Mojo Monday 360 and Doodle Pantry Lily Card

My hubby and I met years ago where he was a chemist at Lily Industries (not the pharmaceutical company). I was just their summer temp since my regular occupation was teaching, which I loved. Three years later when we married, I carried a bouquet of Oriental lilies in honor of our meeting place. I also planted many lilies in our yard to remind us of that time and place of our meeting. Years later his company was sold to another company, so the name changed. This week is the official closing of his lab, which was moved to another state, so I made this card to give to one of his co-workers as a little "good-bye."

One of the lilies I planted was called "Mona Lisa" in honor of our daughter, Lisa. I colored the Doodle Pantry Easter lily to look like the beautiful lilies I love. This week's Mojo Monday sketch was perfect for the card. The white panel is embossed with chevrons. I added CTMH silver shimmer trim and a thistle diagonal striped ribbon with a glitter button on top. The background papers are from CTMH retired Lollydoodle. The lily petals were recolored with Copics: RV00, R81, R83, R85, RV04, RV25.


I used the following challenges to make my card:
Frosted Designs Friday Challenge - Chevrons
Just Add Ink #228 - Color Combo

Mojo Monday #360 - Sketch

Paper Creators Crafts #28 - Bows, Bling, Blooms
The Cutting Edge Challenge #8 - picture inspiration + die cuts - I used Spellbinders Floral Ovals.

Take Heart Baby Layout

I just discovered a new challenge I'd never noticed before - Take Heart. They have a sketch this week that was perfect for the first page of my granddaughter's album. I was using one horizontal photo and one vertical photo. I used Close To My Heart papers (Lolly Doodle and Paper Fundamentals) and Chantilly chipboard embellishments, except for the Wilton doily.

 

I'm sharing this layout with the following challenges:

All Crafts Challenge - Anything but a card

Just Add Ink #227 - use chipboard (the flowers and word elements)

Take Heart August Challenge - Sketch

Tando Creative Challenge - lovely layers

The Crafter's Cafe #76 - Anything But a Card

CTMH Lollydoodle Scrapbook Layouts and Cards

When I first saw the Lollydoodle paper pack in the Spring/Summer Idea Book this year, I thought I wouldn't use it that much. Little did I know that as I worked with it I fell in love with it. Here are three of the layouts I made from one paper pack. The first two are the designs I created using the stickers, Lollydoodle assortment, and the Flamingo Dots. The last one is part of the Workshop on the Go. Tomorrow is the last day that the CTMH Lollydoodle paper and embellishments will be available so I'm also re-posting my previous cards made with Lollydoodle.

I decided to make the last layout a heritage Easter layout with photos from my childhood. It uses the Cricut Artiste cartridge to make the background shape. The stamps and embellishments were part of the Lollydoodle Workshop on the Go.

I did make a 4th layout, but put it in someone's album so it wasn't handy at photo time. Here's the sample made by CTMH. This is NOT my layout or my photos. I'm including it for my customers who still haven't completed their layouts or added photos yet.



Here are the Lollydoodle cards I had previously posted.

Quick Lollydoodle Valentines

When I was a teacher we took personality tests in a workshop one time that revealed amazingly accurate results. Then they divided us into four groups. I was the only female in a small group of four men. Dozens of other women were in two main groups in the front of the room. One of my characteristics given in the results was "files in piles." How true it was. I had stacks or piles of papers of many different types. I usually knew where something was when it was in one of many piles. However, if I tried to be neat and put things away in cupboards or drawers, I'd completely forget about them or wouldn't be able to find them. The other day I started cleaning out a drawer and and discovered a large set of really old Close To My Heart card bases from 2005 that I'd filed away and never used.





Here are two quick valentines I made for grandkids using the new Close To My Heart paper, "Lollydoodle," with its whimsical flowers, combined with those old striped card bases. The two papers seemed made for each other.

 Shelly's Images has a challenge to use two hearts with red and/or pink. The two hearts above were cut with the Cricut. I added contrast with the white heart  by sponging Twilight ink on the edges so it would match the large flower. I added a red Recollections heart sparkle on top. The black heart border below was cut using a Martha Stewart punch. I added some tiny CTMH pink sparkles on the valentine greeting.

I'm sharing these cards with the following challenges:

Crafter's Cafe #50 - must have Hearts
Oldie But a Goodie - Valentine
Papertake Weekly - with a Heart
Scrapbooker PhD #7- Hearts, red or pink
Shelly's Images - Use two hearts with red and/or pink (first card)

Swinging Bunny Valentine

How lucky I am that God has blessed me with eight amazing grandchildren! Five of them are boys, so pink hearts and valentines are out for them!  My quietest grandson is seven years old and very artistic. When he was in kindergarten, he had a strong drive to draw pictures much of the day. As soon as he'd get home from one of our excursions, he went straight to the paper and markers and began to draw things he saw. I gave him a marker, crayon, and paint set that he loved. His first comment was that it had so many "greens." Green has been his favorite color, so I made this masculine valentine card for him using an older Nutcrafter's digi image, colored with Copic markers, and a new paper pack from Close To My Heart, "Lollydoodle."

 I used some older sentiment stamps from CTMH. The inside has two stamps combined to make the message I wanted for him.

Thank you for visiting. May God bless you as you create and spread a little love with your own cards!

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:
Cards Galore Encore #2 - add gem, glitter or candi
Catered Crop - heart of the matter
Crafty Bloggers Network - all about boys (my masculine valentine)
Desert Islands Crafters #71 - use 3: (#4-twine, #7-3 patterned papers gray+ leaves, multi-colored dots, aqua with tiny white dots; #8- 3 different embellishments: twine, button, enamel dots)
Just for Fun - Love is in the air
Kreativeinkauf Challenge #11- hearts (mine says "Cutie Pie")
Nutcrafters #61 - A little bit of love
That Craft Place - love/valentine