Spring Has Sprung!!

Spring has sprung - with a vengeance! The butterflies are flitting about, the hummingbirds are coming to the feeders, the grass is getting a little greener - AND - the oak trees are blooming and spreading pollen everywhere and my allergies are about to kill me!!! We have this huge oak tree that is about 40 foot high right outside our home and when it starts putting on new leaves the pollen is just unreal. All I've wanted to do is stay in bed with the covers over my head. Hopefully this will only last about another week or so. I haven't felt like stamping for sure. This is a card I had done a week or two ago. I somewhat CASEd it from one I saw on Michelle's blog (here). I did not add a sentiment as I think it could be used for several different occasions.

I used Rose Red, White, and Basic Grey DP - along with a couple of oval punches, Swirls embossing folder, some pearls, ribbon, and the Beautiful Wings die from SU.

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Lynn

Loving the Vintage Vogue

Well, I'm back from visiting the grandchildren. It's a seven hour trip - with nothing between here and there - and is just grueling! But it was worth it since I got to see everyone. Now that I'm back, I'm hoping to get a little stamping done.

Yes, I'm LOVING the Vintage Vogue set from SU (the images used on this card). What a wonderful stamp set. I used Not Quite Navy, Blue Bayou, So Saffron, Vanilla, and Not Quite Navy DP. Ink used was Not Quite Navy and Sunflower (CTMH). For accessories, I used So Saffron ribbon, dimensionals, pearls, markers, clear embossing powder, and Swiss Dots embossing folder. I used the "masking" technique on the vines and the letter "F". I'm not sure where the layout came from but I like it alot.

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Lynn

Back in My Comfort Zone

Now, this one is more ME! I enjoyed making the last card (giraffe) and all the distressing, etc., but this is just more my speed. Hopefully it's not boring!

I actually CASEd this from the current Stampin Up catalog. When I saw the card, I was "sold" on the stamp set (Three Little Words)! I just like the clean look of it.

I used Chocolate Chip, Pixie Pink, White, and Good Neighbor DP (very small pink stripe). The ink I used was Pixie Pink and Chocolate Chip. I stamped the "T" in Pixie Pink and then stamped it again, cut it out, and popped it up on dimensionals. The ribbon is some I picked up at Michaels.

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Lynn

Out of Africa

I know, I know, it's that same giraffe again.......but there is a reason for this image today. The mother of a friend of mine used to be a world traveler and everywhere she went she brought back material, beads, buttons, etc. She was a wonderful seamstress and used the buttons and beads to go on vests and that type of thing. She made fabulous creations. She's older now and unable to do this anymore and so my friend gave me a small box of some of the buttons and beads. The "mask" is one of them. Is that not just the most wonderful embellishment you've ever seen!SO, I just had to make another giraffe card - that, plus, I found this small scrap of DP that went perfect with it.

This will be linked to the StampsRUs challenge blog - due to the distressing. Hop over to that blog and check it out. You have an entire month to submit your entry.

I'm not real sure where she got this "mask" from but thought it fit on the card. I got the entire card completed and was getting ready to take a picture and thought - no, I need to sponge some around the giraffe. So I stamped another image, cut it out, placed it on top of the original image, grabbed the ink pad and WHAM! WRONG COLOR! Yikes.....Anyway, I went ahead and sponged it all and then decided I kinda liked it. Oh, well.......It's a little different.

I used Very Vanilla, Brown Bag (CTMH), Chocolate Chip and More Mustard card stock. The image is from In the Wild by CTMH. I used More Mustard and Brown Bag ink - oh, and the mistake of the Autumn Terracotta! Accessories are twine, jute twine, dimensionals, and of course, the mask. All was distressed.

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Lynn

Hoppy Birthday

This is for the Clean and Simple Sketch 82. It was a very quick card to do - and I was so impressed with myself - I didn't mess up on it a single time!!! YES!

Cardstock I used was Wild Wasabi, Tangerine Tango, and White. I used Momento Tuxedo Black ink. The image is from Penny Black, Toadily and the sentiment from SU, Unfrogetable. I colored the little frog and flower with Prismacolor Pencils and topped it off with a MS punch and CTMH orange gingham ribbon.

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Lynn

Easter Treats

These are a few of the Easter treats that I made for the grandchildren this year. I don't have a milk carton die, but found a tutorial under the Resources page on SCS and used that. I did have to "tweek" it just a little to get it like I wanted it though. The "window" on the pink one where you see the Jelly Beans was done using some recycled clear "stuff" that one of the embossing folders came in.

As you can see, several different colors of cardstock and DP was used. The duck and rabbit stamp were some I picked up in the $1.00 bin at Michaels by Craft Smart. The little chick is Stampabilities. I also used various markers and Prismacolor pencils to color the images - as well as using various punches. The clips up at the top are badge clips. I just cut off the plastic part that's attached to them.

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Lynn

How About Some MoJo (129)

I don't think I've ever done more than maybe one of the MoJo Monday Challenges - but today decided to play along. I just received my new Vintage Vogue set yesterday!! When I first saw this set I really didn't think I'd be purchasing it......it just did not scream "Lynn"! However, after seeing so many pretty cards with it, decided to go ahead and get it. I'm SO glad I did....it's just gorgeous and I've already made three cards using it! Other than to seldom do the MoJo Monday, I also never make a green card or do "masking". But, today, we have green and "masking"!

As I said, the stamp set used is Vintage Vogue - and I also used the Vintage Vogue wheel. Cardstock used was Handsome Hunter, Certainly Celery, White, So Saffron, and Basic Gray DP Porcelain collection. I used ink from CTMH-Ponderoso Pine and Sunflower. I clear embossed the flowers and then added the pearls. The "masking" was done with SU markers for the "greenery" around the F. The bow was done using my trusty Bow Easy.

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Lynn