September Duel - Owls & Halloween

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It's the 15th of the month again - so it's time for another Diva/Darling Duel. This month's kits are from Barb (Divas) and Tracie (Darlings) and our theme is Owls and Halloween. 

The image is from Peachy Keen Stamps (out of Wisconsin), patterned papers are from Stampin Up (Night Owl collection). Barb also sent us various ribbons, buttons and brads. It wasn't originally planned, but I ended up making a halloween card without orange! 

The purple square panel started as white, I sponged it with Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Seedless Preserves) and a little bit of Black at the top. It took a couple tries to get the shading right. I had this in my mind right away to create a spooky sky. The image is colored in Copics and was fussy-cut out, then popped up onto the sponged panel with dimensionals. I also sponged the sentiment banner, that was more challenging, I wanted it lighter so had to sponge-off quite a bit first. The card size is 5.5" square. Added some sparkly black ribbon (love this ribbon) and some black brads for embellishments. 

Barb and Tracie asked to share a favorite halloween memory. My cousin (same age as me - he was born three months after me) was born on Halloween. So when he had is golden birthday (which would have been #31) His family threw him a surprise party at a local restaurant. We had a DJ for the night and it was really fun! 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

MFT Color Challenge #53

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Over the weekend I had some extra time to play with a challenge. I haven't inked up any of my MFT Stamps recently so I took a look at MFT Color Challenge #53 and decided to give it a go with one of the Older Pure Innocent girls. I don't have the name of this one  (will add later if I find it). I matched up the MFT colors to SU! as best as I could :) Mostly Going Grey and Groovy Guava, along with some retired DSP. Here are the MFT Colors for the challenge:

Thanks for stopping by today! Hugs ~ LJ

MOJO464 - Flower of the Month Mystery Swap

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Today I am sharing a card for the latest Mystery Swap (a group I am swapping with on SCS). Darlene is our hostess this month, and she sent us images from an older SU! Set called "Flower of the Month". The set was in the 2001 SU Catalog. I was so happy to see an older set chosen for a swap. Don't get me wrong, I love the "new and fab" releases just as much as anyone, and I get so excited when new SU catalogs come out, but I love the older sets just as much. I think I actually still have this set in my collection. :) 

I used this week's MOJO Monday Sketch  for inspiration. The sketch was perfect for this image. The stitched square dies are from Lawn Fawn. I used some older SU! Prints 6X6 paper, and black basic grey mini brads. 

Thanks for stopping by - Hugs ~ LJ

Back to School

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My card today is one of 7 cards I recently made for a challenge. It also fits this week's C4C Challenge - Back to School. This would be a perfect Thank You card for a teacher!

The apple image (and coordinating dies) are from the SU! Set Perfectly Preserved. I used Gina K Ink - Red Hot and Fresh Asparagus for my ink colors - I LOVE these two colors together! I paired it with some cardstock from Gina K as well (Craft, Red Hot, and Fresh Asparagus). The blue cardstock and the patterned paper is from SU. The card was finished off with some bling (Paper Studio) and American Craft Ribbon. I also used quite a few punches and the banner die is from MFT.

Thanks for stopping by today! Hugs ~ LJ

Going to Rio!

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It's the 15th of the month (really - where did summer go? It's already August) and the Divas and Darlings hostess this month have come up with a fantastic Olympic Themed kit to play with. I had such a fun time playing with this kit over the weekend, as it is the first card I have made in nearly three weeks (foot surgery has kept me away from my crafty business). 

The adorable image on the front of the card is a digi from Scrappin Doodles. The owner of the company graciously gave Judy permission to use these digis for our duel this month, so I invite you to check them out :) I don't normally use digi images myself, but these cute kids are giving me second thoughts. 

In addition to the images, there was some beautiful patterned and solid colored paper, ribbons, brads, sequins, and Olympic Ring die-cuts, some of which was used on my card which measures 5.5" Square. 

Here is the inside of my card (the sentiment was created by Judy) I colored it in with a red spica pen. 

Our additional challenge is to share our favorite Olympic Event. I can't pick just one actually :)  My favorites are swimming, gymnastics, and beach volleyball. My niece has been active in swimming and gymnastics but those two have always been favorites. My favorite sport, baseball, is returning for the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo and I am really excited about that!

Thanks so much for stopping by - Hugs ~ LJ

Christmas in July

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It's the 15th of the month, so once again it's time for another duel between the divas and darlings. Jeanette is the hostess for the Darlings, and Kelly is our hostess for the Divas. Kelly and Jeanette have been the "masterminds" behind this duel that has been going on for SO LONG. How long? Close to 4 years I think. It's amazing the lifetime friendships that have been created from a monthly card kit challenge. I love you both sooooo much. It's a huge blessing that you, and the other divas and darlings are part of my life.

So this month's theme is Christmas in July. I got sooo excited when I opened my package and found this Snoopy Doghouse from stampendous! The Charlie Brown Christmas special is one of my favorite specials! Kelly also sent us DSP from Paper Crate, and various embellishments to go with the paper and image.

Our extra challenge this month is "What do you do each year to get in the Christmas Spirit" I usually like to try to get my Christmas cards made early, although that never seems to really happen :( So my real answer would be the Christmas Music - usually starting in October (while I'm at work). Actually I could listen to Christmas Music year round. :) I get a lot done with Trans Siberian Orchestra is in my ears :)

Hope you enjoyed my card. Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs ~ LJ

June 2016 DD Challenge

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Today I am finally sharing my June Duel Card - for the duel between the Divas and Darlings. This month I was the hostess for the Divas and Darlene was the hostess for the darlings. We came up with a Pet Theme this month and decided to keep the challenge very simple since it's getting towards the busy part of the year - summer! 

Each of the Divas received a kit containing the following:

Images and sentiments from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps (A Furry Surprise) , Patterned paper from I heart my dog page kit , Paper Banner Ribbon, and burlap bow stickers , and various buttons, ribbons, and brads. 

Below is the inside of my card (sorry it's a little fuzzy) 

Thanks for stopping by - Hugs LJ