Would You Like To Ride In My Beautiful Balloon?

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It's time for another duel between the Divas and Darlings. This month Darlene is the hostess for the Darlings and I am the hostess for the Divas. We chose the theme "Would You Like To Ride In My Beautiful Balloon?". Darlene and I chose this theme together in February, when Darlene flew to Milwaukee from the east coast for Camp-Stamp-In-Oga. It was so good to see her, Barb, and Terry. Such special memories for me. 

Anyway, for my kit I chose to use a retired set from My Favorite Things called Up Up and Away. The balloon stamps have coordinating dies, so I die-cut some of those to go in the kit. Also in the kit was DSP from Fancy Pants (Life is Beautiful collection), some ribbon, blue gemstones, buttons, chipboard accents, and craft doilies.  

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

Crazy Doggy

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Today I am sharing a card I made with some new stamps I just purchased at a stamping/scrapbooking show in Rockford, IL. I met my girlfriend Barb down there and we had a fun time together looking at all the merchandise available and enabling each other ! My card uses the Crazy Dogs (with dies) from Tim Holtz. I have been wanting these doggies for awhile now - so glad I got them (honestly, I could have spent a lot more $ in the Stampers Anonymous booth. I love just about everything Tim Holtz designs! 

Anyhow - I also used this week's Freshly Made Sketch Challenge  for my card layout. This was a perfect layout for this image, as I wanted the focus to be on the doggy with not a lot else going on! 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

Music Swap #2 - Just a Note

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Today I am sharing my 2nd card for Barb's "Show me the Music Swap" I love this Pure Innocence Violin Girl from My Favorite Things. 

I also used the colors for MFT Color Challenge 64. While not exact - they are pretty close :) Wasn't really planned, just happened to use the same colors for my card.  The patterned paper is from October Afternoon. 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

Whipper Snapper Swap Spot #2

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Today I am sharing my 2nd card for Barb's Whipper Snapper / Penny Black Card. I created a cute kids birthday card using EY858  - Simba from Whipper Snapper Designs. I got this cute guy on clearance the last time I was at Creative Pals (home of Whipper Snapper Designs) and thought he would be perfect for this swap.  The sentiment is fromStampin Up. I used some patterned paper from DCWV, SU! Ribbon, green button (vendor unknown) and some twine. 

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

Happy Spring!

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Happy Friday! I have another swap card to share today, this is for Barb's Whipper Snapper swap on SCS. I love Barb's Whipper Snapper/Penny Black Swaps. I always get great cards back! This was animal themed so I was happy to pull out one of my favorite images for this swap. 

For my card (which is #1 of 2 spots)  I used CY753 - Owen. I colored him with my prismacolor/copic markers and used a sentiment from a retired MFT Pure Innocence Set. The patterned paper is from My Minds' Eye (Good Day Sunshine Collection). I used a yellow PTI Button to anchor the sentiment on to a banner panel (MFT Die)

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ 

Friends are the Key to Happiness

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Today I am sharing the first of two cards for Barb's "Show Me the Music Swap" over on SCS.  The stamps are from My Favorite Things (retired). The main image is colored with SU! Watercolor Wonder Crayons and SU Blender Pen. I used some black satin ribbon and SU! gemstones on my card. 

Thanks for stopping by! :) Hugs ~ LJ