Hi everyone!!  Just a quickie post right now, because I have had so much going on!!  But, I wanted to share my last card using the June release from WPlus9 called "Pile it On".  It has been a super great week, and I hope that you have enjoyed all the posts so far!!  Be sure to head on over to the WPlus9 store and pick up this fabulous stamp set and matching dies!!

Without further ado....here is my card for the group post tonight!!

• Elise Durenberger
• Cristina Kowalczyk
• Jinny Newlin
• Kerrianne Gwin
• Lea Lawson
• Savitri Wilder
• Jean Martin

Until later,
~Lea L.

Hi there!!  I know...I have had a lot of posts going on in the past few days!  It always seems as though I have a ton of stuff going on at the same time!  SO...if you are looking for my latest WPlus9 release post, either scroll down one post, or CLICK HERE. 

This week Lawn Fawn is partnering with Helmar USA (an adhesive manufacturer)!  There will be fun projects on the two blogs all week long, along with some fun giveaways!  So, be sure to check out both blogs all week long to find out what you can win, and to be inspired by all the amazing projects!!

For my card, I mostly used the Helmar Permanent Adhesive Runner.  I used it to glue all papers, ribbons & trims to the card front.  I also did a bit of machine stitching on my card, and the great thing about this adhesive is that it didn't gum up or hurt the needle in my machine at all.  That is really great!  I also used a white Zapdot to help my stamped tag keep its dimension from the glittered chipboard frame. 

I used Viva la Verve! May 2011 sketch #2 to help with the design of my card.  I used the CR84FN30 colors (light blue, light yellow, kraft) and The Shabby Tea Room #54 (2 patterned papers, 4 buttons, & 6 layers).  You might be thinking, "I only see 3 buttons."  There are only 3 physical buttons...but if you look very closely at the right side of the vintage baby image...the ribbon is looped with a button- and that is what I am considering my 4th button!  Tee hee!  I hope that isn't cheating...a 4th physical button just didn't really work for me!

Hi there, everyone!!  So, have you been enjoying the WPlus9 June 2011 release so far?  Are you thinking about all the wondrous things you will be able to do with the new set, "Pile It On"?  I think it has been such a fun release so far, and I love checking out what all the other designers do on their cards!  It just goes to show that the same stamp set will never look the same because everyone's styles are so different!

For tonight's card, I used the banner dies that match the stamp set, and then stamped the ice cream cone inside each one for some color and pattern.  I then diecut a tag (using a non WPlus9 steel die), and added a fabulous sentiment from the Pile It On set.  This set went just perfectly with the carnival theme collection from Glitz Design called "Afternoon Muse".

I used the Viva la Verve! May 2011 Week 5 sketch to help with the design of my card.  I also created it for Crazy 4 Challenges #89, which is to create a card showing a favorite vacation spot or summer activity.  Well, I don't know about you....but I LOVE going to the fair every summer!  And last but not least...I created this as a sample for the Get Your Glitz On Challenge #2: Clustering.  There are only a couple more days left to enter a project in for the challenge, but the winner will get the entire Afternoon Muse collection sent to them!!  So, if you've got some Glitz goodies and some time...check out the challenge and get to creating!! 

• Elise Durenberger
• Cristina Kowalczyk
• Jinny Newlin
• Kerrianne Gwin
• Lea Lawson
• Savitri Wilder
• Jean Martin

Until later,
~Lea L.

Hi there everyone!!  Welcome to day 2 of the WPlus9 June 2011 release of the latest set called "Pile It On"!  Yesterday I went completely clean & simple for you...showcasing the matching dies for this set, and how you can use them with felt.  Today I have created a card that is on the shabby chic side, and completely different from the card I created yesterday.  This set can work for any and all card styles out there, and I love that about it!

I used the Viva la Verve! May 2011 sketch #4 to help with the design of my card, swapping out the oval for a rectangle.  I also used CR84FN29 (light plum, plum, kraft) for my card, although I am a little late on it, and it won't get to be added to the link list.  Nevertheless, the color combo was perfect for what I wanted!  And lastly, it also fits Just Add Ink #69, to use fussy cutting (which I did on the butterfly accent).  Here is what I created!!

• Elise Durenberger
• Cristina Kowalczyk
• Jinny Newlin
• Kerrianne Gwin
• Lea Lawson
• Savitri Wilder
• Jean Martin

Until later,
~Lea L.

Happy Saturday, everyone!!  First off...if you are looking for my WPlus9 June Release Day 1 post, please CLICK HERE or just scroll down to the next post. 

I have my card to share with you for Wee Memories Challenge #58, which also happens to be my last as the guest designer this month!  It has been a super fun time, and I am so happy that they asked me!!  The sponsor for this week is May Arts and the challenge today is to use an inspiration photo from somewhere like pinterest or etsy.  I will share that inspiration photo in a moment, but first I will share my card!

Hi there everyone!  After taking a month off from new releases, I am so happy to be back with a new WPlus9 stamp set for June!!  The stamp set is called "Pile It On", and here is a little bit of information about it....

Pile It On

• is a 6x8 clear photopolymer stamp set
• contains 25 stamps; 14 images and 11 sentiment and 1 journaling line
• will be available for purchase June 1st for just $19

I went all clean & simple on my card today, and I am loving it!!  My favorite part about these super cute ice cream cones....they look like the ones you get at Dairy Queen!!  I worked at a Dairy Queen in high school, and I still love getting a sweet treat from the DQ on occasion!  Here is what I created:

• Elise Durenberger
• Cristina Kowalczyk
• Jinny Newlin
• Kerrianne Gwin
• Lea Lawson
• Savitri Wilder
• Jean Martin

Until later,
~Lea L.

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  Well, as you are reading this...I just had an amazing night at the U2 concert in Salt Lake City, and we will be on our way back home shortly.  It was a super quick trip down here, but totally worth it to see a band like U2.

Today Stamper's Dream and JustRite are hooking up for a fabulous blog hop!  It is sure to be full of inspiration and amazing projects....so let's get started!

I created this card using a couple of different sets from JustRite.  I LOVE that you can mix and match there stamps so perfectly...it makes them extremely versatile!  Here is what I created!

Happy Tuesday, everyone.  I hope that your morning is going well so far, and that you have a wonderful day!

Today I have my card for CPS Sketch #219 to share with you, which is also one of my Stamper's Dream cards for the month.  The sketch is a great one for all you label/tag die fanatics out there....like me!  I also used the latest Embellish Tags Color Trends Challenge for my card.  This is an amazing color combo, and I just love how my card turned out for it.  I did not use a hanging tag for my card, but utilized the multiple label cuts as my tag option.  Here is what I created:

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Today I have a cute little mini card to share with you.  It measures 3"x4 1/2", and was another idea I had during Lawn Fawn release week!  I didn't have time to get a second card done for my post, but finally had a chance to get it created!!

I {very loosely} used Cardabilities Sketch #31 to help with the design of the card.  I also created this for CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #3: Bring on the Bling, and for Totally Hues Challenge #7 (lemon tart, sweet blush, berry sorbet, spring moss).  Here is what I created:

Happy Saturday, everyone!!  Today is my third week as a guest designer for Wee Memories Challenges!!  Today's challenge #56 is called "Stamp It"...and you guessed it- it is all about stamping!!

This week's challenge is being sponsored by Market Street Stamps.  I don't actually have any stamps by this company, so I decided to use one of my older Papertrey Ink sets!  Here is what I came up with:

Hey there, everyone!!  Tonight we are sharing with you the set that is my very favorite from this inspiration week, "Cruising Through Life".  You are going to just love the fun and whimsical images & sentiments in this set!!  It is fabulous!

I used CardPatterns Sketch #115 to help out with the design of my card, and I just flipped the banner to the other side to make it work for me!  I also created this for this week's Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger: Some Royal Fun, where I was inspired by the fun banner flags & the pink/blue color combo...I just happened to add in a bit of yellow to mine. I also created this for Lawnscaping Challenge #10, to use polka dots.  Here is my card!

Hi there, all!!  Tonight I have another new Lawn Fawn stamp set to share with you called "Bon Voyage"!  As you can tell....it is a travel themed set!  I have paired it with a sentiment created from the already released "Say Cheese, Too" set, and it worked perfectly together!!  That is one of the great things about most of the Lawn Fawn sets...you can mix and match them very easily!!

Lawn Fawn is also sponsoring the CPS blog this week!  So of course, I created my card for CPS Sketch #218 using these fabulous new stamps!!  Here is what I created!

Hi there, everyone!  Tonight starts off your May inspiration week for Lawn Fawn's latest stamp sets, and the countdown to our big summer release!  Lawn Fawn has decided to change things up a bit, and release all 9 new summer sets on May 19th!  But don't worry...we will still have inspiration weeks every month with the chance to win the latest releases and gain inspiration from all of the design team members!  But one big release date means you can get your favorite Lawn Fawn stamps right away....no time having to wait & anticipate!

Today we are sharing a new stamp set called "Admit One" with you.  This stamp set is so whimsical and perfect for summer....you are just going to love it!!  I used Clean & Simple's FTL #140 to help out with the card design.  Here is what I created!!

Happy Sunday, everyone!!  This has got to be a quickie post- because I have a baby shower that I need to get to!  But, I wanted to share this sweet baby card that I made for the shower before I leave!!

This is one of my Stamper's Dream cards for the month.  I used the Flourishes "Get Your Sketch On" release week challenge for this card to help with the design of it.  Isn't is such a sweet little baby card?!

Hey there, everyone!  Two posts on a Saturday...crazy huh!  Well, my blog runs on Mountain time and this just kind-of happens when you have posts that need to run at midnight Eastern time.  Tee hee!

Tonight marks the latest WPlus9 Color Cue challenge #15.  Without further ado, here is the color graphic:
Aren't these super fun colors?!  I love this one, and it was actually really fun to add the little bit of yellow into my card.  It might seem a little intimidating, but I do suggest you try it out!  You might just LOVE what you come up with!

I used The Sweet Shop Sketch #108 to help out with the design, flipping it on its side so it would work for me.  I also created it for CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #2 to use buttons & twine.  This is an almost brand new CAS challenge blog, and it looks like it is going to be a lot of fun!!  Here is what I created!

Happy Saturday, everyone!  Well...I am posting this in hopes that all of the Blogger issues are resolved.  Yikes...you never know how much you miss your blog and blogging until it is all screwed up?!  I definitely tried to not get too annoyed, as Blogger provides this service for free...but it was definitely hard!! I think they are still getting some bugs worked out, as I am missing some comments and such- but I have faith that it will all get restored.

Today is my second Saturday of joining in at Wee Memories as a guest designer!  Today's Challenge #56 is to use stickers on your project, and is being sponsored by SRM Stickers.  I don't have any stickers of that brand, so I utilized the amazing Glitzer stickers that Glitz Design's creates for every collection.  Love them!!

Speaking of Glitz Design, I also created this as a sample for the monthly challenge that we have going on.  Did you know that Glitz Design has a monthly blog challenge now?  We just started last month, and it was a big hit!  This month the "Get Your Glitz On" challenge #2 is to create a project of any sort (layout, card, altered item, etc...) using the technique of clustering.  You can find all of the details & challenge rules in THIS POST, and I hope that you will play along with us as well!!

I used the Viva la Verve! May Week 1 sketch to help out with the design- I just happened to flip it and turn the oval into a rectangle.  I also created this for PTI's Make It Monday #14: selective inking.  Erin did a great little video on how she selectively inks her stamps.  I do it a little bit differently, and actually add a strip of tape over top of the area that I don't want inked.  That way I just pull off the tape, and don't run the risk of smudging the area I do want inked up with a baby wipe...because I tend to be a little, well- uncoordinated with that.  Tee hee!  The sentiment on my little flag accent is all in one stamp, and the smaller lettering on the bottom is actually longer than what is shown.  So I selectively inked in order to use two different ink colors, but also to keep part of the sentiment from stamping at all.  Here is the card I created!

Happy Monday, my friends!!  I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend, and a good start of your week so far.  My mom happened to be celebrating her 50th birthday on Friday, and her birthday always lands in the same week as mother's day....so my dad planned a surprise birthday dinner for her at Lydia's in Butte.  Of course- me, Josh & Casey were there, and some of their dearest friends; Kent, JoAnn & Lois came as well.  It was a wonderful dinner in honor of her.  She also got some wonderful gifts- including a $75 gift certificate to Maurice's from us, an awesome new pink bike from Rob, new drinking glasses & a journal from Casey, and a Kindle from Kent & JoAnn.  I also happen to know she was spoiled by the ladies that she is close with in Sheridan...so I think it is safe to say that my mom had a wonderful 50th birthday.  Can you believe that my mama is only 50?!  I have a young, hottie for a mom....tee hee!  Love you mom! ♥

I also have a card to share with you today!  Mother's day is over, but May just seems like a great month to celebrate all the women in your life, doesn't it?  So, I created this card for Stamper's Dream using some of the latest released stamps from JustRite Stampers.  I just love this sentiment about sisters, and even though I don't have a biological sister- there are women in my life who take that place.

I also created this card for a few different challenges that struck my fancy.  First, I used CardPatterns sketch #114 to help out with the design.  I also used Color Throwdown #140 (blushing bride, early espresso, kraft/baja breeze) and Shabby Tea Room #61- "Ruffled Up" as inspiration as well!!  I don't feel like I create ruffles very well on my own, but I felt like these bloomers had the perfect ruffly feel that I needed for the card!  I hope it still fits, even though they aren't a standard ruffle. :)

Happy Saturday, everyone!!  I was asked to join the Wee Memories team for the month of May as their guest designer, and my first post starts today!!  It is going to be a fun month!!

Today the challenge is featured as a blog hop!!  You should have arrived here from Sarah Martina Parker's blog, so if you did....you are right on course.  If you just happened upon my blog, and didn't know about the blog hop...then head on over to Jenny Suchin's blog, which is where everything starts off!!

Wee Memories Challenge #54 for today is an acronym, C.R.A.F.T.S., and stands for {Color/Ribbon/Acrylic/Flora/Twine/Stamps}.  I used each item, although I did substitute out some lace in place of ribbon...I figured it was close enough.  I also used FTL #139 from the Clean & Simple Stamping blog.  Here is what I created:

Hi everyone!!  Well, I am home from vacation...and it has just been one of those weeks.  But, I finally have something to share with you today!

It is created for Stamper's Dream, and a couple of other challenges as well.  First off....I used the OWH Sketch #67, and turned it into a square shape instead of a standard one.  Then, I also used Embellish's Square Cards Color Trends challenge as well!! Here is what I created!