Falling into Friendships

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Here we are already in the middle of October already - where did 2015 go? Hoping your fall has been a good one - filled with pumpkin hunting, football, and beautiful pretty trees...

This month's Darling/Divas Duel is hosted by Judy and Debbie. Our theme is "Falling into Friendships." The theme is to welcome our two newest team members, Suzi, Shelly and Tracie. WELCOME LADIES! 

I loved seeing all of the rich colors in this kit - and all the leave die-cuts inspired me to create a fall-colored tree with the image from Memory Box. Here is what the tree originally looked like: 

And here is a picture of the finished tree, showing the dimension: 

I used mini-gluedots to adhere all the little leaves to the tree. :) 

Thanks for stopping by today - HUGS - LJ

MOJO418 Sketch

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Had some of my crafty mojo tonight and decided to play along with this week's MOJO Monday Sketch (#418)  I got this cute Stamping Bella image earlier this year and thought it would be perfect for the sketch. The patterned paper is all from DoodleBug Designs. 

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

Tutti Fruity

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After a summer break, the Darlings and Divas are back with another duel. It was so nice to have a little break from our Monthly Duel, but I'm excited to get back to our monthly challenge! 

Our hostesses this month are Kelly for the Divas, and Jeanette for the Darlings. Since I'm with the Divas, I received Kelly's beautiful kit to play with. Our theme this month is Tutti-Fruity ~ think fall apple-picking trips to the orchards. 

The images are from The Alley Way Stamps, paper is from DCWV (The Gilded Orchard Collection ~ this paper is absolutely GORGEOUS). 

My card base is 5.5". The original basket image was the same height or a little smaller than the fruit images, so I enlarged it on my copier by 140%. All images were colored with Copics. 

Thanks for stoppng by! Hugs ~ LJ

Fabulous Favorites

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Today I am sharing my card for the SCS Sisterhood of Traveling Cards, The SOTC's are a group of crafty friends that participate in a bi-monthly swap on SCS. Each time we swap, we have a different hostess who picks out the theme. Our hostess this time around is Paola, one of our canadian sweeties.  We make six identical cards with the theme chosen, and we receive 5 cards back made from other participants in the group. The hostess gets the 6th card. Here theme is favorites, and we are to include the following favorites on our card (my choices are listed below). 

My choices were pretty simple, fall is my favorite season, I love it when the weather is a little cooler, but not cold, and football season starts up, while baseball season gets busy with all of the divisional and wildcard races. Badger Football is only 8 days away, and I can't wait to get back to Camp Randall in a couple of weeks. :) 

Season: Fall

Stamp: Football Pure Innocence (MFT) 

Colors: Red and White (Badger colors!) and a little neutrals (black and craft) for balance

Accessories: Silver Brads (these have been my "staple" the last 3-4 month. I am constantly using them on cards...

Technique: Copic coloring. I know, it's a basic technique, but I feel like I am still learning. :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Can't wait to see what I get back in my swap return! 

Hugs ~ LJ

Patriotic Mojo402

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Today I'm back with a card for this week's MOJO Monday Sketch Challenge.  I bought this really cute stamp set from Taylored Expressions (Rocket's Red Glare) and I'm ashamed to say this is the first time I have used it. It's a really cute set! I also bought the matching dies with the set.  The patterned paper however is new from Taylored Expressions (Summer Nights) . It's a 6X6 pad.  I think I need to order more of it, as I am using it up pretty fast! The colors are so pretty, and the papers can be used for more than just patriotic cards!

Anyhow ~ thanks for stopping by today! Hugs~ LJ

Patriotism Duel!

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Our theme for the Duel between the Darlings and Divas this month is "Patriotism" - which was decided by our hostesses Barb and Terry :) Barb sent the Divas a great red, white and blue kit to plat with, featuring the a Whipper Snapper image (Glory Bee).  I used this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch for the card layout/design. 

I chose to make a square card this time around! 

I don't have any specific "Flag Day" memories.....however I found some interesting information on Flag Day I thought I would share - especially since it's specific to my home-state Wisconsin! 

Appleton, Wisconsin claims to be the oldest National Flag Day parade in the nation, held annually since 

1950. It was also named "Most Patriotic City in America" by AmericaTheBeautiful.com in 2008. 

With further research, I found this website about the festivities in Appleton, WI for Flag Day. 

I only live two hours from Appleton, so I think this maybe a future "Flag Day" trip for me and my family. 

Anyways, thanks for stopping by my blog today! I have been working on another project lately - hope to 

share it soon (within the next week) 

Hugs ~ LJ

Sweet Sunday Sketch 270

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I'm posting two days in a row..Bet you thought that would never happen again (wink!) Today I am sharing my card for the latest Unidentified Image Swap. Every other month, the hostess sends us images (aka "unidentified") to make a set of four cards with. Our hostess for this month is Jody and she sent a cute kitty image with flowers to play with! I used Sweet Sunday Sketch 270 for my layout. 

I can't wait to see the 3 cards I get back in return! 

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

Supply list: 

Paper: Flowers (Day to Day / Doodlebug Designs), Yellow Print (SU), Tempting Turquoise (SU), Recollections White,  Gumball Green Ribbon (SU!) Circle & Circle Scallops Spellbinders Dies.