Christmas on my mind!

Are you like me, happy to be creating cards that have a Christmas/Winter theme!  I love so many of the papers and elements for this season.

 First off, I used the Unscripted sketch for this week.

And the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger color combo! Isn't this photo of ornaments just wonderful!

 Love, love, love this collection by Pink Paislee and they have been giving away little kits all week long.  What is expecially fun about the dotted card base is that it is a piece of digital paper and I printed it out so the front and the back of the card are the same print.

 The two labels and the little snowman and snowlady are digital elements from the set.  Notice that punched border.  I used one of my Kreaxions 4-in-1 punches to create it.

 Next up, my Card Positioning Systems card.  That wonderful, vintage card is free from The Graphics Fairy. I just printed it on textured cardstock. I think that adds to the vintage feel. 

 The embossed piece behind that vintage card is embossed with a Tim Holtz embossing folder.  And if you look close, you can see the blue and green Flower Soft that is added around her shoes. 

The snowflakes are punched from a digital piece of "text" print paper.  I added bits of Flower Soft to the greens that she is holding and I also added some chunky glitter here and there.

 Another collection of Christmas/Winter papers that I am in love with are some from Bella Blvd.  This card is created from them. 

That circle is cut with my Kreaxions circle cutter. This cutter is the perfect tool to use to cut a ring like this.  I cut a larger circle first and then changed the size on the cutter and cut a smaller circle.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 136 BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE card

Materials list:

Digital papers and elements – Pink Paislee

Tulip 3-D Glitter Fashion Paint

Kreaxions 4-in-1 punch

Foam tape – 3M

SKETCH 248 – LOVING CHRISTMAS WISHES card

Materials:

Ultra Fine Flower Soft courtesy of Flower Soft – Ocean, Pine and Sage

Cardstock – Core’dinations

Clip Art – Free/The Graphics Fairy

Sizzix embossing folder

Snowflake punches – Martha Stewart

Distress Stamp pad – Ranger

Glossy Accents – Ranger

Chunky glitter – Impress Rubber Stamps

Greetings and Hope

I was able to play along with this great Play Date Cafe challenge this week.

 I found a free vintage image at The Graphics Fairy.  I printed it out and used it on a tag.  The tag is cut with my Cricut.

 That wonderful, green doily piece in the background is cut with a Kreaxions 4-in-1 punch.  I cut a circle and then punched around it, I love the look. The leaves are also a Kreaxions punch.

 Next up, my Card Positioning Systems card for this week.  Clearsnap was our sponsor again and this time we were to use one of their Rollograph wheels.  I used two different ones on my card. 

 The butterfly postage piece is one of the images on one of the wheels.  The text words on the other strips are from another wheel.  I rolled this one on a piece of patterned paper and then sprayed it with Smooth Spritz.  The green punched border is punched with a Kreaxions 4-in-1 punch. 

And for a few photos...

 I took these with my Hipstamatic camera on my phone.  We were at a shopping center that has a huge ferris wheel.  I love the different effects.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 245 – HOPE card
Materials:
Stamp wheel courtesy of Clearsnap
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Echo Park
Clearsnap stamp pads
Smooch Spritz - Clearsnap
Foam tape – 3M
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars
Kreaxions 4-in-1 punch
Self adhesive pearls – Queen & Co.
Aleene’s Paper Glaze


THANKSGIVING GREETINGS tag

Materials list:
Core’dinations cardstock
Art Philosophy Close to My Heart Cricut cartridge – Tag 3 1/2”
Vintage tag – Free at Graphic Fairy
Kreaxions 4-in-1 punch #903 and leaf punch
Ribbon, button, pearl
Clearsnap Fluid Chalk stamp pad

A sketch here, a challenge there

Yes, just give me a challenge of some kind and I am there!!!

So, first off I just had to play with the Card Patterns Sketch for this week. I don't always find the minutes for an extra sketch challenge and I just had to since I love to create and play.  There are so many interesting details on this card so I am going to point them out.

The vintage circle image is a Free download from The Graphics Fairy. 

The houndstooth pattern paper for the background is from the Back to School kit by Jen Martakis at Two Peas in a Bucket

(both of these were printed on White Core Essentials Core'dinations cardstock, the texture of that paper is amazing)

The half circle is from a piece of Core Amour from the Sable collection. It had those stitched lines in it, I just sanded it a bit.

The side turquoise strip is a piece of Core Impressions by Core'dinations, it has that embossed design in it.

The flower is four layers of flowers cut from an old dictionary. I crumbled them and added a big button with a brand new jewel from Recollections are Michaels

On to the next challenge...

The Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger...

As I studied the Trigger image, I thought right away of the jar of daffodils I had in my kitchen window.  I knew a photo of that should be my starting place.  Next I knew I had this great set of medallion stamp images from Wplus9 Designs. 

So, I stamped one of the medallions using orange ink.  I also liked that the scarf was a bit wrinkled so I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder to add some "wrinkles" to my paper and I slightly brushed that with a gray stamp pad to help with a bit of an aged look.  The card base is gray to match the window in the photo and then I used accents of this great blue patterned paper by Echo Park to finish off the card.  I love these Sculpture Flower by Prima so one of those just seemed perfect. 

Gotta share a photo too...

I was trimming bushes in our backyard yesterday and came across these cuties. I appears that there are two birdies totally squished in this tiny nest not even 2" across. I just hope the Mom still wants to come around as we made a mess of their cozy home.  I'll keep checking.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

LOTS OF HUGS card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Essentials, Core Amour and Core Impressions/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Back to School Digital kit from Two Peas in a Bucket
Vintage image – Free from The Graphics Fairy http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/2011/03/old-photo-beautiful-woman.html
Vintage dictionary pages for the flowers
Button
Rhinestones - Recollections
Circle cutter - Kreaxions
Sentiment stamp – Hero Arts
Black Versafine stamp pad
Sand It Gadget - Core'dinations


THANK YOU - DAFFODILS card
Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinations
My own photo
Patterned paper – Echo Park
Doily stamp – Mehndi Medallions/Wplus9 Designs
Stamp pads - Memento
Sculpture flower - Prima
Embossing folder - Cuttlebug
Sentiment sticker - SRM
Sand It Gadget - Core'dinations