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I set out to meet a couple fun challenges this week and ended up with some pretty neat color combos.

This card was designed after Laura's Sketch #22 at 2 Sketches 4 you blog. I have this big package of amazing SEI prints so I wanted to pull out some more of those for cardmaking. These two prints are both sides of this one piece of paper.

I used some adorable stamps from a set by TJ Designs. These are great rubber stamps with a cling backing. Can you see that I stamped over the dot patterned paper? I used a line of music notes and stamped that in a color that matched the paper so the stamped images would be subtle.

You guessed it, my next card uses KW Werner Designs, Color Inspiration challenge #47. I always just melt when I see the colors she puts together for her challenges.

Can you also guess what I used for the foundation piece of my card? Right, a paint chip from the home improvement store. This particular kind of paint chip is cool because it comes with these little punched out squares. I just let those be a focal point and backed them with white cardstock.

The flowers I had that I wanted to place in those punched out squares were white so I sprayed them with Memories Mists sprays by Stewart Superior. It only took a quick squirt or two and they were a wonderful shade of orange. The stamps are by Art Declassified. I LOVE that fun and artsy circle design.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

EACH DAY… card
Materials:
Cardstock – Bazzill swiss dots
Patterned papers – Adirondack/Poppy/SEI
Stamps – Bird nest, greeting, notes and circle design – Song Birds set/TJ Designs
Ancient Page and Fluid Chalk stamp pads - Clearsnap
Pearl brad – Recollections
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars
Scallop border punch – EK Success
Scallop circle and circle punches – PaperShapers/EK Success

ALL MY LOVE card
Materials:
Cardstock – Prism
Paint chip from the home repair store
Stamps – Bisous/Kewel Frame/Art Declassified
Ancient Page - Clearsnap
Flowers – Petaloo
Memories Mists spray color – Stewart Superior
Rub-on words and phrases – Art Warehouse
Corner rounder punch - Fiskars
Ribbon

Creating Backgrounds Part 2

It is really amazing what you can do by starting out with a plain, white piece of cardstock!
This photo gives you a little overview of some of the products you will need to start creating this background. The stamp comes from a set by TJ Designs. These are rubber stamps with a cling backing, the "abc" image is what you see on the long piece of acyrlic.

1. All I did was ink the "abc" stamp with the black ink and stamp it over and over to fill my paper. You see here one of my absolutely more favorite NEW finds - Memories Mists! I love the colors, the intensity of the colors and the way they spray. You get a fine, centered mist with these.

2. I used this red and yellow and sprayed my piece of white paper that is stamped. Just like that, it is wonderful! You can see that I sprayed most of the paper with the yellow and then sprayed portions of it with the red.
3. To finish off my background, I just stamped some additional images here and there to create a collage style look.

The close-up shows you the adorable little girl stamp that is my main focus on my card and it also gives you a great look at the way these mists spray.

4. I stamped the little girl on plain, white cardstock and then I cut out a simple mask to protect her while I sprayed the mists on that piece too.

If you haven't checked this out lately, you just have to go take a peek at the amazing images that TJ Designs is offering! And, I previously mentioned how much I love their packaging.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (aka lbpost)

ABC-ART cardDesigner:
Materials list:
Cardstock - Prism
Red Cling stamps – Little girl, ABC’s, ART and “Memories”/TJ Designs
Memories Mists spray ink – Stewart Superior
Oval Punch – McGill
Scallop scissors
Corner stamps – Crafty Secrets

I'm at it again! CPS #78 and more

Yes, more creations from sketches! I just love that a sketch gives me a starting point. All I need to do after that is find the products I want to use. Because I loved the Card Positioning Systems sketch so much for this week, I created TWO cards! One of these cards uses some brand new products I picked up recently because I love to use "brand new" things! The second card uses some Scenic Route papers that have been filed away for a little while and this gave me a great reason to pull them out. I even did a layout from a Sketch This sketch.

If you haven't used 2-sided papers, here is a great example of how well they go together. I just loved this damask design on this October Afternoon print and the reverse side has this journal page print. The damask patterns on the front are rub-on designs by Plaid that I found at WalMart.
I mixed in a rub-on phrase by Scenic Route and this wonderful, romantic looking label by K&Co.
This card is a great testiment to how much it pays to use products from one company that coordinate. These papers just "want" to be used together and here is another example of papers that are 2-sided and how much fun it is to get both sides into the creation. The labels are stickers by SR.
I didn't need to cut out the leaves for my accent but I thought this made for a playful little line across the card to match the sketch.
And Sketch This has a wonderful sketch this week that I just had to use. I just might use it again a few times cause it is just so perfect for cards too. If you look at their blog you will see so many examples. Melissa Phillips recently did a little tutorial at Pursuit Of CraftYness blog on getting a "shabby" look on your creations and she talked about brushing the edges of papers with dry paint so I had to try it on my cut squares. This cutie is our newest niece!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (aka lbpost)

XOXO card
Materials:
Cardstock
Patterned papers – Garden Chair/Daydream/October Afternoon (both sides)
Stamp pads –Fluid Chalk/Clearsnap
Glitter Dimensional Fabric Paint – Plaid
Decorative label – K&Co.
Rub-on words – Scenic Route
Rub-on damask designs – Plaid
Rhinestones – Me & My Big Ideas

THANK YOU card
Materials:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned papers and matching label stickers – Scenic Route (the leaves are cut from one of the prints)
Rub-on words and design – Making Memories
Rhinestone – Me & My Big Ideas
Glitter Dimensional Fabric Paint – Tulip
Machine Sewing
Fluid Chalk stamp pads - Clearsnap

LULU – I ADORE YOU layout - Materials: Cardstock, Patterned papers - Making Memories and October Afternoon, Lace adhesive paper - K&Co., Antique buttons, Machine sewing, Sticker letters - American Crafts, Flourish stamp – TJ Designs, Black ink – Clearsnap, Flower punch – Martha Stewart, Rub-on phrases – Making Memories

TJ Designs - yum rubber stamps

Yes, there are a whole lot of stamps companies offering LOTS of super cool designs but I want to tell you about a new one. TJ Designs, offered by Tweety Jill Publications. Now Tweety Jill has been around for quite some time offering great books loaded with ideas for crafting. Not too many months ago they revealed some stamp sets and I can tell you I was very excited when I received some in the mail. WHY? Cause the packaging ROCKS! These stamps are rubber with a cling backing. I always love stamps that are mounted on wood but the newer style of buying them with a cling backing makes for a great storage solution. Rubber with a cling back makes for a great combination. But like I said, they really outdid themselves with the packaging. The images come in some great themes and they come in a plastic case that is a little larger then your usual CD case. The outside of the paper lining is done very well with some examples of using the images but inside they included an idex of what stamps are in the set and I can say that this is just clever. Here's a little peek.
I love anything "Paris" related so I especially love this set. This set also gives you some "travel" and "postcard" related stamps.
This card represents some super simple stamping. I created a background first with some alchohol inks. I dropped them on a matte kind of paper. The most usual way to use alcohol inks is with a glossy paper because the inks "move" around a little better but I love the effect with a matte paper too, just a little different. It does make a great way to have a surface now ready for stamping on. After preparing that piece, my card was finished with a very simple white card with some extra stamping.
This card is created around a little library pocket and some amazing Pink Paislee papers. I stamped in a collage style on the library pocket making for a fun little scene.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (aka lbpost)

WISH YOU WERE HERE card
Materials: Solid cardstock
Alcohol Inks/Ranger
Rubber stamps – TJ Designs
Ancient Page stamp pad – Clearsnap

MOMENTS TO REMEMBER card
Materials: Solid cardstock
Patterned paper – Bird’s Nest, Green Lace/Spring Fling/Pink Paislee
Library Pocket – 7gypsies
Rubber Cling stamps – Song Birds set/TJ Designs
Black Ancient Page and Fluid Chalk stamp pad – Clearsnap
Spray Walnut Ink – Eucalyptus/Tsukineko
Button