A sketch, some color and CLOUDS!

First up, my Card Positioning Systems card for this week.

 This is a fun sketch, give it a try when you have time!!!

 Sweet n' Sassy is our sponsor for this week. I picked out a set of stamps that has a few silhouette images in it and then some sentiments. I love this set! I cut that amazing oval frame with a Spellbinders Nestabilities.

 I simply stamped the image with black ink and embossed that with clear embossing powder. This piece was cut in an oval shape and sprayed with a little bit of some colored sprays.  There is also an umbrella stamp that is just the outline of the umbrella making it easy to use it on other papers.  I actually stamped my piece with a dictionary background stamp by Hero Arts.

 I also used this color combo from The Play Date Cafe.

 I pulled out some October Afternoon mini pad papers.

 The blue flower circle is cut with the Cricut and then it is matted with matching shapes in yellow and red.

And for a few photos...

 We had a top of rain this last week and the day after, the clouds were amazing. I had to capture this sky with my Hipstamatic camera on my phone. See those tiny palm trees at the bottom of this photo?

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Play Time

Somehow, even with Easter and a little four year olds birthday to celebrate this week, I found time to create!  I pulled out some sketch and color challenges to work with.

First off, the Freshly Made sketch for this week.

 I have been wanting to play with some purples so this card gave me the chance.  Gotta love this wonderful patterned paper by Glitz from the Dance in the Sunshine collection. 

 The green die is cut with a Spellbinders Nestabilities, maybe my favorite shape.  The butterfly is a stamp by Stamps by Judith. I stamped it with white and embossed it with white and then used a purple Distress Stain to add the color.  The sentiment is brand new by Paper Smooches.

Next up, the colour combo at Colour Q. 

Do you notice that same die cut shape? I just used a larger die to frame my little couple.  This great zigzag patterned paper by My Mind's Eye helps me match this color scheme.

  My card uses an adorable set of stamps by Sweet n' Sassy. The little couple are a silhouette stamp. I inked the stamp with black and stamped that on a piece of scrap paper to get off most of the ink. Next I used a dictionary print stamp by Hero Arts and inked it with black. I then pressed my little couple onto the inked text. Now when I stamped them, I got a gray outline because of the left over black and I also got the text print. I thought it was a fun look. The umbrella has an extra stamp that is just the outline of the umbrella so I stamped that on the zig zag print paper. 

And, I also used the retro sketch for this last week. Unfortunately I didn't realize how quickly their sketch ends so I missed the deadline for this one. 

I used a great collection by My Mind's Eye from a mini pad.

I just had to use this sketch when I saw the little house on it.  I used a chipboard house by Maya Road.

For part of the birthday celebrations we went to the Long Beach Aquarium.  I took a few pics with my Hipstamatic phone camera.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Flowers and Castles

I wanted to share my Card Postioning Systems card for this last week with you.

 Sweet 'n Sassy stamps is our sponsor. It was fun to pick out a set to use because their selection of images is so wide. 

 I am partial to Dogwood, so it was fun to color these.  This set comes with a rather large bird sitting on them but I just didn't use him this time.

 I love sets of stamps with Scripture verses in them so this was the perfect set for me.

 Our granddaughter was going to Disneyland for her birthday and we were giving her a gift card for the trip so I quickly used my Cricut Expression to create this little card. I folded it so I had a little pocket on this inside for the card.

 Chunky glitter accents the towers.

And for a photo...

I stopped at the beach the other day at sunset to watch the big waves. I loved capturing the waves crashing and bouncing in the air.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 251 – STRENGTH AND SHIELD card

Materials:

Stamp set courtesy of Sweet ‘n Sassy

Cardstock – Core’dinations

X-Press Blending Cardstock – Copic

Copic markers

Patterned paper – Cupboard/Farmhouse Collection/Crate Paper

Black stamp pad – Clearsnap

Clear embossing powder

Self adhesive pearls – Queen & Co.

Corner rounder punch - Fiskars

What do you say to a friend?

I want to share a couple cards that are perfect to send to a friend. Both use sketches for the inspiration.

The first one is this last weeks Card Postioning Systems sketch and Sweet n' Sassy stamps has been the sponsor. How totally adorable is this cutie? I want to use this one stamp over and over plus the set comes with a few different sentiments making it work for more then one occasion. 

I stamped the little mouse hiding behind the coffee cup on white cardstock.  I am loving the Copic paper, it is so white and velvety.  I colored portions of the image with Copic markers.  I stamped the image again on the red patterned paper, making sure I stamped the "band" portion and then cut that out and glued it to the cup.   His little ears have added sparkle with some Glitter 3-D Fashion paint by Tulip.

Notice the scallop, brown piece. That is Core Impressions. It is brown with embossed dots in it already and the core is read.  The green cardstock is also Core Impressions with that great embossed design in it already.

And, it is Saturday so I want to share this weeks Unscripted Sketch. 

I used a page from an old dictionary for part of my patterned paper. I loved the aged look that it added. 

Couldn't you just see this being perfect for sending a little something to a friend?  This is all one stamp, the plant and the sentiment.  It is by Art Warehouse stamps. The edge around this piece is aged with the Blending Foam and some Distress ink.  Something I wanted to try after watching Tim Holtz do some coloring that way. It is so soft looking.

And for a few photos...

Our next to the youngest grandson is playing basketball this year and so I just had to share a couple photos. 

He did such a great job for his first game of the season.

And now for our youngest grandson and a rite of passage to boyhood, a black eye! He had a crash with the kitchen stool and while he did cry, the result if pretty cute.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 201 – LET’S DO COFFEE card

Materials:
Stamps – Courtesy of Sweet n Sassy
Cardstock – Core Impression and Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – We R Memory Keepers
Black Versafine Stamp pad
Clear embossing powder – Stampendous
Copic markers
Self adhesive rhinestones – Queen & Co.
Corner rounder punch – Papershapers
Glitter 3-D Fashion paint – Tulip
Sandpaper

SKETCH 90 – EVERY PASSING YEAR card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned Papers – Jillibean Soup and old dictionary page
Stamp – American Art Stamp
Distress stamp pad
Clear embossing powder
Copic markers
Self adhesive rhinestones – Mark Richards, Inc.
Foam tape – 3M
Tonic paper distresser
Inkssentials Blending Foam
Sandpaper

Is it Christmas or Fall?

Before I share a couple cards, remember the PLAID week at Pink Persimmon.  The first project is up and it is pretty cute and useful too.

It is always fun to create Christmas cards and I love the colors of fall so here are the two cards I want to share with you today.

My CPS card for this week is Christmas themed mostly because the sponsor for this week is Sweet n Sassy stamps and this is the set that I was able to play with. I love Nativity scenes that are in silhouette like this so I was very happy to use this set on my card to go along with the sketch.

I stamped the Nativity scene with Versafine black ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder and then I took a few colors of Fluid Chalk stamp pads and rubbed them directly on the white cardstock to add color.  By using more then one color I was able to get a gradient look. 

For this next card, I just had to use the color combo at The Play Date Cafe! LOVE these colors together, a combination I so would not have picked on my own.  Notice the embossed dot background on this card and the other card? That is my NEW Cuttlebug embossing folder.  This is the larger dot one, it embosses a bigger piece of paper and I think the dots are a little bigger. I love it.

I stamped this sprig of Sweet Peas by PaperTrey, Inc and colored them with Copic markers so that they matched the color combo. 

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 183 – JESUS - REASON card

Materials:
Cardstock - Core Expressions/Core’dinations
Nativity scene and sentiment stamps – Courtesy of Sweet & Sassy
Black Versafine Stamp pad
Clear embossing powder – Stampendous
Fluid chalk stamp pads - Clearsnap
Self Adhesive Pearl – Queen & Co.
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Snowflake punch - PaperShapers
Sandpaper
Foam Tape – 3M

FILL THIS DAY… card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Expressions/Core’dinations
Sweet Pea and sentiment stamp – PaperTrey, Inc.
Black Versafine stamp pad
Clear embossing powder
Copic markers
Self adhesive pearls – Queen & Co.
Dot embossing folder - Cuttlebug
Corner rounder punch - Fiskars
Sandpaper

CPS #132 and the Beach

This just in....Core'dinations cardstock and it is on sale here!!! Hurry!

The sponsor at Card Postioning Systems blog for this week is Sweet n Sassy and their selection of Digital stamps. I picked a set of flowers.

I printed the stamps out on this pink patterned paper by BasicGrey. The stamp is actually a branch of flowers but I cut out some of them so that they would fit the sketch.

So I didn't have to color the flowers at all because of the paper they were printed on. You can also see the spray of Glimmer Mist on the entire card. That seemed to help everything on the card fit together well.

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Do you want to see what we did today, the holiday? We have had such warm weather. Actually HOT for several days but today is better. The thing is, it made for an absolutely perfect day to go to the beach for a little bit. What is better then getting to play in the waves and digging in the sand.

The waves were unusually neat today. Some were very big and it seemed like there were more of them. Just ask all of the surfers that were out there.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 132 – REMEMBER card
Materials:
Cardstock - Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Digital stamp – Digis for a cause/Courtesy of Sweet n Sassy
BasicGrey patterned papers
Metallic brads – Creative Impressions
Corner rounder punch – Bind It All
Glimmer Mist
Sandpaper