LFF #87 - Sweet Friend

Good morning!

It's been a while since I shared something for Lilo's Fun Friday so today I wanted to share the card I made for my Secret Sister Swap partner.  I haven't mailed it to her yet, so I won't reveal who it is, but I don't think it will hurt any if I share the card.  Here's LFF #87 featuring Ayako from Sister Stamps.

I pulled some reds, whites and that beautiful washi paper my cousin Shar GD sent to me back in March.  Most of this card was put together using MFT dienamics dies, except for the embossing folder on the banner, Ayako, the washi paper and the card stock.  I followed this sketch from MFT for a quick and fun layout:

I have been wanting to use that "Friend" Dienamics die for quite some time and so happy to have found this cool sketch to incorporate it in.  The rest of the Dienamics used include:  Blueprints 6, Blueprints 13, Botanical Beauty, Mini tabs foursome, Tropical Sensations sentiments and the Friends like us stamp set.  The embossing folder is called Oriental Sunshade.  I really enjoyed putting this one together, especially pulling out Ayako and adding her here with pink hair!  She's sweet!

Mahalo for stopping by to see what I've been doing the past couple of days.  It's been fun sharing again and getting to visit some of my favorites blogs.  Until next time, have a wonderful weekend and Happy Aloha Friday!  Happy crafting!

Lilo

Happy Birthday Super Star

Hello!

Popping in to share a card I made for my BIL's birthday...

I used the current sketch at MFT for the layout as well as the white frame die, banner and sentiment stamps (DC-First Place Sentiments).  Added some faux stitching with a white gel pen here and there to complete this CAS card.

Entering this in to the Sketchy challenge at the MFT blog.  Thanks for stopping by!

~Leanne

Y&FH Challenge #30 Team Fumi Reminder

Good afternoon everyone!

Sorry I'm late with this post. Today over at the Yumi & Fumi Handmade blog, Team Fumi is sharing their inspirations for our current challenge:

Challenge #30

Sketch #5

So far we only have 1 entry to the challenge, hopefully some of you just need some inspiration to get the juices flowing.  There is tons of it on the blog.  Team Yumi's inspirations were adorable last week and this week Team Fumi has done another awesome job of using this sketch to create.  Make sure to head on over to each of their blogs and leave them some love... Click here to get started...  And don't forget you have until Friday to link up.

Here's my take on my own somewhat crude sketch (lol)... Another pocket-tag featuring Fumi Panda:

The pretty dp is from MME The Station 6x6 paper pad.  Kraft cardstock is Recollections and the white is Neenah.  Flowers are from Petaloo and the bling is from Recollections.  The hearts are punched out with two different sized heart punches and I hand wrote the sentiment.  Oh and that little piece of pretty ribbon on the bottom is from Daiso.  Here's the tag which I kept CAS, will write my message on the back of the tag when I decide to send it out...

Colored Fumi Panda with a minimal amount of Copics (E000, E00, E21, E20, N10, E44, E49, E42) and paper pieced part of her suit.  Here's the hidden message in the pocket...

Nope it's not too fancy at all.  hahaha...  Hand wrote that one too.  I couldn't find the right sayin' to add in the window so this is what I ended up with.  hahaha!  I know, I know...  Alrighty, don't forget you have until Friday, Jan 31st to link up.  Your absolutely last chance to link up.

 

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!  Mahalo for stopping by!
Hugs,
Leanne

Y&FH Challenge #11

Happy Sunday everyone!!

We have a new challenge up on the Yumi and Fumi Handmade blog today.  It's a wonderful sketch created by Kim Yu. 

Pretty yea?!  Love all the different elements going on here and all the different ideas that go through my head.  Make sure to stop by Rosemary's blog today as she's also sharing her project using the sketch.  Here's what I came up with...

Definitely opposite of the sketch but all the elements are there.  This is Chasezilla from the Kigurumi Kids series.  He's so cute and pretty versatile.  I chose the papers, from My Minds Eye and then colored him up to match.  The sentiment was handwritten and I had a lot of fun creating the star badge.  Used Spellbinders, a circle & star punches.  Instead of real stitching I created fake stitching with a blue pen.  Want to see the prize package we've come up with for the winner?

Pretty nice yea?  Our resident bunny thinks so.  hehehe...   Feel free to share the badge on your blog with a link back to the Yumi & Fumi Handmade challenge post so everyone knows you're playing with us and maybe they'll follow you too.  The challenge ends on Friday, March 15th at noon pst.

Alrighty friends, hope to see you playing with us and if you'd like to visit us on Facebook or Pinterest head on over to the Yumi & Fumi Handmade blog where you will find links to both of our pages.  Before I sign off, have you been by the Designed to Color blog this weekend?  They are celebrating their 1 year anniversary with an awesome celebration.  Their first crafty challenge is being sponsored by Yumi & Fumi Handmade, so please check it out to get all the details on how you can possibly win 4 stamps of your choice.  There are also other amazing prizes being given away by other Crafty/Stamp companies that you don't want to miss.  Click HERE to head on over.

Mahalo for stopping by!  I hope to see you all playing along and spreading some Yumi & Fumi love. 
Hugs,
Leanne

Gigi

Hello!
Yes, this is my second post today.  It's been so long since I've done that, but I wanted to get this card in to a challenge over at The Greeting Farm. 

This card was fun to make!  If you've never seen this cutie from The Greeting Farm it's because she's actually two stamps in one.  I did a little body swap with Wild Sprout Ruby & Wild Sprout Gigi (retired).  This layout is the current Double Take Tuesday sketch challenge at The Greeting Farm.  Have been wanting to use these gorgeous papers from the Country Boutique by Fancy Pants.  The colors are soft and pretty and along with the kraft cardstock sorta shabby chic.  The pretty crochet trim is from The Ribbon Carousel and the flower and brad are from my stash.  I hand wrote the simple "Hello!" sentiment to finish it off.

Hope you're enjoying your Monday.  It's President's Day for those of us in the USA so lots of people have it off, including me.  It's also Family Day in Canada so to my friends there, hope you are enjoying it.  On a sad note, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, Dr. Jerry Buss passed away today.  He was an amazing owner and loved the people of Los Angeles.  He will truly be missed by all the Laker fans, but lives on in the hearts of us all.  R.I.P. Dr. Buss, enjoy the best seat in the house!

Enjoy the rest of your day my friends and thanks again for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Leanne

Happy Birthday Joanna!

Happy Thursday everyone!!

Today over at the Lollipop Crafts blog we are celebrating Joanna's birthday!!  Joanna, wishing you a blessed birthday, with lots of hugs, kisses, fun and fond memories!  Happy Birthday!!  In honor of her birthday I'm sharing this birthday card I made using Anya Treats from The Greeting Farm.

 I used Kim Yu's sketch for September along with some background stamps and some vintagy colors.  I went with another short bob hair style especially with the hat she's wearing and the color scheme, they all really seemed to work well.  Matted all the panels with dark chocolate brown cs and found some matching ribbon.  I colored the pearls on the top with a Copic marker to match the rest of the card.

This is a shot of the panel with the sentiment.  I used a couple CTMH sentiment stamps this time, love the font.  If you look real close you can see the shine on the hearts.  I used a little glossy accents for that.  You can probably see it a lot better here...

Gonna have to add this girl to my favorites list, she's so fun!  If it's your birthday today, well then Happy Birthday!!  Wishing you a blessed day as well.  Take care and Mahalo for stopping by!!  Have a fantastic cupcake filled day!! : )

Hugs,
Leanne

SCRS Challenge #85 - A Sketch

Hello!
Today is my last day posting as a Guest Designer for Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps.  I've had a blast with the team and want to say a big Mahalo to Sparkle for having me and Kim for asking me.  I love these images and have truly enjoyed my time with these awesomely talented ladies.  I also feel special to be able to be a part of SCRS's 2nd anniversary.  With this month being a celebration month for SCRS I wanted to go out sharing a card I made for another special celebration.  My friends Jeff and Lisa got married on a beautiful Saturday morning in Thousand Oaks, CA.  The bride was beautiful in her wedding dress, the groom looking dashing in his white and black tux (with a pink bow) and all the lovely groomsmen and bridesmaids all dressed in pinks and grays.  It was a long time coming, but well worth the wait.  I decided to use one of the fairly new SCRS images... Mr. & Mrs. which was perfect for this particular celebration...

For the layout I used this pretty cool sketch by Kim, which happens to be the new bi-weekly SCRS Challenge #85.  Hope you can play along.

Don't forget you still have time to purchase some SCRS stamps for 25% off all orders, sales ends July 31st, Midnight EST.

Thanks again to the wonderful SCRS DT for letting me be a part of their world for the last few weeks.  Another "Cheers!" to Sparkle on her 2nd Anniversary! 

Mahalo for stopping by!  Take care!

Hugs,

Leanne

Konnichiwa!

Good morning!!

Happy Saturday!  I'm popping in to share another card!  Yay!!  Thank you for all your lovely comments and welcome to my newest friends!!  Hope you find some inspiration here. :) 

SCRS is sponsoring Feeling Sketchy's challenges for the month of July.  I decided to play along using Cherry Blossom Rin. 

Yep, I did fussy cut her out, well except for certain parts, those I actually stamped on to the origami paper and colored in.  Kept the colors bright and fun, especially with her kimono, accents and yes the paper choices.  Here is the sketch if you want to play along:

I believe today is the last day to link up your card, so hurry up, it's a pretty fun sketch.  Go here to check out the details and the DT samples. 

Alrighty time to sign off.  Hope you all have a fantastik Saturday!  Mahalo for stopping by! :)

Hugs,
Leanne

Wishing you a lovely day

Happy Tuesday!

Today I am popping in to share a card I finished on Sunday.  I recently received the new Spellbinder label 25 in the mail and I really wanted to use it.  I thought it would be fun to try to create a scene using some of the new C.C. Designs digis from the March release.  (I created two scenes and will be sharing one today.  When I get the other one colored and put together on either a card or "other" I will share that too.)

As you can see, I combined three digital images (Swiss Pixie Bunny Lucy, the Easter eggs and flowers) into one scene.  One of the great things about digis is that you can make them small or big, multiply and/or combine several in to one scene.  After printing it out I die cut the scene with the biggest die from SB labels 25 and before removing the paper from the die I used TH Distress inks (Tumbled glass & peeled paint) to create the cloud background as well as ground cover for the grass which incidentally gave it a nice framed look.  (I accidentally printed out the scene on regular paper, but was thankful it happened because I was able to use it as the mask for my image.  Now if I use the scene again I have a mask for it.  Score!)  I went over the grass with a couple Copic YGs to give it more depth and color.  Then I colored SP Bunny Lucy and the rest of the scene.  I took a page out of my blogging buddy, Amy's, accessory book and added some tiny pearls where all the tiny bubbles (from the egg image) were.

Once I was done coloring I wasn't sure what I would do next, use the same die and make it into one card?  Or cut up more paper and make an even bigger card?  I remembered there was a sketch challenge going on over at the ATS blog so went to see if I could incorporate it.  Woo Hoo!!  I was pretty stoked that I could.  Now all I needed was to find some dp that would soften up the card as well as choose what color the base would be.  Since I already had the frame in white I told myself to keep it simple.  So the card base would be white and I would matte every panel with white.  Found some fun dp scraps that pulled in colors from the scene that would work.  I used a cute sentiment from the AmyR Be Happy set that turned out to be perfect for the card.  I mimicked the grass and cloud colors on to the square and popped it onto white cs.  When I was done I couldn't stop smiling.  (lol)

Well that's my share for today.  Hope you stop by tomorrow when I share my new FBW challenge post.  We have a really fun sponsor this week and the challenge is a fan favorite.  :)  I know I don't often get to post daily so when I do it must mean that I'm gettin' ahead on things which is nice for a change.  I'm slowly gettin' around to your blogs to catch up on what you've been up to and I really appreciate all the love and comments you leave daily.  Thank you again for being such wonderful friends that I get to share with.  :)  Mahalo for now, "see" you all tomorrow!

Hugs,
Leanne

Challenges:
ATS Weekly Wed Challenge: Sketch
Anyone for Anya: Use Teal

Supplies not listed above:
White cs (Neenah), dp (scraps), sun punch, pearls (Recollections)
Copics:

Hey you!

Hello!! 
Yes today is my second post, please scroll down to see my Lollipop Crafts challenge post.

As you are reading this, I should be celebrating Renate's birthday with her, Zach and a few of our close friends at Gyu-Kaku in Old Town Pasadena.  I made her a card using one of her favorite stamp lines, Gorjuss Girls.  I used Rose, who I purchased along with a few others, from All That Scraps.  The dp was from the same paper pad stack (DCWV - The Rustic stack).  I love this paper pad and have been waiting to cut into it.  This was the perfect occasion.  I used a sketch from my blogging friend, Kim Yu to help me bring some fun elements to the card.

I am really pleased with how it turned out.  I wanted to go with a warm color palette and I think I achieved it with the yellows, blues, browns and oranges and touches of white.  What do you think? 

I paper pieced her dress and did some fun affects to it.  Yes, I used a couple Copic markers to add the folds but if you look closely you might be able to see that I added dimension to the dress.  No?  Well here are a couple side views...

Where the folds are drawn in I used a hockey stick embossing tool
to create the folds on the paper to make the dress look and feel
more pronounced.

Here's a better angle.  See how the paper dips where the "folds"
lay?  I also layered it twice (only because I ripped the first one
while trying to work the paper)  because it gave it more
dimension and poof once I added the second layer.  :) 

Side view of the finished card

Here is a close up of the other side of the card.  Thought you'd like to see the details.  :)

I used several Spellbinder dies for this card.  Love how handy they are and how clean they can make a card look.  My first time making those circle flowers.  I used a couple SB circles and my hockey stick again.  Added a nice big half pearl to the center of each.  Love how it turned out.  I wonder if this is what is called shabby chic?  If so then it's my first time and I'm so pleased with the result.  woo hoo!  Alrighty, time for me to scoot.  Hopefully we are enjoying our meal and Renate is enjoying her birthday dinner.  :)

The Voice and Hawaii 5-O are on my lists to watch tonight.  Hoping to get home to watch at least H5O.  On a sad note, just wanted to say RIP Whitney Houston.  You are going to be missed, but never forgotten.

Challenges:
ATS Wednesday Challenges: Anything Goes

Hugs,
Leanne

Supplies not listed above:
White cs (Neenah solar crest, Xpress It); Light blue cs (Bazzil); Square/scalloped square & circle dies (Spellbinders); doily (Joann's); lace (May Arts scrap from CHA);  butterflies (MS punch); half pearls (Recollections)
Copics:

WOW - Sketch #5

Helllloooo!!!!

 
Today there is a new sketch for this week's WOW challenge over at the Farm Fresh Challenge blog.  Hope you are excited to join in all the fun!  Here is sketch #5 designed by our awesome captain, Rachel.

Click HERE to see how the rest of the DT interpreted the sketch. 

**Disclaimer, this is going to be a pretty long post.  Why?  Because I went a bit wild and made two cards to inspire you.  hehehe..  Sorry I just couldn't help it.  : )  Most of it is just pictures, I'll try not to write too much so you can get through faster.  Enjoy!! ; )

I chose to use my two newest Oliver & Amelia images from the AHOY set to create two cards, but I flipped one of them.  Seeing as these two are in their nautical wear I chose to use the same themed papers and colored them with reds, whites & blues. 

First up is Amelia:

I added the sentiment so there is an extra element to the sketch, the circle.  The anchor is glittered with stickles and is part of the stamp set as well as the Ahoy! sentiment.  If you look at the two left corners, you will see star punch-outs with white stitching and two stars.  Since the dp had so many cool elements, I thought the punched out corners would be cool.  Adding the stars & stitches to the dark blue paper really make it pop.  Here is a close up of this darling little girl. 

I have to say, I am so lovin' how her hair turned out.  Also, love her cute outfit in red with the blue accents.  Now here is sailor Oliver in his dress blues...

As you can see I flipped this card to go the opposite direction, but still kept the sketch in mind.  Yes, the elements are the same as the card above with a few differences.  And here is a close up of this cutie...

I'm so glad I used both of these images to create two separate cards.  I had so much fun creating them and using Rachel's sketch helped me tremendously.  I probably would have only had 1 card if I didn't have a sketch to play with.  With that being said, I hope you get a chance to play along.  : )

• Use any TGF image (digis or rubbah, they all rock! )
• Upload your card/project to the TGF Galleria>Farm Fresh Challenges 2011>Which One Wednesday>Sketch #5
• Contest open until Tuesday, 12 pm CST.
• Winner will be randomly chosen and win a digital image of choice
• Have fun!

Mahalo for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...  AHOY!!

Hugs,
Lilo
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Card Recipe:
Stamps:  O&A Ahoy set (The Greeting Farm)
Inks: Black tuxedo & London fog ( Memento), Crimson pigment ink (Colorbox)
Papers: White, kraft & red cs (Neenah), Dark blue (The Paper Co - Deep blue sea), Nautical paper (DCWV - Nantucket stack)
Stickles, clear embossing powder
Twine (Amelia card)
Star gems (Darice)
Circle punches (SU! & Marvy Uchida), stars border punch (American Girl), corner punch (Fiskars)
White gel pen (Sakura)
Copics:
(AMELIA)
Skin: E000, 00, 11, R20; Hair: C3, 5, 7, 10; Clothes: B23, 32, R22, 27, 29; Shoes: R22, 27
(OLIVER)
Skin:E000, 00, 11; Hair: E25, 29, 33; Clothes: R22, 27, 29, B93, 95, 97; Shoes: B93, 95, 97; Hat: R22, 27, 29, B93, 95, 97