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Mothers and Daughters Creations ~ Black Magic Thursday!!!

Hi again!!!
Today's Mothers and Daughters Creations challenge was to use Core'Dinations Black Magic cardstock.  This cardstock is SO cool!  It has the texture of Bazzill and on one side is black and then there is another color on the back.  When you dry emboss it or just sand it on the black side, the color on the back will show through!!!  Very cool!!!  Here is my card ~

The base of my card is Whisper White cardstock with a mat of the green mint color which is the back of the Black Magic I chose to use!  The next layer is the front of the Black Magic which I ran through my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots embossing folder.  I sanded the dots and then the mint color came through!  Here is a close up ~

The ribbon is from Micheal's and the floss is from Karen Foster.  I stamped the sentiment from Imaginisce on Whisper White cardstock using Basic Black ink and then punched it with my key tag punch.  I added a silver eyelet and tied it on using the white floss.   The Penguin Dude is also from Imaginisce and can be found HERE!  I stamped him on Whisper White cardstock using Basic Black ink and then cut him out.  I stamped him again on the back of the wave decorative paper which is included in THIS collection and then cut his shorts out and adhered them on top of the Whisper White penguin.  The front side of the paper is the wave pattern which I cut out and then layered 3 of the waves and then mounted them on the mint cardstock and then again on Whisper White cardstock.  I added Stardust Stickles to the dots on the penguins shorts as well as the waves.  I colored Penguin Dude using Groovy Guava and a blender pen for the ice cream, So Saffron for the beak and feet and Pretty in Pink chalk & a Q-tip for the cheeks.  I mounted him on the front using Pop Dots to have him set up higher than dimensionals would have done.

Be sure to check out what the Girls have done with their Black Magic!!!

Cindy
Maria
Jennifer
Tamara

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a Happy and Safe 4th of July tomorrow!!!!

~Lynda

ENABLER ALERT, ENABLER ALERT!!!! LOL!!!

Good Morning!
Oh my gosh, Lindsey is have a HUGE sale starting today!!!  She is offering 20% off EVERYTHING in her store including clearance items!!!!  Did I mention this also includes the BRAND NEW Inkadinkado stamps or how about the BRAND NEW October Afternoon collections or what about the BRAND NEW SHIMMERZ?!?!?!?  Speaking of the brand new Inkadinkado stamps, a few of you had emailed Lindsey wanting to purchase the Silhouette Deer Trail stamp which I used on my card HERE.  She had an issue with her computer (her 5 year old was using it!!!!! LOL!!!) and the emails she was saving to contact you all, were not there!!!!  Can you please email her again???  Her email address is HERE!  Thanks so much and happy shopping!!!!

Speaking of Lindsey, don't forget that you still have time to enter the OCC Basic Grey Challenge and you could win a $15 gift card for Lindsey's store!!!  All the details are HERE!!!!  BTW, thank you to those who have played already!!!  I can't believe how many of you have participated ~ thank you so much!!!!

I will be back shortly to post my card for Mothers and Daughters Creations!!!

~Lynda

SCS Sketch Challenge Wednesday!!!

Today is sketch challenge Wednesday at SCS!  I really like the layout this week.  If you are interested in playing, you can see the sketch HERE!  Here is my card ~
 

The base of my card is Kraft cardstock which I ran through my Cuttlebug and embossed using one of the old floral folders.  The horizontal piece is first Basic Black, then red Bazzill and the top decorative piece is from the AWESOME 7 Gypsies Sushi paper!  BTW, Lindsey is going to have an Independence Weekend Celebration Sale starting tomorrow!!!  EVERYTHING is going to be on SALE!!!!  Check it out HERE! 

The vertical piece is first Cryogen White Shimmery cardstock and then another pattern from the Sushi pack.  I added a strip of Basic Black cardstock to the side which I cut using my scalloped scissors.  The focal image is from Bloomin' Beautiful which I stamped on Cryogen White Shimmery cardstock using Basic Black ink.  I stamped the image another time on the shimmery cardstock and again on the Sushi paper.  I cut out the flower part from the shimmery cardstock, colored it with my Prismacolor Pencils and the River Rock ink pad & blender pen.  I mounted it on top of the first stamped image using dimensionals and then added white Liquid Pearls to the centers of the flowers.  I then cut the flower pot out from the decorative paper and then mounted it on top of the first stamped image.  I then mounted the image on top of first Basic Black and then Kraft cardstock.  The ribbon is first off white lace then Kraft Tafetta and then I tied a little bow using May Arts black & white polka dot ribbon.

I then stamped the bee using Basic Black ink just above the flowers and then again on a piece of scrap shimmery cardstock.  I cut the body and wings out from the extra piece, added black flock using my Quickie glue pen and then mounted it on top of the first bee.  The last step was to add Stardust Stickles to the bee's wings.

Thank you for stopping by and check back tomorrow for my Mother's & Daughters Creations DT Challenge!  Have a great day!

~Lynda

Jacksonbelle DT Color Challenge......

Good Morning!
So far so good, haven't seen any wild animals or reptiles today!!!  LOL!!!  It is going to be a great day!  Today is Jacksonbelle Tuesday and our challenge today was to use Bashful Blue, Basic Black and Real Red!  Our own Beth Thomas chose that awesome combination ~ thanks Beth!!!  Here is my card and YES, I did follow the instructions ~ there really is red on there!!! LOL!!!

The layout of my card is based on this weeks CPS sketch.  The base of my card is Bashful Blue with first a mat of Basic Black and then Whisper White which I ran through my Cuttlebug using my Swiss Dots embossing folder.  The black lace is from a "LITTLE" something I used to wear back in the day.......NOT REALLY!!!! LMBO!!!!!  It is actually from Rusty Pickle and was never "worn" before I used opened the package, I think?!?!?! LOL!!!  I punched a hole on the side of the image using my 1/8" punch and then tied a knot with the lace.  I added the top strips of lace by just taping (Scotch) them under the image and on the back of the black mat.  The Bashful Blue mat was cut from my rectangle Nestabilities.  The Bird image is from Inka and can be found HERE!  I stamped the image using Basic Black on Whisper White cardstock.  I colored using my Prismacolor pencils AS USUAL!!!!  You can't see it in the picture but I added some glitter on the flowers and birds using my Clear Copic Spica glitter pen.  I then matted the image using Basic Black cardstock.  The final step was to add the Silver, We R Memory Keepers scrolled photo corner.  I adhered this using glue dots.

If you would like to play along, when you upload to SCS, add JBE009 to the keywords section so we can all see what you have made!  For more inspiration, check out the girls blogs here ~

• Amber Hight
• Broni Holcombe
• Dee Jackson
• Elizebeth Neumann
• Erin McKinney
• Kisa Peters
• Maren Benedict
• Beth Thomas

Stamps ~  Inkadinkado ~ Birds Paper ~  Bashful Blue, Whisper White and Basic Black cardstock  Ink ~  Basic Black  Other ~ Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots embossing folder, Rusty Pickle black lace, Rectangle Nestabilities, We R Memory Keepers Silver Hardware, Prismacolor Pencils, Copic Spica clear glitter pen, glue dots

Now, for some enabling!!!  Lindsey has added MORE stuff to her Clearance section!  Please help her get rid of this stuff to make room for LOTS MORE new stuff!!! LOL!!!  Also, she has just posted a bunch of NEW paper and stamps from October Afternoon!  They are selling out quickly so be sure to check it out before it is all gone!  Last, but certainly not least...remember THIS card I made using 7 Gypsies Sushi paper???  Well, it is FINALLY back in stock!!!  You can find it HERE!  And to assist you in adding more to your cart, Lindsey should be receiving the BRAND NEW Inkadinkado Holiday stamps today!!!!  Be sure to keep checking HERE for the new Inka additions!  For a sneak peek, HERE is a card I made Saturday using the NEW deer!  Happy Shopping!!!!

~Lynda

Happy Birthday Dad!!!

I think I am going to have to move! LOL!!!   I was born and raised in Monterey California with street lights, sidewalks, neighbors and the NASTIEST bug I can remember is what we referred to as a Potato Bug.  They were UGLY and lived in the dirt so the best thing to do was to not dig in the dirt ~ problem solved!  I now live in Virginia and have lived here now for 15 years!!!  I have experienced a Coyote grabbing one of my chickens right in front of me, bobcats, foxes, Black SNAKES (lots of these), huge snapping turtles, being attacked by barn swallows IN MY OWN BARN!, river otters, being attacked by my rooster (may he rest in peace), a hawk killing one of my chickens and then ME learning to load and unload the shotgun so I can protect my kids and animals!!!  OMG, what has become of me!! LOL!!!  What brings me to mention my moving (just kidding of course) announcement all started on Saturday when I ran in to town.  It all started innocent enough and when I was about 4 miles from my house (I live in a very rural area) I look and right on the side of the road is a very large black bear!  No, it was not dead, it was standing there waiting to cross the road!!!  As I was sitting in the middle of the road trying figure out why I lived here, the bear very leisurely walks across the road to the driveway of the only house in the area.  It actually was exciting by scary too!!!  I am sure there will come a time that we have one on our property.....  Then, this morning there was a SNAKE in our pool!!!  The kids and I were busy retrieving the frogs from the pool and then I look and there was a snake!!!!  Mary started crying and telling me that she is NEVER going in the pool again, Joey, my hero, was telling me to get it out, get it out!!!!  LOL!!!  As I was getting ready to fish it out, I thought we better check to make sure it wasn't a Copperhead because if it was, I would need to kill it!!!  Oh fun.....  It wasn't a Copperhead so it was safely released back in to the wild!!!   And to think I used to dress pretty nicely, had my nails done and actually wore jewelry!!!!  Not anymore!  I wear jeans, shorts and t-shirts, don't wear jewelry ~ why? do the animals care?? and nails, what nails?!?!?  LOL!!!    OK, sorry, went off track for a minute there!!!  I made this card for my Dad's Birthday that is coming up soon!
The base of my card is Chocolate Chip cardstock with first a mat of River Rock cardstock and then THIS beautiful decorative paper from Memory Box ~ called Grove.  The next vertical mat is first Chocolate Chip and then the same decorative paper.  The horizontal piece is first matted on River Rock cardstock and then another piece of decorative paper from the same paper pack.  I stamped the Inkadinkado ~ Three in a Tree stamp was stamped on Cryogen White cardstock using Chocolate Chip ink.  I colored using my Prismacolor Pencils and Mellow Moss & River Rock ink pads and blender pen.  The ribbon is from May Arts and was taped (Scotch) under the image and then taped to the back of the horizontal strip.  I then took a small piece of ribbon, punched a hole in the side of image and tied a knot on that side.  The Inkadinkado Happy Birthday sentiment (Lindsey is sold out of this one!) was stamped using Chocolate Chip ink directly on to the decorative paper.

I'll be back tomorrow with my card for Jacksonbelle's Design Team Tuesday challenge!  Thank you for stopping by!

~Lynda

Mary's Birthday Party Invitation......

Hi!
I haven't felt like stamping anything new today (I know, the horror!!) so I will show you the invitations I have made for my daughter's 8th birthday!  Let me begin by saying that my son, Joey,  doesn't like to have birthday parties and NEVER has so I thought, well at I have a chance with Mary!!!  We can do princess things with lots of glitter and bling....WELL......my daughter is a tomboy!  I WAS totally a tomboy but I still played with dolls and LOVED girly things!  Mary does like girly things but DOES NOT and has never liked dolls.  I am not sure if that stems from the fact that since we live in the middle of no~where, her only "local" playmate is her older brother????  LOL!!!  She does want a pink watch and a pink birthday cake for her birthday though!!! LOL!!!  Here is the invitation ~
The cardstock is Chocolate Chip and I ran it through my Cuttlebug (can't remember the name of the folder) to get the texture.  I used one of my Creative Memories Circle cutter plastic template part to make the template for this.  The oval cutter didn't look enough like a football!!!  If it did, it would have made it all much easier.  I made my own template and then traced it on to the folded (4 1/4" X 5 1/2") Chocolate Chip folded card.  I hung the top part of the template over the top of the card (the scored end).  I then used a pencil to trace the football.  After I traced it, I cut both the top and bottom of the card.  I then ran the front flap in through the Cuttlebug using the square embossing folder.  Again, I used my Creative Memories Circle cutter, Whisper White cardstock and then cut the side pieces.  I used Karen Foster White Scrappers floss for the top threads.  I cut 2 small pieces of the floss and glued them down and then took my needle, made the holes to pull the floss through, threaded the needle with the scrapper's floss and then sewed!  SUPER easy!!!

Here is a picture of the inside ~
I printed the party information on to Whisper White cardstock and cut it out using my oval, Creative Memories cutter.  I did add a little girly bling.  Just had to!!!  These would be great for Father's Day or a masculine birthday card!  They were really easy to make.  If you need additional information, please don't hesitate to ask!!!

I hope you all are having a great weekend!

~Lynda

Our Creative Corner Saturday Challenge ~ Basic Grey Anyone????

We've been teasing you a little bit this week about some exciting news for this week's challenge. We're so pleased to announce that Lindsey Botkin of Jacksonbelle Embellishments will be awarding a $15 gift certificate to one lucky winner from this week's challenge participants. Ordinarily, there's no time limit on our challenges, but this week, to be entered into the drawing, you must have your project linked up HERE in the comments section by 12 noon Eastern Time on Friday, July 4. We'll draw a random name from the entries and announce the winner on Saturday, July 5, along with our next challenge.  Sound fun?!?!?  Now, on to the challenge!

This weeks challenge is to use ANY OLD Basic Grey papers!  Now, OCC does not have any challenge police so if you DO want to use NEW Basic Grey paper, you won't get in trouble or be disqualified from winning the gift certificate!!!!  We're pretty easy to get along with huh???  Well, here is my card ~

The base of my card is 5 1/4" square and is Chocolate Chip cardstock.  The next mat is a blue from Basic Grey's Figgy Pudding.  The next polka dot mat is also from the same collection.  The photo corner punch is from SU! and the bottom brown piece is from Figgy as was the top decorative corner.  The strip across the middle is first the brown and then white papers from Figgy.  I stamped the BRAND NEW Inkadinkado Silhouette Deer Trail on the white strip and again on another piece of the same white using Chocolate Chip ink.  The reindeer has just been released and Lindsey will be getting it in her store early next week so if you are interested, send her an email to reserve yours!  I used my Oval Nestabilities to cut the oval for the deer and then cut a larger oval from the brown Figgy paper to mat it.  I then lined it up so the flourish trail would look continuous from the deer in the oval and then cut my white strip to fit on the front of the card.  I matted this with first the brown and then the blue which I punched one edge using my Martha Stewart border punch.  I colored some of the snowflake/flowers using my Cool Caribbean ink pad and a blender pen.  I added clear MAMBI rhinestones all over this card!!!  I mounted the deer on top of the strip using dimensionals. 
The sentiment is from Fancy Flexible Phrases and was stamped on the white Figgy paper using Chocolate Chip ink.  I punched this using my small oval punch and then matted it on the brown Figgy paper and cut a mat with my scissors.  I then matted both of these on the decorative oval I punched using the large oval punch.  I added a small snowflake punched from the blue and added a clear rhinestones because I didn't have enough bling on this card!!! LOL!!!

Recipe ~  Stamps ~  Fancy Flexible Phrases and Inkadinkado ~ Silhouette Deer Trail  Paper ~  Chocolate Chip cardstock and Basic Grey Figgy Pudding DP  Ink ~  Chocolate Chip and Cool Caribbean  Other ~ MAMBI Clear rhinestones, Photo Corner Punch, dimensionals, Oval Nestabilities, large and small oval punches, small Marvy snowflake, blender pen, Martha Stewart border punch

Remember, when you upload to SCS be sure to add OCCC (Our Creative Corner Challenge) in the keyword section.  Be sure to check out the beautiful creations the "Girls" have made ~

Lindsey
Cindy
Dawn
Denise
Jennifer
Amy
Laurie

Thank you all so much for stopping by and I really hope you have time to play!

~Lynda

SCS Ways to Use it and Sketch Challenge.........

Hi again!
Here is my card for todays Ways to Use it challenge at SCS.  The challenge was to use a bird stamp!  That's easy enough!  The layout is from yesterdays sketch challenge.  Here is my card ~
The base of my card is 5 1/4" square Chocolate Chip cardstock.  The next mat is Whisper White and then a pattern from SEI's new Dill Collection.  All of the decorative paper squares are also from the Dill paper collection.  I punched the patterned squares using my 1 1/4" square punch and then matted each one on Whisper White cardstock and then again on a brown from the Dill collection.  The focal image is from Inkadinkado and is called Three to a Tree.  I stamped the image on Whisper White cardstock using Chocolate Chip ink.  I then colored using my Prismacolor Pencils.  I then punched a hole using my horizontal slot punch and then added wide Old Olive grosgrain ribbon.  I mounted this using dimensionals on top of the same brown that I matted all the squares on and then used dimensionals again and mounted both pieces on top of the Coral paper (also included in the Dill pack).

Just a quick announcement... This Saturday Our Creative Corner has a fun challenge planned PLUS some goodies to go along with it. Are you intrigued????  Be sure to stop by here or the OCC blog first thing Saturday morning!!!!

Thanks again for stopping by and I hope you all have a great day!

~Lynda

Mothers and Daughters Creations Thursday Challenge

Good Morning!
Today is our weekly Mothers and Daughters Creations design team challenge.  This weeks challenge was to go to Pagemaps, find a card sketch and make a card using it!!!  Because of my computer problems, I was not able to access Pagemaps but luckily I did have some sketches from them that I had printed back in March.  Here is my card ~
The base of my card is 5 1/4" square and is Cameo Coral carstock.  The next mat is Whisper White, then Basic Black.  The next mat is Bo Bunny decorative paper called Honeysuckle and is from their Organic line.  I the used my Fiskars border punch to punch a Whisper White mat.  The next mat in the center is Basic Black and then topped off with coordinating Bo Bunny cardstock.  The ribbon is also Bo Bunny and can be found HERE.  The sentiment is an old SU! set called Riveting and was stamped using Basic Black on Whisper White cardstock.  I punched the center flower out and popped it up in the center of the sentiment using a dimensional. I matted the sentiment on a Basic Black circle punched from my 1 3/8 circle punch.  The green crystal is from Targets $ spot and all of the black rhinestones are from Prima and can be found HERE! 

The focal image was stamped 2 times using Basic Black ink on Whisper White cardstock.  The image is from Outlines and was colored using my Prismacolor Pencils.  I cut the center butterfly out of the second stamped image and first laid it on top of the second image, added the Bo Bunny rub on and then gently separated them and then mounted the first frame directly on top of the cardstock lined up with the rub on and then popped up the center butterfly using dimensionals.

Be sure to check out what awesome creations my team members have come up with!

Maria
Cindy
Jennifer
Tamara

Thank goodness I have my computer back on line!!!  I was so lost without it and and am still trying to catch up on what I missed out on!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Lynda

Jacksonbelle's Tuesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes.....

I can’t believe it is already Tuesday again and you know what that means…..Jacksonbelle’s Tuesday DT Challenge.  Today’s challenge was to use ANY products from Lindsey’s store.  Easy enough!!  I decided to use my Prima ~ Urban Cosmos paper and my new Inkadinkado Duet stamp.

Here is my card ~

The base of my card is Cryogen White Shimmery cardstock.  The first mat is Chocolate Chip and then So Saffron.  Both patterns of the decorative paper I used is from the Prima Urban Cosmos collection.  I matted them both with Chocolate Chip cardstock.  The focal image is from Inkadinkado and is called Duet.  I stamped it on Cryogen White Shimmery cardstock using Chocolate Chip ink.  I then colored using my Prismacolor pencils ~ as usual!  If you didn’t know it yet, I must tell you that I LOVE those pencils!!!  I added a couple of small Prima flowers and then added MAMBI pink self adhesive rhinestones.  I then pierced around each mat using my paper piercer and mat pack.  The last step was to add the most beautiful May Arts organdy ribbon with gold trim and then a small piece of Saffron ribbon from SU!.

My computer STILL isn’t fixed in fact, the fix Verizon sent us, locked us out of the system completely!!  At least before it was in and out!  Now, it is just out! LOL!!   So frustrating but my kids and I are pretty happy to get to go to Panera for breakfast AND upload my card!!! LOL!!!   

Be sure to check out what the Girls have done with this challenge!

Maren

Elizebeth

Lila

Dee

Beth

Kisa

Erin

Lindsey

Broni

Thanks so much for stopping by and also, those of you who have emailed me to donate cards for St. Jude, I THANK YOU so much and will get back to you ASAP! 

~Lynda