Oprah Magazine

Very excited to hear fantastic news from my crafty friend Jessica.  Her companies, JessicaLynnOriginal and JLMould Etsy will be featured in the February issue of Oprah's "O" Magazine! It will hit newsstands on January 15th. 

Thrilled to already own many of her fabulous stamps...she is about to get swamped.

Emily's Cards

While I took a trip to Nashville in November, my daughter decided to have some fun and get into my stamp/craft area. She just happened to pick all stamps by Jessica Lynn Original. (Oops...the little girl was a digital I had printed out. Maybe she is by Victoria Case?) The following below is all Emily's typing.

These are the cards I made when my mom went to Nashville. The cat one was the easiest to make.The cookie one was fun. I like the little girl one the best.

The popcorn one was ok. I liked making the Thanksgiving one.

Jessica Lynn Swap

So yes, it's been two months since I've made a card! Remembered yesterday that I signed up for a Jessica Lynn Original swap. Since I'm snowed in, I was able to get down to it and make these up real quick!

I used paper from Papertrey Ink, the "Strider the Dog", an older style from JLO, and some Hobby Lobby ribbon. Colored the dog with Copics and cut him out with a rectangle nestie (on sale now at i {heart} papers!).

We've had snow, then more snow, and yet again...more snow! Been able to have several 2 hour delays, and an early dismissal...but still have missed six days of school! But, I have been able to stay up later than normal to watch Olympic events on TV.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Blog Candy & New Web Site

Hey everyone!! One of my favorite artist's is getting ready to launch a redesigned web site for her stamps. Can not wait for this!! (maybe I'll get busy and make something!!! Haven't touched any of my stuff since making Christmas cards!)

Go visit the Brentwood Blog for more details!!!

Mojo #115

Hi there! Hopefully I'm back in action with the crafting. I've been sick (and tired) the last few weeks, and also lost my voice. I then noticed how much I talk out loud to myself while doing things around the house!

I used the Mojo Monday sketch for my card. A nice one to get things going again. I used Papertrey cardstock, and Basic Grey Lime Rickey for the design paper. My image is Ruby from Jessica Lynn Original. I colored her with copic markers, and cut her out with my Creative Memories circle cutter. The matting was cut with a circle scallop nestabilities and some silver stickles were added for some sparkle. Sentiment is stamped on a ribbon tag nestability.

My November guest spot for i {heart} papers is officially over, but since I was out sick and did not make as many things as planned, I'm going to be like the guest that hangs around a bit longer! There are still a couple of items that I haven't used in a post and I want to be sure to highlight those products also!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

JLO Challenge #5

Brentwood the Owl is just so adorable, love to make cards with him! I knew I needed to use this stamp from the Thanksgiving launch before the actual day so it could be mailed out to someone!

My papers and brad are from Target Dollar Spot, and base is Papertrey kraft. Brentwood was cut out using my largest rectangle nestie...oh yeah, this is a large 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 card. Both the image panel and sentiment tag were distressed with a dull steak knife. Very dull as it slipped and I didn't cut myself!

I used the sketch from Jessica's challenge #5. Sigh...as I was going all along, card made, photographed, working on this blog entry it was then noticed that she also mentions that "Winter Holidays" would be a great theme for the layout. Well, just might make another since there's almost a month before the winner is drawn. Lucky person gets a $20 gift certificate to the store!!

There is gong to be a launch for a new website look on Saturday morning November 21 from 10am-12 for Jessica Lynn Original Clear Stamps. There is normally a chat room open for these events and some surprises! I'm guessing this will be Central time, as she's in Wisconsin.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Brentwood finds a tree

Those little Charlie Brown trees...standing by themselves at the tree farm. You think how cute they could be in some small corner of the house, or a little room. Brentwood thinks the same thing, and brought home this little beauty, plus a wreath.

He is colored with Copics and has some fun flock added to his hat to help keep his ears warm. It does not show in the picture (of course not, because it's very sparkly in person) but I used my clear spica glitter pen on the ornament, the ribbon tag, and words in the sentiment. It reads: Trimming the tree with happy hearts, that's the way the holiday starts. I had used some silver/glitter embossing powder, and it had lots of sparkle & shine, but was harder to read, as it "bled" some. For another small touch of "sparkle" Christmas red (how appropriate!) stickles were added to the berries in the wreath.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Brentwood goes Trick or Treating!

Brentwood loves to wear silly costumes, so Halloween is a fun time of year for him. I happen to have this Brentwood in digital form, so I was able to play around with size and positioning. I was able to combine two different digital images into one picture.

How did I do it? By watching this video on Card Universe. I took me a bit of time to find where my version of Word is hiding everything, but I figured it out! I inserted my Spookville Lane image first, then added, resized, and moved Brentwood into position.

It does not show up real well, but I used stickles along the bottom border of the roof. Paper is Basic Grey Mellow, spider ribbon from Target Dollar Spot.

The card also uses the sketch challenge from Jessica Lynn Original. There is still time for you to enter!!

Oh my, couldn't forget this bit of information...remember all the Birthday Bash creations I made? I won one of the November Guest Designer spots at i {heart} papers!! I have a box of goodies heading my way! Looking forward to finding out what's in there!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Cards for Heroes

I found a simple but nice look and ran with it while creating my "Cards for Heroes". JessicaLynnOriginal is having a card drive for soldiers. Create something in either the holiday or birthday category. If you send at least five, you will receive an adorable digi Brentwood, and will be entered to win a gift certificate to her store. There is still time to make some cards for soldiers to send home to loved ones. You can read all about this organization here... they recently changed the name to Operation Write Home.

I've had these colored for quite awhile, and picked the paper before coloring so things would coordinate. Unfortunately, my craft "space" has been all a jumble, and then sickness hit :-( We have a back porch/laundry/store it area where I make my cards. I don't have much counter space, and use the top of the dryer to keep things and it was over flowing. The cat knocked the dryer vent loose and I had to move everything so I could wiggle the dryer out to re-attach the vent. You know how it goes...move one thing, then another...and things get out of hand.

The bottom two cards my daughter made. Images attached at an angle on purpose. She wanted them that way :-)

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Paper Garden WCMD Challenge

The challenge from Paper Garden Projects was to make a project inspired by some of your favorite things about fall. Well, I love my new Brentwood stamps from Jessica Lynn Original that just arrived Thursday (happy mail!).

I colored Brentwood: Thanksgiving Turkey with Copics & Bic Mark-it pens. The sentiment is also from the same set. The DP, burlap swatch, and pumpkin spice cardstock are all from GinaK Designs Signs of Autumn StampTV kit. Base is PTI.

So....did anyone else make several cards Saturday for World Card Making Day? I worked on challenges on Splitcoast Stampers (along with this one), and will be posting those throughout the upcoming week. I was really on a roll...which made me happy since I'd been on such a dry spell!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Blog Candy & WCMD

Good morning! Is everyone all geared up for World Card Making Day? I'm ready to go and the mojo is flowing today! There will probably be several postings over the next several days with WCMD cards.

To start the excitement, one of my favorite artist's (Jessica Lynn Original) has blog candy for today's event. So what will you win? New Brentwood & Friends Stamp Set: Adam the QB. You will also get a handmade JLO card for Halloween and three small adorable stamps by JLO: Mini Brentwood, Cat, and Cake! Just for posting this on your blog!! She also has all stamps 25% off until midnight Sunday.

Go visit her blog so you can sign up for the candy!

Happy crafting!!

Sharon

Kid Swap

My daughter made these cards for a kid swap over at Splitcoast Stampers. She has seen me do several swaps, and was excited to do one of her own! I did help her a bit with the measuring of paper, but she did the picking out on her own. She used an owl from Jessica Lynn Original and the rest are digi's from Victoria Case Stamps. She said she wanted to be able to color! She will be nine soon!!

JLO Challenge #2

Here is a sweet kitty from Jessica Lynn Original Stamps to go along with her sketch challenge. The fish & paw print strips are from a package of scrapbook borders. The design paper has a nice "texture" that makes it look like a piece of fabric.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Stamp Sale!!

Whooooo has a new release and sale going on? Whoooo could it be? It's Jessica Lynn Original Stamps! New sets are filled with Brentwood the Owl & Friends...they are football & cheerleading stars, they are dressing up for Halloween and looking for treats. Six new sets of dogs, plus one special breast cancer ribbon stamp. All other stamps are on sale for 40% off!! (I'm pretty sure it's all) Wow! Stock up! The sale continues this weekend through Monday 11:59pm JLO time (central time zone...clock on-site).

My card this evening uses a digi image that will soon be available. I inked the edges black and roughed it up. DP is Basic Grey: Offbeat and also has inked up edges. The felt ric-rac I just picked up this morning at Hobby Lobby...on sale of course! The "Boo!" was printed on the computer.

Have a great weekend!

Sharon

JLO Challenge

Hi there! This card was made for a sketch challenge on the Jessica Lynn Original blog. There are just so many cute stamps from the JLO line to choose from, that I went back and forth between many! I think I'll use this layout to make up some more, perhaps for the "Cards for Heroes" drive. I will pick a different DP, as no glitter is allowed..."Cards with glitter pose a problem because glitter can be seen with night-vision goggles". The paper is from a pack of Martha Stewart Christmas paper that I bought last year once it went on clearance.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Fall Swap

With cooler temperatures this weekend and the opening of a nearby orchard for the season, today seemed like a good day to share the card I made for a "Fall is Fun" swap over at Splitcoast Stampers. It's getting to be the time of year where my daughter and I (and occasionally hubby too) visit all the fall activity places!

My image is from The Digi Shack and was colored mostly with Bic Mark-it pens. DP is Basic Grey: Mellow (12x12).




Do you remember this card? ------>

It was one of my swap cards for the Jessica Lynn Original swap at SCS. It is now up for voting for "Favorite Card" on Jessica's blog. So please, please, please go vote for me!! :-) Have your friends vote for me! I would love to win the $25 gift certificate and be able to use it with new stamp release coming up on September 4th. Vote Here

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Swap Cards

Here is a shot of all the beautiful cards I received in my swap for Jessica Lynn Original stamps. All of the ones that came back to me happen to be from "Brentwood" stamps...love that series!

There is voting for your favorite card from the swap, with the winner getting a $50 gift certificate. I would love to win! If you could, please vote for one of mine (I have two in the swap). Right now..."Happy Bee by Sherberts" is my top vote getting card, so pick that one if you could!! Thank you so much! It is about 1/2 way down the list. Here is the link to vote: Vote for JLO swap card .

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Brentwood & Triceratops friend

Here's Brentwood with his buddy the triceratops! This is my card for the second set for my JLO swap. I really wanted to use ribbon, but didn't have enough brown for all the the cards....what to do?? Hmmm, the edge from using the border maker is just the right size!

Next Friday night (July 24th) will be a new Brentwood release...Christmas Eve in July! Visit for some chatting and possible prizes! You can get to the chat from Jessica's site. It is so cool to be able to "meet" the artist!

Tomorrow sounds like a great hiking day...high is only supposed to be 65 degrees! I guess it's only good if the pesky black flies aren't buzzing about! I might get myself up in the morning and head over to the park for some exercise.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Brentwood Bee

Ah...the joys of summer: bug bites all over! I have several that are having a bad reaction this time, and have blistered up-ouch (sensitive skin kiddo here). At least there haven't been any bee or wasp stings yet!

Well, cute little Brentwood Bee won't sting, he'll just buzz around to say, "Hi!". This little guy is set one for a Jessica Lynn Original swap that I'm participating in. I'll share the other set another night. I've just not been too productive craft wise this summer, so I'm trying to spread out some of what I have made.

Going to a friend's house for lunch tomorrow, and pool time if it's not storming! Last time I was there, I tried getting on the floaty lounge raft...what a site! I kept flipping off. I provided giggles for everyone :-)

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Mr. Fuzzybutt

What a great name for a fluffy cat! I made this card up for my daughter to use as a thank you. She spent several days at my sister's house, and I thought it would be nice for DD to send a note. My sister has several cats, so this is perfect (or should I say: purrfect!) for her. The stamps are all from the Jessica Lynn Original "Spring Cats" set.

Happy crafting!

Sharon