Dueling Darlings August Duel

The theme for this month's duel is "Friends are the Family you Pick Yourself!"  Melina was the hostess for the Dazzlers and sent a wonderful kit that included:

Image:  Whimsy Stamps "I Will Carry You"
Paper:  Recollections & Sassafras
Ribbon: Michael's
Buttons: My Favorite Things
Pearls/Brads: from Melina's stash

And here is my card....

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Dueling Darlings Have Gone to the Birds!

The Dueling Darlings were given a great theme this month from Jeanette and Kelly.

The theme was:  Birds of a Feather Flock Together.

This theme was chosen to celebrate the four years (in August) that this group has been dueling.  As Jeanette put it..."Through the years, through thick and thin, we've blessed each other in many ways and all those years later, we're still together - like a flock!"

So in celebrating the four years this great group has been dueling the theme was born.  Also on our card we had to have four of something.  Four flower, four brads, four different designer papers, etc.  I chose the flowers (well...and added an extra...so I have 5, but that is just because I am looking toward another terrific year of dueling.)  ;)

Here is my card:

And the inside...love this sentiment!

The image is a Penny Black Stamp and the Sentiment is from Great Impressions.  

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Calendar Girls Challenge

Good evening!!!!

I am late to my own challenge.  But sometimes life just gets busy.  

The June challenge I gave to the Calendar Girls was...

Since we are the CALENDAR Girls I was thinking we should make cards that reflect the months of the year or days of the week.

I found these sayings about a few of the months:

Slow as Molasses in January
January Brings a New Year
Beware the Ides of March (William Shakespeare "Julius Caesar")
March, In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb
April Showers Bring May Flowers
June is Bustin' Out All Over (Oscar Hammerstein)
July Fireflies Bring August Skies
September Leaves Gives Chance for October Scares

And here are some yearly days of the week.:

Fat Tuesday
Black Friday
Good Friday
Palm Sunday

So the challenge is to make a card that reflects your interpretation of one of the above sayings about the months or one of the four listed days. (Maybe you know another saying about months of the year you like. You can use that saying.)

In your blog post let us know what saying or day your card reflects.


I loved the saying "June is Bustin' Out All Over!"  June makes me think of sunshine, brightly colored flowers and of course a few bugs...nice ones though...ladybugs, dragonflies, and butterflies.

So here is my card that reflects June Bustin' Out All Over. 

I love this big sunshine stamp from Peachy Keen Stamps.  I used Groovy Gauva, Baja Breeze, Real Red, Old Olive and Whisper White card stock.  The designer paper is from Prima Marketing, Umbrella Collection, called "butterfly wings".  And the dragonfly brad is from a kit I received last month.  So glad I was able to use it!

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Dueling Darlings June Challenge

The Dueling Darlings are dueling and our theme this month was gardening.  Darlene was the hostess for the Dazzlers and sent a wonderful kit full of all kinds of great things.

Her kit included:

Image:  Gardening Shelf by Stamps Happen

Cardstock:  Conqueror Diamond White

DP:  K & Company, Lemon Citron Pack

Embellishments:  Ribbon by Paper Studio, Silk plaid ribbon by Ribbon Boutique

Dimensional flower by K & Company

Flowers by Recollections

Candi Dots by CraftWorkCards

Dragonfly Brad by Creative Impressions

Glitter Ladybug by Spare Parts, Paper Studio

Garden Tool Brads by Eyelet Outlet

here's my card:

And a gardening tip (not originally mine, but shared with me by a gal I used to work for who was great with flowers)....

Don't water your outdoor flowers with cold water from a garden hose.  Those little pretties like water that is not too hot and not too cold.  

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May Calendar Girls

Our May Calendar Girls challenge from April was as follows:

"Well, it is May and I always like to honor my father this month.
So, to celebrate him (and fathers every where) let us make a masculine celebratory card with any SCS sketch that ends in 25 (the year he was born).
Please let us know which sketch you used and a memory of a special man in your life!"

I used sketch 125 and I also used my new Paper Pumpkin kit from SU!  I made a card that I will use for one of my two sons at some point.  They are both incredible guys!!

Here's my masculine card:

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Dueling Darlings May Challenge

The Dueling Darlings May Challenge was hosted by Paola for the Dazzlers and Judy for the Divas.

The theme was:  Music and we were instructed as follows:

If you could dedicate a song to someone in your life ,
what would your song choice be, and to whom will you dedicate it and why? 

Paola treated us to a wonderful kit of goodies which included:

*Stamps :* Gift Of Music /D.Morgan  by: Stamps Happens Inc.;
Violin/Music scroll & Angel w/Instrument : Unknown;
Sentiments by : Cling Stamps Co. # 557133
*Accessories :*
Designer Papers : * Up,Up & Away (Doodle Bug Design); *Bella Boutique Stack (DCWV) ; * SU Double D/P x 2 ; *Elementary Pianoforte Music Examination (from a real Conservatory of Music book)
*Ribbon : barely banana grosgrain from SU
*Virtuoso Music Die in black and in white
(Memory Box ; *Viviene Butterfly (Music Box) ;
*Assorted gems and pearls in a variety of shape/sizes

As far as a song goes, right now the song I play a lot and sing along with is "Even If" by Kutless and it helps me through the day.  

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Girls Night Out

The card on my blog today is for our Dueling Darlings April Challenge.  The theme of this challenge was Girls Night Out!

April was the hostess for the Dazzler and sent us a great kit which included:

Wood Embellishments ~ Prima's Princess Collection

Metal Index Tabs ~ Making Memories

Asst'd Ribbon ~ my stash

Card Stock ~ Sugar N Spice, Coffee, and Fuschia Fizz  by Coordination

DP ~ Pink Swirls and Pink Gingham by Paper Pizazz

      ~ Paper Jazzy by ColorBok

Sequins ~ Teresa Collins

Stamp Set ~ Ginger Snaps Celebrate by C.C. Designs stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black

I really liked the "princess" wood embellishment and wanted to use it so my card is more geared for maybe my youngest daughter or my new and adorable granddaughter.  Both of whom I love spending time with.   So here is my card (a Mojo Monday sketch):

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