TMS #541 - Happy Valentines Day

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It's time for another Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge! This week it's Melissa's favorite and it's one of mine too! I love the doily off to the side. So much fun.

My card (this is the last valentine's card from me I promise!) features the Sealed With Love set from Stampin Up. I've used this set a lot this year for Valentines. I really love the font of the sentiments and didn't use it much when I got it. (So I guess I am making up for lost time - ha!). All of the patterned papers are from my "stash" which is slowly dwindling down.

Here is the sketch (designed by Debbie) if you would like to play along!


Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

Sketch #490 - Lori's Pick

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It's Tuesday Morning Sketch time! I was so excited to see that 32 crafters took in my favorite sketch last week! Hooray! This week  we are on Sketch #490 and this is the favorite that Lori picked out! I haven't made too many valentines this year - so I used this sketch as an opportunity to make one! I'm pretty happy with how this one turned out! The sketch is below:

As always - you can check out the rest of the Design Teem Inspiration by clicking on the links on the right side of my blog! 

Thanks for stopping by! Happy (early) Valentine's Day! Hugs  LJ 

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Today's post is for some cards I made for a recent Valentines swap on SCS. The stamps are from the set "Valentine Defined" from Stampin Up. I thought these turned out really cute :) I haven't used my SU! Markers to color directly on the stamps in awhile. The small hearts are from the SU! 3 heart punch.

Thanks for stopping by ~  Hugs ~ LJ

Love Card

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Thought I would quickly share some Saturday morning mojo :) I picked up the scrabble adhesive letters at JoAnn's recently (they are from Basic Grey). The washi tape (from Maya Road) heart was really easy to create (I'm sure this has been done before, but when I got into my craft area this morning it was the first idea that popped into my head) .  I layered 4 or five short pieces on to white cardstock, and then hand-cut a heart out. added some leftover DP (from Crate Paper- Fourteen Collection) & some ribbon and twine (both american crafts) and it came together quite quickly.

Thanks for stopping by.....Tomorrow I will be sharing another card I made with the Crate Paper DP :)

Hugs ~ LJ

MFTWSC103

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Wanted to quickly pop in and share my card for MFT Sketch #103. I love this Happy Mail Pure Innocence set. The challenge was last week, and I was the winner :-)  I received a $20 gift voucher to MFT. Can't wait to go shopping at one of my favorite stores for more stamping goodies!

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

Dueling Divas ~ Love

Time for another Darling Diva's post......

Jamie is our lovely hostess this month, and the theme for February is LOVE.  Jamie has sent us the cutest card kit this month to play with, just love all the bright pink shades she has chosen! The main image is from Inkadinkado (Animal Hearts), and then sentiment is from Stampin' Up! I chose to do something different this month and make a 4.25" square card, since the image just fit perfectly. My supplies were oval punches, heart border punch, and Melon Mambo SU! card stock, everything else you see was in Jamie's kit.


This card is also being entered for this week's C4C challenge which is to use hearts :)

I hope you enjoyed my post for today, Please check out the other Darling Diva's as well (Judy just started her blog recently ~ Congrats!!!) 

Judy is next on the list

Barb  

Laura Jean (me)

Judy 

Jamie (our hostess)

Kelly 

Joan

Carol

and now for the DUEL! Please start here, at Jeanette's blog!

MFTWSC5 - Bee Mine

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Here is my card for this week's MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge (#5). I used the adorable PI "Honey Bee" for this week's sketch. 

Thanks for stopping by, 

Hugs ~ LJ

Recipe:

Stamps: Honey Bee PI (MFT)

Cardstock: Pretty In Pink, Cherry Cobbler, DP scraps (all SU!), Vellum, MFT White Perfect Panels (love these!) 

Ink: Memento Tux Black, Cherry Cobbler (sentiment)

Access: MFT Scallop Dienamics (both), Spellbinders Oval, Basic Grey Brad, PTI Sweet Blush Satin Ribbon

MOJO176 - Vintage Valentine

Good Evening, 


I hope you all staying safe and warm on this wintery Monday! The weather here is very much into full blizzard mode....which means I should have some time the next day to do some craftting while I am snowed in 


This card was created for two challenges, Mojo Monday's Sketch for yesterday and the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog Challenge for this past Saturday (Vintage). The heart border images are from the SU! set "Love You Much". The sentiment is from a prior SU! Hostess set. 


As always thanks for stopping by ~ 


Hugs ~ LJ

MFTWSC #3 - Love You!

Good evening ~

I finished the MFT Sketch #3 last night, love all the layers this sketch provided this week! The red ribbon and paper is showing a little brighter in the photo than the color really is (need to find time to work on my photography skills...)

The recipe is at the end of my post if you are interested.....

Thanks for stopping by ~

Hugs ~ LJ

Stamps: PI Heart Stripes (MFT)
Paper: MFT White Perfect Panels, Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 DP Collection, Real Red, Black, Soft Sand (GKD)
Ink: Memento Tux Black, Real Red
Access: Copics, Spica Glitter Pens, MS Heart Border Punch, SU Heart Punch, SU Heart Trio Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Pop-dots, MFT Red Ribbon

MOJO174 - Love Is In The Air

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Here is my MOJO 174 Sketch card for this week :) I picked out one of my Unity sets that has not been used very much "Love Is In the Air" for my card. The hot air balloon image is stamped directly on the card base.  The red and white linen thread used on the buttons was gifted to me recently by my friend Michele  (thank you!) What a great sketch for a quick card or two! I've added a recipe below for those interested.

Thanks for stopping by ~

Hugs ~ LJ

Recipe:
Stamps: Love Is In The Air (Unity Stamp Co)
Card Stock: Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Kiss (gina K), White
Patterned Paper: K&Company
Ink: Chocolate Chip & Riding Hood Red
Extras: SU! Satin Ribbon, SU Buttons, Circle Scalloped Spellbinders,  Red & White Linen Thread (unknown maker)

Darlene's Swap Card

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Hope you all have had a marvelous weekend! My weekend was full of watching lots of the NFL Playoffs and getting some swaps done I have due in the next couple of months.

Above is a card I made (well 6 of them LOL) for Darlene's "Why Did I Buy This?" Swap on SCS. We were supposed to use supplies we had bought over a year ago, but never used. I didn't quite follow directions on this one (oopsie) but Darlene agreed to let me slide on through with this little adorable guy. I probably have not used this vibrant purple color though in over a year. I know the coordinating ink-pad is stashed away in the bottom of one of my drawers. I'm just not a "brights" person unless it's Pacific Point (and then I am all over it LOL). The image (so cute!) is from the SU! Set Happy Heart Day (retired). I dipped into my stash of flowers, older brads (I think these are from Making Memories, as I just found another unopened package today in my embellishment bins). The Ribbon is about 2 years old from SU! (retired).

Thanks for stopping by ~

Hugs ~ LJ