Love Week at JustWordz Stamps

Hello, all my lovely readers!

Well, after a few days of being without my computer, I'm back with a new project for JustWordz. The system fan went out on my desktop computer on Sunday afternoon and I had problems finding a replacement for it.  The darned computer is only about 4 years old or so and already the parts are obsolete?! I don't know how these technology companies expect the average consumer to keep up with the constant changes. I know I can't and gave up even trying years ago! I have a laptop but all my photo editing software as well as the software for my Cricut and Silhouette, along with all my bookmarks and resume are on this computer so I had no choice but to get it fixed as quickly as possible. Well, I finally found a replacement, had to drive about 35 miles to get it but thankfully, I was able to replace it myself and now I'm back up and running again.

And just in the nick of time too because it's Friday, the beginning of the weekend and time for another new project for JustWords! Yay!!! This week, Kim asked her design team to create projects about that marvelous and mysterious 4-letter word, LOVE. There are many different kinds and many degrees of love so we are going to demonstrate several of them using the fantastic Everyday Sentiments stamp set which is available for purchase on the JustWordz blog. The sentiment that she gave me to work with was "Sweet on you" and when I started thinking about it, there were at least a dozen different projects that came to mind. The most obvious, of course, is something sweet... like candy or ice cream or a cupcake, but I didn't want to go for the obvious this time so I went with a more traditional meaning. I chose an adorably sweet Tilda as my image. She is holding a basket of what look to me like Peonies, which I adore. Look at this darling and tell me that she doesn't just ooze sweetness! LOL

For some reason, Tilda's little dress looks bluer than it is in person and after trying unsuccessfully to adjust it without adjusting the color of the background, I just gave up. It's close enough to satisfy me until I have more time to mess with it.

Materials and Suppies:

Base card - Core'dinations
Mats - DCWV Cardstock
White cardstock - Recollections
DP - K Ology Addison Collection
Image - Magnolia Stamps
Coloring medium - Copics
Ribbon - Michael's dollar bin
Leafy vine - Sizzix
Die cut - Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eleven
Rose - Recollections
Tag and hearts - Heidi Grace'
Sentiment - JustWordz Everyday Sentiment stamp set
Dew drops - courtesy of Kim of JustWordz
Glitter flowers on inside - K & Company

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

TBD

Time is drawing near for the release of 2 new stamps sets from JustWordz so if you want to take advantage of the introductory price Kim is offering until the official release, you'd better hurry over to her blog and place your order. In case you haven't seen them yet, I am including pictures of the new sets below.

Don't forget to visit my JustWordz teamies to see the fabulous projects they have created this week! I haven't seen them yet but I'm sure they are just as wonderful as they always are. I have links to their individual blogs in my left sidebar.  

Come back tomorrow for a new new project for the Paper a la Mode challenge at The Outlawz. The Outlawz will be hosting a huge party the week of October 2nd to celebrate reaching 1,000 members with special challenges, a blog hop, games and tons of prizes! See my left sidebar or The Outlawz Challenge site for more information. Until next time...

Happy crafting!
Anniebee

It's Friday again... time for a new JustWordz project!

Happy Friday, everyone!  I can't believe how this week has flown. Here we are on the brink of another weekend and we're also halfway through September already! With each Friday comes a new project for JustWordz. I, and the other Design Team members have created something new using the JustWordz Everyday Sentiments stamp set. This week, Kim asked us to use the theme "Just Because" for our sentiments so we have each come up with our own combination of words to convey that idea to you, our readers. I chose the words "Just Because You're Special" for my card.  

I chose another of Ina Jane's lovely angels for my card which I colored with a combination of Copics and Prismacolor pencils.

If you're a regular reader, you know how much I enjoy making easel cards. I had this pretty paper with the birds on it that I have been dying to use and they fit perfectly here.

It's only about 2 or 3 weeks until the release of 2 new JustWordz stamp sets! I am so excited about this release and I'm looking forward to getting them so I can create cards with a whole new range of sentiments including Christmas cards. Below are pictures of the new sets in case you didn't see them last week. The design team will, of course, be creating lots of new inspirational projects to share with you prior to and after the offical release. Kim is offering both of the new sets at a special pre-order price of $18.99 until they go into circulation, at which time the regular price of $20.99 will go into effect. Soooo... why not hop on over to JustWordz to find out more information and take advantage of the special price?

Don't forget to visit the other design team members to see their fabulous creations. There is a list with links to their personal blogs in my left sidebar to make it super easy for you.  That's all I have for today. I took this week off at The Outlawz so I won't have a project for the Paper a la Mode Challenge this week but I'll have some other things posted this weekend. Don't forget that we have a huge celebration coming up next month with lots of fun things in store so keep watching my blog and The Outlawz site for further details as they become available. We're looking for sponsors for some of the activities we have planned so please contact me if you're interested in sponsorship for our 1000 member celebration. It's a great way to get your name or company name out there.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you again soon.  Until then...

Happy crafting!
Anniebee

CDAC Progressive Challenge - Week 2

Woohoo!  CDAC's Progressive Freebie Challenge is in it's second week, which will end shortly after I post my entry!  I am down to the wire with this one but I think I'll make the deadline with a few minutes to spare.  The rules are that you have to enter at least one project to receive the next set of images for free.  This week, the theme is Back to School.  I chose this cute little school girl by Stamp n Doodle, which was one of the free images we were given to use on our projects.  Isn't she adorable?  I wanted the card to be girly, even though it is all about school so I made it pink and embossed the background with the Cuttlebug folder called Typeset.  I don't have school-aged children so I don't have too many things that work for this theme but I figured the alphabet letters would work as well as anything.  I ran a darker pink chalk ink pad over the embossed image to make it more pronounced.  The little girl is colored with Copics.  The pocket watch stamp is by Studio 112 and the little alphabet tiles came in a collage kit my sister gave me for Christmas a few years ago.  The big pink bow is made from organza ribbon from my stash.  

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

CDAC Progressive Freebie Challenge - Week 2 (Back to School)

That's it for today.  Check back on Friday for my newest creation for my JustWordz Design Team.  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you enjoy this little card as much as I did making it.  Until then...

Happy crafting!

Anniebee

A New Paper a la Mode Challenge at The Outlawz

It's Saturday again, which means that it's time for a new Paper a la Mode challenge at The Outlawz!  This week flew by super fast and the weekend was here before I knew it.  It's so hard for me to believe that it's September already and that Christmas is less than 4 months away!  I need to start planning my Halloween and Christmas cards soon or I won't get them finished in time.

Now, on to this week's challenge.  It was my turn to select the challenge theme and as tired as I am of the summer heat and the severe drought we have been having, I chose Autumn as the theme for the challenge projects.  Fall and Spring are my favorite times of year but I'll even choose Winter over Summer!  You'd think since I was born and raised in the great state of Texas, I'd be used to it, right?  Not so much!  I just can't tolerate the heat and humidity and the worst part about it is that it lasts so long.  It started getting hot at the end of May and we probably won't see an end to it until some time in October.  We have had a bit of a reprieve this past week, however, with temps in the high 80s and low 90s.  Anyway, my point is that I'm sick of summer and ready for Fall so I created a card featuring a beautiful Fall Fairy.  This is another image from my new favorite artist/illustrator, Phee McFaddell.  This lovely creature is called "Heart Fairy".

Isn't she wonderful?  I adore all of Phee's images and have already colored quite a few of them but I haven't even made a dent in the number of images she has on her site.

Materials and Supplies:

Card base - dark moss green Core'dinations cardstock
Mats -  Violet Core'dinations cardstock
DP  on inside - K & Company Jubilee Collection
Heart Fairy - Phee McFaddell
Background image - Dover Publishing (free image)
Coloring -  Copics, of course!
Gold and Glaze gel pens
Labels on inside - Spellbinders Nestibilities Labels 11
The greeting was hand printed by me with an 025 Copic Multiliner onto vellum paper and cut to fit the space beneath the heart fairy.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

I just love how this little project turned out.  I 'll be using both the background image and the Heart Fairy again, I'm sure but there are so many more of Phee's images I am dying to color that it will likely be a while before you'll see them again on my blog.  Thanks so very much for stopping by.  We'd love to have you join us at The Outlawz and play along with us in the challenges.  We have a different one each day of the week and our generous sponsors provide some awesome prizes.    Enjoy your weekend and I hope you get to do something creative!  Until next time...

Happy crafting!
Anniebee

A New Project for JustWordz Stamps

Good morning and happy Friday, everyone! The weeks have been flying by lately, haven't they?  Or is it just me?  Well, because it's Friday again, that means it's time for a new project for JustWordz Stamps!  This week, I have a new card for you and this just happens to be one of my favorite ones EVER!  I'm going to cut straight to the chase this time and show you the card.

 This is the sneak peek that I sent to Kim so she could display it on her blog. Beginning next week, she'll have our entire projects posted and not just a sneak peek. 

This is the front of the card, showing the tag in the photo above as well as the sentiment.  This gorgeous image is by an artist who goes by the name of Phee McFaddell and who is now one of my favorite illustrators.  

It's another easel card.  This shows the card opened up.

I'm having so much fun figuring out all the ways in which I can use the Everyday Sentiments stamp set to create my own greetings and sentiments for my cards and other projects.  

They are just so versatile and I love being able to mix and match them to say exactly what I want to say and they are so easy to use.

Isn't this butterfly fairy beautiful?  I have colored several other images from the same artist that I will be showing you soon.  They are very detailed and sometimes I have to wear a magnifying visor to color them.  They are worth the extra effort though.

Now I have some fantastic news to share with you!  Kim is releasing 2 new sets of JustWordz stamps in about 3 weeks and she is offering a special pre-order price to anyone who orders them now.  Here are images of the new sets.  The first set is called "Party Time" and the second set is "Christmas Season".  I'm so excited about them and can't wait to start playing with them!  I can already think of dozens of ways to use them.  

Be sure and visit Kim's blog to get information on pricing and while you're at it, visit the blogs of my teammates to see their awesome creations.  You can find links to their personal blogs in my left sidebar.  

Materials and Supplies:

Card base - Core'dinations 

Gold foil cardstock mat - AC Specialty Paper

White textured cardstock - Recollections

DP - DCWV Old World Stack (8" x 8")

Image - Phee McFaddell (obtained from Sweet Coloring Pages) colored with Copics and gold metallic Jelly Roll pen

Die cut flowers - K & Company

Golden brand Pearl Glaze and Judikins Diamond Glaze - used on fairy's wings

Die cut tag, leafy vine and shaped sentiment mat - Spellbinders

Pearls - Recollections

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

I hope you like my card as much as I do.  It was so much fun to make that I plan to make more using the different images from Phee McFaddell.  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  Tomorrow will start a new Paper a la Mode Challenge at The Outlawz so come back then to see another new project.  Until then...

Happy crafting!

Anniebee

New Paper a la Mode Challenge at The Outlawz

It's Saturday and the beginning of Labor Day weekend!! It's also time for another Paper a la Mode challenge at The Outlawz!! Yay! Theresa selected the theme this week, which is "Fabric or Canvas". I thought I had some canvas but I couldn't find it so instead of running out to buy some, I decided to use what I had on hand.  My card for this week has sweet little Tilda as its focal point and the fabrics I used were felt, crocheted lace and grosgrain ribbon. All of the flowers are made of felt as is the little ladybug.

I wanted to give the card a fall "feel" so I used mostly yellows, browns and burgundy with small touches of pink and aqua. I used one of my Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page sets to punch the corners and the mats on the inside and my Corner Chomper to round the corners of the white mats and card base. The yellow grosgrain ribbon has little white stitches running down the center of it and though it's difficult to see in the photos, it coordinates well with the white crocheted lace. The yellow heart stick pin was sent to me by one of my blogger friends and I added clear and gold Swarovski crystals to dress it up. The yellow checked DP is from DCWV's Nana's Nursery stack and the rectangular mat behind Tilda is from K & Company's Que Sera Sera collection. The felt flowers are also from K & Company. The image was colored with Copics, of course!

I hope you enjoyed seeing my sweet Tlda.  She is ready for Autumn and so am I!  The weather man says we're supposed to get a cold front tomorrow which should drop temperatures to the low 90s or possibly even the high 80s and they are supposed to stay there all next week!!!  Hallelujah!!!  Now all we need is some rain to go with it!  Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you all have a wonderful Labor Day weekend if you're in the U.S. and a lovely weekend no matter where else you might be! Until next time....

Happy crafting!
Anniebee

Happy Friday and a new JustWordz Design Team Project

It's Friday again already and the beginning of a new month as well!!  I find it incredibly hard to believe that there are less than 4 months left in the year!!!!  Holy moley!  Where has this year gone???  As ready as I am for summer to be over and fall to begin, I'm not prepared for all the hubbub that goes on around the holidays.  Well, as I can't turn back time and I can't wish the days away, I'll just have to be content with it being the 2nd of September.  With each new Friday comes a new project for JustWordz Stamps and this Friday is no different.  We had a fantastic turnout for our first blog hop last weekend and we gave away some pretty cool prizes so if you missed it, I'm sorry for you and I hope you'll be able to attend the next one.  For now, I have something a little different for you.  Kim asked us to create tags this week but that was the only guideline.  We could use any kind of theme for our tags that we wanted... sort of an "anything goes" kind of thing except that it had to be a tag.  I just can't say enough about the versatility and ease of using these stamps.  I'm not sure now how I ever got along without them and I'm really looking forward to seeing what Kim has in store for us next.

It had been a while since I made a tag but I had so much fun with this one, I made a second one that is completely different.  I'll save that one for another time but for now, I'll show you the one I made for my DT project.

Be sure to visit the JustWordz blog to see what Kim and the other DT members have created this week.  You can find links to their blogs in my left sidebar.

Tools and Materials:

Base tag - 7 Gypsies Walnut stained cardstock tag
DP - K & Company Jubilee
Image - Ina Jane downloaded from Sweet Coloring Pages
Image colored with Copics
Sentiment - JustWordz Everyday Sentiments
Sentiment label - Spellbinders Shapeabilities Fancy Tags
Leafy vines - Sizzix colored with Copics
Flowers - small retro flower punch
Flower centers - Recollections pearls tinted with Copic #Y38
Distressing - Dark Pink and Lime Green Studio G Chalk Inks
Butterflies - Martha Stewart small butterfly punch
Brown and white cardstock used for sentiment and butterflies - Recollections
DP used for butterflies - K & Company Que Sera Sera
Small pearl strips used for butterfly thorax - Recollections
Assorted fibers and ribbons - my stash

I am entering this tag in the following challenges:

Sweet Magnolia Honey Bee' Corner Technique Challenge #1 - use 3 dfferent textures


That's all I have for you today.  I'll have a new Design Team project for The Outlawz Paper a la Mode Challenge tomorrow and I hope you'll come back to see it.  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and that you find the time to do something creative!  Until next time....

Happy crafting!
Anniebee