Ornamental Joy!

Greetings!

Hope you are having a terrific Wednesday. I went Christmas shopping with my dad after work tonight. The department store we went to was packed! I can't believe the amount of christmas shoppers out already. It's not even Thanksgiving yet. But I got a good start tonight so I'm glad I went!

Anyways, this is my card for the latest Gina K Sketch Challenge over on StampTV. For this card I used First Christmas. This is a single ornament image, I just stamped it twice, colored the images in and layered them one over the other. The sentiment is from another Gina K Set that I use a lot, Tag You're It. The card is 4.25" and the DP is from SU's current catalog.

Hugs ~ LJ

PS - I have some super cool news to share with you, but can't tell you until Monday, so please stick around and check back in :) Thanks!

MOJO 113 - Celebrate the Magic!

Happy Monday!

Here is my card for this week's Mojo Monday Sketch. The adorable teddy bear is from Asela's First Christmas set (Gina K Designs) the sentiment is from another Gina K Set, Sandy Claws is Coming to Town. This bear image is going to look so cute on some of my niece's 1st Christmas scrapbook pages! I can't wait for Christmas this year. I love Christmas every year, but this year is extra special since I have been blessed with a darling little girl to love and adore.

Have a great night!

Hugs ~ LJ

Thank you.....

Hello! I thought I would share a card I made for my Dad to use, we had a pretty big "happening" in the family on Friday the 13th, my dad Larry retired after 35+ years with the McFarland School District. We celebrated by going out to dinner with close family and friends and had a really good time. Anyhow, dad wanted a card to give to the staff at the school where he worked to thank them for everything they did for his retirement. The "catch" was he wanted a BIG card to give to them. I wanted to come up with something elegant, so this is what I made using SU's Bella Blossoms. I love this set because the image is beautiful when colored with multiple marker colors. The card base is 5.5" X 8.5". The colors I used were Handsome Hunter, Rich Razzleberry, and Chocolate Chip.

Have a great night, and Dad, if you are reading this I love you and am very proud of you, congratulations on your retirement! Now get to work on that golf swing *wink*!

Hugs ~ LJ

TESC90

Happy Monday!

Here's another sketch challenge card ~ this one is for the Taylored Cupcakes Sketch Challenge that was posted Friday. I'm trying to use challenges to get my Christmas Cards done for this year. For this sketch, I used the penguin image from Gina K's Sandy Claws is Coming to Town set. I punched out the part of the image I wanted to use, after coloring it in with Prisma Color Markers.

Hugs ~ LJ

Recipe:

Stamps: Sandy Claws Is Coming to Town (GKD)

Paper: Rocket Red (GKD), Green Apple (GKD), 80 lb luxury white (GKD), SU DP

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Access: Silver Brads, Kiwi Kiss Striped Ribbon, SU Scallop Circle Punches, 1 1/2 and 1 3/8 circle punches. dimensionals

MOJO 111 - Many Thanks!

Happy Sunday,

I wrote down 4 sketches to work on this weekend, I've completed just one so far....This one is the MOJO Monday Sketch. I used Carolyn's Whimsical Autumn (Gina K Designs) set for this card. Isn't the ribbon gorgeous??? I got a bunch of the pretty stuff in fall colors from my friend Michele in NJ when I went to the east coast this fall. It worked really well with the fall paper from K&Co.

Have a great night!

Hugs ~ LJ

Snow Time

Happy Friday!

It's really hard to think about snow up here in Wisconsin right now ~ normally everyone would be getting their winter gear and equipment ready for the snowfalls we endure during the winter months, but it's supposed to be in the mid-60's tomorrow so people will be in t-shirts and shorts like it's the middle of summer :)

Anyways, tonight I am sharing a snow-themed card I created for a SNOW swap (of all themes!) The stamps are from a newer set Carolyn King created for Gina K Designs called "Warm Winter Wishes".

Just love this cute snowman holding the heart. I used Prismacolor Markers to colored him in. The red ribbon is from Gina K Designs, white ribbon from Offray.

Have a super night!

Hugs, LJ

Stocking Stuffers

These are kids' stocking stuffers that I made for KelliJo's swap over on SCS. I still love the the stamps in this older SU Sellabration Set for things like this. Each Stocking Stuffer has a pack of gum sandwiched in between two top-note dies. The pattern paper is from Basic Grey. I'm hoping to get some posting done this weekend, as things are starting to settle down around here now that the Regular Wisconsin Badger Football season is winding down (only have one more home game left).

As always, thanks for looking!

Hugs ~

LJ

PS - how do you like my new blog design? Cute!