Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Dueling Darlings Are Feeling The Love!

I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!  These cards were suppose to be posted here on my blog 3 days ago for the February duel with team Divas (my team) and team Dazzlers.  Barb, a Diva, and Debbie, a Dazzler, choice the theme "Feel the Love!" which is very appropriate as the scheduled duel fell one day after Valentine's Day.

Barb sent the Diva's this fabulous kit full of so many goodies listed here:
Crate Paper Patterned Paper
  Fourteen:
         Crush-Banners and Stripes
         Darling-Hearts and Lace
         Cupid-Chevrons and Diamonds
  Paper Hearts Collection
         Valentine-Large Hearts and Brown Background
          Cupid-Green stripes and Small Hearts
          Define-Words and Red Background
Authentique Patterned Paper - Lovely-Hearts

Fourteen different strips of gorgeous red and white ribbon and twine
Red and pink flowers
Red, pink and ivory buttons
Pearl brads, Red heart brad, Pink and Red round brads
Ivory pearls

And stamped images of my most favorite Bible Verse:Galations 5:22-23

There was so much to choose from I made two cards for two very special ladies:

This card features the Galations 5: 22/23 image which I die cut with a Spellbinders Labels Eleven.  I punched, die cut and layered 3 hearts with various cardstock. The base of the card is Stampin' Up  Cherry Cobbler
 
This card I used buttons and ribbon from the card kit.  The top panel was embossed with a Lifestyle Crafts embossing folder. The sentiment was stamped with Stampin' Up  'Trust God" stamp set, punched with SU oval punch. The embossed panel was mounted on the white cardstock base with dimensionals
 
 
There still is so much material left in Barb's kit I have enough to make several more cards.  Thank you, Barb! Thank you, Debbie for the wonderful stamped sentiment image!
 
We were asked to show our love to our wonderful team leaders: Kelly for the Divas and Jeanette for the Dazzlers.  I have had the great pleasure of these two women's friendship for the past 5 years as we participated in several swaps together and through Splitcoaststampers we've gotten through good time and tough times together.  Both these women create some of the most beautiful cards but what I really admire about both of them is how they so graciously represent their faith and love of  our Lord and Savior Jesus.  They are true and faithful witnesses to Him and show that love to everyone in how they care for their families and for their friends.   I thank God for the blessing of their friendship and have been so honored to be the recipient not only of their loving friendship but also their beautiful cards.  Thank you, Kelly and Jeanette, for inspiring me in so many ways! LOVE YOU!!
 
Worship at my church this month has centered around the theme of "Loving Relationsships".  Last Sunday our pastor intern Christy gave a meditation on one of the Bibical Greek  words "Pathos" that really touched my heart.  I felt it was so in line with DDD theme I wanted to share the link to an audio of her message:
 
http://orovalley.org/sermons-2/?sermon_id=225


Please check out the Diva's cards here:
Kelly: http://www.sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/
Barb: http://inkingintoretirement.blogspot.com/
Carol: http://lostinmycraftroom.blogspot.com/
LJ: http://buckygirl.blogspot.com/.
Tami: http://blueinksdesign.blogspot.com/
Kadie: http://mymindseyecreations.blogspot.com/

And the Dazzlers here:
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Dueling Darling Angels!

Hi everyone! It's January 15th and time for another duel between the Dueling Darling Divas and Dazzlers.  Each month one Diva and one Dazzler come up with a theme and send each of their team members a kit to create a card around that theme.  This month Carol for the Diva's and Melina for the Dazzlers chose the theme "Angels"!  In Carol's words: "I like to think Angels among us.  Whenever, I thinkof angles I think of peace, tranquility, and beautiful scenery/flower gardens..."  In her delightful kit were the following:
  Designer Paper:
     Paper Pizzaz sponged blue and green
     Magnolia Summer Memories Forget-Me-Not Wallpaper
     Basic Grey Sweet Threads Fashionista
     K & Co. glittered flower from a paper pack
Six different ribbon/trim, flowers and a little adhesive rhinestones and a string of pearls.

Here are the two cards I made:
Front
 
 Inside
 
 Front
 
Front with a peak inside
 
I used the same cute angel image and layout on both cards.  The only thing different is the color scheme in paper, ribbons and flowers.  I used cardstock for the base and panels from my own supplies, as well as, the blue and pink flowers.  The image and the image panels were cut with Spellbinders dies.  I stamped the sentiment inside both cards with Stampabilities "May Your Birthday Be Filled..." stamp.
 
Carol asked us to share "an angel experience--guardian angel story...or anything of that nature...".  Although I can't think of a specific story regarding angels regarding me personally I do share with Carol the belief they do exist and our working for our benefit even when we don't recognize them. 
 
These two cards are going to some friends today as we celebrate our January birthdays.
 
Please check out the Diva's cards here:
Kelly: http://www.sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/
Barb: http://inkingintoretirement.blogspot.com/
Carol: http://lostinmycraftroom.blogspot.com/
LJ: http://buckygirl.blogspot.com/.
Tami: http://blueinksdesign.blogspot.com/
Kadie: http://mymindseyecreations.blogspot.com/

And the Dazzlers here:
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Thursday, January 2, 2014

New Year, New Cards

I really meant to get my first card made in 2014 uploaded to this blog on January 1.  Well, I did get the card made.  It was for a friend's 80th birthday on January 1st.  I got it made just in time to head over to the big celebration.

I'm joining a group of card makers on Splitcoaststampers (SCS) doing a 100 cards in 100 days.  Part of the challenge is to use stamps, paper, and other tools and supplies we already have to create these cards.  Here is my first card:
I CASEd this card from a design I saw on Susan's Simple Stampin' blog here:  http://www.simplestampin.com/simplestampin/2013/12/im-backand-i-missed-you.html

As I didn't have a Happy New Year stamp I cheated by creating the Happy New Year and Happy Birthday background with some card making software I have.  The 80 candles were stamped with a very, very old stamp and mounted on the background paper with dimensionals.  I kept it very simple with red cardstock panel mounted on a blue cardstock base.

The next card is another birthday card I did today for my sister whose birthday is tomorrow.  Not sure she's going to get it in time but I'm sure she'll like it.  The skater image is High Hopes "Ice Princess".  She's colored with Copic Markers to coordinate with the designer paper by Carta Bella called "Winter Fun". (This is a little leftover from last months Dueling Darling kit).  DSP was attached to a panel of SU Cranberry Crisp and on the card base of SU Taken with Teal, both retired.  The skater along with some punched snowflakes, silver sequins and gold sequin stars are inside the shaker card mounted on a background die cut from Recollection Christmas "Mercury Glass" paper.  I also glued a few sequins and pearls to the snowflakes in the dsp.


Here's the inside of the card with a snippet of Cranberry Crisp ribbon and sentiment byStampabilities "May Your Birthday Be Filled":
 
 
I'd love to hear what you think of my latest creations!

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Saturday, December 14, 2013

A Christmas Story: JOY!

It's the 15th of December and time for another duel with the Dueling Darling Divas and Dazzlers.  Our team leaders for this month, Kelly for the Divas and Jeanette for the Dazzlers, choice the theme A Christmas Story.  Each team leader set their team members a kit including stamped images, designer papers and lots of embellishments with the challenge to create a card celebrating the December theme.  

I'm part of team Diva and received this awesome, beautiful, colorful kit including the following supplies:
-Stamps: inky antics
-Paper: designer paper from Carta Bella's "Winter Fun" and Bazzill opulent glitter cardstock
-Embellishments: Martha Stewart pearls; Bead Landing cord rope; ribbons from Simplicity, Stampin' Up, Offray, American Crafts; Co'ordination tags and twine; K&Co. brads; glitter buttons "frost" by Favorite Findings; snowflakes "Snow Storm" by f f; dewdrops by Robins Nest, clear

Here's my interpretation:

Outside
 
I embossed the Bazzill opulent glitter cardstock with a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder and attached this panel to SU kraft cardstock panel which was mounted on SU Cherry Cobbler cardstock base.  Kelly gave us two different images to use and chose to use the angel Gabriel image that I die cut with a circle Nestability, colored with Twinkling H20s, highlighted with stickles, and other glitter and then mounted on a Cherry Cobbler die cut circle.  I cut a 2 inch strip from one of the Carta Bella "Winter Fun" dsp, and layered it on Cherry Cobbler and Kraft cardstock panels.  I used 3 of the ribbons in the kit to create those vertical banners.  To finish the front of the card I used the blingy snowflakes fro the kit.  The layout was based on this sketch from " Freshly Made Sketches 116":
 


Here's the inside of the card:
 
   On the inside I added a panel of white cardstock topped with a strip of the dsp used on the front of the card. The sentiment included in the kit was cut with circle Nestability and mounted on Cherry Cobbler cardstock panel. 
 
Kelly asked us to share a Christmas memory.  I couldn't choose just one. Christmas has always been a special time for me and is an important part of my earliest memories.  First Christmas memories bring to mind time spent with my mother's family: mom and dad, sisters, grandmother, aunts, uncles and cousins.  My mother was one of nine siblings so it was always a BIG gathering on Christmas eve.  When I was very young it was at my grandmother's home and in later years most often in my parents home.  I remember wonderful Christmas programs at our church and, in particular, one year with an outstanding youth minister who directed a group of young girls choir I was part of to sing a number of Christmas carols, each in a different language.  I met my husband when he was home for Christmas and by the next Christmas we were married and spending Christmas with his family in Hawaii and again with his family when our sons were seven and two.  Almost every year we made the 50 mile trip from our home south of Seattle to spend Christmas Eve with my family in my hometown of Everett and the following day we traveled another 60 miles to spend Christmas day with my husband's family in Bellingham.  I have wonderful memories of celebrating Christ's birth with my church family in Christmas Eve candlelight services.  Sweet, sweet memories!
 
I hope all your Christmas memories are sweet and filled with Hope, Love, Joy and Peace!!!!
 
Check out the rest of the Diva's creations here:
Kelly: http://www.sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/
Barb: http://inkingintoretirement.blogspot.com/
Carol: http://lostinmycraftroom.blogspot.com/
LJ: http://buckygirl.blogspot.com/.
Tami: http://blueinksdesign.blogspot.com/
Kadie: http://mymindseyecreations.blogspot.com/

And the Dazzlers here:


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Friday, November 15, 2013

November Dueling Darlings Theme: "Masculine...Yep, the manly man!"


It's November 15th and time for another duel with the Dueling Darling Divas and Dazzlers! This month Tami from team Diva (my team!) and Darlene from team Dazzlers chose the theme "Masculine" and sent each of their team members a kit with images, paper and embellishments to create a card around this theme.  Here is mine:


In the kit Tami sent us were the following items:
Image: Stampendous Small Tag M265 (stamped in four different colors)
Paper: Pinkpaislee - Old School School Days, Hocus Pocus Good Fortune, Old School Curriculum, Hometown Summer Sunnyside Lane, Fascinating. We R Memory Keepers - Autumn Splendor
Many embellishments including 4 different ribbons, eyelets, brads, black circle die cut, brown square scallop die cuts, flower die cuts, buttons, clip, star and flag chipboard pieces, and adhesive rhinestones.

I chose to use the Pinkpaislee Old School Curriculum burgundy diagonal plaid and the Fascinating green strip designer papers along with Stampin' Up Bashful Blue cardstock and black cardstock.  I used the yellow-green eyelets on three corners of the striped panel. On the Potter's Clay tag panel I stamped an image from my a.muse studio "swingin' day" set and also the sentiment from this set was stamped on the circle panel. I punched a hole on the tag, slipped the green sheer ribbon through and topped the hole off with a brad from my collection.  I used the black die cut from the kit as the base for my circle panel.  And I use this sketch for Splitcoaststampers for my layout:


The theme and kit Tami chose for this month was perfect for me.  My brother-in-law's birthday is today and the card was mailed to him!

Tami also asked us to share a funny holiday story involving someone masculine in our life.  Although I have a lot a men in my family; husband, 2 sons, 7 uncles, 17 male cousins, 4 brothers-in-law, 7 nephews, I was having a difficult time remembering a funny holiday story.  Then one came to mind from many years ago.  My mother was one of nine siblings and all the men in her family were very involved in many sports. For many years my aunts, uncles and cousins would gather at our home on Christmas eve.  On one occasion my 2 year cousin Dave who had just received a ball for Christmas came in took one look at our Christmas tree and decided it looked like a basketball hoop and , yes! he shot that ball right to the top of the tree! It swayed dangerously but did not fall and no ornaments were lost!

Please check out the rest of team Diva starting here:
Kelly: http://www.sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/


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Monday, October 14, 2013

Trick or Treat for the Dueling Darlings!

"Trick or Treat
Smell my feet,
OR
Give me something
Sweet to eat!"
 
It's the October 15th and time for another duel between the Dueling Darling Divas and Dazzlers.  This month I'm hosting for the Divas along with my partner Paola for the Dazzlers.  We asked our team members to create a card celebrating Halloween using the elements in the kit we provided.

Included in my kit were the following items:
Stamped images: Recollections
Designer Paper: My Mind's Eye, "Wicked Mechant Malvado"
Ribbon: Recollections
Twine:  My Mind's Eye, Lime Twist
Embellishments: pewter brads, Skull and Crossbone brad, Spider and Ghost adhesive embellishments, clear buttons
 
 
 
Here is my card:


I also used the sketch from this week's MOJO Monday here:
 
In addition to creating a card we asked everyone to share their views on Halloween:  "Do you celebrate it?  If so what's your favorite part?  (Eating candy is NOT an optional answer...LOL).  Please share one or more for the following suggestions: a trick, a treat, a recipe, favorite costume, favorite decoration, fun times, etc....Pictures are always a welcome visual too!"
 
I do like to do a little decorating but so far haven't taken out my Halloween decorations.  I've been too busy cleaning and organizing my house for overnight guests coming on Sunday.  I'll be sure to have the decorations up before they arrive.  I just might make some Caramel Corn as an early Halloween treat for them!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO YOU ALL!
HOPE IT'S FULL OF TREATS!!
 
Please check out the Diva's creations here:



 

 










 
 
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Sunday, September 15, 2013

Another Duel Times Two

On the 15 of the month the Dueling Darling Divas and Dazzlers have a fun duel.  Each team's hostess for the month confer and choose a theme and based on that theme they each create a card kit that is sent to their respective team members.  Last month I was vacationing in Washington state and unable to create a card and post to this blog in time for August's duel so I'm dueling with 2 cards this month.

Hostesses for the month of August were Laura Jean for the Divas (my team) and Terry for the Dazzlers.  The theme was "FALL KICKOFF". and it was no surprise to me that LJ choice to use football as the dominant "fall kickoff" theme.  Her kit included the following items:

Image:  Football Player - MFT Pure Innocence
Sentiments:  Hampton Arts Studio
Paper:  Red Polkadot - Down By the Shore/Fancy Pants Design
            Yellow Polkadot - Chevron - SN@P! Color Vibe
            Green Chevron - Urban Traveler/Simple Stories
            Kraft Colored Sports - themed (both) Game Day Chili/JilliBean Soup
Other:  Star borders (MFT dienamics), ribbon, twine, assorted buttons and brads, tear-out ticket (Little Yellow Bicycle)

Here's my card:


 
Loved all the items but I really had to use the blue and green elements to represent my favorite football team, the Seattle Seahawks, along with some of the kraft paper and sentiments.  I did add one embellishment, the football brad, that was not in the kit.  I also had to add the number 3 to my football player as a special addition for our hostess. ;-) I wrapped the green chenille ribbon around the blue die cut. at the bottom of the card.  Here is the inside of the card:

 
I used this My Favortie Things sketch MFTWSC140 as my layout for this card:
 
 
 
"GLOBETROTTING AND GETTING DOWN TO YOUR ROOTS" is the theme chosen by Kadie, a Diva, and April, a Dazzler, our hostesses for the month of September.  "For September, we decided that since there are so many cute stamps out right now with different country themes, that we would travel the globe and celebrate culture!"  Here is what Kadie sent in her kit:
 
Stamp: Kraftin Kimmie - Moonlight Whispers, Melanie of Canada and Felina of Mexico
Paper:  Basic Grey - Carte Postale
Buttons:  Basic Grey
Ribbon:  Stampin Up and Impress
Brads:  The Paper Studio
 
Here's my card: 
 

 
What an awesome kit!  Those papers were just perfect for a traveling theme and I just had to choose Melanie of Canada for my focal image as part of the theme was "Getting Down To Your Roots" and my roots do have a toe hold in Canada where my father was born and also the birthplace of my mother-in-law.  I colored Melanie with Copic markers and die cut her "out-of-the-box".  I used one of  the buttons in the kit and filled the four holes with four of the tiny brads in the kit.  I also used a silver brad on Melanie's purse.
 
Here's the inside of the card:
 
 
I used Splitcoaststamper's Sketch 453 for my layout
 
 

We were asked to share what our heritage is and any traditions we might have in our family that celebrates our origins.  Although I do have Canadian roots all my ancestors originated from Norway.  So I am a second generation American.  Even as a child I found being all of one nationality was very unusual for a child born in America.  I guess the only Norwegian tradition I continue to do is to make Fattigmand at Christmas.  It is a very rich cookie that I learned to make from my Norwegian born grandmother and the only time I make it is at Christmas.
 
Please check out the rest of my Diva teams creations starting here: 
 
Kelly: http://www.sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/
Jeanette http://creativeplayischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/
 
 



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