VSHR4 Frosty and VSHR5, IC153 Simply Delights

Happy Saturday you all!!!

Tomorrow is the *Release Party* from *Verve Visual* and I'm thrilled to say that I have completed all 5 Release Sketches to qualify for some awesome prizes - wahhhooo!!!

This card is actually a combo - the Sketch is the
Verve Holiday Release Sketch #4 and the inspiration came from the OCC ladies.

I know you probably think how did I end up with a snowman when the inspiration piece is a cupcake...LOL?!? Well let me tell ya - I wanted to make a cupcake card very badly, but unfortunately I'd be craving those all day long...and since I'm not very mobile with my sprained foot right now....I figured I'm better off making a *Holiday* card. Well, holidays and cupcakes go together - right???

I used good old *Frosty* - love that snoman!!!
The colors I used are - Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze and Whisper White.
I used a Blender Pen to color it and added some Dazzling Diamonds at the end. To finish it off I added the Taffeta Ribbon.

I made this card for today's IC153. My inspiration came from the colors. I chose these two colors - the Scoop Neck and the Cashmere Jumper. Most of the ladies cloth is very elegant and sophisticated so I thought I'll head that direction...

The card measures 5 1/2" x 5 1/2". The Sketch is from the Verve Holiday Release #5.

I used is the retired *Simply Delights* Simple Sent Kit. The image was inked in Versamark and then embossed with the retired Brown EP. I added some Halfback Pearl from the *Prettiest Kit* in the center.

The DP is the new *Haiku* - I love the colors together!!! The sentiment was placed into a Copper Label Holder and adjusted with a Brown Satin Ribbon.

Hope you will find something fun in the Inspiration Challenge and play along??? ~TFL~

LSC193, VSHR2 and VSHR3

Happy TGIF!!!

Well I'm not sure if it gonna be a good one or not.....I twisted my foot yesterday and I thought I'd be okay, but as the day progressed it got worse...YIKES.

I couldn't walk by mid-afternoon and I'm off to see the Podiatrist this morning. I still can't walk and I have a feeling it's not good at all!!

I'll keep you posted.....

About my card - I made it for today's LSC193. The Sketch is from the Verve Holiday Release Sketch #2. I actually made this card for a SCS friend that just lost her son you can read all about it on this thread right here.

The gorgeous Set I used is from *There She Goes* and it's called *Here for You* .

Check out my next card........

This card is for the Verve Holiday Release Sketch #3.

I used the *Punch Pals* Set. The DP is *Ski Slope* and I added the new Red Riding Hood Taffeta Ribbon as well.

The trees are inked in Basic Black and I colored it with Baja Breeze and Red Riding Hood using a Blender Pen.

To finish it off I added Silver Brads and bedazzled it with Dazzling Diamond Glitter.

Hope you will stop by for the next two Sketches too??? Have a wonderful weekend!!! ~TFL~

Quick update on my foot - thank goodness it's not broken - waahhhooo!!! I sprained it and I'm in a *Walking Boot* for about 4-6 week - YIKES!!! Not sure how I'm gonna drive yet since it's my right foot....hmmmm??? I guess my butt just has to sit tight and make lots and lots of cards - LOL!!!

CC201, CC191 and Verve Holiday Release Sketch

Happy day everyone!!!

Isn't today's SC201 awesome??? I'm still in need of some *Christmas Cards* and I really like how this one turned out - I think we have a winner!!!

This card was very quickly pulled together....I use the Ski Slope DP and some Red Riding Hood and Whisper White CS.

I used two Set's for this card - the image is from the *A Wish for Peace* and the sentiment is from the *Home for Christmas*.

The image was colored with Old Olive and Chocolate Chip Markers. Next I bedazzled the image and myself with lots of Dazzling Diamond Glitter - LOL!!! I finished it off with the gorgeous Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon - I still wished SU would have brought it back for the holidays - bummer :(.....

I made this card last night using the Verve Holdiay Release Sketch - VSHR1.

Are you as excited as I am to see the new Set's Julee Tilman has planned to show us on Sunday for her November Release Party???

Well - the Verse Divas are awesome and I can't wait to see what they have created!!!

Anyway - for this card I used the gorgeous PTI *Gold CS* my super sweet friend Denise *peanutbee* has mailed me for my birthday!!! I love it - thanks Denise!!!

I added Basic Black CS to make the Gold pop - I think this combo is so elegant looking!!! I added some Medium Black Brads (Making Memories) and Black Satin Ribbon (Walmart).

The Set I used is this years Stampin Up's Ronald McDonald Set - *Say it with Scallops* (pg. 209). If you don't know what to give your girlfriend this year for Christmas - how about this Set??? Not only will your friend love it - it's also supporting a great cause. $2 for each sold Set goes to the Ronald McDonald House Charities!!!

As we all know our friend Laurie Schmidlin is using the RM House right now as her daughter Ali is undergoing some tests!!!! You can follow the thread right here. Please continue keeping Ali and the Schmidlin family in your prayers!!!

I made this card yesterday for the CC191 - Red Riding Hood, Kiwi Kiss and Pretty in Pink.

We were allowed to exchange colors to Ruby Red and Old Olive and I did use these on my card.

I used the retired *Essence of Love* Set and just randomly used my Markers to color it.

Next I bedazzled it with Dazzling Diamond Glitter and added the Striped Red Riding Hood Ribbon.

The sentiment was also inked in Old Olive and I pierced right below it....voila!!!

This card only took me like 15 minutes to make - perfect when you need a quick one!!!

Hope you'll have a wonderful day and I'll see ya soon!!! ~TFL~

BIC30 & WSC64 *For You*

Happy Tuesday again!!!! I still can't believe it's Tuesday again....

Today Beate is featuring this fun purse called *Bella Bag*(you can actually buy it right here) for the *BIC30*.
When I saw the purse I knew I wanted to use my poor neglected *Boho Backgrounds* Set!!!

I know that the purse color is more of a *Turquoise* - unfortunately I didn't have enough *Tempting Turquoise* CS to include in my project!!! That's why I had to replace it with *Bashful Blue....Hope you don't mind?!?

Well - here is my take on the purse.......

These are the colors I have chosen -
Kraft, So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Old Olive and Whisper White.

For the base of the card and bag I used Textured Whisper White CS. The bottom scalloped stripe on the bag is from the Old Olive Prints

DP.

For my card I chose Beate's WSC64. I thought the Sketch was perfect to show off the *Boho Backgrounds* Medallion.

For the bag I followed the instructions from Diana Gibbs. If you have not made one of these cute little bags - you should definitely give it a try!!!!

The only thing that I did differently is I extended my bag to a 7" x 11" height. Diana has hers shown at 5 1/2" x 11". I guess you can adjust it to any height you need for your project.....

All the *Medallions* were inked in Versamark and then embossed with Basic Black EP. I stamped and embossed the *Medallions* double and then punched out the second ones with the 1 3/8"Circle Punch. Then I raised them with Stampin Dimensionals and placed a Silver Eyelet (Memory Keepers) and a Blue Rhinestone Brad in the center. Next I layered the whole image onto So Saffron and Old Olive CS. This panel was also raised with Stampin Dimensionals.

Hope you like my little creations and you will find some time to play along???Don't forget to check the rest of Beate's talented ladies Charmaine Ikach, Danielle Lounds, Dawn McVey, Jennifer Buck and Susan Roberts.

Have a great day ~TFL~

FS91 & OCCC & TECC40 Lord is my Shepherd

Happy Sunday and *Hi* again!!! I'm still not up to speed....my head cold is still here and thank goodness there are some awesome drugs out there...LOL!!!

I also took a nice long nap - that's why I'm still up and running - LOL!!! Okay - I have to admit I couldn't wait to see who is the Featured Stamper #91....I haven't been stamping in almost 4 days and I was hoping to get an early start!!!

Well - Beth has chosen one of the Design Team Members from *Our Daily Bread Designs* our very own super talented *Becca Feeken* - she is amazing indeed!!! Pure elegance and mind blowing creations.....so of course I had to play along!!!

Congratulations Becca - you so deserve this day in the spotlight!!!!

After picking my jaw back off the ground I finally decided to case this gorgeous card. I think this was one of the fastest cards I ever made....that's how excited I'm for Becca - LOL!!! Plus no stampin' in 4 days helped the speedy process- he,he,he!!!

Anyway - here are the quick changes I made:

***Different colors - I used Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Blue Bayou, Very Vanilla plus Watercolor CS.

***I used a different Sketch - Taylor's Cupcake Sketch #40

***I distressed the edges.

***I used a different Cuttlebug folder on my card this one is called *Mesh*.

***The image itself is also from *Our Daily Bread Designs* called *Lord is my Shepherd* - which was actually Released today!!!!

Just wanted to mention that the ladies from *Our Creative Corner* were challenging everyone to use their favorite coloring method and mine is *watercoloring* - so I'm submitting this as well to the OCCC.

Hope you have a chance to play??? Thanks for stopping by!!!

As promised here are some photo's of my girls.....

We had so much fun at Halloween this year.....

unfortunately my oldest Sarah (10) thinks she is *out-growing* this fun time...I can't imagine this time with out her...since she was the cutest little thing growing up!!! She always wanted to be a *princess* and we had to add lots of glitter and jewels...and now she is no longer interested...YIKES!!!

Thank goodness I have two more girls to celebrate Halloween with....Rebecca (7) and Miriam (almost 4) both were *Glamour Witches*. As you can tell they had no problem to posing for me - aren't they too stinkin' cute - LOL???

Sarah wanted to be a

*Volleyball* player - that's her favorite sport!!

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The kids in Miriam's class worked so hard on decorating their fun little Halloween table!!! Isn't it cute???

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Here are some photo's of the girls at the *Fall Festival* at Miriam's Preschool.

This was our first time there and they offered so much - from hay ride, rock climbing, jumping castles to individual games....sooo fun!!!

We are already looking forward to next year!!!

Hope you enjoyed these pictures of the Ledlow Gang???

I'm hoping to play for the Featured Stamper Challenge tomorrow - can't wait to find out who the lucky person is???

Don't forget to check out my post below...some new announcements!!!

Until then.....Hugs ~Silke~

Hey you all

WOW - I can't believe it's already November!!!

Hope you guys had a fun and safe *Halloween*??? After this post I'll download our pictures from the last couple of days and share them with you either later or tomorrow!!!

So many changes this month.....my time with *Little Paper Shop* is up and I'm making room for a new member!!! Watch the *LPS* blog to see who is gonna jump on board!!! I want to *thank* Julia for this wonderful opportunity she gave me and I'm looking forward playing along with her and her wonderful Design Team in the near future!!!

Starting this month I'll be designing for *THERE SHE GOES* - you probably have seen a lot of gorgeous cards with Jessica's Knutsen awesome Stamp Set's??? Here is a quick link to the gallery over on SCS so you can check out all the fabulous cards the Team has made so far!!!

Wanna know who else is on the TSG Design Team - check out these awesome ladies I'll be working with right here!!! I'm one lucky girl!!!

Okay - that was a quick update.....these past few days have been so crazy that I think I wore myself out!!! I think I'm coming down with a head cold ....so I'm gonna try to take it easy....and do only a few things....so stay tuned for those Halloween pictures...!!!

Hugs
~Silke~