Combining CPS and Jillibean Soup

Totally exciting, the sponsor this week at Card Positioning Systems blog is Jillibean Soup. If you haven't heard of this company before, then you need to get acquainted. They have really fun papers, neat journaling spots and more recently, some clear stamps.

I created a few cards with the products that I received but this first one that I am sharing is the one that goes with the CPS sketch. Even that great kraft colored patterned paper that I used for my card base is Jillibean Soup. The journaling sprouts that I used on my cards are "calendar" themed spots. These come in a few different sizes and include calendar pages as well as spots that are just the names of the months.

I also received this adorable clear stamp set to create with. I embossed the tree and the house with clear embossing powder after stamping them and I added some shading to the house with my Copic markers.

Here is another card I created since I have so many great pieces to play with. One thing to note is that I used a cardstock from The Chocolate Box collection by Core'dinations. Let me tell you, this piece with the green core was just made to go with this collection of Jillibean Soup.

You can see that the focus on my card is another one of the calendar journaling sprouts. I love because this piece can create the theme of your card depending on the month it represents.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

HAPPY - CALENDAR card
Materials:
Cardstock – The Chocolate Box/Core’dinations
Patterned papers, Ribbon and Journaling Sprout – Lentil Soup/Jillibean
Rub-on greeting – Making Memories

SKETCH 130 – AUGUST-HOME card
Materials:
Patterned paper, stamps and journaling sprout courtesy of Jillibean – Brown Sugar/Spicy Pumpkin and Ground Coriander/Lentil Soup (both sides)
Versamark black stamp pad
Colorbox and Fluid chalk stamp pads - ClearsnapClear embossing powder
Copic markers
Apron lace border punch – Fiskars
Mini brad
Scallop circle punch – Marvy
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars

The Cat's Pajamas color inspiration

I don't know what I enjoy better, a great sketch challenge or a color inspiration challenge! I found this cute inspiration piece at The Cat's Pajamas this week and since I love challenges, I knew I needed to give it a try. Plus I could pull out some brand new TCP's stamps!

I followed the color part of this challenge since I really didn't have stamps that were back to school themed. I found this piece of Cosmo Cricket paper in my stash and it was such a perfect fit, I knew I had to create!

This chicken sitting in the soup bowl is just too much and wouldn't it be the kind of creation that would bring a smile to the face of someone who wasn't feeling well?

I colored the chicken and the bowl with my copic markers and then I tried to get the sun to shine on the bowl a bit so you can see that I gave the bowl a coat of Aleene's Paper Glaze. This gives a great epoxy look so it looks just like a shiny bowl you would pull out of your cupboard.

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I wanted to share a photo of the three silly boys that were at my house today. They were asking for me to take pics of them but it is funny how the silly faces always have to be part of that!!! They were actually pretty tame in this photo, it can be sillier!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

BETTER GET BETTER card
Materials: Cardstock – Vintage collection/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Cosmo Cricket
Swanky Clear stamps – The Cat’s Pajamas
Copic markers
Loopy border punch – Martha Stewart
Versafine black stamp pad
Clear embossing powder
Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®
Sandpaper

Shaped card - Cuttlebug challenge

The Cuttlebug Challenge blog has a new challenge for this week and that is to create a shaped card. The examples from their team are just too much fun! I knew right away that I wanted to use these brand new Jenni Bowlin Embossed Core'dinations cardstocks. At the end of this post, I added a scan of a full piece of the papers I used so you can see what they look like.

The cardstock piece for the card base has a label shape to it. I cut the 12"x12" piece in half and then folded that in half. I cut around the label shape to give my card it's unique shape. This particular piece is from the Black Magic collection so it is black on the front side and red on the backside. When the embossed label shape is sanded as well as the edges, the red core is exposed. Plus the inside of the card is the red color.

I took a piece of tan Core Essentials Core'dinations cardstock and embossed that with a Cuttlebug embossing plate and sanded that. I then cut it to fit the inside of the label shape.

The piece going across the front of my card is the Black Magic Jenni Bowlin embossed Text cardstock. When this is sanded the red letters show up. The scallop circle piece that is under the flower is the Vanilla embossed Text cardstock. There are five different embossed patterns in five different colors. For all of them, when they are sanded, the core of the paper shows through.

This gives you a close-up look at the colors and the embossed designs.

Below are the scans of the papers I used for this card.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SHAPED CARD

Materials:

Jenni Bowlin Embossed Core'dinations cardstock

Cuttlebug embossing plate

Scallop circle punch - Marvy

Silk flower - Prima

Ribbon

Sandpaper

CPS and CHF

Don't you just love all of the abbreviations we have created in life? Just makes it easier as long as you know what a person is referring too!!! My title refers to Card Positioning Systems blog sketch for this week and the fact that I used these great stamps from Cornish Heritage Farms for my card. My friend, Julia Stainton was the designer for this great Rummage Bin set.

All of the details on my card are stamped except the raffia ribbon and the pearl head stick pin. I used a "vintage text" background that I stamped over a slightly patterned paper and then accented that with some Glimmer Mist and inking with stamp pads and some other stamped designs. The "honey do" piece and the little bee are colored with Copic markers. I poked holes in the card for my little bee trail but I didn't like that they didn't show up well, so I went over them with a black pen that I poked in each hole.

If you look closely, you can see that I then coated the bee hive and the bee with Aleene's Paper Glaze. I love how easy it is to use this glaze and I love the resulting epoxy look that it gives accents. It is a bit hard to photograph but it looks wonderful IRL. I also used foam tape to add dimension to some of the elements. I almost own stock in that company about now for how much I use 3D foam tape anymore!!!
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 129 – HONEY-DO card
Materials:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Stamps – Vintage Text Scrapblock and Sweet Bee/The Rummage Bin/Cornish Heritage Farms
Stamp pads – Versafine black and Marvy
Copic Markers
Corner rounder punch – Bind It All
Pearl tip straight pin
Rhinestone
Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®
Glimmer Mist/Tattered Angels

CAARD Hop

The CAARD Hop at CAARDVARKS started yesterday with some serious focus on Core'dinations cardstock and today I have some cards featured. SOOOOO, you just have to pop on over to get a peek. I am posting one of them with a close-up of the details.

I used a couple of my favorite Core'dinations colors for this card with a bunch of punching with one of my favorite border punches. This amazing blue is from the Vintage collection and the yellow and coral used for the flowers are from the Core Essentials collection.

Before I punched my borders, I ran the yellow piece through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dot embossing plate. If you look close you can see where I sanded the edges of the punched layers and all of the outside edges of the card. I just LOVE the look that comes with sanding these papers.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

2 Sketches 4 You and Hero Arts sketches

Just in time, I finished a card using the 2 Sketches 4 You sketch for this week.

I love these Little Yellow Bicycle papers I picked up recently.

The sketch has a little square element in the bottom corner of the card and I thought a fun accent would be a tiny card that would open. The papers are 2 sided so that makes this even more fun.

Hero Arts posted four sketches this week and I had time to create with one of them. Plus this gave me a reason to pull out these super cute cupcake stamps again.

The paper on the cupcake is colored with Copic markers. The frosting was coated with Aleene's Paper Glaze for a neat epoxy look and then I created the dots on the frosting with a brand-new-to-me product, Tulip's Fashion Bead Paint. It makes the neatest pearl-like dots.

I created the lines in the pink Core'dinations cardstock with a Scor-Pal tool and then sanded the lines and the edges. I love the look this gives what looks like just plain cardstock.

Remember we have a new kitty in our house? I took this yesterday and I'm not thinking she looks a whole lot bigger then when we first got her, but I am sure she is. She is such a "people" cat. She has to be near one of us almost all of the time!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SEIZE THE CUPCAKE card
Materials: Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned paper and punch out die cut – My Little Shoebox
Cupcake, greeting and lacey border – Hero Arts
Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®
Bead paint - Tulip
Ribbon
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars
Rhinestone – Mark Richards, Inc.

ACROSS THE MILES card
Materials: Cardstock – Vintage/Core’dinations
Patterned papers – Traveler/Little Yellow Bicycle
Corner rounder punch- Fiskars
Rub-on words – Deja Views
Flower punches – PaperShapers
Fashion Bead Paint - Tulip
Brad
Powder Puff Chalk inks – Quick Quotes
Ribbon
Sandpaper

More Close To My Heart goodness and CPS

I already mentioned earlier this week that Susan Tomaino, Independent Close To My Heart (CTMH) Consultant was the sponsor for this week at the CPS sketch blog. Be sure to check out her web site. She is offering a sale price for CPS followers and you can check out the CPS web site for those details.

My first card uses the CPS sketch for this week and the papers, ink pads and stamps that I had to play with. I turned the sketch on it's side.

I love the papers that I picked to work with but I have to tell you, this bird set is way too much fun. It comes with several bodies, wings, legs, tails and some words. It is a mix and match kind of set and I could play with it forever!!! I punched out the tiny flowers and the middles of the flowers were created with White 3-D Fashion Paint by Tulip.

I thought that one of the wings in the set looked like a leaf so I stamped a background with it on the kraft colored cardstock from the set of papers.

In this view you can see the "parts" that made up this bird. I stamped the wing separately and then added it with foam tape for added dimension.

This view lets you see that the brown card is small and it is mounted to the black background card. I added score lines in that black paper which is Black Magic by Core'dinations.

Since the patterned paper is so fitting for little kids, I wanted to also create a simple layout with a few of the prints.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 128 – SING card
Materials:
Stamps, papers and ink courtesy of "Susan Tomaino, Independent Close To My Heart consultant"
Stamps – Bird Basics, Patterned Papers – Animal Cookies, Inks – Citrus Leaf and Dutch Blue
Flower punch – PaperShapers
White 3-D Fashion paint – Tulip
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars
Sandpaper

FREE AS A BIRD card
Materials:
Cardstock – Black Magic/Core’dinations
Stamps – Bird Basics/Close To My Heart
Stamp pads – Versafine and Ancient Page
Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®
White 3-D Fashion Paint – Tulip
Self adhesive Black Pearl – Mark Richards, Inc.
Scor-Pal tool
Sandpaper
3M foam tape

ZOO TRIP layout
Materials:
Cardstock and Patterned paper – Animal Cookies/Close To My Heart
Sticker letters - Thickers/American Crafts
Heart Brad – Bazzill
Tiny letter stickers – My Little Shoebox
Border punch – Martha Stewart