Monday, August 8, 2011

Happy Birthday Lesley!

Today is my blogging buddy Lesley's birthday so to celebrate, Nance has organized a blog hop so that we can all send her our best wishes!  Keep reading to find all the stops on our blog tour!

How adorable!  I wish I could see her face when she realizes what we've done!  I made a card that I've got to admit I fussed over it for quite a while before I settled on the finished product.  Ooh, the pressure!!

Lesley befriended me many months ago when she asked me to be a guest designer on her challenge blog The Paper Players.  She never fails to give an encouraging word and is a source of great inspiration for me.  I'm so glad that I "know" her even though we've never met, we live 3,000 miles apart and in different countries!  Luckily, in this electronic age that means nothing! 

I hope that you'll pop on over to Lesley's blog, Always Playing With Paper, and send her some birthday wishes!

Here are the other very talented participants in our blog hop today (with a big shout-out to Nance for putting this whole thing together)!  Be sure and check out their amazing creations!

Anne Marie Hile - Stampin’ Anne
Carrie Gaskin - Artistic Avenger
Cindy Beach - Stamps, Paper and Ink
Jaydee - Stampin’ with Jaydee
Jen Mitchell - I Create --------< That's me!
Joan Jeffery - JJ Creations
Lauri Ingram - Paperville
Laurie - Hiding in My Craft Room
LeAnne Pugliese - wee Inklings
Nance Leedy - Canopy Crafts
Rita Wright - Cards by Rita
Sandra Azzopardi - Sandra’s Stamping Spot
Tui Nathan - Stampin’ Time

13 comments:

Nancy said...

Very pretty card, love the zig-zag stitching and your "fussy" ribbon placement, nice colors too.

Tui Nathan said...

Lovely card Jen ... love the ribbon treatment!

Linda Callahan said...

Oh so pretty! Love the scrunchy ribbon look :)

jjcreations said...

Fabulous card - love the ribbon treatment.

jaydee said...

Jen, love the circle in the square... the scrunchy ribbon and the stitching. gorgeous card. Lesley will love it!
hugs
jaydee

Rita W said...

Jen, the stitching and ribbon are awesome! I love your style so, so much.

Nance Leedy said...

I love that each of us has made cards perfectly suited for Lesley but in our own style! This one is another fabulous Jen creation! Love the circle element, the stitching and that gorgeous ribbon treatment! Lesley is sure to love it. Thank you for the shout-out and for making this a hopping good time!

Carrie Gaskin said...

This is just lovely. That ruffled ribbon is so yummy and your choices of colour are fantastic!

Lesley said...

Good morning Jen! You SHOULD have seen my face when I realized what you had all done. I had tears in my eyes and a big ol' lump in my throat! Thank you so much for your kind words and for the lovely card! I am inspired by YOU and you are right, what's 3000 miles in this electronic age! Thank you for making my day so special!
Hugs.
Lesley

Laurie HIMCR said...

Beautiful card! I love the pretty ribbon! TFS!

Sandra Azzopardi said...

Your card is so beautiful, Jen! The colours look fantastic together and the ruffled is just perfect.

Sandra Azzopardi said...

Oooop! I meant to say the ruffled ribbon is just perfect :)

Cindy Beach said...

Jen, you used one of my favorite color combos and did it so beautifully! I love your ruffled ribbon, clean lines and the stitching.