Putting ink to stamps

I seem to go through phases but for now, I seem to be reaching for my stamps a whole lot.

 First off I used the Colour Q color combo for the inspiration on my card.  I picked up one of my Crafter's Workshop stencils and added the color to my background by rubbing it with a few different Fluid Chalk stamp pads.  I used all of the colors in the combo, just rubbing here and there.  The card base and the frames were cut with my Cricut Expression.

 This wonderful butterfly is a stamp by Stamps by Judith. I stamped it with white ink and white embossing powder and then colored the white cardstock with some Distress Ink.  The white embossing acted as a resist.  I added some Glossy Accent to portions of the butterfly.

 Can you see the spatters of color? When I finished the stenciled background, I felt it needed a little something more so I used a paint brush and a couple puddles of some Distress Stains and flicked the brush against my finger.  This ends up fitting in with Cath's challenge on Moxie Fab to do some spattering.

 Here is the inspiration piece from Colour Q.

 Now onto the Paper Smooches SPARKS inspiration piece.

 And, the Card Patterns sketch that I also used for my next card.

 I cut my Little Yellow Bicycle piece of patterned paper in pieces to look like the rays.

 The houndstooth band is a stamp by Paper Smooches as is the cloud. I added a pattern into the cloud with another stamp. The sentiment is a stamp by Paper Smooches too.

 Next off, I played along with Kimber's Saturday sketch at 2 Peas. I liked the sketch and saw a cute reason to use this little elephant stamp by Paper Smooches.  You can tell I still had that patterned paper by Little Yellow Bicycle on my table and I thought it fit pretty great. 

I have also wanted to play more with cut out shapes and thought that fit pretty well here too. That top design is a border punched with a Kreaxions 4-in-1 punch. 

And for a few photos...

 This is my brand new rose, I just put it in the ground not many days ago and it already has blooms all over it. It is called Ketchup and Mustard! Does that fit or what?

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Park Play and Rain Play

I wanted to share a couple layouts I created some time ago based on a day at the park.

This is our youngest grandson and believe me, this guy knows how to play and have a good time!  I feel in love with these adorable papers from Little Yellow Bicycle and thought they fit the theme perfectly.

 The tree and kite are chipboard accent pieces.

I had started out to only make one page but then realized I had so many photos from this one day that I wanted to use more so I created a simple collage using Picassa. Once you pick your photos for the collage, you can also pick borders and the colors of the borders so I picked a great turquoise to match. This was all printed out as one piece and then I used stickers from the collection to decorate all around the collage. SIMPLE!!!

And, onto a completely different subject...

We had LOTS of rain on Sunday and that leads to more fun for this guy!

He finds every puddle!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

CPS Anniversary

First off, can I say I officially have a love/hate relationship going on with my computer!!!!!

My computer decided to have a mini meltdown last Tuesday.  As we were trying to repair it, it seemed that the better answer was to get a new computer since mine was very old and a very old computer doesn't really always want to work all that well.  SOOOOOO, since then, I have been on the journey of getting a new one and getting it up and running and this is has just NOT been a fun experience. I have too many programs that I need the software to get working again and some were purchased online and they are out of date.  I can really say that at this point I am not happy!  Hopefully that will change.

Anyway, this week marks an anniversary for Card Positioning Systems sketch blog. Thankfully, this is a good thing and it has been such a fun adverture for me. 

We were to pick a sketch from the past for our project.  I picked this one, sketch #166

I also got to work with a set of stamps from Gina K.  If you check out CPS all during the anniversary celebration wich runs through February 18th.  Each team member played with a different sponsor so you will be seeing lots of great stuff and there will also be lots of prizes to win.

I love this little bunch of flowers, so this was fun to work with and to use with this sketch.

Of course, I used my Copic markers for the coloring and I also used probably my newest favorite product, Liquid Pearls by Ranger.  The patterned paper is Little Yellow Bicycle. The label shape is cut wiht a Spellbinders Nestabilities.  My circle cut out was done with the Kreaxions circle cutter which is so the perfect tool for this sketch.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Unscripted sketches and CPS sketch

 I get to share some cards in this post that I created to go along with some sketches. 

 First up, this weeks Unscripted sketches card. 

 I got to pull out my brand new mini pad of Echo Park papers! I just love when patterned papers are designed to go together so well. 

 I am having so much fun using my Martha Stewart score board and making these medallions.  It just seemed like the accent that I needed to finish off this card.

 This is last weeks Unscripted sketches card. I just didn't have time to post it last week.  You can tell that I turned the sketch for my card.

 The patterned paper is from the Your Truly mini pad of papers by Echo Park.  I loved paring this print with the turquoise. 

 The little doily shapes are cut with a Cricut cartridge as is the word, "Thanks". 

 Next up, here is my card for this weeks Card Positioning Systems sketch.  I just picked up some of the pieces in a new collection by Little Yellow Bicycle.  For that punched edge, I used one of my Kreaxions 4-in-1 punch. 

I used some of the stickers from the collection.  I just love how easy and quick this card was because of the matching pieces. 

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Little birdies and a Yellow flower

First off, I wanted to share the card I created to go with one of the Sketch challenges at Moxie Fab

 I love to use sketches, so I am usually up for a challenge.  This challenge at Moxie Fab goes along with Card Ideas Week. 

 I pulled out this very "sunny" piece of patterned paper by Little Yellow Bicycle.  The sketch has the three banner looking pieces on it so I used one of my Kreaxions punches and made little decorative banners. 

 The reverse pattern on this particular piece of paper has these cute little quails all over it so I just cut out a strip of them to march across my card. 

 I also want to share my Card Positioning Systems card for this week.  Our sponsor is Clearsnap and I used Smooch Spritz.  I love spray colors so this is a product that I really like. 

 To get my pattern, I used a stencil by Layers of Color.  You can see that the spray color has a silver/metallic look to it.  I also cut a flower with a My Favorite Things die from white cardstock and sprayed it so that it is a great, metallic golden yellow.  I love how completely this spray colored my cardstock.

And for a few photos...

 I used the Hipstamatic app on my phone for these.  My grandson loves playing in this swing and so as I pushed the swing, I had my phone in my hand to snap these.  If you recall from my last post, this app is meant to give old fashioned looking photos. 

Thank you for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

THANKS BUNCHES card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Little Yellow Bicycle
Kreaxions 4-in-1 punch
Ribbon – May Arts
Rub-on sentiment – EAD Designs/Paper Smooches
Self adhesive pearls – Queen & Co.
Machine Sewing

SKETCH 233 – THANK YOU card

Materials:
Spray Inks courtesy of Clearsnap – Ice Rink and Candle Glow/Smooch Spritz
Flower Die Cut – My Favorite Things
Cardstock – Core’dinations
X-Press Blending Card – Copic Markers
Patterned paper – Die Cuts with a View
Pattern Stencil – Layers of Color
Rub-on sentiment – EAD Designs/Paper Smooches
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars
Brad

Flower Soft and Our Daily Bread Designs Blog Hop

Are you ready for a Blog Hop?

Come join us in a special blog hop with The Flower Soft & Our Daily Bread Design Teams!

As you make your way through the hop make sure you comment on each and every post. There will be two prize winners chosen randomly among the blogs.


Flower Soft and Our Daily Bread will each be selecting a winner for a $20 prize package!

The blog hop ends on August 30th. The prize winners will be announced on The Flower Soft blog and Our Daily Bread Designs Blog on August 31st.


If you came here from Sandee's blog you are in the right place. If not please start at the beginning at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog.

From my blog, hop on over to Connie's blog for more goodness.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

BUTTERFLIES card

Materials list:
Stamp – Faith/Our Daily Bread Designs
Flower Soft and Flower Soft glue - Delphinium
Cardstock – Core’dinations
X-Press Blending Card – Copic Markers
Patterned paper – Little Yellow Bicycle
Black stamp pad – Black/Mix’d Media Arts/Clearsnap
Clear embossing powder – Stampendous
Spellbinder Nestabilities label die
Copic markers
Spray color – Chalkboard/Glimmer Mist
Self adhesive pearls – Queen & Co.

Winter and Summer all in one post!

First of all I really need to give a little movie review! We went to see The Help and I so recommend it. It is wonderfully done with some amazing actors just be prepared because it is also emotional.  We were so excited for it to come out and it sure did not disappoint.

Now, onto some cards.

 First up, my Card Positioning Systems card for this week. My Favorite Things stamps is the sponsor. I LOVE their stamps so this makes me very happy. It was also pretty fun to work with a "winter/cold looking" card in the middle of summer.

That wonderful, decorative, die shape is a Spellbinders Nestabilities. 

 Next up, my Unscripted Sketches card for this week. Now talk about a challenge!!! But since I love challenges, I was up for it.

 I pulled out this amazing collection of supplies by Little Yellow Bicycle. I LOVE these papers, die cuts and stickers.  The punched bottom corners are done with a Kreaxions 4-in-1 punch.

 Doesn't this combination just make you happy?

 And, I also found some time to play with a challenge that I have never played with before, Cas-ual Fridays.

 I felt like this challenge gave me permission to just create something simple and it was so fun. 

 I thought the combination of this doily stamp and the leaf sprig was fun.

And for a few photos...

 I mentioned the other day that we took a little trip to San Diego to go to the zoo.   To make our trip a little more interesting for our 3 year old grandson, we took the train there.  He wasn't supposed to be running but of course, he is cute in about anything he does, so Grandma had to get a photo!

If you have never been in the train depot in San Diego, I wanted to share how gorgeous it is. These wonderful tile walls are all around the inside of the station. 

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 231 – SENDING A FLURRY OF LOVE card

Materials:

Stamps courtesy of My Favorite Things

Cardstock – Core’dinations

X-Press Blending Card – Copic Markers

Patterned paper – Fancy Pants and My Mind’s Eye

Spellbinders Nestabilities

Copic markers

Glitter 3-D Fashion Paint – Tulip

Black Versafine stamp pad

Clear embossing powder

SKETCH 119 – SUNNY DAYS AHEAD card

Materials list:

Cardstock – Core’dinations

Patterned papers and stickers – Little Yellow Bicycle

Rub-on sentiment – EAD Designs/Paper Smooches

4-in-1 punch – Kreaxions

Mini brads - Doodlebug

FUTURE IS AS BRIGHT… card

Materials list:

Cardstock – Core’dinations

Patterned paper – Graphic 45

Stamps – Layers of Color, Wplus9 Designs and PaperTrey, Inc.

Black and Jasmine stamp pads – Mix’d Media Arts/Clearsnap

White and Clear embossing powder – Stampendous

Copic markers

Self adhesive pearls – Queen & Co.