Hot Chocolate and Lots of Love!

Gotta share a couple cards with you, this first one using this weeks Card Postioning Systems sketch. 

The sponsor this week is Flower Soft and since it is kind of cold here, this cup of Hot Chocolate looks like the perfect thing. 

The Hot Chocolate topper is by Flower Soft and then I accented it with some Flower Soft, making it look even more yummy.  The two colors of Flower Soft that I used are my new most favorite, Earth and Peony Pink. 

The card base is Core Impressions by Core'dinations. It has that great embossed design it in already and the side trim is new by Pink Paislee and makes for such an easy and elegant accent. 

This card is my Unscripted sketch card for this week and it represents by newest supply purchase from Emma's Paperie.  Yummy We R Memory Keepers papers and gotta love that "love" word sticker by KI Memories. 

Notice my little hearts on the side, red piece? I just picked that Cuttlebug embossing folder up at Michaels in their new Valentines supplies.  It works perfectly with Core'dinations cardstock.

And, of course, some photos to share...

We recently went to the Santa Barbara Zoo. We love this zoo, it is small and just the right size for a quick little visit. They have a artificial turf covered hill for the kids to slide down and here our youngest grandson is trying to get the hang of sliding. 

 Notice how the tongue seems to help with balance!

Big sissy is trying to give some helpful pointers. 
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 200 – HOT CHOCOLATE card

Materials:
Hot Chocolate Topper and Flower Soft – courtesy of Flower Soft
Tacky Glue - Aleene’s®
Cardstock – Core Impression /Core’dinations
Patterned paper – October Afternoon
Artisann Elements/Borders – Pink Paislee
Self adhesive pearls – Recollections
Corner rounder punch – Round-It-All
Glitter 3-D Fashion paint – Tulip
Foam tape – 3M
Sandpaper



SKETCH 88 – LOVE - BICYCLE card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned Papers and sticker – Be My Valentines collection/WeRMemory Keepers
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Glitter word – Scribbles/KI Memories
Scallop scissors
Sandpaper

Where else can you put Flower Soft?

Yes, on paper is a great choice but it is fun to see what other kinds of things can be enhanced with an accent of Flower Soft, whether it is for a card, a scrapbook layout or some other craft project. The Flower Soft design team is hosting a focus on unusual ways to use Flower Soft. I used the Unscripted sketches #51 for my inspiration.

I pulled out one of my Prima silk flowers. I love to use silk flowers on cards and adding to this one with some Ultra Fine Flower Soft in Raspberry Fizz was a really fun and successful experiment. All I was to use my Aleene's Tacky Glue and apply some of that to my flower. I didn't coat all of the flower, I wanted to put the focus on the middle of the flower and then out into the middles of each petal. Again, remember to use this particular glue for the best results and remember to be generous on how much glue you use.

The sketch for Unscripted Sketches gives the impression of torn paper but instead I used a piece of this lace paper to go across my card. The background cardstock behind the lace piece is BRAND NEW from Core'dinations, the collection is called Core Amour. This collection comes with embossed designs in it, the impressions are discovered when you sand the cardstock.

This close-up gives you a great glimpse of how the Ultra Fine Flower Soft looks in the middle of the flower.

My card base is a piece of Black Magic Core'dinations. The beauty of this collection is it is black on the front side and a color on the backside. I used a piece with pink on the backside so that it brought out the pink flower on the front. PLUS, when I sanded the edges of the card, the pink core was exposed making it all match even more.

Be sure to check out the other team members blogs for more inspiration.

Deborah Saaranen

Jeanne Streiff

Rose Ann

Jacque Beddingfield

Jennifer Buck

Vicki Garrett

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH card
Materials list:
Ultra Fine Flower Soft – Raspberry Fizz
Tacky Glue – Aleene’s®
Cardstock – Core Amour and Black Magic/Core’dinations
Lace paper – KI Memories
Button – PaperTrey, Inc.
Silk Flower – Prima
Sticker sentiment - SRM
Sandpaper