Stamping Flowers and other things

I love to stamp, maybe you have already guessed that much!!!

 

 So I pulled out some stamps for a few challenges in blog land.  First up I used the color combination at Dynamic Duos and the sketch at Freshly Made to put this card together.  That great label shape is cut with my Cricut Expression using the Art Philosophy cartridge and the green cardstock is already embossed from Core'dinations. 

The little stamped pieces are stamps by PaperTrey, Inc.  This is two stamps put together, I thought they created the cutest little accents that make this fit that sketch so nicely.

 Here is the Dynamic Duos combo, this is my first time to play along with this group.

 And here is the Freshly Made sketch.

 Now, I just had to play along with the Colour Q Combo, they always make their color choices to inviting. This also fits Cath's challenge at Moxie Fab for repetition for Card Design week. 

 These stamps are from the same PaperTrey, Inc set as the last card. LOVE the stamps and I also purchased the matching dies. Love how they cut out the flower and leaves.

Here is that amazing color combination for Colour Q.

 And, for another cute flower stamp, I used the retro sketch for this week. The papers are a brand new purchase for me from a mini pad by BasicGrey, the Shine On collection.  The button is from that collection too. I think my little grouping also worked for the Moxie Fab Asymmetry challenge that Cath posted this morning. I was working on my card as I was reading her challenge.

 I used a Hero Arts flower and the matching die. Let me tell you, there just aren't any dies out there easier to use then the Hero Art ones.  You can see through the middle of them to see your placement.

Here is the retro sketch that I used.

 

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Hexagon Shapes and Flowers

I am using mostly PaperTrey, Inc stamps on both of my cards that I want to share with you today.  Why, because I love their stamps!

 This hexagon shape stamp is from the Rosie Posie set.  It is one of the lines of shapes, I just stamped it repeatedly to fill my card.

 I stamped it all in the orange color and then on a separate piece of paper I stamped it in a few other colors.  I just cut out single shapes and added them over the orange stamped ones. Some were added with foam tape so there is dimension. Then I added some buttons in the middles of some of the shapes.

 For my next card, I used the color combo in the Play Date Cafe challenge and...

 The retro sketch as well as the Cas-ual Fridays challenge to do a card with flowers. 

 I never would have used these colors together if it had not been for that challenge and I so love how it turned out.

 Again, I used the Rosie Posie set.  Two different sizes of the flower and I thought I needed to add the green leaves although the green isn't in the color combo.  The sentiment is so sweet, it is from Stepping Stones stamps.

 That yummy decorative border is created with a Kreaxions 4-in-1 punch, #918.

Gotta share a few photos too...

 One of my favorite flowers are Fuchia's and these beauties are blooming in my yard right now.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

CPS #126 and Keep In Touch Card Kit club

The sponsor for Card Positioning Systems blog for this next week is Keep In Touch card kit club or KIT. You are going to want to keep checking the CPS blog all week long to see the supplies that each designer created with because we each received different little trinkets.

So here is the deal. The owner of the KIT club sent each of the CPS designers their own little personal envelope of unusual goodies to use to go with the CPS sketch for this week.

Mine included the tickets, a couple interesting labels, the buttons, the bingo chip and some ribbon. I didn't use every single piece that was in my envelope but I sure did my best to get most of it on this card!

An interesting little feature to take notice of on my card is the three pieces along the side of the card. The sketch has three circles. I had a rectangular label and used a circle punch to punch each corner of the label. This gave me a pie shaped piece and now I could use three of these shapes to mimic the circles on the sketch.

Remember to check the CPS blog all throughout this coming week to see the other cute embellishment pieces.

Thanks f0r visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 126 – ALL FOR YOU card
Materials:
Embellishments (labels, tickets, buttons and bingo piece) courtesy of Keep In Touch kits
Cardstock – Vintage/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Silly Sam/Lil’ Man collection/Cosmo Cricket
Leaf punch – Emaginations
Rub-on greeting – Making Memories
Border punch – Fiskars
Sandpaper

CPS and KIT card club

KEEP IN TOUCH or KIT card club was the sponsor this week at Card Postioning Systems blog. Let me tell you, I have NEVER received such an amazing mix of totally and completely YUMMY supplies ever! I had to create two cards even and this still isn't everything. My cards have a little more foof on them then I would normally use on a card but I just HAD to do it. I had to use these amazing cuties! Take a peek at my two cards and the close-ups of the details. And be sure to stop by CPS to see what the other team members created because our kits were different.

DEAREST card

Close-up of DEAREST card

MONOGRAM "L" card

Close-up of MONOGRAM "L" card

The only supplies I added to my creations was my Fluid Chalk stamp pads, a Martha Stewart border punch on the first card and my cardstock bases for the cards. My kit contained pieces of patterned papers, buttons, ribbons, rhinestones and pieces of accents like the monogram "L" piece!

Thanks for visiting, Linda, (lbpost)