Wednesday, February 29, 2012

A bit of this and a bit of that

This post covers quite a bit of ground so I didn't even know what to call it!
First off, the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger.  I love the shape of this adorable little creation so I could have gone with a shaped card but I wanted to go with the country look of the materials and that it is a craft project.

I picked out some patterned papers that went along with the colors in the little creation and I punched them in small punched squares to create a quilt like look.  Plus, I thought this piece of Core'dinations embossed cardstock also had a craft look to it and I added some machine sewing.

The add the "house" or "cottage" part to my card, I used a chipboard house from Maya Road. I painted it with a very simple cream color paint and then sponged the outside edge with brown Distress Ink.  Next I stamped it with a woodgrain stamp by Hero Arts.  And, of course, the twine from The Twinery also added a homemade look to the card. 

For this card, I used a flower digital stamp by Hero Arts plus I just found out some really great news, it was a winner in the February contest at Hero Arts for a digital card!!!  The background paper is a digital paper available at 2 Peas in a Bucket, the stamp is available there too. I opened a Microsoft Word document and inserted the piece of paper and sized it to the size I wanted. I then opened the little grouping of flowers. I copied that and pasted another set of the flowers and placed them close together to look like one big bunch of flowers.  I printed this out all at once.

I added little black rhinestones to the middles of some of the flowers and I added white Liquid Pearls to some of the other flowers. The sentiment is a stamp by Hero Arts.

Last up, my Card Positioning Systems card for this week. Lil' Inker is the sponsor so that is where I got this most adorable mouse. 

The patterned papers are by Echo Park from a mini pad.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

22 comments:

  1. These are all BEAUTIFUL Linda! You never cease to amaze me!! I loveeeeeeee that adorable little mouse on that last one!

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  2. Seeing ALL of these FABULOUS cards just makes me HAPPY! LOOOOOOOVE them ALL!!!

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  3. Wow, Linda! These are all fantastic! Congrats on your Hero Arts win. It is well-deserved. :)

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  4. wow your cards are so awesome...I love what you did with the trigger...so AWESOME...

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  5. amazing cuteness!!!!! just fantastic work~

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  6. BIG congrats on your win Linda! And I think your take on the Tuesday Trigger is a winner too!
    Love your style!!!
    /Karin

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  7. Wonderful cards! Love all three of them!

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  8. these are all awesome!!!

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  9. Fabulous! Particularly love your trigger card. Great mix of patterned papers and the house is perfect.

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  10. Hey Linda! Thanks for linking this up to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World. I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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  11. I have enjoyed looking through your blog, you make some really beautiful cards!

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  12. WOW!! I LOVE your design what a cute little house!! LOVE all of your other cards too!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

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  13. Love your take on the Trigger, Linda - makes me think of a quilt, and I love your twine additions, too! Congrats on the shout out!

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  14. There is not a thing I do not love about your card! The colors and patterns and the little chipboard house are amazing! Congrats!

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  15. beautiful and fun projects. Congrats on being TT.

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  16. Wonderful little squares-your card is truly a work of art. Congrats on the TT!

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  17. Love the fun papers you used for your great card!

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  18. Great cards. love the tuesday trigger and LOVE the hero arts digi card. fabulous!

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  19. Wow, fantastic cards - congrats on your TT win!

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  20. Great cards! I stopped by to see your Tuesday Trigger winner & so happy to find many wonderful creations! Looks like many Congrats are in order!!

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  21. Weird - I am sure I already commented on this post because as cute as your Home Sweet Home card is, I was in awe of your pink chevron card and commented on it.
    When I saw your card over at Hero Arts as a winner I wasn't surprised. It is so perfect.
    Hm. Don't know where my comment went, but again GREAT WORK. Fun cards.

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