Use Your Wings!

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It's the 15th of the month which means it's time for another Duel between the Divas and Darlings. Darlene and I are hostesses this month! The theme we chose is National Aviation Month.

"National Aviation History Month is dedicated to exploring, recognizing and celebrating America’s great contributions and achievements in the development of aviation. Aviation history refers to the history of development of mechanical flight — from the earliest attempts in kites and gliders to powered heavier-than-air, supersonic and space flights"

I sent the below kit contents to the Divas and I can't wait to see what they made with this kit. I used both of the airplane images. I also only sent one tag, so to get two tags, I traced one out and cut it out. (yes I did have extras - but I was trying to use what was in the divas kit! :) Both tags are sponged & I also sponged the Tim Holtz Quote Clip with Peeled Paint.

Image: Air Travel By Tim Holtz (TH) - stamped in both Peeled Paint (TH) and Faded Jeans (TH) die-cut with the Scan-n-Cut 2

Paper: Tim Holtz Paper Stash 8X8 Collage.  I thought the paper had some cool travel elements to them. 

Other: Kraft Tags (JoAnns), Ribbon Seam Binding in Pear Pizzaz (SU), Cranberry Crisp Stitched Grossgrain (SU), Blue Dots, & 2 Quote Clips (Tim Holtz Idealology) 

The Divas and Darlings will be taking off the month of December, and January we will be starting with new partners and new kits. I have loved being partners with Darlene and I am looking forward to dueling with my 2019 partner! :)

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ


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TMS #479 - Merry Christmas

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Welcome to another Tuesday Morning Sketch!  Our sketch this week from Melissa features a fun diamond shape! I had so much fun with this sketch - even though it was challenging at first due to the shape of the main image. I ended up flipping the sketch as well. I do not have any diamond shaped dies - so my scan-n-cut 2 came in handy with the set of pre-loaded shapes it comes with. 

Stamps: Christmas Magic (GKD) and Christmas Greenery (GKD) 

Paper: White (GKD), Red Velvet (GKD), Kraft (GKD), White Polkadot Paper (from scrap stash) 

Ink: Cherry Red (GKD)  - Tip - I didn't know beforehand if the sentiment would show up well enough on the patterned paper so I stamped it on a smaller scrap first. 

Accessories: bling (Paper Studio), Stampin Blend Markers, pop-dots, Lawn fawn Stitched Border Die. 

Be sure to check out the inspiration for this sketch from the rest of the fabulous design team - their blog links are to the right of this post. 

Thanks for stopping by - Hugs  ~ LJ

MFTWSC10 - Peace, Love & Joy

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Quick share tonight - I created this card for this week's My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge. It's a super fun layout this time with lots of possibilities....I am so in love with this Plaid Patterns 6X6 pad from MFT - I am using it all before Christmas :) 

I am also entering this card in the below challenges: 

Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes

Cards Galore Encore Challenge  - Anything Goes 

I used the following on my card: 

Stamps: Filled With Joy (MFT Stamps) 

Ink: Cherry Red (GKD)

Paper: Plaid Patterns 6X6 stack (MFT), Lipstick Red (GKD), White (GKD), Bubblegum Pink (GKD), Turquoise (from stash) 

Accesories: Pearls (from stash), Filled With Joy Die-Namics (MFT)

Here is the sketch: 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs LJ

TMS #478 - And Some Exciting News!

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I have some exciting news to share today ~ I've joined the Tuesday Morning Sketches Design Team! I'm so excited to be on a sketch challenge team, but especially with the ladies at TMS! And of course since it's Tuesday - we have a new sketch for you to try out! 

For my card I used the following supplies: 

Stamps: Filled With Joy (MFT)

Ink: Red Hot (GKD) 

Paper: Red Velvet (GKD), White (GKD), Plaid Patterns Merry and Bright 6X6 Paper Pack (MFT) 

Accessories: Enamel Dots (paper studio), Mini Banner Punch (SU), Red Twine (Paper Studio), MFT Die-namics (Filled With Joy) 

The sketch is below and you can check out the rest of the Design Team's inspirations by clicking on the names below the TMS Logo on the right side of my blog :) 

Thanks for stopping by - Hugs ~ LJ

Merry Christmoose!

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Today I am sharing a card I made quick for the 52 Christmas Card Throw Down Challenge. This week is a sketch challenge. I don't believe i have participated in this challenge before - and I LOVE making Christmas Cards so maybe I will play along with this one more often. 

I had a few left over A*Muse Moose images left over from a prior card, so I colored it with copics. The sentiment is from a very old MFT set - that surprisingly I've never used..........So I'll leave that on my desk to play with maybe sometime this week :) The patterned paper is from my scrap stash (It's SU) and the embellishment is also SU (from last year's Occasions Catalog). I also used Gina K White (layering and base), Fresh Asparagus Cardstock and Ink (Gina K), Kraft Cardstock (Gina K), Bling (SU) and an older Cuttlebug Embossing folder. 

Sorry for the poor photography, not much natural light to work with as it's been cloudy and rainy all day. Ugh! 

Here is the sketch: 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

MFT WSC 409 - Merriest Christmas

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Today I am sharing my card for the latest My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge.  I used the new Pure Innocence Holiday Cheer set. Isn't she cute? I colored her in with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol and cut her out with my Scan N Cut 2   I also used Plaid Patterns Merry & Bright 6X6 paper pad from MFT. 

Here is the sketch: 

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

Will Spook for Treats!

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Today is the 28th of the month so it's time to share my latest card for the Challenge Your Stash Challenge on Splitcoaststampers) Suzy has challenged us to make a Halloween Card - which seems totally appropriate for October right? 

Images: Witch Way is the Candy (My Favorite Things), sentiment from Taylored Expressions
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tangerine Twist (Gina K)
Paper: Black, Kraft (GKD). layering white (GKD), patterned paper (Authentique) 

Accessories: Ribbon (Hobby Lobby) 

I found the latest Paper Players Sketch challenge and thought this would work perfect with the images and papers I wanted to use: 

 

Thanks for stopping by - Hugs LJ