Hey There!

Hello, friends! Today is day TWO of the Design Team reveals for the Girlfriend Collection coming from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps this week! I have another super fun card to share with you. For today's card, I used the super fun 'Hey You' sentiment along with some seriously awesome dies!



I die cut the bottom of the smallest tag three times to create the little gold cardstock border. This tag die is going to be used a lot! I can tell! I then used the tiny circle and the cool starburst, both of which were intended to be cool flower center stuff, independently for a fun, graphic look. I am in LOVE with that starburst shape! I layered my washi tape (for those who follow me on Facebook, this is the ver same tape that died due to puppy curiosity later that day... *sadness*) over some foam tape to give it a little extra dimension. I then stamped the sentiment in apricot.



Be sure to head on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has created! This is such a fun release!

Have a Happy!

Going Batty with Bazzill!

I am up over on the Bazzill Basics Blog today with a super fun Halloween card that will literally only take you five minutes to make. For reals!

Head on over to the Bazzill Basics Blog for a full tutorial and complete supply list!

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Be Yourself

I like you that way! No, really. I do. AND, I also like using my We R Memory Keepers Fuse tool along with Bazzill Basics cardstock to create awesome SHAKER CARD GOODNESS!

I have a full tutorial showing you how to create this custom shaker over on the Bazzill Basics blog. This is probably my favorite Bazzill post yet, so head on over and check it out! I think you will love it!

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You SHINE!

Hello, friends! I have a couple of exciting things to share with you today! First, I am up over on the Bazzill Basics blog today with a super fun card and tag set! Get all the details on how I created this shiny set and some great tips on using foam and foil in your projects the EASY way over on the Bazzill blog!

ALSO, Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember continues and some cute stuff has been introduced! The Pretty Pink Posh/Simon Says Stamp Collaboration set is now available and it is super cute! These collaboration stamp sets are STAMPtember exclusives and are only available while supplies last this month! Grab them while they are HOT!

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Because Wallflowers and Love Notes

Hello, friends! I am quite excited to be falling back into my usual posting routine this week! You will see posts all week and I think you are going to like them! There is SO much going on!!! SO FUN!

Today I am up on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog! There is a bit of a fun announcement over there, too, actually! Along with that announcement, I have this card!



I created this card using the Wallflower stamps and a sentiment from Love Notes. I used some brand new Simon Says Stamp ink colors and I am totally in love with this color combination! I used Stone, Apricot, and Thistle. Seriously...I feel like these colors were MADE for these stamps! They play so well together! I also used some sparkly Bazzill Bling cardstock in a coordinating color to add some shimmer to the design. Love that!



I added a bit of May Arts string behind the sentiment. If you don't own a spool of this string... go. Buy some. Nowish. For reals, though. It is an absolute STAPLE in my studio! I love how just a bit adds so much to a card! LOVE IT!

Have a Happy!

Texture by Layers

Hello, friends! I have an exciting post up over on the Bazzill Basics Paper blog showcasing a great way to incorporate lots of different textures into your project while keeping a clean and simple design! Head on over there to check out the full tutorial!



Have a Happy!

P.S. I apologize for the light content around here as of late. We are moving house and things are a bit crazy and my studio is 100% out of commission at the moment. I will be back up and running in a couple of weeks! Thank you for your patience.

On the Road Memories

***Thank you to Bazzill Basics Paper for providing products for my Bazzill posts. All opinions and projects are my own.***

Hello, friends! I have a super fun post up over on the Bazzill Basics Blog today discussing some really great ways to capture your memories on the road for future scrapbooking. I really hope you will stop by to check it out!



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Well, That Stinks!

I am a dog person. If you have been around for more than ten minutes, you likely know this, already. I am not a cat person. I mean, I don't have anything AGAINST, them, per se, but they pretty much try to kill me every time I am in their presence. The don't do it on purpose. It's just that I am one of those people to whom animals are naturally attracted. This includes both cats and dogs. The thing is, I am VERY allergic to cats. Not a little bit allergic. LOTS of allergic. And they insist on touching me. And I love animals, so I have a very hard time turning down a cute and fluffy furball. Alas, this, is why I am not a cat person. They try to kill me.

BUT...I can still STAMP them! Because I am NOT allergic to ink and paper. WHOA, that would SUCK! It's a good thing I'm not allergic to ink and paper. For reals, though.



CUTENESS! I love the Newton's Nook cats! They are just adorable and so much fun to color, too! I colored this little furball with Spectrum Noir pens and then fussy cut the patterned paper below him to be the 'floor'in order to limit the layers on the card. The little bunting thingy (yup, technical term) is also cut from patterned paper.



OH! Also, many of you have asked where I get my delicious coffee flavors. The answer is not likely going to make you happy unless you live on the North Shore in the greater Boston area. LOL! They come from a place called Heavenly Donuts. There are a few in the area, but only some are actually good because they have different owners. MINE, however, is amazeballs. They have the BEST customer service ever AND they have so many amazing coffee flavors (both iced and hot) that it blows your mind. For reals, though.

Have a Happy!

Supplies:

Stamps: Newton's Nook Naughty Newton clear stamp set

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Patterned Paper: Project Life Southern Weddings 6x6 Paper Pad (P.S. This paper pad is absolutely GORGEOUS and not overly wedding-ish, so it is super versatile and you need it. For reals, though.)

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Card Shoppe Whirlypop

Markers: Spectrum Noir

Coffee Helps {GIVEAWAY!}

Summer and coffee. Now, those are a couple of things that I can get excited about! I am participating in the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop while sipping my peanut butter cookie flavored iced coffee this morning! If you would like to participate, you still can! Simply create a summer AND coffee themed project and link it up on the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop post! There are LOTS of awesome sponsors and prizes for entering AND for commenting! SO much fun going on!



I recently bought these adorable flamingo dies and thought they would be a perfect fit for the summer theme! I combine them with the MFT Coffee Cup Die set to create this fun card. The sentiment is half from the Tickled Pink stamp set and half computer printed. I accented the flamingo with white colored pencil to add some dimension. The Bazzill Kraft Foil paper made the PERFECT little coffee cup sleeve! Seriously. I love that part. I really do.



I have a little giveaway to share with you today, too! Simply leave a comment on THIS BLOG POST by 12 June 2015 for your chance to win!


Have a Happy!

Organizational Tips and Tricks

Do you have a craft room? Craft space? Craft closet? New ways to organize our supplies are always cropping up and today I am sharing some of my favorite supply organization tips and tricks over on the Bazzill Basics blog!



I can't WAIT for you to see it over there! You won't be able to leave comments on the Bazzill Blog, but it will be posted on the Bazzill Facebook Page sometime today, so feel free to leave comments there and also SHARE with your friends!  

Be Different. Be Beautiful.

Those are the same thing. Just in case that wasn't clear. It was, though, huh? Yeah... it totally was.

In other news: I love flamingos. And I love that they aren't ACTUALLY pink, but they are pink, but they aren't pink. No, for reals. ACTUALLY, they are pink OR Orange-ish. And they are born a light grey color. They eat brine shrimp. LOTS and LOTS of brine shrimp. And blue-green algae that is loaded with beta-carotene. THAT, is what causes the colors. They also eat some mollusks and other crustaceans that contain similar pigments. The pink or the orange tones depend on the specific shrimp and algae types they are eating. AND, because people expect them to be pink, zoos will actually add a color chemical to the flamingo food to maintain that color. It's all in the food, folks. If you change their diet, they wouldn't be pink anymore. You are what you eat!



AND...I even have an ink pad CALLED Flamingo. It's from WPlus9 and it is probably that fabulous pinkish-orange color because it ate a lot of shrimp. And algae. I'm sure of it. I used it for my Flamingo. Then I stamped his legs and beak in Simon Slate ink and layered a WPlu9 tag cut from Bazzill Vellum over him. A bit of May Arts Silver string grounds the tag to the card. The accent stripes are from the Clearly Besotted Diagonal Stripes stamp set. I love those stamps for accenting!



And that sentiment. I love it. I love it a lot. I am different. I like it that way. It works for me. I hope you are different, too.

Wow. You came to see a card and got a science lesson AND a mini motivational speech! Who knew?

Have a Happy, friends!

A Mother's Love

I have a tutorial post up over on the Bazzill Basics blog showing you how to make a fun Mother's Day card! Be sure to head on over there to check it out!

(inter)National Scrapbook Day: Bazzill Basics Paper Blog Hop Event

Hello, FRIENDS! Today is going to be a BUSY day around here. No, like, totally for reals. I have four, count 'em FOUR exciting posts to share with you throughout today and tomorrow! We are celebrating (inter)National Scrapbook Day and we are doing it in STYLE here on Just Jingle! Lots of inspiration, lots of prizes, and LOTS of fun!

Happy National Scrapbook Weekend! The Bazzill Basics Design team is excited to celebrate with you! Today we want to share some inspiration to help kick off your weekend creativity!

Now, let me remind you, I am a card maker. Yes, it is true, I began this journey as a scrapbooker, but the simple truth is, I was WAY better at card making and they sort of took over my life. But, JUST for you guys, I decided to create an actual scrapbook layout since, well, it is National Scrapbook Day. For reals, I totally did it. (This is a rare sighting folks, I assure you! You may want to take out your cameras, however, do so slowly and quietly as to not frighten the card maker.)



I was inspired by my amazingly talented friend Beck Beattie to give a watercolor background a shot and then layer stuff over it. I am a clean and simple girl to the core, so I kept it fairly simple, but I absolutely LOVE this photo and I actually am thrilled with how this layout highlights it. It tells the story. My story. Our story. And that, my friends, is what scrapbooking is all about, isn't it? For reals, though. I do have some hidden journaling on the pull out tag behind the photo, but I wanted to keep the page within the space I had intended and kind of like that the journaling is just my own, tucked away in there.

Bazzill Basics Supplies:

Lily White Bazzill Classic Cardstock (p.s. I was pleased with how well this took watercolor), Bazzill Fourz Zinc Cardstock, Bazzill Stripe Kraft Foil (SWOON!)

Other Supplies:

Spellbinders Chevron Border Die, Zig Kuratake Watercolor paints, Shimelle Cork Stickers, Lawn Fawn Alphabet stamps, American Crafts Thickers, VersaFine ink (a great ink for stamping on textured surfaces), string (yes, I pulled out the turkey string again), sequins

Click on over to the Bazzill Basics Facebook Page for more inspiration and for your chance to win this AWESOME prize!!!! Also, don't forget to share your projects on our Facebook Page or to Instagram tagging us @bazzillbasicspaper #bazzillbasics. We can't WAIT to see what you create!

Be sure to check in throughout today and tomorrow for lots of (inter)National Scrapbook Day fun!

Have a Happy!

Cardstock + Vellum + Patterned Paper

WHAT? All of them? One one card? Yup. I totally did it. Actually, I did it on THREE cards. Yes, my friends, it is true! You can check them out on the Bazzill Basics blog today! GO! SEE! It's fun stuff, folks!

You can see the paper/cardstock combo I used to create this fun set of cards along with more details over on the Bazzill Basics blog.

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Because: Minions

I have a SUPER fun post up for you over on the Bazzill Basics blog today! MINIONS! You will find a complete tutorial to create these two adorable cards over there using some fabulous Bazzill papers!

Seriously, you guys! Go check it out! You don't want to miss this one!

Have a Happy!

April Showers and Such

April Showers and Spring Flowers! Yup! It's Spring time (at least on half the planet) and this week we want to see you inspired by the April Showers and Spring time flowers! The Design Team is using Memory Box products this week. You don't have to use them to play along, but we'd love to see how you use them if you have some on hand! 

I had a little bit of fun with the Raindrops Texture stencil from Memory Box on this card, along with the fun new Avery Elle Super die set. I added a Bazzill Vellum heart cut with the Sketch Heart die from Simon Says Stamp. I used my Wink of Stella to add both shadow and shimmer to the edge of the skyline created with the die cut.

The sentiment comes from the Simon Says Stamp Sending and Wishing stamp set (a new MUST HAVE...for reals, though..I love this sentiment set!) and is simply embossed on a little banner at the top of the card. A few small hearts in a bright color finish off the card and add a little punch!

Now it's YOUR turn! One lucky participant in the challenge this week, will win a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store! You know you want that to be you! You have to enter to win! 

Have a Happy!

A Prickly Pair with Bazzill Basics

I have a new post up over on the Bazzill Basics blog today! It is SO fun to use Smoothies and Card Shoppe cardstock in fabulous colors to make stamps really shine!



These fun cactus stamps were a blast to use! You will definitely be seeing more of those on my blog! Be sure to head on over to check out the full tutorial to make these fun cards!

Have a Happy!

Hoppy Easter!

Hello, friends! We have a fun Pinterest Mood Board to inspire you, this week, for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge! Whether the weather agrees or not (hee-hee...see what I did there?), Spring is coming this week for half the planet, and daggnabbit, we are going to celebrate that!

This week we want to see you created something inspired by this Pinterest Mood board! Choose one image, or a group of images to inspire your design. The Design Team is featuring Bazzill Basics products this week. You don't have to use them to play along, but we would love to see them if you have some on hand!

For this fun little Easter card, I used a few Bazzill products, along with an adorable stamp set from Mama Elephant. You can find my complete supply list at the bottom of this post. I fussy cut the bunny from cardstock and accented him slightly with a Copic for just a bit of visual interest. 

Now it's YOUR turn! Create something inspired by this mood board and link it up to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for your chance to win a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store!

Supplies:

Stamps: Mama Elephant Honey Bunny
Patterned Paper: Pink Paislee Bella Rouge 6x6 Paper Pad 
Dies: WPlus9 Timeless Tags 2

Cardstock: Bazzill Dotted Swiss Butter, Bazzill 40 lb. Vellum, Bazzill Card Shoppe Marshmallow
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark
Accents: DMC Metallic Thread, Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, May Arts Silver String
Embossing Powder: Stampendous! Silver
Tools: Fiskars Stamp Press, Milwaukee Hero Arts Heat Gun, Fiskars Titanium Micro Tip Scissors, Spellbinders Artisan Explorer Die Cutting Machine