirations Challenge. We had to use the color combo of the album cover--red, black & white-- for our cards which was a blessing since it's one of my fave colors to use this time of year...Valentine's Day!! The sentiments you see are more from the new Level 2 Hostess Set....told you they were a lot of fun to use! Hop on over to the Blog and participate with us! We'd love to see what you come up with!!

My other card is for the Limited Supplies challenge on SCS. We were required to make a card that wasn't Christmassy at all....colors, images, etc. I used an old SU! set called Bubble Queen with some older retired DSP. I picked that paper particularly for the colors.....all I had to do was bling up the bubbles and a few flowers---all done!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a great rest of the day/night.

TTFN,

Hugs,

A Little Somethin', Baroque Motifs & Bubble Queen ss; Real Red, Basic Black, Pixie Pink, Tempting Turquoise & Whisper White cs; Craft White, Real Red & Tempting Turquoise ink; Scallop Edge, Circle, Curly Label, Mega & Giga Scallop Circle Punches, Whisper White & Tempting Turquoise Grosgrain Ribbon, Gemstones, Brads; Liquid Pearls, SU! Markers, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter; Top Note Die; Big Shot Die Cutting Machine

Jazzy Inspiration

Good Friday Evening!

This is my card for the Jazzy Inspirations Challenge. We had to come up with a card based on the album cover that you see. When I looked at the album, I immediately pictured the Dreams du Jour ss colored in Yo Yo Yellow & Really Rust. I used the Leaves ala Carte wheel, added ribbon, brads and my butterfly. Finito...my creation is complete LOL!! Pop on over to the blog and play along with us! We'd love to see your wonderful creations!!!

I'm off to do the Inspiration Challenge on SCS now. I'll be back a bit later with that card....I already know what colors I'm using and I have another sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You. *See* you in a bit!!

TTFN,

Hugs,

Dreams du Jour ss; Leaves alo Carte Jumbo Wheel; Basic Black, Yo Yo Yellow & Shimmer Whte cs; Basic Black & Yo Yo Yellow ink; SU! Markers; Sheer Ribbon; Black Brads; Black Diamond Stickles