Fall in The Forest Swap

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Today I am sharing my card for Jeanette's Forest in The Fall swap (over on SCS) . The forest swaps have taken on a life of their own in SCS. By far it's been one of the most popular swaps around (this is the 16th Forest Swap)  A lot of it's success is due to our lovely hostess Jeanette (who I have had the honor of meeting ~ such a sweetie).  And some of the sweetest ladies are in the swap, many of who have been swapping since Jeanette's first forest swap in 2009. 

Anyway, on to my card. :) I decided to go with a turkey-theme - being that I made these Thanksgiving morning. 

Supply list: 

Stamps: Gobble Gobble (Papertrey Ink) 

Ink: Dusty Durango, Brown

Paper: Coastal Cabana, Pool Party, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon, Pool Party Satin Ribbon, button, twine, Word Bubbles Framelits Dies (SU) 

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs - LJ

Penguin Love

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Thought it would be fitting to share my card for Barb's Snow Swap (over on SCS) today since we are getting a little snowfall here in southern Wisconsin. Winter has appeared to start early this year. 

I pulled out this cute penguin trio (I think it's Stampendous) for the image. the patterned paper is from Stampin Up. I also used some ribbon and brads on my card. 

Thanks for stopping by - Hugs ~ LJ

DD Nov 2014 - Thanks!

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Quick post tonight - I meant to post this on the 15th but got busy over the weekend. Kadie was our hostess this month between the Divas and Darlings and here's the card I created with the pretty bright kit she sent!  Our theme was "Thank You" and I love this big Hero Arts block image she sent :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs  ~ LJ

SS243 - Have An Ice Day

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Today I am sharing the card I made for Barb's Whipper Snapper Swap. The theme was to use our favorite Whipper Snapper image. I have more than one favorite of course, but this is one of them.
I used the most recent Sweet Sunday Sketch (SS243) for the design element.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs ~ LJ

MFTWSC Bats About You!

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Today's card is for this week's MFT Sketch challenge. I have been using "Witch Way Is the Candy?" a lot lately. I think it's one of my all-time favorite halloween sets - ever. :)

The pumpkins and bats are stamped with memento tuxedo black ink and colored in with markers. I used the coordinating die-namics to cut the images out (so glad I got these!). The patterned paper is all from Doodlebug Design (Halloween Parade 6X6 pad). I used a spider button from Button It Up. and Black Stitched Ribbon from the Paper Studio.

Thanks for stopping by today ~ Hugs ~ LJ

Halloween Hello

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It's the 15th of the month so it's time for a another Duel between the Divas and Darlings. This months hostess for the Divas was yours truly :) Terry is this month's Darling hostess and we went with a Halloween Theme this month which is "Eat, Drink, and Be Scary".

The kit I sent included the following: 

Stamps & Sentiment: Witch Way is the Candy / My favorite things
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Eerie Collection
Accessories: Recollections die-cut, bling, buttons, candy corn brads, ribbon, Dress it Up buttons 

I had quite a bit of fun with this kit - being the hostess I could pick out one of my favorite sets to use :) I recently purchased some new copic markers (cool greys) so I was super excited to get those out and play. :) my card base is 5.50" square. 

Here is the inside of my card (using one of my favorite MS Punches)

As a additional challenge, we asked the Divas & Darlings to share your favorite treat to receive if you went trick-or-treating as a child. For me, tootsie rolls and Nestle Crunch were my favorites (and I still LOVE tootsie rolls!) 

Unidentified Image Swap October 2014

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Today I am sharing my card for the latest Unidentified Image Swap on SCS. There are about 15-20 of us ladies that are participating. Every other month, we receive a set of images (all the same) from the hostess. Our hostess this month is Lela and she sent a cute Stampendous Fluffles stamp! I colored it in with copics and used some SU! patterned paper to make a congratulations card. The sentiment is from Gina K Designs.  

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ