Calendar note pad

I have been busy this week! Here is something my Club members are making tonight. I was inspired by the LNS challenge 54. Which happens to be an inspiration challenge, lol!




to make this bad boy you will need a piece of Sahara Sand cs 7 1/2" x 3 1/4 ", this is for standard sticky notes and a mini calendar. You will score at 1", 1 1/4", 4 1/4" and 4 1/2" I cut my layers for the top at 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" ( black) and 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" ( pink) a 3 1/4" x 3/4" strip of Pretty in pink was used for the scallop trim border. The Bird punch was used with Us White, Old Olive and a piece of Sweet Pea DSP. To close the mini book I used 2 small pieces of magnetic sheets ( left over from all those Bears I made at Christmas, which I just realized i never shared with you! soon )
Tell me what you think!

Jennifer Jones

stampers group meeting

My stampers meeting was a little off yesterday.. We were supposed to meet in the evening, but sense my oldest boy had a home football game (they WON) we meet during the day. Bad thing about that is that meant there was only 3 of us, good thing is that they got lots of extra goodies from me!

We made this super cute basket, I got the idea, instructions and everything for this from Becky over at Inking Idaho. She is the greatest and always has wonderful Ideas! The only thing I did different was I used 6 ovals for each pumpkin. I made the pumpkin, used a piece of Close to cocoa for the stem, and attached it to the front of the pumpkin. Then I added one more oval, this way the pumpkin looks good from all sides and it gives it a little more depth.

The next thing we made was a card using the sweet centers stamp set from the mini catalog. I basically did the same card as Mike Funke . I used Tasty sweet 111698 $19.95 for this card. I stamped the candy corn randomly over the whole front, and I embossed it in white on the back of the black tag ( see pic below) I love this set! I just love how this turned out!

For our final card we made this cute little guy, I was a total card caser this week! But Hey why reinvent the wheel (or card) when someone already has made a perfect one??? So I got this idea from Lori Ames , she said she got it from someone else.... you know! anyway For this card I used Lovely lilac and Green Galore. I cut the lovely lilac 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 and then used my scissors to make that great hair do! For the eyes and nose use the 1 inch circle punch and punch out 2 Green Galore and 2 white circles. Cut both Green Galore circle's in half and sponge with Green Galore classic ink. Use the 3/4 inch circle punch for the black. Stamp Friend. Good. ( from the stamp set Smarty pants) in Lovely lilac on Franks head ( I have always wanted a reason to use that stamp!!) now assemble your monster. Once assembled you will need to make his mouth and scar. I used a Basic black stampin write marker, the bold tip for the mouth and scar and the thin tip for the stitches. Also you will want to use the Singlo pen for a highlight on his pupils.

Thanks so much for stoping by!

Jennifer Jones

Busy summer days

So I have been super busy with the boys, getting ready for school to start, football, school shopping and 2 birthdays! Jaeden just turned 15, WOW. and Tim will be 14 in a few (17) days, he is counting, lol.



I wanted to share a great pic of all the boys from a recent camping trip. We decided to check out an old mine. Turns out it only closed a few years ago, but it is up in the mountains and looks much older than it is!




So I haven't had as much time to stamp as I would like to But do have some older cards that I stamped to share with you.



This is a favorite of mine. I used some Designer paper that is no longer available, but is is a favorite of mine! To make the Pumpkins I used the small and large oval punches from Stampin' Up! I set 2 ovals same size on the paper and then took the 3rd same size oval and used stampin dimesionals to pop it up. I cut a small piece of the designer paper , about 1/4 inch and folded it in half to make the stems. for the little curly q's I cut little strips of paper and curled them very carefully with my scissors.
Tell me are you getting ready for fall?? It is my favorite time of year!!

thanks for looking,
Jennifer Jones