DDD November

Hi Friends!

It's been quite some time, but I'm back because it's the 15th of the month and I've got a Dueling Darling card to share.
(I'm still missing cards for Barb's fun kit in September and my own in October and I really apologize for that)

This month's hostesses are Carol (for the Divas) and Shelly (for the Dazzlers) and they've chosen a "Give Thanks" theme.
I love that theme and I LOVE this kit! :) There's just something really special about Fall when all the leaves start to change color and the air turns a little crisper---definitely something to be thankful for.

Thank you to Carol for the beautiful kit and thanks to this whole group of Darlings for being so big hearted, inspirational and creative!

Hugs and Happy Thanksgiving,
Kadie

DIVAS
Barb
Carol
Judy
Kelly
LJ
Suzy
Tami

Dazzlers
Darlene
Debbie
Jeanette
Paola
Shelly
Terry A.
Terry L.
Tracie

DDD May Flowers

Hi Friends,
It's that time again for the 15th of the month and another round of Dueling Darlings.
This month our Diva hostess Tami provided us with an awesome kit, that includes this image from Red Rubber Designs.

We were also asked to share if we had a flower that we plant annually. I don't have anything that I plant every year, but I do have a few favorites in my yard that bloom once a year. My most favorite is our lilac bush. :)

Hope you enjoy all the Flower themed cards this month and be sure to visit all the Darlings below:

DIVAS
Barb
Carol
Judy
Kelly
LJ
Suzy
Tami

Dazzlers
Darlene
Debbie
Jeanette
Paola
Shelly
Terry A.
Terry L.
Tracie

DDD Swing Into Spring

Hi Friends,
It's that time again for the 15th of the month (did you get your taxes done?) and another round of Dueling Darlings.
This month our Diva hostess is Suzy and her partner for the Dazzlers is Terry A. They chose a Swing Into Spring theme!
Suzy provided us with an awesome kit, that includes this image from a retired SU stamp set called A Kind Word.

We were also asked to share if we had a favorite Spring dessert and mine is LEMON BARS. Yummmmmm. :)

Hope you enjoy all the Spring themed cards this month and be sure to visit all the Darlings below:

DIVAS
Barb
Carol
Judy
Kelly
LJ
Suzy
Tami

Dazzlers
Darlene
Debbie
Jeanette
Paola
Shelly
Terry A.
Terry L.
Tracie

DDD Man's Best Friend

Hi Friends!
Welcome to another round of Dueling Darlings!

This month Carol and Shelly chose a theme called "For the Dogs," and Carol sent us Divas a most FABulous kit to play with. There were so many fun papers to use that I just couldn't make up my mind and was inspired to create panels to play with them all.

We were also asked about our childhood pets and I had quite a few, but I will just share about the first one I remember to be my friend and that was Bandit the cat. My parents had both a cat and dog before I came along and they were not happy to share their parents with me, but Bandit came along after and was my cat. He was the sweetest and a good friend to wee little Kadie. :)

Thanks to Carol and Shelly for another fun duel and I hope you'll check out all of the creations from the Ladies' links below.

DIVAS
Barb
Carol
Judy
Kelly
LJ
Suzy
Tami

Dazzlers
Darlene
Debbie
Jeanette
Paola
Shelly
Terry A.
Terry L.
Tracie

DDD Tutti Fruity

Hi Friends!
Welcome to another round of Dueling Darlings!

I know that you're expecting to see a little mouse on my card for today, but I just didn't feel right about working on my own kit until I had caught up on one very awesome kit that I hadn't yet had a chance to work on.
So, without further adieu, here is my card using Kelly's fun Tutti Fruity kit from (eeek) September.

Such a gorgeous kit and I loved every moment playing with it today. Thank you, Kelly for the goodies, for your patience and most of all for your sweet friendship!

I will be sure to post a little mousey card in the next day or two that goes with Paola and my "Being a Kid at Heart" theme for February. And I wanted to thank the Divas (and Dazzlers too) for their awesome cards today using the Feb kits. MUAH!

DIVAS
Barb
Carol
Judy
Kelly
LJ
Suzy
Tami

Dazzlers
Darlene
Debbie
Jeanette
Paola
Shelly
Terry A.
Terry L.
Tracie

DDD Get Well Soon

Hi Friends!
I know it has been eons since I've posted anything, but the time has come!!
It's time for another round of the Dueling Darlings and it was just what I needed to get my mojo going.

This month's hostesses are Barb (for the Divas) and Tracie (for the Dazzlers) and they chose a SOUP---GET WELL theme.

Barb sent us Divas the most BEAUTIFUL kit! I love love the Stampin' Up paper that she sent and all the embellishments were super yummy too. And I can't forget the main attraction; the Whipper Snapper Chicken Soup stamp!
Thank you, Barb!

We also were asked to share our favorite soup. I must admit that I am not a big soup fan. But I do have a couple that I will eat on a day that I'm needing to feel warm and toasty inside. Tomato soup (with grilled cheese), chicken tortilla soup (with corn bread) and taco soup (atop tortilla chips). Yum!

Be sure to check out all the awesome cards from the rest of the DDD! See you next month :)

Barb
Carol
Judy
Kelly
LJ
Suzy
Tami

Darlene
Debbie
Jeanette
Paola
Shelly
Terry A.
Terry L.
Tracie

Falling Into New Friendships

Hi Friends!

It's hard to believe I've been away for so long, I almost forgot how to post :) Forgive me though, life got in the way and crafting was set on the way back burner.

I'm back today with another round for our Dueling Darlings group! But first I must apologize to our Dear Diva leader, Kelly, and all the Darlings for missing last month's round! I'm still working on that card. xoxo

Judy and Debbie came up with a really fun theme this month to incorporate both the change of seasons and celebrate the arrival of our new Darlings, Suzi, Tracie and Shelly--Falling Into New Friendships.

Judy sent us a real smorgasbord of papers and embellishments. Such great items to play with and TONS to choose from (thanks, Judy)!!

For my card I decided to take the die cuts and create a bookmark. I used clear poly "cardstock" (which is transparency paper from the office supply store) to create a pocket for the bookmark. This allows all of the great patterned paper to continue to show through and gives the allusion that the tree is among it's dsp friends :)

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to visit all the other Divas and Dazzlers!! (see links on side bar)

Anything But A Card

Hi Friends!
It's the 15th of the month and that means it's time for another DUEL with the Dueling Darlings!

This month our hostesses are Carol and April and they challenged us to make anything but a card. This is a HUGE challenge for me, as I generally don't think outside the box. But thankfully for me, Carol (our Diva hostess with the mostess), didn't challenge me to do so. I just had to THINK BOX! teehee

So I created this little thank you gift box. A great idea for any summer event to say, "thank you" to the hostess with a lil sumpthin' sumpthin'.

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to check out what the other Divas and Dazzlers have for you! (links on my side bar).

Get Well Soon

Hello! Happy Thursday!

I've got another Deconstructed Sketch to get your craft mojo going!

Here is the awesome sketch and links to the AMAZING inspiration from the Sketch Girls!

Arielle
Cresta
Jen
Sheri
Tangii
Tracey

My card today is also my Duelings Darlings card for this month! (Sorry for being a day late).
Tami was our hostess for the Divas this round (Melina for the Dazzlers) and she sent us a wonderfully fun kit, complete with this sweet Lizzy Dressed stamp from Great Impressions.

The April theme is, "I picked a flower for you," and I hope I did this theme and kit proud!
Thanks again for an awesome kit, Tami!
Please check out what the rest of the Dueling Darlings have created for April! (see side bar for links)

What's Your Brew?

Hello and Happy Sunday!

It's the 15th of the month and that means it's time for another Duel with the Dueling Darlings! This month it was my turn to hostess for the Divas and Paola for the Dazzlers. We chose a coffee or tea theme, depending on what each lady preferred. Hence the name, "What's Your Brew?"

For my card I chose to go with Coffee and the stamp from Art Impressions to answer the question. While I do LOVE a nice cup of tea, I'm finding myself drinking coffee more and more these days. It may be that I have a 7 month old and am needing caffeine. Or maybe that I'm addicted to Starbucks. Or that I just plain like the taste and smell of java. Or maybe all three :)
Order me up a grande peppermint latte, please!

Have a great day and be sure to check out the cards from my fellow Dueling Darlings (list on side bar).

February Duel

Hello and welcome to another fun challenge for The Dueling Darlings!

This month our hostess for the Divas is Laura Jean and the hostess for the Dazzlers is Darlene. And since February 10th is National Umbrella Day they chose a little bumbershoot for us to showcase on this month's card!

Thank you, LJ for the amazing kit and for the fun challenge. Please stop by the rest of the Darlings blogs and see how they used their kits (see blog links on side bar).

Have a great Sunday!

Birthday Duel

Hi Friends!
I hope your Thursday is off to a great start!
I'm here with our first Dueling Darlings card of the New Year. This month our hostesses Judy (for the Divas) and Debbie (for the Dazzlers) chose Birthday's as our theme. Their idea stemmed from all things new in the new year and I love it!

Judy sent us an incredible array of papers, stamps and embellishments to chose from--it was hard for me to decide. That was actually what took me longest in creating this card. Once I saw that birthday spinner in the mix, I just had to figure out the best way to work it in! So I designed my whole card around it!

I hope you'll hop around with us today and see what the ladies have created for this January Duel! (names listed on sidebar)

October Dueling Darlings

Hi Friends!
I'm here with another round of Dueling Darlings! I'm so sorry to have missed a few months, but I hope to catch up on those real soon.

I'm very happy to be joining in this month on LJ and Terry's, "Eat, Drink and Be Scary" theme. I was SO EXCITED when I spied this lil witchy-poo from MFT because I love Torico's stamps so much!! This cutie is from the MFT set, Witch Way Candy and colored up in Copics.
LJ provided us with such a fun collection of papers and embellishments--one of my fave color combos! The papers and buttons are from Basic Grey, Eerie and the twine is from Doodlebug.

We were also asked to share what one of our favorite treats as a kid was and I would have to say anything chocolate. I would save all my chocolate bars until the end and then I would try and save them as long as I could. Junior Mints have always been my favorite.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will leave some love for all of the Dueling Darling Divas and Dazzlers located on my sidebar!

Birds of a Feather Flock Together

It is the 15^th of the month and that means it's time for another round of Dueling Darlings. Kelly and Jeanette came up the idea for this group four years ago next month, so this is a special challenge and the theme is FOUR. Well, really, the theme is Birds of a Feather, but Four is a main component of this month's challenge.

This month's kit was a cornucopia of goodies and Kelly had many creative ways for us to use it all. First, we were to use 4 of one item (and there was a generous amount to choose from). I chose to use 4 flowers in my tree. The second suggestion was for us to use this awesome piece of burlap. I LOVE burlap on cards and thought it made a great backdrop for my tree. And lastly, we were to use the image we received in a creative way. The image of the tree had several components and as you will see in hopping from Darling to Darling, there are many different ways to use this stamp set.

And here is the inside of my card, using one of the sentiments from the kit.

I think I hit all the points of the challenge. While I haven't been a member of the Duel for all 4 years, I feel so blessed to join in the fun and form the friendships that I have through our love of card making. Thank you so much to Kelly for this kit and for inviting me to be a Diva!!

Lots of love to these Girlies!! Be sure and check out what all of them have created for you!

Green Thumb

Hellooooo!
I finally here with my (much tardy) 15th of June Dueling Darlings card!

Our hostess this month was Tami and boy did she send us an amazing kit full of goodies!! This adorable stamp is Garden Riley from Riley & Co. and the papers are Cosmo Cricket. I'm also entering this card in Kelly's Riley & Co. challenge to use texture.

Tami and Darlene (hostess for the Dazzlers) also asks us to give our favorite gardening tip and mine is...
don't let your plants die. :) Haha. I don't really garden, but I've been known to both over water or under water and unfortunately lost many a plant. Yikes. Safe to say no green thumb here.

But it looks like Riley is having a much better time with his garden! :)
Thanks for popping by to see my card! Have a great day!

You Make My Heart Sing

Hi Friends!
Well, it seems I'm tardy to the party once again, but here is my card for this month's Dueling Darlings duel, none-the-less!

Here is my card using Ukelele Josh from Sparkle Creations!

I wanted to thank our awesome Diva hostess with the mostess, Judy, for an AMAZING kit this month! Judy, you REALLY spoiled us! And what a fun theme that Judy and Paola came up with too. Music definitely speaks to each of our hearts in different, but significant ways.

We were also asked to dedicate a song to our fellow Darlings and I dedicate, "Thank you for being a friend," the theme song from the Golden Girls. Each and every one of these ladies have been true blessing in my life and I'm so thankful to be part of this group.


DIVAS
Kelly
Carol
Barb
LJ
Judy
Kadie (me)
Tami

DAZZLERS
Melina
Debbie
Terry
Paola
April
Darlene

Girl's Day Out

Hi Friends!
Happy 15th of April!
Today isn't just about taxes, it's also about the Dueling Darlings! On the 15th of every month it's the Divas versus the Dazzlers, as we take on a friendly duel of creativity in which each group gets the same theme but different supplies.

This month my Dazzling partner, April and I decided on Girl's Day Out/Girl's Night Out. I sent the Divas a kit filled with goodies from MFT, Crate Paper & Bo Bunny, Prima and PTI. I can't wait to see what all the ladies came up with for our day-to-night themes!

We also asked the ladies to share a little bit about one of their Besties and what they like to do when they get together. Well, my long time dear friend lives in Siberia...yes, for real! We became friends in college and then after graduation, we BOTH went to Siberia for a year and then she and her husband decided to make it their home. So, with that said, I don't get to see her very often, but when I do, it's always a great time of laughs and reminiscing and picking right back where we left off.

And I also just happen to get to collaborate duels with one of card Besties! Even though April and I have yet to meet in person (it's in the works :), I consider her a close friend and am so blessed that our paths crossed. She is one of the sweetest people I know and she has a great sense of humor too---she always knows how to make me laugh. I love that lady SO MUCH!

Hope you have fun hoppin along and checking out today's Duel!
DIVAS
Kelly
Carol
Barb
LJ
Judy
Kadie (me)
Tami

DAZZLERS
Melina
Debbie
Terry
Paola
April
Darlene
Jeanette

Rain or Shine

Hello and welcome to another installment of the Dueling Darlings!

This month our hostess for the Divas is Laura Jean and she sent us this super fun kit filled with one of my fave Unity stamps and papers from Cosmo Cricket. She also sent a super cool little folder that I decided to use for my actual card.

It seems I didn't receive any instructions for this month's challenge, so I just flew by the seat of my pants :) Hope I did this kit and LJ proud!

Thanks so much to LJ and Terry for hosting this month!! Check out what all the rest of the Darlings have created for this Duel!

DIVAS
Kelly
Carol
Barb
LJ
Judy
Kadie (me)
Tami

DAZZLERS
Melina
Debbie
Terry
Paola
April
Darlene
Jeanette

Feel The Love

Hello and welcome to another installment of the Dueling Darlings!
It's seems it's just my MO lately to be running behind...so here is my card a day late, with many apologies.
BUT I assure you, my being a bit behind the times is no reflection on the great affection and deep love that I have for the two ladies we are honoring this month!

Kelly and Jeanette started this wonderful group many moons ago and graciously invited me to join in along the way. I have been privileged to get to grow a cherished friendship with both of these ladies over several years and I can say with all honesty that they both truly live out lives filled with MUCH FAITH and all the fruits of God's character that are stamped on each of our cards this month. What a blessing it is to have crossed paths with Jeanette and Kelly and I thank them both for touching my life so greatly.

As Kelly would say... XOXO!!

Thank you to Barb and Debbie for hosting this month!! Check out what all the rest of the Darlings have created to honor our two leaders!

DIVAS
Kelly
Carol
Barb
LJ
Judy
Kadie (me)
Tami

DAZZLERS
Melina
Debbie
Terry
Paola
April
Darlene
Jeanette

December DDD

It is the 15th of the month and that means it's time for another Dueling Darlings challenge! Our hostesses for December are Kelly for the Divas and Jeanette for the Dazzlers. Kelly and Jeanette challenged us this month to make a Christmas card with our choice of two beautiful images.

Kelly sent us Divas such a fabulous kit with lots of yummy papers and embellies! It was so hard for me to choose which to use! I love the end result though and I'm already thinking of someone very special to send it to.

This is my absolute favorite time of year and I love that Kelly and Jeanette gave me another reason to celebrate it with this card! I hope all of the Dueling Darlings have a wonderful Christmas and I am so thankful for each of those ladies. Please stop by their blogs and give them some love.

DIVAS
Kelly
Carol
Barb
LJ
Judy
Kadie (me)
Tami

DAZZLERS
Melina
Debbie
Terry
Paola
April
Darlene
Jeanette