Crafting for the Week

It just dawned on me that I needed to do all my crafting for the week today as I'll be on vacation starting on Wednesday. So, I made a few cards. I probably won't be posting much toward the end of the week.

I'd love it if you checked out the challenges at The Latte Lounge and I Did It Creations Forum. You can have a second and third entry into my blog candy for participating in a challenge in each!

Now, for the cards. My first card is a Thanksgiving card. The little turkey on the front is this month's freebie from Some Odd Girl. There's something about this turkey that makes me smile. The papers are all from DCWV. I used the same layout on the inside of the card for the Happy Thanksgiving sentiment. This card is perfect for Rhonda's Thanksgiving Challenge at The Latte Lounge.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

1. Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #23 - sketch

2. Stampavie and More #115 - orange

3. Sew Many Challenges - fall

4. Crafty Emma's Challenge #11 - forever autumn

My second card is actually cards. I used freebie images from Cardmaking and Papercraft. My sister colored these and I added some glitter to them.

Here's a close-up of one of the cards. The sentiments use fonts from Free Scrapbook Fonts. I got the idea for the sentiment from the same issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft. The papers are from DCWV and Cardmaking and Papercraft.

I'd like to enter these cards in the following challenges:

1. Sarah Hurley Challenge #16 - sketch

2. Party Time Tuesday #19 - anything goes birthday

3. Anything Goes #23 - "B" - is for Birthday?

4. Crafty Creations #92 - fables and fairy tales

5. Wee Memories #30 - birthday bash

Happy Crafting!

Jennifer

Still Cold!

Well, still no heat, but I have the space heater in the craft room and it's bearable. Peanut and DH are out for the day so I don't have to share!

I got this cute freebie from Pollycraft last week. My sister colored it using my markers - she loves the coloring, not so into the cardmaking. The papers were downloaded from Cardmaking and Papercraft. I added a sentiment and some lime and blue flowers. I really like the color palette.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

1. Pollycraft Monday Challenge #68 - It's chill time

2. Pixie Dust Studio Challenge #47 - pretty colors - blue, pink, lime green

3. Charisma Cardz Challenge #44 - with love at Christmas

4. Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge - seasonal project

Happy Crafting!

Jennifer

New Releases

I have some new releases to share today. Hope they fill you with holiday cheer! You can find these and all my products at my store at Stitchy Bear Stamps.

Snow Bunny

Candy Cane Bunny

Candy Cane Callie

Candy Cane Kitty

Beary Merry Christmas Dreams (you might also want to check out Beary Merry Christmas Morning)

Don't forget my blog candy! You can get an extra entry by creating a project with a JLJ Designs product.

Happy Crafting!

Jennifer

November Blog Candy!

I've discovered that I love giving away blog candy. I like shopping for it and I like brightening someone's day with something fun in the mail.

This month I have a fall blog candy - there's papers, ribbons, brads, flowers and stamps. So, what do you need to do to enter you may ask:

1. You get one entry just because I like you. If you'd like to become a follower or post this candy on your blog, I'd be greatly appreciative.

2. You can get one additional entry for participating in a challenge at The Latte Lounge this month (just put TLL after your name).

3. You can get one additional entry for participating in a freebie challenge at I Did It Creations Forum (just put IDIC after your name).

4. You can get one additional entry for creating a project using a JLJ Designs image or paper and posting it on your blog (just put JLJ after your name and link to your blog post).

That's a total of four possible entries! The blog candy will close on Nov. 30th and the winner will be announced Dec. 1st.

Happy Crafting!

Jennifer

Blog Candy Winner and Merry Kiss-Mouse

This is a bit of a long post, I hope you'll hang in there with me.

First things first, the winner of my blog candy is...

Jenn Zeeb! Congrats Jenn - email me at jljdesigns at cox dot net with your mailing address and I'll send out the package.

Do you like challenges and candy? Check these out:

There are great challenges going on at The Latte Lounge - including my digi paper challenge. You get a free digi paper to play with!

I Did It Creations Forum also has great challenges - including the favorite Halloween treat challenge, where I'm sponsoring the candy - papers, ribbons, stamps and more!

Jacque has wonderful sweet stuff.

Angela has yummy blog candy.

Paper Ink Color has lovely stampy candy.

Aud Sentiments November Candy

Finally, I do have a project to share today!

This project features the digi-stamp and papers that I made for the October collab at Stitchy Bear stamps. The collab is no longer available (look for another one in December!), but you can get the stamp and the paper pack. Peanut colored the one in the middle - she's moved on to a red period! I tried making the cute little milk cartons that I've been seeing. I don't think I had my folding quite right!

I'd like to enter these projects in the following challenges:

1. Winter Wonderland - Have a Mousey Christmas

2. Everybody Art #115 - untraditional Christmas

Happy Crafting!

Jennifer

IDIC Forum Freebie Challenge - Stampin' Dragon Designs

(2nd post) This week's IDIC Forum Freebie Challenge is sponsored by Stampin' Dragon Designs. I love this sweet Penny with Presents. I used freebie papers and chipboard from Cardmaking and Papercraft. I went a little overboard with the flowers on this card, but I'm happy with the way it turned out.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

1. Sentimental Sundays #27 - birthdays

2. Creative Inspirations #46 - glitter, glamor, and girlie

3. The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #107 - anything that flies

Don't forget my blog candy!

Happy Crafting!

Jennifer

Christmas Cards and more Christmas Cards

I have three sets of Christmas cards to share today. I hope you'll sit back, relax, and read on. You have until this afternoon to enter my blog candy.

Fun news - My card won the October challenge at Lothian Crafts! I won a blog hop candy over at Club Anya, so new stamps are coming my way.

Stacie is sponsoring the first Wacky Wednesday challenge at The Latte Lounge. The challenge is to use real wood on your card. So, I sent Peanut out to look for some little twigs. I used them as a frame at the top and bottom of my picture. The paper is all Basic Grey. I bought a century pack and have been having a grand time! This is a Christmas card for my brother-in-law. Another in the gift card holder series.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

1. Basic Grey Challenge #32 - sketch by Heather

2. Simon Says Stamp at Paper Craft Planet #10 - buttons galore

3. Ellephantastic #18 - blue - I tried to use some really bright blues, a little unusual for a Christmas card.

So, the freebie I got with Cardmaking and Papercraft this month were these sweet Adam Prescott bear stamps. It's not the freebie that the magazine said it would come with, but I'm more than happy! I have had these embossed cards in my stash for a while. I thought they'd be great for some clean and simple Christmas cards. I colored the teddy bear with Copics and added glitter glue to her hat and some of the embossed dots. I finished the card with a Prima flower.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

1. Fab 'n Funky #46 - clean and simple

2. Lollipop Crafts #14 - embossing

I had several of these embossed heart cards from the same box. I decided to make several of the same card. The sentiment reads "with love at Christmas." I colored the image with Copics and added iridescent glitter to some of the hearts and the bears' hats.

I'd like to enter these cards in the following challenges:

1. Craft Your Days Away #7 - all white

Happy Crafting!

Jennifer