The Day is Here!

Hello everyone,

Well today is the day for some exciting news! I've been asked to join the Winter Design Team for Inktegrity! I'm so excited about getting to work with Joni and all the other talented DT girls! :) I'm sure we are going to have lots of fun! Inktegrity has some of the cutest images out there and I can't wait to start playing and creating with them! :)

To find out more about the Inktegrity DT, please check out Joni's post from today! The DT term starts December 1st! :-) So excited! Thanks again Joni for the wonderful opportunity! I can't wait to see what is in store for us!

Silent Night

Hello! Hope you have been having a fantastic weekend. It's been a busy but exciting one for me, as Friday Night I want to the One of A Kind Stamp and Scrapbook show with my friend Barb, and yesterday I travelled to Evanston, IL with my friend Scott to watch the Wisconsin-Northwestern Football game. The Badgers lost 33-31, but it was still a wonderful day as it was a good football game & the weather was great (especially for mid-November).

At the stamp show Friday Night, one of the sets I picked up was the one I made today's card with, called Blessed Christmas from Our Daily Bread Designs. This is the first time I can remember them being at this stamp show. Some of the display cards were absolutely stunning. Anyways, I fell in love with this set. This card also uses two other things I purchased Friday night, Labels 8 Nestabilities, and Fancy Tags Shapeabilities. I have been wanting the Fancy Tags for awhile so I was glad I was able to find them! The size of this card is 5.5" X 5.25".

Have a super evening! More FUN news tomorrow!

Hugs ~ LJ

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