Bouquet for Mother's Day

This is a bouquet of flowers for all the mothers out there! I know it's a bit early for Mother's Day but I wanted to wish each and every one of you a beautiful day.

This image was printed out - then printed out again - and then again! I first colored it in the yellow/orange with my Copics. Ok, it looked pretty good. Then I colored one in the light pink with my Prismacolor pencils. Hey, it looks pretty good too. Now, let's try the Copics again - so I colored the darker pink one! WOW! They ALL looked pretty good. But I only needed one card! So I decided to use all three for the bouquet! I "popped" up each flower a little higher using dimensionals to give it some depth. The flower image was a free digital from

Jessica Lynn Original that you can find here. This is only the 2nd time I've used my Copics and the image was so nice to practice my coloring on. The sentiment is from Tenny Tiny Wishes by SU. I used White and Pixie Pink card stock. The DP is from some I had in my stash. I also added a tiny bit of glitter to some of the petals to give it some oomph!

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Lynn

Sending Fuzzies

Now I don't normally post two projects in one day - however, I saw this sketch at Clean and Simple Stamping and was so surprised! I had made a card with this layout last night - before they ever posted the sketch!! Strange. I'm posting it tonight though because if I don't start cleaning this house soon (like tomorrow), the dust is going to cause the floor and furniture to cave in!!

I had recently seen a card on SCS using this little worm and saying and just thought it was so cute. I don't remember anything about the layout that was used. I used Real Red and White cardstock and some unknown DP that I had in my stash. The worm is from Bugs and Kisses (SU) and the sentiment is from Everyday Sayings (Hero Arts). I stamped the worm and then stamped it again, cut it out, and popped it up on dimensionals.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Keep me in your thoughts as I'm having to clean house!!

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Lynn

Yorkie Box

Ok, this is the poor man's version of the Ghiradelli box - it's called the Yorkie Box! I love Ghiradelli chocolate and even buy it on occasion, but if you can't afford it then you go to the next best thing - that's York Mints. Yum, Yum! I dearly love those little things. I keep telling myself they are fat-free!!

I found the pattern for this little box at Tracy's Craft Room. She had added some large flowers to her boxes and they were so cute. I decided to go with the Oval All stamp set from SU and the oval punches. I used Chocolate Chip and Love you Much DP. I added some little rhinestones in the corners on the top because the person that will receive this loves the bling.

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Lynn

Autumn Days

No, it's not autumn yet! But, I just got this new Autumn Days set from SU and could not wait to try it out. Also, a blog group I'm in (Eyelets, Ribbon, Paper...Oh, My!), was having a challenge this week and we had to use ribbon as our inspiration for the card. Well, HELLO.....Look at this gorgeous ribbon! I'm just a little crazy for plaid and when I saw this ribbon at Wal-Mart, I went wild - I bought several rolls of it! (I noticed this week, they have more in.....YES!) The colors just scream "Fall" and this stamp set is a perfect match for it.

I used Old Olive, So Saffron, Very Vanilla, and Chocolate Chip paper. I inked up the pheasant with Chocolate Chip and colored him with markers. The "wheat" in the background was stamped in So Saffron. I did a little masking, sponging, and paper piercing on this card.

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Lynn

In Real Life

Do you ever make one of those cards that you get through with and think it's just WONDERFUL, FANTASTIC, and GORGEOUS??? I mean, you get everything just RIGHT with this card - it's centered right, no smudges, and is just perfect in every way! And then you spend 20 or 30 minutes getting "just the right picture" of it.....then look at that picture and go UGH!!!!! So you go back and spend another 20 or 30 minutes re-taking the picture of that wonderful card - and when you look at it, it still looks AWFUL!!! Well..........this is one of those cards. It really looks SO MUCH better in real life.

This is for a new CAS challenge (in fact this is their FIRST challenge) - it's called CAS-tastic.

"Anything goes" for this one and I wanted to do a Father's Day card that is coming up soon - hence, this card. I used the Noble Deer image from SU and it was stamped in Close to Cocoa. The paper I used was Close to Cocoa and Very Vanilla. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and was "framed" using the Word Window and the Modern Label punches. I did some sponging around the image and then "popped" it up on dimensionals. This was very quick and easy and REALLY does look better in real life!!!

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Lynn

Chilling Out

This sketch was found at PPA38 and what a fun sketch it is! I like the clean and simple look of it too. A fun card to make - especially with summer almost here!

This little guy is part of the Wild About You set from SU and I have never used him until now. I've used all the rest of the images several times, but never this one. He was stamped with Archival Black from CTMH. This gives a really black image and I like to use it for a lot of things. The paper is Real Red, Black, and White. The sentiment was computer generated. I used the Swiss Dots embossing folder, dimensionals, the Scallop Square nesties, Word Window Punch, and of course, the Bow-Easy.

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Lynn

Let's Party!

When I saw this free digital image from Bugaboo, I just could not quit laughing! I actually know a lady that looks exactly like this. I'm serious! I mean she has the same hair style, glasses, and everything......even dresses a little funky at times! So I guess this is in her honor.........

I used Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, White, and Tea Party DP. The sentiment is from Lots of Thoughts (SU) and was stamped with Pretty in Pink. The layout is a sketch from Sweet Stop Sketches #51.

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Lynn