Be Merry!

Every second of everyday is planned...  I mean I even have to plan time to sit and watch all those Christmas classics with Bean!  I wish Christmas wasn't so demanding!  But I have to admit I love it!

The Adorable Stamp from SP and Company is In Love Emma and the Sentiment is from the SP and Company Stamps set called Cutest Ginger Bread Man.

I paper pieced her dress...so easy with Samantha's (SP owner) designs!

Ho Ho Ho...and BE Merry!
The shaped card can be found at The Cutting Cafe.  I LOVE these word cards that Regina the owner has been creating!  You can find more word shaped cards HERE.

Thank you for visiting!  

SP and Company Stamps ANNOUNCEMENT!

Starting on January 2nd, SP and Company Stamps will be having challenges twice a month on Wednesdays!  Stay tuned for more as we approach January!

A Spootacular Trio

BOO!  HAHAHA  Just Kidding! This card is far from scary.  I have used a couple of adorable sets from Regina Easter's "The Cutting Cafe". She has such a talent for adorable shaped cards.  This card uses the Spider Web Shaped Card  and Halloween Trio Set.

The Spiders are colored with Copic Markers

Holy Moly that's a lot of rhinestones!

Thanks for visiting!  If you become one of my followers you can see more inspiration from The Cutting Cafe and other fabulous companies.

POP on over to my challenge blog Party Time Tuesdays.  My DT has done an exceptional job with Multi Folded card today!  

I have entered my card into the following challenges:

Stamps & Fun: Shaped cards

Addicted to stamp-Lots of Bling

Copic Marker Europe-Halloween cards

Delightful Challenges-Halloween

Pixie Cottages-Halloween

Inky Impressions IIC25- Shaped Cards

Please join me in a fun challenge over on the Inky Impressions Blog.  This week we are seeing how everyone Shapes up!  Love seeing my favorite-Shaped Cards!  This week I used Lili's Sweet Treat.  Hope you like this Dreamy Creamy creation!



Paper: Cardstock-Germany

Stamp- Lili's Sweet Treat ( Inky Impressions)

Card Template- The Cutting Cafe

Ink- Memento

Extras- Ribbon, Stickles



Challenges I have entered:

Pile it on- Fall Colors (My card is orange, brown & yellow!)

Creatalicious- Anything Goes

Digis Doodle Shop- Autumn Colors

Always Something Creative- Fall

Friday Mash Up- Fall colors

Penny's-Fall

RRRR- Fall

Paper Play-Punches and or Dies (my ice cream cone)

D2D- Girls and Glitter

Wee Memories- No DP's



Lizards and flies Oh My!

Good morning Inky Friends!  I am one of the newest additions to the Inky Impressions family.  My name is Jenn Cochran.  I am from the western slope in Colorado.  And I LOVE to stamp.  I also love my Copics!  I have come to find out that my Copics are a great way to color Inky Stamps.  Although the stamps are detailed...the detail is not so small that it doesn't allow color to be seen (make sense)...sometimes I am as clear as MUD!

For more Inky Creations please visit me at Jax Bean Stalks!

Today I have a fun new friend named Nicholas.  The stamp is Nicholas' Firefly Frenzy.  All I can stay is ADORABLE!  I was able to use a few fun elements in my card that Nichole provided in my welcome package.  You will see the "Inky Dinky Drops" in CRYSTAL CLEAR in a circle next to the lizard.  I also used a Mushroom charm on my bow.  Perfect touch!

Now I have to talk about the quality of Nichol's stamps.  When you order you will receive your stamps individually packaged in mini zip lock. 

The stamp in located on the back of a HEAVY piece of cardstock that is laminated so the stamp "clings" to it.

The red rubber is monted on the "Cling" backing.  As you can see the red rubber is deep sketched so detail can easly be obtained when stamping.

I really love the THICK cling.  It give that little extra feature when stamping.  I have found that the best ink for me is the Momento-Tuxedo Black.  Perfect for Inky Stamps.

Hope all this information helps make the decision to BUY Inky Impressions.  Not only do you get quality but you get a darling one of a kind stamp...from an amazing artist!  A must have for any stamper!

See you all next time!

paper: Sassafras

Stamp: Inky Impressions-Nicholas' Firefly Frenzy

Template: The Cutting Cafe

Extras: Ribbon, Copics, Memento ink, Inky Charms, Inky Dinky Drops (dew drops)

Challenges I have entered

Auds Sentiments-Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey-Anything Goes

AI Factory-Anything Goes

Whimsie Doodles-Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge blog-3 Embellishments (My 3 are ribbon, charm, dew drops)

Ellephantastic Challenges-Layers

Lollipop Crafts-Make it Masculine

Paper Playtime-Anything Goes

Pollycraft Monday-Autums Colors

The Fuzzy Wuzzy -Shaped Cards

Birthday Blog Hop for Monica Hunter!

Appyhay irthdaybay otay ouyay.
Appyhay irthdaybay otay ouyay.
Appyhay irthdaybay otay Monica.
Appyhay irthdaybay otay.

Translated from PIG LATIN to English: LOL!

Happy Birthday To you.

Happy Birthday To you.

Happy Birthday dear Monica.

Happy Birthday to You

Hope you have a wonderful day Lady!! {{wink}} {{wink}}

If you are hopping with us today, my blog is the START!  So please continue from here!  Hope you enjoy this yummie Sundae topped off with a cherry!  Anyone who knows Monica, knows all of her hard work with Hambo stamps, our DT and keeping contact with the Hambo loyal followers makes her "THE CHERRY ON TOP!"!!  Have fun with our hop...you are now off to Beverly Cole's AMAZING blog!

There will be a special birthday prize to a lucky hop commenter!  So please leave your comments and hop away!

You are Here ==> Jenn Cochran

Beverly Cole

Leslie Hanna

Libby Hickson

Dina Kowal

Karin Martin

Isabelle Mung

Paula Riley

Nora Anne Robinson

Judy Rozema

Bonnie Sharp

Marcie Sharp

Lisa Spangler

Stamps: Hambo-Sundae, Hambo-Cherry on Top

Template: The Cutting Cafe

Paper: Cardstock

Extras: Puff Paint, ribbon, rhinestones, COPICS

Its a Blog Hop for Paper Pretties August Release!

I am very excited to be a part of this fantastic blog hop. I am participating as one of their "Guest Designers". I have had the opportunity to work with a selection of the newly released stamps for August. What fun it has been! I am showing off Party Polly once more! Paper Pretties is also having their Wednesday challenge....Use Die Cuts. My die cut is the Sunshine shaped card. Hope you like it! 

Here is the Blog Hop Line-up!  Hope you can hop with us!

Paper Pretties Blog

Frances Byrne
Amber Hillman
Imke Ludwig
Jenn Cochran
Jennifer Greco
Kristine Reynolds
Lynda Benden
Taylor Usry

Thanks for visiting...Now you are off to Jennifer Greco's Blog!

How's It Growin???

I am sad to announce that today is my last day of fun in the sun!!! On a sunnier note...at least I get to go home refreshed and packing some new MOJO! I love being in a more tropical environment. Sunshine makes people happy and bright!!! Not that Colorado is grey (only about 6-9 months out of the year). Happy and bright makes good crafting mojo that I was in desperate need of getting!!! 

Today I have a CUTE little overall card. Template can be found at The Cutting Cafe- Regina is genius! She even has a fab new blog! Great inspiration! Pop on over and check her out! Decorating this card was a sinch with the Famous HAMBO Stamps! I used a perfect stamp...Smiling Flower with the sentiment "Best Buds".  I just loved how this little flower turned out....freckles and all! 

Now get on "OVER-y'all"(LOL) to the Hambo Hoedown.  Use a Hambo stamp or digi to enter the challenge and receive a freebie digi next week!  How fun is that???  Hope to see you there!

CMC-Color your embellishments & Friendship

Wow what a fantastic day it has been.  This afternoon for my second post I have Color Me Creative Challenge: Color your embellishments using copics + Friendship!  What a great combo!  Knowing me I also have a shaped card!  We were so lucky to have my CMC DT friend Anry sponsor us with her adorable Gilli Girls.  I chose the Lolliepop Girl.  It went perfect with The Cutting Cafe's Lollipop shaped cutting file.  PERFECT!

As you can see my flowers, ribbon and rhinestones are all colored pink.  Using RV25.  I am really pleased how well the flowers turned out....they were white (see above in front of the copics).

Thanks again Anry.  Hope all of you can join us and play along. 

Also...who likes to read???  Color Me Creative now has a fun new challenge group....BOOKENDZ!  We are reading Snow Flower and The Secret Fan by Lisa See

Read the book and create a card inspired by the book...how fun is that??? 

Please join us!

What will this fairy leave under your pillow? May Paper Pretties Stamps???

First off, I have been without my light box...so I apologize for the poor picture quality.  This picture does nothing for this absolutely adorable stamp set.  The set is high quality photo polymer clear stamp that will soon be found at the Paper Pretties Store.  It comes with the sweet little tooth fairy, and 4 sentiments.  I have used all of the stamps for this little gift set that is perfect for a little girl....or in my case my little Bean (his favorite color at the moment is pink!).  The cutting files for the tooth shaped card and the tooth saving box can be found at The Cutting Cafe.  Regina has a couple versions of the box.  Hope you like her!

It's a hop! Paper Makeup Style! Oldies but goodies!

Good morning Hoppers! If you are hopping along with PMS this morning you should have arrived from Janette's blog.  We all created projects using stamps that were release prior to 2011.  I have this adorable squirrel...and he is nuts about you!  Hope you like him and enjoy the hop.  Now you are off to Katie's Blog.

Hang 10

I can almost smell the ocean from here.....and maybe with a little magic fairy dust from "Dude the Surfer Fairy", I will be there! 

This is one of my favorite fairy's from PMS.  I love dude because he has longer hair...like Bean AND he is on a surf board!  The quality of the rubber from Paper Makeup Stamps is fabulous.  It really makes it easy to get a clear stamped image...even with all the detail.  Hope you are able to Hand 10 today!  Thanks for stopping by!

Paper: Creative Imaginations
Stamps: Paper Makeup-Dude the Surfer Fairy
Template: The Cutting Cafe
Extras: Ribbon, Thread, Copics
I created this project using Glue Dots!

Did somebody say Chocolate?

I think I will stop eating chocolate when PIGS FLY!  LOL...Today's post if for the famous Hambo Stamps.  It is also my dedication to all the chocolate lovers in blogland.  I used this adorable stamp that could be either a chocolate chip or a "kiss".  Either way it makes for a fabulous background stamp.  I airbrushed to give a dust of cocoa.  Hope you give in to the temptation of that bag of Hershey's today!  {{Oink}} {{Oink}}
Please join us at the Hoedown.  Just enter a card with a Hambo iamge and you are set...because next week you will get a free digi to play along with on the next challenge!

Paper: Cardstock
Stamps: Hambo- Chocolate Chip, History of Chocolate
Template: The Cutting Cafe
Extras: Ribbon, Airbrush

PMS BLOG HOP

Good Morning my crafting/blogging friends.  Welcome to MY first blog hop with PMS!  I am so excited to be a part of this fabulous team! 

If you are hopping with us today, you should have arrived from Jami's Blog.

Along the way you can collect "Letters" which will spell out a series of words.  This phrase will = a discount!

Here is my top secret card...not even my PMS DT friends have seen this card!  Hope you like it!

On this card I have featured a stamp out of the "Be Still Sentiment Set".  Please visit the PMS Store today to purchase these beautiful sentiments.

Hop on over to Dawn's blog.  She is your next stop!

Hope to see you at the PARTY!

Paper: K&Co.

Stamps: Paper Makeup Stamps

Template: The Cutting Cafe

Extras: Ribbon, Rhinestones

HERE is your letter

Have a Sneekie Peekie!!!

I am so excited to announce that I have been chosen to be a part of the fabulous Paper Make-up Stamps family!  Everyone has been so welcoming.  For my first post as part of the DT....notice I say "as part of the DT".  Well, I have posted many projects using the adorable PMS stamps in the past.  I am just thrilled to be a PMS girl now.  NOT a girl that has PMS!!!  LOL!!! 

In this project I have used the new PMS Build A Sentiment Set.  It is really versatile and comes with several different sentiments that coordinate with each other.  To compliment the sentiment I have used Jack Fairy. I gave him blonde hair to look like my little Bean.  I tied it all together with one of Regina's cutting files from The Cutting Cafe.  If you like this file today and tomorrow are the day's to buy(scroll down for the deal at The Cutting Cafe)!  Hope you enjoyed my little Sneekie Peekie!  Please come back this next week for more. 

Be sure to join us on July 7th for a fun blog hop and release party.  There are sure to be games and prizes...don't miss it!

4th of July Holiday Special at The Cutting Cafe: Buy one Get one through midnight on the 4th of July!

Paper:  Glitz Designs

Stamps: Paper Makeup

Template: The Cutting Cafe

Extras: Rhinestones, Copics