CPS #122 and Rennaissance By Design Stamps

It is the beginning of another week and time to show off a new Card Positioning Systems sketch card. This weeks sponsor is Rennaissance by Design Stamps. I have to say I had not heard of them before but loved the stamps I received plus the adorable way they were packaged, in a cute tin! They offer more then just stamps. My package included this wonderful, brown flourish piece that is on my first card and the amazing turquoise ribbon on my second card.

Maybe the hardest category for me to work with in cardmaking would be sympathy so I was happy to pick up this greeting for my card. One of the newer things we are seeing lately are patterned paper with cut or fancy edges. I had a scrap of this Pink Paislee paper with this amazing cut edge and it just seemed to fit the front of my card to a "T"! Does that brown, cut flourish just fit with the simple look of the butterfly and those words?I colored the butterfly stamp with two different colors of stamp pads. Because this stamp is mostly solid, the colors really show off well. Notice the brown cardstock that I used for the card base. I used a piece from The Chocolate Box by Core'dinations. This line of papers has a shade of brown on the top side and then a core of different colors. I picked a piece with a pink core and so when I sanded around the outside edges of my card, it matches all of my other accents just perfectly. Another advantage to using a card that is brown on the outside and colored on the inside is that when opened the card has a surprise on the inside of a different color plus you can stamp or write on the lighter color easier.

While my new package of stamps was out, I just had to create another card. I did received two different sets and it was pretty hard to decide which one to use so I just used both!!! I fell in love with this little tree and the cute bird with the curly tail! I hand pleated the ribbon across my card and then did a line of machine sewing to keep it in place. The buttons just seemed to work as the finishing touch.

I inked the tree and the bird with different colors of stamp pads and then embossed both of them with clear embossing powder. This just adds a richness to the solid colors. The bird is cut out and added to the tree with foam tape for added dimension and you can see my card base is another piece of cardstock from The Chocolate Box collection, this time with a turquoise core.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 122 – WITH HEARTFELT SYMPATHY card
Materials:
Stamps courtesy of Renaissance by Design
Laser cut flourish – courtesy of Renaissance by Design
Cardstock – Chocolate Box/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Pink Paislee
Black Versafine stamp pad
Clear embossing powder – Stamp n Stuff
Colored stamp pads - Clearsnap
Sandpaper
Rhinestones – Mark Richards, Inc

FRIENDSHIP GROWS HERE card
Materials:
Stamps courtesy of Renaissance by Design
Ribbon – courtesy of Renaissance by Design
Cardstock – Chocolate Box/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – October Afternoon
Black Versafine stamp pad
Clear embossing powder – Stamp n Stuff
Colored stamp pads - Clearsnap
Sandpaper
Buttons

Soft and Sweet

I wanted to share a couple cards that show a soft side to cardmaking and to patterned papers.

This patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket looks so quilt-like, so I thought it was perfect for a new baby card, especially with the machine sewing and the punched border that looks so lacey.

I love these letters and so I used one on this card. It could either be an initial or stand for the beginning of the word "all". It is a little hard to see but I used Diamond Glitter 3-D Fashion Paint by Tulip and rhinestones to accent the designs in the paper. I have mentioned that Fashion Paint before and that I like to use it to add glitter to a card because it adds a good amount of bling while still letting the underneath color show through.

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BABY MINE card
Materials: Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper and rub-on words – Clementine/Honey Pie/Cosmo Cricket
Martha Stewart border punch
Diamond Glitter dimensional
Fabric paint – Tulip
Scallop oval punch – Marvy
Oval punch – McGill
Ric Rack – Wright’s
Fluid Chalk stamp pad – Clearsnap
Mini Buttons

“a” ALL FOR YOU card
Materials: Solid cardstock
Patterned paper – Cosmo Cricket
Alphabet letter and black chipboard flower – Cosmo Cricket
Rhinestones – Me & My Big Ideas
Glitter 3-D Fashion Paint – Tulip
Fluid Chalk stamp pads – Clearsnap
Scallop punch – Fiskars
Rub-on phrase – Making Memories

The eyes have it!

Can you see what I mean? This little guy has eyes that just catch your attention. This is our youngest grandson, you have seen him before!!!

I made a stop at one of my scrapbook stores and here was this Cosmo Cricket paper that I just knew I had to use with these bathtub related photos I had recently taken. Are the little fish on the green paper just plain cute and fitting? The other print that I picked up had these circles or umbrellas on it and so I punched out a couple to use as accents.

I still had a whole lot of the umbrella print paper left so I just cut some pieces from it to put together a quick and easy layout. I also struggle with the quick and easy kind so I decided I was going to make it work! The rub-ons were in circles shapes already so they fit right in the circles of the umbrellas. They are by Creative Impressions.

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CUTE-CUDDLY-CLEAN layout

Materials: Cardstock
Patterned paper – Snorkel: School’s Out and Umbrella’s/Cosmo Cricket
Various Thickers sticker letters – American Crafts
Circle punch – Papershapers
Brads
Powder Puff chalk stamp pads – Quick Quotes

SPECTACULAR layout

Materials: Cardstock
Patterned paper – Umbrella’s/Cosmo Cricket
Rub-on words - Making Memories and Creative Impressions

Bring on the sunshine!!!

There are a few reasons I just love summer and so I am very happy that it is officially here! One of the things I just love are the longer days of daylight. What is funny is that the sun has been doing a whole lot of hiding but I know it is there so I am good. I thought I would share a card I created for a challenge that is SUMMER related and it has a few fun aspects to it.

I used some of my absolute favorite papers, We R Memory Keepers, for my sun design. Each of the rays are folded so that the pattern is on the front and the back. Since the rays are 3-D, you can see both sides.

The white words on the middle of my sun are rub-ons. I could just have drawers full of rub-ons, they are so easy to use and to place just where you want them


For my actual card base, I used a two sided paper by CutCardStock.com. I just love the bright yellow of the one side and the bright pink on the inside. Makes for a really fun card to open and it so fits my SUMMER theme. I did hand doodle around the outside edge on the front of the card with a white pen.

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SUMMER FUN card
Materials:
Cardstock – CutCardStock.com
Patterned paper – We R Memory Keepers
Rub-on words and white sticker letters – Making Memories
Blue glitter bird sticker – K&Co.
White pen for doodling – Ink Essentials/Ranger
Machine sewing
Tonic Paper Distresser
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars
Rhinestones – Mark Richards, Inc.

CPS and My Sentiments Exactly stamps

The sponsor for this week at Card Positioning Systems blog is My Sentiments Exactly. I picked out a neat set of border stamps.

This sketch just NEEDED a stamp like this! The stamped image is actually a little longer then the width of my card but it is one long stamp with lots of words on it. I used the one that has a birthday theme. This Sassafras Lass piece of patterned paper with it's cute little scallop edge made my card come together so quickly.

This close-up lets you see the details of the stamp better and I just stamped a portion of it again and punched out a part of it for the center of my flower.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 121 – HB-HAPPY BIRTHDAY card
Materials: Stamps courtesy of My Sentiments Exactly
Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Life Is Beautiful/Sassafras Lass
Stamp pad - Vivid
Ribbon
Flower and circle punch – Papershapers/EK Success

Father's Day cards

Since Father's Day is just around the corner, I thought I would show off a couple cards I created with a masculine/Dad theme to them.

I have a couple brand new stamps from Cornish Heritage Farms and while they have an astronomy theme to them, how could they fit any better for the guy in your life? I used a Stamp Block to create my background piece. The paper that I stamped it on is by BasicGrey and it is a mix of blues and greens. It was just subtle enough so that when I stamped on it, the design showed up really well.

Notice a couple Core'dinations techniques on this card. I used a piece of cardstock from The Chocolate Box collection. That means it is a shade of brown on the top side and this one is a yellow color on the bottom side. When I tore this piece of cardstock, the yellow core was exposed. The card base is a piece from the Vintage collection. It almost looks like it was sanded and then I did sand the edges of the entire card to show off the core.

I used a couple patterns from BasicGrey for this card.

I used a lettering template to cut out two of each of the letters for DAD and then I tore across the middle of one of each of the letters so that the core of this Black Magic cardstock was exposed. I also sanded the letters and sanded the entire outside edge of the brown colored card.

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YOU ARE MY UNIVERSE card
Materials:
Cardstock –Vintage and The Chocolate Box/Core’dinations
Rubber stamps – Astronomy Stamp Block and Reach 4 The Stars set/Cornish Heritage Farms
Patterned papers – Stella Ruby/BasicGrey
Black Versamark stamp pad
Heart brad
Machine Sewing
Sandpaper

DAD card
Materials:
Cardstock –Vintage and Black Magic/Core’dinations
Lettering template
Patterned paper – Crunchy and Wholesome/Granola Collection/BasicGrey
Brads – Creative Impressions
Sandpaper

CPS card and the cute chick!

The sponsor for Card Positioning Systems blog for this week is 2RedBananas.com. The CPS team was able to play with some new stamps they are offering. Mine is this little Chicken Impossible image. I stamped the image with a black stamp pad and embossed that with clear embossing powder. He was then colored with my Copic markers.

This gives you a close-up of the coloring. Another product from this sponsor that I played with was some Smooch from Clearsnap. Mine was silver so I used it on his belt buckle and in the punched out holes in my border punch. Notice too the crosshatch design on the Core'dinations cardstock. I used the Scor-Pal tool to create the lines and then sanded the paper.

Here is another card that shows off some techniques that work well with the Core'dinations cardstock. You probably can't guess how I created my little circle designs! I just purchased a new pan to use on the BBQ and it has holes in it. I dry embossed the circles and then sanded the circles on the top side of the cardstock.

The red colored cardstock is from the Vintage collection and I made lines in it with the Scor-Pal tool again and then sanded the lines.

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SHHH…IT’S A SECRET card
Materials:
Stamps courtesy of 2RedBananas
Silver Smooch – 2RedBananas
Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Frenzy/Passion/We R Memory Keepers
Black Versafine stamp pad
Clear embossing powder – Stamp n Stuff
Copic Markers
Circle template – Coluzzle
Border punch – Fiskars
Scor-Pal tool
Sandpaper

SMILE card
Materials:
Cardstock –Vintage Collection/Core’dinations
Patterned papers and punch out die cut – October Afternoon
Stamps – October Afternoon
Border punch – Martha Stewart
Stamp pads – Clearsnap
Versamark Black stamp pad
Copic Markers
Ribbon
Flower punch – Papershapers/EK Success
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars
Glitter brad – Doodlebug

Baby layout and a photo

There are so many things that you can do with the Core'dinations cardstock. It is really fun to play and to see what I can come up with next!!! Here I created a layout with a technique or two. I picked Unscripted Sketches #9 for my inspiration. Gotta love some good inspiration.

When our youngest grandson was born, his big sister was 11 years old and let me tell you she is madly in love with him and him her! I got these cute photos of her kissing him and holding him close.

This close up photo of the one corner of the layout gives you an idea of what my score lines and distressing look like. I used my Scor-Pal tool to create a little border to my background cardstock. Sanding the scored lines let the core show through on this Vintage collection cardstock. The brown colored paper has all of the edges distressed with a Tonic Paper Distresser.

I just had to share a photo of the amazing blackberries that are growing in our backyard. This year is yielding a bumper crop and we are SOOOOO enjoying them.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

BIG SISSY KISSES
Materials:
Cardstock - Core Essentials and Vintage Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Winter Blue Dots/My Mind’s Eye
Title letters/chipboard heart and brackets – Thickers/American Crafts
Scor-Pal tool
Tonic Paper Distresser
Sandpaper

I liked the CPS sketch for this last week and so while I was playing around with some Core'dinations cardstock and some techniques, I put together another card based on the sketch.

This is basically a card created with all cardstock and one stamp, yet it holds several interesting techniques.

I used a Fiskars Texture plate to create my embossed design on the golden yellow and the black cardstock. It almost looks like a waffle! Too funny! Once this cardstock was embossed and sanded the lighter yellow core color showed through. The damask image was stamped on black cardstock with yellow embossing powder and then cut out.

The black is actually Core'dinations Black Magic so after I embossed this piece, I sanded it to expose the core which for this piece is a yellow color. The circle, accent piece is a new Quickutz embossing plate, I just cut one small piece of it. This paper is from The Chocolate Box collection and it also has a yellow core. The actual card base is that same cardstock.

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GOLDEN DAMASK card
Materials list:
Cardstock – The Chocolate Box, Black Magic and Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Damask stamp – Inkadinkado
Yellow embossing powder – Clearsnap
Fiskars Texture plate used in a Cuttlebug
Quickutz circle embossing plate
Sandpaper
Brads

Stamping good time with Hanna Stamps and Unity Stamps

More good stuff at Card Positioning Systems blog! Our sponsor for this week is Hanna Stamps and this cutie is the stamp set that I picked out to use. I LOVE her! The patterned paper is by We R Memory Keepers. This is actually one piece, this particular piece comes with four patterns on the one piece so I just cut it so that it looks like two different patterns and thus goes with the sketch.

I stamped this image on plain white cardstock. I then also stamped it on the striped patterned paper and cut out just the coat portion. That was glued over the white stamped image. The rest of the image was colored with Copic markers. The rain drops are another stamp in the set. I coated mine with Diamond Glitter 3-D Fashion paint by Tulip. This adds just a bit of glitter to the drops.

I turned to Card Patterns sketch #18 for my inspiration for this card. The additional inspiration came with the fact that Unity stamps is their sponsor for this week so I got to do two fun things with this card. I pulled out my scraps to help mimic the sketch and I pulled out some of my Unity stamps. I have wanted to use this greeting for awhile now and this sketch was the perfect fit.

My little flower accent is an epoxy flower by Making Memories. I added it to the bow with a piece of matching ribbon.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 119 – RAIN, RAIN COME THIS WAY card
Materials:
Stamps courtesy of Hanna Stamps
Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Frenzy/Rapture/We R Memory Keepers
Black Versafine stamp pad
Clear embossing powder – Stamp n Stuff
Copic Markers
Brads
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars
Diamond Glitter 3-D Fashion paint - Tulip

BE GLAD OF LIFE… card
Materials:
Cardstock –Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Greeting and star background stamps - Unity
Patterned papers – October Afternoon and
Ribbon – Michaels
Epoxy flower – Making Memories
Machine sewing
Border punch - Fiskars

Layout based on Unscripted Sketch #8

First of all - take a peek at the newest issue of Scrapbooking and Beyond on their web site. That first layout with the red paper is mine!!! This is actually my nephews daughter and I did two layouts with this same photo. The photo was just altered in two different ways.

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Next, my friend Keri pointed me in the direction of a rather new sketch site this last week, Unscripted Sketches, and since I love sketches, I just had to play. What is a little different for me is that I created a layout with the sketch. Because I used Core'dinations cardstock for my layout, I have a bunch of neat techniques I wanted to point out.

First of all, I used a little grouping of index size prints of our youngest grandson swinging at the park. The little frame that holds these photos is a Nestabilities by Spellbinders. I cut it out so that it was just the frame and you can see the embossed edge that was sanded so that the embossing is exposed with the core of the paper.

Next notice my flower(I hope it is OK to use a flower on a BOY'S layout)!!! The larger flower is my new Sizzix flower die and the smaller, daisy looking flower is a Nestabilities. I sanded the smaller flower so the core of the cardstock was exposed.

All of my accent lines were created with a Scor-Pal tool. This is such a fast and easy way to add embossed lines that can then be sanded to expose the core of this Vintage piece of Core'dinations cardstock. The edges of the outside of the layout were also sanded as were places here and there on the background.

(hint)The Scor-pal board comes with a tool to create the creases. I make my lines stronger with the small end of a stylis after I have used the Scor-Pal tool. This makes for deeper embossed lines to sand)

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SWING layout

Materials:
Cardstock - Core Essentials and Vintage Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Pebbles, Inc

Title letters - Thickers/American Crafts
Scor-Pal tool
Frame and Flower dies – Nestabilities
Daisy flower die - Sizzix
Fluid chalk stamp pads – Clearsnap
Leaf sprig punch – Emaginations
Scor-Pal
Sandpaper

2 Sketches 4 You Ultimate Card Showdown

I love to play along with 2 Sketches 4 You sketches whenever I can and so with their big CARD SHOWDOWN, I had to give that sketch a try too. This is Laura's Sketch #27.

I had to use one of the newest papers in my stash, this great yellow patterned paper by Pebbles, Inc.

And, to show off my absolute latest purchase, I created the flower with a Sizzix flower die. This die cuts four sizes of this flower design. I used two colors and three of the sizes but first I embossed the white and the golden yellow Core'dinations cardstocks with the Swiss Dot embossing plate.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

CHERISH YOU card
Materials:
Cardstock –Core Essentials and Black Magic/Core’dinations
Patterned papers – Orange Lace/Zinnia/Little Yellow Bicycle
Flower die cut – Sizzix
Swiss Dot embossing plate – Cuttlebug
Lacey border punch – Martha Stewart
Ribbon
Fluid chalk stamp pad – Clearsnap
Rub-on greeting – Creative Imaginations
Scallop circle punch – Marvy
Black brad

CPS and Mojo Monday

If you are familiar with some of the sketch blogs on the internet, you might know about Card Positioning Systems blog and the Mojo Monday blog. I wanted to show off my cards for those two sketches for this week.

For CPS, we have a sponsor free week for this week and so that means the team was able to pull out supplies from their own stashes to create their cards. Having sponsors and showing of their particular products is so much fun and always an adventure but it is also a joy to have a week to use products from our own supply. Notice the white, pearl looking dots that accent the strips of the patterned paper. I used Metallic 3-D Fashion paint by Tulip for those dots. It is an easy way to give an accent that has a "pearl" look.

I have some great Melissa Frances papers that have sat for too long, so one of those prints came out this week. I paired that with this great White Wash cardstock from Core'dinations. I just love the appearance of white on the front of the cardstock and then trying to expose the colored core. I did that here by embossing the circle piece with a Cuttlebug embossing plate and then sanding that. Isn't it fun how that blue core shows through? The smaller circle is a left over piece of that embossed paper, I just turned it over to use the blue side. The glitter flower is also Melissa Frances as is that great rub-on greeting.

I also just had to play with the Mojo Monday sketch. Can you tell what papers I just bought!!!? I placed an order with Emma's Paperie and in her usual style, Cindy had those to me so quickly. This is actually one piece of paper, I just used both sides. The greeting stamp and the butterfly are both Verve stamps.

Take a second look at that golden yellow, honeycomb looking piece. I used a Fiskars texture plate and ran that through my Cuttlebug machine with a piece of Core'dinations cardstock. Because of the core in the paper, I could then sand that pattern and the design showed up better when the core was exposed. I stamped the butterfly with red ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder and then accented the design just a bit with a Copic marker and the blender marker.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 118 – YOU’RE THE BEST card
Materials:
Cardstock – Whitewash Collection/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Matilda/Melissa Frances
Glitter chipboard flower and rub-on greeting – Melissa Frances
Cuttlebug embossing plate – Provo Craft
Circle template – Coluzzle
Machine sewing
Sandpaper
Pearl brad – K&Co
White Metallic 3-D Fashion paint – Tulip

SPREAD YOUR WINGS card
Materials:
Cardstock –Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned papers – New Apron/Cherry Hill Collection/October Afternoon
Stamps – Verve
Black Versamark stamp pad
Red Ancient Page stamp pad – Clearsnap
Detail clear embossing powder – Stamps n Stuff
Scallop circle and circle punch – Marvy
Lacey border punch – Martha Stewart
Rhinestones – Mark Richards, Inc
Copic markers
Fiskars texture plate