Saturday, March 16, 2024

Daffodils

Daffodils 

Welcome fellow crafters and flower lovers!   I am so excited to share with you this month my beautiful daffodils card inspired by the first emerging blossoms of spring.   Perfect for this month's Beautiful Blossoms Challenge Blog! This inspirational creation is something I drew for this challenge and can be found at etsy.   



    This card is 5"x7" and the list of materials used are listed below. 

 Start with a 5"x7" cardbase and fold the front panel at an angle as shown.  Using a black COPIC Multiliner draw a border of lines and dots along the edge of the interior panel and the front fold-out as shown.   Cut a 5"x7" rectangle of a green and white striped cardstock.  Using a small brush and Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard, fill in the white lines of the striped cardstock with the Glitter Drops.  Let dry.  Align the striped cardstock to the front panel, cut the striped cardstock to match the fold.   


Using Jan's Daffodils #5110 Digital stamp set, size the Tan image to 3-3/4"x4" , copy and paste.   Print on Hammermill 100lb. white coverstock.   I colored using COPIC Markers:  Y00,  Y02, Y04, Y13,  YR00,  YR02, YG61, YG63, YG67, E33. 





 Fussy cut one image and fussy cut the trumpets/centers of the other image.   Align the trumpets to the full image and adhere the trumpets using Foam Tape as shown.


   




Using a 1" decorative ribbon, wrap around the striped cardstock about 1" from the bottom.   Using a 1/4" Yellow Satin ribbon, center on the 1" ribbon and secure the ends to the backside of the Green striped cardstock.   Adhere the striped panel to the front of the cardbase.






    

    Using jute twine, wrap a couple of loops and adhere to the backside of the Daffodils as shown and adhere to the front flap of the card front using foam tape.














Using your sentiment dies and green cardstock, cut sentiment running through your Big Shot.  Embellish using Violet Vellum and small butterfly punch, fold in half.  Adhere to the cardbase at the fold, use a small round rhinestone as the head of the butterfly and an oblong/Bagget Rhinestone as the body.














   OPTIONAL:  I like to decorate the backside of my cards using some of the leftover pieces of cardstock as shown.










   I hope you enjoyed your visit and that you will join me again for another of my card creations and Beautiful Blossoms Challenge https://beautifulblossomschallenge.blogspot.com/.   You can catch me and my digital sets on etsy.   Thank you for sharing a part of your day with me.     I hope to see you again soon.

Hugs,

Jan



I will share this card with the following:






Thursday, January 4, 2024

November 2023 Winners and Top Picks

We're back with the Winners and Top Picks from the 

November 2023 Challenge!

Thanks to Everyone for playing in Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge!  It's been such a pleasure seeing everyone's creativity over the years.  We thank you all for the support and wish you nothing but the best!  See you in Blog and/or Instagram Land!

We had lots of gorgeous creativity shared in November 2023!  We were all inspired by your talents and loved visiting everyone's posts.
Congratulations to our Winners, Top Picks and Special Mentions!

Our Randomly Selected Winners from those entries using a JDS image are:

(We Couldn't draw just 1 Winner - so we have 2!)

#13 - Sarah W.

AND

#113 - KT Fit Kitty

Congratulations Sarah and KT Fit Kitty!  You have 14 days to email us
(or copy and paste):
jansdigistamps@gmail.com
to arrange for your $6 store credit and begin your shopping spree!

Our Randomly Selected Overall winners are:

Again, we couldn't draw just 1, so we have 2!

#148 Scrappy Horses

AND

#15 Margreet

Congratulations Margreet and Scrappy Horses!  You have 14 days to email us
(or copy and paste):
jansdigistamps@gmail.com
to arrange for your $6 store credit and begin your shopping spree!


AND NOW

It was a difficult job, there were so many lovely entries!  Here are the Top 6 Entries chosen, let's give them a huge round of Applause!


#3 - Valerie D


#16 - Judy V.


#27 - Leslie T.


#106 - Nana Connie


#120 - Kitty


#163 - Kathy A.


AND

We had so many spectacular entries for our LAST Challenge, we had to pick a few Special Mentions.  They are:

#10 - Carol G.


#37 - Gloria S.

#87 Jackie C.


#94 - MeSi



#131 - Melanie H.


#139 - Leona


Well Done Everyone, You're ALL WINNERS in our book!  Thanks for playing along with us, we appreciate your support for this challenge and we will miss each and every one of you.  Please grab your badges and display on your blogs.  See you around!


Happy Crafty Wishes,
The JDS Team

Monday, November 20, 2023

November 2023 Mid-Month Inspiration

Jan's Digi Stamps would like to remind you that we are mid-way through our current Challenge, where 2 lucky winners will be awarded a $6 Gift Voucher to Jan's Shop! 

1 winner is selected from all entries and the 2nd draw is for those entries who have used a Jan’s Digi Stamp(s) for their entries. Your chances of winning are greatly increased when you use JDS images on your projects!

Remember, you can enter up to 10 times until 31 December 2023 at 12 noon EST.

Click HERE for the current challenge.

In case you missed the announcement on the recent Winner's Post (see HERE), this is the last challenge at the Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge Blog.  Jan and Dick Mahew are retiring soon, therefore the Jan's Digi Stamps Shop will close on April 30th, 2024 with the Nov/Dec challenge being our last.  We have extended the number of times you can enter - up to 10 entries, until the 31st of December.  The last winners and Top picks will be posted the 1st week of January 2024!

We appreciate your support for this challenge and Jan's Digi Stamps over the years.  We will miss you all and wish you a joyous holiday season, with best wishes for 2024 and beyond!  We'll see you in Blogland!

The team has wonderful inspiration projects for you featuring sets that were released November 1st: Christmas Deer, NOEL, Silver Bells and New Year Countdown 2024
Also, we have the Christmas Wish Sale!  15 digital sets featuring fun images for the Holiday Season at reduced prices.  Last, but not least, the FREE ORNAMENTS SET 2023 and HOLIDAY SENTIMENTS - free to you for a limited time.


Team Members featuring Christmas Deer





Team Members featuring NOEL



Team Members featuring Silver Bells



Team Members featuring New Year Countdown 2024






Team Members featuring Magic of the Season (set currently $1)

Team Members featuring the FREE ORNAMENTS 2023



A huge Thanks to the Team for such lovely projects.  We thank you for stopping by, we appreciate your support for this challenge and Jan's Digi Stamps for all these years.  We will miss you all and wish you a joyous holiday season, and best wishes for the future!  We'll see you in Blogland!

Donna W.
Admin for the Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge
and the Entire Team from Jan's Digi Stamps

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Monday, November 6, 2023

November 2023 - Anything Goes

Jan's Digi Stamps welcomes you to the November 2023 Challenge, where 2 lucky winners will be awarded a $6 Gift Code to the on-line store! 

Before getting to the challenge, let's review the Announcements:
  1. The Christmas Wish Sale is underway - 48 Sets on Sale 'til Christmas!
  2. Jan has released 4 NEW Digi Stamp Sets and a FREE Set this month: Ornaments 2023, New Year Countdown 2024, NOEL, Silver Bells and Christmas Deer. 4 Sets are currently listed at a discounted price and the Ornaments 2023 is a FREE GIFT from Jan!
  3. Check the Freebies Section, there are Holiday Sentiments for you!
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Now on to the Challenge!
The challenge guidelines are found within a tab above or you can click here.

Our Challenge themes are Always ANYTHING GOES

Design Team Inspiration Projects for November 2023 are:

Team Members featuring Ornaments 2023



Team Members featuring New Year Countdown



Team Members featuring Silver Bells




Team Members featuring NOEL







Team Members featuring Christmas Deer



Monica (birds from Christmas Deer and Sentiment from Dogs Days of Summer)




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We have extended the number of times you can enter this challenge.  You are now allowed 10 entries before this challenge ends!

You have until 12:00 noon p.m. EST Sunday, 31 December 2023 to enter your project into the challenge.  November winners will be announced on or before Wednesday, 03 January 2024 in a separate post.





October 2023 Winners and Top Picks

We're back with the Winners and Top Picks from the 

October 2023 Challenge!

Before we get to our Winners and Top Picks from last month, Jan and the team have a very important announcement:

Sunday, November 5, 2023


To All,

It is with a heavy heart and much deliberation that I am announcing the close of Jan’s Digi Stamp Shop Blog Challenge on Sunday, December 31, 2023. Our last challenge is the November-December Challenge. This decision was made with much thought and careful consideration. 

special thank you to Donna Walls- JDS Admin, Donna Ellis- JDS Advisor, and our talented JDS Design Team- you will be sorely missed! I would also like to thank all the card crafters who have shared your talents and creativity with us. Without your support and loyalty, there would have been no Jan’s Digi Stamp Shop Challenges.

Most important to me are all of the friends I’ve made and the encouragement they have given. I have so enjoyed our time at Jan’s Digi Stamp Shop Challenges.
My heartfelt thanks to all!  In closing- Thanks again. I hope to see all of you card crafters in Blog Land in the future.

Hugs, 

Jan


Thanks to Everyone for playing in Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge!
Your support means everything to us.  Remember you aren't required to use an image from Jan's Digi Stamps however if you do, your entry goes into a separate draw for a Prize.

We had lots of gorgeous creativity shared in October!  We were all inspired by your talents and loved visiting everyone's posts.
Congratulations to our Winners and Top Picks!

Our Randomly Selected Winner from those entries using a JDS image is:

#80 Cathie W.

Our Randomly Selected Overall winner is:

#108 Patsy Long

Congratulations Cathie and Patsy!  You have 14 days to email us
(or copy and paste):
jansdigistamps@gmail.com
to arrange for your $6 store credit and begin your shopping spree!


AND NOW

It was a difficult job, there were so many lovely entries!  Here are the Top 3 Entries chosen, let's give them a huge round of Applause!


#24 Scrappy Horses


#39 KT Fit Kitty


#94 Liliane


Well Done Everyone!  Thanks for playing along with us, we appreciate your support.  Please grab your badges and display on your blogs.  See you at the November Challenge HERE!


Happy Crafty Wishes,
The JDS Team