Sharing some Flower Soft goodness

It's a blog hop day for the Flower Soft DT. The challenge for today is using Flower Soft to create a border.

I created a little Gratitude journal. It is about 5" square and I used my Bind It All tool to punch the holes and to bind my journal. My border is these super cute little flower stamps by Pink Persimmon and the middles of them are decorated with Ultra Fine Flower Soft in Citrus Crush. If you recall, I mentioned before that the best adhesive to use with the Flower Soft is Aleene's Tacky Glue and Flower Soft sells it in a great applicator with a tiny tip. The flowers were colored with Copic markers.

The inside pages are copier paper cut to size and I stamped these words on each page. My thought for my little journal was that it could be used at Thanksgiving for each family member to record what they are grateful for.

From my blog, hop on over to Jacque's blog for more goodness. There is a prize at the last blog in the hop, leave a comment there and become a follower of the Flower Soft blog.

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And, look what we are doing these days!

Baseball season has started for two of our grandsons.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

GRATITUDE JOURNAL
Materials:
Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned paper - October Afternoon
Flower, sentiment and flourish stamps – Pink Persimmon
Chipboard
Mod Podge – Plaid
Martha Stewart border punch
Bind It All binding system
Black Versafine stamp pad
Clear embossing powder
Copic markers
Ultra Fine Flower Soft
Sticker letters – David Walker
Fiskars corner rounder punch
Tacky Glue – Aleene’s®

CPS - JustRIte Stamps and Colour Q challenge

The sponsor for this next weeks Card Positioning Systems blog is JustRite stamps. This is a happy day because these stamps are so fun to play with.

I didn't do this on purpose but after the card was finished I realized how fitting the green patterned paper by Webster's Pages was for the month of March! The embossed text cardstock behind the circle shapes is a piece from the Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions collection.

I used a Nestabilities that I have from Spellbinders to make my three circle elements that mimic the sketch. After I cut the shapes and embossed them, I sanded them so the embossing showed up a little better on the Core'dinations cardstock and then I punched out the middle of these shapes with a circle punch. After I stamped my sentiment with my JustRite stamps, I placed this stamped piece behind one of the punched out circles.

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And, I found a new-to-me challenge this week, Colour Q color challenge. Of course I NEEDED to play along!

To start the direction I wanted to take with my card, I picked up a mini pad of papers I have from Little Yellow Bicycle from the Travelers collection. The colors were just right.

I used a 2 part chipboard tree from Maya Road. I painted the trunk and I coated the leaf portion with patterned paper from the collection. I have a little container on my desk of yummy buttons from PaperTrey, Inc so I just had to use them on my tree.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 157 – EACH OTHER card
Materials:
Cardstock – Jenni Bowlin Embossed cardstock and Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Cryogen Curious Iridescent/CutCardStock.com
Stamps – courtesy of JustRite stamps – Romantic Sentiments set
Patterned paper – Webster’s Pages
Black Versafine stamp pad
Clear embossing powder
Spellbinder Nestabilities
Sandpaper
Ribbon
Rhinestone – Queen & Co.

HOME/HEART card
Materials:
Cardstock – Vintage/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Travveler/Little Yellow Bicycle
Chipboard tree – Maya Road
Paint – Apple Barrel/Plaid
Buttons – PaperTrey, Inc.
Circle template – Coluzzle
Lacey border punch – Martha Stewart
Word stickers – Sticko
Sandpaper
Fiskars corner rounder punch
Heart brad

Blog Crawl and Moxie Fab

Today is the day!!!!!

You are going to be completely amazed as you "crawl" along, getting glimpses of some amazing projects. Start at Nikki Sivils blog, hop on over to Jillibean's blog and Bella Blvd's blog. These three companies want to share some amazing goodness, both in give aways and ideas. Leave comments to be in the running to win stuff. You will find complete instructions when you visit one of the companies blogs.

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I want to share a couple of things with you today and they revolve around this amazing Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab, Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker products and even some Flower Soft.

This is the Tuesday Trigger that Cath posted this week at Moxie Fab. I think I could easily create ten cards from all of the amazing details in this piece but I did put together two.

For this card, I pulled out the colors and the flowers that are in the trigger piece. The papers are from Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker. The card is also based on 2 Sketches 4 You sketch #47.

The daisy shaped flowers are from a stamp set by Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker. I colored them in shades of pink and the middles of the flowers are the adorable cordouroy brads that Nikki Sivils has. I added a pearl to the middle of each of the flowers. The pearls were white and I used a Copic marker to make them match my colors!

For this card, I used the little picture of the tall, thin glasses filled with a pink drink. There is also a glimpse of something bright green in that photo. Notice the card base and the design in it. I used a piece of Core'dinations cardstock from the Vintage collection. I used my brand new Martha Stewart Score tool to create the lines in the card. Because you only have to sand this cardstock to expose the core, this makes a fun and easy accent. The pink piece is cut using a Nestabilities, I thought that was sort of tall and skinny like the glasses and I embossed it with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

The butterfly is a stamp by Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker. I love this butterfly because it is such a different shape. I colored it with Copic markers and can you see the amazing details!? That is Ultra Fine Flower soft! LOVE what a little bit of this does to an image.

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AND...This just in...Check out this article that Shemaine did for the Los Angeles Examiner regarding Flower Soft. She used a couple examples I did for her little article. Look HERE

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

GIGGLE card
Materials:
Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker
Daisy stamp and Corduroy brads – Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker

Martha Stewart border punch

Scallop circle punch – Marvy

Copic markers

Machine sewing

Rub on sentiment – Making Memories

Self Adhesive pearls – Queen & Co.

Tonic paper distresser

LAZY DAYZ card
Materials:
Cardstock – Vintage/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker
Butterfly stamp – Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker

Circle punch – Papershapers

Fiskars corner rounder punch

Scallop circle punch – Marvy

Martha Stewart Score tool

Sandpaper

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Copic markers

Ultra Fine Flower Soft

Tacky Glue – Aleene’s®

Card Patterns card and rain photos

Card Patterns is having an anniversary celebration this week. I love to play along with their sketch #53 and the celebration.

I am finding myself reaching for yellow right now - maybe it is because spring is around the corner. For this card I also reached for some of my all time favorite papers from my stash. Crate Paper came out with this amazing black and cream collection and I still love it.

Behind the flower is a piece of Core Impressions from the Jenni Bowlin collection and also a flower shape that was cut from an old dictionary. I love the text print as a little addition to a project.

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Gotta share some photos!

We have had more rain days lately then I can ever remember for Southern California and it has been fun to introduce our youngest grandson to the fun that can come from some puddles!!! Do you see that big splash?

The umbrella doesn't always stay OVER the head but he still loves it.

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Stay tuned for tomorrow with the Blog Crawl sponsored by Bella Blvd, Nikki Sivils and Jillibean Soup!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

THANK YOU – YELLOW card/RED flower card
Materials:
Cardstock – Jenni Bowlin embossed collection and Core Essentials/Core’dinations

Patterned paper – Crate Paper

Pearl brad – Doodlebug

Apron Lace border punch – Fiskars

Red flower – Prima

Old Dictionary print flower

Rub-on sentiment – Making Memories

Sandpaper

Spring-like color challenge and March verse

I had to play along with this color challenge at Embellish Magazine not just because I love a challenge but also because the inspiration image they used is irresistable!

This challenge is sponsored by Verve Stamps. I love their stamps but I don't have very many of them. Don't you want that cute hat and that amazing looking cake?

Here is my card using those colors:
Sometimes I have to laugh at how a card ends up going together. This was started because this big bee stamp and the library card stamp have been sitting on my stamping desk for sometime and all of a sudden I just had to use them. I stamped them both, the bee on white cardstock and the library card on a piece of yellow patterned paper by My Mind's Eye. From there a card grew!
For some reason, I could see the card base in a scallop circle shape and so here it is. The patterned paper circle and the solid yellow cardstock circle were cut with my Coluzzle circle template. From there, I folded a 6" x 12" piece of peach colored cardstock in half and then cut around my cut circles with some large scallop scissors that I have had for awhile, leaving the folded edge intact.

To keep with the color scheme in the challenge, I picked up one of my brand new purchases, this patterned paper by We R Memory Keepers. The prints had the exact colors in them that I wanted to use. After I stamped the library card stamp, I cut around it and punched one side with a Stampin' Up border punch. The bee is colored with Copic markers and then parts of it are accented with Aleene's Paper Glaze for an epoxy look.
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It is the first of another month and so I wanted to find the verse that I wanted to focus on for March. Interesting enough it is another verse about the importance of LOVE.

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So, chosen by God for this new life of love,

dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you:

compassion, kindness, humility,

quiet strength, discipline.

Be even-tempered, content with second place,

quick to forgive an offense.

Forgive as quickly and completely as the

Master forgave you.

And regardless of what else you put on,

wear love.

It's your basic, all-purpose garment.

Never be without it.

Colossians 12-14 (The Message Bible)

How nice is it that Someone else picked out a wardrobe for me. Sounds like a dream come true, you know, like entering a contest and I am the winner. And here it is that this is the one wardrobe that is really the most important in life. But, do I really put on these things each day? I can so see where I need to memorize these verses to remind me of what is important.

I love that last part the most, "regardless of what else you put on, WEAR LOVE. It's your basic, all-purpose garment." Do you know how easy it is for us to think that there are other things in life that are important and it all boils down to WEARING LOVE!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

IT’S YOUR DAY! CELEBRATE card
Materials:
Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinations

Curious Iridescent Cryogen White/CutCardStock.com

Patterned paper – We R Memory Keepers

Rubber stamps – Bee/Stamp Camp, Library card/Unknown

Sticker letters – Sticko

Circle template – Coluzzle

Large scallop scissors

Black Versafine stamp pad

Clear embossing powder

Rub-on word – Making Memories

Copic markers

Border punch – Stampin’ Up

Sandpaper

3D Foam squares – Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®

Pink Persimmon sketch winner

Yeah, today is the day that the winners are announced for the recent sketch challenge sponsored by Pink Persimmon. It was so much fun to see the cards that were created by those who participated, I only wish everyone could be a winner!

My winner for the You're a Jewel stamp set is:

Lindalou - Our Mush Push
Check out the Pink Persimmon blog for all of the winners names, they will be listed soon.
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And I still should share a photo!

Have you ever seen candy that looked like this! It is pretty hard to even bite into it but then again it is chocolate so you have to!

Thanks for visiting, Linda

CPS and Moxie Fab - gotta love a challenge

If you visit very often, you know how much I love a challenge in the way of a sketch or a color combo, etc.

My first card that I want to share today is my Card Positioning Systems card for this week. Since I love sketches, I love being on the CPS DT! (not to mention the gals on the team are pretty cool too)

This card also let me show off some of my very newest purchases from Emma's Paperie. Pretty much everything you see is by Jenni Bowlin.
Are you drooling over that red, embossed cardstock that I used for the card base? It is new from Core'dinations. All it took was a little bit of sanding and the pattern stands out wonderfully.
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Now on to the Moxie Fab Olympics of Stamping! I have been so trying to catch as much of the Olympics in Vancouver as I can and so of course, I wanted to play along with Moxie Fab's own Olympic challenge.

I pulled out a PaperTrey, Inc stamp set. I love this flower and leaf. The card base is another piece of embossed cardstock by Core'dinations and Jenni Bowlin. It is just dreamy in that great cream color. The patterned paper is by October Afternoon. It is really meant for a Christmas collection but I love red prints and I want to use them all year long.

Now for the details on my flower. I pulled out a piece of a vellum kind of paper I have had in my stash. It is thin and has a slight white on white pattern to it. I stamped the flower four times on this vellum, embossing it with red embossing powder. I stamped the flower one time on white cardstock because I wanted the layer that was the last layer before the middle of the flower was added to be a solid white. The bottom flower is the entire flower and then for each of the other layers, parts of the flower are left off. I was curling the petals on the layers but then I sprayed my flower with three different colors of Glimmer Mist and a huge bonus is that the papers curled all on their own with the spray. Exactly what I wanted! I used Scrapbook Adhesives 3L 3D Foam Squares to layer my flower. I had not used these before but I loved the depth that they provide.

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And, here is a view of our beach this last week! We have been switching between rain and blue skies with big fluffy clouds and so this was one of the blue skies with big fluffy clouds days and that also brought out a bunch of sailboats.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 156 – RED BUTTERFLY card
Materials:
Cardstock – Jenni Bowlin Embossed cardstock/Core’dinations
Bingo card, Patterned paper, Button and butterfly – Jenni Bowlin
Martha Stewart border punch
Quick Quotes Powder Puff chalk ink
Scallop circle punch – Papershapers/EK Success
Rhinestones – Queen & Co.
Sandpaper
Corner punch - Fiskars

THANK YOU card
Materials:
Cardstock – Jenni Bowlin embossed collection and Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned vellum - Unknown
Patterned paper – Very Merry: Wrap the Presents/October Afternoon

Flower, leaves and sentiment stamps – PaperTrey, Inc

Red and White embossing powder – Clearsnap

Black Versafine stamp pad

White stamp pad – Joanns

Topic Paper Distresser

Martha Stewart border punch

Powder Puff Chalk stamp pads – Quick Quotes

3D Foam squares – Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Glimmer Mist – Tattered Angels

Rhinestones – Mark Richards, Inc.

Machine sewing

Sandpaper