Spartan Pride

Hello! Happy Friday! 

Gina K Designs had a new release party last night ~~ sooooo much fun! I couldn't wait to get to the store and get my new stamps! And of course the first set I had to have was Sporty Accessories (designed by Melanie Muenchinger). This set is so cute! And totally up my alley being a sports fan! 

This is the first card I made with the new set. I decided to go with my HS alma-mater team colors (McFarland Spartans). I love these blues together! The star image is from the new buy 3 get 1 free set Lazy Days of Summer. 

Ok gotta go play some more!

Hugs, LJ

Potluck Friday Challenge

Hello! Happy Friday! 

I made this card for the Friday Potluck challenge over on StampTV, which was to use textures and patterns. The patterns part was easy, pretty DSP, but texture?  that was hard for me, until I remembered I picked up this corrugated card-stock at a stamping & scrapbooking show last fall (knew I was saving it for something LOL), I used Rupa's Guiding Light (Gina K Designs) for the images and sentiment (inside)

I also did the inside of the card this time, which I don't do very often, but I really wanted to use the sentiment, and with a dark card-stock base it kind of just worked this time.

Hope you enjoy! 

Hugs, LJ

Bean Thinking About You

Hello! I made this card for the latest Sketch Challenge over on Stamp TV. I haven't used "My Cuppa Joe" (Gina K Designs) in awhile so I pulled it out for the challenge. The DP is by Basic Grey (bittersweet) and I think it worked really well with this image.

Hugs ~ LJ

Recipe:

Stamps: My Cuppa Joe (Gina K Designs)

Paper: Chocolate Kiss (gina K), Close to Cocoa, Gina K 80 lb. Luxury White, Bittersweet Basic Grey DP

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Chocolate Chip

Access: Chocolate Ribbon, Basic Grey Brads, Eyelet Border Punch, Hole Punch

Out of This World

Hello! 

I think this is one of my favorite Wee-Tee cards I have made so far, and it just might be the colors. I've never used Pacific Point with Certainly Celery before, but this DP was in the DCWV Glitter Stack and it went really well together. I used this week's MoJo Monday Sketch for the layout. 

Have a super day!

Hugs ~ LJ

Recipe:

Stamps: Wee Tees (Gina K Designs)

Paper: Pacific Point, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Gina K Luxury 120 lb. White, DCWV Glitter Stack

Ink: Mememto Tuxedo Black, Pacific Point

Access: SU Markers, White Basic Grey Brads, Pacific Point Double Striped Ribbon

My Tailgate or Yours?

Hello! Today should be a crazy day for me at the office, since I am just going back after having a nice long 4-day weekend! It was so nice though to have some time off! 

Anyways, this is the 2nd of two cards I made for the Summer Picnic Swap on SCS. This card uses a Gina K Designs Set called "My Tailgate or Yours" which is one of my favorite GKD Sets. I just LOVE football (especially my Badgers!) 

Have a terrific Tuesday!

Hugs ~ LJ

Recipe:

Stamps: My Tailgate Or Yours (Gina K Designs)

Paper: Marigold Morning, Real Red, Basic Black, White

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Access: Circle & Circle Scallop Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots A2 Embossing Folder, Prismacolor Markers, Black Twill RIbbon (Michaels), dimensionals

Happy Memorial Day!

Since Memorial Day weekend is the "unofficial" start to summer, I thought I would share a summery card I made for a Picnic themed swap over on SCS. I have been busy catching on swaps this weekend! I have two spots (the 2nd of which I will share tomorrow) but this is the first one. I love making pocket cards. they are my favorite "special card" to make. 

I hope you enjoy it and have a wonderful and safe Memorial Day! 

Hugs ~ LJ

Recipe (all SU):

Stamps: Tart & Tangy (SU)

Ink: None 

Paper: Old Olive, Real Red, White, Bashful Blue, Summer Picnic DSP

Access: Real Red & Old Olive SU Markers, Celery Ribbon (09 SAB), Circle Punches, Scallop Circle Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Tab Punch, Sticky Strip. 

Hello! Hope you are having a fantastic Memorial Day Weekend. I'm making a really good dent into my long list of swaps I have! This one is for Jen's "Don't Be a Square" swap. 

I made the oval card with my nestaiblities & CuttleBug. I used the SU Set Branch Out. 

Hugs - LJ

Hello! Happy Saturday! 

I thought I would post a card I made for a fancy fold swap Audrey is hosting on SCS. This is a Joy Card. I used Beate's Tutorial to make the card. They were a lot of fun to make. Now that I have  Score-Pal it's much easier to make these kind of cards! I used Asela's Zoo Animals (Gina K Designs) set for the card. This is such a CUTE set! 

The inside of the card is below:

Recipe:

Stamps: Zoo Animals (Gina K Designs)

Paper: DCWV Animal Crackers, Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, White

Access: SU Hodgepodge Hardware, Score-Pal, 1/16" Hole Punch, SU Brown Ribbon

Another StampTV Challenge - Badger Style

Last Monday's Color Challenge on StampTV was to use Red, Black and White. So of course I had to do a Bucky Wee-Tee! LOL! I did the image and sentiment on my computer, printed it out on 80 lb. Gina K Luxury White card stock and stamped the Wee Tee image over the top (it took a few tries to get it centered) I used this weekend's Sketch over on Taylored Expressions. 

If I ever know of a family that's expecting and are huge Wisconsin Badger fans I'll have the perfect card to give them. LOL. 

Hugs ~ 

LJ

Good Evening!

This is a card I made for this week's Sketch Challenge over on StampTV. I picked up the Basic Grey Archaic Paper at Gina K's Store this week (along with the buttons and brads ~ I have to coordinate LOL) And came up with this for my card using Melanie's Wee-Tees set. 

Recipe:

Stamps: Wee Tees (Gina K Designs)

Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Gina K Chocolate Kiss, Basic Grey Archaic

Ink: Basic Black, Old Olive

Accessories: Basic Grey Archaic Buttons & Brads, Horizontal Slot Punch, Ticket Corner Punch, 1/16" hole punch

Have a great weekend!

Hugs, LJ

Sweet Wee-Tees!

Happy Friday! 

I'm so excited to be a Guest Designer for Melanie's new set Wee Tees (Gina K Designs). Here is my card for today. Last weekend I was walking around the baby section (of course!) of a store at the mall, and I noticed that there is a lot of spring baby stuff with fruits on them (especially cherries!) So that's where I got the inspiration to make this card. This card could be used as a congratulations card to a new mom and dad, or even a birth announcement (think how cute the inside would be if there was a picture of a baby in a cherry or red onesie!). The sweet sentiment is from Melanie's "Have a Cookie" Set (also Gina K Designs). The onesie was stamped on Gina K 80 lb Luxury White Cardstock, and then I sponged Bashful Blue Ink over it. 

I'm having SOOOOO MUCH Fun with Melanie's Wee Tee's set. I made a really cute project that Melanie is sharing on her blog today, so be sure to go over and check it out! 

Have a super weekend!

Hugs ~ LJ

Recipe:

Stamps: Wee Tees & Have A Cookie (designed by Melanie Muenchinger for Gina K Designs)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red, Bashful Blue 

Paper: Summer Picnic DSP (SU Retired), Old Olive, Real Red, Gina K Whisper White

Access: Sponge, 1/16" hole punch, Cuttlebug, Oval Nestabilities, Dimensionals, 1/4" hole punch (to make the cherries), Old Olive SU Marker, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Red Brads (Basic Grey), 5/8" Red Grossgrain ribbon,  Bashful Blue Gingham Ribbon. 

Good Evening! 

This week's color challenge over on StampTV was to use chocolate/brown and any other colors. So I pulled out my Gina K Chocolate Kiss Paper, some SU DSP scraps and this is what I ended up with. I used Sweetest Blessings (Gina K Designs) for the stamp set. I really like these colors together. I tend to use SU DSP from different packs on one card. I also did some piercing on the one of the panels. The image was colored in with Prismacolor Markers. 

Have a great night! :)

Hugs ~ LJ

Super Mom

Hello! 

In Style Stamps is having a blog challenge for Mother's Day using one of their cute images so I decided to play along & here is what I came up with. The card base was made with the Long Rectangle Nestabilities. I colored the image in with prismacolor markers. The "Super Mom" sentiment is from the Gina K Designs set "Little Tees"

Thanks for looking! have a super evening! 

Hugs ~ LJ

*digital image copyright In Style Stamps.