Big Flakes and Christmas Treats

Hello! Here is a cello treat bag I made using the Jumbo SU! Felt Snowflakes from last year's Holiday Mini Catalog. The bag topper was made with the SU! Top Note Die. The sentiment is from a Gina K Set, "A Very Merry Christmas", designed by Theresa Momber. The sentiments in this set are so wonderful to use for all kinds of Holiday Projects. :)

Have a wonderful night! I'm going to the "One of A Kind" Stamp and Scrapbook show here in Madison tomorrow night with my friend Barbara Lynn and another fellow stamper (Jean) that I have not met yet so it should be a wonderful evening! I hope I find lots of new goodies to play with this weekend!

Hugs ~ LJ

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