WS Happy Birthday!

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Today I am sharing one of two cards I made for Barb's Whipper Snapper / Penny Black Swap. There were two themes to choose from, Birthday & Christmas. This is my Birthday card (obviously). The above image is from Whipper Snapper, called Happy Birthday Dog. The sentiment is from a Tim Holtz Set. I used patterned paper from Basic Grey Cupcake Collection. 

I will have the Christmas Card on my blog tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by - Hugs ! LJ 

Card Kit - Unfrogrettable!

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Today I have another card kit card to share. This kit is from Crafty Julia (SCS). She sent me some really cute frog images which I fussy cut and popped them up on the lily pad border. I really love the Yellow and Orange fibers she sent. And the sentiment is perfect! 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

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I have another card kit card to share today, this one is from Cheryl. (cgrisstamper). I loved this cute doggy image she sent me. I popped up to dog food bowl to give it a little more dimension. The Brads and Ribbon are both from Doodlebug designs.

Below is the inside of my card:

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs - LJ

Fantasitc Flowers

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Today I am sharing a card that was created from a card kit swap I am in on SCS. This kit came from Dr. Sonja in California. The flowers were already die-cut for me. I colored them with prismacolor markers and gamsol. 

I'll be posting more card kit cards soon, I have 11 kits total to play with! Thanks for stopping By! 

Hugs ! LJ 

Final Mojo Monday

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Hard to believe this is the 500th and final Mojo Monday Sketch challenge. Mojo Monday was one of the first challenges, and I loved doing it because it made me think out of the box, and sometimes get out of my comfort zone.

Here is my card, using Big Greetings (retired from MFT)

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

June Duel - Roses

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It's time to duel again between the Divas and Darlings. Tracie and Barb have chosen the theme of ROSES as June is Rose Month.  Barb sent the Divas two different images to choose from, I chose the simpler image from Hero Arts called Delicate Rose Stems. I colored it with prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. The patterned paper is from Stampin Up' (Sweet Sorbet) and I used my own sentiment from another SU! set I have in my collection.

I love this theme. Roses remind me of my Grandma's/Aunts house that I used to live at where we had an abundance of Rose Bushes in the front of the house every year. I went back into my photo collection and found this pretty bloomer

And these are from later in the same year: 

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

UIS Swap - Full of Flowers

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I've had some blogger issues lately (taking the time to write a post and then it doesn't save so I can't post it. I think I figured it out (changing my password was one of them - and something in my browser settings) so I'm hoping this works :) 

I created this card for the most recent Unidentified Image Swap. Each month we receive stamped images to make 4 cards with, the hostess (this month is Darlene) keeps 1 of the 4 cards made by each person, and then redistributes the rest of the cards back out to the swappers. So I will get 3 different cards back with the above image, along with some mystery images for the next round (which will be due in August)  We are on round 32 right now, which means this swap has been going 5+ years! I have been in the group from the beginning - and it's an awsome group of ladies! 

So Darlene's image is from Hanpton Arts. I colored the image with prismacolor pencils. The gingham paper is from Cosmo Cricket, the orange (it's shimmery) paper is from SEI. I used some orange ribbon from my stash (I think it's from Hobby Lobby). 

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ