What Not to Wear

Another round of dueling divas is here! Sorry for the short post - blogging from my phone this am! Will Try to add more later! Have a great day!

MOJO214 - Christmas Warmth

Good Morning!

Here is my card for this week's MOJO Monday Sketch #214. Had a lot of fun with all the layers in this sketch. I used lots of patterned Paper from the Graphic 45 Christmas Past Collection & sentiment from Gina K Designs - Very Merry Christmas. I used a spellbinders fancy frames die to frame my sentiment. The snowflake punches are from Marvy.

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful Sunday! Hugs ~ LJ

Holiday Tag Swap!

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This week is going by very fast for me ~ almost the weekend! Hooray! I've been working on these Christmas Tags for Kate's Tags~n-Bags swap. The red tags are retired from Stampin' Up (Love Notes I think?)  This is the first time I have used them for Christmas Tags.....I used stamps from Papertrey Ink (Holiday Button Bits), some retired Stampin! Up DSP, ribbon, and PTI Vintage Holiday Buttons.  I'm entering this for this week's challenge on the Pink Elephant Blog, which is to create a tag!

Below is what the inside of the tag looks like. It's hard to see from this picture, but I made a extra half-inch score-line from the middle (which came scored) on the front of the tag. I did this so that I the tag could be opened more easily, since I needed to punch a hole through the top to add my ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by today! Hugs ~ LJ

MFTWSC44

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Thanks so much for stopping by today. Haven't posted much lately as I was vacationing in sunny Arizona last week. Wonderful trip (pictures to share later ~ just need to go through them all). 

I'm not totally ready for winter, especially after just warming up in the southwestern sun, but I need to get a head start on some Christmas cards and projects. I came up with this for the latest MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge over on SCS. The stamps I used are from MFT (Pure Innocence Snow Day - so adorable!) I used Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, PTI Vintage Cream and PTI Kraft for my card-stock colors. I usually use PTI White on most of my cards, but I thought I should try some off-white colors for a change. :) I also used lots of patterned paper from the Basic Grey Wassail collection (6X6 pack), MFT Jumbo Scallop Dienamics, Oval & Scalloped Spellbinders, and a couple of SU! Punches with the sentiment, which was stamped in Cherry Cobbler. The image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored in with copics/prismacolor markers. I also used a silver brad, and some Riding Hood Red SU! Ribbon. The card base is 4.75" square. 

Have a great day ~ Hugs ~ LJ

Cops 4 KIds Swap - Spot #1

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Trying to get a few swaps (and blog posts) done before I depart for Sunny AZ. :) Although we have had a milder fall than normal for us, getting back to the ballpark for some good Arizona Fall League baseball is so relaxing for me. It's a fun developmental league for some of the best prospects in all of baseball. My friend and I went last year and had an awsome time, and really can't wait to go back. Once we get there we will be traveling and watching games with mostly people that we know from prior tours, and it's a small group (8 or 9 including us and the escort).


Anyhow, I do have a card to share tonight, actually six of them if you look closely at the picture. :) These are my birthday child cards for Kelli's Cops 4 Kids Swap.  Here are a few words regarding Cops 4 Kids from Kelli's SCS thread:

Each year I donate cards that I have received back in swaps to my works auction. The money goes to support the Olympia Cops 4 Kids Foundation. It's a non profit organization and it allows the boys and girls in blue to make a valued connection with the public that is in a positive light. Christmas shopping, school clothes/supplies shopping etc...

I personally love doing these kind of swaps. It allows me to create and share with another community I normally don't interact with (Olympia Washington). Most swaps are 5+1 meaning, you make six of the same card, send them to a hostess and you get 5 different cards back made by other people. This is how this swap is "operating" ~ with the +1 going to Cops 4 Kids.  As some others are doing in this swap, I am donating all of my cards to the cause. I love my swap returns don't get me wrong, they are so much happier than seeing a bill come in the mail. But I love sharing with others more when it's a good cause! :-) 


The cards were created with SU! Cardstock, SU! Jersey Shore DSP (retired ~ and one of my faves) and I colored in an image from October Afternoon Rocket Age. I love this entire collection. It's just boy happy.... I used the sketch from  I {heart} 2 stamp's October 2011 SFYTT (Sketch For You To Try). Ya'll got a few more days left in the month to try this sketch out - it's gonna quickly be a go-to sketch for me. 


Thanks so much for stopping by today ~ 


Hugs ~ LJ

Taylored Expressions Blog Hop!

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It's time for this month's Taylored Expressions Blast The Past Blog Hop! So glad you could hop on by today.  This month's theme is Trick or Sweet and I created candy box with a matching card for the challenge! I used some older Halloween Patterned Paper from K&CO on both of my projects. The candy box was created with a SU! Top Note die. The image is from the adorable Trick or Sweet set from Taylored Expressions. I especially love these Pumpkin Cuppies! My card is based off of Jen's October Sketch For You To Try. I have another card to share later this week for this challenge as well!

Below are a few more pictures of the card and box individually, I had SO much fun creating these!

Fall Harvest (Dueling Divas)

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Can you believe it's the 15th of October already? I don't even want to think about how close we are to the holiday season........I have not started my holiday shopping yet. So if it's the 15th of the month, it's time for another Duel. Our lovely hostess this month for the Divas is Tami and our theme is Fall Harvest. Tami sent us an amazing kit, I so love this image from "Sweet Season" (Stampin Up!)

As part of the challenge, Tami invited us to share a fall recipe. Unfortunately, my creativity does not get into the kitchen, so I don't have a good recipe to share this time around. :( Sorry.

I hope you enjoyed my post for today, Please check out the other Darling Diva's as well ~ to see what they have on their blog waiting for you:

Judy, Barb, Laura Jean (me) Judy, Jamie, Kelly Joan and Carol

you can start here, at Jeanette's blog for our friendly duel ~

thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your Thursday!

Hugs ~ LJ!