Duelng Diva's Week #1

Good morning, friends! Welcome to the first round of Dueling Darlings! Many of you have seen our badges, but we are finally launching into full battle! What is are the Dueling Darlings? We are a group of friends that have been crafting together and have taken a new twist on crafting to "duel"! We, the Deuling Darling Divas, have one image/card kit to work with and the other half, the Dueling Darling Dazzlers, have another image/card kit with the same theme! The object is to see what we came up with using this theme, what stamp was picked and how the divas/dazzlers created with it! Now ... LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!!!

The theme this month: "I scream, you scream, we all scream for Ice Cream!" It's still summer, and one of the best summer treats is ice cream! I thought this image was really CUTE to work with, and the embellishments and paper Kelly sent with them coordinate so PERFECTLY! I just love the DP which is from American Crafts. My own supplies were olive cardstock, dimensionals, and nestabilities/sizzix border dies.

First up this month was Kelly ~ and if you are just now seeing my cards, start there to see the entire list of Divas!


Kelly: http://sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/

Joan: http://msearlgrey.blogspot.com/

Carol: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=15781

Barb: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=16832

Laurajean: http://www.buckygirl.blogspot.com/  (that's me!)

Judy: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=168901

Jamie: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=218989

and now for the DUEL! Please start here, at Jeanette's blog:http://creativeplayischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/

MFT Challenge - Cupcakes!

Here is my card for this week's MFT challenge, which was to use cupcakes. Main images are from Pure Innocence Tea Party & sentiment is from Pure Innocence Make Mine A Double.  I paper pieced the girls dress and the table. It's hard to see, but there I used my Spica Glitter Pens everywhere on this one, her shoes, barrette, the cupcake, and cupcake stand. The felt ribbon is from SU!

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Hugs ~ LJ

Haunted Cuppie

Good Evening,

I'm back to sporadic posting again (sigh!). Couldn't wait though to use a new MS iron gate border punch I found over the weekend at a LSS and make card with one of Taylor's Halloween Cuppies. Just love how this cute little witch is just walking down the street with all the bats flying around. I'm not a big halloween person, but I love halloween paper and embellishments!

Hugs ~ LJ

CHA Chicago

Home from the CHA SuperShow in Chicago (yesterday actually) and had a great time with my mom who came along.  We have not done many mother/daughter trips together and this past long weekend just enforced even more how much I love to spend time with her. It was a perfect "girls trip", including plenty of retail therapy!

Above is a card I created today with some of my goodies I came home with, the stamps are from Papertrey Ink (Four of a Kind - Limited CHA Only Release). I used Terracotta Tile (PTI), SU! Old Olive, and GKD Chocolate Kisses for my color combination - which I am quickly falling in love with. The size of the floral image (which is two stamps, the leaves are separate from the flowers) is a whopping 4.0 X 4.25. So the card base is 5.5X5.5 square.

I couldn't possibly create this post without a CHA picture of my mom and I ~ we had so much fun together. We both love stamps and paper so CHA Chicago was the perfect summer trip for us!

Taylored Expressions Blog Hop

Hello, 


I participating in today's Taylored Expressions Blog Hop! I loved the first hop and was so excited to get to play in this month's hop. I'm going with a "Winter In July" theme this time, using TE's Home Sweet Home.  This was my first TE set and it's still my favorite!  I just LOVE the gingerbread house image, and all the cute sentiments. I have to admit, it was kind of fun pulling out my Winter/Christmas themed DP and looking through it all. It's only Five Months + 5 days away. 


I love all the layers with this card ~ the sketch I used is from this week's Mojo Monday Sketch. Just so many options with this sketch!


Be sure to check out what the rest of the blog hoppers are showcasing ~ can't wait to check them out later myself


Hugs ~ LJ

MFT Swap #3

Hello, 


After spending the afternoon with my wonderful family (thank you for all the birthday love, wishes and prezzies! love you all more than you will ever know!)  I got home, turned the A/C on, and finished my MFT Swap that's due next month, this is for my 3rd set of cards (6) using My Umbrella. One thing I do with a lot of my clear stamp images - is I cut each phrase down (in half or thirds) which allows me to set it up on the mounting block so I can fit it into just about any shape. 


I think this my favorite of the 3 cards I made for this swap. 


Have a great night! 

Sketch4U Challenge

Hello ~ 


Been wanting to try a button-tree for awhile, so happy how mine turned out! I used a tree image from the SU! Set Branch Out and buttons from Gina K Designs. 


This card is being entered for the following challenges:
Sketch: I{heart}2Stamp
Button Challenge: Crazy4ChallengesBlog
Ribbon Challenge: KL Stampin N Scrappin

Thanks for looking and have a great night ~ LJ