New Years Challenge!

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Today's card is for a SCS Challenge Your Stash. Each month someone chooses a "challenge" for us to complete without buying any new stash (supplies) to create the card. Our challenge this month was to create a New Years Card that does not involve alcohol. So I pulled out a SU! Set that had some balloons in them, some glitter stuff and got busy! My table is full of glitter now - which is fine :) I love glitter. I'm glad I changed out of my work clothes before I started. Ha ha!

Anyways the balloons are embossed with Silver Zing Glitter Powder from American Crafts.  Underneath the white oval matted on silver Cardstock (gina k) is black glitter ribbon on top of black satin ribbon. The "2018" are Thickers Numbers........I have a whole bucket of these I have rarely used, so this was the perfect challenge to dig them out......so anyway the silver card stock is matted on black bazzill cardstock and then matted on a shiny hot pink card base from the Paper Cut (which I have had forever - going to keep those out as they will make great valentines card bases!

Ok that's it for now - have a happy new year! Hugs  ~LJ

Christmas Kitty

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During 2017 I participated in a simple Christmas Card kit swap. Over the course of the year, I received 6 kits containing 2 quarter sheets of pattern paper, and a few Christmas images to make a Christmas Card (or two) with. My last kit came from Heather . She picked out this darling Kitty image and some papers that coordinated perfectly with the greenery in the image. I colored the image and added some Real Red and Artichoke cardstock, along with some red ribbon and bling.

Thanks so much Heather for the cute kit!

Hugs ~ LJ

You're SNOW Cool

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I created this card using Lawn Fawn stamps for today's CAS on Friday Challenge.  CAS means "Clean and Simple'. This week's challenge is to make a Christmas Card. I made this card in about 10 minutes :)

Thanks for stopping by~ Hugs ~ LJ

Freshly Made Sketches #316

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Today's card is for Freshly Made Sketch Challenge #316 all of the "white space" in this sketch provides for endless possibilities. For my card I chose to use Night in Bethlehem stamps (and coordinating dies). The sentiment is from Tim Holtz. No DSP this time, just Real Red, Gina K White, and Gina K Silver. Added some bling on the sentiment panel. 

Here is the sketch: 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

Snowman Challenge

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Today I have a cute snowman card to share for the Always Fun Challenge #35 - Snowman.

I picked out a cute image from Raisin Boat - the stamp set is no longer available unfortunately :(

I used patterned paper from October Afternoon (Good Cheer 8x8 pad). some SU Bling in the corners, and yet another red bow (something I'm rather addicted to using right now on every card it seems! The the card is layered on a base of Gina K Bubble Gum Pink.

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

Cheerful Sketches Challenge - December

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Today's card is for this month's Cheerful Sketch Challenge The sketch is below which I flipped 90 degrees and then moved the long rectangular panel over a little bit so that I could add a sentiment.
I used images and sentiments from the Gina K Home for the Holidays StampTV kit from 2016.
The patterned paper is all from Basic Grey (Wassail 6X6 Pad). I used Fresh Asparagus ink for the trees, and Gina K Red Hot ink for the sentiment. The bling on the oval frame is from Stampin Up.

Here is the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

C4C414 - Color Your Day!

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Today I am sharing a card for this week's Crazy 4 Challenges challenge - which is to use some coloring on your card. I already had Gina K's home for the Hoildays Stamp TV kit from last year still sitting on my desk, so I picked out this cute snowman image from the set for my card. 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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Todays card is for this week's Freshly Made Sketch Challenge. I used last years' Home For the Holidays StampTV set by Gina K Designs. All supplies are from Gina K Designs with the exception of the red bling which is from Studio G. 

 The simple sketch is below: 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs LJ! 

November Challenge Your Stash Challenge - Gift Card Holder

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This month's Challenge Your Stash Challenge on SCS was to create a gift card holder. I saw this idea on Pinterest awhile a go and I thought I would give it a try. The base is an A2 Envelope folded in half. I added some DSP from the 6X6 Quilted Christmas pad (love this paper). The Red Gingham ribbon is retired from SU.

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs LJ

ATC Swaps

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I have been working on ATCS (Artist Trading Cards) recently for a swap instead of the standard cards. Today I am sharing the ones I have created so far. Being that I only need to make 3 of each category I could be a little more detailed/creative and make some "one of a kinds".

Theme: November/December



Used Graphic 45 papers, all fussy cut images are heat embossed with Stampendous EP

Theme: Mason Jars:

Used Basic Grey Bittersweet 6X6 Pad, Mason Jars are pre-cut from Recollections. Most of the patterned pieces are sponged with brown ink. 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

Duel - Hopping Along!

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Welcome to this month's duel! Suzy and Debbie have come up with a great theme for this month's duel. Our them this month is hopping along. Here in Suzy's words is how the theme came about: 

"Debbie and I were talking about our challenge for the dazzlers/divas and how busy people are these days. Hopping from one thing to another. And low and behold the light bulb lit up and we thought of the same idea...that's how sister's brains work you know.....Anyway we always hopping so frogs came to mind and we both had stamp sets with frogs!"

On a personal note, my sister and I rarely come up with the same idea, and when we do, it's usually not a good one! LOL! :-) So I am glad Suzy and Debbie are holding up that on their end :-) 

Anyzoo, the stamps are from Penny Back.I colored the images with prismacolor pencils and used some gamsol and blending stumps to soften the coloring up.  I did both the outside (above) and inside (below) of my card. I think I need to add this froggy set to my wishlist. Toadilly Cute if you ask me! 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

FMS#311 Christmas of Joy and Laughter

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Today I am sharing a card I created for the current sketch challenge on Freshly Made Sketches (#311) . I am using another snowman image (this one from Hero Arts) and a sentiment from the retired Stampin Up set Christmas Messages.  The patterned paper is from Crate Paper. 

I really love this sentiment set, there are so many great greeting stamps to use: 

Here is the sketch: 

As always - thanks for stopping by - Hugs ~ LJ

SC669 - Frosty

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Been working on SCS Swaps this weekend, this card is for Barb's SNOW SNOW SNOW swap
I used SCS Sketch 669 for the layout.

The image (Frosty - Stampin Up) has been around a LONG time - since 2001 when it first came out. I just recently found the set at a rummage sale at a SU! event and I was so happy to add him to my collection. :)

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

MFTWSC365 - Best Witches

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Tonight I am sharing a card I made for this week's My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge. For my card I used the Little Witch PI girl (retired). I paper pieced her dress using patterned paper from the Doodlebug Designs Halloween Parade 6X6 pack. The rest of the image was colored with copics & I added a punched out velvet heart to her dress.  The bottom strip is also from the same pack. Then I used the MFT Fence and grass die-namics to give the cute girl  a little scenery. The the twine is from the Doodlebug Designs Halloween Pack. 

Here is the inside of my card, more of the same patterned paper collection, and sentiment from another MFT Halloween set (Witch Way is the Candy)

The sketch is below: 

Thanks for stopping by today! Hugs ~ LJ

SC667 Smitten Mitten

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Today I am sharing a card  I made using some new goodies I got at Camp Stamp In Oga last weekend.  My SU! Demo Sarah holds a big SU! event 3X a year. It is always lots of fun, because I usually get to see some of my SCS Friends there (Barb is almost always there and Terry usually comes too!) 

I made this card using some of the Quilted Christmas DSP And Ribbon that we call got as gifts for coming to the event. The dies and stamps are from Smitten Mitten / Many Mittens Framelits dies. At a previous event we made a different card using this set and I was in LOVE with it! 

I used Splitcoast Sketch 665 for my layout! This is the 2nd of 4 sketch challenges I want to try this weekend! 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs  ~LJ

Fox in the Garden (TMS425)

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today I am sharing a card I made from a kit that Tracie sent me (yes I am still behind on making card kit cards from this summer - I am slowly but surely making something from all of them!) Tracie sent me this and a couple of other ADORABLE images from Penny Black. I colored this one with prismacolor pencils and gamsol. 

I used Tuesday Morning Sketch #425 for this one.  Thursday night I picked out 4 sketches I want to try out over the weekend. This is the first card of the four sketches! I will have another card ready to share tomorrow! 

Thanks for Stopping By - Hugs ~ LJ

Halloween Duel!

Hello Hello ~ It's still the 15th so I am technically not late for this month's duel between the Divas and Dazzlers! :-) Tami (Divas) and Terry L (Dazzlers) chose a halloween theme. The kit Tami sent us Divas is adorable! I had a blast coloring her up with my new prismacolor pencils (I got the full set!) 

I used one of this month's SCS Sketches as my starting point. 

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

Christmas Sparkle

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I am a few days late with my Challenge Your Stash Challenge (we are supposed to create and post on the 28th). Our challenge this month was to use Washi Tape on our card. I made a card base out of washi tape.  I liked this challenge a lot and will probably use my washi tape more often now :) 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Ornament (Tim Holtz), Sentiment (MFT) 

Ink: Red Hot (GKD) 

Paper: Kraft (GKD), White (GKD), Red Hot (GKD) 

Other: A2 Layering Rectangle Dies (spellbinders), SU Gemstones, SU Dimensionals, Tim Holtz coordinating die for ornament, washi tape (Melissa Frances and October Afternoon) 

Happiest of Birthdays

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Today I am sharing my third card for Barb''s Birthday swap this is for the adult female category. I used the SU! Set Birthday Blooms. The inside is lined with an ivory quarter sheet. I think it's always a good idea to line your cards when your base is darker (in this case, I used Gina K Fresh Asparagus for my base)

Thanks for stopping by - Hugs _ LJ

Rainbows and Eternal Happiness

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Quick share tonight - this is my 2nd card for Barb's Birthday Swap on SCS. This is my kids card, using more Mama Elephant Stamps and dies. I have one more set of cards to make (adult female themed)

Thanks for looking!

Yappy Birthday!

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Today I am sharing a card I created for Barb's Birthday Swap. This one is for the guy/masculine category.  The dog & bone image and sentiment are from a Mama Elephant set I got at JoAnn's awhile back. The pawprint sets are from a Kraftin Kimmie Stamps set. Patterned paper is from Paper Studio (Green Chevron) and My Minds eye (Orange Polkadots) I used some chocolate ribbon from Stampin Up. 

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

Gimme Chocolate!

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It's the 15th of the month so it's time for a duel between the divas and dazzlers. Terry S. is our Diva hostess this month, and we have a fun chocolate themed kit! I had fun playing with this kit! I don't make a lot of purple colored cards so this was  a challenge for me! 

The Dueling Darlings are a group of friends from SCS that swap cards and beyond and formed a new group called the Dueling Darlings! Divided into Group A and B, which wasn't a cool name so we are now the Divas and the Dazzlers, have a montly rotating hostess kit that goes out to make cards! The Divas have one card kit to work with, while the Dazzlers have another! It's fun to see what we "duel" up in cardstock, papers and wonderful images!

You can find the rest of the Divas here:

Barb ** Blog: Barb's Inkin' into Retirement
Carol ** Blog: Lost in my craft room
Judy ** Blog: Paper Hugs & Kisses
Heather ** Blog:https://landofstamping.wordpress.com/ 
Kelly ** Blog: *Sandcastle Stamper*
LJ ** Blog: Bucky Girl
Suzy ** no blog, Gallery SuzyS1104 - Homemade Cards, Rubber Stamp Art, & Paper Crafts - Splitcoaststampers.com
Tami ** : : : : BlueInks Design
Terry S ** her gallery:http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=11182

and here are the Dazzlers (Terry A was the hostess for the Dazzlers, who also received a chocolate-themed kit! 

Dazzlers:
Darlene ** The World According to Bijou
Debbie ** The Ink Igloo
Jeanette ** http://creativeplayischeaperthanther...t.com/Cre8tive Play: It's Cheaper than Therapy[/url]
[COLOR="Magenta"]Paola Please check her gallery:http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=110313
Shelly ** My creative rumblings
Terry A ** For now, here's her gallery: Splitcoaststampers Member Galleries - PurplePansy26 - Handmade Cards & Crafts
Terry L ** It's Totally Terry
Tracie ** Crafty Creations
Debby B ** no blog (Gallery:http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...edeb&x=18&y=13

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

MFTWSC346

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Quck share today for my card I created for this week's My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge!

This sketch was perfect for a retired MFT Halloween Set (Witch Way is the Candy)  that is one of my favorites!

The patterned paper is new fro Authentique - Mysterious Collection. I got this paper from a cute stamp store in Galena IL this month!  The black twine is from the Doodlebug Designs. I love their halloween assortment 

Here is this week's sketch:



Thanks for stopping by - Hugs ~ LJ

September Duel - Gone Fishing

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Here for our monthly Duel between the Divas and Darlings Carol sent us a fun fishing themed kit to play with this month - had a lot of fun coloring this cute little fishing boy image. I fussy cut him out after coloring it and then started to make a little scene for him. I ended up using lots of the patterned paper (there were so many flavors I could just choose one or two). There are 5 patterns if you include the sky. :-) The base of the card is 5.5" square.

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs  ~ LJ

Christmas Card Kit!

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today I am sharing two cards I made with the July Crazy 4 Christmas kit I received from Tammy in Canada. Typically every other month, we are partnered up with another SCS Swapper and we send them a couple sheets of patterned paper and images to make Christmas Cards from. July is the exception to the rule, where we send our partners full kits - images, paper, ribbon, bling, buttons etc! 

I really enjoyed creating with this kit - and I have more leftovers to play with! Thanks Tammy! 

Thanks for stopping by today - Hugs ~ LJ

CAS439 - Thanks Friend!

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Today's card that I am sharing is for SCS Challenge CAS439 - Friendship. CAS = Clean and Simple. For my card I used images and sentiment from Lawn Fawn "Critters in the Forest". The rest of the supply list is below:

Paper: OA Campfire DSP, GinaK Layering White, GinaK Kraft, misc light blue scraps 

Ink: Memento Cocoa Brown

Accessories: Maya Road Twine, Small & Medium Fiskars Circle Punches, Pop-Dots, Copic Markers 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

Garden Wishes

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I have not posted much lately, as I have been on vacation. Now that I am back - it's time for me to get crafty again! Today I am sharing two cards I made with kit that my good friend Barb sent me.

The first card (above) was created using the Three Pots of Posies stamp from Whipper Snapper Designs.

The second card (below) was created using the sentiment "Garden Wishes" from Whipper Snapper Designs.



the patterned paper used on both of the cards is from Stampin Up (Georgia Peach / Retired) Barb also sent me lots of coordinating ribbon, buttons, twine, and pearls to choose from. I still have TONS left :)

Thanks for stopping by - hugs - LJ

Christmas in July?

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Yesterday I shared my Birthday Card for Barb's Whipper Snapper/Penny Black swap and today I am sharing my Christmas Card for the same swap she is hostessing! I colored up this cute penguin from Whipper Snapper Designs called Floating By 

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

WS Happy Birthday!

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Today I am sharing one of two cards I made for Barb's Whipper Snapper / Penny Black Swap. There were two themes to choose from, Birthday & Christmas. This is my Birthday card (obviously). The above image is from Whipper Snapper, called Happy Birthday Dog. The sentiment is from a Tim Holtz Set. I used patterned paper from Basic Grey Cupcake Collection. 

I will have the Christmas Card on my blog tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by - Hugs ! LJ 

Card Kit - Unfrogrettable!

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Today I have another card kit card to share. This kit is from Crafty Julia (SCS). She sent me some really cute frog images which I fussy cut and popped them up on the lily pad border. I really love the Yellow and Orange fibers she sent. And the sentiment is perfect! 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

Hello Hello!

I have another card kit card to share today, this one is from Cheryl. (cgrisstamper). I loved this cute doggy image she sent me. I popped up to dog food bowl to give it a little more dimension. The Brads and Ribbon are both from Doodlebug designs.

Below is the inside of my card:

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs - LJ

Fantasitc Flowers

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Today I am sharing a card that was created from a card kit swap I am in on SCS. This kit came from Dr. Sonja in California. The flowers were already die-cut for me. I colored them with prismacolor markers and gamsol. 

I'll be posting more card kit cards soon, I have 11 kits total to play with! Thanks for stopping By! 

Hugs ! LJ 

Final Mojo Monday

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Hard to believe this is the 500th and final Mojo Monday Sketch challenge. Mojo Monday was one of the first challenges, and I loved doing it because it made me think out of the box, and sometimes get out of my comfort zone.

Here is my card, using Big Greetings (retired from MFT)

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ