Kicking Off - DD August 2013

Hello ~ Hello 

It's time for this month's duel between the Divas and Darlings.....This month Terry and I are the hostesses and the theme we chose was "Fall Kick-Off" ~ which could be anything fall-themed.....but of course since football starts in August I had to create a football-themed kit for the my lovely Divas :) 

Main image is from MFT (Pure Innocence Line), sentiments (inside and outside of card) are from Hampton Arts. Patterned paper is from Sn@p studio (yellow polkadots) & Jillibean Soup (Game Day Chili Collection). Also used some SU! Crumb Cake Ribbon Seam Binding, MFT Star Border Dienamics (these were part of the kit), and a PTI Button. My card measures 5.5" square. 

Here's the inside of the card: 

Terry and I also asked the DD's to share some of our early fall memories. One of my favorite times during the fall is Badger Game Day :) I've been fortunate to have a season ticket for the last five years. There is nothing like being with 80,000+ cheering on the Badgers in mad-town. 

thanks for stopping by today! 

On Wisconsin! 

Hugs ~ LJ

Smelling Roses

Hello! Happy New Year! Here is a card i created last night for the last My Favorite Things Sketch of 2011 over on SCS Since the Badgers are in the Rose Bowl tomorrow facing Oregon, I had to pull out my Badger goodies and show some Badger Pride!

Happy 2012 to you all! Hugs ~ LJ

On The Bucky Wagon

Happy New Year!

As this is my first post of 2011 ~ I'd like to thank the followers of my stamping travels throughout 2010. I'm very thankful for those of you that took the time out of your day to come visit my blog.  I read every one of the comments you post, and they all mean a lot to me.....

This weekend was an up and down roller coaster of fun-filled memorial football events, surely an exciting beginning to the new year for me.

 First my beloved Badger Football team participated and fought hard in the 2011 Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Although they did not come out on top, they showed true Badger pride and passion and played the game with a 200% effort. I created the above Bucky Wagon on New Years Eve, and finished it just has the ball dropped on Times Square.....my last stamping project of 2011. It's going to go right on my Badger shelf, next to my Beat TCU Rose Bowl pin. :) My inspiration for this project came from this Badger Float Amy Rohl created. The idea is the same, although the wagon box is not a template, I did the measurements on my own. The pennant die is from MFT. Below is a photo of the back:

Today the Packers beat the Bears 10-3, and in doing so won their way into the playoffs. The Bears have a really good team this year, and beating them to get into the post-season was just the perfect ending to a entertaining football weekemd, and the first weekend of 2011.

Thanks for stopping by ~ Happy 2011!

Hugs ~ LJ

MFT Super Stars........

Hello  Everyone,

Bear with me, on this one, as it has a few pictures :)  This past week's challenge for MFT over on SCS was a Super Star Challenge. I had this idea, as soon as saw the previews a few months ago for these cute Sporty PI images, but wanted to wait for the "appropriate" theme to make it for. Aside from the coloring, which i did a few weeks ago, I put this together tonight in about 2 hours. :)

So since it's a Super Star theme, I thought there would be no better way to showcase off my favorite NFL Football Conference. the NFC North. The Cookie Sheet is 15X11. Colored in the images, and created magnets out of them. They are currently in the standings for week #2 which just finished up (notice where my Packers are??? 2-0!!! YEA!)  The footballs (also magnetic) represent the # of wins (left side) and # of losses (right side). When I originally thought of this idea, I was planning to use some die cut numbers for the standings, then I saw the little football image in the PI Football Boy set and thought those would be cute for standings. More on the left side for the Packers, the better! LOL!

The star punches on the right are from SU. I did the stars and the NFC North Lettering in NFC North Colors too. The green background DP that looks like grass/turf is from Creative Memories (got it LOOONG time ago). Hope you enjoy! :)

More details:

Close up of the football and cheerleader images

(these sets work soooo good together!) 

Here you can see the magnets, which is actually recycled duplicate
magnetic schedules I had from some Badger sports last year.
I simply ran it through my Xyron with a magnetic
cartridge and punched 1/2" circles.  Super easy and cheap!!! 

Since these are magnetic, they are really easy
to move around on the board, the Packer Cheerleader always
has to be on top right??? RIGHT! :) 

And of course next Monday night (9/27) I hope to see this 

a lot during the Bears/Packers game :) LOL! 

And well, I guess the Detroit Lions Cheerleader 

decided the Vikings players were cuter..... :)