Dueling Darling Jan. 2015

~*~  Hello wonderful Bloglanders Peeps :)
It's been like- 4ever - since I posted on my blog...
in fact this is my first post of the new year and what a great way to start it
with the FIRST duel between the Darlings! ♥ 
For those of you that may be new and perusing my blog, the following is copied from the
'creator' of this group : Kelly ♥  It explains in a simple clear way ,what the Darlings are all about :

 " The Dueling Darlings are a group of friends from SCS that swap cards and beyond and formed a new group called the Dueling Darlings! Divided into Group A and B, which wasn't a cool name so we are now the Divas and the Dazzlers, have a monthly rotating hostess kit that goes out to make cards! The Divas have one card kit to work with, while the Dazzlers have another! It's fun to see what we "duel" up in cardstock, papers and wonderful images! "

 This year things have changed and switched up a bit, 
as we all were assigned new partners recently.
Speaking of partners, this month is hosted by Debbie (for us Dazzlers) and Judy (for the Divas) 
Debbie sent us Dazzlers a wonderful kit full of crafty-yumminess.  
                               ♥ THANK YOU DEB! ♥

Debbie's card kit for DD included the following:
DP - American Crafts, Confetti - Banana Cream Brady and Peanut Butter Benny.
Images - Whippersnappers "Little Girl and Dotted Present" and
Stampin Up! "Birthday Whimsey" (cake)
Sentiment - A Muse "Itty Bitty Birthday"
mages and sentiment stamped in Memento Ink black and cocoa .  Button - SU!
Ribbons - SU! Rose, crushed curry, orange, bermuda bay



Thanks for stopping by and      checking our 'new year duel'!

    ♥ Blessings to all! ♥

let it SNOW!!!!! ♥



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     Hello Friendly Bloggers and Peeps!
Today is Calendar Girls reveal day and I am very excited to see what the gals created
this month , based on the theme I challenged them with....

It's all about *SNOW*!!! You see I don't like the snow.....nope, not at all....lol ....
                        *I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE the SNOW!!* :o)

I thought that we needed to cool down a bit from such high
temperatures that especially this month is known for....and here's what I proposed to
the rest of the very talented Calendar Girls:

For the usually HOT and HUMID month of AUGUST, I would rather do something to get cooled off ...but what?
mmmm..I got it! We could make some SNOWballs....or even SNOWangels in the middle of summer, but how? ♥

Here's what I suggest :
Your challenge for this month is to create something with anything that begins with the word SNOW.
However, here's the catch: Your card should NOT reflect Christmas at all...
...but rather just images AND sentiment ( s ) that start with *SNOW*.

Here's a list of compound words for you to chose from and get started with...(feel free to add your own)
Once you blog your card, please also make sure to add what was your word choice
that your card reflects, and also WHY you selected THAT particular word...
Thank You and happy stamping .....Have FUN 'chilling out' on a hot summer day....♥

Paola
aka Miss August ♥

SNOW words:
Snowman ; Snowberries ; Snowballs ; SnowWhite ; Snowplow ; Snowsuit ; Snowflakes ; Snowqueen ;
Snowmobile ; Snowshoes ; Snowcone ; Snowangels ; Snowfort ; Snowbird ; Snowgoose ; Snowfall.

Above  : a visual of the inside of my card....

Below : close up of the fun image...(too bad the glitter doesn't show too well here...)

 

 I chose this particular WS stamp because I NEEDED to ink it....FINALLY! lol
It was purchase months ago, amongst others precious to me WS, on an line FB craft link 
based in my area. Love the fact that not only had a mega killer deal, but in the process you
get to meet other wonderful crafty ladies.....A couple of them I became quite friends with
which it really works well for all of us and our (crafty) interests...lol ♥

My word of choice is SNOWSHOVEL...which,as you notice in my card, I had it  cut out  and
applied with dimentionals to obtain somewhat a 3D effect....
Over all my card reflects the following SNOW words: SNOWMAN, SNOW, SNOWFLAKES,
and SNOWCAPPED SIGN....

Thank YOU all for visiting , hopefully you like my August`s challenge interpretation!

♥

***BLESSINGS***

 

Card Deets :
Stamps: * Whipper Snapper LY829 'Bring it On'
*Merry and Bright (SU)
*Frosty White Border (Hero Arts) -inside sentiment
CS : Cherry Cobbler (SU)
DP : Eskimo Kisses (Basic Grey)
Accessories: Spellbinders: Label Eighteen and Snowflakes Pendants ;
buttons ; candy floss ;glitter ; sm snowflake punch ; tree punch ;
brads ; dimentionals
Colored with Copics

June's Unidentified Mystery revealed...

 WOW!!....
I am actually posting a card!!! ....a whole day past due...lol
My life is down to a crunch...last two weeks were even busier than usual and still cannot seem to see some 'breathin time' anytime soon, as we are in the last three days of the school year and exams next week!! whoaaahhhh....Can you say 'crazy time' ? *rollingmyeyes*

Anyhow....It is time to reveal the Unidentify Image swap for this month ,which I hosted.
I sent all the partecipants this adorable Whipper Snappper image and some sentiments too....
Who could resist such feathery chickee sad looking face???  *grin*

This is the inside of my card...very simple 
and right down to the point...

The deets are as follow:

Card stock  from SU
Stamp : Whipper Snapper ' Chicken Noodle soup'
(MZ 102)
Sentiments from PTI  'Comfort Food'
Designer Paper:' Neapolitan Bean Bisque' by Jillibean soup
Accessories: embossing folder by  Darice, nesties, grosgrain ribbon, dimentionals, punches,small googly eyes
Colored with Copics

Close up shot here at right ---->>

I am soooo happy how this card
turned out..not too busy and not too simple ...I was opting for something in between and ,imho, it looks like I achieved it! ♥ ;)

 Thank YOU for stopping bye...
I have way too many cards to upload still...but that shall wait  a few more days....once I'm off for the summer....yeahhh!!

Can't wait to start viewing EVERYONE elses chicks' cards!
Lucky me I'll get t to keep one of each too!! Every partecipant did such a fabulous job too ! ;o)


          ♥♥♥ Thanks for visiting!!Bless you all!!♥♥♥ 



Have a great night Ladies....this chickee here (aka me!) is totally off to bed....
                                                                zzzzzzzz...........♥

Rain, rain go away.....

Hello Blog~Land Friends,
it's another rainy, dreary gray day here in BC, perfect for showcasing my latest card...
I created it for my friend Jeanette's swap 'Rain in the Forest' where - in her own words - "...swappers are encourage to create cards that have something to do with
rain : umbrellas, puddles, flowers (that grow thanks to spring rains), raindrops, etc....
AS A LITTLE EXTRA SOMETHING… and since I love to use found/recycled items on cards, anyone who uses a recycled or found item on her cards AND TELLS ME ABOUT IT will get an extra card in her return envelope. The extra card will be made by me and will include a recycled/found item in its creation....."
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* BEFORE going any further, can you guess what I ended up recycling on my card? * :o)

Well, if I have to be honest I must admit that this card took 'life' on its own...

going to a direction totally opposite of what I had planned in my head...

(does that ever occur to YOU, my readers?) In my case it happens more often

than I care to admit....lol

Here for example, I didn't originally plan to make this card into a tent-topper one,

yet the size of this cute image turned out to be just right for that....I think....;o)

Here's a close up of this sweet immie by Whipper Snapper called 'Spring Angel'.

I wanted to give it some texture and decided to use a brush dipped in crystal effect

to apply on the umbrella...I love the uneven textured 'wet' look to it.

If you still didn't figure out what I used as part of my recycled items here's the reveal :

used yellow tape from ATG gun, and red netting from some plump tomatoes...

What do YOU think?  Did these items served their re-purpose well?  *wink*

  Lastly...a group photo of cutie-patooties Spring Angels...

say *cheeseeee* pleezzzzz.... ♥

I hope the receiving peeps in the Forest's swap like them as much as I do....

Thanks for stopping by.....I'd love to hear what you think....

♥ Blessings To All ♥

Card Deets:

Stamp: Whipper Snapper 'Spring Angel' LY812

C/S: Ballet Blue (SU)

D/P: 'SU' and 'Me and My Big Idea'

Ink: Versafine Onix Black , assorted SU markers

Accessories: Big Scalloped Square nestie, corner punch,

scalloped border punch, gold stickles, crystal effect, glitter, red half pearls by Kaiser.

Re-purposed items: red netting & used yellow ATG tape

♥ Snowman ♥

Hello peeps....

do you like snowmen?? I sure do!

My friend Vivian (SCS: blusky) hosted a snowman's swap

recently and that gave me the perfect opportunity to ink

one of my latest Whipper Snapper rubbah's friends...

Isn't he just adorable ? ♥

His name is ' Frappe the Snowman' (WS:CY766)

Even its name sounds cute eh! :o)

UH OH!...I just re-read the swap's page and realized that I was supposed to add a funny sentiment too....yikes! Oh well...these cards are already postal...I sure hope Viv and the other recipients likes them regardless...♥

Thanks for stopping by my friends

♥ Hugs & Blessings to you all ♥

Deets:

c/s Pear Pizzaz (SU)

ink: Night of Navy

d/p: Basic Grey

Accessories: glitzy large snowflake, bling, MS punch, stickles.

Colored with pastels and markers

Cheese pleezzz!

Here another set of  tent topper's swap cards created for my stamping  friend Barb's Whipper Snapper & PB swap.

This lil critter won me over a couple wks ago and ,along with some other cute lil fellows, is now part of my Whipper Snapper stamps' collection. :o)

This cute mouse was colored using chalk and embellished with a lil pompon for his hat and yellow stickles was used to bling up the tree top. Crystal Effect was used for mousey's nose.

 The sentiment below is from Whipper Snapper Design cling mount stamps (illustrated by A. Wright)  Set name: 'Celebrate Nature'.

I drew an oval with Old Olive marker, using an oval nestie as a

template.        Clean.   Simple.   Effective.

Card Deets:                                              Stamp:'Swiss Cheese Tree' by WS ; 'Celebrate Nature'cling set by WS
Card stock: Cherry Cobbler by SU ;           Designer Paper: 'Holiday Avenue'                          by My Mind's Eyes  & 'Eskimo Kisses'                   by Basic Grey.                                                           Accessories: punched out trim, pom poms, red bling, pewter snowflake brad , hairspray  (to set the chalk)
                                                   Tecniques:                                                      Sponging, Coloring using chalks (from SU)      

THAT's IT FOLKS!! :o)

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT AND PLEASE DO LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS , and  or CRITIQUE....I LOVE READING ALL OF YOUR OPINIONS!! :o)

November Mystery Solved...

Hello Friends,

November 18 means it's time to reveal the mystery image challenge and here it is: a winter card showing off PRESCOTT ,one of the adorable snowman from Whipper Snapper Design, wonderfully provided to all of us partecipants by our 'Mystery' hostess Barb.

I {HEART} Whipper Snapper stamps! Their images are soooo adorable,hard not to fall in luv with any one of them :o)

I never made a tent topper card before (at least I believe that's what's it called) so I decided to finally give it a try and this is the result. I colored the cute image with a combination of SU chalks and SU markers then sprayed it w/ hair spray. I also sponged the square nestie with SU Soft Sky. Card stock used is Bazzil - dual combo of blues and the D/P used is from My Mind Eyes Winter Glitter Collection. Added some punched out snowflakes, some Bella baubles and ribbon from Michael's. The fake snow applied on Prescott was from Arleene and glitter from SU completed the ensamble.

Barb also requested  that we add a sentiment,

 on the inside of our card that would reveal  how we are interpreting the image she sent us.

 For this purpose I used a combo of two separate sentiments to make one of my own.

I also used oval nesties, and another punched out  snowflake from the designer paper to finished up the inside. Hope you like the result as much as I do :o)

THANKS FOR VISITING AND BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL!!!!

By the way....it is **SNOWING** in my Valley!!!!! woooottttttt!!.....

How appropriate to showcase this card today!!! lol

*Also:this is my second posting tonight...wanna see what else I posted? Check previous card ...*wink & smile*

Center Step Card

Lots of cut out cute lil feathery friends ready to be 'planted' solidly on a card :o)

Made these Center Step Cards for Barb's Fancy Folds swap and I must admit that I absolutly LOVE this fold...so much in fact that I made several cards after these, using the same fun idea :o) For these cards I used a sweet Whipper Snapper image called 'Farmer & Adelle' WS # MT 017. I find this particular stamp to be quite versatile as you can see (below) on a second card made for a friend's birthday where I cut out 'Farmer' completely and left 'Adelle' holding some balloons :o)

.....and here is chickee 'Adelle'...all by herself....LOL...she still looks quite ravishing though and so pretty in blue and razzleberry colors :o) For this card I added some heart nesties to its sides,the balloons to give it more of a 3-D look and some strings too...I also lacquered it by using Crystal effect on the image (as I did on the anniversary card too) and accessorized it with many lil bows and blings for a customized feminine look to it :o) I so liked the designer paper used here...it is from a Christmas glitter collection but it does'nt look christmasy at all, hence I chose it.

This last one I made it for my student's Parents recent 20th Wedding Anniversary. I added a lil glittery heart to the top and some blings throughout the sides of the card and by the front sentiment too. The word 'Cherish' was made glittery too...it is just too bad that this pict. it doesn't show it much here...but irl it is truly quite nice :o) Inside, the sentiment aptly says: "Forever and Always"......... I am so glad that Brenda and Steve liked it! :o) Thank you all for stopping by and visit!! Hope you like this fold too and that you may will to try it sometimes :o)

GOD BLESS TO EACH AD EVERYONE!!

Paola

*DIAMOND FOLD*

HELLO FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS....

I had no computer for a few days so I am a bit late with the below statement:

begore going to show you today's card I have an announcment...WOOTT WOOTTTT...

My hubby just picked a WINNER from :

http://paola-sama.blogspot.com/2011_07_01_archive.html

The International Inkers's Card Kit winner for the month of August is:

*APRIL*

On July 29th, this is what she wrote: "I love your card....and the kit you sent is fabulous! Lots of fun to play with, I am sure!
I would love to travel to Ireland to try to find records of my husband's great grandfather. From there, I would love to see Spain and France. There are so many closer places that I would love to see also....I'd love to come visit your moose and bears! "

CONGRATULATIONS APRIL!!!!! Please get in touch with me and I will send you, your travel card kit sooner than soon! :o)

Thank YOU to ALL who partecipated!! :o)

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This is my first diamond fold shaped card I evah made....woottt....

I sent six of these cute turles' for Barb's Fancy Folds swap recently.

I must thank Barb for her encouraging swaps for making me try s'thing new....

Must admit that a LOT of scoring was needed to make this card but sure was fun too

now that I have my own Scoring Pal...woot woottt.....(and what  abargain at only THREE dollars...yeahh meee I think I scored a big one...ehehhe :o)

Card Deets:

Stamp: Whipper Snapper 'Brianna' NY860

Card Stock:Bazzill & Designer Paper by K & Company 'Urban'

Ink: Memento black

Medium:colored chalks

Accessories: green gems, doilies,crystal effect,nesties,MS punch, SU punch

*heart & flowers* wheel was used on the outside of each handmade envelopes sent with the cards.

  THANKS SO MUCH FOR VISITING~~~~Hugs & Smiles~~~~~:o)

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