Up Up and Away we go

Hello ~ Happy Sunday


Had the urge to play with some goodies I bought at CHA this morning. One of my purchases at Paper Trey Ink was "Up Up and Away". Just love all the images that came in this set. I also got the balloon dies at the same time, which made this card come together so much easier. There is a cloud die from PTI that goes with this set that is on my list of crafty stuff to get as well.  The DP is from Kaiser Craft which I also purchased at a booth at CHA. My main colors were Soft Suede, True Thyme, and GKD Soft Sand, which is quickly becoming my favorite neutral, especially for card bases. The small and large hot air balloons are stamped with Sage Shadow. I really have not used Sage Shadow much but of course now that it's retired, I'm finding wonderful color combinations and DP to use it with. 


No challenges for this card, just an idea that came into my head this morning and wanted to play and create :) I think that's one of the best ways to craft, because your creativity is not restricted in any way. 


Have a great Sunday! 


Hugs ~ LJ

TESC 129 - Keep Plowin'

Good Evening! Happy Friday!

Here is my card for today's Taylored Expressions Friday Sketch Challenge. I used an image and sentiment from TE's Udderly Sweet stamp set. I picked this up at Summer CHA and it's the first time I have used it. It's so cute! I used Garden Green, Really Rust and Close to Cocoa for my cardstock colors the DP and ribbon are both from SU!. The brads are from Basic Grey, and I used my scallop MFT Dienamics for the Cocoa panel.

I'm so ready for fall weather ~ the leaves are starting to change color in Southern Wisconsin and it's some of the trees are really beautiful!  Have a great rest of your  Friday!

Hugs ~ LJ

MFT Super Stars........

Hello  Everyone,

Bear with me, on this one, as it has a few pictures :)  This past week's challenge for MFT over on SCS was a Super Star Challenge. I had this idea, as soon as saw the previews a few months ago for these cute Sporty PI images, but wanted to wait for the "appropriate" theme to make it for. Aside from the coloring, which i did a few weeks ago, I put this together tonight in about 2 hours. :)

So since it's a Super Star theme, I thought there would be no better way to showcase off my favorite NFL Football Conference. the NFC North. The Cookie Sheet is 15X11. Colored in the images, and created magnets out of them. They are currently in the standings for week #2 which just finished up (notice where my Packers are??? 2-0!!! YEA!)  The footballs (also magnetic) represent the # of wins (left side) and # of losses (right side). When I originally thought of this idea, I was planning to use some die cut numbers for the standings, then I saw the little football image in the PI Football Boy set and thought those would be cute for standings. More on the left side for the Packers, the better! LOL!

The star punches on the right are from SU. I did the stars and the NFC North Lettering in NFC North Colors too. The green background DP that looks like grass/turf is from Creative Memories (got it LOOONG time ago). Hope you enjoy! :)

More details:

Close up of the football and cheerleader images

(these sets work soooo good together!) 

Here you can see the magnets, which is actually recycled duplicate
magnetic schedules I had from some Badger sports last year.
I simply ran it through my Xyron with a magnetic
cartridge and punched 1/2" circles.  Super easy and cheap!!! 

Since these are magnetic, they are really easy
to move around on the board, the Packer Cheerleader always
has to be on top right??? RIGHT! :) 

And of course next Monday night (9/27) I hope to see this 

a lot during the Bears/Packers game :) LOL! 

And well, I guess the Detroit Lions Cheerleader 

decided the Vikings players were cuter..... :) 

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/