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Jacksonbelle Tuesday ~ CASEing Kisa!

Good Morning!
Today is Tuesday and that means another Jacksonbelle DT challenge!  This weeks challenge is to CASE our fellow team mate ~ Kisa!!!  While the team was pouring over Kisa's gallery trying to figure out which beautiful card to CASE, Kisa was working on a FANTASTIC Easter Basket tutorial!!!  You will definitely want to check it out HERE!!!  Before I show you my card, I also wanted to mention that Lindsey just got in stock BRAND NEW Shimmerz AND she has them on SALE!!!!  You can see them all HERE!!!!

The colors for this card are based on today's color challenge at SCS which is Summer Sun, Kraft and Real Red.  The layout is from THIS card of Kisa's which I chose to CASE!  The base of the card is Basic Black.  The next layer is Kraft with a rectangle strip down the side of Real Red and then a decorative piece of red paper from SU!'s Ski Slope Collection.  The sentiment is from Verve's NEW Circular Sayings set and was stamped on Whisper White using Basic Black ink and then punched out using my small oval punch.  I added the pierced swirl using THIS Pierceabilities die.  I added a little knot of THIS May Arts polka dot ribbon to the side.

The Butterfly is by Inkadinkado (this stamp is currently out of stock so if you would like to reserve yours, email Lindsey at jacksonbelle@hotmail.com) and was stamped on Kraft card stock using Basic Black ink.  I stamped it again on Whisper White card stock, cut it out and colored using a combination of Prismacolor Pencils and Summer Sun ink pad and blender pen.  I added Angel Wings Shimmerz to the colored parts and Coal Shimmerz to the black areas.  Here is a closer look at the shine ~

I cut the image out using my circle Nesties and added tiny red rhinestones on the flourish.  This circle was then mounted on a square of Basic Black card stock which I ran through my Cuttlebug using my Swiss Dots embossing folder.    I then matted the black on Whisper White which has a decorative border cut using my MS Lattice border punch.  Behind the decorative border I added a strip of Summer Sun card stock and then adhered this entire piece on the card using dimensionals.

Be sure to check out the girls creations on their blogs below! 

Beth

Heather

AJ

Kimberly

Michelle

Melissa

Jill

Maren

Kisa

Jennifer

Shannan

Lindsey

Taylor

Thank you so much for stopping by!

~Lynda

Mojo Monday ~ Birthday Wishes....

Hi Again!
When I saw today's Mojo Monday sketch, I really wanted to play (OK, I REALLY wanted to use my new Verve stamps but the sketch is really cool though!!! LOL!).  I have to pick my kids up soon so I won't bore you with all the fun details about my cleaning, allergies (hey, I think that is my problem...I'm allergic to CLEANING!!!  Hmmm....I should look in to this further!!!), anyway, I won't bore you with my exciting life right now ~ maybe tomorrow!!!  LOL!!!  Here is my card ~

I used some more new Verve stamps today!!!  I really like how this turned out and it was easy!!!  The base of this card is Kraft card stock with a mat of Pink Pirouette and then at the top, Whisper White that was embossed using my Swiss Dots embossing folder, Pink Taffeta ribbon, striped Kraft DS paper and then a piece of  pink, green and white floral DP that I have had for ages!!  The strip is Whisper White in which I cut the bottom using my circle Nesties and then matted on Mellow Moss card stock which I cut scallops at the bottom using my scalloped circle Nesties.  The sentiment is from Verve's new Circular Sayings set and was stamped using Chocolate Chip ink.  The stems (the stems and tulips are from the new Floral Symphony set) were stamped directly on the white CS using Mellow Moss ink and then I stamped the tulips directly on the white CS using Pink Pirouette ink and again on a scrap piece of white.  I cut each flower out separately and colored them using my Pretty in Pink watercolor crayon and then sponged the edges using Regal Rose ink.  I glued the center tulip down directly on the first stamped image and then mounted the 2 tulips on each side using dimensionals.  I added Opal Shimmerz to the flowers.  The final step was to stamp the flower pot from Miracles Blossom on Kraft card stock using Versamark ink, cut it out and mounted it using dimensionals.  See how easy that was!!!  Here is a closer look at the flower pot ~

Well, that's all for now!  See ya back here tomorrow!!!

~Lynda

Viva la Verve Sketch Challenge...with a Birthday twist!!!

Hello!
I made this card for Julee and Amber's Viva la Verve sketch challenge which also had a twist which was to add a Birthday sentiment.   I had such a small space to stamp a sentiment and none of my Birthday sentiments would fit so I used a small Verve sentiment from the Artful Elegance set which CAN be interpreted as a Birthday card.....I am THINKING OF YOU on your Birthday!!!  See, I can follow instructions!

 

The base of this card is Arjo Wiggins ~ Cryogen White CS with a mat of Dark Brown Bazzill CS.  All 3 pieces of DP are from MME Bella, Bella Collection.  The pearls are from Kaiser Craft and the ribbon is Vanilla wide organdy ribbon and a little knot of MS dark/light brown ribbon.  The flower image is from SU!'s Bloomin' Beautiful and was stamped on the off White Bella, Bella DP using Chocolate Chip ink and then cut using my square Nesties.  I stamped the image again on Cryogen White CS and again on the Bella, Bella polka dot DP.  I cut out the flower pot, adhered it directly on top of the first stamped pot and cut the flowers out, colored them using a blender pen & Soft Sky ink, added White Opal liquid pearls to the centers of the flowers and mounted on top of the first stamped image using dimensionals.  I then matted this with a Dark Brown Bazzill piece of CS.  The sentiment, from Verve's Artful Elegance, was stamped using Chocolate Chip ink.

Have a great day and I hope to be back later with another card!

~Lynda

Featured Stamper Sunday ~ Stacy ~ AKA: Twinshappy......

Good Morning!
We are definitely getting paid back for the BEAUTIFUL weekend we had LAST weekend since this weekend, all we have had is rain!  That's OK though because I have a lot of cleaning and organizing to do ~ I know, what a shock!! LOL!!!  I started cleaning my crap room yesterday, AGAIN, and will finish today!  I did take some time to do a card for today's featured stamper, Twinshappy.  I found a couple of cards I would like to CASE but for now, chose THIS one.  Here is my card ~

Believe me, I wanted to use the pink and black Stacy used but after looking through my gallery, I see that I use those colors a lot so I decided to try different colors for a change.  Were you wondering what stamps I used???  OMG, I received my Verve order yesterday afternoon (THANK YOU Julee for your SUPER fast shipping!!!) and could hardly wait to start using them!!!  I LOVE all of them and can't wait to show you the others I bought!!!

So, for this card, I used a base of Barely Banana (YES, I said Barely Banana ~ I think that is the name of it!!! LOL!!!) and then instead of Black, I used Basic Gray!!!  I know, I have really gone outside my comfort zone here!!!  The next layer on top of the Basic Gray is again Barely Banana which I punched the side using my SU! scallop punch.  I then stamped the bottom flower, which is from Everlasting Life, using Basic Gray ink directly on the Whisper White card stock.  I then used the "out of the box" technique to cut along the edge leaving the bottom leaves to stick out.  The smaller flowers are from the Miracles Blossom set and were stamped on a seperate piece of white card stock using Basic Gray ink, colored and then cut out.  I did stamp the larger flower again on white card stock, colored it and cut it out so I could pop it up on top of the first stamped image.  I colored the flowers and stems using my Prismacolor pencils.   I also added some Butter Cream Shimmerz on the flowers even though I told myself I wouldn't do it but I couldn't stand it!!! LOL!!!  After I adhered the flowers, I added the ribbon from Michael's, stamped the sentiment from the Everlasting Life set using Basic Gray ink and then pierced the stems on the top 2 flowers and the left corner using THIS Ornare piercing template.  I then added a yellow rhinestone to the top left and was done!  This was a super easy card and I really like the way it turned out. 

I hope you all are having a fantastic weekend and thank you so much for stopping by!

~Lynda

Happy Spring ~ Going Green!!!!

Hi!
I haven't had much stampin' time lately....hopefully next week will be better!!!!  I was able to squeeze in a quick card yesterday for Michele's Ways to use it challenge at SCS which was to use Green.  There were other recyclable things you could do as well but my card did not include any of those, just Green!!  LOL!!  

No wonder I never have time to stamp!!!  Between cleaning, kids, grocery shopping and our animals...who could have time for ANYTHING else!!! LOL!!!  First thing this a.m. I received a call from my neighbor letting me know that our horse was over at his house!  I have no idea how long he had been out so I got his halter and some grain (he'll follow you ANYWHERE if you have food!!! LOL!!!), went over to my neighbors (mind you, 2 days ago it was 80 here and today it is snowing BUT that does make it easier to find where my horse went!! LOL!!!), so I am looking around for him and since he is big, I should be able to find him right???  Well, I can't find him so my neighbor was out and said he saw him go back to my yard....how the heck did I miss him???  He was EATING, as usual, out by our pool.  I didn't even look over there!  My biggest concern is that he would go out to the road and cause an accident.  We live about 200 yards off the road and are on around 200 acres but horses can cover A LOT of ground!!! LOL!!!  Well, he is all locked up now! 

Now, on to another reason I never have time....back before Christmas we adopted a couple of stray cats that found us!  We (the kids and I ~ DH only likes cats for killing mice!! LOL!!) were really excited to have them because they were so sweet and felt so bad that they didn't have homes and now they would have a home and food!!!  Here I was thinking how wonderful we were because we "SAVED" them...well, fast forward to January, 2009, Blackie starts looking fat and then a few weeks later, Callie starts looking fat.  Maybe I should cut back on their food.....NOT!!!  They are both pregnant!!!  WTH!!!  I fully expected to get them in to get them fixed after the first of the year, well OBVIOUSLY I didn't do it quick enough!  Fast forward to last Thursday/Friday....this is what happened ~

 

Each cat had 4 kittens and BOY are they cute!!!  Mary and I have had a blast with them!!!  They are a week old today (above pic is from last Friday) and they are starting to open their eyes.  Blackie had 4 black ones that actually look kindof tiger like and then Callie had 2 black and white ones, 1 orange tiger one and a calico.  SO, in 5 weeks or so if anyone would like 1, 2 or 8, let me know!!! LOL!!!  We are going to keep Callie and Blackie of course and as soon as they wean the kittens, they are going to the vet!!! 

Sorry about the rambling....Crazy Cat lady's do that sometimes!!! LOL!!!  Anyway, here is my GREEN card and it was an easy one!!!

Can I just say that I LOVE the Imaginisce Twitterpated paper?!!?  I am sure I will get sick of it but haven't yet (hope you haven't because I still have more left!!! LOL!!!).  The base of my card is Wild Wasabi with a mat of Real Red then Whisper White and then the Twitterpated DP.  The first ribbon is SU!'s wide Pink Pirouette grosgrain which I ran on top of the Real Red oval.  I then added the red and white polka dot May Arts ribbon on top of the Pink Pirouette and added a bow at the top.  The image is from Serendipity Stamps and is called Chick with Egg and was stamped on Whisper White card stock using Basic Black ink.  I then cut and embossed using my oval Nesties and matted on a scalloped oval cut from Pink Pirouette card stock.  I colored using a combination of Prismacolor Pencils and a blender pen & Pink Pirouette, Wild Wasabi, Barely Banana (chick) and Real Red ink pads.  I also added Opal and Angel Wings Shimmerz to the flowers and the egg.  I used my Quickie glue pen to add white flock to the chick.  Here is a close up of that ~

OK, I am off to get my house straightened up before I have to go to the kids school to work on some stuff!  I hope you all have a great day!

~Lynda

Baby Cuppy ate too many cupcakes.....

Good Morning!
Don't forget that today at 3pm EST is the deadline to get your entry in for the Jacksonbelle Sketch Challenge!  You can see all the details HERE!

Also, my friend Rachel is having a Grand Re-Opening sale at her on line store HERE!   She has LOTS of awesome stuff so be sure to check it out!!!

Here is my card for today based on Wednesday's sketch challenge ~

Doesn't Baby Cuppy look like he/she might have eaten too many cupcakes??  After I colored it green, I thought, well, it matches but looks like it might be sick!!! LOL!!!  Don't worry, next time you see Baby Cuppy, it won't be sick!!!! LOL!!!

The base of this card is Chocolate Chip card stock and then a mat of Whisper White and then a glittered piece of blue striped DP from DCWV Sweet Collection.  Have I mentioned that I LOVE that collection!?!?! LOL!!!  Anyway, the top part of the triangle as well as the bottom mat, are from the same collection.  The bottom mat has glittered squares on it so it was easy to mat the top triangle.  The ribbon is some old SU! light green organdy.  I stamped the Cuppy's on Whisper White using Chocolate Chip ink and then cut it out using my square Nesties.  I paper pieced Big Cuppy's body and then colored using a combination of PrismaColor Pencils and ink pads & a blender pen.  I added a red rhinestone for the top of Baby Cuppy's head.  I added MS clear glitter, of course, using my Quickie Glue pen, matted this on Chocolate Chip card stock and adhered it to the front of the card using dimensionals.  I added the sentiment by adding a heart punched using my MS heart punch.

I have another card to share with you so I will be back shortly!

~Lynda

Matilda Muffinbread wanted a cupcake instead of a muffin....

Hi again!
I had a few minutes, OK so it took longer than a few minutes, and wanted to make a card based on today's color challenge at SCS which is Black, Rose Red and Artichoke.  I had this new Bella stamp (Addicted to Rubber stamps has all their Stamping Bella stamps on sale) that I wanted to use and it worked perfectly for last weeks SCS sketch challenge!  Here is my card ~

The base of this card is Basic Black with a mat of Bo Bunny DP from their Alissa line.  The next decorative mat is also from the Alissa line and was matted with Whisper White card stock.  The 2 strips are some old Paper Frills I have had laying around for years.  They are actually black but a washed out black so I turned them over and used the white sides instead.  I added Rose Red card stock below so the Rose Red would show through the holes.  The black dot decorations are rub ons in which I then added Black Taylors Twinkles on the dots using my Quickie glue pen.    The image is Stamping Bella ~ Matilda Muffinbread.  I stamped her on Whisper White using Basic Black ink and then matted with first Basic Black and then Rose Red.  I colored her skirt with Prismacolor pencils and then colored the shoes, polka dots and head band with my Rose Red ink pad and a blender pen.  I used my Pink Pirouette ink pad and a blender pen to color the flowers.  The bows down the side of her skirt were colored with my Artichoke ink pad.  I added black Taylors Twinkles to the bows on the skirt and pink Twinkles to the centers of the flowers.  I pieced the cupcake holder and stamped the cupcake top on a scrap of Whisper White, cut it out and added Clear MS glitter to it using my Quickie Glue pen.  The final step was to add Opal Shimmerz to the wings.  You can't see the shimmer in this picture so I will show you a close up ~

The Opal Shimmerz is to cool because in the picture on line it looks white but it has a pretty, light pink tint to it.  I swear, IRL the wings are shimmery and evenly painted!!! LOL!!!

Have a great day!

~Lynda

Jacksonbelle Tuesday ~ Product Spotlight ~ Inka, A Sketch and a Prize!

Hi!
Happy Tuesday!!!  Today is not just ANY Tuesday...it is a SPECIAL Jbelle sketch challenge Tuesday!!!  We have a contest, a sketch and a prize!  Wanna play???  All you have to do is make a card using this sketch ~

Go to the Jbelle blog, and leave a link to your card in the comments section by Friday the 13th at 3pm and then check back Saturday morning to see if you are the random winner!!!  How easy is that?  Oh, did I mention there is a prize???  Well there is!!!!  You can check it out on the Jbelle Blog!    If you do decide to play along, you will want to link your card on the Jbelle blog and if you upload to SCS, don't forget to use the keyword SBE043!

Here is my card based on the sketch ~

The base of my card is Pink Pirouette with a mat of Whisper White and then Robin Hood Red.  The decorative paper on the two panels is from THIS Basic Grey Collection and was matted on Celery card stock.  I used my scalloped border punch on the bottom edge of the decorative paper.  I stamped my bird from Inkadinkado's Birds Galore set on Whisper White using Pink Pirouette ink.  I stamped it again on a scrap piece of white card stock, then embossed it using clear embossing powder and then cut it out.  I matted the bird panel with Pink Pirouette card stock and then pierced around the piece using THIS Ornare piercing template.  I added a few clear Martha rhinestones on the bottom of the top panel and on the pierced flourish.  I mounted my embossed bird using dimensionals, on top of the first stamped bird.  I also added Stardust Stickles on my bird as well as the bird cage DP and the silver ribbon buckle.  The ribbon I used is from SU! and is the Celery grosgrain and Robin Hood Red tafetta from the Winter mini.

Lindsey has put ALL the Inkadinkado stamps on SALE!  Some stamps are below cost so be sure to check it out, you won't be sorry!

Now, hop on over to see what the girls did using this sketch and their Inkadinkado stamps!

Beth

Heather

AJ

Kimberly

Michelle

Melissa

Jill

Maren

Kisa

Jennifer

Shannan

Lindsey

Taylor

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

~Lynda

Featured Stamper Sunday AND a Verve Sketch card....

Hello!
I have a couple of cards to share with you today!  One is for Julee's Verve Release (which is tonight!) sketch challenge and the other is for today's featured stamper ~ Judy AKA:  StampingQueenJAR! 
My first card is for Julee's sketch ~

The base of this card is Basic Black and is 5 1/4" square.  I had to use a larger square because the image, cut with the oval Nesties, was too big for a standard card.  I totally STOLE the tree branch idea from Denise.  She made the cutest card using a swing and kindof like a shadow box effect but mine is different in the sense that my image is popped up on dimensionals.

I stamped the branch (inked it up using Chocolate Chip ink, used a Q-tip to remove the ink from the leaves and then took my Old Olive marker and inked up the leaves) from the Delicate Branch set from Inkadinkado (Lindsey is sold out of this one but you can email her, jacksonbelle@hotmail.com and she will order it!) on Whisper White.  I stamped the branch again on Whisper White with only the leaves inked up with the Olive marker and cut out a few of the leaves to pop them up.  I then ran the White back ground through my Cuttlebug using my Swiss Dots embossing folder.

The DARLING Swinging Chicken by Whipper Snapper was stamped on Whisper White using Basic Black ink.  I cut the image out using my oval Nesties and then made a frame using the scalloped oval Nesties.  I colored the image using my Prismacolor pencils. 

The lower black and white checked paper is by Reminisce and was punched using my scalloped border punch.  I added a small red strip of card stock before adhering it on the Basic Black card.  I added some red and white polka dot ribbon by May Arts and then 2 SU! silver flowers which I adhered using green crystal circle brads.

OK, now on to my next card!  I made this card for today's featured stamper ~ Judy!  She has some beautiful cards to CASE!  The card I decided to CASE is HERE!  Here is my card ~

The base of this card is also Basic Black and then a mat of Pumpkin and then Whisper White card stock.  I used my MS border punch for the bottom border.  I then added red MAMBI rhinestones to the centers of the little flowers on the border.  The Happy Spring sentiment, which was stamped using Basic Black ink, is from THIS Stamps and Smiles set.  The flower DP is some old paper I have had and is by Imaginisce.

The darling Sweet Sniffs of Spring stamp from Whipper Snapper was stamped on Whisper White card stock using Basic Black ink and then colored using my Prismacolor Pencils.  I added Marigold Shimmerz to the flower and a little orange rhinestone to the center.  I then matted the image with Basic Black card stock, ran the polka dot May Arts ribbon behind it and added the 2 Prima flowers with the cute little paw print brad which I have had for YEARS!!!

I now need to go outside and enjoy the beautiful weather!!  Hope you are having a great weekend!

~Lynda

Mojo Monday ~ On Saturday?????

Good Morning!
Happy Saturday!  Today is going to be a GORGEOUS day here in VA ~ 70+ degrees!!!  Yippee!!!  I am going to share with you a card I made for Julee's Mojo Monday sketch #76!    Tomorrow night Verve will be releasing new stamps!  I can't wait to see them!  For today's card, I used my 2 of my favorite Verve sets ~

 

The base of this card is Arjo Wiggins Cryogen White card stock and then a mat of dark brown Bazzill and then a brown polka dot decorative piece by MEE and their Bella Bella Collection.  I cut the bottom of the dark brown Bazzill and MME paper using THIS Spellbinders Pierceabilities die.  The clear rhinestones are from Martha Stewart and the sentiment, from Verve's Artful Elegance set, was stamped directly on the DP using Chocolate Chip ink.  The center mat is, from the bottom up, off white from the back of the top MME DP (again from the Bella Bella Collection) and then the dark brown Bazzill card stock and then some old lace I have had for quite some time.  The focal piece is the pretty blue MME paper which I cut from the bottom square piece using my square Nesties.  I wanted to pop up that part so instead of wasting paper, I just cut the square from the large piece and then mounted the entire decorative piece over the cut out square using dimensionals.  Here is a closer look at that ~

I then cut a scalloped square from card stock vellum and then made a frame from the dark brown Bazzill card stock using 2 different size square Nesties.  I used my Quickie glue pen to glue the frame on the vellum scalloped square and then used it again to adhere the bottom decorative blue piece.  Before I popped this piece up on dimensionals, I added a Fudge Basic Grey rubon in the corner which is partially on the popped up piece as well as underneath the popped up piece.  I added the beautiful flowers from Verve's Grateful Elegance set which I stamped on the Cryogen White card stock using Chocolate Chip ink, colored with a blender pen and Soft Sky ink, added the MS rhinestones and used dimensionals to adhere them.  The butterfly punch is also from MS and was punched from the brown polka dot DP and of course I HAD to add a few rhinestones to that too.  Oh and I also added Buttercream Shimmerz to the flowers because that is the rule!!! LOL!!!

I hope you all have a great weekend!!

~Lynda