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Cardinal Christmas Money Holder....

Happy Friday!

I know, you are going to look at my card today and say, that looks just like one she posted earlier in the week BUT you are wrong!!!  It may appear to be the same but this one has special things in it!!! LOL!!!  Before I forget, Serendipity Stamps has FREE shipping on all orders until Monday so you can hop on over to the website and shop away....

Last Saturday, the Serendipity Stamps DT was challenge to make a shaped card(apparently, rectangle is not a shape!! LOLOLOL).  Because I am so lame, I didn't make mine until yesterday!!!  

 

The base of this card is Whisper White and was cut using my Circle Nesties.  I then added a piece of DP from the Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Collection.  The image is from Serendipity Stamps and is called Seasons Wonders.  It was stamped on Whisper White using Black Momento ink and then colored using my Copic Markers.  I added new Martha Stewart flurry glitter for the snow.  I mounted the image on top of a scalloped circle that was cut to make a flap that opens.  Here is a picture of the sentiment ~

 

The sentiment is included in the Seasons Wonders set and was stamped using Black Momento ink as well.  We're still not done!  Here is a picture of the inside ~

 

I made a little pocket to hold money or a check.  A gift card won't fit in there ~ darn it!!! LOL!!  Please stop by and check out why the girls made using this challenge ~

Amy

Anya

Jennifer

Kathie

Sue

Yvonne

Have a great day!

~Lynda

Verve Project Parade ~ Day 5 ~ Home For The Holidays!!!

Good Morning!

This month's Verve Project Parade theme is "Home For The Holidays".  I love making Holiday gifts and decorations!  This is going to be a long post so grab a cup of coffee, it will DEFINITELY make it more enjoyable.

My project to share with you today is a Cupcake/Treat stand. This was actually VERY easy to make and REALLY inexpensive as well! Here is the BEFORE picture ~

Here is an AFTER picture!!! LOL!!!


The most expensive part of this entire project was probably the white "dingle balls"!! LOL!!! The only other products I had to purchase was the 6" and 8" corrugated circles and My Minds Eye Colorful Christmas Collection. My first step was to cover the corrugated circles and I did this by rubbing a glue stick generously all over the circle and then adhering the decorative paper. After this was dry, I cut off the excess paper. I then used Elmer's glue to adhere the dingle balls.

I used the Christmas in the Air stamp set. I LOVE that set! It is SO versatile. I cut circles of wax paper for the treats to sit on so the paper wouldn't get ruined. Here is a picture of the top cupcake holder (at the bottom of this post, I will give you the AWESOME frosting recipe) ~

I stamped the snowflakes, again, from the Christmas in the Air set, using Basic Black ink and then colored using my Celery, Razzleberry, Tangerine and Baja Breeze ink pads and a blender pen. I added Stardust Stickles to the centers of all the snowflakes as well as around the top scallop Razzleberry piece.

Here are pictures of each side of the base of the second layer. The snowmen are from the decorative paper. I cut them out and mounted them using dimensionals. Aren't they PERFECT with the trees??? Also, I used a bunch of the different patterns which are included in the Colorful Christmas Collection for the trees which, I might add, are from the Christmas in the Air set ~ see what you think!!!

The "snow" is just Whisper White CS cut using my Wavy Cutter from Creative Memories and then I added Stardust Stickles for shine.  The tree trunks were stamped using Chocolate Chip ink on Soft Suede CS and then cut out and adhered to the backs of the trees.

Here are the step by step instructions for completing the stand.  You can dress it up to fit your theme!

Step #1 ~

Cover the 2 corrugated cardboard circles (I used 1 6" and 1 8") by rubbing the glue stick generously over the entire circle and then press and smooth your chosen decorative paper on top.  Once they are both dry, this won’t take very long, cut the excess decorative paper off.  Before going to the next step, stand each circle on it’s side separately.  You can hold them up by placing anything heavy on each side.  You are going to glue your trim on.  Add some Elmer's glue to the side for approximately 1-2 inches, add your trim, let dry and then do it again until the entire circle has the fringe added.  While the fringe is drying, you can go on to step 2!

Step #2 ~

For the top single cupcake holder ~ punch a 3” scallop from your chosen decorative paper AND 2 from your cereal box chipboard.  NOTE:  I added an extra scalloped circle using my Nesties and cut it from the striped patterned paper.  Use your glue stick to glue the chipboard together.   While this dries, cut a strip of card stock for your single cupcake holder base.  This strip needs to be 2” X 8 ½”.  Score this at 1 ¾” a total of 4 times.  Stamp and decorate as you desire.  Adhere the short flap to the inside of the last square using red line tape to hold it firmly in place.  Using Elmer's glue, glue the stand you just made, to the bottom of the scalloped circle piece.  You might want to lay something on top of it to make sure it glues together evenly.

Step #3 ~

For the second tier (assuming your fringe has been glued on and dry at this point), you need to cut 2 pieces of card stock  measuring 2 ½”x7 ½””.  Score these at ¼”, 3 ¾”and finally at

7 ¼”.  Again, decorate as you desire.  To adhere these 2 together, put a strip of red line tape on the SCORED edge on the opposite sides of each panel (this is so you will not double up on the adhesive to adhere the flaps together).  Adhere these together to make a square.  Now glue this square to the bottom of your middle layer using Elmer's glue.  NOTE:  You can make your strips wider for this layer to be up higher. 

Step #4 ~

This final layer will have 2 bases under it to add extra support!  The inside square will be (2) 2” x 7” and will be scored at ½”, 3 ½” and 6 ½”.  The outer square will be (2) 2” x 11” and will be scored at ½”, 5 ½” and 10 ½”.  If you choose to decorate these pieces (the outside one) you will want to do that now.  Adhere these just as you did the middle base using the red line tape.  You will also want to glue these using Elmer's glue. 

Here is the frosting recipe (my cupcakes are just boxed white cake) as well as the Peanut Butter Cup Kisses recipe!  My daughter tried one and said it was AWESOME! LOL!!

Ingredients:

1 Cup white sugar 

1/3 Cup water  

1/4 Teaspoon Cream of Tarter

2 Egg whites

1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Directions:

1.  In a saucepan, stir together the sugar, water and Cream of Tartar.  Cook over medium-high heat until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is bubbly.

2.  In a medium mixing bowl, whip the egg whites and vanilla to soft peeks.  Gradually add the sugar mixture while whipping constantly until stiff peaks form, about 7 to 10 minutes.  Frost the cake of your choice.

Here is the recipe for the Peanut Butter Cup Kisses ~

Ingredients:

72 Hershey Kisses, divided

1 Cup Peanut Butter

1 Cup powdered sugar

1 Tablespoon butter or margarine

Directions:

1.  Line 24 small muffin cups (1 3/4 inches in diameter) with small paper bake cups.  Remove wrappers from chocolates.

2.  Place 48 chocolates in small microwave-safe bowl.  Microwave at MEDIUM (50%) 1 minute, stir. Microwave at MEDIUM an additional 10 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, just until chocolate is melted when stirred.  Using small brush, coat inside of paper cups with melted chocolate.

3.  Refrigerate 20 minutes; reapply melted chocolate to any thin spots.  Refrigerate until firm, preferably overnight.  Gently peel paper from chocolate cups.

4.  Beat peanut butter, powdered sugar and butter with electric mixer on medium speed in small bowl until smooth.  Spoon in to chocolate cups.  Before serving, top each cup with a chocolate kiss.  Cover and store in refrigerator.

So, now it's your turn! We'd love for you to play along with us and show us your homemade goodies for the upcoming giving season! Verve stamps are not required, but if you've got 'em, why not show 'em a little love? ;)

And, as with all of our project parades, we've got prizes!
To enter, just link up your Home for the Holidays creation to the Mr. Linky widget on THIS post before midnight MST on Thursday, November 26. One lucky stamper will win a $30 gift certificate to the Verve Store. And for another chance to win, be sure to give the Divas a little shout out in the comments as they parade their fabulous creations inspired by this month's theme. One lucky commenter during the course of the parade (Nov 11 - 25) will win their choice of any Verve set.

Beautiful Blooms.....

I actually made a card for no reason, no challenge, no reason except that I loved these colors and wanted to use them!!!  I saw a card using River Rock and a blue color.  I immediately thought how pretty River Rock and Bashful Blue would look together.  I added Vanilla and a dark brown Bazzill color as well.  I must say, I LOVE these colors together and hope you do too!

The base of my card is Bashful Blue with a mat of Dark Brown Bazzill cardstock, then Vanilla, then River Rock and then a decorative piece of paper from the retired SU! paper pack, Holiday Thyme.  The 2 little pearls are from K&Company and are self adhesive.  The focal image is from the retired SU! hostess set, Garden Silhouettes.  I had NEVER used this set ~ can you believe it??!?!?  I used markers to ink the stamp up.  I used Chocolate Chip and Bashful Blue markers for the branch and flowers and then used a blender pen and my River Rock ink pad to color the leaves.  Once I had colored on my stamp, I huffed on it a few times and then stamped it on my Vanilla cardstock.  I added a knot of Bashful Blue taffeta ribbon and White ~ Liquid Pearls to the centers of all of the flowers.  I then matted it on Bashful Blue cardstock and then a larger piece of Dark Brown Bazzill cardstock.  I used dimensionals to mount the focal image on top of the dark brown Bazzill cardstock.

This card was also REALLY easy which is good because I have a lot going on right now!!  I will share the news with you tomorrow!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Lynda

Mothers Day Ensemble......

I had such high hopes to add a beautiful pin to this Mother's Day ensemble BUT the stupid pin did NOT want to look right so....there is NO pin!!!  I am sure some other amazing little jewelry item would look beautiful in this box!!!  LOL!!! 

The card is based on Wednesday's sketch challenge and the box was made using the instructions from the dinosaur box I made last week ~ HERE!   For this set, the main, beautiful paper is from Best Creation and already has the glitter on it!  The card dimensions are 4" x 9".  The base of the card is Shimmer White cardstock and the flap has a strip of Mellow Moss cardstock.  I then added the same May Arts Ivory sheer organdy with gold edges as I have on the box.  I wrapped the ribbon around the flap and taped it under the oval flower image.  I then added a knot by punching two holes on either side of the bouquet, pulled the ribbon through and tied it.  Here is a close~up of that ~

I added an extra strip of decorative paper on the right side on the inside of the card.  The butterflies are from a Martha Stewart punch which I punched three from the decorative paper and glued them just in the centers and bent the wings up.  I then added some purple crystals to the centers of the butterflies and larger ones to the centers of my flowers on the card.  I used my Quickie glue pen.  I stamped the Serendipity Bouquet on Shimmer White cardstock using Creamy Caramel ink.  I then used my Creative Memories oval cutter to cut it out.  Since I don't YET have the oval Nestabilities, I used my scalloped scissors to cut around the oval to make a scallope mat of Creamy Caramel cardstock.  I didn't have the right color ink to color the flowers, looks kindof Periwinkle, so I just stamped the flowers on the decorative paper and cut them out and mounted them on top of the stamped ones.  I did color the stems and leaves using my Mellow Moss ink pad and a blender pen.  I used dimensionals to adhere it to the card.

The box was done with the same decorative paper and ribbon.  I also used Mellow Moss cardstock.  Here is a picture of the top of the box ~

I used the same measurements as I had on dino box but for the lid I did this one a bit different.  After I scored it, I used my square Nestabilities to cut out the center of the lid, leaving a small edge.  I then glued a piece of Acetate on the inside.  I then cut out a group of flowers from the decorative papers and adhered it on top of the acetate.  The butterfly was done the same was as the ones on the card.  I used Elmer's glue to adhere it to the top of the box.  Here is a picture of the inside of the lid ~

Here is a picture of the front of the box ~

I used my Martha Stewart punch to make the decorative edge.  The ribbon was tied around the entire lid one time and then I tied 2 more little pieces of ribbon on top of the first knot to layer it 3 times and then when I cut it, I staggered the edges.  Here are a few more pictures and I hope you can see how beautiful the paper is and how nice the glitter looks ~

I hope you are all having a great day!  We have had the nicest weather today and let me tell you, the kids have really enjoyed it but the dog has REALLY enjoyed it!!!  Here is proof!

Blog Candy and LOTS of other stuff!!!

I'm back!!!  I have lots to share!  Today is my Birthday!!! Yes, I am 21 AGAIN!!!  I don't know if you guys saw the picture this morning of the 115 year old woman?  Well, my darling little angels (with some help from their Daddy) mentioned that SHE looked better than me!! LOL!!!  Oh boy am I lucky to have such a loving, caring, family!!!  Anyway, I am going to offer up some Birthday Blog Candy beginning today and I'll pick a winner Tuesday evening at 8 EST.  All you have to do is leave a comment HERE, on this post!!! 
I have been going through my CRAP, oh, I mean, lovely PILES of craft items I have been hoarding for years, because my friend Tamara is having a crop next weekend to raise money for Autism Speaks so I wanted to put a basket together to donate so it can be raffled off next weekend.  While shoveling through, I found some stuff I thought you guys might like and use!!!  Here is the STUFF~

This includes 1 unmounted French Flair background stamp and 5 unopened packs of retired SU! papers ~ Au Chocolat, Dashing, Le Jardin, Holiday Thyme and Four Seasons.  I will post the winner sometime after 8pm Tuesday (4/22).

Since April is National Autism Awareness Month, if anyone is interested in donating to Autism Speaks, please email me and I will provide my mailing address and Tamara will include it with her donation that she will send in sometime after the crop on Saturday.  The checks can be made payable to Autism Speaks so you will have a receipt. 

I wanted to share with you some Birthday RAK's I received last week!!!  I feel so guilty because I LOVED getting the RAK's but have yet to send a Birthday RAK!!!  I have been on the Bloggers RAK list for at least a year now!!!  I know, how selfish is that!!!  I promise to do better!!!

Isn't this cute???  I love it!  This is from Simone ~AKA ~ Spazzgirl.  Thank you Simone, it is darling!

This one is from Karen Mackie  ~ AKA ~ BradsMom.  I love these colors and the DP is darling!  I will have to keep searching for Karen's SCS gallery and will add it when I find it!!

This awesome card is from Amy.  I have never been able to get this buckle card to work!!!  Amy did a great job on this.  I will have to keep it for inspiration!!  Thank you Amy!

Last but not least is this card I received Debra.  I LOVE this stamp set ~ one of my favorites!!!  This is so cute, thank you so much Debra!

I will leave you with a card I made recently using the DARLING Bunny from Serendipity Stamps.  The decorative paper is from Imaginisce and is their Peeps line.  I won't go in to a lot of detail because the card is pretty simple AND my friends are taking me out to dinner tonight and I need to get going!!!

Thanks again for stopping by and don't forget to leave a comment to win my blog candy!!!

~Lynda

A NEW fold for you!!! (well, at least it is NEW to me!!!)

Good Saturday Morning!!!
I was surfing the internet last night and ran across a cool fold that I had not seen before so really this fold is new to me and may not be new to you!!!  I will show you my masculine cards later because I totally got sidetracked on making the following cards!!!  I have to go to my sons football game shortly so I will be making this post rather short but I will be back later to offer up some BIRTHDAY Blog Candy!!!!  Here are my cards ~

I wish I could take credit for coming up with a spectacular idea but I must admit, I found the EASY instructions on Martha Stewart Crafts.   The size of my card is 4x4 and the cardstock is Soft Sky.  I masked the 2 flowers at the top but then had to paper piece the one on the left because I SCREWED it up and had to cover it!!!  I used SU! Soft Sky Print Designer Series paper to do this.  The flower stamp is from the SAB set, Friendship Blooms, which I might add had never seen ink before today!!!  I stamp the flower again on Whisper White cardstock using Soft Sky ink and then cut out the center flower.  I used MAMBI clear crystals for the centers of all of the flowers.  The white rub ons are from the SAB rub on set called Love & Happiness.  I also found an AWESOME white gel pen which I used on the flower dots on the right and you can find that in Michelle's store ~ Stampers Dream.  I also used my Quickie glue pen and white flock (also from Michelle) on the center of the upper right flower.

Here is a picture of the inside ~

Here is another card using the same technique ~

This card is also 4x4 and is Kraft cardstock.  I used my Scor-pal to make the embossed box.  The stamp sets I used are Touch of Nature and the sentiment is from In My Thoughts.  I stamped the fern around the edges using Versamark ink.  The bird was stamped using Chocolate Chip ink and then colored using Prismacolor pencils.  The butterfly was stamped using Chocolate Chip ink but before I stamped it on the card, I stamped off so it would be lighter.  After I did it, I wish I would have used Versamark ink instead but oh well, too late!!!  The sentiment was stamped using Chocolate Chip ink. 

Ok, I have to run but as usual, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!  I'll be back later this afternoon!

~Lynda

A new technique!!!

Happy Easter ~ Again!!!
I hope you all are having a fun Holiday!  We worked around the house and ran some errands.  Of course these things were done AFTER Easter egg hunting this morning!!!

I have a new technique to show you today!  Now, don't get me wrong, this is a new technique to ME!  I am sure many of you have already done this but for those that haven't, it is really easy and fun!  It is along the lines of Polished Stone.  This card is my first try ~

The base of my card is Basic Black.  The next mat is some awesome decorative paper I had bought some time ago by Rusty Pickle.  The image is matted on Basic Black cardstock.  OK, now lets get to the image!  The first thing I did was to stamp the Starving Artistamp Daisy (18.02) on glossy cardstock using my Versamark.  I let this dry and then once the Versamark was dry I layered Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Inks lightest to darkest.  I started at the bottom of the images and added a few drops of Latte Alcohol Ink & a few drops of Alcohol Blending Solution and then wiped the color on to the glossy cardstock.  Latte was my lightest color and then my next darkest color was Caramel so I added a few drops of this color on to a new cotton ball.  With this color I started wiping about a 1/4 of the way up from the bottom and wiped the ink on the glossy cardstock all the way to the top.  The last color and my darkest is Ginger.  I used another cotton ball and wiped this ink starting around the center and going all the way to the top with this color.  The last step is to use another cotton ball and add some Alcohol Blending Solution to it and wipe from the bottom to the top to blend the colors and make it look more even.  I must say that the cotton ball leaves streaks so you might want to purchase the felt pads that are sold with the inks and blending solutions.  I am going to get some this week because I do think the look would be less streaked using the felt pads. 

OK, the final step is to spray (you want larger drops ~ not a fine mist) Rubbing Alcohol on the image.  Let this sit for a minute and then dab with a tissue.  You can then polish the image piece with a clean piece of felt. 

The sentiment is a Rubon from Basic Grey.  The flower centers are from Prima (they came in a can that had flowers & crystals) and they aren't really shiny but the color was perfect.  I used a glue dot to adhere them. 

Now for how I did my butterflies!!!  I have done this technique before and love the look!  The BEAUTIFUL butterflies are from Starving Artistamps and can be found HERE (small freak p1.6).   I stamped the butterfly (2 times) on a transparency sheet using Black Stazon.  I also stamped the butterfly on the focal image piece using the Black Stazon.  I then cut out the 2 butterflies from the transparency.  Once the butterflies were cut out I turned them over and used Misty Lavender Pearl Ex, a paint brush and Future Floor Wax to color the butterfly.  Once the Pearl Ex & floor wax dried (I did do a couple of coats), I bent up the wings and adhered the butterflies using a glue dot.  That's it!  Here is a close up of the butterflies ~

Don't forget that until the end of the month (3/31), you can get a 10% discount from Starving Artistamps on your entire order by entering code ~ lyndadis at checkout. 

I have another card to show you which I used this technique again but it will have to wait since my daughter is waiting for me to color with her!!!  Be back shortly!!!

~Lynda

A Valentine....For my daughter....

Happy Valentines Day!!!
I wanted to share with you a card I made for my daughter for Valentines Day!   On the top of the card is a little book that is held shut with the ribbon.  Inside I wrote 10 reasons why I love her!  She really liked it!

The base of the card is 5 1/4" square and is Basic Black cardstock.  The next layer from the bottom up is then 2-Scoops pink then Cameo Coral cardstock, then Whisper White cardstock and then on top the decorative pink swirl 2-Scoops paper.  I sponged all of the Cameo Coral cardstock with Whisper White Craft ink to tone down the brightness a little!!!This card layout is the same as the one I had done for my son HERE.   The instructions for the center fold out are on the previous post but if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!

The decorative papers are Basic Grey ~ 2 Scoops.   Just a note ~ Lindsey is going to close her store tomorrow for a few weeks while she packs and moves so if you want anything, be sure to order soon.   I am not sure what time she will take it down.  Never fear though, she has TONS of stuff on order so when she re-opens, she will have some great, NEW stuff!

The center, focal image is first Basic Black cardstock, then pink 2-Scoops paper.  The folded book is Cameo Coral and then on top I layered Basic Black and then Whisper White.  On the top Whisper White piece I stamped the flourish from So Kind using Basic Black ink.  See my instructions HERE for the book.  The heart from Always was stamped on the pink 2-Scoops paper using Basic Black ink.  This piece I cut out just on the outside of the heart dots.  I then stamped it again on vellum paper using Whisper White Craft ink.  I then cut out the vellum heart without the outside dots.  I adhered it on top of the black stamped one a then matted them on top of Basic Black cardstock and cut around the pink heart.  I mounted this on the top using Pop Dots on just the top of the heart and the bottom so the black velvet ribbon could run underneath it.  I heat embossed a pewter hodgepodge picture hanger by smashing it in my Versamark pad and then dipped it in Black embossing powder.  I held the piece with needle nose pliers and heated.  I added a black brad to hold it in place.

The butterfly from So Kind was stamped on the pink swirl 2-Scoops paper using Basic Black ink.  I cut it out and glued it on top of the heart using Elmer's Glue in just the center so the wings would bend up a little.  I added the Heidi Swapp pink crystals using my Quickie glue pen.

Stamps:  Always and So Kind      Cardstock:   Basic Black, Whisper White, Cameo Coral    Paper:  Basic Grey ~ 2-Scoops and vellum paper   Ink:   Basic Black    Accessories:  Photo Corner punch, black brads, Heidi Swapp pink crystals, Elmer's glue, Quickie glue pen, silver cord, black velvet ribbon, Black embossing powder, Versamark, heat tool, dimensionals, Pop Dots, 1/8" handheld punch

Update on Mothers and Daughters contest ~ The winner will be announced on our blogs tomorrow morning.  I am sorry for the delay but for sure I promise, tomorrow morning the winners will be announced!  We had some FANTASTIC entries and I really want you to all know how much we appreciate you taking part!!  Thank you so much!

Have a great day!

~Lynda

 

Hippy Birthday!!!

I really like this hippo ~ in case you didn't notice!  I saw this layout in one of my Paper Crafts magazines and just loved it but I couldn't get it to look as good as the one in the magazine but I will share it with you anyway!

The base of my card is textured Whisper White cardstock and the decorative paper is from Paper Salon and is their Hip, Hip, Hooray line.  I used my Creative Memories wavy cutter to cut the different patterns and then layered and staggered them on the lower part of my card.  I used my paper piercer, mat pack and my purple and then black Copic Spica glitter pens.  The best part of the card is that I was able to stamp the hippy birthday sentiment on the Pumpkin striped grosgrain ribbon but because I am a loser, I put my heart eyelet too close to the side so the sentiment is a little wrinkled!!!  That was rather irritating I must say and too late to change.  I tried to lay it as flat as possible.....  Oh well, it IS hand made!!!  I was excited though how clear the words stamp though.  I had never had that good of luck stamping on ribbon so at least something went right!! LOL!

The hippo, from Gina K's stamp set "Just so Hippy" (Michelle is out of this set right now) was stamped on Whisper White cardstock and then cut and embossed using my Nestablilities circle die.  The scallop was cut from the back of the decorative paper using my scalloped circle Nestabilities.  I added black glitter dots around it for some odd reason ~ not sure why now!!! LOL!!!  I colored "hippy" with my Prisma Watercolor pencils and a blender pen.  The purple thread is Making Memories and the heart balloon is also the decorative paper, stamped using Basic Black ink, cut out and then mounted using a dimensional. 

I am hoping to get some stamping time tomorrow.  Mary is having a sleepover at her friends house tonight so anyone who has followed my blog knows that this means Joey is requiring my FULL attention!!! We went shopping, for a walk in the woods, played catch with the football, 4 games of Yahtzee, he played with the dog on a huge pile of dirt we have in one of our fields and then I sat with him while he went in the tub (he needed this as he was filthy from playing with the dog) and we planned what we are going to plant in our garden this year!!  OMG, I am exhausted!!! LOL!!!  Can you see why I got nothing done today???  He is so funny!  We all miss Mary though, we're not used to NOT being together but I KNOW she is in good hands and having a fantastic time~ (Hi Lynn!).  I will need her back tomorrow though so she can babysit her brother!!! LOL!!!

A couple things ~

Don't forget about the challenges for Mothers and Daughters Creations ~ HERE!   You will have until Wednesday to upload your items. 

Also, in case you missed my post the first time ~

I have a really cool special to share with you in case you are interested!  Starving Artistamps has released some AWESOME new images ~ with more to come!!  Tracey has offered the following discount for all design team members to pass on to their blog readers so here are the details ~

1.  Enter this code (lyndadis) in the discount code box in the shopping cart to get 10% off your next new website order.

2.  Once you enter the code, click recalculate. 

3.  You should see the discount come up.

4.  If you do not see the discount applied immediately, stop and contact us at strvingartistmp@aol.com

do not finalize your order or your card will be charged the amount shown.

5.  This discount can not be combined with any other offer.

Thanks so much for stopping by and HOPEFULLY, if all goes well tomorrow, I will have something new to share with you!!!

~Lynda

Spring has Sprung ~ at least here in Virginia!!!

I have lots going on today but since I haven't uploaded a card for a few days, I thought I better get one posted before you all un~subscribe from my blog!!!  LOL!!!  I screwed up in my earlier post (insert surprised face here)!   I will be posting MY challenge tonight at 7pm.  Don't worry, you will have until next Wednesday (Feb. 13th) to upload.  I also wanted to let you know, in case you are interested of course, we have started a Forum in the Mothers and Daughters Creations webstore.  You do have to register so if you are interested, stop by and chat with us!!!  I have some things to do this evening but will be in the forum some time after 9 so stop by!!!

I had made this card some time ago and hadn't had a chance to upload it so here it is!

You know how I love my Artfully Inking elephant!  I first used my Basic Black ink and stamped the image on Going Gray cardstock.  I used the mosaic Cuttlebug embossing folder to give him texture.  I stamped the elephant again on Whisper White cardstock and cut out his tusks and toenails.  He is mounted on first Whisper White cardstock and then Saffron cardstock.  The bouquet of Daisy's as well as the other single Daisy's I accented around the card were cut from THIS paper.  The decorative corner is a Cuttlebug die and the paper I used is the back of the above paper.  The ribbon is from SU! and the decorative border is an old Fiskars one I have had for quite some time.  The base of the card is 5 1/4" square and the Drapin' Daisies is the same as I linked above.  The sentiment is a SU! rubon.  Very simple huh?

Sorry to rush through this post but if you do have questions, please don't hesitate to ask! 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to "see" you tonight!

~Lynda