Jax Starz Hop: Color Challenge

Welcome to December's installment of the Jacksonville STARZ Hop. You may just be starting the blog hop or may have come from Amanda's Blog. Either way, welcome! You can follow the full blog hop lineup below to move along from blog to blog, so you can see all of the new projects.

This month's focus is a color challenge. The majority of the card had to be Black and White with a little splash of one other color. It could be any color we wanted. I went with a splash of Calypso Coral.

I chose to do a sympathy card because I needed one recently, and I didn't have any on hand.

I matted the whisper white onto Black Glimmer paper, but the picture doesn't show the glimmer very well due to poor lighting. (I really need to work on my photography skills). I used pearls for the center of the stamped flowers. I also colored a few of the little pearls with a black magic marker, and used them for the center of the calypso coral flowers. I think it made the calypso coral pop out more. I also stamped the inside of the card with one of the smaller flourishes and greeting.

I hope you all like my card. For a full list of supplies, scroll down to the bottom of the post. Thanks for hopping by. Please be sure to leave a comment before you head over to Lee's Blog. I can't wait to see what she has come up with. Black & White cards are her FAVORITE! ;)

Amanda Sevall

Cari Verschueren - You are here!
Lee Conrey

Maria Willis

Rose Ann Marr

Product List

Flowering Flourishes Clear Stamp Set [126367] $18.00	Thoughts & Prayers Clear-mount Stamp Set [127805] $19.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $8.50
Black Glimmer Paper [139605] $5.00	Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122925] $7.00	Basic Black 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon [138430] $9.00	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247] $5.00

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Thankful for Jax Starz Hop

Welcome to November's installment of the Jacksonville STARZ Hop. You may just be starting the blog hop or may have come from Beka’sBlog. Either way, welcome! You can follow the full blog hop lineup below to move along from blog to blog, so you can see all of the new projects.

This month is a sketch challenge. Here is the sketch, Amanda created for us.

And here is my interpretation...

I really like Fall colors. I miss them living here in Florida. I used the Into the Woods DSP as one of the layers, and matched colors (Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, and Crushed Curry) to it. I added the gold for bling! 

I hope you all like my card. Thanks for hopping by. Please be sure to leave a comment before you head over to Maria’s Blog. 

Amanda Sevall

Beka Laing

Cari Verschueren - You are here!

Maria Willis

Rose Ann Marr

Product List

Acorny Thank You Photopolymer Bundle [140841] $28.00	Acorny Thank You Photopolymer Stamp Set [139718] $15.00	Acorn Builder Punch [139681] $18.00
Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119684] $7.00	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119686] $7.00	Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131199] $7.00
Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $4.00	Gold Metallic Thread [138401] $3.00	Gold Sequin Trim [132983] $5.00
Into The Woods Designer Series Paper [139586] $11.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974] $6.50

Fall into the Jax STARZ blog hop!

Welcome to September's installment of the Jacksonville STARZ Hop. You may just be starting the blog hop or may have come from Amanda's Blog. Either way welcome! You can follow the full blog hop lineup below to move along from blog to blog, so you can see all of the new projects. This month we are focusing on Autumn. I am originally from Michigan, which is beautiful in the fall. I love how the Sugar Maple’s leaves change colors. I thought I'd try bringing that to life with this card, which is pinspired.

Measurements are:
Cajun Craze  5.5 x 8.5" scored @ 4.25" & 1.75 X 5.25"
Whisper White 5.25 x 4" & 1.5 x 5.25

Place the smaller piece of whisper white onto the bigger piece. You may want to use a little bit of snail adhesive to hold it in place while stamping. Just a tiny bit because you will remove it later. Stamp the image as shown. Don't worry about the parts close to the edges of the smaller piece as the small piece of Cajun Craze will cover those in the end. 

Next remove the small piece of Whisper White, and mat it with the small piece of Cajun Craze cardstock. Then pop it up with Stampin' Dimensionals onto the large piece of Whisper White. If yo line up the top and bottom edges, the image should also line up.

Ink the "Thankful" part of the "Thankful for You" sentiment, and stamp it in the upper right hand corner. I wanted to put my rhine stones up there too, but I forgot to leave room. I just put them down on the bottom right. In case you were wondering, I used my Cajun Craze Stampin' Write marker to color my Rhinestones. 

I hope you all like my card. Thanks for hopping by. Please be sure to leave a comment before you head over to Maria's Blog. 

Amanda Sevall
Cari Verschueren - you are here
Maria Willis 
Rose Ann Marr
Susan Best

Product List

Sheltering Tree Photopolymer Stamp Set [137163] $25.00	Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119684] $7.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $8.50
Always Artichoke Classic Stampin' Pad [126972] $6.50	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [126978] $6.50	Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin' Pad [138327] $6.50
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [126945] $6.50	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [126965] $6.50	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974] $6.50

Breaking the Rules: Cottage Greetings

I am in love with the new kits that Stampin' Up is offering. Today I've been playing around with the Cottage Greeting kit. It comes with enough supplies to make 15 card (5 of each design).

Cottage Greeting Kit

 After I made one of each card, I decided to get a little creative and "break the rules" and turned the card kit into a two page scrapbook layout. I wish Stampin' Up would make full 12 x 12 or even 8-1/2 x 11" sheet of these card bases. They are gorgeous!

Side by Side

Believe it or not I only use 4 cards to create this page, and I have little scraps that I could use to make banners with! I haven't added any embellishments YET...

Here are some larger pictures.

1st Page

The squares are various sizes, that will fit photos ranging from 4" to 4-3/4" squares. The large photo mat will fit a 4x6" photo.

2nd page

In my next class we will be using the Cottage Greeting Kit and Stamp Set to create one of each card and a two page layout. Leave a comment if you would like to join us.

Product List:

Cottage Greetings Card Kit [138377] $16.00	Stampin' Trimmer [126889] $30.00	Whisper White 12" X 12" Card Stock [124302] $6.00
Delightful Dijon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138338] $7.00	Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337] $7.00

Bohemian Hop

Welcome to this month's Jacksonville Starz Blog Hop. You may be just starting the hop or you have hopped over from Beka's Blog. Either way, Welcome! This month we have a sketch challenge designed by Amanda.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I just love the new Bohemian Designer Series Paper that is now available at my online store! I used the scraps left over from that previous card to create this card.

I must apologize for the bad pictures. I must have taken a half a dozen pictures and had a terrible time getting the camera to focus. I think it is because of the big flower and bad lighting. I used the Celebrate Today stamp set for the greeting. I like the effect that the 2 different colors in the greeting add to the card, and this stamp set make it easy to do because each word is a separate stamp.

I created the big flower with layering different colored paper (Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Bohemian DSP, Delightful Dijon) I curled each layer with my bone folder.

Well, thank you for joining the hop this month. Please don't forget to leave a comment before you hop on over to Maria's Blog.

Just in case you missed any of the other Jacksonville Staz Blog, here is the full line up:

Amanda Sevall
Beka Laing 
Cari Verschueren - You are Here!
Maria Willis
Rose Ann Marr

Product List

Bohemian Designer Series Paper [138446] $11.00	Bohemian 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock Assortment Pack [139003] $7.00	1/4" Circle Handheld Punch [134364] $8.95
Fun Flower Punch [133785] $16.95	Pansy Punch [130698] $15.95	Petite Petals Punch [133322] $12.95