TECC44 And a little Cuppa Joe!

This is what I came up with for the Taylored Expressions Sketch for this weekend. I took the sketch and made a little box out of it instead of a card. This sketch was really fun to play with and I love these colors together. I plan on sticking a bag of coffee beans in this and giving it as a gift this year.

Recipe:

Stamps: My Cuppa Joe (Gina K Designs)

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, K&CO DP, Bella Blossoms SU DSP

Ink: Riding Hood Red

Accessories: Punches, Ribbon, Jumbo Eyelets (on the sides for the ribbon handle), Brads (Basic Grey), Dimensionals

Happy Thanksgiving 

Everyone! 

WSC67

Hello! Here is the card I made for Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge (#67). I'm still playing with the new SU Set Love You Much. I've pretty much decided I really do like this set. Another new item on this card is the White Cardstock, which is by PaperTreyInk (PTI) One of my SCS buddies sent me it as one of "her favorite things". It's thicker than SU Whisper White, and is really nice! 

I have another brand of white cardstock to try, and that's 120lb Gina K Designs Luxury Cardstock. I picked it up (along with a few other new things!)  last night at the One of A Kind Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Expo. 

Recipe:

Stamps: Love You Much (SU)

Paper: PTI White, Close to Cocoa, Candy Lane DSP, Loves Me DSP

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink

Access: Sponges, Ticket Corner Punch, Chocolate Twill Ribbon, Pink Gingham Ribbon, Circle Punches, Dimensionals

Quick Box of Cards...

Here is my creation for today, must have had the mojo going because I put this together in about an hour. The box directions are below:

Start with a 4" X11.5 Sheet of Riding Hood Red Cardstock. Score the long ways at 4", 5", 9" and 10". The 1.5" on the end is your "lid", although I added a 2" X 2.5" strip to it to make it larger. The sides of the box have a 2"X4" piece of Riding Hood Red Cardstock, scored the short ways at 1/2" and 1.5". The 2 skinny 1/2" ends I applied red sticky tape and then adhered them to the inside of the front and back of the box. 

The cards are 3X3. 

The full recipe is below:

Stamps: Love You Much

Ink: Close to Cocoa

Paper: Close to Cocoa, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette

Access; SU Scallop Edge Punch, SU Scallop Circle Punch, Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Pink Pirroette Striped Ribbon, Silver Brads, Dimensionals, Swiss Dots A2 Embossing Folder, Cuttlebug, Chocolate Chip Twill Ribbon (retired).

SC203 & A Sneak Peek

Good Evening! My SU order came today. I pre-ordered the valentines bundle, and thought I would use the new goodies on todays Sketch Challenge on SCS. I love this new DSP! 

Stamps: Love You Much 

Paper: Pink Pirouette, WW, Candy Lane DSP

Ink: Basic Brown

Access: Pink Pirouette Ribbon, Ticket Corner Punch, Heart Punch (SU), Dimensionals, Silver Brads

Trees Silhouettes

Good evening! 

I made this card over the weekend for JessJean's Gina K Designs Sketch Challenge. The tree images are part of Trees Silhouettes set, which is the buy 3 get 1 free set for the November 08 release. The Hello image, and the leaves stamped on the Creamy Caramel panel are from another Gina K set called Autumn Leaves. I love Gina K's sets for this very reason, you can mix and match a lot of the sets on your cards and projects.

I do have some exciting news, this weekend is the One of A Kind Rubber Stamp & Scrapbook Expo at the Alliant Energy Center here in town. Friday night there is a vendor Make & Take Market that I am going to. There will be 20 make-n-takes to do, plus of course shopping! And I'm meeting a fellow SCS'er BarbaraLynn at the event. So excited! Gina K Designs is one of the vendors too! :) 

OK, off to stamp for awhile! Hugs ~ LJ

Gina K November Release Challenge #1

Gina K's November Release Party on SCS was Thursday night, and the first challenge was to create a scrapbook page using the sketch that Erika provided. I haven't done a scrapbook page in about 10 months, but I had this idea in my head with Melanies "Just So Sporty" set I wanted to try out with some badger photos. Hope you like it! :) 

The new sets are great, dad took me to Gina K's store in McFarland on Friday, and I got "my cuppa joe", "have a cookie", "tee talk", and "trees silhouettes" (free set). I can't wait to play with them. I spent most of the morning cutting them up :) 

Hugs - LJ

I haven't done any stamping yet today despite being off work but here's a card I made yesterday morning for a sketch challenge for Hanna Stamps. 

I used Football Riley, which was sent to me by Miss KelliJo. :) Isn't he cute???  I colored him in Prismacolor Premier Markers. 

The more I use these markers the more I love them. I just need to get more colors....

My off day was pretty good, aside from the temperature lurking around 30 degrees for the high. I went to my LSS, went to visit my aunt down the street, and now I'm baking peanut butter chocolate chip cookies.

I think I am going to curl up on the couch and watch a few episodes of season 2 of Friday Night Lights to finish off the evening....

Stay warm!

Hugs ~ LJ

Hippy Birthday!

Are you ready for a quadruple challenge??? Yes I did say quadruple! 

Melanie's Set Challenge in the Gina K Forum of SCS (GKDMMHC)

Beate's Weekend Sketch (WSC65)

SCS Way to Use It Challenge ~ Corner Punches (WT191)

SCS Limited Supply Challenge - Circle and Rectangle on card, use only ribbon as embellishement (LSC193). 

Whew! 

Recipe:

Stanps: Just so Hippy/Gina K Designs

Paper: So Saffron, Sage Shadow, WW, Debbie Mumm DP

Ink: Sage Shadow, Black

Access: So Saffron Ribbon, Ticket Corner Punch. Circle Scallop Punch, Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Paper Piercer, SU Matstack, Circle Nestabilities

Melanie's Hoodie Challenge!

Hello All ~ 

Melanie is hosting a Gina K Challenge on SCS ~ she's got TWO new sets she's releasing this month! I'll add the link in a bit (or just click on melanie's blog link - I've got her listed on the right of course!). Of course I can't resist pulling out the Just So Sporty Set, and making a Bucky Badger Hoodie card for the challenge.....

Recipe:

Stamps: Just So Sporty (Designed by Mel for Gina K Designs)

Paper: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White, Bucky Badger DP (Sports Solution)

Ink: Jet Black Stazon, Real Red

Access: Square Nestabilities, Ribbon (Karen Foster Designs), SU Matstack, piercing tool 

Hugs ~ LJ! 

DSP and LIttle Tees

Hello! Here's a swap card I made for Joy's "Quit Hoarding Your DP" swap on SCS? Did I use enough DP on this card???? Hee!

The DSP is all from Hawaii Papaya (SU). I used Melanie's Little Tees set on the card. :) 

Stamps: Little Tees - Gina K Designs (Designed by Melanie)

Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Hawaii Papaya DSP 

Ink: Jet Black Stazon, Choc Chip

Access: Olive Twill Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, 

Hugs ~ LJ

Sc199 Sandy Claws

Now that Halloween is over, I'm on to Christmas and Thanksgiving cards! Yeah! This card I made for mcfadden's Sketch Challenge Swap, in which we were supposed to pick a SCS sketch and use it for our card. I chose SC199. The stamp set is SandyClaws by Gina K. 

Stamps: Sandy Claws Gina K Designs

Paper: Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Choc Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Ski Slope DSP

Ink: Choc Chip, Black Stazon

Accessories: Riding Hood Red Striped Ribbon, Slot Punch, Cuttlebug, Snowflake A2 Embossing Folder, Prismacolor Markers (PM-65, PM-4, PM-88), Icicle Stickles