The little house and the purple grapes

Just wanted to share a couple projects today, no particular theme. 

I created this little card with lots of layers and add-ons to celebrate a new address or to send congrats on a new home.  The card base is Core'dinations, it has the embossed dots in it already.  I cut the card base in a simple house shape.  A couple layers of patterned paper with a punched edge gave me a cute roof and the grass is another piece of Core'dinations cardstock that already has that embossed design in it. I just freehand cut a grass look. 

This photo lets you get a better look at the card base and that great Core Impressions cardstock by Core'dinations.

Now for a layout.  Last fall I went on a little driving tour of an area where there are a lot of vineyards. I so enjoyed the drive and the look of the vineyards as fall is approaching. Can't wait to do that again. I created a very simple layout to remember some of my favorite photos.  This photos are actually 3 4"x6" photos.  In the two of the photos I just created a collage of two photos each so when I printed out the 4" x 6" photos, they really contained two images.  The title is printed from the computer on the white cardstock. 

Remember how much fun we were having with bubbles? Here is another example.

On a recent zoo trip, I caught this scene. Who do you think is directing who!?

Our youngest grandson was off on an "adventure" as he put it!!!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Thank You's and the Fair

I am going to share my Unscripted Sketch card and my Card Positioning Systems card with you in today's post.  Both ended up being Thank You cards.  I am sure there are many themes that are very popular for cards, but it seems we need Thank You cards so often for so many reasons. 

This first card was created to go along with this weeks Unscripted Sketch #68.  I used some of my brand new Tree Love Papers and products by Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker.  Most of the papers are from one of the mini pads.  That row of trees is part of one piece of paper.  The little tree is punched from the die cut page and the black sticker letters are from the same collection. I just love that Nikki decided to add sticker letters to her summer CHA release collections.   

The little tree has a coating of Aleene's Paper Glaze, that always adds just a bit of added interest.  BIG HINT here:  I wanted green pearls but I didn't have any. Guess what, I colored these with a Copic marker. Wowie did that work perfectly. 

This card goes along with the CPS sketch for this week.  LOVE these October Afternoon papers. 

That wonderful label is a stamp.  It is by Gina K.  I inked it with two shades of green Memento ink.  The sentiment is a sticker by SRM.  I love how many times their stickers are just what I need to finish a card. 

And now for a few photos:

We went to the fair this last week.  We had so much fun, mostly because we went with several of our grandkids and it is always great to see these things through their eyes.  This is one of our grandsons with his own grandstand view. 

This little guy could not get enough of the animals.  He had no fear at all, so he was truly fun to watch. 

He would have climbed into their cages with them if he could.  He also loved hearing the sounds each animal makes and he is so good at mimicing them.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 68 – THANK U card

Materials:
Cardstock – Core Expressions/Core’dinations
Patterned paper and sticker alphabet letters – Tree Love
Scallop circle punches – EK Success
Circle punches – Papershapers
Big brad
Self adhesive pearls – Recollections
Copic marker
Brown Fluid chalk stamp pad – Clearsnap
Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®


SKETCH 180 – THANK YOU card

Materials:
Cardstock - Core Expressions Core’dinations
Patterned paper – October Afternoon
Label stamp – Gina K
Memento stamp pads
Clear embossing powder – Stampendous
Sentiment sticker – SRM
Scallop scissors – Family Treasures
Brads – Making Memories
Machine sewing
Sandpaper
Foam Tape – 3M

Flower Soft and Impression-Obsession stamps BLOG HOP

Yeah, a blog hop! What a fun way to share a whole ton of goodness.  Today's blog hop is with the Flower Soft Design Team and the Impression-Obsession stamps Design Team. 

As you make your way through the hop make sure you comment on each and every post. There will be 4 prize winners chosen randomly among the blogs.                          

Two $25 gift certificates from Flower Soft and two $25 gift certificates from Impression Obsession!!!

The prize winners will be announced on the Flower Soft Blog and The Impression Obsession blog on Wednesday August 18th.

If you didn’t start at the beginning of the hop please go to the beginning at the Flower Soft Blog.

I have already mentioned a few times how much fun it is to use Flower Soft on a project and today I am going to use some Ultra Fine Flower Soft with a super cute stamp from Impression-Obsession.The stamp I used is from a set called "Refreshments". Every stamp in this set is just beyond CUTE and fun to use.  My card also fits the Little Red Wagon challenge to create something with a SUMMER theme.

After I colored my image with Copic markers, I applied the Tacky Glue and then added the Citrus Crush Ultra Fine Flower Soft to my lemon slices.  I only added the Flower Soft to portions of the lemon slices.  I knew that if I completely covered them, that would hide the little images.  By just accenting portions of the image, you can still see what the image is plus get the neat effect of the Flower Soft.

On the Strawberry and on the little umbrellas, I added some Strawberry Ultra Fine Flower Soft.  Again, I didn't cover the entire image so that you could see the Flower Soft and still see the image. 

From my blog, be sure to progress onto the next blog in the hop, Kathy Menzies

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SWEET THINGS card

Materials list:
Citrus Crush and Strawberry/Ultra Fine Flower Soft
Tacky Glue – Aleene’s
Cardstock – Core Expressions/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Cosmo Cricket
Versafine Black stamp pad
Clear embossing powder - Stampendous
Stamps – Refreshments/Impressions Obsession
Copic markers
Self adhesive rhinestones – Queen & Co.
Foam tape – 3M
Sandpaper

The color might say it all

First off, Pink Persimmon is offering a 15% off coupon - how can you beat that!? Just go to their site and sign up for the newsletter.  You will then receive the coupon. 

Now for my first card, I just had to use the color combo challenge at The Play Date Cafe.

I really want to go there!!! But in the meantime, I used the color combo to create a card.

I have wanted to use this adorable stamp set by My Favorite Things for awhile now and I thought that color combo was the perfect way to color my little guy on the swing. 

I, of course, needed to add a few more colors to create my little scene but I still have the golden yellow and that great deep red the focal point.  The blue background was created with a spray of Glimmer Mist.  The card base is Core Impressions by Core'dinations from the Jenni Bowlin collection.  I love this embossed pattern for a "boy" look.  I did add some Aleene's Paper Glaze to the leaves and the wood swing just to add a little extra interest to my image although it was hard to show you that in the photograph. 

This card is my Card Positionin Systems card for this week. The sponsor is The Stamps of Life.  I loved using all of these pinks and blues to create a "girly" card with those cute flowers.  That loopy piece is cut from a piece of paper that started out 12" x 12". 

The flowers were colored with Copic markers and I added Aleene's Paper Glaze to each flower.  Isn't it neat the dimension that that glaze adds?

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SWINGING BY… card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Impressions/Jenni Bowlin/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – October Afternoon
Versafine Black stamp pad
Clear embossing powder – Stampendous
Stamps – My Favorite Things
Border punch – EK Success
Copic markers
Glimmer Mist spray – Tattered Angels
Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®
Foam tape – 3M
Sandpaper

SKETCH 179 – HAPPY THOUGHTS card
Materials:
Stamps courtesy of The Stamps of Life (flowers and sentiment)
Cardstock - Core Expressions Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Olivia/BasicGrey
Loopy cut paper – KI Memories
Copic markers
Black Versafine stamp pad
Clear embossing powder - Stampendous
Sandpaper
Foam Tape – 3M
Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®

Guy stuff

Today's post seemed to end up being pretty "guy" related but that is OK. 

It was my turn to post at Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker so go on over and take a peek at my entire post.  This layout is part of my post. I pulled out a previous released collection, Henry's Brilliance. I loved how well those patterns went with a boy related layout.  I also posted two cards so go see them, PLEASE!

I also want to share my Unscripted Sketch card with you.  The new Unscripted sketch and the teams cards always go up on Saturday.  Make sure you take the time to play along too since sketches are so fun to use.

Is this little "bug" just the cutest? It is a stamp by Printworks. Of course, I colored it with Copic markers.  I was pretty amazed at how well the Little Yellow Bicycle travel related papers worked with the car.  It is hard to see but I added some Aleene's Paper Glaze to the little hubcaps!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Unscripted sketch #67

Materials:

Cardstock - Core Impressions/Core'dinations

Patterned paper - Little Yellow Bicycle

Stamp - Printworks

Copic markers

Tim  Holtz embossing folder - Sizzix

Corner rounder punch - Fiskars

Aleene's Paper Glaze

Sandpaper

Sweet Peas Galore

How about some goodness with my new Sweet Pea stamp from PaperTrey, Inc, a fabulous colour combo from Embellish Magazine and the Card Patterns sketch for this week? 

All I needed to do was to take one look at this amazing color combo and I knew I wanted to play. In fact, that green, pink and brown are so yummy together, I would like to just keep making cards to go with it! (I forgot the challenge was to include a bird with the colors so I guess this one doesn't count but I like it anyway)

I loved the simple patterned paper look on the sketch and knew that I could create a similar look by just stamping an outline flower and not coloring it in. So, my sweet pea stamp was used to create the background by stamping it in a strong pink on white cardstock. 

I stamped one spray of the sweet peas and cut that in a square, coloring in that portion with Copic markers.  When I was done, I sprayed the entire piece with Marshmallow Glimmer Mist and I just wish you could see the great, subtle sparkle that gave my card.

Notice the embossed design in the card base.  That is Core Impressions cardstock by Core'dinations. 

This next card uses my sweet pea stamp in a very different way. Every single piece of paper on this card was a scrap! I used the 2 Sketches 4 You sketch to create this card plus the black striped circle fits with the Little Red Wagon challenge.   

I stamped just one of the flowers on the spray on patterned paper and then stamped two of the leaves on another piece of patterned paper.

Notice the embossed design in this card base, another piece of Core Impressions by Core'dinations.  I used my brand new Tim Holtz embossing plate on the white cardstock. 

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And to share yet another photo

A little boys attempt to "walk the doggie"!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

ROMANCE card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Impressions/Jillibean Soup/Core’dinations
Patterned paper
Versafine colored stamp pad
Stamps and buttons – Sweet Pea/PaperTrey, Inc.
Copic markers
Glimmer Mist spray – Tattered Angels
Rub-on word – Making Memories
Foam tape – 3M
Sandpaper

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Impressions/Cosmo Cricket/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – My Mind’s Eye and BasicGrey
Black Versafine stamp pad
Clear embossing powder – Stampendous
Stamps – Sweet Pea/PaperTrey, Inc.
Embossing folder – Tim Holtz/Sizzex
Self adhesive Silver pearls – Mark Richards, Inc.
Apron Lace border punch – Fiskars
Sentiment sticker - SRM
Foam tape – 3M
Sandpaper

It is a sketch day - layout and card

I am going to share my Card Positioning Systems card for this week as well as a layout that I created to go along with a sketch challenge at Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker.

First off, my CPS card uses one of the brand new collections by Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker.  It is named Tree Love. 

This adorable little beaver is cut from one of the patterned papers and the partial scallop circle is cut from another piece that is a complete circle. Notice the sticker letters, these are new from Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker too.

And for my layout, the design team at Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker was given a sketch challenge recently and this is layout that I created from the brand new Blueberry Hill collection.  I hand cut my wave design from one of the patterned papers.   You can see all of the layouts here or you can play along with the sketch challenge too to be entered to win stuff!!

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And for a few photos from our weekend.

This little guy is in love with water guns and since Target had these on clearance, we picked up several.  The good thing about having several is you can fill all of them and then leave him to play!

Playing in water is high on his list of "must do" activities when we are in the backyard.  LOVED how I caught the water spray on this one.

Of course, I have to add a pic of our new cutie. Does she look like a princess already??? She also finally has a name! It is Sadie after probably 1000 other tries!

And this is our other Miss Priss! She isn't all too happy about that puppy yet so she found a great vantage place for making sure she knew what the puppy was up too.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 178 – THANKS card

Materials:
Cardstock - Core Expressions Core’dinations
Patterned paper and die cut beaver – Tree Love/Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker
Alphabet stickers – Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker
Sandpaper
Foam Tape – 3M

BEACH PLAY layout
Materials:
Cardstock - Core Impressions/Core'dinations
Patterned paper, stickers and die cuts - Blueberry Hill/Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker
Corduroy brad - Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker