Sending You My Love

It's the 15th of the month so it's time for another DD Duel, here's our inspiration for the month :) 

 It’s February and your Dueling Darling hostess’s Paola for the Dazzlers and Judy for the Divas have chosen this theme of love based on the Bible verses from Corinthians 13: 4,7,13 ~  “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud….It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres… And now these three remain:  faith, hope and love.  But the greatest of these is love.” (NIV)  

I had a lot of fun with this months' kit that Judy sent us.....the patterned paper was so pretty I tried to incorporate as much of it as possible. :) I colored the image (from Stampin Up!) with copics. Right now I am really into putting "banners" on my card. I do have some banner dienamics but lately I have been just using a square punch to get the banner effect on the strips of cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by today :) hugs ~ LJ

Unidentified Image Swap - Feb 2013

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here's my card for the latest Unidentified Image swap over on SCS. This month's swap was hosted by Linda. She sent us some really cute doggy images to play with. This is a swap where every other month there is a hostess that supplies an "unidentified" image. The participants make 4 cards (all the same usually using the same image) and mails them back to the hostess. The hostess then sends the participants back 3 cards & images for the next round. The hostess gets to keep the 4th card for their collection (or to use) .

 The full image has a drawn square around the image with a butterfly floating around, however I chose to use just the dog portion of the image so I could make him valentines themed. The patterned paper is all from Imaginisce (their latest valentine's line) I used some MFT Die-namics as well and some ribbon from SU!

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

Favorite Things

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I have another sketch challenge card to share today. and this is for MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #109.

Stamps: MFT

Ink: Cherry Red (Gina K) 

Patterned Paper: Lost & Found 3 (My Minds Eye)

Other: Brads, 3 Heart Punch (SU), MFT Jumbo Monach Border die-namics. MFT Fishtail Flags Layers STAX

Here's the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

Grattitude & Thanks

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Trying to get back into some challenges again. This one is for Deconstructed Sketch #87. This is one of my card spots for Barb's Thank You Swap .

Stamps: Beautiful Butterfly (PTI)
Ink: Ocean Mist (Gina K) Chocolate Chip (SU!)
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye
Other: Twine from American Crafts, Oval Spellbinders dies, Square punch (to create the banner ends)

Here's the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs LJ

January DD

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Time for our monthly visit with the DD's and our theme this month is "National Book Month" both Terry and I agreed as the hostesses this month, that we were tired of winter and decided to focus on something different for a change. I Know I would LOVE to see all of our snow piles gone ~ Well they can be gone on my blog for today's post at least. 

I hope all the ladies liked this month's kit I put together. The stamped image is from Graphic 45 - ABC Primer. I sent some supplemental images as well. For my project, I decided to make a little chipboard album. The papers are from Echo Park and that's what I used the most. I saw the collection at a store and knew the warm colors would fit perfect with the image. I used only a couple of embellishments in the kit, some ribbon from American Crafts and a PTI Button. I'll probably decorate the inside pages later. 

As a challenge bonus, Terry and I wanted the DDs to share any books they are reading lately. I've recently started to read a new sports book titled "What It Takes to Be A Badger". I'm enjoying it so far, as it's about the great Badger Football players and coaches of the past. I think they will need to make a 2nd edition one of these years though, for Russell Wilson, JJ Watt and Montee Ball. :)

Please be sure to go check out the other Divas and Darlings and see what they have created...

Judy, Barb,  Laura Jean (me) Judy, Tami,  Kelly, Kadie and Carol

Please start here, at Jeanette's blog for our friendly duel

Thanks for stopping by ~ 

Hugs ~ LJ

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Today's post is for some cards I made for a recent Valentines swap on SCS. The stamps are from the set "Valentine Defined" from Stampin Up. I thought these turned out really cute :) I haven't used my SU! Markers to color directly on the stamps in awhile. The small hearts are from the SU! 3 heart punch.

Thanks for stopping by ~  Hugs ~ LJ

Love Card

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Thought I would quickly share some Saturday morning mojo :) I picked up the scrabble adhesive letters at JoAnn's recently (they are from Basic Grey). The washi tape (from Maya Road) heart was really easy to create (I'm sure this has been done before, but when I got into my craft area this morning it was the first idea that popped into my head) .  I layered 4 or five short pieces on to white cardstock, and then hand-cut a heart out. added some leftover DP (from Crate Paper- Fourteen Collection) & some ribbon and twine (both american crafts) and it came together quite quickly.

Thanks for stopping by.....Tomorrow I will be sharing another card I made with the Crate Paper DP :)

Hugs ~ LJ