Collectible Tidings

It's Wednesday - but here is the Merry Monday Challenge for this week.  Stitches and buttons are what are called for this week.

Has anyone noticed how many times I've used that embossed background????  It's because I have a bunch left over from a stack camp and I'm slowly putting them to use.  My stitching around the edge is a bit uneven - but then, it would be if I was truly stitching it also!

Hope your week has been moving along fine.

Thanks for stopping by to visit.

Joan

Holly Tidings

This week at Merry Monday we are to use holly on our creations.  The only holly I could find right now is this wee little one from "Happy Hour".  I ended up colouring the leaves in a bit because of stamping on the embossed background……and I'm annoyed with the one little smudge….especially since I was using markers to colour in the stamp!  

And hey - I've started another blog with just my doodles and "art work" on it.  I create something every day - whether it's just a card, or just a doodle or both - I have to create something….so if you are interested please pop on over.  I'm posting current work and also some previous projects from time to time.

The blog address is very close to this one…..   http://jjefferycreations.blogspot.ca  

Hope you Tuesday has been terrific!  Thanks for dropping by.

Smile!

Happy Tuesday - I found a new challenge blog….The Shabby Tea Room.  It was a colour challenge using Black, Kraft, Cream/White.  It came together pretty quickly - and I tried out the new Chevron Ribbon.

Here is their inspiration photo!  

Have a safe and fun New Year's Eve.

Thanks for stopping by!

Joan

Lovely Eastern Elegance

Happy Sunday Stamps......Kathya has a wonderful sketch for us today - I love the horizontal banners she's got us using!

I decided to move away from seasonal colours for this sketch - I've been so busy getting ready for Holiday classes that I felt I needed to change the pace up a bit.

I'm not really a yellow person, and I'm not really a grey person - but I do love the Eastern Elegance DSP!  I was pleasantly surprised with the gorgeous effects of embossing the image from Lovely Romance - It's just so elegant - although I guess the shiny silver embossing doesn't really come through in the photo.

Here is Kathya's sketch - be sure to check out the Sunday Stamps Blog too - the design team has come up with some wonderfully inspirational pieces - I'm so lucky to be working with such a talented group of women!  Once you've created your project, be sure to share it with us so we can take a peak.

Hope your day is going well - thanks for visiting.

Joan

Coffee and Friends

I got my box of new goodies this week and did a wee bit of playing yesterday.

I am loving this new Eastern Elegance DSP and the Beautifully Baroque embossing folder!

The background is created by masking the coffee cup and then I stamped ink off before putting it to the background.  Wasn't quite the effect I was looking for - but it's okay.

The sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches - I opted not to do a square card because of a lack of envelopes.

I've been extremely busy - which is why I haven't had as many posted as I'd like - and I'm not done with the busyness yet; there's still lots to do before the end of the month.  Including packing up my entire music room.  I got some new instruments this week and after unpacking to look at them, I have to repack them, along with everything else, to move across town.  Fun times!

 I have also been doing some other "artsy" stuff.  This is something I finished last night in my BIG found paper book.  (can you see the "inside" of one of the paper bags we got our Make and Takes in at Convention last year?  I can't wait to doodle on it.  Anyway - I've used reindeers and the aqua painter  for this page in my book - it's done on piece of watercolour paper.  I always include at least one page of watercolour paper in my found paper books! 

I would never profess to be an artist - but I do have fun pretending!  

Hope you find a bit of creating time in your day.  Thanks for stopping by!

Joan