LSC #46 & My City Champ

I had a really hard time with the Loonie Stampers Challenge this week. First off, I have no saffron paper. Secondly, I had no idea what to do for background paper. So I looked to the Loonie Ladies themselves for inspiration. I followed Char in using Lemon Tart and again followed her and Regan's use of butterflies. As for my background, I used my trusty swiss dots folder and inked the dots with white (not sure if you can see it in the picture). It's not one of my favourite cards, but it's growing on me.

I also wanted the share (another) picture of Jake. I mentioned his lacrosse team in a couple of posts. Well, they did win the city championships after all. This is really exciting for him as he has never been on a team that has won cities in the 9 years he has been playing sports. Here is my proud boy.

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Raspberry Suite Colour Challenge #10

Hello out there!

Here is my take on Dawn McVey's latest colour challenge. Lo and behold these are colours I would never combine on my own. In fact, I rarely even use the melon and berry colours at all. This is exactly why I love participating in challenges.

I hope you are having a grand week. This month seems to be whizzing by for me and I can't believe the kids are done school.

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Thank You Coaches

I made these quick cards for my son's lacrosse team to sign for the coaches as the season is wrapping up. If two of them look feminine it's because two of our coaches (including the head coach) are female...how cool is that??!!

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Candy Kabobs

I made these for my son's lacrosse team who finished the season first place in their division and just advanced to the final round in playoffs following a big win today. They were a hit with the kids at a team BBQ after the game.

The little pennants are from Martha Stewart Crafts. I purchased them months ago from the clearance section at Michaels. A little Scor Tape on each easily held them to the white card stock, which I stapled to pretzel bags (also from Micheals) filled with candy on a skewer. Sorry about the dark photo.

I told the kids I would be happy to make these again if they win the City Championship!

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KWerner Colour Challenge #55

Well, I'm not too sure about this one. I liked it okay until I grunged up the ribbon. It's almost a crime to do so to my beloved PTI Vintage Cream grosrain!! I feel the charcoal ink took away from the ribbon rather than enhanced the card, but it seemed too bright without it.

I don't think think the shabby look is for me.

I will stick to the clean and simple style, with an emphasis on the SIMPLE!! :)

I hope you are having a lovely Saturday.

TGIF!

It has been such a long week, I thought Friday would never come. But here we are at last :)

This card was made with this week Loonie Stampers Challenge colours. I love this weekly challenge as it often features colour combos that I would never come up with myself. I quite like this week's colours together.

Be sure to visit the Loonie Ladies blogs to see their wonderful creations. You can start with my pal Char's blog and link to the others from there. It is a ritual for me to visit them all every Friday morning!

Have a GREAT weekend and thanks so much for visiting my little blog!

Love U

I've been practising my sewing skills and thought I would share my latest attempt. I love this colour combo. The pp is Jenni Bowlin that I got on clearance and the alphas are Heidi Swapp. The brad is from the Basic Grey Lime Rickey line.

It has been a while since I made a card without stamping. Sorry if the photo is dark...I took it after the sun went away.

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