Card Patterns and The Cat's Pajamas Inspriation Challenge

I went searching for some fun challenges this week and ended up at two places, Card Patterns and The Cat's Pajamas. I recently found out that The Cat's Pajamas issues a new challenge each Tuesday and this week it is an inspiration challenge.

This first card is Card Patterns sketch #12 for this week. Their sponsor is Unity stamps so I pulled out this set I just love. The sketch really has what look like three circle kind of designs on the front, but what I like about sketches is that you are to look at them and make them your own so I used the stamps and created three points of interest on the front.

The two little stamped birds are one of the points, the Give Thanks label piece is the second and the flower is the third.

1. The birds are stamped and embossed and colored with Copic markers and accented with Diamond Glitter 3-D Fashion paint on portion of the birds. One of the birds is added to the card with foam tape so their is dimension to them.

2. The label piece is also stamped and embossed and then the greeting is stamped over that and that is also embossed. I used Copic Markers to add a little bit of color to the border and added the same Diamond Glitter 3-D Fashion paint by Tulip to the colored border. I love the little bit of glitter that this adds while still letting the colors show through.

3. The flower was really white, I sprayed it with Memories Mist by Stewart Superior. This makes such a quick and easy way to add color.
Recently I was able to play with some The Cat's Pajamas stamps if you remember that post and I wanted to pull those out again. I was over taking a look at their blog and web site and I discovered that they issue a challenge each Tues. This week the team member, Toni, picked out a great set of summer themed glasses for inspiration and I picked out the great summer colors of the prints on the glasses for my card. I just love how these Prism papers have the exact perfect shades to go with this wonderful We R Memory Keepers paper that has the exact colors in the stripes.

This cute kitty cat was simply stamped with the black ink and embossed with the Detail Clear embossing powder. I just love how intense that makes the image and really brings it to life. I gave a little shadow around the image with a Copic Marker and the blender pen and then added the Diamond Glitter 3-D Fashion Paint by Tulip to the wings and the halo. Again, I just love the amount of glitter you get with this kind of paint. Just makes that little cutie look so angelic.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

GIVE THANKS FOR BLESSING… card
Materials:
Cardstock
Patterned papers – Providence/Cottage Street/Scenic Route Paper and Dazzling Dots/29th Street Market/My Mind’s Eye
Apron Lace border punch – Fiskars
Set of stamps – Unity
Versafine black stamp pad
Clear embossing powder
Copic Markers
Diamond Glitter 3-D Fashion paint – Tulip
Flower – Petaloo
Memories Mist spray – Stewart Superior

SWEETIE PIE card
Materials:
Cardstock – Prism
Stamps – The Cat’s Pajamas
Patterned paper – We R Memory Keepers
Black Stamp pad – Versafine
Detail Clear embossing powder – Stamps n Stuff
Circle punch – Papershapers/EK Success
Scallop oval punch - Marvy
Oval punch - McGill
Mini brads – Making Memories
Ribbon
Diamond Glitter 3-D Fashion paint – Tulip
Copic Markersc

CPS and CHF together

Isn't it funny how quickly we use letters for appreviations!? CPS is Card Positioning Systems blog and CHF is Cornish Heritage Farms stamps. These two groups worked together this week to bring you some crafting goodness. I received the Ornamental Beauty and Ornamental Scrapblock to play with and as usual, I couldn't stop at just one card.

The scrapblock is about 6" square and it is full of great designs. I cut out a portion of that stamped design for the front of my card to fit with the CPS sketch. I used Copic Markers to color in the design.

This beautiful greeting piece is part of the set. I stamped it on white cardstock with black ink, embossed that and then colored it with Copic Markers. It is cut out and attached to the punched out scallop circle. These are added with foam tape for added dimension. Portions of this design were accented with the Diamond Glitter 3-D Fashion paint by Tulip but it is pretty hard to really see that in my photos. That adds just a touch of glitter and dimension.

On this card, I also used a portion of the whole stamp block. The flower is stamped with black ink and embossed and then colored with the Copic Markers to match the Pink Paisley patterned paper I used.

It was fun to have all of this dimension with the cut out flower that is added with foam tape.

The stamp block was again stamped, this time on watercolor paper with a white stamp pad and embossed with white embossing powder. It was real simple then to use my watercolor crayons and a watercolor brush to add the color to this piece.

The white dots that were added to the design are White Slick 3-D Fashion paint by Tulip. This is a fast and great way to add a neat accent and a little dimension. The glitter Thicker letters seemed like the perfect accent.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 113 – LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL card
Materials:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Stamps courtesy of Cornish Heritage Farms – Ornamental ScrapBlock and Ornamental Beauty
Copic Markers
Versamark black stamp pad
Clear embossing powder
Martha Stewart Border punch
Scallop circle punch – Papershapers/EK Success
Rhinestone – Me & My Big Ideas
Diamond Glitter 3-D Fashion paint – Tulip

SKETCH 113b – WHATEVER THINGS ARE LOVELY card
Materials:
Cardstock
Stamps courtesy of Cornish Heritage Farms – Ornamental ScrapBlock and Ornamental Beauty
Copic Markers
Versamark black stamp pad
Clear embossing powder
Patterned paper – Pink Paislee

THANKS DARLING card
Materials:
Cardstock
Stamps – Ornamental Stamp Block/Cornish Heritage Farms
White stamp pad – Joann and White embossing powder
Watercolor crayons and watercolor brush
White Slick 3-D Fashion Paint – Tulip
Lace paper – K&Co.
“darling” rub-on – Luxe
Buttons
Green glitter Thickers – American Crafts

KWdesigns Color Inspiration #50

Guess what we did yesterday??? I just had to share this photo first.

I didn't start playing with these color challenges until just recently and I can tell you, they are so much fun. This week is #50!

Each combo usually takes me "out of my box" because I never stopped to put those particular colors together. For this one this week, it was a real challenge to add the brown in with the other colors.

It was fun to find this adorable patterned paper by We R Memory Keepers that had most of the colors needed and to use that as my base piece.

The chipboard piece was covered with this cute woodgrain patterned paper and I accented that with Cinnamon Stickles. The birds are rub-ons by Luxe and I just rubbed them onto yellow paper. The card base is dot paper by Bo Bunny Press.

I wanted to keep real simple with this card and in order to get that brown in, my card base is brown Core'dinations cardstock. The rub-ons are also brown.
I simply cut thin, uneven strips from the other colors to finish off my color scheme.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

LOVE BIRDS card
Materials:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned Paper – Cosmo Cricket, We R Memory Keepers and Dot paper/Bo Bunny Press
Rub-on – Luxe
Buttons
Chipboard frame – Jenny Bowlin
Chipboard leaf – ColorBok
Martha Stewart Border punch
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars
Stickles
Ribbon
Copic Markers
Foam tape – 3M

SO HAPPY TOGETHER card
Materials:
Cardstock
Rub-on greeting – Deja Views
Flower ribbon trim
Mini glitter brads – We R Memory Keepers
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars
Machine Sewing
Swiss Dot embossing plate - Cuttlebug

"TREES" are in right now

It seemed that for Earth Day, lots of designers were using trees in their creations and so I thought I would share this little set of cards I created.

One of these was recently published in the April CARDS magazine but since I had created a set of three based on the same design elements, I thought I would share the other two.

I used a set of papers by Quick Quotes. I just love these prints and I loved how they worked together on the chipboard trees. The chipboard trees are by Maya Road. When you buy these, you get a whole tin of tops of trees and trunks of trees and it is fun to mix and match them. I always use something like Mod Podge for my glue when glueing paper to chipboard. I like that you get a good uniform coat without warping, etc. I didn't coat the top of the covered trees with the Mod Podge though because I wanted the natural look of the paper.

The common element in all of the cards is the white, Cuttlebug embossed background and the little heart brad. Various "thank you" rub-ons were used as the greetings.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

CHIPBOARD TREES cards

Cardstock: Prism

Patterned paper: Bandana Rama Collection/Quick Quotes Papers

Heart Brads – Hobby Lobby

Chipboard: Maya Road

Rub ons: Making Memories

Cuttlebug embossing plate – Swiss Dot

Mod Podge for the glue - Plaid

Machine Sewing

Sandpaper

After some inspiration

I wanted to issue myself my own personal challenge and that was to find an inspiration piece and create a couple cards from that. (You can play along with me if you would like, just link your creation to this post)

What is "inspiration" to a paper crafter? An ad in a magazine, a piece of pottery, some fabric, a billboard, anything that makes you study it and then stop and say, I have a punch or a piece of paper or a digi element and I can create something similar. It can be rather exact or very far removed. It just needs to inspire you to create something.

Here is what I found.....

This set of three wonderful pillows from Pottery Barn online. What stood out to me about these? The wonderful colors and the white lines in each of the prints.

The above card is my first card using my inspiration.

1. I started with a piece of paper in an oatmeal color that resembled the color of the fabric background.

2. I stamped my flowers with a white stamp pad and embossed each of them with white embossing powder. This flower stamp if by Paper Source and it is an ouline of the flower.

3. I colored in each of the flowers with one color of a Copic Marker. This color was exactly what I wanted to recreate the color on one of the pillows.

4. After I colored each of the flowers, I took a soft cloth and buffed each of the flowers. The marker colored over the inside, white embossed lines and so buffing it helped take off some of the color on those lines.

5. I discovered an interesting secret at this point. I hit my piece with a heat gun again and that actually made those white lines pop out a bit, making them more intense.

6. I did add little "pearl-like" dots to the middles of my flowers with Metallic 3-D Fashion Paint by Tulip. (see the insert photo on the right hand column of my blog to see what these paints look like)

The above photo just gives you a little more of a close up look at the flowers, the white lines and the metallic dots in the middle.

For my second card, I used this weeks CARD PATTERN sketch #11 . Love to combine two challenges in one.

This card follows my inspiration piece since I stamped the large damask shape by Inkadinkado with a white stamp pad and embossed it with white embossing powder and then cut that out. I also thought the colors of the papers fit with all of the colors on the pillows. Notice the "dot" accents on the patterned paper and on the damask design. I used White Slick 3-D Fashion Paint by Tulip.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

THANKS-RED FLOWERS card
Materials:
Cardstock
Stamps – Flower/Paper Source and Greeting/Verve stamps
Versafine black stamp pad
White stamp pad – Joann and White embossing powder
Copic marker – E-09 Burnt Sienna
Metallic Slick 3-D Fashion Paint – Tulip

JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE YOU card
Materials:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Stamps – Damask/Inkadinkado and Greeting/Verve stamps
Versafine black stamp pad
White stamp pad – Joann and White embossing powder
White Slick 3-D Fashion Paint – Tulip
Corner punch – Papershapers/EK Success

The Mags go to......!

I shouldn't do these give aways because then I want to give something to everyone who responded! I only wish I had enough for everyone but on the other hand, I am so happy that someone wants them because when I have extra issues, I always wonder who would like them.

Maybe this is kind of one of my Earth Day contributions, passing on my extra magazines to a new home. I have at least one project in each of these and most often the magazine sends two issues, so it is so neat to be able to pass these great magazines on.

Oh, and I found another extra issue that needed a home, Card Creations Quick & Easy by Papercrafts. So I picked a winner for that one too. Let me tell you, all of these issues are totally wonderful.

***

On to the winners!!!!

CARDS goes to Heidi

SIMPLY HANDMADE goes to Anabelle

YOU'RE INVITED goes to Lorie

CARDMAKER goes to Darlene

CARD CREATIONS QUICK & EASY goes to Karen

***

Please email me your addresses and I will also contact each of you through email in case you haven't checked back here.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Using my stash, CPS and some photos to share!

So, not only is this card created with the Card Positioning Systems sketch for this week but I also reached into my stash to create it! I am the kind that always wants to play with the very latest papers I have purchased and yet I have this amazing stash of papers that one day were the new ones, yet they are neglected now. I love Scenic Route papers so I can't think of them as being "old"! I love this particular collection and this pattern just made me think of a very happy card for the birthday boy.
The stars were simply cut out of the patterned paper and I did add them to the card with foam tape so that there was some added dimension. I used some zig zag scissors to cut the orange paper and distressed it a little bit.

I wanted to share some photos with you too.

April of last year we were driving through Oregon and I remembered online friends talking about a Tulip Festival so we made sure we checked out the dates and you can imagine how happy I was that it was still going on on the day we would drive through that area. It is actually in Woodburn which is not all that far from Portland. I created a little collage of some of my favorite photos from that day using Picasa 3. Here is a link to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 112 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY-STARS card
Materials:
Cardstock – Prism
Patterned paper – Metropolis/Paradise Lane/Scenic Route
Zig zag scissors
Mini brads – Recollections/Michaels
Happy Birthday rub-on – Deja Views

Would you like one????

I have a little give-away. I have an extra copy of each of these four issues. Would you like one???Just leave a comment on this post and take a second to let me know which issue you would most like. Possibly you have some of these and so there is a specific one that would make you happy! On Wednesday I will pick who will receive each of these. I need to be able to get in contact with you so if your name doesn't link to your web site, leave me some way to get in contact with you too. All four of these issues are just wonderful, so I know you will enjoy them.

I needed to share this photo with you too! Is that just the cutest thing in the world when a little guy learns to give his big sister a kiss!!! Yes, with lots of drool, but who cares?

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Give me some "VERVE" love!

One of my m0st recent finds are VERVE stamps. I have noticed some of their team members using their stamps, that lead me to their web site and, as you can guess, that lead me to buying some of their stamps!!! Why not!!!

I wanted to use a couple sketch challenges right now, Mojo Monday Sketch #82 and Kazan's Sketch #24 at 2 Sketches 4 You and I don't even know how it happened that both of my cards ended up in the exact same color scheme! Not planned at all, weird!

There is more good news too because starting tonight, VERVE is having a reveal of their newest stamps. I know that I am pretty excited to see what is in store. Be sure to check the VERVE web site and/or blog tonight starting at 9 Eastern Time.

This is my Mojo Monday sketch card. I had just picked up this fun patterned paper by Sassafras Lass and I just knew that that adorable cut edge was going to fit the sketch perfectly. That greeting, vine and butterfly are all VERVE stamps. I just love their verse and greeting stamps and then an added bonus is they have great little accent stamps.

The butterfly and the vine were both stamped with white ink and embossed with white embossing powder and then cut out. I used Core'dinations cardstock, I just love their colors. The green square was further accented with score lines using my Scor-Pal tool.

The above card is my 2 Sketches 4 You card. Again, I used VERVE stamps on it. I had already stamped that butterfly for the other card. There are two butterfly stamps in the set, just in different sizes. I thought this was one a little too big to use on the first card and then, what do you know, it just seemed to go perfectly here!

It might be hard to see very well, but if you look real close, you can see that I embossed the green background print with a swirl Cuttlebug embossing plate. I did slightly sand that too so that the embossing would show up a little more. I love the added accent that created. White Slick 3-D Fashion Paint by Tulip was used to add the white dots to the butterfly and to the punched border. This almost looks like pearls and makes for a fun and fast accent.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

HOW BEAUTIFUL… card
Materials:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Bungle Jungle/Sassafras Lass
Stamps – Verve stamps
Versafine black stamp pad and Clear embossing powder
White stamp pad – Joann and White embossing powder
Ribbon
Self adhesive pearls – Mark Richards, Inc
Scor-Pal tool
Decorate scissors - Fiskars

PURE HEART…ORANGE BUTTERFLY card
Materials:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Providence/Green Street/Scenic Route
Stamps – Verve stamps
Versafine black stamp pad
White stamp pad – Joann and White embossing powder
Border Punch – Fiskars
Cuttlebug embossing plate – Provo Craft
Journal punch – Stampin’ Up
Machine sewing
Sandpaper
White Slick 3-D Fashion Paint - Tulip

More The Cat's Pajamas goodness

Once I had these cute The Cat's Pajamas stamps in my hand, I guess I just couldn't stop creating! These things are so cute and you know what is almost the cutest part are the adorable sayings with each set!!!

I did the above card to go with the CPS sketch for this week. I had already created one but I could see this little rocket ship fitting the sketch so perfectly.

It was fun to use star accents on the side piece and the rocket is colored with Copic Markers. There are tiny drops of Aleene's Paper Glaze on the bigger hearts and on the heart on the rocket ship. Just adds for some fun dimension and makes the red more intense.

I have to laugh at the above card because those papers are actually from a Christmas collection but don't they just look like a party ready to happen?

The dog and the greeting are both stamped on the White Cryogen Curious Iridescent paper by CutCardStock.com and both are embossed with clear embossing powder. With all of the black on the doggie, this just makes that black more intense. Can you see the slight shading around the one side of the dog with the Copic Markers. Since the Copic Markers work with a blender pen, it is easy to get a subtle look like this. The cake is also colored with the Copic Markers and the little heart on the top has a tiny dot of the Aleene's Paper Glaze again. That just gives the heart a little added emphasis that is fun.

For this last card, who doesn't love cupcakes and so I just had to use them. I used two sizes of a Nestabilities label die by Spellbinders. That is just an easy way to create a fun accent and it helped to give a great emphasis to these tiny cupcakes.

The frosting on the cakes is filled in with Diamond Glitter 3-D Fashion paint by Tulip and the papers on the cupcakes and the top accents are both filled in with Aleene's Paper Glaze . These both just add some extra fun to the look. For the labels I did use the cutting step and then the embossing step and a tiny bit of added color was sprayed on with the Memories Mists spray.

A couple added accents would be that I embossed the front of the card with a Cuttlebug embossing plate. I used Core'dinations cardstock for the card and so I tore the one edge because that is one of the qualities about this paper that is so nice. And since the front of the card was shorter then the back of the card, I glued a thin strip of the patterned paper to the back edge so that when the card is closed that patterned edge is exposed.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 111-b – YOU SEND ME card
Materials:
Cardstock – Cryogen White Curious Iridescent/CutCardStock.Com
Stamps courtesy of The Cat’s Pajamas – Clearly Swanky
Patterned paper – Woolworths/Hometown/October Afternoon
Versafine Black stamp pad
Clear Detail embossing powder – Stamps & Stuff
Copic Markers
Star punch
Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®

Ancient Page and Fluid Chalk stamp pads – Clearsnap
Mini brads

DOES THAT MEAN YOU’RE A GROWNUP NOW card
Materials:
Cardstock – Cryogen White Curious Iridescent/CutCardStock.com and Prism
Patterned paper – Christmas/Ivy/We R Memory Keepers
Stamps – The Cat’s Pajamas
Versafine black stamp pad and Clear embossing powder
Circle and scallop circle punches - MarvyClear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®
Copic Markers
Ribbon

DO I SMELL CAKE? card
Materials:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper – October Afternoon
Stamps – The Cat’s Pajamas
Versafine black stamp pad and Clear embossing powder
Self adhesive rhinestones – Mark Richards, Inc
Label dies – Nestabilities/Spellbinders
Memories Mists spray – Stewart Superior
Cuttlebug embossing plate – Provo Craft

Diamond Glitter 3-D Fashion Paint - Tulip

Aleene's Paper Glaze

The Cat's Pajamas stamps and some pics!

What better name then "The Cat's Pajamas" for some really cute stamps that you just have to love!? They are the sponsors this week at Card Positioning Systems blog. I don't want to "think snow" and neither do you although some of you might be rather cold today but this is one of the sets that I picked to play with.

I did stamp the skater dog, the swirls and the "think snow" greeting on White Cryogen Curious Iridescent cardstock available at CutCardStock.com. I have mentioned this before, but I love stamping on this paper and I did emboss the black images and that paper is so great for embossing plus I love how it works with the Copic markers.

The swirl image was stamped once in the black and embossed and then I did some shadow stamping of the same swirl image by inking it with blue ink and stamping it a couple times. I was trying to create the look of "movement". That piece was then sprayed with a blue Memories Mist by Stewart Superior. I also outlined the swirls, some with Aleene's Paper Glaze and some with Diamond Glitter 3-D Fashion paint by Tulip. This added just a little bit of some extra accents of glitter and an epoxy look.

Gotta share a couple pics too!!!

You might remember me mentioning that our youngest grandson is in LOVE with sticks! That is the first thing he heads for when he goes out in our backyard and that is actually one of his very first words!!! Too cute! PLUS......

This beauty was in our yard this week. We have huge Bougainvillea bushes in our yard and he really liked this one.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 111 – THINK SNOW card
Materials:
Cardstock – Cryogen White Curious Iridescent and Pop Tones/CutCardStock.Com
Stamps courtesy of The Cat’s Pajamas – Clearly Swanky
Patterned paper – Adore/Heart Attack/We R Memory Keepers
Versafine Black stamp pad
Clear Detail embossing powder – Stamps & Stuff
Memories Mists spray color/Stewart Superior
Copic Markers
Snowflake punch – Martha Stewart
Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®
White Slick and Diamond Glitter 3-D Fashion paint - Tulip

Rhinestones – Darice

We had a PARTY!!!!

Our youngest grandson turns ONE YEAR OLD today! Since the family was together yesterday for Easter, we did our main celebration after the traditional egg hunt. I thought you might enjoy a couple photos!!!

He had his own BIG cupcake so of course, we had to get some good "frosting on the face" photos!!!

(My collage is created in Picasa 3)

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

EASTER GREETINGS and a CARD

While we think of a number of things when

we are preparing for Easter,

like Easter eggs and bunnies and

spring and flowers,

to the Christian it holds a message of hope!

"You are looking for

Jesus the Nazarene,

who was crucified.

He has risen!"

Mark 16:6

I wanted to share a card that I created just for Easter. You might recognize these adorable stamps by Kim Hughes for Cornish Heritage Farms.

The label shape is a Nestabilities by Spellbinders. I sprayed it with Memories Mists and used a Copic marker to add an added emphasis of color along the embossed edge. The bunny is colored with Copic Markers and the pink part of the ear, the tail and the nose are accented with Aleene's Paper Glaze for an epoxy look.

Notice my punched border. It is almost covered up with the label piece but portions of it are exposed.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

EASTER GREETINGS card
Materials:
Cardstock – Cryogen White Curious Iridescent/CutCardStock.com and Prism
Patterned paper – We R Memory Keepers
Stamps – Spring set by Kim Hughes/Cornish Heritage Farms
Versafine black stamp pad and Clear embossing powder
Label Nestabilities/Spellbinders
Border punch – Martha Stewart

Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®
Buttons – Making Memories
Copic Markers
Ribbon
Memories Mist spray - Stewart Superior

Another Hero Arts card and a Unity one too.

So, I have one last card to share for this week using my really cool and fun Hero Arts stamps. This time with the Four Dolls clear set.

I just loved this Graphic 45 paper to with the feel of the stamped and colored dolls.

I used the exact same doll and just stamped her three times, coloring each outfit a different color. Can you see the neat shading that I was able to get with the Copic Markers? And, is that border punch neat with this theme? It's my newest border punch!!! I added white dots to the flowers on their outfits using the White Slick 3-D Fashion paint by Tulip. I love how easy it is to use this product with the tiny tip it has. Each doll has a matching rhinestone in her hair.

And, now for my absolutely NEWEST stamps, my order that arrived this week from Unity. I LOVE THIS SET!!! My card fits with KWerner's Designs Color Inspiration challenge #48 for last week and it also follows the Card Pattern #9 for this week. Why not include a few challenges at once and I would have never picked this layout for a card without using that pattern!

1. The saying is stamped on the white Cryogen Curious Iridescent cardstock from Cut Cardstock.com.

2. I did emboss the frame, the words and the bird. I just like that the lines are more intense that way.

3. I did color in the border of the frame with a Copic marker.

4. I did add a generous coat of Aleene's Paper Glaze to that border and to the bird. I just love the dimension that epoxy type of coat gives.

5. Added dimension comes with using foam tape to add the frame and the bird.

6. I punched the border of three strips of the patterned paper and sanded those edges so the layers would stand out better. The pattern had three pieces of something on the card front.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

THREE LITTLE CHINESE DOLLS card
Materials:
Cardstock – Cryogen White Curious Iridescent/CutCardStock.com
Patterned paper – Graphic 45
Clear stamp set – Four Dolls/Hero Arts
Versafine black stamp pad and Clear embossing powder
Fluid Chalk stamp pads – Clearsnap
Copic Markers
White Slick 3-D Fashion paint – Tulip
Border punch – Martha Stewart
Ribbon
Machine sewing
Rhinestones – Me & My Big Ideas

LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD ME card
Materials:
Cardstock – Cryogen White Curious Iridescent/CutCardStock.com and other cardstock
Patterned paper – Woolworths/Hometown/October Afternoon
Stamp – Little Birdie set/Unity stamps
Versafine black stamp pad and Clear embossing powder
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars
Border punch – Martha StewartClear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®
Self-adhesive pearls – Mark Richards, Inc.Copic Markers