Back To School

My niece turned six in July and just started Kindergarten last week! She's getting so big already! Sadly, there is a 12 hour car ride between us, so I thought she would be excited to get something in the mail. ✉❤

I used a digital stamp from a Back To School stamp set (linked below) and added glasses to the image to make it look more like my niece.

In order to decide what size the image should be, I made up a card sketch on the computer with some coordinating digital papers. I based everything off of A2 sized card dimensions.

In the end, I got this sketch, sized the image to fit and printed it off onto some white Recollections card stock. 😊

Instead of using the digital papers as well, I used Doodlebug's 6x6 Back to School paper pad. Doodlebug is so stinkin' cute, I couldn't resist! 😂

For the coloring, I used copics and mostly stuck to reds, yellows, and blues in order to match the paper pad. I used my Scan 'N Cut to cut out the image, leaving a small, white border.

I moved on to the card panel, following the sketch, and cut down the card stock. I used my Tonic guillotine trimmer and Waffleflower A2 layers dies.

I glued down the black A2 sized card stock and the two triangles, then assembled the tag shape. I popped it up with foam tape and then glued down the image.

For the sentiment, I used Lawn Fawn's Milo's ABCs with white detail embossing powder by Recollections on the black card stock banner.

I spelled out the sentiment "1ST DAY OF SCHOOL" but left a space for the "ST." I lined everything up in my MISTI and stamped it using Versamark ink. I used my heat tool to melt it and then wrote on the "ST" with a Ranger embossing marker.

I ended up not liking it at all; to me, it seemed too sloppy next to the stamped letters. I actually ended up using the "Merry Christmas" sentiment from Lawn Fawn's Holiday Helpers and masked off everything but the "ST," stamped and embossed it to complete the banner.

Once the banner was glued down, I added some coordinating enamel dots and some sparkle with a Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen.

To finish, I added the panel to a 110 lb. white card base. I'm so excited for my niece to get her package in the mail. I hope she gets as happy as I do when I get Happy Mail! 😄✉

Thanks for stopping by!

-Jenni

Digi stamps: https://prettygrafik.com/store/product/back-to-school-stamps/

Digital papers: https://prettygrafik.com/store/product/back-to-school-papers/

Masculine Birthday Card

Hi there!

For this card, I needed a hunting themed birthday card kind of last minute. Looking through my stamps I thought, "No problem, I'm sure I have something HAHA!" but funnily enough, my only hunting themed stamps are a set of digi stamps I had just used for Father's Day. So I struggled for a bit, but then I started to look through my patterned papers for inspiration.

I had recently purchased the Craftsmart cedar lodge hot buy paper pad from Micheals and started to flip through it. It had a lot of wood grain, plaid, and darker colored patterned papers, and this bluish/gray plaid caught my eye.

I picked out some grays from a pack of Recollections 65 lb. cardstock I thought would coordinate and used my Scan 'N Cut to cut out a previously purchased frame .svg file. From there, I went on the hunt (LOL) for a deer silhouette.

I didn't have any dies, so my first thought was Etsy. I came across some digi stamps that worked great from a store called Prettygrafik. I picked one, printed it out, and used my Scan 'N Cut in order to cut the shape several times out of some black cardstock.

I used Art Glitter Glue and the fine point applicator to layer the cut pieces together for some slight dimension.

The hunting theme mixed with the lodge paper, gave off a real rustic vibe and made me think of a little cabin in the woods. So I knew I wanted to incorporate some wood grain texture and for that I used the Hero Arts wood grain texture fancy die.

What I thought would really make the wood grain panel stand out, was a piece of DCWV textured Neutrals cardstock. I think it looks a lot more realistic with the added texture as opposed to just smooth cardstock.

For the sentiment, I actually used a piece of Christmas cardstock from DCWV Very Merry paper pad and a Lawn Fawn Everyday Banner die. I thought the lighter wood grain paper looked nice against the darker colors of the rest of the card.

And for a little shine, I used Recollection's gold detail embossing powder with the "Happy Birthday" sentiment from Lawn Fawn's Oh Gnome, and some Ranger Liquid Pearls in a matching gold.

I layered everything together onto an A2 sized cardbase with Tombow Mono Liquid glue.

I also made a coordinating envelope using Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps' Tender Thoughts with Lawn Fawn Manatee ink.

Thanks for stopping by!

-Jenni

Links to digital files:

Deer: https://www.etsy.com/listing/643453914/buy20get10-christmas-reindeer-mistletoe?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=Christmas+reindeer+mistletoe+stamps&ref=sr_gallery-1-2&organic_search_click=1&pro=1

Frame: https://www.etsy.com/listing/265476823/frames-svg-cutting-files-svg-studio3-dxf?ref=yr_purchases

Encouragement Card Hop - Bee Happy

I am so excited to say that I am part of the Encouragement Card Hop! This hop was created by Courtney Kreeber, Mary Polanco, and Jenn from Scrapbena Creations.

This is my very first time participating in a hop and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to make my first YouTube video as well. I would also like to add a disclaimer, I was super nervous this time around and I hope you'll bear with me as I hope to get better the more videos I make.

So thank you so much for stopping in, following, liking, subscribing or whatever else we all do on these websites hahaha! :)

For this card I used Hello Bluebird's adorable stamp set, Bee Happy. I stamped out my images using Gina K Jet Black Amalgam Ink onto some Neenah 110 lb. Solar White cardstock.

I then used my alcohol markers (combinations listed below) to the color my images, adding white accents with a Sakura Gelly Roll and a Uniball Signo gel pen.

Copic Combinations

Bees: Y08 Y15 Y13 Y11 R11

C09 C07 C05 C03

B000 Blender

Honey: Y19 Y15 Y13

Strawberry Plant: 042 (Blick) YG07 G14 G05

Flower on Strawberry Plant: Blender E00 E000

Strawberries: R08 R24 R43 RV21

Flower: RV34 RV32 R11

Flower Stem: G16 G02

Once everything was colored, I used my Scan 'N Cut to cut out my images, leaving a white border.

Moving onto the main card panel, I pulled out Gallery Frame #4 and the Photo Stack die set from Hello Bluebird.

I cut out the die twice, once from white cardstock and again from a light blue cardstock. I used the blue exterior frame and the white interior frame.

For the background, which went behind the frame, I wanted a soft ink blended sky. So I chose distress oxide inks in the colors Spun Sugar, Dried Marigold, Squeezed Lemonade, and Twisted Citron.

I blended the inks onto a piece of Bristol smooth cardstock with my Amazon makeup brushes. I moved in rainbow order so that the green would represent grass at the bottom of the panel.

I used my heat tool to speed up the drying time of the blended background and then set it aside.

I took a scrap of cardstock large enough to fit the "smile" die from the Photo stack die set and used Dusty Concord distress oxide to cover the cardstock. I used my heat tool again, before running the die through the diecut machine.

Once all the elements were completed, I started to arrange them on the card panel.

As I glued the images in place, I also added some purple rhinestones. When I thought I was done, a second glance convinced me that the "smile" was too far left. To balance it, I added an additional sentiment from the stamp set.

I heat embossed "bee happy" onto black cardstock with white detail embossing powder, trimmed it down and popped it up with some Scotch foam tape.

I think this card turned out so sweet, those cute little bees make it really hard to turn out any other way.

Once again, I'd like to thank anyone who took the time to stop in here or any of my other social media sites, as well as express how awesome it was to be part of this hop!

Hopefully I'll see you at the next one!

Thanks for stopping by!

-Jenni