January 2013: First Duel of the New Year!

Hello Everyone....
it's been SOOOO long since I was able to post!!!
(and, even as I write this. I am not that sure that I'll be succesful ...my fingers are double crossed!...)
**Note: this post sat as a 'draft' until today...**

I am starting off the year with a duel...yup...the DARLINGS monthly duel :o)
This month, our DAZZLER's darling hostess is Terry aka my sweet WPS.
She sent us a wonderful kit accompanied by a great ,fun, reading theme that
she and LJ (the DIVA's hostess) came up with!! Love, love, love it!!♥
Both hostesses asked both teams who our favorite author is,
or what our favorite book is and why...

The kit from Terry included the following items:
Image: MFT Who's That Girl - "Well Read"
Paper - Basic Grey DP "Study Hall" - I only had one sheet, I never buy just one sheet of any paper, but I only had one sheet to split for everyone, DCWV brown solid, Fancy Pants DP "Frigid"
Accessories: CTMH Baker's Twine - Neutral Assortment brown, Buttons - Dress It Up - Lone Stars, Nailheads Metal stickers - Mark Richards from Hobby Lobby, Ribbon - brown from my stash

*** All I added was Old Olive c/s for my base card and some vanilla c/s.
Tecnique: sponging and fussy cutting. ***

 

      
My favorite books
are the ones that keep you turning page after page like a frenzy...lol...
I love reading about good murder investigation to mysteries//mafia to lawyers// medical examiner to romance...etc... I like pretty much everything that can keep me totally absorbed . Currently, I am reading Patricia Cornwell (Dr/Scarpetta's series) and John Sandford (Eyes of Prey)...A third book is kept in my DH truck (reading time for me for when we go places) titled  'Persuaders' by Lee Child

I loveeeee readinggggg, anytime, anyplace at any hour...just like the girl in the image above, I can bury my head in a book and surface only if necessary!...lol!♥

   ♥   Thanks for stopping by....

Another Mystery Revealed

Hello Blogland's Friends

Today I am posting a card made for the Mystery Image Challenge round 9.

The creator of this fun swap is noneother than Jeanette aka Forest Ranger on SCS.

This swap consists of receiving mystery images from each partecipating hostesses and we (the receivers) must keep such images a secret until revealing day, which is always on the 18th of every other month.

Linda (gimmeahaller) is our hostess for this round, and she sent us fabby images from MFT-WTG Get’s Cozy with Cocoa as well as the perfect circled d/p I used here on my card.
Thanks Linda ♥

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I was quite upset at myself for trying to do something different and ending ruining the

coloring part of my immies...didn't realize that the lil stamp flower on the sweater would cause such a problem once colored around w/chalks and hair spray was applied to set it. Well...everything smeared and I was in  a panic! :o(

I even offered to graciously bow out of such fun swap, but my friendly peeps wanted no part of it...I hope they are ok receiving something I am not 100% happy with even with the fixing I tried to do.....mmm, well........I'm trying to convince myself that it adds some 'character'  :/

My Added Details:
Stamps: Fresh Cuts (SU); Baby's Cold Outside (MFT sentiment)
Ink: chocolate chips, summer sun ,certainly celery markers
Others: SU Chalking Pastels
C/S: Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chips, Real Red
Accessories: red pebbles, crystal effect, stickles, hair spray, dimentionals, Circle nesties, Blossom nestie

THANKS FOR VISITING!!!

Hopefully I'll do better next post....LOL

♥ HAVE A GREAT DAY YA ALL ♥

Balloons & Cupcakes :o)

Hello Friends,
today I have two cards for your viewing....and both were created for Laura Jean ( SCS:LJ) recently ended swap. LJ's card swap was specifically intended for lovers of Amuse, MFT, and Elzybells stamping companies.
Unfortunatly I have no Amuse stamps at all amongst my craftingsupplies, but 2 out of 3 is not considered that bad, right?? *wink & smile*

Here's my first card, introducing my first evah inked Elzybells 'Up and Away' :

*Click on any picture if you wish to enlarge*



Card Deets:

CS-cherry cobbler,soft sky,so saffron.
DP-'Lovely' by K&Co.
Accessories:
corner punch,stickles,
brads,puffy pink heart,
paper flower made from assorted circles punches, hairspray,Memento black.

Colors/tecnique:
deluxe chalks




My second card made for this swap is from MFT 'Cupcake Flopsy'. This too is my first time inking an MFT flopsy stamp, even though I had it for quite sometimes, as well as some others of MFT 'floppy brothers'..LOL
I chose to give this card more of a 3D look by cutting out each lil cupcake and making my own  'lemon colored icing-blend' to add extra dimention ,and sprinkled each of them with  a wee bit of glitter for that extra sparkly touch...

CARD DEETS 

All CS is from SU! - DP from Provo 'Posies Glitter Prints'- SU! punches- double stitched grosgrain ribbon 'Bashful Blue' 1" width - dimentionals - Inverted scalloped circles nesties - yellow glitter, sky blue glitter-

large yellow brads - hair spray - Pearlescent chalking set,DEluxe chalks - Aleenes' true snow -

Bashful Blue ink  for sponging, Memento black -

Hope you visually enjoyed my latest fun paper creations! :o)

Come back again soon to check what else I may have in store....*wink*

Blessings to all, as always!

Paola