tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70368084948267913372024-03-16T00:16:50.737-07:00Card VilleLoly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-14330553090285273632016-09-23T10:44:00.001-07:002016-09-23T10:55:00.328-07:00For the love of tea/ coffee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hello dear crafty friends!</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm sure you are all as excited as I am! <a href="http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/2016/09/2016-fall-coffee-lovers-blog-hop/">The coffee Lovers blog-hop</a> is here! Yay!</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is my card.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On the background I embossed The Stitched leaves by Lawn Fawn. The sentiment and cup are by Hero Arts CL 188, and I colored the cup with colored pencils. The small leaves that form the "Wreath" are also by Lawn Fawn,I had so much fun coloring them with distress inks, some using a foam applicator and some inking them straight from the ink pad.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm also <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">joining <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/pp313-cas-challenge-from-laurie.html"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">T</span>he Paper Players challenge</a>.</span> </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thanks for visiting! Have a blessed day!</span></span></b><br />
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Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-24043892695559247932016-08-29T18:49:00.001-07:002016-08-29T18:55:23.044-07:00More Birthdays!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hello there carfty friends! My dear crafty friend<a href="http://www.djkardkreations.com/"> Darnell </a>has another NBUS challenge at her blog <a href="http://www.djkardkreations.com/2016/08/its-here-nbus-challenge-7.html">here!</a></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I made another birthday card, this time for a dear co-worker.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The stamps and sentiments are by Simon Says Stamps. I used gold embossing power and to color everything I used the </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="a-size-large" id="productTitle">Kuretake MC2036V Gansai Tambi 36 Color Set.</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The size of the card is 8" x 51/2" as 12 people have to write in it. :)</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="a-size-large" id="productTitle">Thanks for visiting! Have a blessed week! </span><span class="a-size-large" id="productTitle"> </span></span></span></b>Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-31026176870461793192016-08-28T18:28:00.000-07:002016-08-29T18:09:30.795-07:00Happy Birthday!<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hi there crafty friends!</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope you are enjoying your weekend. I saw this awesome sketch at <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2016/08/sketch-251-sketch-by-cindy.html">Freshly Made Sketches</a> </span>and I couldn't resist to make a card for my friend Kristy who is turning 50 today.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So here is my card!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Extra points because I used all scraps to make it. The cupcake die is by Simon Says Stamps and the sentiment is by Lawn Fawn.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thanks so much for looking! Have a blessed week.</span></b></span>Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-80269594826094880342016-06-26T15:05:00.000-07:002016-06-26T15:05:06.906-07:00Winner Announced!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Happy Sunday dear friends!<br />I hope you are enjoying your weekend! I'm here to announce the winner of my blog candy for the <a href="http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/2016/06/summer-coffee-lovers-blog-hop-2/">Coffee Lovers Summer Blog Hop.</a></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thank you so much to all of you who visited and to all the participants, I had so much fun visiting blogs and being inspired by all of you! </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">According to Random.org the winner is </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><cite class="user"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/15625257695451174572" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Helen F</span>.</a></cite><span class="icon user"></span><span class="datetime secondary-text"><a href="http://loly-borda.blogspot.com/2016/06/more-coffee-love.html?showComment=1466817396792#c4421023904757727132" rel="nofollow">June 24, 2016 at 6:16 PM</a></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yummy shaker card!</span></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Please email me to let me know which store you prefer Simon Says Stamps or Helen Hutson. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Have a blessed week! </span></span></b></div>
Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-28925171698454732422016-06-22T07:10:00.002-07:002016-06-22T07:39:45.958-07:00More coffee love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hi there crafty friends!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have a lot of fun these past days with the <span style="background-color: yellow;"><a href="http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/2016/06/summer-coffee-lovers-blog-hop-2/">Coffee Lovers Blog-hop</a></span>, reading your comments and visiting blogs! Thank you so much for all the inspiration!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">want to share my second card with all of you</span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another shaker card, the sentiment is Simon Says Stamps and the cup
and donuts came in one of their monthly kits (that I was hording for a
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Please remember to comment to enter the giveaway. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks for you visit and have a blessed rest of the week.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Hi there crafty friends! It's time for the <a href="http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/2016/06/summer-coffee-lovers-blog-hop-2/">Coffee Lovers blog-hop</a> again Yay! It seems that I keep my blog open just for this, LOL, (because the last time I posted was for the previous hop).</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Anyway, I'm happy to be part of today's hop and I want to share my card with all of you.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The sentiment is by Lil' Inkers Design and the cup is by My Favorite Things. I used a lot of glitter, because I was inspired by <a href="http://www.stephanieklauck.com/">Stephanie's</a> and the first day of Camp Create at My Favorite Things, which was <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/blog/camp-create-2016-1/">"Glitzy glitter"</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>and the last day which w<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">as <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/blog/camp-create-2016-5/">"Espectacular shakers"</a></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>To celebrate the hop I'm giving away a $ 20.00 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp or Ellen Hutson. You have time until June 24 midnight central time to leave your comment. I'll announce the winner on Sunday, June 26th.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Thanks for visiting! Have a blessed weekend!</b></span></span>Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-20406462335886236362016-03-28T04:00:00.000-07:002016-04-24T20:16:30.289-07:00Giveaway winners!!<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hi there crafty friends!</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks so much to all of you that visited my blog and left lovely comments. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was an exciting week hopping along and getting to know new fellow crafters, I really appreciate all the support.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The winners of my blog candy are ... drum rolls please...</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1. Andy Miller</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2 Teresa Godines</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /> Please check your invoices and reply asap so I can send you the prizes.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm sharing here a card that I didn't have time to post during the hop. The fabulous sentiment is bt Lil' Inkers Design.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hi dear crafty friends!</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is my last card for <span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/2016/03/spring-coffee-lovers-blog-hop-2/">this fabulous hop</a>.</span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I used an old Stampendous stamp and white embossed the background. then blended several distress inks on it, I added a vellum panel and on top I adhered the cup and heat embossed the sentiment.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks <a href="http://tsurutadesigns.blogspot.com/">Amy</a> and all the participants for this exciting week! </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Please, don't forget to enter my giveaway <a href="http://loly-borda.blogspot.com/2016/03/coffee-lovers-giveaway.html">here</a>. Winners will be announced early Monday morning. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thank you! Have a blessed weekend.</span></b></span><br />
<br />Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-42209274345098508672016-03-20T02:00:00.000-07:002016-03-20T07:10:04.239-07:00More Coffee Lovers <b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hi Dear crafty friends!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I hope you are having a great weekend! I'm having a blast with all the inspiration in the <a href="http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/2016/03/spring-coffee-lovers-blog-hop-2/"><span style="color: red;">Spring Coffee Lovers Bloghop</span>.</a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This time I used SSS stamp for the cup that I paper pieced using a scrap of an old Stampin Up! design paper. The sentiment is by Lil' Inkers Design. I finished it up with some flowers and wood veneer hearts and cloud.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's all from me today. Please comment to enter the giveaway from <a href="http://loly-borda.blogspot.com/2016/03/coffee-lovers-giveaway.html">this post</a>.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Have a blessed day!</span></b>Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-60500368037762601362016-03-19T11:24:00.000-07:002016-03-19T17:43:31.905-07:00Coffee Lovers + Giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's been a while, but I'm so happy to be back today with a card for the<a href="http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/2016/03/spring-coffee-lovers-blog-hop-2/"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">"Coffee Lovers Spring Blog hop".</span></span></a></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm a day late to the party (I blame it on my full time job), but I'm thrilled to be here.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before sharing my card,I want to let you know that I have two sets of crafty goodies to share with two visitors, each package has a new set of SSS stamp, few dies, paper and embellishments some of them I received from a very generous crafty friend and I want to share the blessings. :) </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I used an embossing folder for the flowery background, the cup is a die by MFT and the sentiment is by Lil' Inkers Design.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Have a wonderful and blessed weekend!</span></span></b>Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-69206337950332516372016-01-12T16:49:00.000-08:002016-01-12T16:52:25.767-08:00Warm winter wishes<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hi there Crafty friends! Happy, healthy and crafty New Year for all of you! </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This week finally winter came to Alabama (smile), so to celebrate I made a winter card for one of my readers that won the prize from <a href="http://loly-borda.blogspot.com/2015/12/warm-winter-wishes-giveaway.html">this</a> post and she asked if I could send her the card from that post. As I have already sent said card to another crafty friend, I made another one for her.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I colored the sweet image with Zig Brush markers.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm linking this one to the <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com/2016/01/lawnscaping-challenge-winter-wonderland.html">Lawnscaping Challenge Winter Wonderland</a>.
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks for visiting! Have a blessed rest of the week!</span></span></b>Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-40573379605408047622015-12-20T17:57:00.003-08:002015-12-20T17:57:32.892-08:00Winter/Holiday-coffee-lovers-blog-hop Winner!<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hi there crafty friends!</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Short and sweet post today, just to thank everybody for your kind words visiting my blog during the hop and to announce the winner.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">According to Random.org the winner is comment Number 14 </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><cite class="user"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/11219030066398327159" rel="nofollow">Patry Ro</a></cite></span><span class="icon user"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="datetime secondary-text"><a href="http://loly-borda.blogspot.com/2015/12/warm-winter-wishes-giveaway.html?showComment=1450335172373#c8990800356282787225" rel="nofollow">December 16, 2015 at 10:52 PM</a></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hi Loly!! This is awesome !!! I love your card!! TFS it!! I am your New follower .Regards!!</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Patry Ro, please e-mail me your snail address ASAP!</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks! Have a blessed week! </span></span></b></div>
Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-85013721797031037072015-12-19T04:00:00.000-08:002015-12-19T04:00:04.966-08:00Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Hi there crafty friends!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I'm so excited to be part of Taheera's </span></span></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Advent Calendar Extravaganza<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">!</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Advent Calendar Extravaganza is -the- festive event of the season! This ‘hop with a twist’ was dreamed up by <a href="http://www.taheerah-atchia.com/" style="color: #0068cf; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;" target="_blank">Taheerah Atchia</a> and
features surprise destinations each day! Joining in the fun with
Taheerah are over 60 special guests - each serving up some fantastic
Christmas inspiration! Just like an Advent Calendar, you’ll never know
where you’re going to be visiting next until you ‘open the door’!</span><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">And
that’s not all! With 25 *amazing* sponsors taking part as well, your
crafty wish list is bound to get a boost with a chance to win a prize
EVERY SINGLE DAY!!</span><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Join in the fun every day at <a href="http://taheerah-atchia.com/">taheerah-atchia.com</a> to see what special surprises wait behind the door!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">I made a card today, kind of following the concept o<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">f finding a surprise every day we open the door <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for each day<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'s calendar. Its <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a gate fold card, t</span>he exterior is very simple, with a not so simple closing and a hidden message inside.</span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">All the papers are Lawn Fawn and the die cuts for the sentiment<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s are Spellbinders, the inside sentiment is by Stampin Up! (old).</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>It’s not a party without a prize - and with prizes every day
there are several chances to win! Today’s prize is generously supplied
by </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span class="_5yl5"><span><span style="color: red;">Butterfly Reflections Ink</span> </span></span>so you’ll definitely want to get your hands on it!
Simply leave a comment on this post to enter - then head back to <a href="http://taheerah-atchia.com/" target="_blank">taheerah-atchia.com</a><a href="http://www.taheerah-atchia.com/"> </a>and leave a comment there too to double your chances! Don’t forget to grab the other surprise destinations from <a href="http://www.taheerah-atchia.com/" target="_blank">Taheerah’s blog</a>
and head over to them to leave comments there as well to improve your
odds even more! You have until 7am EST on Thursday 31st December to
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Don’t forget the Advent Calendar Extravaganza runs from 1st-25th December inclusive so make sure you visit <a href="http://www.taheerah-atchia.com/" target="_blank">taheerah-atchia.com</a> every day for fabulous inspiration and amazing prizes every single time! Merry Christmas!</b></span></div>
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Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com148tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-61132880156716928462015-12-13T20:05:00.000-08:002015-12-13T20:20:01.817-08:00Warm Winter Wishes + Giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi crafty friends!<br />
I hope you are enjoying your Holiday Season! I am still in the process of finishing the cards I need to send. But today I'm sharing a special card that I made for the <a href="http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/2015/12/2015-winterholiday-coffee-lovers-blog-hop/">Winter/Holiday-coffee-lovers-blog-hop. </a><br />
I'm arriving late to the party, but it's always oh so fun!<br />
So here is my card.<br />
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For the background I used a paper I got last Jan in a Simon Says Stamps card kit, the main image is by Lawn Fawn and the die I used to cut the snow bank is also by Lawn Fawn. To finish it up I just added some snowflake sequins. I colored the imaged with Zig clean color real brush markers. To blend the colors I used Wink of Stella and to finish up the cup I covered it with glossy accent.<br />
To celebrate the blog hop and the season I'm giving away a Starbucks gift card.<br />
Thanks for your visit and have a blessed week!<br />
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ETA I'm also adding this card to<a href="http://www.chouxchouxpaperart.com/2015/12/christmaswinter-challenge-2.html"> Choux Choux Paper </a><br />
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Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-18737245582263082262015-11-19T07:58:00.001-08:002015-11-19T07:58:38.050-08:00More Holiday Style<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hello Crafty friends!<br />I have another card for my On Line Card Class. This time is for day 7 "</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Shimmer & Shine Cards". </span></span></b><br />
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Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-15581215937644260012015-11-11T16:38:00.001-08:002015-11-19T07:19:12.222-08:00Holiday Style<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hi dear crafty friends!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm taking an online class called<span style="color: red;"> <a href="http://www.onlinecardclasses.com/">Holiday Style</a></span>, and enjoying every minute of it!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm always slow with the homework, but as I didn't work today, I had some time to play with my inks and stamps, and I want to share my card with you all, (I imagine most of us are frantically creating Christmas cards).</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, on day 2 of class the teachers gave us lots of beautiful inspiration on clean and simple cards. Mine was inspired by<a href="http://www.kwernerdesign.com/blog/?p=11564"> this </a>card by Kristina Werner.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So here you have it. If I have to make this card again I would use a white or silver embossing powder for the sentiment to create a better contrast. I used distress inks for the background and then spritzed water with perfect pearls and it gave a beautiful shimmer to it. The sentiment is by Stampin Up! and the main image is by Stampendous.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks for visiting, have a blessed rest of the week.</span></b>Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-22751815704665393392015-11-08T16:59:00.001-08:002015-11-08T17:29:29.828-08:00More Share Handmade Kindness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hi there Crafty friends!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Mine was great!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I just want to share two more cards I made last week for friends that have birthdays one on the 6th and the other on the 12th and are part of the<a href="http://www.jennifermcguireink.com/?s=Share+handmade+kindness+challenge"> Share Handmade Kindness Challenge.</a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Both cards were already sent. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The cardstocks, stamps and punch are Stampin Up! </span> Thanks for visiting.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Have a blessed week.</span></b>Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-45723703452609285892015-11-07T20:15:00.001-08:002015-11-07T20:58:46.282-08:00Share Handmade Kindness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hi there crafty friends!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Both of my stepdaughters have birthdays this month, in fact, for 20 days every year they are the same age! So I want to share today the card I made for the youngest one, whose birthday is today!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm also sharing this cards at <a href="http://www.jennifermcguireink.com/2015/11/share-handmade-kindness-challenge-week-1-friends-family.html">Jennifer McGuire's blog</a> as part of her campaign Share Handmade Kindness.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The flower is Holiday Poinsettia and the sentiment is from the set Birthday Messages both by Simon Says Stamps.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thanks for you visit and have a blessed day.</span></b>Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-46622601177817413072015-10-04T16:25:00.001-07:002015-10-04T16:25:50.118-07:00Giveaway Winner!!!<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hi there crafty friends!</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Short and sweet post to announce the winner of my blog candy.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Of 27 comments until midnight Saturday, Mr Ramdon.Org determined that the winner was number 6 <span style="color: red;">AJ BODINE!</span> Yay!</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Congratulatios AJ! (I left a message on Google +), please e mail me you address.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And thanks to all of you for your sweet comments!</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I had a lot of fun visiting so many blogs in the past few days.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The background paper is by Lawn Fawn, the coffee cup is by My Favorite Things and the sentiment by Hero Arts.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As a thank you to our awesome crafty community I'm giving away a $ 15 Starbucks gift certificate, you have time to leave your comments until midnight Saturday, I'll post the winner on Sunday.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thank you for visiting and have a blessed rest of the week.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ETA I'm also adding this to <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-21/">Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge</a> "Anything goes" </span></b><br />
<br />Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-58124587742675368872015-09-29T06:01:00.002-07:002015-09-29T18:26:27.029-07:00Sending Love and Prayers<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Hi there sweet crafty friends!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>I have a colorful card to share today. I took a wonderful class at<a href="http://onlinecardclasses.com/watercolorEM/"> <span style="color: red;">Online Card Classes</span></a>, called "Exploring Mediums". As usual, I'm behind with my homework, so today I'm using Zig Clean Color real brush markers, which we "explore" on Day 1.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>I used the sketch by <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/2015/09/case-this-sketch-142.html">CAS(E) this Sketch</a></span> and the Butterfly Drift die by Simon Says Stamps, I colored the inside of the butterflies with the markers in rainbow order and them embossed the border of the die with silver embossing powder. For the sentiment a used the Sending die by SSS and then embossed it with the same embossing powder, for the love and prayers part of the sentiment I used my Brother label maker. (I wanted to use those words but for unknown reasons my stamp doesn't stamp all the letters?).</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>And that's all from me for today. Have a blessed rest of the week and I hope to see you all soon.</b></span>Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-67140522150655739292015-09-13T14:56:00.000-07:002015-09-13T14:58:15.628-07:00NBUS - Happy Birthday!<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hello crafty friends! I hope you are enjoying your weekend.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I had lots of fun today, I finally had time to make 2 cards for my coworkers who have birthdays this month.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I used new (to me) dies from Simon Says Stamps and Cole's ABC by Lawn Fawn, so I'm entering this in my bloggie friend Darnell's challenge<a href="http://www.djkardkreations.com/2015/09/its-here-nbus-challenge-5.html"> </a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.djkardkreations.com/2015/09/its-here-nbus-challenge-5.html">NBUS # 5.</a><sup> </sup></span></span></span></b><br />
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<span class="indent-1"><span class="verse"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm also joining<a href="http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.ca/2015/09/anything-goes.html"> <span style="color: red;">Seize the birthday challenge.</span></a><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="indent-1"><span class="verse"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">I'll be back later in the week to share my other card.</span> </span></span></b></span></span><span class="indent-1"><span class="verse"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="verse"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Have a blessed week!</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-76524611897952619072015-07-06T15:56:00.000-07:002015-07-06T16:29:11.013-07:00Challenges<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hi dear friends! </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yes, it's me again, first time ever I'm posting two days in a row, I challenge myself to post as often as I can this week, my goal would be at least 4 posts this week, let's see...</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>The paper in the main panel is an old one from my stash, I used a SSS stencil for the card base and I cover it with Versa Mark and embossed with Recollections Pesto embossing powder. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches "Think fast" set, the flower is Bold Blossom by Julie Eversole, Essentials by Ellen, which I cut it twice in two shades of pink and then cover it with Wink of Stella. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>This was fun! I'm also adding this to <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://ellenhutson.typepad.com/the_classroom_new/2015/07/essentials-by-ellen-july-mix-it-up-challenge-paper-smooches.html">July Mix it up Challenge</a>, <span style="color: black;">at Ellen Hutson, The classroom.</span></span></b></span></div>
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Loly Bordahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276032123757287938noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036808494826791337.post-71952061816385089812015-07-05T15:12:00.001-07:002015-07-05T15:18:03.584-07:00July Birthday<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Hello crafty friends! I hope you are enjoying your weekend. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>I have several birthdays in my family this month, so I made one card today. I'm using the colors suggested by<a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2015/07/week-231.html"> <span style="color: red;">"Less is More"</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="background-color: red;"><span style="color: white;">RED</span></span>, <span style="background-color: white;">WHITE</span> & <span style="background-color: blue;"><span style="color: white;">BLUE</span></span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and this sketch from<span style="color: purple;"> <a href="http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/2015/07/case-this-sketch-130.html">CAS<span style="font-family: inherit;">(E) this sketch.</span></a></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> So here you have it, very simple, the <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">sentiment</span> die cut is from Lawn Fawn, the cupcake is Impression Obsession and the border is by Stamping Up! No inking, but I do love the <span style="font-family: inherit;">resu<span style="font-family: inherit;">lt.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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I hope you are having a great weekend. I finally have a little crafty time today, so I decided to play along with some challenges. I used the sketch of <a href="http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/2015/06/case-this-sketch-126.html">CAS(E) this sketch</a> and the watercolor fun from <a href="http://prettypinkposh.com/2015/06/watercolor-blog-hop.html">Pretty Pink Posh. </a><br />
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So here is my card. All the stamps are Simon Says Stamps (Always and Forever for the flowers and Sending happy thoughts for the sentiment).<br />
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To color I used Derwent Inktense colored pencils and distress inks.<br />
Thanks for your visit and I'll see you soon.<br />
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