Happy Birthday to my Twin - Jennifer!

!!! HAPPY MONDAY !!!
Blends and 3 Girl JAM-mers

I am excited to get to share my project with all of our lovely followers at the 3 Girl JAM Blog today!

Today is not only my birthday, but also my sweet Twin, Jennifer's birthday, too.

I made her a Gift using the wonderful 3 Girl JAM Crinkle Ribbon.

Since the February Challenge Theme with 3 Girl JAM is "THINGS I LOVE"

this was a perfect way for me to show how much I LOVE HER!!!!

Jennifer is my BEST FRIEND in the whole world.  She has been by my side from Day 1.   She is a wonderful support to me during some of the most difficult times, and an amazing encouragement to me on the Good Days too!  My life would not be the same without her!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISSY-FER!

Here is the finished wall hanging.

I used two fabulous colors of 3 Girl JAM Crinkle Ribbon on the gift.  First I used

Aqua Splash 

so that it could be hung on a wall, cabinet, or anywhere her heart desires.  I left a few "frilly" ends to give it a bit more character.

I then used

& Witches Brew

to offset the light color of the Aqua Splash.

I tied small pieces of the same colors to the wood shape (from Unity Stamp Co.).  The wood shape coordinates perfectly with the stamp set I used for the sentiments on this project.  The Unity Stamp Co. set is called  ...birthday jubilee by artista, Lisa Arana.

The sentiment was stamped first with embossing ink and heat embossed using Tim Holtz  vintage photo Distress Powder directly onto the wood.

I also used the "happy birthday" pennant sentiment from the same set over on the left side of the wall art.

The image of the two Besties is by the wonderful Sherri Baldy and is called "Kickin Back"

This is only the 2nd time I have used my Spectrum Noir markers, but ----WOW do I love them!!!

I have a lot of learning to do with them, but they are sooooo super fun!

You can purchase your own markers at the Pinque Peacock Discount Hut at very AFFORDABLE prices!

(some IN STOCK and others are available for PREORDER)

Other products I used include:
American Crafts brand Pigment Ink (Lavender and Powder)
Paper Roses from Adele Garcia (at Glimpz of Memories group on FB)

Pearls Cardstock by Core'dinations (golden pearl and pink baby pearl) ---also available at 

the Pinque Peacock Discount Hut

Scotch ATG gun and tape

and

Staples

JOIN THE FUN CHALLENGE - THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF TIME!!!!

The 3 Girl JAM Challenge for the month of February is
"THINGS I LOVE"




You'll always find LOADS of inspiration at the 3 Girl JAM Challenge Blog!
Stop over for wonderful ideas from the Design Team and all those who are linking up!

We'd love for you to Link your Projects to JOIN THE FUN and for a chance to WIN a Gift Certificate to Shop at 3 Girl JAM!!!!

For more 3 Girl JAM Product and Project Ideas, be sure to check out the 3 Girl JAM Pinterest Boards!

ONCE AGAIN......

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Thanks for Stopping In Today



Remember 

to Keep 

Crafting, 

Because 

♫ CRAFTING ♫ 

♫ ROCKS ♫ 

\m/-_-\m/ 

:O) Jessica

Tri Shutter Card for the 12 Challenges of Crafting - Challenge #9

Happy Hump Day Blends!

I am so excited that I have been able to continue on in the 12 Challenges of Crafting with Scrapbook Friends and More Crafts (a SUPER FUN group of Crafters on Facebook).  

It all started with Challenge #1 back on November 1st.  We are given a craft challenge and a very short amount of time in which to complete all the requirements of each challenge.  I have tried techniques and styles of crafting that were on my "Bucket List" and am so encouraged and inspired by all the participants.

The latest Challenge (#9 - Card Marking) ends tonight around 6pm EST.  We are challenged to create 3 separate cards.  We must create a Birthday Card, a Thinking of You Card, and a Holiday Card (any Holiday of choice).  The twists, because there is always an added twist or two, is that we have to be sure the sentiment is stamped or printed on the inside of each card and use 3 separate techniques when we create them.  The admins of the group offered a fabulous list of techniques and links to tutorials out in Crafty Cyberspace.  

I chose to try a Tri-Fold Shutter Card (first time ever....so fun) for my first project.  I opted to finish my Thinking of You card in this style.  Here is the link to the tutorial I followed: Tri Fold Shutter Card Tutorial...please note that when I followed all of the steps in this tutorial, there was a correction needed.  In Step 6, you are instructed to cut 4 small pieces of patterned paper.  The sizes listed were not accurate.  The sizes should have been listed as 1-3/8" x 1-7/8" for those 4 pieces.

I started with a Black Textured Card Stock as my base and followed all of the scoring and slicing steps.  For my patterned paper, I used a Damask Print from my Colorbok 12x12 Neutrals Stack, some K&Company embossed pattern paper in a yellow hue, and plain white card stock.  

To add a little "frill" to the white card stock pieces, I embossed them with my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.  I adhered all of my patterned paper as instructed, with the exception of the middle rectangle.  This was where I was placing my sentiment.

For the sentiment piece, I first stamped the beautiful flowers in Sunshine Yellow Adirondack ink. The flowers are from the Unity Stamp Company stamp set: Insightful Meadows by Donna Downey.  I love Donna's style and art and was so thrilled to play with this set since it had been neglected for a while.  

I couldn't just stop there, I had to stamp the entire flower bouquet onto vellum for the long panel on the inside right side of my card.  I used the same Sunshine Yellow and matted the piece onto white card stock.  

For the inside sentiment verse, I used the Sympathy stamp from the Unity Stamp Company set:  ...everything wonderful created by Unity Artista, Lisa Arana.  Her latest collection of sentiment bundles at Unity have quickly become a FAVORITE for me.  

I still needed to be sure the card was meeting all of the requirements for the challenge so I scoured through my entire Unity Collection of stamps.  I found the "thinking of you" sentiment in one of my large Kits. It is from the Unity Exclusive Stampin' Store Kit - 2009 December collection {Sweet Affections}.  I stamped this using Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot then matted the small rectangle onto the same black card stock I used for my base.

To embellish my card I used the following products:

some pretty white flowers by Petaloo

yellow flat back pearls from Miriam's Crafting Supplies

3 Girl JAM Crinkle Ribbon (Sunflower Yellow & Tuxedo Black)

and

The rosette was made using a scrap of the pattern paper from the Colorbok stack and a large rhinestone from Miriam's.    

I hope you feel inspired to try to step out of your comfort zone and create a project using a new technique.  I am pleasantly surprised by all of the wonderful techniques and styles that are becoming a "must try again" since playing in these challenges.  

I will try to post some more tutorials and project shares from the previous 8 challenges as well.

Thanks for Stopping by and Stop Back to see all the other projects soon!

Remember 

to 

Keep Crafting, 

Because 

♫ CRAFTING ♫ 

♫ ROCKS ♫ 

\m/-_-\m/ 

:O) Jessica

WONDERFUL WISHES TO HEATHER LYNN

Hello Sweet Blends!!!!
Today is my Design Team Post at 3 Girl JAM

The Wonderful 3 Girl JAM Crinkle Ribbon never fails to lend it valuable inspiration when I am crafting "under the wire".  With the 4 kids starting school last week, I have found very little time to breath let alone craft.  So when I needed to crunch down in the craft room, I knew I wouldn't be let down when I reached into my scrumptious Rainbow of Crinkle Ribbons to start!

I decided to play along in the current Unity Stamp Company {be inspired} Challenge and to use some of the newest Authentique Paper Collection: Natural, the that I recently won (see images near end of post)!

The ribbon colors I chose for this project included the yummy Hot Chocolate, Antique White, and Gold Crown. 

 I used this crafty opportunity to create a card for my sweet friend, and probably many of yours' as well, Heather Lynn, who battled with a long stay at the hospital recently.  She has made her way back home, but has a lot of recovery ahead of her.  I love her dearly, and wanted to show her how much I AM WISHING for her to be surrounded with ONLY WONDERFUL EVERYTHING.

I pleated the ribbon to bring my two papers to a perfect seam, but the beautiful pleats are a bit hidden behind the stamped flower image. The flowers were stamped using the "donna peony" by Donna Downey and Unity Stamps.  Although the images don't show the fun background stamp I used behind the peony on the yellow squared mat, I did ink up the "cooped up notes" background stamp by Christy Tomlinson and Unity Stamp Co. before inking the flower.

To show off more of the 3 Girl JAM Crinkle Ribbon, I created a fun Ribbon Flower using all three colors I mentioned above.

This style flower, a Loop de Loop Elegant Floral,  is available in my shop at Pinque Peacock if you would like to custom order your own from any of the Custom Colors available by 3 Girl JAM.   I am happy to partner with Julie, 3 Girl JAM Owner and Founder, to create these lovely floral embellishments and I really enjoy using them on my own personal projects. (Plus, I have more excuses to play with my FAVORITE CRINKLE RIBBON EVER!  HOO-RAH!)

The Fabric Buttons in the centers of the Donna Peony stamped flowers can also be found at Pinque Peacock.  The Button on the left is a 3/4" Peacock Silk flat back button.  The button on the right is a 3/4" Farm Fresh (natural burlap) flat back button.

 I am happy to partner with Julie, 3 Girl JAM Owner and Founder, to create these lovely floral embellishments and I really enjoy using them on my own personal projects. (Plus, I have more excuses to play with my FAVORITE CRINKLE RIBBON EVER!  HOO-RAH!

And WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT SENTIMENT?   SQUEAL!!!
I am soooooo happy that I was able to add the "....everything wonderful" by Lisa Arana to my Unity Stamp Collection.  

I have only owned this set for a short time and am quickly learning it is a HUGE FAVORITE!!!

If you would like to order any of the colors of Crinkle Ribbon I have used on my project today (or more) , I made sure I provided links for you to hop over to the 3 Girl JAM Shop and grab some for yourselves!  Be sure to check out all the other GORGEOUS Products available while you are there!~

Here are some images of all the items I gathered at the start of my project to work with (some I used, and some aren't showing because they joined the process afterwards...LOL)

Remember 

to 

Keep Crafting, 

Because 

♫ CRAFTING ♫ 

♫ ROCKS ♫ 

\m/-_-\m/ 

:O) Jessica

AMAZING Friends - 3 Girl JAM Challenge Reminder

Hey there Crafty Blends!!!!

Today is my day to share as a 
DT Member at the 
3 Girl JAM Challenge Blog

********

THERE IS STILL TIME TO JOIN US

AND LINK UP YOUR FUN

SHAPED CARDS with RIBBON!

I grabbed my Tablescapes - Spring and Summer Cartridge, because I have been wanting to make an umbrella card.  I paired it up with a beautiful sentiment by my sweet friend, Lisa Arana from this set below.  This set, "...everything wonderful" is available at Unity Stamp Co.

PSSTT.....IT IS ON SALE FOR $10.99 (marked down from $26)
(HURRY THOUGH - limited sale for In Stock Sets ONLY)

Now, as I plan my card a little further...I think....

"hmmmm.....what color of 3 Girl JAM Crinkle Ribbon should I use??? "

I decided to use the Red, White, and Blue Bundle Ribbon to showcase the diversity of how it can be used on projects, even those that aren't patriotic themed.  The bundle comes with a true Red, a Basic Blue, and a White with blue and red edges.

The Miniature Bow at the tippy top of the umbrella was made (very quickly and very simply, I might add) using
3 Girl JAM Bow Maker

I used a textured Aqua Card Stock and some Coral colored card stock.
I detailed a bit using my white gel pen.
I HAD, HAD, HAD, to play with the wonderful Skittles by Carri from DoubleClick~ AKA Abusybee (who happens to be sponsoring the prize for this challenge - YUMMY)

Here is a peek inside to see the pleated ribbon edge better.

Thanks EVER SO MUCH for visiting today

lovely Blends and 3 Girl JAMmers.

We hope you will JOIN THE FUN
over at the 3 Girl JAM Challenge Blog
and we can't wait to see
all of your fantastic Shaped Cards.

If you need more inspiration, be sure to peek back at the First Post for this Challenge HERE
and all the wonderful creations that have been shared 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Every Challenge has some rules-

~~ to qualify for the prizes, please make sure to follow ours~~

We've had so many great entries but we must stress- rules are rules.

1. Use ribbon and follow the theme for the challenge.

Challenge #20~Birthday Party w/Ribbon

(you do not need to use 3GJ Ribbon - but if you have some we would love to see it!!)

2. Follow the 3 Girl JAM Challenge blog.

3. Add the 3 Girl JAM Challenge button to your side bar.

4. You will have 3 weeks to link up your entry

 (last day to enter will be July 4th , Winner will be announced on July 5th.)

5. Be sure to link up to your blog post and not your blog.

(It  will make it much easier for the design team to leave you some love!)

6. NO BACK LINKING

7. Have fun!

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This week's challenge is being sponsored by:

our very own Carri

DoubleClick~ AKA Abusybee

with any 3 packs of her handmade skittles

AND

with a
~a $10.00 Gift Certificate to 3 Girl JAM and a Guest Designer Spot

Remember to Keep Crafting, 

Because 

♫ CRAFTING ♫
♫ ROCKS ♫ 

\m/-_-\m/ 

:O) Jessica


!!!!LINK UP HERE!!!!