Colour and Unscripted

I got to play along with Colour Q this week.

I usually love every single combo they come up with and this weeks was no exception. 

Now this is interesting because I think the paper and the card match the colors in the combo really well, but for some reason the photograph is a little off.  Oh well, I love the card anyway. I just picked up a paper pack by Recollections at Michaels and this particular print was the main reason I wanted it. It is an entire page of a chevron design but I just cut a portion for my card.

The two layer butterfly was cut with a Cricut cartridge.

 Now for this weeks Unscripted sketch. 

I combined some papers and stickers by Simple Stories for my card. I love collections that coordinate so well.

 Notice my two little Liquid Pearl dots, LOVE that stuff.

And, while I had out my Simple Stories papers I put together another card. I want tons of that great, brown gingham!

 It just seemed that these papers needed a distress look so I machine sewed around the one square and used my paper distresser on the edges.

I cut the flowers out of one of the prints and distressed the edges of that too.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

CPS #171 - Congratulations

It is another week with another sketch at Card Positioning Systems. I love working with sketches so it always makes me happy to have another sketch to create with.

The sketch had three smaller diamond shapes on it but I wanted to give the banner stamps by Pink Persimmon a try so my diamonds are a little bigger. That is just fine because a sketch is supposed to inspire you to a design, not have you necessarily copy it exactly.

I used one of the banners from the larger banner set. I just love the designs that are in each banner. You can see in the above photo that I stamped it once with black ink. Because the stamps are clear and I put it on an acyrlic block that is clear, I can see exactly where I wanted to stamp that banner stamp again. I just stamped the banner in the opposite direction, giving me a neat, diamond shape. I did that three times and then just cut them out.

The little rosette circle is part of the Big Banner set. I stamped it with black ink on white cardstock and then gave it a little antiquing with a brown stamp pad. I cut a strip from an old magazine and pleated that and sewed it down the middle of my little diamond design. This was finished off with some self adhesive pearls by Queen & Co.

For more ideas on using the banner stamps, visit the Pink Persimmon blog where I did a little tutorial on using them on a layout.

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And for a few photos. I visited that garden near us that I have talked about before. I just love standing at the Koi pond. Here are some photos of those guys.

While I was waiting for another fish to be in the right place to photograph, I noticed how neat the clouds in the sky looked reflected in the water.

Do you see the swirl in the water from him swishing his tail?

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Materials:

Cardstock - Core'dinations

Patterned paper - Baby Safari/Little Yellow Bicycle

Stamps - Banner set (large), Big Banners, Vintage Greetings/Pink Persimmon

Black Versafine stamp pad

Self Adhesive pearls - Queen & Co.

Pages from vintage magazine

Circle punch - PaperShapers

Tonic Paper Distresser

Machine sewing

Lots of My Favorite Things

I have a whole lot of favorite things but for today's post, I am referring to My Favorite Things stamps. They are the sponsors this week at Card Positioning Systems sketch blog and I LOVE the set I was able to play with. I liked it so much, in fact, that I created two cards!

Woodgrain items are so popular right now in card making and scrapbooking and this little tree just grabbed my heart! It was fun to center on the red and green color scheme with the papers and colors of markers, etc.

I colored the tree a little bit with various colors of Copic markers and then gave it a spray of Glimmer Mist. The circle that forms the leaves of the tree was inked with more then one color of green stamp pads and then spritzed it with water before stamping it. The leaves are really areas in the circle that don't stamp and they are positioned just right to fit on the tree branches when the tree trunk is placed over it. I also sprayed the green circle with Glimmer Mist.

I wanted a totally different look for my second card. I simple stamped the tree, the acorn and the squirrel with black ink on kraft colored cardstock, making the tree trunk just barely fall off of my paper.

The cream colored cardstock is embossed with the letters in it, all it takes in a little bit of sanding to expose the letters better.

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Wanna see some pics!!!

We went to a park at the beach the other day. It didn't take our grandson any time at all to get to be a pro at using this cute slide.
We did this many times!

And, just had to share this photo with you - our curious cat trying to figure out the bubbles again! This time they came so close to her and of course, she was trying to touch them.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 170a – FRIENDSHIP – SWELTERING TREE card
Materials:
Stamps – Courtesy of My Favorite Things
Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinations

Patterned paper – The Thrift Shop: One-of-a-Kind and Near Mint/October Afternoon

Black Versamark stamp pad

Clear embossing powder – Stampendous

Green stamp pads – Memento

Glimmer Mist – Tattered Angels

Copic Markers

Circle punch – PaperShapers

Machine Sewing

Little heart brads – Creative Impressions

Sandpaper

SKETCH 170b – GIVE THANKS card
Materials:
Stamps – Courtesy of My Favorite Things
Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinations

Patterned paper – The Thrift Shop: Last One/October Afternoon

Black Versamark stamp pad

Clear embossing powder – Stampendous

Border punch – Martha Stewart

Rub-on sentiment – Making Memories

Machine Sewing

Sandpaper

Foam tape – 3M

Tonic Paper Distresser

JustRite "Oh So Girly" project

The challenge at JustRite stamps for this week is to create a project with "KIDS" in mind. I picked lots of pink, ribbons, rhinestones and scallops. The ingredients for a very "girly" project.

I created a little card with a matching candy bar, wrapped in papers. This works for either a party invitation and party favor or a little birthday card and matching gift.

The little "princess" piece with the border is a stamp by JustRite stamps. It is a two piece stamp on an oval block. I inked it with pink and I also embossed it with clear embossing powder. That was then punched out with an oval punch and then layered with another oval punch and a scallop oval punch. I just ordered this yummy seam binding ribbon from an Etsy store, Petite Paperie Shoppe. I was so happy with how perfect it was to add to my "girly" look. The design of my card was created to fit the 2 Sketches 4 You sketch #52.

This is my covered candy bar. It was so easy to make it matching with the same papers and the same little stamped and punched accent piece.

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Yesterday, we experienced gray skies, heavy marine layer, some rain and then big white fluffy clouds. A day just made for taking pics!!!

I loved the outline of the dark palm trees against the interesting sky.
We got blue skies for a little bit with these amazing, white fluffy clouds off of the coast.

The marine layer was thick as I visited our marina, I love the reflections in the water in both of these photos.

And this also meant the perfect reason to bring out our new, frog umbrella!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

PRINCESS card and Candy wrapper
Materials list:
Cardstock – Vintage and Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – My Mind’s Eye
Stamps – JustRite stamps
Scallop oval – Marvy
Oval punches - McGill
Self Adhesive Rhinestones – Queen & Co.
Pink stamp pad - Memento
Clear embossing powder – Stampendous
Seam Binding – Petite Paperie Shoppe/Etsy
Sandpaper
3D Foam squares – Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
Tonic Paper Distresser

Don't you just love good things?

It is time for another Card Positioning Systems sketch. I LOVE playing with these sketches, Tami does such a great job.

I pulled out some papers and supplies from my stash. It always feels good to use up goodies that I have had for awhile. These are coodinating supplies from Creative Imaginations.

The little round pieces are stickers and I accented them with Queen & Co. self adhesive rhinestones. A little bling is always good.

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Gotta share some photos from yesterday.

Can you just smell the goodness flowing out of this door? It is a cupcake shop in Santa Barbara - Crushcakes. They serve what looked like an amazing lunch line-up but then there is the glass case full of gorgeous cupcakes. Since it was the end of Sunday, the supply was really low but I still found some jewels.

These are the two that we picked! Jealous?

And, we have been getting ready for rain around here - LOTS of rain and it started on Sunday afternoon. We were downtown Ventura for a little bit and it was amazing the coloful and fun umbrellas that were out in full force. Here are a couple.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 150 – ADORE card
Materials:
Patterned papers and sticker die cuts – Creative Imaginations
Self Adhesive rhinestones – Queen & Co.
Fluid chalk stamp pad - Clearsnap
Tonic Paper Distresser
Twine

CPS #138, some Shimmerz and fall colors

I have played with Shimmerz paint before and found it to be a fun way to add some shimmer and shine to a project. This week at the Card Positioning Systems blog, the team is finding ways to put Shimmerz paint to good use.

I choose to PAINT the Shimmerz paint onto my white cardstock first and then I punched out shapes from the painted paper. The Shimmerz paints come in little jars and it is a very liquid medium. I used a paint brush to apply mine.

I used two coats of the Shimmerz paint on my cardstock. You can see how the paint caused my punched shapes to curl a little bit. I wanted that to happen so the flowers would look more 3-D. I used two colors, one for the larger flowers and another for the small flowers. I used the sun to try to exaggerate the shine on the flowers so you could see it.

Another card I wanted to share is perfectly fitting for a nice fall day. The bird design and the words are rub-on images from My Mind's Eye.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 138 – SUMMER FLOWERS card
Materials:
Shimmerz paint – Courtesy of Shimmerz
Cardstock –Vintage and Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned papers – Scenic Route and Me & My Big Ideas
Flower punches – Papershapers/EK Success
Glitter brads – Doodlebug
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars
Rub-on greeting – Making Memories
Fluid chalk stamp pads – Clearsnap
Sandpaper

AUTUMN DAY card

Materials:
Cardstock – CutCardStock.com
Patterned Paper – Hoopla/Frolic/We R Memory Keepers (both sides)
Bird design rub-on – My Mind’s Eye
Word rub-on – Deja Views
Self Adhesive pearls – Mark Richards, Inc.
Circle templates– Coluzzle
Ribbon – Michaels
Glitter 3-D Fabric Dimensional Paint – Tulip
Stamp pad – Fluid Chalk/Clearsnap
Paper lace – K&Co.
Tonic paper distresser
Corner rounder punch - Fiskars

Inky Antics stamps and CPS

The sponsor for Card Positioning Systems blog for this week was Inky Antics stamps. I had two different sets to work with so my two cards are very different from each other. Both of the sets I used are clear stamps from the Fall/Winter 09 catalog.

I thought this cute turkey made for such a fun way to create a Thanksgiving themed card.

Take a special look at the coloring and accents on this turkey. I stamped the image with black, Versafine ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder on Cryogen Curious Iridescent white cardstock from CutCardStock.com. I like the way this paper works with Copic markers. BUT, first of all, I added color to this stamped image with alcohol inks. I dropped specific colors in specific places so that, in effect, I was coloring my image. I finished off the coloring with my Copic markers to add definition to the coloring. PLUS, I coated part of the turkeys feathers with Aleene's paper glaze. This adds a neat little bit of dimension.

Another interesting thing about my card is that I ran the card base through a Fiskars Paper Crimper. I ran it through a few times at different angles. Now, I sanded the paper which is from The Chocolate Box collection by Core'dinations and that exposed the core of that paper.

This card uses the same sketch, but the stamps are very different from the first set from Inky Antics.

The flower is a two step process and the set has several choices to make different styles of flowers. I did stamp the flowers on a patterned paper by October Afternoon. The white dots on the flowers is Fashion Bead paint by Tulip. The card base is a cardstock from the Black Magic collection by Core'dinations. When I sanded the edges of the card and the punched borders and that exposed the core to the paper. Notice too that the card is turquoise on the inside, while black on the outside.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 135 – EAT DESSERT FIRST card
Materials:
Clear stamp set – Goobles Turkey Clear set/Inky Antics
Cardstock – The Chocolate box and Core Essentials/Core’dinations and Cryogen Curious Iridescent/CutCardStock.com
Patterned paper – Farmhouse and Root Cellar/Farm Fresh/October Afternoon
Versafine black stamp pad
Clear embossing powder
Copic Markers
Alcohol Inks and blending solution – Ranger
Corner rounder punch – Papershapers
Mini brads
Paper Crimper – Fiskars
Chalk stamp pads - Clearsnap
Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®
Tonic Paper Distesser
Sandpaper

SKETCH 135b CELEBRATE card
Designer: Linda Beeson
Materials:
Clear stamp set – Marvelous Match Ups Clear set/Inky Antics
Cardstock – Cryogen Curious Iridescent/CutCardStock.com and Black Magic/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Report Card/Science Fair/October Afternoon
Versafine black stamp pad
ColorBox stamp pad - Clearsnap
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars
Apron Lace border punch – Fiskars
White Bead Fashion paint - Tulip
Sandpaper
Rub-on greeting – Making Memories

A Sketch of this - A Sketch of that

Yes, you guessed it, more cards created from sketches!

The first one uses the sketch from this last week from Unscripted Sketches #23.

Just sitting on my scrapping desk were these Scenic Route papers wanting to be used. I love red anyway, so I had to figure out how to use them for this card. And, I seem to want to use the notebook prints on everything.

I love the Nestabilities. I love the two steps, the one that cuts the shape and the other that gives an embossed line. I think they look so neat when they are done. I left the die in place while I lightly tapped it with a chalk stamp pad. This added just a bit of shading to the shape.

I also just plain LOVE this Loopy border punch and I thought it made for a great side accent to go along with the sketch. Notice the Core'dinations cardstock. Even with this great tan paper, when the edges are sanded, the core is exposed.

This card puts to use the 2 Sketches 4 You sketch #35 for this last week. More papers that were just sitting on my desk wanting to be used are these great papers by Jenni Bowlin. I so love the black and cream papers in this collection.

The chipboard piece is by Tattered Angels and I colored it by spraying it with a few colors of Glimmer Mist. Such a fast and easy way to color my piece.

Notice two things here, the scallop piece is the new Embossed Jenni Bowlin Core'dinations and the card base is a piece of Black Magic. It is black on the top side and a great tan on the reverse side. When this is sanded, the tan core is exposed and what I really love is that you can have a black card with a lighter color on the inside for your greeting.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

ADORE YOU card
Materials:
Cardstock –Black Magic and Jenni Bowlin cardstock/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Vintage Black Branch, Black Micro Dot and Black Finial/Jenni Bowlin
Rub-on letters – Jenni Bowlin
Chipboard shape and spray – Glimmer Mist/Tattered Angels
Fluid chalk stamp pads – Clearsnap
Border punch – EK Success
Self adhesive rhinestones – Mark Richards
Sandpaper

GIGGLE card
Materials:Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Scenic Route
Rub-on word – Scenic Route
Loopy border punch – Martha Stewart
Label die – Nestabilities/Spellbinder
Corner rounder punch – Bind It All
Chalk stamp pads – Powder Puff/Quick Quotes
Sandpaper
Machine sewing
Tonic Paper Distresser