Let's PARTY!

Fiesta means "party" and what a party it'll be with this little dude in attendance! Not real sure I'd want to join in on that one - he's got that look that almost says "party-OR ELSE"! He IS a cutie though and he's a Bonibleaux Design that you can find in the Dude Time Doodles STORE! Drop by today and see Tiny Tequilla and all the rest of Boni's cute images.

Dude Time Doodles is sponsoring the challenge over at the Midnight Madness sketch challenge (MMSC91) beginning today. Be sure and head over there and post your entry.

Thanks for stopping by.............and stayed tuned as I'll have another "dude" for you tomorrow!

Lynn

Not a Valentine Card

Happy Valentine's Day and I hope everyone has a great day!

This is a CAS sympathy card I made just to have "on hand". We never know when we'll need this type of card. The sketch I used is an older one from Clean and Simple Stamping. I used some Pretty in Pink card stock and I don't care what I do, I can never get that to photograph good. It always looks a little "washed out" or something...never can get that true color - and it's such a pretty color. Oh well......The bird was made using a SU punch and after punching the wing I embossed it with the Swirls embossing folder (and no, I've never seen a blue bird with pink wings - but it looked good on the card)!

This is a short post today - but stayed tuned - because I have another card to post tomorrow and another one on Wednesday!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by...........

Lynn

A Single Heart

Well, this is the "last of the litter"! I finally remembered that this coming Monday is Valentine's Day so I got all my cards mailed out today - except for this one. I'll be giving this to my husband for the "big day".

The square images were made with an old SU set called Mostly Flowers (thanks Kristin!) and the heart with a set from CTMH called Soul Mates. I looked up the Mostly Flowers set in SCS under the gallery and saw several that I guess this could be a CASE of - but none that I saw had the heart in the center. I used some Cherry Cobbler, White, and Black card stock. The squares were stamped with Archival Black from CTMH and the heart with Cherry Cobbler. I also heat embossed the heart using Iridescent Ice. The ribbon is some that I had in my stash and really matches that Cherry Cobbler.

This will be for the following challenges; Creative Inspirations Paint - inspired by hearts, and for Stampin Royalty - hearts, and last but not least - The Paper Players - love is in the air!

Thanks for stopping by...............

Lynn

The Tank

In this part of Texas, if it's smaller than a lake and a little larger than a pond, we call it a "tank"! I know this sounds funny but it works.....We own a piece of land a couple of hours from here that has a tank with a cabin sitting beside it just about like this. The cabin is not as large as this house, but when I saw this image from Starry Nights Studio Digi Shop, it reminded me of our place and all the peaceful and fun times we have there. And yes, alot of good fishing!



I colored this image with Prisma pencils. I'd like to think I'm getting a little better anyway. I had in mind to make the card look like a picture in a frame and if you stand WAY back it really looks like that. Next time I'll put it together a little different without the little strips of Creamy Camamel paper and cut the Cherry Cobbler panels instead so the caramel shows through. I'm still in the "learning process" of this craft! I used the Square Lattice embossing folder on the Cherry Cobbler and the sentiment is from Warm Words (SU).



Be sure and stop by Alissa's shop and see all the wonderful images she has to offer.

Oh, and before I forget! BE SURE and hop over to Dude Time Doodles - there's a FREEBIE and a challenge there that will have you jumping for joy!

Thanks for stopping by............



Lynn

Beary Much Love

This cute little image called Girl Bear is from Digi Doodle Shop. Isn't she adorable? Wouldn't you just LOVE to have it........well, come on over to the Stamps R Us Challenge blog and win and she could be yours! The winner will receive a $10.00 gift card to Digi Doodle Shop!!! Plus, the top three will receive a badge for their blog! The challenge runs for two weeks, beginning today, and the theme is LOVE. Since Valentine's Day is right around the corner, a card with the theme of love should be easy to come by. Come join in the fun today at Stamps R Us Challenges. We also have a couple of new Design Team members and you'll love their creations - so come on over!

Now, back to this cute little bear.....I used some Real Red, Pixie Pink, White and some Valentine paper I had in my stash. I colored her with prismas (still practicing...)and the punch is from MS. I also used the Swiss Dots embossing folder and the bow was tied with the help of my Bow-Easy.

This is for several challenges.....I actually never enter more than like three challenges at a time, but I found five that I thought I'd try this time: Card Making Mamas ( this one is for a Valentine card), Digis With Attitude Challenge (using the colors pink and white or red and white - I actually used white with pink and red), Off the Wall Craftiness (using the colors pink, red, and white), Crafty Sentiments (use a bear), and Digi Doodle Shop (Valentine).

Thanks for stopping by..........and be sure and check out Stamps R Us Challenges today.

Lynn

Heart Flowers

When my mojo seems to just disappear - as it often does....I try to either do a sketch challenge or CASE a card. In this case I CASEd a card that I saw on The Queen's Scene by Lynn. I used a different image and paper but it's basically the same. I picked up this little image by Craftsmart in the $1.00 bin at Michaels - gotta love those $1.00 stamps! The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU). Throw is a little red, pink, white, DP, a couple of punches, nesties and ribbon - and it's completed! A very quick card but I like how it turned out and it'll make a cute card for Valentine's Day. No bling added - which means no extra postage when mailing!!!

Thanks for stopping by.......and have a nice weekend......

Lynn

DTD Sketch Challenge

Dude Time Doodles is having their Sketch Challenge starting today - so come on over and join in on the fun. There are a few simple rules you need to follow on this challenge. You have one week to flip the sketch, twist the sketch, work the sketch, and submit the sketch! You're not required to use one of Bonibleaux's digis, but of course, if you do, it puts a smile on our face. It MUST be a masculine themed card and then use the InLinkz to submit your creation! So be sure and enter your creation at Dude Time Doodles using this wonderful sketch!

This little guy is called Penalty Pat ( found in Boni's STORE) - and he's jumping right out of that brand new 55 inch HDTV that was just purchased for Super Bowl Sunday!! I always feel so sorry for the refs in a football game - if they make a good call for your team, they're the "good guys"....but if they make a good call for the other team, they're the "bad guys". Kinda a no-win situation if you ask me - but somebody has gotta do it I guess.

I colored Pat with some SU markers and used Real Red, Black, White, and Daffodil Delight card stock, and some patterned paper from my stash. I cut him out and popped him up on dimensionals. The little football (also another image from Boni that you can find in the STORE) was also cut out and "popped up". The sentiment was just simply cut out of a magazine that was advertising the Super Bowl!

So, who are you going to yell for this Sunday? Steelers or Green Bay? Since none of the teams from Texas are playing in the Super Bowl this year, I'll probably just have to decide who has the cutest quarterback and yell for that team!!!!

Thanks for stopping by.........and BE SURE and enter your creation over at Dude Time Doodles for the sketch challenge. There will be TWO winners for some fantastic prizes!!!

Lynn