MOJO423 - Oh What Fun!

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Today I am sharing the card I made for Barb's Santa Swap. I used two Stampin' Up Sets - the santa image is from 'Color Me Christmas' and the sentiment is from 'Christmas Messages'. I used this week's MOJO Monday Sketch (#423) 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

MFTWSC251 - Gobble Gobble

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Today's card is for My Favorite Things Sketch #251. I used the Pure Innocence Turkey Time image and sentiments for my card.  The pattern paper is from Echo Park (6X6 Getaway Collection). I found it awhile back at hobby lobby when it was 50% off. :) Brown ribbon is SU, and I also used twine from Maya Road. The sentiment tag is also from Stampin Up (remember the tag sheets? Yes, I still have them!) 

Here is the inside of my card:

Thanks for stopping by - Hugs ~ LJ

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

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Today I am sharing my card for the October Sisterhood of the Traveling Cards (SOTC) Swap. What is the SOTC? We are are bunch of swappers on SCS who participate in a bi-monthly swap. Every other month a new hostess picks a theme, and we have to make 6 cards (identical) of that theme. The hostess swaps out the cards, keeps one for herself, and the participants receive back 5 other cards for that theme! 

So Gael is our hostess this month, and our theme is Broadway Shows. I thought about this one for awhile, did some preliminary research, and came up with Meet Me in St. Louis which was on Broadway at the George Gershwin Theater from 1989-1990 for 252 performances. It was nominated for four Tony Awards in 1990. 

Originally I was going to do a theme park card.....to go with the World Fair theme, well I found something even more interesting to base my card on, the story behind the song "Have Yourself A Merry Christmas" (which is one of my favorite Christmas songs) comes from the movie/play. The song was written specifically for the script, and the song was performed by Judy Garland during the Christmas scene. 

The original lyrics are a bit different than what we are used to hearing: 

Have yourself merry little Christmas

It may be your last

Next year we all may be living in the past

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Pop that champaign cork

Next year we all may be living in New York

Judy Garland thought the lyrics were depressing, so her and her co-star Tom Drake asked that the lyrics be revised. Which is how we got the traditional version of the song we know today. 

I kept my card fairly simple, as I wanted to focus on the image, which is from MFT Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

Silent Night Album

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Today I am sharing a Waterfall Folio Album I made using the October Afternoon Silent Night Collection.  I had purchased the 12X12 pack from Two Peas when they went out of business (loved that web-store) I found this amazing tutorial on Pinterest and decided to try it out last night. The extras I used were the 12X12 Cardstock stickers and the Chip-N-Stick Stickers.  The only modification I made was to add some Washi Tape to the bind, just to give it a little more support. 

Here is the inside of the folio: 

I think I will make a few more of these, before the holidays.

Thanks for stopping by - Hugs ~ LJ

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