Unity FWF & WCMD Challenge #4 - Sketch

Happy FRIDAY Blends!!!

Hope you have fun crafty plans 

included somewhere

along the line

this weekend

and that all

of you are doing well.

Last night I 

had some MOJO

to craft a project for the 

Unity - WCMD Challenge # 4 Sketch!

and
with today being FRIDAY
that means it is time
to share in the linky at Unity
for
Friends with Flair FRIDAY!

I started with Kraft card stock (4 1/4" x 5 1/2").

I knew I wanted

to use a few other stamps that

have been crafty neglected

from my collection.

 

I first stamped the wonderful Unity Stamp - in circle me background stamp

by artist Susan K Weckesser,  using a Rubber Stampede

inkpad in Petal Pink.

I then inked the Iron Orchid Vintage Handwritten

itty bitty by Unity with my 

Big and Bossy embossing ink and heat embossed

with Whispers - Opaque embossing powder.

I used the large Motif from the  Spellbinders Die Cuts - Persian Motifs

to cut the center medallion.  

I stamped the sun and cloud images along with

the small sentiment from

the Unity set Create you Day, also by Susan K Weckesser,

with my embossing ink onto the motif.

For a new technique,

I decided to try to use Pink Flocking Powder

over the wet ink and love the effect

it gave me.

I had a large circle in my scrap box and simple matched it to the top

of the card and cut where necessary.

I added a short string of Pink Beaded trim above that.

For the sentiment, I grabbed some cute

stickers by K*Company.

Here is the sketch I followed!

I am super excited to have

you stopping by

today 

and, as always

Remember 

to 

Keep Crafting, 

Because 

♫ CRAFTING ♫ 

♫ ROCKS ♫

 \m/-_-\m/ 

:O) 

Jessica

Card Creating Tuesday - My Angel

Hey there sweet Blends.  

Today I get to share 

My  Design Team Member

project with you

for

My Cricut Craft Room's
Card Creating Tuesday


The theme today
is

Guardian Angels or Anything with Wings

For my card today,
I decided to use a few cartridges

to create an Angel since none of the

cartridges I own, have any already available.

I used the following for my card:

Playtime Cricut Cartridge

Graphically  Speaking Cricut Cartridge

&

Serenade Cricut Cartridge

 And we can't forget the need

to add some pink to our projects since

My Cricut Craft Room

is 

Now through Mid October!!

I started with the Playtime cartridge and cut

out the cute little fairy girl-Kim at 4" on all layers.

I then cut the profile of one of  the Butterfly images 

from the Serenade cartridge at 1 3/4".  I cut out 2 images, total.

One normal and one flipped image.  I used these as my wings.

The sentiment MY angel is from the Graphically Speaking

cartridge and I cut it at 1 1/2".  The capital letters "MY" were 

too large for my card once I placed my angel on it.

So I grabbed out my Webster Pages little storytellers

 alphas for the word "my".

Other Products that I used were:

• Stickles (Waterfall and Glam Pink)
• Paper by Susan K Weckessser
• Kraft Cardstock
• corner rounder
• Prismacolor Pencils
• White Gel Pen

Here is the full image

of my finished card!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Your comments always 

brighten my day!

Now hop back over to
My Cricut Craft Room
to see what the other talented
DT Members have created for you to see.
and
Remember to

Keep
Crafting 

:O) 

Jessica

"Jen's Sunshine" Blog Hop

Paper Makeup Stamps 
& Party Time Tuesdays Challenge Blog 
proudly presents 

"Jen's Sunshine" Blog Hop

 
This hop will remain open till Tuesday Sept.4th
Winners announced Sept. 7th

Today we take time to honor our friend and 
fellow crafter Jen Scull.  
If you are here hopping with us, then I am sure you know 
Jen is battling breast cancer.  
She has been fighting this nasty disease since February.  
On behalf of Jen, we thank you for being here. 

For this hop, my wonderful Leader Julie K of 3 Girl JAM,
purchased the adorable
images called
Jen's Sunshine Digi Stamps
from Paper Makeup Stamps
so I could participate as a Hop Stop.

Jennifer Scull and I met
through blogging after the tragic shootings that took place
in Chardon, OH.   It was an instant connection, and
I love visiting her and adore when she visits me.
She is such a sweet soul and a true inspiration to me
to be more
Courageous,
Thankful,
Happy and Fun
AT ALL TIMES!

Her work is remarkable
and I couldn't think of a better
way to spend my day,
than to Join in this Wonderful Hop
to honor her sacrifices!
I Love You Jen!!!

Here is the Layout I created in honor
of Jennifer!!

The fabulous card stock is by Susan Weckesser 
and she is AMAZING Mixed Media Artist. 
You can find her wonderful work
and her products by going to
http://www.susiebeestudios.com/welcome
The background card stock is from Susiebee Studios - Live In Color Collection
called Beautiful Daydreams
and the Photo Mat is called Live, Love Create .

The clouds, flower, kite, and sun (behind the digi image sun) 
were the design paper alone! 
I can't take the credit so I thought I would share that! :O)

I just received the papers this past weekend. 
When I started coloring the fabulous fairy and sun images, 
I just KNEW they went together so well.  
Both the card stock and the images themselves,
were the entire inspiration
for my finished layout.

I started by cutting a photo mat from another paper
in the Susan W. Collection.
I wanted my Mistletoe 3 Girl JAM Crinkle Ribbon
to mimic the grass and flower stems in the bottom of the
background, so I used a wooden
skewer to keep the loops even as I applied
them to the back of the photo mat.

I colored the darling fairy using my Whisper Strokes Watercolor Markers.
I wanted to give her a magical color combination
that matched the background.  I loved
the periwinkle hair when I finished.
I added some Stardust Stickles to her wings for sparkle.
I gave her some dimension off the page
by adhering her with 3D foam squares.

I used the same markers for the sun and added
a bit of orange glitter glue to his cheeks.
Again, I used 3D foam squares
to raise him above the existing sun on the paper.

The sentiment is part of the Jen's Sunshine Digi Stamp set
available HERE from Paper Makeup Stamps
and I simple cut each word and inked the edges with an aqua ink pad.

For the layered sentiment, I used pink ink around the edges
after I cut both the sentiment tag and background tag
from my Spellbinders Labels dies.

I hope you enjoyed my project.

We ask as you hop along with us, please consider donating
at least $1 using the paypal donation button below or
at any stop along the way.
Your donation will go directly to Jen. 
Thank you.

It wouldn't be a hop without prizes.  
To see a full list of the prizes up for grabs, please visit 

Paper Makeup Stamps

and

Party Time Tuesdays Challenge Blog

To be eligible to win a prize from our sponsors, collect the hidden letters
located throughout the hop.
Once you spell out the secret phrase,
please email Jenn Cochran at partytimetuesdays@hotmail.com.
This will get you entered to win one of several fabulous prizes.

Hop along and be inspired along the way!

Keep Crafting 

:O) 

Jessica