...JuGs ChaLLenGe 100...

Here was the JugS 100 Challenge...a SkEtCh...

AwEsoMe right??? 

 I looked at it and thought...It'll take me  40 minutes tops...all I need to do is figure out WhAT is going in that oval....hmmmm....ok...Wow...all those shades of blue sure look pretty....maybe halloween?  I never use blue...how about the  CozY Cottages set I just got?...those blues are really gorgeous...a paper smoOches set?  Good golly...I should use BlueS!! ...what images go with blue?  Ohhh...how about the reindeer in this Taylored Expressions set sitting right here on my desk???  In case you were wondering what my thought process was here...LOL! :)

And honestly, 30 minutes later...it was all done except choosing the background paper and ribbon...which took another 30 minutes and made a ridiculously LaRGe mess!!!!!  Think a 20 men, 3 days to clean up mess...backhoe required mess....holy shedoobie I have A LOT of paper mess!!!

ok...enough babbling...here it is

I rarely do pretty...and when I do, it's almost ALwaYS a struggle.  This just came together really easy!  Except the background paper...I must have tried 30 different papers before I decided to give up and make my own...so I heat embossed white snowflakes onto enchanted evening blue cardstock...should be good right???

 To quote my son...EpiC FaiL!!  

All you saw was the stinkin' snowflakes...no reindeer!  I pulled out ANOTHER paper pad...one that I thought didn't have a prayer and saw this ledger paper...not a very Christmas-Y choice...but It was the winner!!

I do truly LOVE this set!  I hope you like it too, because  I'm sure I'll be using it a ton this holiday season!  

Thanks for looking!

Have an AmAZinG Thursday!

jen

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JuSt iN cAse...

...you thought all I did was collect and organize supplies...here are a few pictures of some of the things I've made in the last month...

Here's a cake I made for 4th of July...totally stolen from Glorious Treats...red, white, and blue (very, very blue) inside...I'm a slacker...no pic of that...to busy eating it! :)

Cookies I made for the CMRLL All-Star team...my first paying cookie gig...

24 sets bagged like this and over a dozen small balls bagged up individually for the player's siblings...

It was a lot of cookies!...I was really happy with the packaging though...detailed enough without being fussy...don't know why I bothered though...you know 13 year old boys weren't critiquing my headers! LOL! 

I got the Copic air gun...the background paper here was the first thing I made with it...just layered lots of colors.  That stamp set is from PTI...I'm not generally a flower person..but I LOVE this set...it's called Daydreamer...

Same piece of paper...just higher up...and same stamp set...

Here's the thank you card Connor sent his Aunt Shirley for his bd gift.  We always make her a special card because she appreciates them...I usually get a call after she receives them asking about different products or techniques I used...I love sending cards to people like that!!   aMuse stamp and sentiment...told you they were funny!!

Okay...and here's the random bits that were floating in the lower left corner of the desktop...all PTI...but nothing else in common...

Enjoy the ride set...

Blooming button bits....

another button bits image and polka dot basics with an aMuse sentiment... 

all PTI...stamp, ink, paper, envelope...ummmm...I think the ribbon is from someone else...

OK...there's a little proof that I actually use the stuff in the cubbyhole :)

Off to use some more stuff now...

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