Dueling Darlings and Divas!

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Time for the months duel between the Darlings and Divas.....Kelly is our Diva hostess this month, and the theme is "Are You Game"! I totally love this theme, as I love to play both board and card games. My favorites are Euchre and Cribbage although I am a bit rusty at both of them these days. Growing up I loved to play Monopoly and Life. I suppose the games of Candyland and Connect Four will be played soon as my niece gets older! Can't wait!

Kelly sent us an image from Whipper Snapper, "Pair of Aces". I decided to use two DSPs, the red and white striped Chevron is from Glitz in Town (a new company for me), and the yellow dotted is from Bo Bunny - Vintage Buttercup. I colored the image with copics and cut it out. The image is layered on a Spellbinders Heart Circle die. I also used two ribbons, Kaisercraft Flourishes wooden die-cut (the diamond-shaped accent), Kaiser Bling, and a Basic Grey Button. On the Kaisercraft wooden diamond I added a cherry-cobbler punched heart.


Thanks for stopping by today! Please be sure to go check out the other Divas and Darlings and see what they have created, as I am sure they all WINNERS! :)

Judy, Barb,  Laura Jean (me) Judy, Jamie,  Kelly and Carol

Please start here, at Jeanette's blog for our friendly duel

Thanks for stopping by ~ 

Hugs ~ LJ

Hey Sassy Pants

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I'm still catching up on some of the sketch challenges I normally like to do, this was for MFTWSC83 a couple of weeks back. I'm going to work on MFTWSC84 sometime today :)

For my card I used the MFT Cute-A-Tude Pure Innocence set. The patterned paper is all from Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 6X6 pack. The button is from Basic Grey. Not sure where I got the Baker's Twine (from a LSS I think).  I also used some MFT Banner Die-namics.

Here's the sketch I started with:

I save all of my completed sketches (or ones that I like) into a folder on my computer. When I need sketch inspiration, I just flip through the images in the folder. It usually gets me started :)

Thanks for stopping by today! Hugs ~ LJ

Mystery Image Swap

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It's been awhile since I have posted :( I have been doing some crafting, just not getting the time to share lately. I'm going to try to change that :)

Today's card is for on-going swap I am in in SCS which is a Mystery Image swap, every other month we have a mystery images (all the same) sent to us.  We then make four similar cards with that image & mail them to the hostess. She gets to keep one, and we get 3 back in return that are created by other swappers in the group. When we get our returns, there's more images, from a new hostess :) I'm not hostessing for awhile :)

So JanetJ is our hostess this time around, and she sent us some cute House Mouse images to play with. I went with a pastel color theme and used some retired DP from Stampin' Up. The ribbon is from Offray, and the glitter flower is from K&CO. I also used MFT Die-Namics on my card.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs ~ LJ

Retirement Gift

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Happy Wednesday.....Work week is half-way done. :) Tonight is a quick post, which are some cards I created recently as a gift for someone at work who retired recently. I used Everyday Button Bits & Up Up and Away from Papertrey Ink. I created a set of 12 cards, 4 Birthday, 4 Thinking Of You, and 4 Thank You. I kept the design and papers the same, since I was making multiples :) 

Below is a photo of most of them ......

And here is the tag I made for the gift bag, using some other PTI Sets, Simple Sunflower and Button Boutique. The sentiment is from another PTI Set, On the Farm. I love combining my PTI Sets :)

Thanks for stopping by today! Hugs ~ LJ

MFTWSC80 - Celebrate

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Here is my card for MFTWSC #80 on SCS. Love having a square sketch to play with this week, I don't make many square cards, even though any sketch can be incorporated into a square card. For my card I used the adorable (yea I say that about all the PI Images) Birthday Princess PI set from MFT. The dress and crown are paper pieced. I used patterned paper from Basic Grey (Hopscotch Collection), ribbon from SU! (Ribbon Originals - retired), and two MFT Die-Namics (Monarch Border and Mini Wavy Pennants) Below is the inside of my card: 

And here is the sketch I started with: 

Thanks for stopping by today! Hugs ~ LJ

Cooking Out

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I hope you are enjoying your July so far ~ Mine has been a busy one so far! I'm looking forward to enjoying the rest of the month and August before the leaves start to fall (unfortunately some are falling early this year due to the lack of rain). 


Anyway, it's the 15th of the month so it's time for the Monthly Duel. Our hostesses Tami and Darlene. From Tami I received a really fun kit with a Grilling theme, which is perfect for July with all the BBQ's and family cookouts that happen this time of the year. I absolutely LOVE the image she sent us, which is Grill Sergeant from Whipper Snapper Designs. She also sent some great DP and embellishments, some of which are on my card. I really wanted to use the plaid red from MME and the blue/white polka dot from We R Memory Keepers together. :) I think they go very well together, and also bring somewhat of a USA theme to the card. 


Thanks for stopping by today! Please be sure to go check out the other Divas and Darlings and see what is on their grill for you today ;) 

Judy, Barb,  Laura Jean (me) Judy, Jamie,  Kelly and Carol

Please start here, at Jeanette's blog for our friendly duel

Thanks for stopping by ~ 

Hugs ~ LJ

Dog days of summer

Doggy wants to go to bed...I reluctantly give in. :)