Bouquet of Roses

Just a big bunch of red roses.

 My card fits The Card Concept challenge.  I stamped a number of Altenew flowers and cut them out allowing me to add them as a group to the bottom of my card.  

 I love playing with stencils and inks and this background is the result of a play session.  I added a coat of glaze to each of the flowers for further interest.  

Here is The Card Concept challenge.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Puppy Love

I'm always a fan of red and hearts so it was easy to play along with a couple online challenges.

 I used a very simple messy background of Distress Inks and then built my card around that.  

 I cut the word "love" out of a piece of kraft colored paper and then cut that piece into a banner shape, lining it with black paper.  That adorable little puppy is a stamp with its matching die from Reverse Confetti.  

 Here is the Card Concept challenge.

And here is the Time Out Challenges.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Big Hugs

Starting a card by playing with Distress Stains is my favorite. 

 This card base started out with some red and pink Distress Stain then I used a leave design stencil to add some of that leave design with Distress Stain and then with white embossing paste.  Using the stencil helps it fit the Simon Says Flickr challenge.  This provided the ground work for the elements I then added.  

 The wreath was stamped and then cut out with a matching die.  The words "big hugs" and the "thanks" were then cut out from black cardstock.  All of these dies are from Simon Says Stamp.  

Here is the Card Concept challenge.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Spray of Blossoms

To fit the Card Concept challenge, I created a very simple spray of flowers scattered over my card using an Altenew stamp.  

 The flowers were stamped with white ink and embossed with white and then a few Distress Stains were used on this watercolor paper for a quick way of adding color.  

 The word die "congrats" by My Favorite Things was cut from watercolor paper and then also colored with Distress Stains.  

 I gave the background a wash of more Distress Stain.  

 Here is the Card Concept challenge.

And this fits the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes challenge.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Dreamy Pink and Gold

The softest pinks and amazing metallic golds make up this card. I thought it was a good representation of The Card Concept challenge.

 So often Red is associated with hearts and "love" but this pink is so perfect and soft. 

 The word "love" and the heart are both dies from Simon Says Stamp.  

 The mixed media background is created from a mix of stencils and Distress inks.  

 Here is The Card Concept inspiration photo.

This also fits the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
This also fits the Simon Says Stamp flickr challenge.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

You are my happy place

I'm sharing a few things I madly love, some hearts and the cutest little puppy dog stamp. 

 The puppy stamp is by Reverse Confetti, a favorite stamp company of mine and another fav on this card is the use of embossing paste. I so love the texture that the paste adds. The tag is a die that is also by Reverse Confetti and how about the watercolor look with the Distress Stains.  

This close up view gives you a better idea of how neat the embossing paste looks, I added it with the use of a dot stencil. My card fits a few online challenges, I love the inspiration that comes from using challenges.  

 This Addicted to CAS Pets challenge.

 The Just Us Girls Dogs challenge.

 This sweet The Card Concept challenge.

Plus the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Puppy Love

February brings all things "hearts" to mind.  

Now add in an adorable little puppy and we're good.  The background here starts with a mix of some Distress Stain with a watercolor look and then it's embossed with a design.  

To get the watercolor look inks on the hearts, I first added more Distress Stains to a piece of watercolor paper and then cut out the hearts with a die once the inks were dry.  

This cute puppy is a stamp from Reverse Confetti.  He is also cut from a piece of paper that had some Distress Stain on it.  You can tell from this card how much I love inks with a watercolor look.

 My card with several heart shapes fits The Card Concept challenge.

It also fits the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge the Color of Love.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Love White Pumpkins

As I sat down to play with the Card Concept challenge, I knew this would give me to chance to use some white pumpkins.  

 I pulled out a set of stamps with matching dies from My Favorite Things for my two pumpkins.  There were stamped in white and embossed with white on watercolor paper.  I gave these shapes a little bit of color with Tea Dye Distress Stains so they would be defined a little bit.  

 To go along with the Card Concept photo inspiration piece, I created a distressed background with a honeycomb stencil and more Distress Stains.  The wreath is a stamp and die from Simon Says Stamp, again stamped with white and embossed with white.  I colored this piece with blue Distress Stains so it fits the photo inspiration.  The layout of the entire card was inspired with the Freshly Made sketch for this week.  

 Here is the Freshly Made sketch.

 Here is the Card Concept photo inspiration.

This also fits the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of Thanks or Thanksgiving.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

AAA Cards - Springtime

 The perfect AAA Cards challenge, spring time flowers! 

 And I used a brand new set of flowers stamps to me from Alternew.  After I stamped the flowers and leaves with white ink and embossed them with white embossing powder, I colored the entire front of my card with Distress Stains.  

Because the Distress Stains have a dabber top, it is very easy to apply ink to specific areas so I used them to "paint" the flowers and to create the background on watercolor paper.  I used a stencil to add a little scattering of silver dots with embossing paste. 

Be sure to play along at AAA Cards.

It also fits the Colour Q challenge.

And the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge, Spring Flowers.

Plus the great colors from the Card Concept challenge.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Black and White with a splash of color

And I picked pink...

 I wanted a card that was fast and easy and had a simple wash of some pink.  I stamped this stamp from Studio Calico in black ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I like to do that so the black lines are a little more intense and the black ink is stable when using other inks over it.  

 I used watercolor paper and then brushed on some Distress Stain inks.  This very simply colored the flower image and the background.  The larger flower has a matching solid stamp so I did stamp that in the same pink.  In order to future the white parts since that is part of two of the challenges I was following, I used some Copic white ink.  I also added some dots of black Liquid Pearls. 

 I also thought this colors in the card went along with the Card Concept challenge.

Here is the Just Us Girls challenge.

Plus the Frosted Designs challenge.
I also used the Time Out challenge.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

A new AAA Cards Challenge

 So happy that it is time again for an AAA Cards challenge, the first for 2015.  And what better challenge then to create something with a heart.

 Here is my card.  This was actually very quick and easy although it might look a little complicated.  I created a background with a Simon Says Stamp stencil and some Distress Stains.

 Once that background was dry, I stamped this adorable Tim Holtz cupid with black ink.  Color was added with Copic markers and then I coated it with Glossy Accents.  The "love" die is from Lawn Fawn and I added a row of little red hearts.

Take a look, this is the adorable prize being offered at AAA Cards and some other good news if there is a Design Team member call.

I sure hope you can play along with us this week.

This also fits the Addicted to CAS challenge.

And the Card Concept challenge.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)