Sending Love

Hey everyone - I'm blogging over at a2z Scrapbooking today!

Those who know me, or have at least been reading the blog for a while, know that this time of year I start getting a little down (I blogged about it...wow, 2 years ago now...on this post if you're curious as to why). This year, however, I'm trying to not go down that road; so to my family and friends, those whom I can hug in person and those I can only hug via emoticon, this card is for you:

Thank you all for always sharing your love with me, and I'm more than happy to send love back your way. May you all have a safe and happy new year - 2015 is going to be great!

Happy Crafting!

Crafty Friends...

Happy almost Christmas everyone!

A few things of note:

The 12 Days of Cards has stalled out at day 5. I've learned that video editing can be much, much more time consuming than one thinks (and bravo to everyone that does it on a regular basis!) thus squashing my plan of "oh, I'll just film, edit, and type in one night!" Hah. It's a minimum 2 day job.

• There will be more videos. I'm just throwing in the towel for this series this year, not forever and ever. 
• Part of my plan for 2015 is to get a good posting schedule going for myself. With (3) design teams to keep up with is it any wonder a planner is on my Christmas list? ;)

Speaking of those Design Teams:

• There's still time to enter the Watercolor Challenge over at a2z Scrapbooking. Be sure to use a Hero Arts product to qualify. If you don't have any, feel free to sneak an order in and use coupon code JENNIFER15 to take 15% off your $25 purchase. Consider it Christmas shopping for yourself. ;)
• There's still time to enter the Anything Goes Challenge over at So Suzy Stamps as well! Be sure to use a So Suzy Stamp product to qualify; with all the lovely (and snarky) stamps she has, there's sure to be something that speaks to you. And may I just say, wait until you see the January release...
• Over at Mountain Plains Crafters, not only are we doing a just-for-fun challenge featuring glitter today on the blog, but we have a fantastic post coming up on January 4th featuring the new adornit line!

Speaking of glittery goodness, we made the remark at MPC the other day that glitter is stronger than blood, sparking MariLynn to challenge us to break out the glitter and craft it up! I grabbed one of those watercolor pieces I had stashed, added the sentiment with some gold glitter embossing powder, then made a striped background with some gold washi tape.

Be sure to head over and see what everyone else created!

Happy Crafting!

So Suzy Stamps: Decorating the Tree and Giveaway Winner!

Hello there everyone! I'm blogging about this wonderful Christmas card over at So Suzy Stamps today, so be sure to go check it out:

For those waiting on the edge of your seats for the rest of the 12 Days of Cards series - it's coming! Promise! Video editing is kicking my butt, so everything is taking much longer than I anticipated. Hang in there though, I promise it will be worth it!

Now, for those of you who joined me for the Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, I have a winner to announce!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Yay Char - you have an email headed your way! Thank you all so, so much for stopping by, visiting, and following me all over the interwebs...LOL Each comment you left made me smile and glad that I keep on crafting.

Happy Crafting!

The 12 Days of Cards - Day 5

Welcome back for Day 5 of the 12 Days of Cards series! Let me just say that a lot of blood, sweat, and tears went into editing this video as it was not cooperative at all...the card, however, is just adorable. Because PENGUINS!

Yeah, stinkin' cute if I do say so myself. Now everyone better watch the video and like it so I didn't waste 2 hours of my life for nothing. And no, it should not have taken that long. I really hope Santa is bringing me a video camera!



Once everything was dried it looked even cuter. I love how the Enamel Accents turned out! I did realize that the steam from the coffee cup doesn't get cut, so I drew some back in with a black Zig marker.

Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel so you know when Day 6 is up, and don't forget to stop by my Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop posts for a chance to win some blog candy!

Supply List:
Lawn Fawn Love You a Latte stamps
Mama Elephant Arctic Penguins stamps
Mama Elephant Arctic Penguins Creative Cuts
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder
Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Paper
Wink of Stella Pen
(remember, when shopping at a2z Scrapbooking use code JENNIFER15 for 15% off your purchase of $25 or more!)
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
Ranger Enamel Accents
Versamark Ink
American Crafts Galaxy White Marker
Spectrum Noir Markers
Core'dinations Glitter Paper
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Scor-Pal Scoreboard
3M Scotch Foam Tape (the best!)

Happy Crafting!