Card Style Clean and Graphic Challenge in the Moxie Fab World

OK those of you who love Dawn McVey, raise your hand!!

Me too!  She is definitely the Clean and Graphic Queen!  Although, I'd have to say that she also does Classy and Elegant very well too!  Dawn is one of my gurus in this blogging card making world!  If you haven't checked out her blog "My Favorite Things", I suggest you high tail it over there right now!  You're in for a real treat!  She is soooo talented and sweet, you'll fall in love instantly!

Here is another card, "in true Dawn style", with it's Hawaiian Shore and Raspberry Fizz color scheme, for the Moxie Fab World Clean and Graphic challenge!

Hope you enjoy!

Have a great day!  I already am!

{hugs} Lisa

Card Style Shabby Chic and Vintage Challenge in the Moxie Fab World - Sixth Card

I couldn't leave this sweet card out!  I just love how this card turned out!  I am always so happy with cards that have glitter on them not to mention angel wings!  So here is another card for the Moxie Fab World's Shabby Chic challenge, hope you like it!

Have a great one!

{hugs} Lisa

Card Style Shabby Chic and Vintage Challenge in the Moxie Fab World - Fifth Card

To Have and to Hold in all it's Shabby Vintage Goodness!

Here again is another card for the Moxie Fab World Shabby Chic and Vintage challenge.

I got this lovely background graphic from a vintage etsy shop called ArtCult.  They have some amazing graphics to choose from.

I just love the way that rose lays on that sheet music background!

Ok that's it for this one!  Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great one!

{hugs} Lisa

Card Style Shabby Chic and Vintage Challenge in the Moxie Fab World - Fourth Card

More shabby goodness, just can't get enough!!

I guess glittered butterflies would look good no matter where you put them!  Note to self : Use more glittery butterflies!  Once again I am submitting another card for the Moxie Fab World Shabby Chic and Vintage challenge.  Shabby Chic is definitely my favorite style!  Of course Melissa Phillips is definitely my guru when it comes to Shabby Chic and Vintage!  Check out her blog at LilyBean's Paperie!  You are in for a real treat!

Have a great day everyone!  I already am!

{hugs} Lisa

Card Style Shabby Chic and Vintage Challenge in the Moxie Fab World - Third Card

Shhh Baby Sleeping!

One of my favorite Shabby and Vintage cards!  I just love the little sign hanging from the top!

I have had this adorable felt baby carriage forever and I am so happy it finally found a home!  This card is just perfect for the Moxie Fab Shabby Chic and Vintage challenge!

I had soooo much fun making this card with all of it's shabby goodness!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a great one!

{hugs} Lisa

Card Style Fun and Cute Challenge in the Moxie Fab World - Second Card

And so continues my love affair with Papertrey Ink, as I've stated previously I'm sure I'm not alone!

Here is my second card for the Moxie Fab World's challenge for Fun and Cute!

Gotta love these cutesy Hawaiian images from Papertrey Ink! 

That little postcard is ALL FULL OF CUTE!!!!

I also really love how the background papers really pop with color against the kraft cardstock.

Ok Aloha everyone!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a great one!

{hugs} Lisa

Card Style Fun and Cute Challenge in the Moxie Fab World

Hello again.  I'm going post crazy this morning but the Moxie Fab challenge is going to end tomorrow and there are so many cards that I want to enter and haven't had the time.  This card is for the Moxie Fab Fun and Cute challenge but I am also going to post it on The Shabby Tea Room "1-2-3" challenge as one of the DT cards.  I have been having a love affair with Papertrey Ink and October Afternoon lately and I suspect I'm not the only one!!  How can you resist such cuteness??? 

Ok well that's all for this post, thanks for stopping by today!

Have a great one!!

{hugs} Lisa 

Card Style Shabby Chic and Vintage Challenge in the Moxie Fab World - Second Card

Gotta love that shabby chic dressform!  Well you don't have to love it but I sure do!  Dressform image is from Clear Arts Stamps, So Lovely!. 

Shabby and Vintage is definitely my favorite style but I do love playing around with all of them! 

This is the second card for the Moxie Fab World Shabby and Vintage challenge!

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by!

{hugs} Lisa

Card Style Shabby Chic and Vintage Challenge in the Moxie Fab World

Well, everyone is doing Christmas in July lately so why not?  How about a Shabby Vintage Christmas Card for the Moxie Fab World challenge?  I just love how bingo cards are so versatile and can be used on a multitude of cards!  Just add some lacy borders and some shabby seam binding and Voila!  Shabby Christmas card! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a great day!  I already am!

{hugs} Lisa

Card Style Clean and Graphic Challenge in the Moxie Fab World - Second Card

We have tons of Christmas in July cards lately, so how about a Valentine's Day in July?  I got this cute Imaginesce moped stamp recently in Michaels and I just fell in love!  I just love how the red really stands out against the kraft paper!  Just for fun I added a funky textured strip along the middle of the card.  Don't laugh but it's actually some sort of sticky strip used for laying carpet....  LOL

Anywho, I thought this card would be perfect for the 

Moxie Fab World's Clean and Graphic Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!  I already am!

{hugs} Lisa 

Card Style Clean and Graphic Challenge in the Moxie Fab World

Here is a card that I recently made for a co-worker who had a little baby girl.  I just love how sweet and delicate this card is.  The "Little One" sentiment is a rub-on that I have had forever.  I forgot how much I love the look of the rub-on words.  They are so clean and perfect!  I thought this card would be perfect for the Moxie Fab World's challenge for Clean and Graphic!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!  I already am!

{hugs} Lisa

Card Style Classy and Elegant Challenge in the Moxie Fab World - Second Card

Here is my second card for the Classy and Elegant card challenge over at the Moxie Fab World blog.

I really love how this card came out!  Dry embossing gives everything such an elegant look and there are so many textures to choose from!  Cardstock is Papertrey Ink, embossing plates are Cuttlebug, scallop punch is EK success and sentiment is from an old stamp set I have by Inque Boutique.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a great day!  I already am!

{hugs} Lisa

Card Style Classy and Elegant Challenge in the Moxie Fab World

I recently made this card for my daughter's best friend who graduated high school and I thought it would be perfect for the Moxie Fab Classy and Elegant challenge.

I used mostly Papertrey Ink products since they are my favorite and they lend themselves very well to the class and elegant style!  And of course what classy card would be complete without a perfectly pretty

Prima rose! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!  I already am!

{hugs} Lisa

Polkadoodles - Male or Female Card

Welcome to another Polkadoodles weekly challenge!

This week our own talented Nikky Hall is hosting our challenge and it is to

make a generic card which can be used for BOTH male AND female.

The sky's the limit on this one so I decided to make a cute little birdie card and I found everything I needed on the All Around and Everywhere CD.  Nikky has the cutest images, backgrounds and sentiments on her CD's and I must admit, I am still exploring all of them and finding new things every day!

Click here to check out what the other talented ladies on the

design team have created to inspire you this week!

**DON'T FORGET! AQUAMARKER GIVEAWAY CONTEST**

We have a MEGA competition for you and even MEGA-er-er prizes!!Make sure you click here to get all the details for this incredible contest!

For the past few months Nikky has been working very closely with Letraset who are the clever people behind the fabulously lush Promarker brand and have been doing some product testing etc for them. Now, this month, hot off the press, Letraset are relaunching their fabulous AQUAMARKER brand which are basically WATERCOLOURING marker pens unlike any other!

The contest will be going on until Sunday, August 29th so you have plenty of time to play along and if you win you could have yourself a whole new set of markers!  There will be runner up prizes as well!

This is a separate contest from our weekly challenges so make sure you check out all the info on the Polkadoodles blog and in my sidebar!  Nikky will also be having tutorials on how to get the most out of your markers so check in each week to learn something new!

That's all from here today!

Enjoy your day!  I already am!

{hugs} Lisa

Isabella Sketchbook - "Chill Out" - Week #18

It's a beautiful Wednesday morning and that means another weekly challenge at Isabella's Sketchbook!

This week the challenge is to "Chill Out".   The summer is really heating up so lets cool down by using the cool colors of green and blue on your card this week.  I chose the beautiful Basket of Twigs this week for my card.  I think the basket came out lovely in the cool greens and blues. 

You can visit Isabella's digi boutique and browse through the wonderful images, then pick one and join in our weekly challenge.  There is even a freebie image to try before you buy! 

You could win 2 free digi images and the "I Won" badge if your card wins!

Don't forget to click here to check out what the other design team members have created for your inspiration!

Have a wonderful Summer day everyone!  I already am!

{hugs} Lisa

AQUAMARKER GIVEAWAY CONTEST!!!

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog is holding a contest and the prize is a whole set of Letraset Aqua Markers!

These markers are so wonderful to work with for watercoloring or any of your coloring needs! 

The contest is going on until Sunday August 29th so you have plenty of time to enter!

Click here to read all of the details for the contest.

If you like to color than this contest is for you.  There will be tutorials posted each week to instruct on the use of the Letraset markers taught by Nikky Hall from Polkadoodles.  She is very talented and you will learn a lot about using these great markers from her!

Good luck everyone and get coloring!

{hugs} Lisa

City Crafter Challenge Blog - Garden Mail - Take 3

OK, well then, apparently I can keep my eyes open for one more post!  Here is the third and final card for the "Garden Mail" challenge over at City Crafter Challenge Blog. 

I like this card because I stamped my leaf image from PTI several times onto white paper and shaded each leaf in with purple chalk for a unique background image and then filled in with the Garden Fresh sentiment. 

I also love the cluster of purple roses hanging upside down onto the parcel tag.  They look like they were hung out to dry and preserve.  I tied them up with some yummy shabby vintage seam binding from one of my favorite etsy shops, Deb's Simple Treasures.

Ok I think I finally have this challenge out of my system............maybe...........

Oh well, that's all for now.

Have a great night everyone!  I already am!

{hugs} Lisa

City Crafter Challenge Blog - Garden Mail - Take 2!

Well I mentioned that I was really inspired by the photo over at City Crafter Challenge Blog this week and I wasn't kidding!  I went on to make another card for the challenge and there is actually one more card waiting in the wings to be posted.  There is just something about this photo from A Creative Mint that I really like!  I'm not sure if it is the colors or the collage look or the layout but I really like everything about it:

Well, whatever it is, my second card features the color palette from the photo and a Hero Arts flower stamp that has been sitting on my wall begging to be used for some time now.  I stamped it onto a handmade parcel tag and embellished with some leaves and ribbon.  Definitely "Garden Mail" material! 

I think it is my favorite out of the 3 that I made.

I hope you like it!

If I can keep my eyes open, I'll post card number 3.

See YA!

Garden Mail at CCCB

It's week #15 at City Crafter Challenge Blog and I am in love with this week's challenge!

The inspirational photo is from one of my favorite blogs called

A Creative Mint

Leslie is the owner of A Creative Mint and she has some of the most BEAUTIFUL color coordinated photography on her blog!  If you need some inspiration for gorgeous color combinations,

that is the place to go!

This week the challenge at CCCB is called Garden Mail and the inspirational photo from A Creative Mint looks like this:

 

I just love all of the purple and green in this photo against that white background with touches of kraft color thrown in.  It all works so well together! 

The photo is called "Inspired by the Garden" so this is the challenge.....

Create a project/card using any colour from the photo and your creation must include something to do with Mail .. e.g. stamp, text, envelope etc.,

I really am in love with the colors and theme of this challenge!  I might have to make another project this week for the challenge..........hmmmmmmm, maybe a tag???

Oh well, have a great day!

I already am!

{hugs} Lisa

Exciting News

Quickie post tonight to share some exciting news from last week's challenges!

I won the Spotlight Artist Award for the card I entered into the week 14 sketch at the
City Crafter Challenge Blog,

You can view my winning card here.

And I won the Super Six Award for the card I made for the #73 sketch

at Card Patterns,

You can view my winning card here.

Thank you so much to the City Crafter Challenge Blog and the Card Patterns ladies for the wonderful awards!  It's always nice to be recognized for doing something you love!

Have a great night everyone!  I certainly am!

{hugs} Lisa