Weekly Color Combo Challenges

I will be posting the weekly color combo challenges every Saturday via {Facebook} and on the blog.

There's also a separate page just for the WCCC. Please click {HERE} for the link.

If you do not have any of CTMH colors - you can always substitute with other companies colors such as Stampin' Up, Paper-trey or Amuse - whatever pleases your feathers!

Weekly Challenges Catch Up

I am playing catch up with the weekly challenges. If you want to go to direct links - you can click  http://www.jensmessystudio.com/p/weekly-challenges-links.html  for the list of the weekly challenges projects.

Weekly Challenge #8 - CASE

Here's my take on this week's challenge. We were to CASE (Copy and Share Everything).  I did with LITTLE modification of a Birthday Card from Jamia Bankhead - I can not find the direct link for this one, but I printed it off about a year and half ago.

Supplies Used: 

Stamp Set:  Candlelight (C1394)

Cardstocks: Sweet Leaf, White Daisy, Crystal Blue & Sunkiss Yellow

Inks: Crystal Blue, Sweet Leaf, Sunkiss Yellow & Sunflower

Accessories: Cocoa Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stardust Glitter Glitz, Platinum Stickles

Note: I cased this from Jamia Bankhead at papermadnessinc.blogspot.com

Weekly Challenge #9 - Technique

Here's my take on this week's challenge which was using a technique. I chose to do the Batik's technique. The instruction will be below the supplies list that is used for this project. In this one,I had combined 2 things - Batik technique and the Color Combo Challenge (3/10).

Supplies Used: 

Kit: Key to my Heart (retired)

Stamp set: Butterfly Wings (D1341)

Cardstocks: White & Desert Sand

Inks: Sorbet, Desert Sand, Goldrush, Creme Brulee & Versamark

Accessories: Sorbet Ribbon Rounds, Foam Sponges, Water Spray Bottle & Clear EP 

Sketch is based on page 49 from Wishes Book (This was modified to fit to 6 x 6 card)

Instruction for the Batik Techniques (I don't recall where I got this because this was in one big words document). 

VersaMark and Card Stock Batik Method 
Supplies: VersaMark pad, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Brayer, Kaliedacolor Pad, Card Stock, Water Spritz bottle, 

Directions: 
          1. Simply stamp your image using Versamark on ultrasmooth white or confetti or some other light CS. 
          2. Then emboss with clear embossing powder. Let cool. 
          3. Then gently wad paper into a ball or you could fold it into a small square for a different look. 
          4. Unfold it and smooth it out. It will have crease marks now. Place it on a towel and mist with water so the paper is very damp. 
          5. Next ink your brayer with a Kaleidacolor pad (or a B&J pad) and brayer across the paper. 
          6. The image will stay white while the ink will seep into cracks and the rest of the paper will have a batik look. (Like back in the 70’s when you applied wax to a pattern on a shirt and then dipped it in dye, cooled and chipped the wax away. Like far out man!) 

Weekly Challenge #10 - a sketch

Here's my take on this week's challenge which is a sketch. You can choose any type of sketch long as you show us where the sketch is online.   I chose to use Mojo Monday #231 sketch.

Supplies Used: 

Stamp: Celebrate Life (C1287)

Cardstocks: White, Pear, Goldrush, Blush & Hollyhock

Inkpads: Hollyhock, Blush, Goldrush, Black & Versamark

Accessories: Scallop puncher, Cozzules, AP Cricut, White Bitty Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals & Iridescent EP

Sketch: Mojo Monday #231

Liebster Blog Award!

So what Is this Liebster Blog Award?  This award is for bloggers with less than 200 followers, to bring attention to their blog, and increase their following!

I'm sharing this award with them!  Please stop by to visit them, and become a Follower.

1. In my Studio with the cats (Missy Owoc)

2. Cre8n' Memories 

3. MirandaKdotcom

4. Roza*B*Crafty

5. Stamp Till Dawn

Here are the Rules for the Liebster Blog Award:
1. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them. (Thank you, GINA B!!) 
2. Reveal your five picks for the award and let them know. 
3. Post the award on your blog. 
4. Bask in the love from the supportive people out there in Blog Land! 
5. Finally and the best rule of all..........have fun and spread the love! 

New website and newsletter!!!

WOW!!  

CTMH really outdid themselves! They rolled out the brand new online business assistant (OBA) for all Consultants (active and junior). There are a lot of great features with the OBA! The name also has improved. Now you just have to type in http://www.CTMH.com/JensStudio, how great is that!

• Featured Stamp of the Month
• Shopping Cart is MUCH easier and quicker
• Join My Community Section (which has our such as blog, twitter, pinterest and so forth)
• Promotion tabs
• Ideas & Inspiration tabs
• Gathering Listings (This is my favorite of all!)

I have to admit that the Gathering Listings is my favorite of all! This will make it MUCH easier for all online clubs/parties.  All you will have to do is go to the website (http://www.CTMH.com/JensStudio) and scroll down a bit and you will see "Join one of Jenifer's Gatherings" then you can choose which one you want your orders to be applied toward. If you are not doing that - you do have the option to opt out and place an individual order for yourself! How awesome is that!!

Now I will suggest that you go to the shopping cart and set up your online account (you can still access your old ones from the past) and edit it all. You can set up address profile by updating your address.  There's also payment profile where you can add in your credit/debit card info and they will save it and for future you just have to select which cards you want to use, that's if you have more than 1 card.  While you're there - please be sure to check the newsletter checkbox if you are interested in subscribing to the monthly newsletter that CTMH will be sending out. 

NOW the second news is that CTMH is introducing monthly newsletter, starting April 1st. We have already gotten sneak peek at it.  It will feature such as SOTM, Tips and our choice of articles (which I will be using for the monthly's Kit of the Month Club). Again, make sure you check in your online profile that you are set up to subscribe to the monthly newsletter from CTMH.   I may have to modify my personal newsletter and will just post it out on the facebook page rather than clogging up your inbox with more emails. :)

 I think CTMH really outdid themselves this time!! They are AWESOME!! 

Quick links: 

http://www.CTMH.com/jensstudio <--- online shopping 24/7

http://www.facebook.com/jensmessystudio <--- facebook page

Victory - April's KOTM

April's Kit of the Month is "Victory".    I've created a layout and a card with the WOTG package. 

Interested in joining the April's KOTM Club? Click {HERE} to join.  Look under "Join one of Jenifer's Gathering" and click on Join for  April's KOTM Club.  The orders will be shipped directly to you.  

Supplies Used: 

WOTG: Victory (G1035)

Stamp Set: Victory (C1488) (This comes in the WOTG package only)

Inks: Cocoa, Bamboo, Desert Sand, Outdoor Denim & Barn Red

Cardstocks: Colonial White, Bamboo, Barn Red & Outdoor Denim

Accessories: Durables - squares (Z1705), Hemp, Clear EP, Stampin' Dimensionals & Sponge

Weekly Challenge #11 - 1 page

Here's my take on the Weekly Challenge #11!  This week's challenge was 1 scrapbook page.  You have one week until the 18th of March to complete Challenge #11. Next week's challenge which will begin on March 19th,  is Weekly Challenge #12 - ALTERED! 

It is missing the title. The stamp set that I need for this layout won't be here until this week so - that will be corrected when it arrives. 

I am slowly getting caught up on the previous weekly challenges. I have previous 3 ready to go - they just needed to be edited and posted.  I will let you know when it's all caught up. 

If you're interested in joining this - you can click { here } for more details. If you have completed this week's challenge.  Please add your link to the link list and share it on. 

Supplies Used: 

Kit: Stella LV 2 PP

Stamp set:

Cardstocks: Cocoa, Tulip, Olive & Colonial White

Inks: Cocoa

Accessories: Flourishes Sparkles (Z1708), Bitty Opaques (Z1707), Opaques (Z1336) & Miscellaneous Flowers

Sketch: Based on Creative Scrapper #198

Virtual Operation Write Home Card Making Party

Virtual Operation Write Home Card Making Party is ON! (Sorry I'm late on posting everything - time change really messed me up, LOL!) Chime in here if you're taking part in this and how many cards are you planning on donating! Please do share your works so we can see what you created for them. You can either chime in here or on facebook.


More details can be found {HERE}.


The next one will be on May 6th!!  Event Invitation will be set up sometime this week and send them to your friends who would be interested in doing this! 

Stella - March's KOTM

Using Stella's WOTG to create two layouts and a card!! Supply list will be posted soon. I'm tight on time due to one of our boys is home sick with the Flu. I just hopped on here really quick to post the photos for the Club Members.  

Next month's KOTM is "VICTORY". 

Become CTMH Consultant and get the AP Cricut Cartridge for free!

Close to my Heart has announced the promotion called "The Philosophy of Fun " for March 2012! When you sign up between March 1 to March 31, you can earn the Cricut® Art Philosophy collection FREE!! However, if you already have them - you can choose to get $100 in SPC (Select Product Credit).  Since the AP Cricut is $99, is actually worth $124 and that is boosting the Consultant Kit value!   If you love scrapbooking and stamping - Come on and join our fabulous company!  

Cricut Package:
CRICUT Package: Art & Philosophy- you will get 3 stamp sets and 3 Dimensional Elements (Chipboards) for $99! 

Want to see what the Consultant Kit has:

Spring/Summer 2012 Catalog Consultant Kit:

The basic kit:

 Optional Add on #1:

Optional Add-On #2

Optional Add-On #3

Want more details? See below: 

Here’s the breakdown of being an Active or Junior Consultant:

Active Consultant 

-Submit $300+ each calendar quarter (Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep, and Oct-Dec) to stay

     Active and not fall to JC (see note below).  (22% discount/commission)

-have access to everything via the Online Office.

-We are able to pre-order a month early. 

-We are able to preview the new products a month early! 

-Access to the Consultant’s Bulletin Board (AWESOME forum!)

-Recruit many as you want! 

 It is VERY easy to do $100/a month!  Their products sell itself! To basically break it down monthly total BEFORE tax and shipping will be around $80 monthly which is AFTER the 22% discount. 

JR Consultant (Junior Consultant)

(You will get dropped to JR Consultant after a quarter if you don’t meet the $300.00/qtr.)

-Submit $100 each quarter (10% discount/commission).  

-You will lose your down-lines. (They will be rolled up to your upline.)

-You will not be allowed to recruit.

-You won’t be eligible for product discounts that Active Consultant receives.

- In order to be reinstated as an active consultant, you will need to submit more than $300 or more in commissionable sales in ONE calendar quarter at 10% discount, then you will be reinstated to full active consultant within 48 hours.

* Calendar Quarter runs as followed: Jan – Mar, Apr – Jun, Jul – Sep and Oct – Dec *

Are you ready to sign up with us?  Click {HERE} to become CTMH Consultant! 

First Virtual Operation Write Home Card Making Party!

When: March 11, 2012

Time: ALL DAY

Where: Online via facebook 

What: Make home-made cards for our  national armed forces  who are deployed oversea.  By doing this, we are providing them with blanks cards and envelopes so they can write home to their loved ones.  

Welcome to the FIRST virtual Operation Write Home Card Making Party that I am hosting via {Jen’sMessy Studio} facebook.  Head over to the fan page and {rsvp your place}. Let us know how many cards you will make/donate to Operation Write Home!  

Where to ship them – link is http://operationwritehome.org/mailroom.html

Please check their guideline – which is a MUST to read. Here’s the link - http://operationwritehome.org/guidelines.html

Here’s link of what type of cards that they are in need of - http://operationwritehome.org/needs.html

The main link is http://operationwritehome.org/  

Stella Card {MojoMonday229}

Am on a roll this week!!  Here's my take for Mojo Monday #229 sketch.

Supplies used: 

Kit: Stella LV 2 PP

Stamp Set: Stella (C1493)

Cardstocks: Colonial White & Sunset

Inks: Cocoa, Lagoon, Olive & Sunset

Accessories: Bitty Sparkles (Z1263), Cocoa Ribbon (Z110) & Texture Kit - Sponge (Z1298)

Sketch is based on {Mojo Monday 229}

Owl Card

Sorry the photo is blurry - took it with the cellphone camera and it's crappy. 

I took the two step background and stamped them onto the grey wool cardstock and used a clear embossing powder to give the effect.  I distressed everything in Chocolate Ink.

Supplies Used: 

Stamp Set: Say In Style (D1283), You're A Hoot (C1362) & Two Step Backgrounds (D1473)

Cardstocks: Sorbet, Sweet Leaf, Chocolate, Grey Wool, Baby Pink &White

Ink: Chocolate

Accessories: 2" scallop puncher, 1 3/4" circle puncher, Clear EP & Pop Up dots

The color combo came from {HERE} and the sketch came from {MOJO MONDAY}

Cards from Cards Club last night

Here are the cards from last night's club.  They all were inspired by others cards with my own modifications. 

Card #1 - 

Card #2 - this card was inspired by Teresa Black

Card #3

Card #4

The optional add - on (Card #5) This was inspired by Nicole Heady (?)

Am looking forward to next month's Card Club!

Supplies used:
Card #1
Stamp Sets: The Present (D1436) & Thank You (D1361)
Cardstocks: Vineyard Berry & Colonial White
Inks: Vineyard Berry & Versamark
Accessories: Iridescent EP


Card #2
Stamp Sets: Happy Moments (C1437) & Thank You (D1361)
Cardstocks: Bamboo, Twilight, Desert Sand & Colonial White
Inks: Desert Sand, Twilight & Chocolate
Papers: Simple Pleasure Level 2 (Retired)
Accessories:  Clear EP, Antique Copper Bigger Brad


Card #3
Stamp Sets:  So Sweet (C1389) & Card Chatter - Sympathy (D1476)
Cardstocks: Chocolate & Colonial White
Inks: Bamboo & Chocolate
Accessories: Scor-pal Buddy


Card #4
Stamp Sets: March Word Puzzle (D1270)
Cardstocks: Colonial White & Clover Meadow
Inks: Clover Meadow
Accessories: Twill Ribbon, Scor Pal, 2" Scallop puncher & 1 3/4" circle puncher


Card #5 (Optional Add-On)
Stamp Sets: Snow Flurries (D1384) & Holiday Trinkets (D1366)
Cardstocks:  Colonial White, Olive & Kraft
Inks: Colonial White & Olive
Accessories:  Ribbon, Snowflake puncher & Antique Copper Brad

Big news about retiring products!!

Yesterday, CTMH announced that those followings products will be featuring in the Spring/Summer 2012 catalog for the LAST TIME!   I am excited to see what they will be replacing those with in the Autumn/Winter 2012 catalog!  Here's what they're going to be retiring after this catalog run.

• All of the How-to-do program books
• Distressing Kit (the full kit only)
• Exclusive Inks® Markers
• Cardstock Shade Packs
• 8 1/2" x 11" Cardstock Packs

I am pretty sure the how-to-do books will sell out quickly so be sure to get yours while it is available! 

Spring/Summer 2012 Catalog is available now!

Want to place an order?  Click {HERE} and order away!
Want to view the catalog online? Click {HERE}!
Want your own hard copy? Contact me and I will mail you one, for FREE!

Double Your Studio J® Layouts with February’s Five for Free

Double Your Studio J® Layouts with February’s Five for Free Campaign 
You can double your layouts with our Five for Free promotion! For each Studio J® 5-pack you purchase this February, you’ll get one free 5-pack. That means you get 10 layouts for just $55—that’s just $2.75 per page, with free shipping. Even if you’re already taking advantage of Studio J’s incredibly low members-only pricing, you’ll save even more when you purchase 5-packs through this special February deal!!

You can go here and register for { Studio J }

Weekly Challenge #4–4 cards with ONE stamp set

Welcome back to Weekly Challenge for 2012! if you're interested in joining this - you can click { here } for more details. If you have completed this week's challenge. Please add your link to the link list and share it on.

This week we are creating 4 cards with ONE stamp set only.

I've been in a rut that I haven't gone into the studio almost 2 weeks. *sigh*.

Next week is Week#5  which is double layouts (2 pages).

Change of a course....

The last few weeks I've learned quite a bit.  I have been feeling like I'm on a different course than what I have been on for the last 9 years.  It feels like my sense of creativity and desires are changing on how I'm scrapbooking my family's memories. At the very beginning, I was all about "all out there", now I'm at the point where I'm wanting to simplify things. I don't know if this course is a permanent one or it's just to give me a different view on how simple scrapbooking can be.  I am hoping with time that I will find my groove and work from there. So please be patience with me if my works are far in between posts.

Until then.

Weekly Challenge #3–1 photo page

Welcome back to Weekly Challenge for 2012! if you're interested in joining this - you can click { here } for more details. If you have completed this week's challenge. Please add your link to the link list and share it on.

This week we are creating ONE photo page.

Next week is Week #4  which is creating 4 cards using ONE stamp set.

** I am late on this week’s challenge. I will get mine up within the next day or two. **

Week 1 - Project Life

Week 1 of Project Life

Nothing fancy about week 1 - just a few pictures this week. It is going to be get some time before I get some better idea of how I want to do the Project Life by Becky Higgins. At this point, it looks like I'll be taking photos of events that is part of our crazy life.  I still have to figure out how to switch my mode about using vertical shots more often. Hopefully by the end of the month that I will have a better idea of how I'm going to do this project. :)

Am posting this a day late. I was unable to do it yesterday.

Weekly Challenge #2 - Altered Art

** SORRY! I thought I had published this on Monday, but it was in the draft mode.**

Welcome back to Weekly Challenge for 2012!  if you're interested in joining this - you can click { here } for more details. If you have completed this week's challenge.  Please add your link to the link list and share it on. 

Here's my take on this week's challenge which was Altered Arts. This was made about a year ago and I wanted to show it again because it's one of my favorite project.

Next week is Week# 3 which is 1 photo page - using ONE photo only! 

Supply List:
Kit: Mayberry Level 2 Paper Packet (X7136B)
Stamp: Carefree Stamp Set (C1447)
Inkpads: Smoothies, Olive, Honey and Cocoa
Accessories:  3x3 Mini Album (Z1166), Gliz Glitter - Stardust (Z1313), Sponge/Sponge dauber/ Foam Tool (your choice - I used the foam tool), Glitter (Z134), Chocolate Brad and 1/4" circle puncher (I used SU's)

Weekly Challenge #1 - 1 page

Welcome back to the Weekly Challenges for 2012!  Last year was put on hold due to the fact that I closed up my Studio when we put the previous house on the market.   Now I am happy to report that we have moved and everything is getting back on track! 

If you're interested in joining this - you can click { here } for more details. If you have completed this week's challenge.  Please add your link to the link list and share it on. 

Here's my take on this week's challenge which was one page.  The sketch came from Heart 2 Heart Challenge Blog.  You can find it { here }. 

Next week's challenge is Altered Art - something that is not scrapbook page or card!

Supply List: 
Paper Packet: Mistletoe
Stamp sets: Just for the Holidays (D1380) and Bingo Alphabets (D1478)
Cardstocks: New England Ivy, Colonial White and Cranberry 
Inkpads: New England Ivy, Cranberry, Crystal Blue and Staz On Timber Brown
Accessories: 1 3/8" circle puncher (SU!), Clear Sparkles, SU Dimensional Pop ups, Art & Philosophy Cricut Cartridge and Ribbons.