Dear Friend - Dear Mom

First off, a tag to a friend.

 Moxie Fab has a challenge right now for several different themes.  I wanted to go with the "girlfriend" theme celebrating National Girlfriends Day, Celebrating Relationships.  I created a tag. Tags are something I don't often work with. For some reason I feel "tag" challenged but I don't know why since the format is smaller and that should be easier.  The tag shape is cut with chipboard and the Art Philosophy Close to My Heart Cricut cartridge.  I decided to emboss that with a Sizzix embossing folder with a woodgrain design.  I highlighted the woodgrain print by rubbing it with a brown Distress stamp pad.

The circle with the butterfly cut out is a tag from the same Cricut cartridge.  I cut this again a little smaller so I had a smaller butterfly to place in the cut out butterfly shape.  The zig zag circle piece behind this is also cut with the same cartridge.  The sentiment is a portion of a stamp by Printworks. 

Next up, my Card Positioning Systems card for this week.

 Want2Scrap is the sponsor this week. If you like BLING, you will like this company a whole lot.  I turned the sketch on it's side. 

The patterned papers are brand new from BasicGrey.  The flower is cut out of one of the prints.  With the Want2Scrap pink rhinestones, I cut two circles of rhinestones in half and them used the halfs to fit the sketch.

Now for a few photos...

 Both photos are taken with my Hipstamatic phone app.  I so love playing with that.  We stopped at a beach on a recent trip and I wanted to get a few photos. 

 Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

DEAR FRIEND tag
Chipboard
Art Philosophy Close to My Heart Cricut cartridge
Happy Days/ Echo Park patterned paper
Printworks sentiment stamp
Black Versafine stamp pad
Flower - Recollections
Ribbon
Distress Stamp pad - Ranger
Woodgrain embossing folder - Sizzix
Self adhesive pearls - Queen & Co.

SKETCH 243 – MOM YOU’RE SPECIAL card
Materials:
Rhinestones courtesy of Want2Scrap
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Flamenco and Pico de Gallo/Indie Bloom collection/BasicGrey
Corner rounder punch - PaperShapers
Sentiment stamp – Paper Smooches
Black Versafine stamp pad
3-D Fashion Paint - Tulip
Foam tape – 3M

A stamp here and a stamp there

Both cards I get to share in this post use stamps! I love stamping. 

 First off, my Card Positioning Systems card for this week.  Want2Scrap BLING is our sponsor.  I cut the scallop circle with my Cricut and the ring of black rhinestones are a perfect fit. 

 The flower stamp was stamped with black ink and embossed with clear embossing powder and then I very simply colored it with Copic markers. 

 Now on to my Unscripted sketch card.  I turned the sketch on it's side. I just love this sketch and could see using it several more times.

 I combined a few Hero Arts stamps for my design.  The circle/wreath was inked with a couple colors of Distress stamp pads. 

 I stamped the flower twice on patterned paper.  The top one was added with foam tape for added dimension and I made clips into the petals to add even more dimension. 

And, to share a couple photos...

 Our puppy, Sadie! She is a year and a half now and sooooo cute. 

My husband built this wonderful arbor.  I picked up the birdcage at Ross and put plants in it, the little lights are solar.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 239 – THANK YOU card

Materials:

Rhinestone circle courtesy of Want2Scrap

Cardstock – Core’dinations

X-Press Blending Card – Copic Markers

Copic markers

Stamp – Inkadinkado

Black Versafine stamp pad

Clear embossing powder - Stampendous

Art Philosophy CTMH Cricut cartridge - , 3 1/4” and , Card, 4 ½” and 5 ½”

Rub-on sentiment – EAD Designs/Paper Smooches

SKETCH 127 – WISHING YOU LAUGHTER card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned papers – BoBunny, My Mind’s Eye, We R Memory Keepers
Fiskars corner rounder punch
Wreath, flower and sentiment stamps – Hero Arts
Black Versafine stamp pad
Clear embossing powder – Stampedous
Distress stamp pads
Self adhesive pearls – Queen & Co.

Flowers, Pearls, Numbers and Buttons

I get to share a couple projects that include all of those goodies.

 My Card Positioning Systems card for this week shows off the flowers and the pearls.  Our sponsor is Want2Scrap bling.  You really need to check out the wonderful goodness this company offers, especially is you love bling. The pearls and rhinestones shapes are meant to match Spellbinders dies.

 I used a scallop oval Spellbinders Nestabilities and an oval one to fit inside the scallop one.  The oval of green pearls fit in exactly.  The flower is from Recollections. 

 This is the Unscripted sketch for this week. I love this sketch, it was so fun to use.

 I have a brand new Cricut cartridge by Close to My Heart, Art Philosophy.  I LOVE this thing. I can see that I will be using it many, many times. 

 The little row of numbers is a border from that cartridge. This sketch had an additional challenge of using numbers on the card.

And, for a couple photos...

This is what we did for Memorial Day. It was really brave of our youngest grandson to jump into his uncles arms!  I used my Hipstamatic app on my phone for the fun, old fashioned effect. 

A cool photo of our puppy dog too. I love how this film/lens combination is a black and white with a tiny hint of color. 

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 235 – YOU ARE A BLESSING card

Materials:
Pearls courtesy of Want2Scrap
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper and sticker border – BasicGrey
Kreaxions circle cutter
Spellbinder scallop oval and oval Nestabilities die
Rub-on sentiment – EAD Designs/Paper Smooches
Flower - Recollections

SKETCH 123 – YOU ARE SUPER card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned papers – Bella Blvd.
Rub-on sentiment – EAD Designs/Paper Smooches
Buttons – PaperTrey, Inc.
Numbers border – Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge/CTMH, Font Layer, Fit to page, 10”

Orange flowers

I have said this before but here it goes again...I LOVE CHALLENGES!

 I am always a fan of color challenges and Play Date Cafe does such a good job of putting them together but this weeks combo is a "MUST DO"! Is this yum?

 I also love sketches so as I was trying to decide how I was going to put that color combo together, I came across the Sketchy Thursday sketch and while these are meant for layouts, I knew I wanted to try it on a card. 

 I went searching for a photo to use because I liked that that one part of the card would be a photo that I took.  I found this wonderful, orange rose photo that I took as I walked through a garden.

 The flourish piece is cut with my Cricut using the Cindy Loo cartridge.  The sentiment is printed directly on the card front. I used a digital stamp by The Wax Fruit Company.

 I loved in the sketch that they used a butterfly going off of the edge and so I used my Kreaxions butterfly die with this text patterned paper.  Notice I created a decorative middle to the butterfly by pleating a strip of matching paper. 

 This card uses the Card Positioning Systems sketch for this week.  Want2Scrap is the sponsor for this week. You MUST check out their BLING! They offer shapes of rhinestones and pearls that fit with the shapes of Spellbinder dies. SOOO clever. 

I used a Springtime topper by Flower Soft, cut in a circle shape.  I layered that onto a scallop circle Spellbinder Nestabilities die.  The circle of rhinestones fit perfectly. Notice that great accent of the Flower Soft on the plant in the tea cup.  I used two colors of Flower Soft for a more natural look. 
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

YOU SPRINKLE JOY… card

Materials list:
My own photo
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper – BoBunny
Cindy Loo Cricut cartridge (2 ¼”)
Butterfly die - Kreaxions
Digital Sentiment – The Wax Fruit Company
Clearsnap Fluid chalk stamp pad
Copic Markers

SKETCH 227 – JUST BECAUSE card

Materials:
Circle of rhinestones courtesy of Want2Scrap
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper and sticker – Gabrielle collection/Gabrielle Stripe/BoBunny
Springtime topper – Flower Soft
Christmas Green and Pale Green - Flower Soft
Spellbinder Nestabilities
Rub-on sentiment – EAD Designs/Paper Smooches
Little Flower