Fishing You Were Here

Good morning friends!

Today I have made a card featuring the Cottage Cutz Ring Toss and Fish Bowl die.  This die is from the Carnival Release.  Everything was cut from white cardstock and colored with Copics.  The fish with sentiment was cut from the Boys Will Be Boys cartridge.  The sentiment is from K. Andrew Designs Art Stamps, Splash-tastic Summer.

I also wanted to mention the Halloween Release pre-order is in the store.  I know a lot of you have been waiting anxiously for this release, and let me just say, "It is well WORTH the wait!!!"  I am so excited!  I want them all!!  Have a GREAT day and thanks for looking!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Link Up Love Party With K Andrew!

Hello friends!

     This my first time joining in on the Link Up Love Party with K Andrew.

I am grateful that my parents taught us to love each other and to be kind to others.  I have 8 sisters and we all get along without jealousy and truly love each other.  Some families don't get along.  We are very BLESSED!!

Here is a photo of one of my favorite creations.  I love Fall and Halloween so I chose this one because I am happy with the way it turned out.

Link Up Love Party: How it Works

• Link Up Party runs from Tuesday 8/16 to Tuesday 8/23. Winners announced 8/29
• Grab Kristal's blinkie and post on your blog's sidebar
• Be a follower of Kristal's blog, and I'd love for you to follow mine as well, if you would like.
• Create a new blog post that is titled Link Up Love Party with K Andrew.  In your post, you must mention that the link up love party is a way to  get to know each other and find new blog inspiration, mention Kristal's blog,  with a link back to it blog
• Post your favorite project that you've done in your blog post WITH ONE thing you are grateful for!
• Copy and paste the link up code into your blog post so the Inlinkz will show up on your blog
• Spread the word so everyone can join in!
• You must visit, follow, and comment on the 5 people before you AND the 5  people after you in the Inlinkz. It would be fantastic if you would visit as many as you can--maybe everyone? If you are one of the first 5 then you will need to blog the ones before you and a few more after--as long as it's a minimum of 10 near you in the link up tool/gadget)
• If you do not do the above your link will be deleted, because it's just not fair to those who work so hard linking up and showing love to the ones on the list. Kristal has two moderators who will be checking this out to keep it awesome!

Here is the code for the link up party

get the InLinkz code

Let's Gather Round the Campfire

Hello friends!

 Today I made a card featuring the stamp set, Gone Campin', by Market Street Stamps.  I love this set and am glad I finally had some time to ink it up.  After stamping the campfire, I just had to make it a safe burning place so I added the sandy base and rocks around the fire.  I tried to make the sky have some glow from the burning fire.  The marshmallows have been toasted a golden brown and the mosquito is on the watch for it's next victim. As always, thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge

Hello everyone!  I hope you are enjoying your Sunday!  I am happy to announce that I have joined forces with the Getting Cricky Design Team.  I have known Kristal for several years and I am thrilled to be working on her team using her wonderful sentiment stamps.  She has a nice variety  and most of her sets are mix and match which gives you so many options when choosing your sentiments.  Kristal also has chosen several charities. that she has researched, to receive a portion of each sale.  How cool is that!  So I hope you will check out her store and read about the charities she has chosen.  Kristal is such an inspiration to so many!  Thank you Kristal for allowing me to be on your design team!  I am thrilled and look forward to gaining new friendships along the way.

Today's Simply Sunday challenge was to create a party favor or gift bag, etc.  I used Splash-tastic Summer to create this little wooden gift tote.  The sentiment I chose is "You Float My Boat".  So I found this nautical patterned paper to decorate the outside of the box.  The boat was made from a Cottage Cutz die called Scooter and Tugboat.  It was the perfect size for my project.  Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

ps    Please go check our what the other designers have created and leave them some love.

Peachy Keen Challenge 58

Good Morning Peachy Keen friends!  Time for another Tuesday Sketch Challenge.  For my card I used PK-335 Christmas Heads.  I chose the Gingers.  I love the gingerbread stamps!  They are so cute and Peachy Keen has a large selection to choose from.  This set is from the newest release of stamps.

I used the 1 inch ginger faces from the PK-484 Snowmany Face Assortment set.  I don't know how Kathy continues to create such a variety of these adorable faces!  I know I have said this many times, but I just can't help myself, "These stamps sure do make me smile!"  Since I was using just the heads, I decided to use the ginger hands from PK-327 Winter Peekers and Phrases set.  Finally I used PK-322 Christmas Tag Minis to create the garland and snowflake.  I colored the images with Copics.  I applied Viva cream colored Pearl Pen to the gingers hair and hands and also to the snowflake.  I love the dimension and gloss of the pearl pens.  The ribbon I used is retired from Stampin Up.  The finished card size is 5x7.  I had a lot of fun making this card.  To read all the details of the challenge and to view what the other designers have created please visit the Challenge Blog here.  They have made some wonderful samples once again!  Also our guest designer this week is Gaby http://www.gabycreates.com.  Welcome Gaby!
Thanks for stopping by!


Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Anticipation!!

Good morning friends!  I hope you have all been enjoying a lovely weekend.  Today it is raining here in New England and that's okay because it is much needed.  Today's card features the Popcorn and Cotton Candy die.  This little girl is peering into the window with excited anticipation, wondering which special treats she would like to buy while taking a break from the carnival rides.  I can almost feel her joy!

I made a snack tray/holder for the cotton candy.  The die cuts were cut from white cardstock and colored with Copics. The background papers are by Memory Box and the twine is from The Twinery.  The little girl was hand drawn with the exception of the Peachy Keen face.  Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hugs and smiles,Janice

Peachy Keen Challenge 57 with a twist

Good morning Peachy Keen friends!  Today we have a fabulous sketch and color combo challenge for you.  I sure enjoyed this one and I am pretty sure you will too if you play along, and I sure hope you do!  There is lots of inspiration from the other designers and from our guest designer, Cathryn.  If you get a chance visit their blogs and leave them some love.  Here is the sketch:

and here is my card.  As soon as I saw the sketch I knew I wanted to use snowmen faces.  I drew the shape of the snowmen and added some cute PK faces.  I used ribbon for the scarves, tie, hat and ear muffs along with some white pom poms.  Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Flower Power!

Good morning friends!  What a talented group of new DT members over at The Scrapping Cottage!  I sure have been enjoying reading about them and seeing all their wonderful talent!  So much inspiration already!  Today I have a few cards to show you, using several dies from the Flower Power Release.

Doesn't this turtle make you smile?  I love the little hat!  So cute!  The die is Groovy Turtle.  I also used the Grass Border die, one I am sure I will be using often.

For this card I used the Floral Doily.  I used Copics and a white gel pen to color the doily and a few bits of bling to add some sparkle.

For my final card I used the Tropical Flower die.  I made the leaves myself and added even more bling to make the design pop!  Thanks for having a look!  Please be sure and come back often for even more inspiration.  Did you get a chance to watch Cheryl's video showing us how she dresses up the Dress Form from the Sewing Machine and Dress Form die?  I love all the beautiful tags she has made with the dress form.  Have a FANTASTIC week!

Hugs and smiles,

Janice

Peachy Keen Challenge 56

Good morning my Peachy friends!  Time for a new sketch challenge.  Here is the sketch.

and here is my card.  I used PK-411, Lil' Gingerbreads and phrases.  I used the Cottage Cutz Gingerbread Dolls die for the larger ginger.  I used a Happy Lash face instead of the one's provided with the die.

Check out what the rest of the team has created.  I love all the inspiration.  

I was away for 2 weeks so I apologize for not commenting on last week's challenge.  I want to see what you all have made and will be commenting.  I appreciate your participation and want you to know that I do!  Thanks for your understanding.

Hugs and smiles,

Janice

Swedish Style Bird

Hello Everyone!  Lots of new changes happening here at the Cottage!  How FUN!  Welcome to the new DT members.  Looking forward to getting to know you!

I was away for 2 weeks.  Had a wonderful time with family and friends!  I so enjoyed seeing my 8 sisters and having a slumber party with lots of yummy food, laughter, and sitting around a campfire.  I am trying to make this a yearly event!

I also got to meet Kathy Jakopovich, The Peachy Queen, and her family.  Angelica, her daughter, just introduced herself to the Scrapping Cottage Design Team.  I am thrilled she is joining us with her artistic talent and sweet personality.

Now on to my card for today.  I use the Bird with Flowers die from the Flower Power Release.  As I designed the card, it reminded me of the Swedish style of art with vivid colors.  I was thinking of the Dala.  I made the card first and then searched for a photo that I thought could have been the inspiration.  A little backward, I know, but art takes me on a journey.

I enjoyed making this card and I hope you like it!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,

Janice