Cheers!

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I had a little extra time this morning so I decided to try the latest Monday Simon Says Stamp Challenge which is  "Cheers". I haven't played with my Tim Holtz Cocktails Blueprints set yet - so this was the perfect challenge for it. 

I colored the image with Stampin Blends then added a few layers of Clear Embossing Powder:

The sentiment is from a retired Stampin Up set. 

Thanks for stopping By! Hugs ~ LJ

Gina K Monthly Mix it Challenge

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I played with a few challenges tonight and I thought I would share what I came up with. 

The Gina K Designs Monthly Mix It Challenge for this month is "My Sentiments Exactly"  What it means for the challenge is to use a sentiment ONLY!  No stamped image or patterned paper image is to be used at all! 

I thought this would be very challenging for me - I LOVE patterned paper and using colored images on my card. Then I remembered I had Gina's  "A Very Merry Christmas" set - and I saw THIS sketch from the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown  and thought I would give it a try. The most challenging part was spritzing the ink on to the Gina K Luxury Heavy Weight Cardstock - took a few tries - as I tend to over spritz. 

Here is the sketch, I did a traditional A2 (5.5 X 4.25) sized card instead of a square card: 

thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

CTS #298 - Joyful Tidings

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I have a quick card to share tonight - for the latest Case This Sketch challenge! 

I used some leftover patterned paper from Graphic 45 and a sentiment from the SU! Set "Christmas Messages" I just love how quick and easy this card came together!

Here is the sketch:



Thanks for stopping by! Hugs - LJ

MFTWSC10 - Peace, Love & Joy

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Quick share tonight - I created this card for this week's My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge. It's a super fun layout this time with lots of possibilities....I am so in love with this Plaid Patterns 6X6 pad from MFT - I am using it all before Christmas :) 

I am also entering this card in the below challenges: 

Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes

Cards Galore Encore Challenge  - Anything Goes 

I used the following on my card: 

Stamps: Filled With Joy (MFT Stamps) 

Ink: Cherry Red (GKD)

Paper: Plaid Patterns 6X6 stack (MFT), Lipstick Red (GKD), White (GKD), Bubblegum Pink (GKD), Turquoise (from stash) 

Accesories: Pearls (from stash), Filled With Joy Die-Namics (MFT)

Here is the sketch: 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs LJ

Winter Robins

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Haven't been able to craft much due to work training, but now that I am home (for at least 4 weeks) I'll be getting caught up on some crafty-business. 

I made the above card from a card kit I received from a member (Shelly) of the Crazy 4 Christmas Group. Every other month we send a kit to a designated partner. Our July month is our "Christmas in July Celebration" where we send our partner a full kit (usually it's just images and patterned paper) Shelly sent me SO many embellishments, there was no way I could use them all on this one card! 

The image is from PSX (Winter Robins) and is colored with SU! Watercolor Crayons and SU! Blender pen. 

I would like to enter this card in the below challenges: 

• Craftyhazelnuts Christmas Challenge #398 - anything goes 
• Kraftin Kimmie Stamps #433 - Animals
• Sweet Stampin Challenge - Christmas in August

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ 

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

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

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

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) 

MFT Guest DT Challenge

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Hope you are having a fantastic weekend so far. Today I am sharing my entry for the My Favorite Things Guest DT Challenge for this month which is a sketch.  I saw the sketch and knew it would be perfect to give this lil' Pure Innocence girl (Little Shutterbug) some love (and ink). 

Here's what I used on the outside of my card: 

Stamps: Little Shutterbug (MFT) 

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Craft, Bordering Blue (SU), DP from October Afternoon Farm Girl 8X8 Collection, White, Bashful Blue (SU) Fresh Asparagus (GKD) 

MFT Die-Namics: Fishtail Flags STAX,  Woodgrain Fence, Fresh Cut Grass

Other: Circle Spellbinders, Silver Brads. White fibers (unknown), pop-dots

I also did the inside of the card as well, using the MFT Fishtail Flags STAX Die-namics again, and also the Cute Camera Accent Die-namics

Here's the sketch: 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you enjoyed my card :) 

Hugs ~ LJ

Riley Challenge

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Thought I would play along with the latest Riley & Co Challenge, which is to use orange in your card. I used the adorable Campfire Riley and some SU! patterned paper that was in myt scrap stash. The button is from Grey and I also used my MFT Die-namic Fish Tail stax. I totally love this die set. It's one of my favorites!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs ~ LJ

Witchy Girl

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I was too tired to post this last night when I finished it, but I knew I had to post this one tonight because this Little Witch PI image from MFT is so stinkin' cute! 

I created this card for MFTWSC90 (sketch) and this week's Twisted Tuesday Challenge, which was to include something on your card that can fly. I have no idea if this little girl can fly, but she does have a broom to try to fly.....Maybe you will see her flying around her neighborhood late next month. :)

Here is the inside of my card. I used patterned paper from Basic Grey (Eerie 6X6 pad) on both the outside and inside of my card. 

Here's the sketch for the challenge:

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

Big Impact

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Don't know if you have noticed, but I absolutely LOVE Big Greetings from My Favorite Things! It hasn't left my desk since the day it arrived :) 

I created this card for this week's Crazy 4 Challenges challenge, which was to use buttons. I kept my card simple this time around. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Hugs ~ LJ 

New Challenge Blog!

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I'm playing along this week with a relatively new challenge blog - Twisted Tuesdays.  This week's theme is "I Never Promised You A Rose Garden" which requires a card/project with flowers without using roses or rosettes. This was the perfect challenge for me as I needed a couple of Birthday cards for some friends at work this week. 

My first card is above, using Big Greetings from MFT. The Flower Die is from SU!, DP is from SEI (Happy Day Collection)

My second card (below) uses more of the same patterned paper that I used on the first card. I also used MOJO Sketch 236 for this card, the sentiment is from an older SU! set. The button and twine are also from SU! 

Here's the MOJO Sketch if you would like to play along too:

Thanks for stopping by today, have a super day! Hugs ~ LJ

SFYTT - February

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I hope you are having a splendid Saturday so far, the sun is shining brightly here in Wisconsin. I'm elated to not to have to turn the heat on in February. :)

Today's card is for February's Sketch For You To Try. I love how this lil friendship card turned out! I used a cling-mount set from Stampendous today. This one of my all time favorite sets. Changito is such a cutie! The images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored in with prism markers. The main image is matted with Blossom Spellbinders Dies. I used some circle punches for the  elements on the side, and then added a couple of Basic Grey brads for embellishments on the corners. The patterned paper I used is from MME // Lime Twist // Out of The Blue collection.

The sketch is below, thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

MFTWSC54 - Roll With It

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Here is my card for this week's MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge (#54) over on SCS! I had so much fun paper-piecing the adorable Roll With it Pure Innocence cutie! My papers are from MME - Lime Twist - Out of the Blue 6X6 pad. I also used some red/white baker's twine, and the button is from basic grey. I hand-cut the banner flag since I don't have any dies (yet I want some that's for sure! ) 

The sketch is below, thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

MFTWSC53 - Love You

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So excited another year of MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenges are here! Here is what I came up with for the first sketch of 2012. This adorable Heart Stripes Pure Innocence images is definitely one my my favorites to use for Valentine's Cards :) I also used my newest spellbinders set: Heart Circles

Thanks for stopping by~ Hugs  ~LJ

Here is a close-up of the super cute image:

Additional Challenges for this card:
Art Impressions - Anything Goes
Delightful Sketches - Heart
Heartsong Inspirations - Anything Goes

Sending Happy Mail

Hello! Decided to play along with this week's technique challenge on SCS which is a Double Dutch Fold Card. So Fun! The tutorial for this card can be found HERE.  I used some new valentines patterned paper from Echo Park (Yours Truly) with an image and sentiment from My Favorite Things (HappyMail Pure Innocence) Below is what the inside of the card looks like, where I used the sentiment and more of the Echo Park paper.

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ