Santa Swap

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Today I am sharing a card I made for Barb's Santa Swap on SCS. I used a *really old* clear amuse set that has Santa. Mrs. Clause and more "north pole themed images"! It's so adorable. 

I used patterned paper from October Afternoon, Bling from Stampin Up, and the stitched square frame is from MFT. 

Sorry for the poor lighting - this is the only photo I got before I put them in the mail to Barb this morning! 

Hugs ~LJ 

Congrats!

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I joined a new monthly challenge group on SCS - created by Barbaralynn - and it's called Challenge Your Stash (CYS). The idea of this challenge is to use what you have in your stash with out buying new stuff to play with. Barb is this month's challenger, and the challenge is to use Black, White and Silver. I decided to create a wedding card, using the Amuse Bride and Groom stamp. It's embossed with silver EP from American Crafts.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs ~ LJ

DD March 2012

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Time for this month's Duel between the Darlings and Divas ~ and Terry and I are hosting this month! Yea! Terry had this month's idea - to create a masculine card for the guys in our life :) I had so much fun putting this kit together!

For the kit, I picked out an image and sentiment from "Hey, Man!" which is by A*Muse Art Stamps. I hadn't used this set yet, so it fit the theme perfectly. :) The patterned paper is from Little Yellow Bicycle. I picked it out because of the masculine colors, and the texture was so cool! I so need to go back and get more for *my* stash. 

The rest of the kit had brown felt, brads, Ribbon Slide, Spiral Clip, 3 different ribbons, and PTI Buttons. I went with a lot of browns and metals to help along the masculine feel. :) 

And of course my shout-out would had to go to the #1 guy in my life, my Dad. We have the most awesome relationship.  Both of my parents have always been there for me, which I am so grateful for! This is my favorite picture of us, from a Badger Basketball game a few years ago. 

Thanks for stopping by today, enjoy your Sunday. :) Hugs ! LJ

Happy Birthday Melissa

Good Morning! Today is my friend Melissa's Birthday! Happy Birthday! I know she occasionally pops in on my blog to see what I am up to so I wanted to make sure I gave her the necessary shout-out. Friday we celebrated her Birthday at work, by decorating her "space". It's a lot fun when someone has a Birthday at work! Anyhow, Melissa loves horses. so I wanted to make her a horse-themed Birthday card. I've been saving up a 6X6 pack of Wanted October Afternoon paper - so it was perfect for this card. The Ride 'em Cowboy image is from A*muse stamps the sentiment is from There She Goes Stamps. Ribbon and card stock are from SU. The mat behind the main image is dolly-duo die-namics from MFT.  The chipboard flowers are also from October Afternoon (Wanted Collection).  I used the May Sketch from Sketch For You To Try (SFYTT). 

Thanks for stopping by ~ have a wonderful day! :) 

Hugs ~ LJ