Fun stuff to share

Because I found a couple more online challenges to work with, I have a couple new cards to share with you.

 I pulled out some Paper Smooches stamps and a piece of My Mind's Eye paper to create my card. I used the CAS(e) this Sketch for this week as well as the neat color combination at Colour Q. 

 To get my splash of another color for the Colour Q combo, I masked the little telephone and sprayed my piece of plain white cardstock with a great yellow Stephanie Barnard Spray ink from Clearsnap.  I think that is such a fun way to add some color. 

 Here is the CAS(e) this Sketch.

And the Colour Q combo.

 I also wanted to play with the Seize the Sketch challenge.  I pulled out some really fun Simple Stories products. 

 It was so fun to create a little grouping with the matching products in this collection.

Here is the Seize the Sketch challenge.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Sweet little bugs

I just received this new adorable little stamp set from Taylored Expressions and of course, had to put it to use.

 I am in love with the trend of "jars" and these little bugs that come in this set are the perfect match for a Valentine's day card.  I wanted to use the Dynamic Duos color combination this week and that fit my theme perfectly plus I used the CAS-ual Fridays challenge for Long and Short. I cut some of the papers shorter to place on top of the longer background paper so I thought that fit the theme.

 The jar stamp has a matching die too, not to mention the really cute sentiments in the set.  The pretty circle shape is my favorite Spellbinders Nestablities die! My Mind's Eye papers from a mini pad.

 Here is the Dynamic Duos challenge.

And the CAS-ual Fridays challenge.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Butterflies and Reindeer

First up, I wanted to use the retro sketch for this week.

 I printed out some elements from the Be You  mini digital kit from Design House Digital.  Everything on my card is from that kit except the black rhinestones.

 I just printed out several parts of the kit and put them together on my card. 

 Here is the retro sketch.

 Next up is my Kreaxions punch card for my post over at Just Imagine Crafts.  I used the sketch from Clean and Simple for the layout of the card. 

 The black strip is punched with the #922 Kreaxions punch.  I used the punched edge and the piece that would have been discarded.  I also used some Tim Holtz paper tape and added color to it with Distress Stain.  The other elements are stamps from Hero Arts.

 Here is the Clean & Simple sketch.

 This card was created to go along with a challenge at Hero Arts.  The challenge is to use a stamp for a different theme then what would be expected for it.  I just picked up this cute little reindeer and thought it would be adorable on a baby card.  I just stamped it on striped paper and then cut that out. 

The papers are from a set of papers by My Mind's Eye and the label pieces are cut out with the Cricut.  The nice thing about the Cricut for cutting labels like this is that is was so easy to cut it out in three different sizes that mat together perfectly.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Spring, Summer, Fall

Seems like I covered most of the seasons with the projects I want to share today.

 We can call this spring related with the soft, pretty colors. I used the Colour Q combination.  I would have never just sat down and put these colors together, I so love color challenges.

 The stamps are by Unity, the flower is from Maya Road.  The patterned paper is from My Mind's eye. It was fun to decorate that pattern with dots of Liquid Pearls.

 Here is the Colour Q combo.

 Next up, a summer theme for sure, the Saturday sketch at 2 peas. 

 I used a digital kit that I had from 2 peas.  I placed the kids onto the antique postcard and printed that piece out twice so I could cut the kids out of the one card and put it on top of the other one. 

 This is the 2 Peas Saturday Sketch.

 I don't make tags all that often but it was fun to play along with the Blog named Hero blog. 

 All of the stamps are from Hero Arts.  The bird is colored with Distress Stain.  The leaf is a die from My Favorite Things.

 Here is the A Blog Named Hero challenge.

Plus my tag fits the FALL theme at Cas-ual Fridays.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Balloons, Flowers and Squares

I love sharing new creations.

First up, the card I created to go along with the Card Positioning Systems sketch.  My Favorite Things is our sponsor for the month and so I used this adorable little girl stamp. 

 

While I love coloring in these images, I also love the "less is more" idea of leaving her mostly black and white.  I outlined the black stamped image with a very light blue and added some lines to the balloon for a plaid look. 

This is the CPS sketch.

And, since I love using color challenges, this card is for The Play Date Cafe challenge. 

I am in love with this die from My Favorite Things stamps so it seemed like a great way to use the soft and wonderful colors in the combo. 

Here is The Play Date Cafe combo. 

 Now for my last card, I used another sketch from the past at Freshly Made sketches. 

 The flowers are a stamp from Verve, colored with Copic markers.

 This is the Freshly Made sketch I used.  (Not sure how I did this again, but I missed the cut off for adding this the FM web site)

And for some photos...

 One grandson is playing football and this one is playing soccer this season, so that is where we were on Saturday.  Let me tell you, he keeps up quite the pace.  You get tired just watching him.

 

Can you see that I caught both of his feet off of the ground! Pretty cool.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

 

It's a sunny day

It really isn't here right now because we usually experience June Gloom right here on the coast, it should burn off some time today, maybe!!!

 I wanted to share a couple sketch cards and both have a sun or summer theme to them.  This first one is the Card Positioning System sketch.

 I pulled out my mini pad of My Mind's Eye papers from the Fine and Dandy collection, plus I had the matching chipboard pieces.  It was fun how fast and easy the card was. 

 Here is a close up of my sun. I used the chipboard sun and added a chipboard button, leaving in the circles in the holes.

 Next up, the Card Patterns sketch.

 I started out with the thought of a patriotic theme but I didn't end up there!!! I used a background stamp from Hero Arts and stamped it with white, embossed it with white and then I cut it in two pieces to match the sketch.  I colored both pieces with Distress Stains.

 The little flip flops are from a set of three shoe stamps by Hero Arts. 

And for some beach pics...

 We went right before sunset so you can see that starting in the background, there was a cloud layer just off the coast. My granddaughter always loved to draw in the sand.

 They had so much fun playing with the waves, trying not to get wet but that didn't last!!!

 She brought a camera to try to capture some fun pics of her own.

Just before we left, this was the view we experienced.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)