Duelng Diva's Week #2

Hello and welcome to week #2 (actually month #2) of Dueling Darlings! Our hostess for the card kit this month was the lovely Joan (aka Ms. Earl Gray). She's a wonderful lady with an amazing collection of Teapots! She came up with a lovely fall-themed kit with this adorable image. 

I had a hard time designing this card, and had nothing to do with the image. Joan sent soooo many cool embellishments it took me awhile to pick which ones to use! I ended up using this great ribbon (at the bottom) and two buttons. One of my "things" right now is putting a button or other embellishment in the middle of the ribbon bow. 

Please check out the other Darling Diva's as well, Judy is next on the list

Joan: http://msearlgrey.blogspot.com/

Carol: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=15781

Barb: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=16832

Laurajean: http://www.buckygirl.blogspot.com/  (that's me!)

Judy: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=168901

Jamie: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=218989

Kelly: http://sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/

and now for the DUEL! Please start here, at Jeanette's blog:http://creativeplayischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/

Fav Hobby Swap

Football anyone? Fall is my favorite time of the year, cooler weather, less humidity, pretty trees full of oranges, browns, and reds, and of course, football season. Badger season started last Saturday (with a big "W") and the Packers officially start Sunday.....so it's probably no shock I made a football-themed card for Barb's My Favorite Hobby Swap on SCS ~ decided to keep the colors "neutral" for the most part.

Recipe:
Stamps: Hampton Arts, CTMH
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Soft Suede, Chocolate Kiss (GKD), Soft Sand (GKD)
Ink: Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip
Access: Expresso Ribbon, Black Brads. Classic Labels Punch, Pop Dots

Two weeks

Ah two weeks to long in between posts, hopefully I will be back on track soon now that I am feeling better. This was my card I made for todays' MFT Challenge - Which was a Sketch. I'm totally in love with these papers form the SEI Gerties Kitchen line.  The image and sentiment are from My Favorite things. I used SU! Ribbon (Grey and Green) and PTI Satin Pink Ribbon, The brads on the bottom are from SEI as well

Thanks for looking ! Hugs ~LJ

Duelng Diva's Week #1

Good morning, friends! Welcome to the first round of Dueling Darlings! Many of you have seen our badges, but we are finally launching into full battle! What is are the Dueling Darlings? We are a group of friends that have been crafting together and have taken a new twist on crafting to "duel"! We, the Deuling Darling Divas, have one image/card kit to work with and the other half, the Dueling Darling Dazzlers, have another image/card kit with the same theme! The object is to see what we came up with using this theme, what stamp was picked and how the divas/dazzlers created with it! Now ... LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!!!

The theme this month: "I scream, you scream, we all scream for Ice Cream!" It's still summer, and one of the best summer treats is ice cream! I thought this image was really CUTE to work with, and the embellishments and paper Kelly sent with them coordinate so PERFECTLY! I just love the DP which is from American Crafts. My own supplies were olive cardstock, dimensionals, and nestabilities/sizzix border dies.

First up this month was Kelly ~ and if you are just now seeing my cards, start there to see the entire list of Divas!


Kelly: http://sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/

Joan: http://msearlgrey.blogspot.com/

Carol: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=15781

Barb: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=16832

Laurajean: http://www.buckygirl.blogspot.com/  (that's me!)

Judy: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=168901

Jamie: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=218989

and now for the DUEL! Please start here, at Jeanette's blog:http://creativeplayischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/

MFT Challenge - Cupcakes!

Here is my card for this week's MFT challenge, which was to use cupcakes. Main images are from Pure Innocence Tea Party & sentiment is from Pure Innocence Make Mine A Double.  I paper pieced the girls dress and the table. It's hard to see, but there I used my Spica Glitter Pens everywhere on this one, her shoes, barrette, the cupcake, and cupcake stand. The felt ribbon is from SU!

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Hugs ~ LJ

Haunted Cuppie

Good Evening,

I'm back to sporadic posting again (sigh!). Couldn't wait though to use a new MS iron gate border punch I found over the weekend at a LSS and make card with one of Taylor's Halloween Cuppies. Just love how this cute little witch is just walking down the street with all the bats flying around. I'm not a big halloween person, but I love halloween paper and embellishments!

Hugs ~ LJ

CHA Chicago

Home from the CHA SuperShow in Chicago (yesterday actually) and had a great time with my mom who came along.  We have not done many mother/daughter trips together and this past long weekend just enforced even more how much I love to spend time with her. It was a perfect "girls trip", including plenty of retail therapy!

Above is a card I created today with some of my goodies I came home with, the stamps are from Papertrey Ink (Four of a Kind - Limited CHA Only Release). I used Terracotta Tile (PTI), SU! Old Olive, and GKD Chocolate Kisses for my color combination - which I am quickly falling in love with. The size of the floral image (which is two stamps, the leaves are separate from the flowers) is a whopping 4.0 X 4.25. So the card base is 5.5X5.5 square.

I couldn't possibly create this post without a CHA picture of my mom and I ~ we had so much fun together. We both love stamps and paper so CHA Chicago was the perfect summer trip for us!