Puppy Dogs and Pinwheels

First up, I want to share my Card Postioning Systems card for this week.

 Stampotique is our sponsor. How cute is this little guy!? Love him just sitting there in his chair.

 I had just picked upt a mini pad of papers from Pebbles and thought they were a fun color combo for my card plus one of the pieces of paper has little blocks of words and banners, etc so this one fit great.

 Here is the CPS sketch.

 I didn't do this on purpose but this card also uses some Pebbles papers. It just fit the Colour Q combo perfectly plus I had been looking for a way to use some paper pinwheels on a card again.  Even though the colors are patriot, I thought this sentiment by Paper Smooches made it fit for several occasions plus it fits with the Moxie Fab Stamping challenge.

 Pinwheels are so each, these are just a square with four clips with scissors into the square. I did use a corner punch on each corner first so the edges were a bit rounded. 

Here is the great combo from Colour Q.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Red/White and Blue and a Sketch

We celebrate the Fourth of July in a couple days. That is a great time to show off Flower Soft's new color, the Patriot.

 It was fun to put this card together in the traditional Red, White and Blue color combo.

 The red dot strips are paper tape by Queen & Co.  The white border is punched using an EK Success punch. I just added the Patriot Flower Soft in rows across the card. 

Be sure to check out the Flower Soft blog where Jen has been sharing other projects using the Patriot colors.

 And, I also wanted to use the retro sketch for this week.

 Since it needed six little shapes of some type, I thought it would be fun to pull out my Martha Stewart elephant punch. It punches out the ears, how cute is that???

The patterned papers are by Pebbles from a mini pad. I just love lots of prints that coordinate together.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Loving colors

My post today is partly about the colors I used. 

 I wanted to use the Colour Q color combo so this card is the result. What I love about using a color challenge is it is normally a color combo I would never think to use myself.

 The dictionary Hero Arts stamp was stamped with a gray stamp pad and the frame is also a stamp by Hero Arts.  Adding the splash of blue was so out of the box for me and I love it.

 Here is the Colour Q combo.

 I also wanted to use Kimber's Saturday sketch at 2 Peas in a Bucket and using a Patriot color combo just seemed fitting. Especially since I had these Pebbles papers sitting on my desk. 

 My most recent purchase from My Favorite Things stamps is this great set of zig zag dies. LOVE how easy they are to use.

For a couple fun photos...

 We have a store in town by the name of Rocket Fizz. It is a store full of every kind of soda favor you would want and maybe NOT want and tons of candy for all over the world. My granddaughter wanted to drop in. I couldn't resist taking some pics with my Hipstamatic camera. Can you see some of those names!!!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

A sketch here and a sketch there...

(Little movie review first) We went to see Brave! The new Disney Princess is oh so adorable! BUT...there were some dark and rather scary parts for a little four year old. The movie contained a witch and a spell and that is the kind of topic we tend to try to avoid in our movie watching, we weren't aware that was part of the story. I can mostly give it a thumbs up, I just wish these movies didn't always seem to have to have the dark portions.  There was a little cartoon kind of movie first and that was something I would want to see over and over, it was beyond cute.

I get to share a couple fun new cards with you in this post.

First off, a card based on the Freshly Made sketch. I am also using it for the Cas-ual Friday challenge for PINK. It isn't all pink but I love the pink accents.

 I just got a wonderful little mini pad of papers by Pebbles, Inc from the Sunny Side collection. I thought the most perfect way to show off a mix of adorable little patterns papers was to cut them in little pieces.

 I used my new die set of Hexagons from Lifestyle Crafts. It was so fun to create my little "quilt" design.

 This wonderful doily design is also a die by Lifestyle Crafts.  The "Smile" banner is a stamp by Pebbles.

 Here is the Freshly Made sketch I followed.

Next up is a card I created around the CPS sketch for this week. Sizzix has been our sponsor this month and I have already mentioned how much I love the label die set that I was able to play with but I have to say it again!!!

The set contains several slightly different shapes that are all meant to work together. I think they are so fun. The little strip under the label is punched with an EK Success border punch and that cute little felt birdie is from a set by Heidi Grace that I picked up a Joann's Craft store.

This is this weeks Card Postioning Systems sketch.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Little banners and Chevron designs

Got some cards to share!!!

 First off, the retro sketch for this week.

 I feel in love with the cute little banners in the sketch. 

 I pulled out my #305 Kreaxions punch to make my little banners. I did one punch and then cut it in a strip. The patterned paper is from Glitz.

 And, here is the Cas-ual Fridays sketch.

 I went to my digital kits.  The chevron pattern is from a paper kit at 2 Peas in a Bucket.  When I printed this out, I printed it once on smooth white cardstock and then again on a textured white cardstock. 

 After I opened this yellow chevron piece in Microsoft Word, I added the button and the butterfly from another digital kit I have.  These three pieces were printed out at once. 

 I used some of my Target paper tape for this bottom accent.  I rubbed on the sentiment from EAD Designs/Paper Smooches.

 This card is just for fun.  That blue print is from Authentique.  The little tag and sentiment are from PaperTrey, Inc.  

Remember I said I printed that chevron pattern out on textured white cardstock? I cut my strips from that.  Love having the texture.  The little red flower is from Pebbles.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)