Freebie Friday at Digital Delights

Good Morning Everyone!
Happy Friday to you!!!
This morning over at Digital Delights you can grab this adorable image and it's cute sentiment for free...that's right FREE!!! So hop on over and check out all of Louby Loo's fab images and grab your freebie!

I used this week's Pink Elephant Sketch for today's card.
Other Stuff I used for this card:
Stamps: Digital Delights by Louby Loo
Ink: None (other than from my printer)
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Cool Caribbean, GP White, Basic Grey's Lime Rickey DP.
Accessories: Cuttlebug Eb folder, Copic markers, Nestabilities, Lg and Sm tag punches, felt flower, green galore brad, Ribbon from Walmart.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a fabulous Friday!

New Releases and A Sketch Challenge from Digital Delights!!!

Good Morning Everyone!!!
Today is a very exciting day because Digital Delights has brand new releases!!! They are called the Americana Collection!!! Plus Wendy is is having a sketch challenge with some fantastic prizes from her store!!!! Whooo Hooo! Head on over to Digital Delights and check it all out! Also check out the other DT member's blogs (See my side bar for their links) for some more great inspiration!

I used Officer Oakley for the sketch challenge...Isn't he the cutest???

OK, I won't keep you any longer...head on over to Digital Delights and I will see you back here later for What Works Wednesday!!! Until then have fun and enjoy the day!

Happy Father's Day!!!

Happy Sunday Everyone and Happy Father's day to all you terrific dads out there! This sketch comes from Jen del Muro at I {heart} 2 stamp SFYTT. I thought it made the perfect layout for my FIL's card.
Here's the stuff I used to make this card:
Stamps: Victoria Case Digi, Just Jeans SU, Sentiment SU More Great Greetings.
Paper: Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, My Mind's Eye DP.
Ink: Baja Breeze
Accessories: Copic markers. CM circle cutter, white gel pen, paper piercing tool and template, brown buttons.

Thanks for stopping in this morning and I hope you all have a fantastic day!

Jessica Lynn Originals Launch Party TONIGHT!!!

Here is a little sneaky peek of what's to come...isn't this Digi adorable???
Join us HERE tonight at 7PM Central time for the launch party! Come see the newest Summer images from JLO! Plus Jessica is giving away some fab prizes! See you there!!!!

Digital Delights Design Team

Good Morning Friends,
I have some great news! I've been accepted as a design Team member for Digital Delights by Louby Loo. If you haven't seen her Super adorable images, hop on over to her site. Check out the other DT member's sites too...what a bunch of super talented ladies! (See links on the right). My card above was made using Chef Luigi...isn't he just too cute? (The image comes with "#1 Dad" on the top, but I did cut that part off, just because this is going to my step-dad...didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings, ya know?) I added a little Crystal Effects to the icing...mmmm looks good enough to eat!

On a sad note, I lost my job yesterday. I'm very sad about it, but on the other hand, I need this time recover and regroup from all that's been happening in my life. I'm so grateful to have paper crafting as my never- failing outlet, and to have such wonderful friends here. I'm looking forward to spending lots of time creating, sharing and visiting your blogs!
Hugs,

Beary Box Challenge #30

Here is this week's Beary Box Sketch Challenge:

Stuff I used on this card:

Stamps: In Style Digi Ava (leaning)

Ink: None.

Paper: Elegant Eggplant, So Saffron, Pale Plum, DCWV Old World stack DP.

Accessories: Copic Markers, SU Border Punch, So Saffron Ribbon, Stickles, Dimensionals, CM Circle Punch.

Thanks for stopping in and have a GREAT Thursday!

WWW will be back next week...

Hi Friends...
What Works Wednesday will be back next week. My sincere apologies for having to skip this week's edition. I am very behind on "life" stuff, so please bare with me while I make some schedule changes and reorganize my time. (My job has put some extra demands on me this week) Thanks for your patience and understanding...and as always I appreciate your support.
Hugs,
Lisa

My Moment in the Sun

Hello My Friends and Happy Sunday!

As you know, I am lucky enough to be this month's guest designer at Modern Sugar Blvd. I thought I'd share my moment in the sun...

Check out my interview HERE.

Thank You, Sugars!!! You really know how to make a girl feel welcomed!

Thank you too, my loyal bloggers...You always make me feel good and I appreciate all of your kind words and support! HUGS!!!

New Releases and 40% off at MSB!!!

Hi Friends!

Modern Sugar Blvd. had some new releases last night and here are 3 of them! My good news is that today only, you can get 40% off any Digis from MSB. You MUST follow this link:http://passemoncardcompany.com/?code=Bingo to receive your discount. My other good news is that those sweet Sugars over at MSB have chosen ME to be the Guest Designer for June! YAY! I'm so honored!

Here, also, are a couple of cards from last week's challenge from MSB:
Check out the Modern Sugar Blog site HERE. And stay tuned for some more exciting stuff from MSB and me! Have a great day! TGIF!!!

What Works Wednesday #2

Welcome to What Works Wednesday #2: Cataloging 101!

When we first start out on this crazy ride, we never think that we aren't going to know what we have or remember where we placed it. In my case, the "stuff" had far exceeded the memory capacity in my brain. That's where cataloging has become my most important tool. I know what I have, what it looks like and where to find it.

Now please don't let this scare you off, it is a big project if you've already accumulated a lot of stuff, like I had, but working at it a little bit at a time gets the job done fairly painlessly, plus it's a great review of things you may not have played with in a while. The first thing I'm going to show you is the Cuttlebug section of my catalog. This is a great place to start if you have a lot of folders.
I used scrap card stock. The nice thing about this also is when you're not quite sure what you want to use on a project, just flip your catalog open and make your choice! This also helps me when I'm shopping to not buy something I already have..have you ever done that? I have, and more than once!

This is my Copic color chart. Very Very Useful! It not only serves as an inventory, but also a chart to help me make color and shading choices. You can download this chart HERE. I like this chart the best becasue I have room to make a color swatch, it gives the number and name of the marker...and...I have room to write in the Stampin' Up! color matches. Thank you so much to Sandy Hulsart for this fabulous gift!

I catalog my stamps according to what they are, but I store them by company. This is the section for sentiments. Any sentiments, from any stamp sets, or singles, go into this section. This way when I'm looking for a sentiment, I just thumb through, find the one I want and go right to it. These are all Stampin' Up! sentiments here, so it doesn't say the company, but I indicate the company for anything other than SU!.

My Stampin' Up! stamps are stored alphabetically and on their sides so that it's easy for me to grab a set without having to pull it out of a stack and risk them falling over (One of the things I tried before and didn't like). The shelving is actually CD cases that I bought at Walmart for around 20 dollars. I have 5 of them.

This is how I store my single wood mounted stamps. As you can see they are labeled by Company.

This is how I store my unmounted rubber stamps. I will get into this in a little more detail later on, because I also want to show you about storing clear polymer stamps at that time.

As you can see, my system isn't very fancy, but it is very functional and efficient. I enjoy stamping much more now, because I don't spend so much time looking for what I want. SO, what are your thoughts?? How do you organize? What works for you? Please share your experiences in the comments section...also, how did you do last week getting rid of things you don't use? I got rid of some gel pens that were dried up, some tiny bits of DP too small to do anything with, and I moved my embellishments all to one location. Yay! Progress!!!

I hope you all have a wonderful day and good luck with your organizing this week!