Glitter and Buttons

 First off, I get to share my Card Positioning Systems card with you.

 Clearsnap is our sponsor this week and we all were able to play with their Design Adhesive supplies.  It is always fun to use something that takes you "out of your box" a bit and this was one of those.

 The flourish design is pressed onto the white cardstock, it is clear and covered with adhesive. Now you can either add glitter to that or foil.  Of course, the glitter only sticks where the adhesive is and the result is a gorgeous design. Easy as can be! The label shape is cut with the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge.

 I just had to give this great, Card Patterns sketch a try. I can see using this over and over and having each card look different.

 I decided to use buttons for the four circles you see in the sketch.  The sentiment is a rub-on by EAD Designs/Paper Smooches. I LOVE these things, I have all of them and use them constantly. 

The label shape is cut with the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge. The front label has the leaves cut out of it and then I matted that with a shadow of the label cut just a bit larger. 

Stay tuned, I plan to have a couple cards up for World Card Making day on Oct 1st!  I can't even believe they would have a special day on the calendar just for us card makers!!!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 237 – LOVE-JOY-HOPE card
Materials:
Design Adhesive and Glitter courtesy of Clearsnap
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Reprint/Out of Print collection/BasicGrey
Art Philosophy CTMH Cricut cartridge
Brads - Unknown
Sticker letters - Sticko

MISSING YOU LIKE CRAZY card
Materials list:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Mineral Soak/Origins collection/BasicGrey
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge/CTMH – , 2 ¼” and Decorative layer, 2”
Rub-on sentiment – EAD Designs/Paper Smooches
Buttons – from my stash

Laugh and Luck

I have a couple fun cards to share with you today.

 First up, my Unscripted sketch card. I LOVE this sketch. I thought there were so many possiblities with this one.

 Notice the card shape!? Being able to cut card shapes was my main reason for purchasing the Close To My Heart Art Philosophy cartridge. There are sooooo many choices on this Cricut cartridge. This one cut the shaped, bottom edge.

These wonderful Bella Blvd papers were sitting on my desk. I had even cut out the circle frame using my Kreaxions circle cutter for another project and then didn't use it and it just fit in here perfectly.  The little layered sun is cut with my Cricut. 

 I love color combo challenges and this is one I had to try out from Play Date Cafe. 

This color combo did not include brown but it just seemed like I needed to add it here, maybe it is like a neutral black.  And, again, I used my Art Philosophy cartridge to cut the card shape.

 Is this little owl the cutest? It is a stamp by Inky Antics and of course, I colored it with Copic markers.  I most often use the Copic X-Press white cardstock to go along with the Copic markers, they work amazingly well together.  The stamp came with the little branch that the owl was sitting on but I added to that a cut branch using the Cricut. I cut the branch with the leaves from green cardstock and then cut just the branch from brown cardstock and layered them.

And, I have to share a couple photos...

 Do you see that star shaped cloud? I was just exiting the freeway and looked over to see the cloud shape so I quickly found a place to stop and get a photo. We have farm land all around us so that is what you see in the foreground. Of course, I used my Hipstamatic camera on my phone for these. 

We had so many beautiful cloud formations on this day so I had to stop to capture this one too.  This strawberry field is about four blocks from our house. Our county grows strawberries everywhere!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 125 – LAUGH card

Materials list:

Cardstock – Core’dinations

Patterned papers – Bella Blvd.

Kreaxions circle cutter

Self adhesive rhinestones – Queen & Co.

Card Shape – Art Philosophy cartridge/CTMH

Sun - Cricut Just Because cards

Sticker word – Doodlebug

Self adhesive pearls – Queen & Co.

LUCKY DAY card

Materials list:

Cardstock – Core’dinations

Owl stamp – Inky Antics

Black Versafine stamp pad

Clear embossing powder - Stampendous

Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge/CTMH – Card shape/, Card, 5 1/2”, scallop circle/, Decorative Layer, 3”, Leaf sprig, , Shift with green cardstock, 1 ¼” and Shift/Layer in brown cardstock, 1 ¼” and sentiment “Lucky Day”, Stamping cartridge

Copic Markers

Foam tape – 3M

Love Fall colors

 Summer is my favorite season, but I love the colors of FALL!  I could probably create everything in those colors. Sooo...first off, I want to share my Card Positioning Systems card with you. 

The sponsor for this week is EAD Designs.  They offer stickers and rub-ons.  I picked these adorable "fall" themed stickers.  I put each one on white cardstock and then cut out the shape.  For the way I wanted to use them, I wanted them to be a little more sturdy. 

I couldn't resist playing along with Colour Q this week and these colors are so NOT Fall, really, but I wanted to give them a try!

I turned to my trusty Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge by Close to My Heart for my design. 

I cut the same shape four times on four different colors of cardstock.  The little flower looking middle piece gets cut out so I just switched the colors around. 

And, I feel in LOVE with this Cardabilities sketch so I gave that a try. I think I could use this same sketch over and over since it is the perfect way to just pick up scraps from my table and create a card.

The leaf is from the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge. Four simple strips of paper from Echo Park worked wonderfully.   

I cut an outline and then cut a full leaf and glued them together.  I filled in the open areas in the outline with Crackle accents by Ranger.  Once that was dry, I brushed over it with a brown stamp pad to help show up the crackle lines.  The black flourish and the golden scallop border are both cut with the Cricut cartridge.

And for a couple photos...

We are going to soccer games these days and so here are a couple photos from the other day.  The littlest one is not on a team but he loves kicking that ball around.  More pics from my Hipstamatic camera.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 236 – FALL TREE card

Materials:
Stickers courtesy of EAD Designs
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Corrugated paper – Canvas Home Basics
Patterned paper – My Mind’s Eye
Spellbinder diamond shape Nestabilities die
Self adhesive rhinestones – Recollections
Corner rounder punch – Bind It All
Foam tape – 3M

THANKS WITH COLORS card

Materials list:

Cardstock – Core’dinations

Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge/CTMH - /shift, Decorative Layer 2 ½”

Spray color – Chalkboard/Glimmer Mist

Rub-on sentiment – EAD Designs/Paper Smooches

Brad and button – from my stash

Self adhesive rhinestones – Queen & Co.

GRACIAS card

Materials list:

Cardstock – Core’dinations

Patterned paper – For the Record/Echo Park

Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge/CTMH – Leaf/, Shift Layer, 2 ½” and Shadow/Leaf, Shift, Scallop border/, Font (fit to length) 5 ½”, Black Flourish/Shift, Font Layer 1 ¾”

Crackle accent – Distress/Ranger

Self adhesive rhinestones flourish – Recollections

Sticker letters – Sticko

Foam tape – 3M

Purple, Purple and Yellow

Yes, I am sharing projects using sketches cause I LOVE them!

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

 There are alot of ways to use this sketch but I pulled out my amazing Close To My Heart Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.  The main reason I wanted this cartridge is that there are many card shapes to cut. Many of the cards have an option to cut out a shaped window. I picked a card with a window and just cut it smaller then I would want if I was going to use it as a card base. Then I only used the front portion of the card with the window.  This shape has a bookplate that is the same shape as the window so I just cut one that is smaller so it would fit inside.

 My flower is also cut with that cartridge. I cut the top flower out of thin chipboard. It cut wonderfully with the Cricut, I just used the Multi cut button so it went around twice. Next I painted this with this amazing silver Crackle Paint by Ranger! What a cool look! The bottom flower is just the shadow button of the same flower.

 Next I went to the Play Date Cafe color combo for this week and looked up the new Card Pattern sketch and put those together. 

 I did take a few liberties with the sketch as you can see but I think that is what using a sketch is about.  I knew I just had to use that great color combo from Play Date Cafe.

This gorgeous label shape is in the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge. I cut the one fancy layer from yellow cardstock, matted that with a white oval layer and then cut a slightly larger oval layer from Core'dinations glitter cardstock from the light purple.  NOW, I pulled out some fun supplies. I coated the yellow and white layers with the Clear Rock Candy Crackle Paint by Ranger and then accented portions of the cut shape with Glitter Fashion paint by Tulip. That compliments the glitter cardstock nicely.

(I don't sell the Art Philosophy cartridge nor do I get anything for telling you about it but wowie do I love this thing!)

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 124 – THANKS card

Materials list:

Cardstock – Core’dinations

Patterned papers – Madison Ave. Girlfriends Lovely paper/Lost & Found Collection/My Mind’s Eye

Rub-on sentiment – EAD Designs/Paper Smooches

Self adhesive rhinestones – Queen & Co.

Purple mat - Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge/CTMH, , Card, 4 ½”

Black Bookplate – Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge/CTMH, , Decorative Layer, 1”

Flower – Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge/CTMH, shift , 2” and shift , Layer, 1 ¾”

Silver Crackle paint – Distress

Distress stamp pad

MISS YOU FRIEND card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Stella and Rose collection/My Mind’s Eye
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge/CTMH - , Shift-Decorative layer, 2”, , 2 ¼” and , Font layer, 5 ½”
Glitter Fashion Paint – Tulip
Distress Crackle paint – Clear Rock Candy/Ranger
Self adhesive rhinestones – Queen & Co.
Sticker letters – Sticko
Seam Binding
Foam tape – 3M

Something old and something new

I came across a few some layouts I had finished some time ago and thought it would be fun to share them.  You can see the older products used so that kind of dates the work, but they are still fun. 

They both got gift certificates as gifts so you know what that means, SHOPPING!

 I should have used this technique for every year, getting down likes or traits or important information, etc. 

 See the tiny, index prints inside of the little bookplate?

And for a couple photos...

 It is soccer time for two of our grandsons.  This one is in the maroon shirt, in the front.

This one is number 6 in the blue shirt.  They both do so well because they really seem to love the sport.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

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”

Between Summer and Fall

First off, I am going to share my Card Positioning Systems card with you.

 Unity stamps is our sponsor and I picked this adorable little beach chair scene, something that is just right for summer. We have been warmer here this week so this is just perfect.

 I wanted to go with the idea of "less is more" so I didn't color in my image except for some specific little places.  After stamping the chair and umbrella, I masked them by stamping the image again on copy paper and cutting that out. By placing that cut out piece over the original stamped piece, I created a mask that protected the first stamping and then sprayed my paper with some Smooch spritz, so the background is colored with the spray. 

 Since back to school and fall are right around the corner, I also wanted to share this little card that I created with a My Favorite Things stamp. I just love these little Pure Innocense people. 

 The houndstooth piece behind the little girl is a sheer piece by KI Memories and it comes in a shape. I just cut off one corner of that shaped piece.  I thought it made a fun accent.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 234 – IT’S ALL GOOD card

Materials:
Stamps Courtesy of Unity
Stamp pad – Mix’d Media Arts/Clearsnap
Spray – Chalkboard/Glimmer Mist
Clear embossing powder - Stampendous
Cardstock – Core’dinations
X-Press Blending Card – Copic Markers
Patterned paper – My Mind’s Eye
Copic markers
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars


A+ YEAH card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Expressions/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Houndstooth Sheer Delights/KI Memories
Stamps – My Favorite Things
Copic markers
Sandpaper
Self adhesive rhinestones – Queen & Co.
Foam tape – 3M
Black Versafine stamp pad
White stamp pad – Joann’s
Clear and White embossing powder – Stampendous
Patterned tape – Pink Paisley
Star brads – Making Memories

Anything but a Card Blog Hop

Please join the Flower Soft team on an inspirational hop.

This month’s theme is Anything but a Card

The blog hop starts on the Flower Soft® Blog on Sept 7th at 8:00am CT and ends Sept 15th at midnight CT. The winner will be announced on the Flower Soft® Blog on Sept 16thth. If you get lost along the way the complete hop list will be posted on the Flower Soft® Blog.

Be sure to comment on every blog in the hop. One lucky person that comments on one of the blogs will be chosen to receive 4 pots of Flower Soft!!!

Since the challenge is Anything but a Card. I created a little tag with a pocket to hold a gift card. 

 My tag is about 4 1/2" tall. I used my brand new Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge to cut the tag. I used the card function so it cuts the tag with the little flap to glue over to make the pocket. 

I stamped the fall leaves image with black Versafine ink on white cardstock and embossed that with clear embossing powder.  Next I colored it with Copic markers.  I cut this out in a circle shape with my Kreaxions circle cutter and then cut a smaller circle inside of the bigger one, making sure not to cut through the image. I loved that this formed a ring around my image. 

Of course, I added some Flower Soft to give just that right amount of pizzazz to the image.  I mixed the colors on the acorn top and on the leaves. 

From my blog, be sure to hop on over to Vicki's blog for more inspiration.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

FALL LEAVES TAG

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Stamp – Studio 122
Burlap ribbon – Craft store
Self adhesive rhinestones – Recollections
Pearl brad – American Crafts
Black Versafine stamp pad
Clear embossing powder – Stampendous
Copic markers
Cricut cartridge – Art Philosophy/CTMH - Card Layer, 4 ¾”

Stickers and Stamps

 First off, I want to share my Unscripted sketch card with you.  Here is the sketch. 

 I really like the sketch this week.  It was simple and fun.  Part of the fun comes with the Little Yellow Bicycle supplies. 

 The fun flowers are stickers. I just love this particular collection of papers and stickers.

 My next card represents some "play time"! I love to experiment.  I placed a stencil down on plain white cardstock and sprayed this with the blue Chalkboard Glimmer Mist.  After I finished spraying, I realized that I had lots of spray on the entire stencil so I carefully picked it up and turned it over onto another piece of plain white cardstock.  All of that extra blue ink was now on my paper.  Next, with the stencil in place, I sprayed it with yellow so that they yellow Chalkboard Glimmer Mist colored the vine design in the stencil. I just loved the resulting combination.  I also colored white seam binding with the same yellow spray.

 The little butterflies are a stamp by Inkadinado.  I thought stamping them with the solid black was a good contrast.

And for a few photos...

 I am having a ball with my Hipstamatic camera app on my phone. I just stand and keep changing the lens and films!  We went to walk around our harbor the other day so I had to capture some photos of the boats.

 Here is another lens/film combo for a completely different look.

This photo is of some wind wheels. 
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 122 – THANK YOU card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned papers and stickers – Little Yellow Bicycle
Rub-on sentiment – EAD Designs/Paper Smooches

YOU ARE MY REASON WHY card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Border and corner punch – Martha Stewart
Ribbon – Really Reasonable Ribbon
Stencil – Layers of Color
Spray mist – Chalkboard/Glimmer Mist
Butterfly stamp – Inkadinkado
Stamp sentiment – Technique Tuesday
Self adhesive rhinestones – Queen & Co.
Black Versafine stamp pad
Clear embossing powder – Stampendous