Live, Laugh, Love with LunarLana

Spooky Treats and Tricks!

Good morning to you!  Today I have another Halloween card to share! This is the exact same sketch that I used as yesterday. The only difference is that for the little strip of card stock on the button right of the card, I used the Trick or Treat Sticker Tape by Making Memories.  I also can't stop plopping my bat buttons onto my Halloween cards! They are so much fun!  I love making Halloween cards if you couldn't tell. I love the bright colors with the black. It's spooky (ha ha) and cute all at the same time!  This stamp from Whipper Snapper is super easy to color. All I did was color in the spooky letters. The ghost is outlined with a gray.  So if you are looking to whip up some fast cards, keep ghost stamps in mind! 

Enjoy your day!

Always on my Mind

I have started to play around with some sketches. I really like to

play with sketches when I don't want to put too much thought into my design work.  I find that it works best to work with a paper line that has coordinating paper. That way your colors match perfectly.  For this card, I used My Mind's Eye.  Eclectic Paperie has put together some packs with their favorites from this company, and I've found them to be some of my favorites as well!  I put this card layout together before I even stamped my image on the white card stock. I've never done it this way before, but I will again. Once the card was made, I dug through my stamps and found the perfect image for it.  I think this pup from Whipper Snapper is the cutest little guy!  Then I colored him and added my rub-on and button! LOL!

One other thing that I wanted to add is that I keep a file on my computer to save sketches I like. If you haven't noticed there are sketches all over the internet!  I also like to keep a file folder of sketches that are printed of so that I can just pull that paper and take it to my work station.  Give it a try!

 

Don't Ask

Last week was a pretty off week for me.  Nothing too terribly bad happened other than getting completely DRENCHED at the Homecoming parade with our students.  It just wasn't a perfect week!  So Friday night when I was settling down for the evening, I decided to make a card that reflected my week. It made me laugh the whole time I was making the card. It was good. Sometimes you just need to laugh! There is nothing else you can do!

I believe it was last year that I stamped some of these images off from my friend Bevie's stamp.  She also had the saying that matched perfectly!  These little House Mice seem to get into some peculiar situations, don't they? 

Prosperity

Good morning and welcome to the Sunday Post.

On today's card I used a new set called The Outpost. For the background I used some stamps from Lost Coast Designs.  I added some Gaffer Tape to the top of this card and was quite happy with how it made the popped up image pop out more.  I haven't really played around too much with layering my dirty cards, but I think I'm going to try that more. I like the look!  I also used a bit of twill tape on this card. I like the contrasting color of putting that right by the Gaffer Tape. It is so much fun to get dirty once in awhile! I love playing around with this stuff!

It is a bit cooler outside today. I wonder if that is a sign of what is to come!  I'm ready for some Fall temperatures!  Enjoy your Sunday!

Ricky Racoon Happy Day!

Good morning Folks!  I'm sorry I've been running behind on things!  I plan to get caught up this weekend!  I made this card last weekend but I never got it photographed. I used a sketch from my sketch file. I like to collect sketches from different websites to challenge me. Sometimes it's fun to just take some new coordinating paper and follow a recipe or a sketch. That's what I did on this card. The patterned paper is from My Minds Eye. They have packages on sale at Eclectic Paperie right now.  I love this bunch of paper from the Abbey Road & Lucky Me collections.  How do you like the Racoon? He's a new stamp that I bought from Stampendous!  I seen some pictures of him being released at CHA and I knew I had to have him!I can't wait to play with him more!  His name is Rooco the Raccoon!  He is a cling mounted stamps which I love. They take up less space and the impression you get is high quality!

Alrighty! I'm off to get my first cup of coffee! Enjoy your Saturday!

Sun Tomorrow

Happy Tuesday to you all!  Wow is September every cruising by! 

I have another card that I made with the same set as yesterday's post. I love the Cheer factor of this set!  I like the tag stamp also that comes in the set. This card is a 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" card.  I used the Stampin' Up! Canvas background and then stamped the PTI flowers on the background.  The Sunshine and the rain boot are cut out and attached with foam tape.  I just had to add a button to the sun's center!  This card just feels comforting to me!  If I was having a bad day, I'd feel better!  

Enjoy your Tuesday!   

Brighten Your Day

Good morning!  I had a little fun this past weekend playing with my

Papertrey Ink sets. I have to do more of this!  I had so much fun! I love playing with their grid stamps. I'm thinking I need to purchase some of their grid paper.  I love coordinating the colors on the grid to match your images.  This set is called Scattered Showers Additions. I love the sayings in the set and love the idea of making cards for friends who may need a pick me up every now and again. This color combo just brightens my day looking at it! I LOVE IT!  Yep, I definitely need to play Papertrey more often! LOL!  Happy Monday to ya!

Simplify

Good afternoon and welcome to the Sunday Post. I'm a little late today because I've been running around and cleaning my house up for the next week!  It's good to have that done and, and now I can do some stamping!

This card is made with a new set (Old Grist Mill) that I recently purchased from Artistic Outpost.  This set reminded me of my Dad. He has taken a lot of photos over the years and some of his favorite things to take pictures of are old mills.  I'm hoping to be able to make some cards with this set for him.

I added some color to this card using regular markers (Tombow). I wanted some of the natural greens to show of the bushes and trees. I also added some color to the sunflowers.  I love how they pop out on this card. After I added the color, I also added some Distressed Stickles to the water, bushes, and flowers.  It's hard to see it in the picture.  Doesn't this card just make you want to go for a Sunday drive out into the country?

You're sweet!

 

Good Saturday morning to ya! Yes, I am up already!  It is Saturdaymorning and I just couldn't sleep any more! On today's card, I used Papertrey Ink's set called Everyday Button Bits.  My friend, Stevie, let me borrow her set when I was at retreat back in August.  I stamped up a bunch of pieces so that I could make the cards later! WOOHOO!  I just grabbed paper from my box of leftovers. You all know how much I love buttons, so I must say I had so much fun playing with this set!  It took me FOREVER to chose the right button for each one!  LOL!  This stamp set is just purely genius in my opinion!  It gives me yet another excuse to use buttons on my cards! 

It is going to be yet another beautiful day here! Get out and enjoy it!

Imaginisce Winter Tin

Good morning! Happy Friday!  I'm sticking with my winter theme  here!  Today I have a tin that I used in combination with my Imaginisce Colorful Christmas paper!  I told you that you would be seeing more of this!  These little tins make a sweet little treat for a friend during the winter season.  Does this not make you smile? It makes me smile HUGE!  I used the Stampin' Up polka dot grosgrain ribbon on this. It matches so nicely. This project is super easy to make too.  I just cut the paper, attached it. Tied a ribbon around and attached my chipboard piece! Easy peasy!  Sometimes these are the best kind of projects!

Happy Friday to all!  Yahoo!