Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy

Hello all.  Happy New Year!!  Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my musical challenge card, please scroll down one post.

I love the Nutcracker Suite music and have been to the ballet only once as part of a field trip in high school.  For this month's Splitcoaststampers Fan Club December more is more challenge, I decided to use the Sugar Plum Fairy music as my inspiration.

I started out by stamping My Favorite Things Ballet Recital Jolinne three times on MFT's white Perfect Panels in memento tuxedo black ink and colored them with prismacolor markers.  Once that was done, I cut out one complete set of images for popping up on one of the cards.

For the first card, after layering my main image panel, I stippled Stampin Up! pretty in pink dye ink around the images before popping up my cut out ballerina's.  After adding a strip of the Doily Border Die-Namic in almost amethyst.  For the final touches, a Prima rose, MFT baby braddies and mini pearl stickers were added to the ballerina's.

Here's a close up of the completed card.
For the second "dressed down" card, I didn't pop up the images on the main panel and only used a strip of the Basic Gray Figgy designer paper.  To make the designer paper strip stand out a bit, I used the Allegro cuttlebug embossing folder on the card itself and then stippled Stampin Up! going grey ink over the embossed music notes while still stippling the pretty in pink ink around the ballerina's.  For the final touch, I added MFT pink baby braddies and two felt sticker flowers with a pearl center.

Here's a close up of the "dressed down" card.


Stamps: MFT Ballet Recital Jolinne
Card stock: MFT Perfect Panels, Stampin Up! Going Grey, Almost Amethyst, Pretty In Pink, Basic Gray Figgy Designer Paper
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Going Grey, Pretty In Pink
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Dimensionals, Stipple Brush, Cuttlebug Allegro Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Felt Sticker Flower, Mini Pearl Stickers, MFT Baby Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots, Prima Rose, MFT Doily Border Die-Namic

Jolinne, Flowers And Butterflies

Hello and thanks for stopping by today.  I'm still dealing with my migraines so I'm just assembling some cards I had stamped out and colored on my headache free days during the summer.  Today, I'm sharing one of my favorite Jolinne stamp sets called My Garden Jolinne.  I decided to keep this as simple as I could since I love adding dimension to my cards. 

I started by stamping her on MFT white Perfect Panels in memento tuxedo black ink and colored her with prismacolor markers.  Once I had her colored and one of the flower pots cut out from the scrap paper it was stamped on, I stippled Stampin Up! soft sky and bashful blue ink around her to fill in the white spots before layering and adding Making Memories baby brads.  After adding a stippled MFT Jumbo Ric Rac Die-namic strip, I popped up the main image before popping up the cut out flower pot.  The butterfly is actually part of a butterfly ribbon I found at Walmart last spring.  So totally cool!!  The entire ribbon was just these big butterflies so they're easy to separate and add to any project.

That's all I have to share today.  Thanks again for stopping by.


Stamps: MFT My Favorite Garden Jolinne, Stampin Up! Watercolored Flowers Wheel
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Lovely Lilac, Bashful Blue, Soft Sky, Lavender Lace
Cardstock: MFT White Perfect Panels, Stampin Up! Lovely Lilac, Lavender Lace, Sage Shadow
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Butterfly Ribbon, Dimensionals, Stipple Brush, Pop Up Glue Dots, Gem Stickers

Jolinne And Her Teddy Bear

If you're looking for my sketch post, please scroll down.

Isn't this little Jolinne cute?  It's MFT's Friends Forever Jolinne.  She's hugging a cat, but I cut the tail off and turned it into a teddy bear.

I started making this card for a Wednesday Stamp Club challenge from a couple of weeks ago, but it got sidelined thanks to my migraines.  I finally got a chance to finish it yesterday.

Jolinne is stamped in memento tuxedo black on MFT's white Perfect Panels and colored with prismacolor markers then cut out before layering it on MFT's Sheltering Tree Collection digital designer paper.  Using MFT's Die-Namics and a Sizzix fence die with some scrap paper, I made the sun, clouds, and the fence.


Stamps: MFT Friends Forever Jolinne
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock: MFT Sheltering Tree Collection Digital Designer Paper, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Summer Sun, White, Close To Cocoa
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Flower Stickers, Grass Die Cut, Glue Dots

Happy Days Are Here Again!!

Now what parent doesn't sing that tune when the start of school comes around each year?   I know I did until my daughter became a freshman in high school this year; then she really became expensive. 

I finally felt well enough to do a MFT challenge AND get it done on time. This week's challenge had to do with back to school, blue, and using a Jolinne stamp.  Easy peasy.  I pulled out My Heart Sings Jolinne and stamped her on perfect panels then colored with prismacolor markers.  I'm so happy I didn't mess up the coloring since I'm out of practice. 

After layering on some MFT digital music paper and DCWV linen background paper, I was ready for the final touches: primas, 3 types of $1 ribbon, and silver baby braddies.



Stamps:  MFT My Heart Sings Jolinne
Cardstock: White, Stampin Up! Ballet Blue, DCWV Linen Matt Stack, MFT Ditigal Music Paper
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue
Accessories: MFT Baby Braddies, Primas, Glue Dots, Ribbon, Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush

Watercolored MFT Jolinne

Happy Sunday everyone.  I hope you have been enjoying your weekend.  Sorry it's been so long since I've posted.  Once again, I've been dealing with some nasty migraines since Mother Nature has decided Central California needs another dose of winter-like weather and has been bouncing the barometer like a basketball.

This weeks MFT Wednesday Stamp Club challenge is water coloring.  Oh my word!  I haven't water colored since I bought my prismacolor markers from Lauren Meader (aka mytime) and I have lost my touch a bit since I reach for my markers for everything now it seems. 

However, I'm also not one to back down from a challenge either -- migraine or not.  So I stamped my image (twice for boo boos) on MFT Perfect Panels in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and dusted off my Twinkling H2O's and aqua painter.  After heat setting my image with my embossing gun, not to mention scaring the dog and cats, I got to work with my water coloring.  I truly forgot how much fun it is to watercolor and how relaxing it can be as well. 

Once everything was dry, I lightly stippled Stampin Up! bashful blue and celery inks around my Jolinne before layering and stamping my background using an old retired Stampin Up! set and sponging celery ink around the edges of the card. Using the scalloped die-namic and some scrap pale plum card stock, I made a sponged layer to place under the Jolinne as an added embellie and to match the final rolled flower I was adding from Joanne's SCS tutorial from the prior week.  If you haven't tried it here, you really should.  It's easier thank it looks.


Stamps: MFT Fairy Jolinne
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery
Card stock:MFT Perfect Panels, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Pale Plum, Bashful Blue
Accessories: Aquapainter, Prismacolor Marker, Twinkling H2O's, Gem, Making Memories Baby Brads, Dimensionals, MFT Scalloped Die-Namic, Sponges, Glue Dots

Vintage Traveling Sketch

Hello again. Sorry it's taken so long to post, but I've been dealing with another migraine thanks to some wonderful over-powerful perfume someone had on Thursday. However, even though I was in a darkened room and hurting, I was able to put together my take on this week's MFT Wednesday Stamp Club sketch challenge. I did mess up some coloring by going outside the lines a bit, but took care of that little issue by layering and lots of it. ;) Gotta love those pop dots!

I've had this MFT Miss You Much Jolinne stamp for awhile and it's just been begging to see some ink, and with a migraine, well I figured going with vintage colors would definitely help my headache.

So I pulled out some vintage postcard designer paper from Gartner designs I've had in my stash and inked up the edges with PTI vintage touch (chamomile & chai) inks to age the paper a bit then stamped my image twice on MFT's cream perfect panels before punching one image out using Marvy's giga scalloped punch then coloring both sets of images with prismacolor markers.

Once the coloring was done, I stained the edges of the scalloped circles the same as the card before I began my layering. It was then I realized I had gone outside the lines coloring my Jolinne's hair and had the brown bled into her face, so I had to stamp one more image, color, cut and layer. The third layer actually added a bit more to the overall feel of the card, so it worked out nicely.

As the A-Team used to say "I love it when a plan comes together." LOL

Stamps: MFT Miss You Much Jolinne

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Vintage Touch

Cardstock: Stampin Up! So Saffron, Close To Cocoa, MFT Cream Perfect Panels, Gartner Vintage Postcard Designer Paper

Accessories: Making Memories Button, Ribbon, Glue Dots, Pop Dots, Dimensionals, Prismacolor Markers, Giga & Jumbo Giga Scallop Punches