DD - New Beginnings

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It's the 15th of the month and it's time for a new duel between the Dazzlers and Divas. To start off the new year, Darlene is hostessing the Dazzlers and I am hostessing the Divas. Our theme this month was "new beginnings". We sent each sent our group of ladies a kit with a January 2018 Calendar. We asked them to be creative, and use the content kits to create a "new" card. It could be for the new year, a fun holiday, whatever they choose. They also were encouraged to use any stamps of their own they wanted in order to complete their project. 

I sent the Divas an assortment of papers from the Mint To Be Fab 12X12 Collection from Hobby Lobby. I loved all the gold, black, mint and pink colors and thought it would fit a number of themes that anyone chose for their card. I also included some gold embellishments, a gold tag, and some ribbon. 

My card was created for January 20th - which is Penguin Appreciation Day. :) I put a gold heart on January 20th which is Penguin Appreciation Day, but it's also the day I will get to see quite a few of the Divas and Darlings: Barb (our generous hostess) & Terry are here in Wisconsin, Jeanette is driving up from southern Illinois, Kelly from Florida (flying) Darlene (from the east coast), and Carol (from Minnesota). The six of us are attending Camp-Stamp-in-Oga which is an all day crafty event in Waukesha! I simply cannot wait to see them this weekend. Especially Kelly, as this is her first trip up here. She loves snow and she is going to get it  as it snowed 5 inches here today :) Yay! 

Thanks for stopping by - Hugs ~ LJ

New Years Challenge!

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Today's card is for a SCS Challenge Your Stash. Each month someone chooses a "challenge" for us to complete without buying any new stash (supplies) to create the card. Our challenge this month was to create a New Years Card that does not involve alcohol. So I pulled out a SU! Set that had some balloons in them, some glitter stuff and got busy! My table is full of glitter now - which is fine :) I love glitter. I'm glad I changed out of my work clothes before I started. Ha ha!

Anyways the balloons are embossed with Silver Zing Glitter Powder from American Crafts.  Underneath the white oval matted on silver Cardstock (gina k) is black glitter ribbon on top of black satin ribbon. The "2018" are Thickers Numbers........I have a whole bucket of these I have rarely used, so this was the perfect challenge to dig them out......so anyway the silver card stock is matted on black bazzill cardstock and then matted on a shiny hot pink card base from the Paper Cut (which I have had forever - going to keep those out as they will make great valentines card bases!

Ok that's it for now - have a happy new year! Hugs  ~LJ

Christmas Kitty

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During 2017 I participated in a simple Christmas Card kit swap. Over the course of the year, I received 6 kits containing 2 quarter sheets of pattern paper, and a few Christmas images to make a Christmas Card (or two) with. My last kit came from Heather . She picked out this darling Kitty image and some papers that coordinated perfectly with the greenery in the image. I colored the image and added some Real Red and Artichoke cardstock, along with some red ribbon and bling.

Thanks so much Heather for the cute kit!

Hugs ~ LJ

You're SNOW Cool

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I created this card using Lawn Fawn stamps for today's CAS on Friday Challenge.  CAS means "Clean and Simple'. This week's challenge is to make a Christmas Card. I made this card in about 10 minutes :)

Thanks for stopping by~ Hugs ~ LJ

Freshly Made Sketches #316

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Today's card is for Freshly Made Sketch Challenge #316 all of the "white space" in this sketch provides for endless possibilities. For my card I chose to use Night in Bethlehem stamps (and coordinating dies). The sentiment is from Tim Holtz. No DSP this time, just Real Red, Gina K White, and Gina K Silver. Added some bling on the sentiment panel. 

Here is the sketch: 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

Snowman Challenge

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Today I have a cute snowman card to share for the Always Fun Challenge #35 - Snowman.

I picked out a cute image from Raisin Boat - the stamp set is no longer available unfortunately :(

I used patterned paper from October Afternoon (Good Cheer 8x8 pad). some SU Bling in the corners, and yet another red bow (something I'm rather addicted to using right now on every card it seems! The the card is layered on a base of Gina K Bubble Gum Pink.

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

Cheerful Sketches Challenge - December

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Today's card is for this month's Cheerful Sketch Challenge The sketch is below which I flipped 90 degrees and then moved the long rectangular panel over a little bit so that I could add a sentiment.
I used images and sentiments from the Gina K Home for the Holidays StampTV kit from 2016.
The patterned paper is all from Basic Grey (Wassail 6X6 Pad). I used Fresh Asparagus ink for the trees, and Gina K Red Hot ink for the sentiment. The bling on the oval frame is from Stampin Up.

Here is the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ