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SCS Sketch Challenge Wednesday!!!

Happy Wednesday! 
I am so excited that I got to do the sketch challenge today at SCS.  I won't waste a bunch of your precious time babbling today!!! LOL!!!  Here is my card ~

The base of my card is Chocolate Chip with a mat of first Baja Breeze and then Whisper White.  The 2 patterns of decorative paper are from Basic Grey's Offbeat Collection.  The bottom piece was punched along the top edge using one of my Martha Stewart border punches.  I then added a few clear Martha rhinestones.  Both of the ribbons are from May Arts.  The 3 circles down the side were all done the same.  The bottom layer is a scalloped circle I cut from Chocolate Chip card stock and then a circle of Baja Breeze card stock that I punched using my CM circle punch and then on top is the circle from THIS Verve stamp set which I stamped on Whisper White card stock using Chocolate Chip ink and then cut out using my circle Nesties.  I colored portions of the image with a blender pen and my Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze and Soft Sky ink pads.    The flowers are from THIS Verve (Julee has ALL of her Verve stamps on sale right now!!!) stamp set and were stamped on Whisper White card stock using Chocolate Chip ink and then cut out.  I colored them using my Soft Sky ink pad and a blender pen.  I added Angel Wings Shimmerz to all of the flowers and also added the same clear Martha rhinestones to the center of each.  I mounted them on using dimensionals. 

Sorry to cut this short but my kids are off on Friday so tomorrow is their Halloween parade and parties so I have lots to do to get ready!!!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

~Lynda

Jacksonbelle Tuesday ~ Give Thanks!!!!

Finally, I was able to complete a card!!!  Sorry I haven't been posting much lately...  I have had lots to get done and hopefully, things will slow down soon!  I have a special treat I am working on for you all as well but you'll have to wait on that!!! LOL!!! 

Here is my card for today's Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge!  The challenge was to give thanks and with that in mind, make a card with a Thanksgiving theme, Fall colors OR just a Thank You card!!!  If you would like to play along, upload your creation on SCS using the keyword JBE026!

I chose to make a card using Fall colors which actually are today's SCS color challenge ~ Tangerine, Old Olive and Pixie Pink.  OK, OK, so Pixie Pink is so Fallish.... pretend that before a leaf turns red, it turns PIXIE PINK!!!!  Work with me here!!! LOL!!!!  The layout of this card is based on CPS's sketch challenge #88. 

The base of my card is Chocolate Chip with a mat of Old Olive first and then another piece of Chocolate Chip and then a piece of Chocolate Chip Designer Series paper.    The centers of the flowers were colored with a blender pen and Pixie Pink, Old Olive and Tangerine Tango ink pads.  I added Old Olive wide grosgrain across the center and then added a piece of May Arts Chocolate & White ribbon. 
The focal images are from Basic Grey.  The butterfly and trail are from the Bitsy Butterfly set and the flower and leaf are from the Bitsy Lotus set.  I stamped the butterfly and trail on Whisper White cardstock using Chocolate Chip ink.  I stamped the wing part again on Whisper White and cut it out.  I colored the hearts and stems using Bubblegum Shimmerz (hearts) and Green Olive Shimmerz (stems) using a paint brush.  I then adhered the cut out wings on top of the first stamped image but only at the base so the top of the wings are lifted.  I used a paint brush and Coffee Shimmerz to add shine to the body of the butterfly as well as the trail.  I then added some MAMBI Poppy rhinestones to the trail.  I stamped the flower 2 times on Whisper White using Tangerine ink.  I cut out one smaller than the other and mounted the small one on top of the larger one using a dimensional.  I first added Pumpkin Shimmerz to the image to give it a little color and lots of shine!!!!  Before I adhered the flower, I first stamped the leaf using Old Olive ink and then painted it using the Green Olive Shimmerz.  I adhered the flower using a dimensional and then added a tangerine button, found HERE, to the center of the flower after I tied a little bright pink string on.

The image was then matted with first Pixie Pink cardstock and then Chocolate Chip which I cut a scalloped rectangle using my Nesties.  Below the ribbon, I added a rectangle of Tangerine cardstock which peeks out below the scalloped rectangle on top.  The final step was to add the metal photo corners that are included in THIS We R Memory Keepers hardware set.  I added the same Poppy rhinestones and then adhered them using glue dots.

There you go!!!  Now, check out what the girls did with this challenge ~

Kisa
Beth
Lindsey
Maren
Dee
Broni
Amber
Rachel
and Lila

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Hope you have a great day!

~Lynda

OUR CREATIVE CORNER ~ A Holiday Gift Challenge!!!!!

Good Morning!
With the Holiday's fast approaching, today's OCC Challenge will help you get a step ahead on your Holiday preparation!!!  The challenge is to make a gift, wrapping, tag, gift card holder, decoration, ANYTHING that you would give or use around the Holiday's.  I LOVE making 3-D things and the Holiday's are a perfect time for me to do it!  I already have 2 of my kids' teachers gifts done and you are going to see them below!  Before I show you mine, I want to show you what my HONORED guest and FRIEND, Lindsey Botkin, made for this weeks challenge!!!  You are going to LOVE this ~

Isn't this darling?!?!?  Thank you so much Linz for playing with us this week, your creations are AWESOME!  Speaking of Lindsey, we have a prize again for this weeks challenge which is product you can find in Lindsey's store HERE and HERE!  I used the Imaginisce snowman glitter paper (included in the prize) on one of my ornament boxes below and the Angel Wings Shimmerz, well, I didn't use it THIS time but use it ALL the time!!!  I LOVE it!!!  You can see all the details for the challenge HERE!  Here is a picture of the prize!

For my project, I made some more of THESE cute snow babies!  I know, this is a repeat but I thought there might be some people who hadn't seen them and would be interested in making them!  I also made matching boxes so here is my first photo showing the snow babies ~

You can find the tutorial I did on these last year HERE!  The baby socks I used are from Target's $1 spot ~ last year....They may have them again this year so check it out!

Here is a picture of my first box for the red baby ~

See how cozy it looks???   Here is a picture of the box with the lid on ~

The actual box is Whisper White cardstock and the decorative Imaginisce paper is THIS snowman glitter paper and the strips around the lid is THIS paper.  The red card stock is Riding Hood Red.  The clear crystals are by Martha Stewart which I picked up at Walmart.   HERE is the tutorial for the box! 

Here is a picture of the box all wrapped up ~

I added an SU! white felt snowflake that OF COURSE I added white Martha Stewart glitter on with a paint brush and Elmer's glue.    I also added the decorative paper around the lid to the back of the center of the snowflake.  You can click on the picture to see it larger.

Now I will show you the box I made for the blue baby.  The actual box was made using Chocolate Chip card stock and the decorative paper is last years SU! wrapping paper ~

Here is the box all tied up!  I will add a snowflake or something to the bow before I give it away but ran out of time for this post ~ sorry!!!

The Chocolate ribbon is last year's SU! satin & grosgrain ribbon.  I added Stardust Stickles to some of the snowflakes on the wrapping paper and to the scallops around the lid.  The scallops were punched using my SU! scallop border punch.

If you have ANY questions, please don't hesitate to ask!  I cover all the measurements and details in my previous posts for the ornament and box listed above.

I hope you enjoyed the post today and be sure to check out what the OCC girls have done with this challenge HERE!

Have a great weekend!

~Lynda

OUR CREATIVE CORNER ~ Mid Week Challenge ~ Get your VERVE on!

Good Morning!
Today's mid week special OCC challenge is hosted by Julee Tilman!  The challenge issued is to make a card using Julee's favorite technique ~ Vintage Values.  In case you didn't know, Julee is the owner and illustrator of Verve Stamps SO, with that said, you should check out all the challenge details on the OCC blog to find out about a PRIZE?!?!?!?  LOL!!!!  Please note ~ you DON'T have to have Verve Stamps to play along ~ check out the details as well as the instructions on how to do the technique ~ HERE!!!!

The layout of my card is based on Julee's Mojo Monday sketch challenge #57.  The base of my card is Chocolate Chip cardstock with a mat of first Soft Sky then Chocolate Chip and then Kraft cardstock.  I ran the Kraft piece through my Cuttlebug using my Leafy Branch embossing folder.  I sponged the entire embossed piece using Creamy Caramel ink so the embossed images would stand out more and then I sponged the edges with Chocolate Chip ink.  The strip below the focal image is first Soft Sky and then Chocolate Chip cardstock which I punched the borders with one of my Martha borders punches.  The strip on top of these is Kraft cardstock which I stamped using the long filigree stamp from Artful Elegance and Versamark ink.  I did use the Vintage Values technique on this strip and what I used is Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip ink.  The tan twill ribbon is from May Arts.  I added a little piece of Soft Sky double stitched ribbon on top of the tan twill knot.

For the focal piece ~ I first stamped the long filigree from Artful Elegance using Versamark ink on Kraft card stock.  I then stamped the Fresh Cuts (by SU!) image on top of the filigree using Chocolate Chip ink.  I colored the flowers to the right using a blender pen and Soft Sky ink.  I then did the Vintage Values technique on this piece using the same ink colors as listed above.  I stamped the small and medium flowers from Grateful Elegance on Whisper White card stock using Chocolate Chip ink.  I colored them with a blender pen and Chocolate chip ink, cut them out and then added blue Swarvoski crystals to the centers using my Quickie glue pen.  I added these flowers to the image piece using dimensionals.  I also added the same crystals to 2 of the points on the scalloped border edge.  I used my Quickie glue pen again to add clear microbeads to the centers of the Soft Sky flowers.  I matted this piece with first Soft Sky and then Chocolate Chip card stock.  I used dimensionals to adhere it to the front of the card.

We hope you can play along!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

~Lynda

Jacksonbelle Tuesday ~ Product Spotlight ~ Holiday Paper!!!!

Hi!
Well, today is Tuesday and it is time for Jacksonbelle's DT's weekly challenge.  This week the challenge is a product spotlight and basically, we can make a Holiday card using any of the NEW Holiday paper Lindsey now has in the store!  We had a choice of Imaginisce, Cosmo Cricket, Fancy Pants or Basic Grey!  I ended up making two cards for this challenge because my I wasn't really happy with my first card so I will show you my second card first ~ I liked it better!!!! LOL!!! 

The layout of this card is based on this weeks sketch challenge at CPS.  The base of my card is Bravo Burgundy cardstock and then a mat of Riding Hood Red cardstock.  The next 2 layers are both from Cosmo Crickets ~ Oh Joy Collection.  The Season's Greetings sentiment is by Inkadinkado at was stamped on the off white Cosmo Paper using Riding Hood Red ink.  I cut the oval out and then matted it on a piece of Bravo Burgundy cardstock which I cut out as well.  The Inkadinkado Duet stamp (this is currently out of stock but Lindsey will definitely get more so if you want one, email her) was stamped on the same off white paper using Bravo Burgundy ink.  I stamped the image again on Poison Ivory cardstock which I then colored the birds using my Prismacolor Pencils and then cut them out.  I adhered the larger birds tail directly on top of the first stamped image.  The bodies of both birds were mounted using dimensionals.  Before adhering, I did add Golden Wheat Shimmerz over their entire bodies so they are nice and glittery!!!!  I added some burgundy Swarovski crystals to the centers of the snowflakes I cut out as well as the leaves.  I used my Quickie glue pen to adhere them.  I tied the ribbon, which is 2 sided May Arts gold/vanilla satin ribbon, in a knot toward the bottom of the card.  I used a couple glue dots to hold it in place.

My second card is pretty much using the same supplies but different stamp and ribbon ~

The base of this card is 5 1/4" square and is Bravo Burgundy.  The next mat is first Riding Hood Red and then 2 styles of decorative paper from the Cosmo Cricket ~ Oh Joy Collection.  The focal image is by Inkadinkado and is called Deer Trails (this stamp is also out of stock so if you are interested in purchasing it, email Lindsey and she will let you know when it is received).  I stamped the image on the off white Cosmo decorative paper using Bravo Burgundy Craft ink.  I then used Heat & Stick powder to get the Martha Stewart White glitter to adhere to the image.  I did add the same crystals as the card above to the snowflake trail.  I matted the image on Bravo Burgundy cardstock.  The ribbon down the side is by May Arts and is matted with the same off white paper from Cosmo.  I punched a hole using my 1/8" handheld punch to make a hole at the top of the image, ran the ribbon through and then took a separate piece of ribbon and tied a knot to cover the hole. 

I hope you liked my cards and now, go check out which Holiday papers the girls chose and see what they made!!!  Here are the links!!!

Kisa
Beth
Lindsey
Maren
Dee
Broni
Amber
Rachel
and Lila

Thank you for stopping by and be sure to check back tomorrow as we are having a special OCC Challenge for you!!!

~Lynda

Dino Greetings.....

Hello!
Hope you all have had a great weekend!  I had made this card for sketch challenge #197 at SCS about a week and half ago ~ yes, it takes me that long to finish anything !!! LOL!!!

I would have LOVED to have included the sentiment "those were the days" but I couldn't get it to fit anywhere so I just added a white rub on thank you on the black May Arts Twill.  The base of my card is Basic Black with a mat of first Chocolate Chip and then Bordering Blue.  The next mat is first Basic Black and then a piece of rock looking decorative paper from Basic Grey's Archaic Collection (I LOVE this collection!!!).  I added 2 large pewter brads from We R Memory Keepers to the decorative rock piece, above the focal image.  The focal image was stamped using Prehistoric Pals.  The ink used was Artichoke, Chocolate Chip and Bordering Blue.  I did stamp the small dino, flying dino and the tree tops a second time and cut them out to mount them on top of the first images using dimensionals.  I matted this using Chocolate Chip cardstock and then used dimensionals to mount in on the decorative paper mat.

Sorry to make this so short, my son and husband are both sick and  you know how it is when the male species is sick ~ the WORLD MUST BE COMING TO AN END!!!!!  LOL!!!

Thank you for stopping by!!!

~Lynda

OUR CREATIVE CORNER ~ A Sketch!!!!!

Good Morning!
I am sorry about the lack of posts....First, I lost my mojo!  If you find it, please return it to me because I NEED it!!!! LOL!!!  I got a cold and everything went down hill from there!  You would think I was a man for goodness sake!!! LOL!!!  Anyway, I do have a card today for you AND already have another one to share later!!!  Things are looking up! 

Today's OCC challenge is a sketch! 

Our HONORED guests this week (YES, I said guests!!) are my AMAZINGLY talented teammates from Jacksonbelle's DT!!!  We have a slideshow of their creations using this sketch on the OCC Blog!  With ALL this inspiration, there is no reason you can't play along and did I mention there is a prize for this weeks challenge??? LOL!!!  Well, there is and it is  a $20 gift certificate from Lindsey's store!  You can check out the details on the OCC Blog HERE!!! 

Here is my card ~

The base of my card is a cocoa color of Prisma cardstock.  The bottom mat is first Soft Sky cardstock then Poison Ivory shimmery cardstock and then the top decorative snowflake paper is the new Christmas line from Cosmo Cricket called Oh Joy.  I used one of my Martha border punches for the bottom of the Soft Sky piece and then added Kaiser Bronze pearls at each point.  The ribbon is SU!'s Soft Sky double stitched ribbon and then a piece of brown gingham which I don't know where it came from.  The next mat is first Poison Ivory and then Soft Sky which I ran through my Cuttlebug using my Birds & Swirls embossing folder.  I added Martha Stewart white glitter to the dots and swirls on the embossed piece using my Quickie glue pen.  The focal image is Inkadinkado's Three to a Tree which is one of my favorite stamps due to how versatile it is!  I have used it for Halloween, Fall, Spring and now Christmas ~ LOVE IT!!!!!  Sorry, got off track there for a minute!!!  I stamped the image on Poison Ivory cardstock using Chocolate Chip ink.  I inked up the stamp with the Chocolate Chip and then used a Q-tip to take the ink off of the birds.  I then used a blender pen and my Soft Sky ink pad to ink up the birds.  I "huffed" on the stamp first and then stamped.  I colored with the blender pen and Soft Sky ink pad as well as my Prismacolor pencils.  I then added the same white Martha glitter to the tree and base of the tree using my Quickie glue pen.  I matted this piece with Chocolate Chip cardstock and then mounted it on the Soft Sky embossed piece using dimensionals.

I want to take a moment to thank my Jbelle teammates for playing along with us this week ~ I REALLY appreciate it girls!!!  Be sure to check out what ~

Kisa
Maren
Dee
Broni
Rachel
and Lila have made!

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

~Lynda

Jacksonbelle Tuesday ~ Wishing you a Merry Christmas....

My card today is for Jacksonbelle's DT challenge to make a card of 4 layers or less!   This card is also for today's color challenge at SCS which was to use pink and black ~ easy enough! 

The base of my card is Pretty in Pink with first a mat of Basic Black, then Shimmery White and then THIS Imaginisce decorative polka dot paper on top.  I stamped this paper using my small dot Inkadinkado stamp and Pretty in Pink ink.   I also added Stardust Stickles to the centers and dots on the snowflake.  I cut the image window using a rectangle scalloped Nestabilitie die.  I then matted the inside with Basic Black cardstock that I cut a smaller rectangle in to mat the picture.  I stamped the penguin image from THIS Inkadinkado stamp set on the Shimmer White cardstock using Basic Black ink.  I added Martha Stewart White glitter on the "snow tree" using Elmer's glue, a paint brush and the glitter.  I added Coal Shimmerz to the black parts of the penguin bodies because they NEEDED to be glittery and then a pink rhinestone star which I adhered with my Quickie glue pen.

I layered 2 white SU! felt snowflakes which I covered in Martha glitter I might add (you aren't surprised I'm sure!!!) and then added a black glitter Imaginisce brad to the center and glued the entire piece down using a pop up glue dot.  I also added the same black brads to all 4 corners of the top piece.  I used my ticket corner punch on the top layers of paper before adding the brads.  The sentiment is included in the Penguin Pandemonium set and was stamped on a strip of THIS paper (pretend it is ribbon since I went over on the layers) using Basic Black ink and then adhered it at the bottom.

Don't forget that Lindsey is having a sale on all of her Halloween and Fall Themed products!  You can check it all out HERE!

Here are the links for my teammates blogs so you can see what they made too!!!!

Kisa
Beth
Lindsey
Maren
Dee
Broni
Amber
Rachel
and Lila

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

~Lynda

MDC Thursday on Sunday Challenge ~ Halloween Box....

I know, I know, I AM LATE!!!  I am always late these days....I hate that!!!  I didn't have a ball for the spiders body so I had to run to Michael's to find something.  I wanted a large black pom pom but couldn't find one big enough so I found a styrofoam ball which I painted.  Anyway, the challenge details can be found HERE and here  is my box ~

It's funny because when I look at the box in this picture, it looks kindof dumb!! LOL!!!  Oh well, too late now!!! LOL!!!  The box was made out of 5 of the 50 million 4x4 chipboard coasters I have been  hoarding for years now!!!  I covered 2 of them with THIS decorative paper from Imaginisce and the other 2 with just Basic Black cardstock that I ran through my Cuttlebug using my spiderweb embossing folder.  The bottom coaster was covered in plain Basic Black cardstock.  The way I adhere my paper or cardstock to the coasters is with a glue stick.  It has worked great for me!  Anyway, once the glue dried, I lightly sanded the edges and then punched the holes.  After the holes were punched, I glued 1 side at a time to the base coaster using Elmer's glue.  This took a little while because I had to let the glue dry.  After I got all 4 sides glued on, I tied eggplant grosgrain in a knot on the bottom holes and black grosgrain knots on the top hole. 

The spider body is a styrofoam ball that I painted with shiny black acrylic paint.  I was going to add flock but the styrofoam added it's own texture so I didn't mess with it (I know, this is a shock!).  I added the pom poms for the eyes and the googlie eyes on top of the pom poms (used Elmer's glue to adhere these).  I used a pointed stick to make a hole through the styrofoam and then ran the black pipe cleaners through and then arranged them how I wanted them to be in order.  To get the spider to "stand" I punched 1/8" holes (4 on each side)  and then stuck the feet through and it held in place perfectly.  BEFORE I put the spider on, I filled a medium sized cellophane bag with Halloween M&M's which I stamped with the spider trail stamp from Inka using Black Stazon ink.    I then added some purple fill and was done. 

Here is a different angle ~

It still looks dumb!!! LOL!!!  You must admit, it IS different!!! LOL!!! 

Have a great evening and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!!!

~Lynda

SCS ~ Featured Stamper Sunday ~ Anne Ryan.......

Hi!!!!
Happy Sunday to you all!  We are having another beautiful day here!! I really want to get outside but before I go, I want to share with you the card I made for today's SCS Featured Stamper ~ Anne Ryan!  Anne is so quick to leave a nice comment on a card and is SUCH a talented stamper!  The card of Anne's that I chose to CASE is HERE!  I changed everything except the layout ~

The base of my card is Old Olive.  I embossed the edge using polka dot strip from THIS Cuttlebug embossing folder collection.  The next mat is first Shimmery White cardstock then Pretty in Pink cardstock and then on top THIS beautiful glittery decorative paper from Imaginisce's new Fairest of them All Collection.  I used my ticket corner punch on 3 of the corner and then added the baby blue glittery brads from THIS Imaginisce collection WHICH by the way, coordinate PERFECTLY with the paper!!!  The strip down the side is from THIS pattern of the same Fairest of them All papers.  I did not mat it, just cut it so it left a little off white border.  I mounted this strip on top of the bottom mat using dimensionals on each end and then just plain adhesive in the center of the strip.  The focal image is by Prima and can be found HERE!  I stamped the bird on Shimmery White cardstock using Basic Black ink.  I then colored using my Prismacolor pencils.  I stamped the bird a second time on the crisscross pattern and then cut it out and mounted it on top of the first stamped bird using dimensionals.  The sentiment was stamped using Old Olive ink.  That would be a YES, I DID add Angel Wings Shimmerz to the entire bird and tail!!!  This piece was matted on Pretty in Pink cardstock and then mounted using dimensionals.

The last step was to paint my Prima flowers!  I used THESE flowers and painted them ALL with Bubblegum Shimmerz.  The very top flower which is right under the blue glitter brad is a flower I cut out from THIS paper.  The flower under the paper one I cut out was complete painted with the Shimmerz and then the lower 2 flowers are just highlighted with the pink.  It REALLY looks pretty IRL!

I will be back later to show you my Halloween box that I FINALLY finished for last weeks MDC challenge which was to make a Halloween treat box!  See ya soon!!!

~Lynda