Happy Aloha Friday!!!

Happy Aloha Friday, Gang!!! Praying you are all doing well, staying indoors, staying healthy, and staying alive!!! I am going to try this "once a week" post in my blog, because things have been slowing down everywhere, but at the same time still moving, know what I mean?? I figure I could share my once a week, what I have been creating. I'll try and just post 5 projects, so that it doesn't get too overwhelming for everyone to read. I'll keep the post simple n' sweet, and if you want more of my blabbing, just let me know.

Ok so here we go...

Project #1: "Happy Birthday Shaker Card". I created this shaker card for my grand baby who turned 1 in February. I have recently found a new but old love for shaker cards, and thought that a shaker card for her would be so perfect. stamps are from The Greeting Farm. Die cut is from My Favorite Things.  I had so much fun creating this card. I used Copic Sketch Markers to color images, and a White Signo Gel Pen for highlighting.

Project #2: "Hello Spring Swap Cards"
Here are my cards that I created for my one-on-one swap for the month of February. Theme was "Spring". I used the "no-line coloring" technique. I think I need more practice. Stamped images are from RG Avenue. Dies from Lawn Fawn, and Sentiment is from Hello Blue Bird. Cloud stencil from My Favorite Things. I used Prisma Color Pencils to color in these images. Made 17!

Project #3: Bible Journaling Page:

Digital image is a freebie from RG Avenue. Scripture I highlighted is 1 Corinthians 1:26-31. Basically the scripture says, "If you're gonna boast, then boast about JESUS". That is what I designed. This is a 9" x 12" spiral bible from Illustrated Faith. Pages are huge, and so much room to decorate, I love it. I used Pan Pastels for the background, and words are stamps and stickers, and "JESUS" was cut out of Yellow DSP, on my Sizzix eClips2 machine. Date stamp is also from Illustrated Faith.

Project #4:
Another bible journaling page. This one was done a year ago, back in Feb 2019! I guess I forgot to share it. You don't need to decorate a bible to do any journaling. You can basically use any old book that you no longer need, and just decorate it. This one has lyrics of a Praise n' Worship song called "Hold Me Now" (Whole Heart). The words remind of me God's goodness and how much GRACE he gives me daily. Grace upon Grace upon Grace. I am no good without God.

This last pic is not a project but rather a reminder of things that are NOT Cancelled. Even though there has been so much changes in our lives, a lot of things have NOT changed. So keep your head up. View this as a time of "Dwelling with the Lord" as this illness/disease passes over our household. Hold fast to the Lord's WORD and his promises, and be still and know that HE is GOD!!!  Continue to love on each other in your household and appreciate having them here together with YOU. 

God Bless n' Aloha,
Jen



"Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within ME!!!"  ~Psalm 51:10~

How to Purchase and Use The Greeting Farm Digital Images

Aloha All!!  Happy Monday!!  Over at The Greeting Farm's blog, I am Guest Designing another Video Monday... how fun!!  This time, I am sharing how to Purchase and Use The Greeting Farm digital images. Here is the project I created with the image I showed in the video:

Here is the video... enjoy!!!

Freebie Friday - 2 Easter Sentiments

Happy Aloha Friday!!!!  I wanted to start up my "FREEBIE FRIDAY" days again, and give a little freebie here n' there.  Most freebies would consist of my computer generated sentiments.  But once in a while, I'll have a freebie giveaway!!!  So, stick around and see for yourself what it is that is for FREE!!! 

Today, I have 2 FREEBIES!!!!!  I made these freebies for my cards that I've posted in the next post - it is for the projects I made for today's LSHD/KBD Facebook Hop.  I've used both sentiments on my projects.  So here they are for you to use on your projects.  Simply click on the image, and right click and save to your computer.  Enjoy!!

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a blessed day and an awesome weekend in the Lord!! Aloha!!!

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." ~1 Cor 13:13~  

 

Sweet New Baby

Happy Aloha Friday!!!!  Every Mondays, LSHD gives a digital kit and SVG kit away as a freebie. Don't you just love freebies??  Well, I totally love them.  I immediately got to work on this adorable card. I paper pieced the bear, using the free SVG kit, and the snowflake, and stripes came from the free digital kit.  You might wanna head on over to LSHD to grab those freebies, before they are taken down on March 8th.  :)  You have 2 more days.

I tried something new this time when taking pictures... I took pictures of my project outside, near my pond.  Today's weather was so nice, that I thought I'd try taking it outside.  Until I realized that it was a windy kinda day. LOL! Well, I had to wait in between gusts of wind to take my photo.  I almost gave up and went back into the house.  But I'm glad I stuck it out.  Here are the freebies that I've used. You can click on the photo and it'll take you to the site where you can get these freebies, while they are available.

Thanks for popping in.  Hope you're having a blessed day creating.  Aloha, Jen

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." ~1 Cor 13:13~  

 

Doodle Pantry Release - Monkey Peeps

New release at Doodle Pantry today... cause it's Tuesday!!!  Here's the set I got to play with... "Monkey Peeps":

Here's how my sample turned out:

Don't you wanna just rub that belly???  That monkey is too cute!!!  There are so many other sentiments, and you can come up with so may different things that the lil' cute monkey could be wrapping his arms around or peeping from... but since Valentine's Day is right around the corner, I figured make something cute n' loving to go with that.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please check out Doodle Pantry's blog/shop to see what other sets have been released today.  Hope your weekend was a blessed one!!

I am submitting my project to the following challenges:

• Digi Choosday - Love Is In The Air
• Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
• Tuesday Throwdown - Love Is In The Air
• 2 Cute Ink Digital Challenge - Valentine's/Love
• Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes
• Crafty Cardmakers and More - Love, Love, Love
• Stamp & Create - All you need is Love

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." ~1 Cor 13:13~  

 

Doodle Pantry "Ant In My Pants" Digital Challenge and NEW Release

Hey there!! Heads up... I have 2 posts today.  I am sharing about Doodle Pantry's Challenge and Release in this post, and the post immediately after this is a post of the cards I've recently created for an order.

Ok, so I am not sure if you know of this new challenge going on at Doodle Pantry.  This is the 2nd challenge, open to all stampers.  I hope you have a chance to play along.  This is a monthly challenge, and the theme for this month's challenge is "CANDY" with an option to add ribbon.  Laurie came out with some cute sweet yummie images just today, and they are on sale!!  Just check it out, and join the challenge if you can!! All of the projects that were created by the Creative Team turned out really cute, and I love the brightness of them all.  Might have to join in the challenge myself!! :)  Here are the sets that were released today:

All the NEW products listed below, today will be marked down  25% OFF for 2 DAYS, Today and Wednesday!

DP0748 - COTTON CANDY ANTS - FREE with a purchase from February 3 thru February 25!  This image also works for our AIMPDC challenge theme too! (Link above ^)
The Creative Team made some cute cards with this for your inspiration, you can see them when you click the Name of the product above to be taken to the shop where their pictures are posted. 

DP0749 - OLD FASHIONED CANDY - You'd be lucky to be old enough to remember the bowls of these colorful kinds of candies at grandma's when you were little!  I am!  This set also goes along with our challenge theme this month.
The Creative Team made some super yummy looking cards for your inspiration, you can see them when you click the Name of the product above to be taken to the shop where their pictures are posted.  

DP0750 - AUSSIE CRITTERS - I have a customer kind enough in Australia help me with some sentiments for this set.  Several Australian native animals are included with color images, outlines and digi papers.
A couple girls on the Creative Team made adorable greetings for your inspiration, you can see them when you click the Name of the product above to be taken to the shop where their pictures are posted.  

DP0751 - LIL GORILLA JUNGLE - This fat little gorilla just screams Valentines, but is also great for any occasion.  3 different gorilla options and then 2 different tree options so that you can build a scene.
A couple girls on the Creative Team made adorable greetings for your inspiration, you can see them when you click the Name of the product above to be taken to the shop where their pictures are posted.   

DP0752 - A-MAZE-ING WORDS 2 - This has been half done for several months and I finally finished it in time for Valentines Day. There are surely more mazes to come in the future too, I love to make them and my kids keep asking for more.
We don't have any actual cards made with this yet, but there will be some soon!  These maze words can work wonderful behind a digi pattern paper and a few adorning accents. They can be the main focus, or you can pair them with some small digi images next to them... so many options! 

Click here to jump over to Doodle Pantry's blog! 

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." ~1 Cor 13:13~  

 

Digital Page and Gift Card Holder for Doodle Pantry

Today is Doodle Pantry's NEW Release. Got back just in time to do my DT duties!  Here are a couple of projects I wanna share with you created with 2 new release sets:
 

For the above digital page layout, I used elements from the digital set below:

For my 2nd project, a Gift Card Holder:

The above project was created with elements from this set... and from the SVG cut set below....

Be sure to check out the Doodle Pantry blog to see what other releases other DT members created.
Thanks for stopping by!

Aloha, Jen

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." ~1 Cor 13:13~  

 

A Warm Cozy Holiday

Hey there... here is the project I completed on Friday.  Looks pretty easy, but took me a while to create. I don't have the die cuts for this 3-Circle Flip card, but I did have an SVG cut created by Lori Whitlock. But, her cut was made for a smaller card. I had to re-size, and re-adjust the size of the DSP side panel. It felt like the entire day was spent on this project. But, Praise God, I was finally able to figure out the sizing, and then I could move on and create the rest of the card... phew!! The adorable hot chocolate images on this project is from Bento Box Ink and sold at my digital store, Little C's Digis on ETSY. The DSP is from Doodle Bug designs. Button from Stampin' Up! and SVG 3-Circle Flip Card SVG from Lori Whitlock's online store.

I have so much projects on my "to do" list, some of which should've been done yesterday!!  Had to make a list so I can keep track of what projects I need to do!!  LOL!! I'm now to work on a "Frozen" themed birthday card.  Might be heading to a birthday party tomorrow, and that is the little girl's birthday theme.  :)  Praying I will be able to find something not only FUN but easy to create!!  

I am submitting my card to the following fun challenges:

• A Creative Romance - Winter Warmers
• Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
• Christmas Stampin' All Year Long
• Crafty Cats - Christmas is coming!
• Shapes and More - Christmas is soon!
• Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes
• Really Reasonable Ribbon - Winter Holiday with Ribbon or Trim

Thank you for peeking in.  I pray that your weekend is going as the Lord leads.  

Aloha, Jen

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." ~1 Cor 13:13~  

 

Send a Smile 4 Kidz Challenge - Anything Goes

Aloha Crafters!!!  Today at Doodle Pantry, we are sponsoring Send a Smile 4 Kids and their theme is "Anything Goes".  We have some awesome samples created with DP images, which you can check out on their blog.  What I came up for this challenge was a Pizza Gift Card.  The image, DSP and sentiment that I used are all from "Pizza Slice" mini digi set that was recently released this month from Doodle Pantry.  I also used my punch board to create this super easy gift card holder, and here's how it turned out:

I've created it where the pocket of the gift card holder moves up as you open the card.  On the inside a funny "cheesy" sentiment.  I also printed the DSPs at a 54% opacity so that it has a lighter look to the card, allowing the pizza image to stand out more. 

Well, if you are feeling inspired to create something today, I suggest you check out this challenge going on over at the Send a Smile for Kids blog.  If you use a Doodle Pantry image (freebies here) you receive a free image just for entering! This month, the stamp is Gingerbread House Ants. That is not just an image, but an ENTIRE digital stamp set!!  So what's there to lose, really????  Have FUN!!  The rest of the DT and I are looking forward in seeing what you come up with.  

I am submitting my card to the following fun challenges:

• Send a Smile 4 Kids - Anything Goes
• Sami Stamps - Anything Goes
• Dragon's Lair - Fall Colors
• Crafty Little Fairies - Anything But a Square

Thank you for stopping by!!  May your weekend by a blessed one... 

Blessings,
Jen

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." ~1 Cor 13:13~  

 

Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge - Using Any DP Image

Hey Gang!!  It is getting colder here in Hawaii... I'm sure those that live on the mainland would laugh when I write that we are at 68 degrees. I laugh too, but seriously, this temp is freezing for most of us.  My hubby is one of those that love the cold, so this weather is really nice for him.  He'd rather be in 36 degree weather.  :)  As I write this post, I am in my thick fleece PJ's and a jacket, and sipping on Hot Chocolate.  I'm feeling cozy!!

It's Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge Monthly Challenge time!!  The challenge this month is to create with ANY Doodle Pantry Digital image, and you will get a chance at winning the prized coupon, but not only that, you will receive the newest "Gingerbread House Ants" digital set for FREE - just for USING a Doodle Pantry digi image!!!!  That is a sweet deal!!!  This is the adorable set that you would receive:
 

For my project, I have here a 3 panel birthday card.  I purchased this die cut from Elizabeth Crafts a Karen Burniston design.  I think I may have purchased it several months ago, I even posted on here when I purchased them.  Well, they sat for a good enough time, and now it is time to use it.  So here is what I came up with for the 1st die that I used.

Card Details:

• Images and Sentiment: Doodle Pantry's Digital Stamp Set: "Yummy Cupcakes" 
• Images were colored with Copic Sketch Markers
• Cardstock: Stampin' Up!
• Card Base Die Cuts: Elizabeth Crafts

I am submitting my card to the following fun challenges:

• Crafty Sentiments Design - Anything Goes
• Addicted to Stamps - Anything Goes
• Crafting For All Seasons - Birthday
• Creative Moments - Anything Goes/Celebrations
• Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by!!!  I hope your week has been a blessed one.  If you have Facebook, please come and join my Facebook Group, "Creating with Jen" for details of this card, and how I created it.

Aloha, Jen

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." ~1 Cor 13:13~