Thank you Craft Critique!

Hey friends! I just wanted to pop in and say hello to you all! We are in the midst of a wonderful bunch of memories being made...and we are having a great time!! I wanted to share something really fun with you all. I've posted before about the startings of some exciting things with "Red Fred Bodoni" and his Jolly Troop...

Well, the Jolly Troop few to Chicago to attend CHA last week, and they had a great time! I was over the moon excited to read my update from Craft Critique today...I couldn't believe that my brother's name was there in the post title! My brother told me about meeting Sarah Moore in line while getting lunch and I was thrilled to know that he met her! I have been a long time subscriber to Craft Critique and really enjoy the things they post!

I want to thank Sarah for posting a great little ditty about the Jolly Troop and about my brother...it makes a sister SO happy to see other people love this stuff!! I hope you'll flap on over to Craft Critique and then over to the Jolly Blog and check out all the excitement!

I'll be back with some fun soon...thanks for stopping by! Oh, and Cath, thanks so much for the shout out on Moxie Fab...that was a FUN surprise!!

I love you...

Hey friends. I've got one more card to share with you using this weeks color combination...I think this one might be my favorite...I love the clean feeling...
Hope you are doing well! Be back next week, then off for a few weeks...have a good one!!

Happy Happy Birthday

Good morning friends! I've got another post for you today! I haven't used this woodgrain stamp in a while...and it was calling my name...and I sure think it's a great stamp!
I paired it up with some scallops, tulle and a pearl...I'm loving wearing pearls lately....they are calling my name these days!

Hope you have a great one!! Take care!

Summer Card Class

Hello friends! My name is Jeni Allen...this is my blog where I share what I've been making lately...nice to meet you! I am happy to be stopping by today! I have to admit, my hand is posing much more attention than I anticipated! I thought that I'd be ready to be right back into the swing of things, and let's just say I'm learning that I was mistaken about that!:) I need to take a break...from doing much with my hand! It is hard not to be able to do what I love to do/need to/want to do! I'm going to take about 4 weeks off...I'll have something to share for a couple more days--and then I'm going to "Summer Break" until mid-August.

I wanted to participate in Kristina and Jennifer's card class, and I spent a little time today at my desk...and here is what I made!

Designer Series Paper, cardstock, and Espresso Ink from Stampin' Up!, Damask and Merci stamp from Shabby Green Door, button from PTI, versamark ink, clear embossing powder.

I've got a couple more cards to share with with combination, I had a lot of fun and really enjoyed the challenge! I am really enjoying the class...I'll be out of town for the next week, so I won't be able to play again"live" but I'll definately use the color combos and sketches that I have to make some fun when I come back from my break!

Thanks for understanding friends...and thanks for being patient while my old hand heals up...

Friendship...

Good morning and happy Friday friends! We are just plugging along, really enjoying a wonderful magical summer! I've been doing my best to help my kids "feel the magic" of summer time! I have such wonderful memories of summer--I want my kids to have these wonderful type of memories too!

I've got another card to share today, from the CupCards To Go Summer Kit! I wanted to try my hand a a simple pleat in my cardstock--there was a tutoriatl on SCS a few weeks ago and I thought it looked fun to try! It was, and I'm sure I'll be doing more of it in the future!

This card was made for the challenge for the month, to decorate the inside as well as the outside of the card!
And now for the inside of the card...

Have you popped over to CupCards To Go yet? The designer gallery is full of great inspiration!!

Thanks for stopping by friends...take care and make it great!

CupCards To Go Sketch!

Good morning friends! How is your summer going!? We're really having a wonderful time thus far, today we finally had a warm enough day to water-slide, snow-cone, pic-nic and lay on the grass!! I'm really loving it!

I've got a card to share with you today, that I made using the CupCards To Go monthly sketch. So, here is the sketch...
And here is my card! I FELL in love with this pretty paper! I loved the colors, the pretty white flowers...so I wanted to keep my card pretty simple and love on that paper a bit! I added some espresso cardstock, white leaves die cut from a SU die, pearls, and the fun flower that also came in my Summer Kit!

I hope you have a gerat day today...take care and I've still got a few things to share with my Summer Kit, so stay tuned!

Thanks for sharing a few minutes with me!

Friends..

Hello dear ones! I hope that you are all having a great weekend! We have had a few hic-ups...but on the whole we are enjoying! I've got a card that I made with my Summer Kit, from Cupcards To Go...to share today!
I loved this paper--it's from Cosmo Cricket and I love it's color combination! I used a bit of tulle, some buttons and the rub-on from the kit. Oh, and don't forget how much I LOVE the large scallop die from PTI...I love good tools!

Have a great one! I'll be back to share more tomorrow...take care!

It's July!

Hey friends! Happy July 1st! Can you belive it!? Summer, is here! Well, almost here. In the Northwest, we don't really count on "summer" to start until after the 4th of July, so almost!

July brings so much fun, and one of those fun things is being a Guest Designer for CupCards To Go! I received a Summer Kit! It is full of wonderful items and I know you'll all love it and have as much fun as I've had!
I love these little envelopes..aren't the fun!? I really loved the assortment of items...this particular paper had me at first sight!

And speaking of the Summer Kit, that will be avaliable for purchase starting at 6 pm PT tonight, this is a photo of the FREE floral bag that will be slipped into the Summer kits purchased today! So, make the move, and purchase it the kit today!! Aren't these flowers so fun!?

I hope you have a great one...I've got some really fun things to share this week! I'd love to share the fun with you! Thanks so much for stopping by!! We've invited some friends over to participate in our cooking class today...if it all turns out well, maybe I'll snap a photo or too!!