LNS Callenge 257/Sketch 321- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Happy Monday everyone!  We have two great challenges for you today.  Late Night Stampers challenge is "Bling it Up CAS Style" and so I used the sketch for this weeks Monday Lunchtime sketch and added the bling.  This weeks sketch is awesome also.  So now here is the card I made using the bling and the sketch.

 

 

Using the "Baby We've Grown" stamp set by Stampin Up, I used the Shaker Frames and added some glitter to the inside and some pearls to the shoes.  I just love how it turned out.  I also used the retired Watercolor paper by stampin' up!  Love that paper also.

 

Here is a close up of the frame with the glitter.

 

 

OK, hope you enjoyed my post for today.  Please join me in both challenges today.  I know you won't be sorry you did.

 

 

 



Sketch 317- Monday Lunchtime Sketch / LNS Challenge 250

Good Morning everyone, and welcome to another week of two great challenges.  Of course the sketch this week is just wonderful as always and the LNS Challenge is to Celebrate.  So that is exactly what we are going to do, celebrate.  I chose a birthday celebration theme since I was at my mom's this weekend helping out there and I used MY DIGITAL STUDIO.  I then printed it out and adhered it to a white card stock.  So here it is.

 

 

So what do you think?  I used the Patio Party paper and love it.  Must print me out some of this paper as I did not realize how cute this paper was.

 

Even took a side view of the card.

 

 

Now don't forget to check out the design team samples from our Monday Lunchtime Sketch and also from our LNS Challenge.  You will be glad you did and hope to see you participating..

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Monday.

 



LNS Challenge 248/Sketch 313- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Good Morning everyone and hope you had a wonderful weekend.  Mine was very productive, but very tiring.  Today we have an exciting challenge over at our Late Night Stampers Group and the Monday Lunchtime sketch is awesome as always.  Our Late Night Stamper's challenge is an inspirational photo.  You can use the photo anyway it inspires you.  Of course I combined the challenges again and first here is the inspiration photo.

 

 

And here is what it inspired me to do along with the Monday Lunchtime sketch.

 

 

The colors that really stood out to me in the photo was the Richrazzle Berry, yellow - Daffodil Delight, Whisper white and the gray.  So that is the colors I chose for the card.  I also made another card for this challenge which I will share later in the week.

 

Don't forget to stop by and check out our design team samples as on both challenges they are wonderful.

 

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful and blessed day.

 

Sketch 312- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Good Monday Morning.  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  I am here to share my sample with you this morning for our Monday Lunchtime Sketch.  I really enjoyed this sketch and the card was a lot of fun to put together.  So here you go.

 

 

This will probably be one of my Mother's Day card for one of my daughter's, so I will also be sharing with the LNS challenge going on right now.

 

Here is a close up for you!

 

 

I am loving these colors together.  I may try to come back later and give you a list of items I used, but I am at work and need to get to work.  So hope you all have a wonderful and blessed day.

 



LNS Challenge 247/Sketch 311- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Happy Monday!  I can't believe it has been almost two weeks since I posted.  Went to my daughter's last weekend and was unable to get one completed before I left.  But I am excited about being back and completing the one for this week for both challenges.

 

This week the challenge for LNS is Mother's Day, so I really liked this weeks Monday Lunchtime sketch.  It just fit what I wanted for a mother's day card!

 

 

Here is a close up of the front!

 

 

A side view to show the dimension.

 

 

And of course the inside!

 

 

Stamp Sets: Messages for Mom (retired), Secret Garden, Papillon Potpourri

Card Stock: Whisper White, Island Indigo, Melon Mambo

Designer Series Paper: Gingham Garden

Secret Garden Framelits

Butterfly Punch

 

All Stampin' Up!

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a wonderful and blessed week.



My First Box Card

 

Well good Saturday Morning to you! Hope all is well with you and your day has started out just right!  I thought I would share my first box card with you today that I did on Thursday evening while my husband was at school doing an open house.  I am also linking this to our challenge this week at LNS as the challenge is Spring has Sprung and I thought this would be perfect.  I did use some retired Designer Paper, but it was my first and I did not want to mess up my not retired paper.  It actually turned out perfect I think.  I found the tutorial on Pinterest from Nancy Amato and followed it to a T!  Love tutorials that are so detailed.  Thanks Nancy and you can find the tutotial here!

 

Here is another view of the box card and yes it does fit in a medium size envelope.  Perfect for mailing to that special person.

 

 

And one more view just for kicks!

 

 

Stampin' Up! products used!

Stamp Sets: Backyard Basics, Label Love

Card Stock: Not Quite Navy, Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla, Water Color Paper

Designer Series Paper: Paisley Petals

Ink: Not Quite navy, Black Stazon, Rich Razzleberry, Always Artichoke

Blender Pen

Backyard Basics Framelits

Artisan Punch

 

Thanks for stopping by today and have a very blessed day!

LNS Challenge 245/Sketch 307- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Happy Monday and hope you are all having a good start to your day.  I am actually posting this on Sunday evening and went to Medac in the afternoon and have a sinus and ear infection.  So hope my day is starting better than my Sunday.

 

I am combining my challenges again today.  Our LNS Challenge is "Spring has Sprung," which means just show us something spring related in whatever you create.  Well I decided to go spring with flowers and used Monday's Lunchtime Sketch to do this.  So here is my sample for both challenges.

 

 

And of course I did the inside also.

 

 

I love doing the inside.  It just finishes the card so perfectly.

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Secret Garden, Sassy Salutations, Remembering Your Birthday

Card Stock: Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Strawberry Slush

Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe,  Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush

Secret Garden Framelits

Large Rhinestones

 

Thanks for stopping by and please check out the design team samples with LNS and Mary Jo's sketch this week.  Have a wonderful week everyone!



LNS Challenge 244/Sketch 305- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Good Morning all and hope your weekend was great!  I spent the weekend with my mom and brother and Mom is doing so good.  My brother is better, but very emotional at times as his dementia is beginning to confuse him a lot.  And, being down syndrome does not help.  But I know God is in control and I am trusting him.

 

Now on to our challenge this week at Late Night Stampers and our Monday Lunch Time Sketch.

 

The LNS Challenge this week is "elements that are all about wind."  Now I can't wait to see what you come of with on that one.  And of course I combined my two challenges and used Mary Jo's Monday Lunch Time sketch.  I just loved the sketch and here is what I came up with.

 

 

Now this is a hybrid card as I used My Digital Studio for everything under the white banner except the base.  I sized it on the paper as 4 X 5 1/4 so when I cut it out it would fit the base of my card.  I also printed the Kite on the same paper and cut it out and popped it up on the white embossed banner.  The thinking of you sentiment came from embellished events stamp set.  The MDS kit I used for the hybrid part is called New Heights.  Lots of great elements in the kit for this challenge at LNS.  Seem to always go to My Digital Studio when I need something different.

 

Here is a side view of the card.

 

 

Doesn't it look like the banner underneath is popped up?  Yet it is part of the Hybrid part which I printed out.  That is where the drop shadow comes into play.  Gives it a little bit of dimension.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and don't forget to stop by our Late Night Stampers Blog and Our Monday Lunch Time Sketch blog to see what the DT has in store for you!  Beautiful samples.

 

Hope you will join us this week!



LNS Challenge 243/Sketch 303- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Happy Monday everyone.  Hope your weekend was a blessing and you have a wonderful start to the week.  And, so to start this week, I have a card for you that brings back a lot of early memories in stamping.  Why you ask?  Well I am a punch lover and probably have every punch that Stampin' Up! has made except maybe one or two.  Regardless the challenge this week with the Late Night Stampers is to do some punch art.  So I again have combined the two challenges.  So needless to say, I used the Monday Lunchtime Sketch, which was great for the punch art I used.  So here you go!

 

 

To make the ice cream sundae, I used the following: 2 1/2" Circle punch for the bowl and cut it in half.  I used the 1 3/8" circle punch for the base of the bowl and cut it in half.  For the ice cream I used the 1 3/8" scallop punch.  And for the cherry on top, I used the 1/4" punch and put a nick in it and cut a piece of black card stock for the stem.  Isn't it just the cutest.  For the sprinkles I used the stamp from Create a cupcake stamp set.

 

And I wanted you to see that I popped up every layer so here is the side view.

 

 

And of course had to work on the inside and used the sprinkles stamp at the bottom!

 

 

Hope you enjoyed this card and hope you stop by and check out our DT samples at LNS and Monday Lunch Time Sketch.

 

Have a great week!

 

 

 

 



LNS Challenge 242/Sketch 301- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Well Happy Monday!  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  Mine was busy but a blessing.  My daughter was in  town and of course my grandchildren and I got a lot of kisses.  Love being a grandmother and love getting all those kisses. 

 

Well as you know it is Monday and time for our Late Night Stampers challenge along with the Monday Lunch Time Sketch.  So the challenge for Late Night Stampers this week is to emboss, yes emboss - wet or dry embossing.  You get to make that choice and I chose to use my embossing folders and used one I have not used in a while along with Designer  Paper I have not used in a while.  So here is my sample for this week.

 

 

This is the most layers I have used in quite a while.  But  I do like the outcome.

 

All items used are Stampin'  Up!

Stamp Sets:  Wildflower Meadow, Perfect Pennants

Card Stock: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight

Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy

Designer Series Paper: Gingham Garden

Wildflower Meadow Embossing Folder

Banners Framelits

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope your week is just wonderful.

 

 

 



LNS Challenge 241/Sketch 299- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Good Monday Morning to all my friends.  Hope your weekend was filled with lots of good things.  Today I am excited to share My sample with you for the Monday Lunchtime sketch and for this weeks LNS challenge.  Mary Jo has come up with a perfect sketch for this week and I was excited I could again combine it with this weeks LNS challenge.  The challenge for LNS was to use your framelits or dies and I used the Circle Framelit.  Perfect for the sketch this week.  So here is my sample for this week.

 

 

And here is the side view!

 

 

And of course would not be finished without the inside!

 

 

So make sure you stop by and check out the rest of the design team samples and join us in both challenges this week.  Can't wait to see what you come up with.

 

All items used are Stampin'  Up!

 

Stamp Sets: By the Tide, Remembering Your Birthday

Card Stock: Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Ink: Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse

Embossing powder, Glassy Glaze

Oval Punch

Scallop oval Punch

 

Hope your week is filled with many blessings!

 

 

 



LNS Challenge 240/Sketch 298- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Happy Monday to you all!  Yes, we are home after 10 days at Duke University Hospital.  Got home Saturday evening and then helped train our other two sisters on how to do some things and then we headed on home to Wilmington.  My Mom is doing well and seems to be getting stronger still.  Talked to my sister yesterday and she was joking that me and Connie (my sister who was up at Duke with me) needed to come back because they were not keeping her as comfortable as we were.  Mom was telling them that Jonia and Connie did it this way.  We had a big laugh.  But I am thankful of God's many blessings and for taking care of mom during this emergency.  He certainly blessed us beyond measure and has taken care of us too.

 

Now on to this weeks challenges.  Last week started the challenge for LNS as it runs two weeks so I decided to make it a part of the Monday Lunch time Sketch this week also.  I will just link it to the challenge at LNS.  This week's challenge at LNS is all about new beginnings.  This can be a new house, new baby, wedding, whatever you consider new.  It can be a card, scrapbook page ore anything that works for you.  And, the sketch that Mary Jo has for us this week is just awesome.  I loved it as soon as I saw it and decided it was time for a new baby card.  So here is our sketch for this week!

And here is my sample for both challenges this week!

 

 

I decided to make a little tag or book mark and insert it in the center.  I found some cute poems for babies on the internet and kind of put a couple of them together.  I found them on Scrapbook.com under the Resources link.  Really cute poems added their for baby.

 

So here is the tag pulled up!

 

 

And a close up so you can see what I did underneath.  I actually created the tag in "my digital studio" and left the top blank so I could stamp the "sweet Baby" image.  I am so thankful that my printer almost matched perfectly with the colors I used.  Once I printed the tag, I cut it out by following the blue line, stamped the top "sweet baby", added the ribbon and it was done.  So very easy.

 

Here is the tag close up!

 

 

And here is the inside of the card.

 

 

On the inside at bottom the actual stamp is just Mom, Dad, and Baby.  Well I kind of added a few babies as this is the third one for this couple and I just thought it would be cute.  So just an idea for the future use of this wonderful stamp if you need it.

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Baby, We've Grown, God's Blessings (inside)

Card Stock: Marina Mist, Whisper White,

Designer Series Paper:  Retired and uncertain of name.

Ink: Marina Mist

Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder

Word Window Punch

Taffeta Ribbon

My Digital Studio for Tag

 

Please join us in these two challenges this week.  I would love to see what you come up with.

 

Thanks for stopping by today and hope your day is filled with many blessings!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



LNS Challenge 239/Sketch 295- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Good Monday Morning!  Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.  Our family was very blessed as my brother was able to come home and spend Christmas at home.  Such a blessing to all of us.

 

So today Mary Jo has another wonderful sketch for our Monday Lunchtime sketch and again I combined it with this weeks challenge for Late Night Stampers which was to do a Valentine, Wedding, or Anniversary Card or scrapbook page.  So I decided to do a wedding card.  I actually used two different stamp sets to make it and the Venetian Romance paper.  Love that Designer Paper.

 

 

And I also did the inside!

 

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: One in a Million, Label Love

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Crisp Cantaloupe

Designer Series Paper: Venetian Romance

Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding

Artisan Label Punch

Square Framelits

Delicate Designs textured expressions embossing folder

 

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful NEW YEAR!

 

 

LNS Challenge 238/Sketch 293- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Well I am back!  So sorry for the long pause, but my brother was put back into ICU and so I was kind of tied up for a little while.  But again God has stepped in and performed a miracle and I am so thankful.  He is still very weak, but doing better.  Thanks again for the prayers that I know are going up for him.

 

OK, so I have not posted in two week and now our challenge for this week at LNS is to go simple, but not too simple.  Do at least three layers, add a few embellishments and that is exactly what I did.  And, yes I did lover Mary Jo's sketch this week.  So you must join both of these wonderful challenges this week.  I think you will be glad you did.  So here is my sample.

 

 

I am not happy with my coloring, but I just did not have the time to redo it.  So this is just the way it is going to stay.  I am probably more brutal with my own creations than others are, but it is what it is.  I do love the layout of the card and how the flowers are positioned, just do not like how I colored the flowers.  And yes I did do the inside and so glad I did.

 

 

So don't forget to check out these two fabulous challenges and see what the rest of the design team came up with.

 

Items Used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Remembering Your Birthday, Sassy Salutations, Secret Garden

Card Stock: Pink pirouette, Primrose Petals

Designer Series Paper: Birthday Basics

Ink: Raspberry Ripple

Markers

Secret Garden Framelits

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a wonderful week.

 



LNS Challenge 237/Sketch 291 - Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Good Monday Morning everyone.  What a week it has been.  I was able to spend time with my children and grandchildren and also go visit my brother.  God is so good as he is doing so much better, but still very weak.  I thank all of you who have asked about him.  It makes me feel special that you are concerned.

 

So now on to this weeks challenges.  This weeks LNS challenge is to do something Christmas with non-traditional colors meaning red or green.  And the sketch this week for our Monday Lunchtime sketch is just spectacular and I went straight for my "Snow Much Fun" stamp set and decided to do the Marina Mist for the colors.  As in most cases I did combine the two challenges and am very happy with the outcome.  So here is my sample.

 

 

I wish you could see it in person as I used the Shimmer White paper, so you have the shimmer in the background along with the Dazzling Details for the snow flurry.  So I do have a lot of shimmer going on with this card.  Love, love it!

 

I also decorated the inside with the Dazzling Details to give it a little ump! And added the snow flurry around it to match the outside.  I am thinking about doing the envelope the same way.

 

 

Hope you can see it.  And here is a close up of the front.

 

 

You still cannot see all the shimmer going on.

 

Now, please stop by and check out the sketch for this weeks challenge and check out our non traditional Christmas at LNS.  The design teams have done a remarkable job with their samples.

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Snow Much Fun, Christmas Messages

Card Stock: Shimmer White, Marina Mist

Designer Series Paper: Polka Dot Parade

Ink: Stazon Black, Marina Mist

Markers: Marina Mist, Midnight Muse, Orange

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you all have a wonderful and blessed week!

 

 



Sketch 290 - Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Hello all and welcome to this weeks Monday Lunchtime Sketch.  Since I was unable to participate in last weeks LNS Challenge which is still going on this week, I am also using this for that challenge.  The challenge for the two weeks is to use your punches and that is exactly what I did.  But I do love Mary Jo's sketch this week and it worked well with this stamp set.  So here you go.

 

 

I love using crumb cake and other dark colors together and especially midnight muse.  Here is the inside of the card.

 

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

 

Stamp Sets: By the Tide, Itty Bitty Banners, Remembering Your Birthday (inside)

Card Stock:  Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse

Ink: Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse

Punches: 2 1/2" Circle, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle, Corner Rounder

Bitty Banner Framelits

Stripes Textured Embossing Folder

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and please check out all the rest of the Design Team Samples for this week sketch.  You will just love them.

LNS Challenge 235 / Sketch 287 - Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Good Monday Morning Friends and hope your weekend was blessed.  I am here with you this morning sharing this weeks challenges from Late Night Stampers and of course our Monday Lunchtime Sketch.  Late Night Stampers this week is a color challenge and there are times I have problems with color challenges.  But as soon as I thought of the stamp set Lovely As a Tree, I knew how I could incorporate all four colors and that is exactly what I did. 

 

So here is my sample for this weeks challenges and the colors are Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango, Cherry Cobbler and Early Espresso.

 

 

And of course the inside of the card.  Can't forget about that.

 

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Lovely As a Tree, Remembering Your Birthday

Card Stock: Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Cherry Cobbler

Ink: Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso

Scallop Trim Border Punch

Markers for coloring leaves

Sponge Daubers for coloring Tree and Leaf

 

Don't forget to check out the Design Team Samples and add your samples to the Late Night Stampers blog and to the Monday Lunch Time Sketch blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by today and hope your day is blessed!

 



LNS Challenge 234 / Sketch 285 - Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Hi everyone and welcome to this weeks challenges for Late Night Stampers and the Monday Lunchtime sketch.  Boy has it been a week for me.  I am working on items for our craft show bazaar at church on November 9th and it has just consumed my at home time.  I have three weeks left to get it all together, so I have not been posting much, but can't wait to share with you some of the items I will have there.  So if I have missed commenting on your post, now you know why.  Now on to my two challenges.

 

The sketch this week from Mary Jo was a little different, but I have learned to like different and was pleased with the outcome of my card.  And the design team has really done a great job with it, so you will have to stop by her blog and check them all out.  Again, I  combined it with this weeks challenge at Late Night Stampers which is to Fall into "Fall."  I have been a little slack with fall this year and this is only about the second card I have made that works into the fall theme.  So here is my sample for this weeks challenges.

 

 

Can you tell I am getting use to the one layer cards.  Easy is the best way when you are as busy as I am, yet want to keep stamping every possible minute you can.

 

Here is a side view!

 

 

And yes I did the inside also!  Now it don't look as clean and simple.

 

 

And I even used the envelope die to make a liner for the envelope!

 

 

Now how great is that.

 

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to drop by the blogs and see all the other fall cards.

 

 

 

 



LNS Challenge 233 / Sketch 283 - Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Good Monday Morning and hope you all are ready for this weeks challenges.  I have two items today for you, one for each challenge.  Started to do 2 post and decided it could all go on one post and make it a little easier.  So first of all lets look at Mary Jo's sketch.  I know you are going to love it.

 

 

Now here is my sample for the sketch!

 

 

I used the washi tape from SU called Gingham Garden.  It just seemed to match perfectly with this paper.  The sentiment was suppose to be stamped directly on the designer paper, but I did not get good enough coverage on the stamp and had to put it on the white.  At least there was a way to cover up the mess and make the card work.  Here is the inside!

 

 

Love this stamp set!

 

And now for our LNS challenge this week.  We are making Halloween treat holders and I could not pass up using the Petite Purse Die and creating this cute pumpkin holder with it. 

 

 

 

I got the idea from "PINTEREST."  Love PINTEREST!!!!  And from that created this cute little purse that will hold all kinds of the mini candies.  I put M&M's in this one as you can see here.

 

 

By the way it is orange and don't know why my camera could not get it right today, but at least you get the just of what it looks like.

 

Here is one other view that shows you more of the top of the purse.

 

 

I made the stem by cutting a piece of the orange and rolling it.  Sliced some notches in the bottom and then pressed that up to give it a flat bottom that I could glue on the top of the purse.  I also swirled some tiny pieces of soft suede card stock to give it a little more dimension.

 

So now make sure you drop by Mary Jo's blog and play along plus check out the other DT Samples and play along with us this week at Late Night Stampers.  We have some pretty good samples for treat holders for Halloween.  I know you  are going to love them.

 

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful and blessed week!