What to do with a new stamp set!!!!

Create, what else should you do? I know, add in challenges that you can find online!

 I just received a new stamp set from Hero Arts and I just had to sit down and play.  First off, I took Kimber's Saturday sketch at 2 peas and the color combination at The Play Date Cafe to create my card. How does it get better then some sunny yellow?

 Here is a close-up.  This also goes along with the Cas-ual Fridays challenge to use strips. This set of stamps is all borders so that makes this fun and easy.  The yellow is Distress Ink in Mustard Seed. The stamp pads that I used at by Clearsnap.

 This is The Play Date Cafe color inspiration piece.

 Here is Kimber's sketch.

 Next card uses the retro sketch for this week plus this also fits that Cas-ual Fridays strip challenge since I just stamped the borders over and over.  It also fits the Moxie Fab Hexagon challenge.

 I created a piece using the alphabet border stamp that I just stamped repeatedly and then colored with some Distress Markers sprayed with water.  Next I cut out shapes with my LifeStyle Hexagon dies.

 This is the retro sketch.

 And, just for fun, more of my playing around with this stamp set!!!

 After I stamped the rows of butterflies, I colored them by just running my Distress stain over each row.  I added LOTS of the ink so that when I picked it up it would run.  I sprayed it with water to help with that. This also fits the Cas-ual Friday strip challenge.

I used a Kreaxions 4-in-1 punch to create that great border along the bottom edge of my card.  I just love what a punched border adds.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Some Yellow here and Some Yellow there

I see so much of the color yellow used lately and I so love it.

For this card I used the Colour Q combo for my card and the Freshly Made sketch.  As usual, I am in love with the colors they put together. Using a color challenge always makes me go out of my box on combinations.  The little ball jar is a digital stamp by The Wax Fruit Company and the flowers are part of a digital stamp by Hero Arts.  Part of the fun of using digital stamps is that I can pick the size I want. For this card I was able to put the two stamps together and then I printed the image out as one.

 All I needed was just a bit of coloring with my Copic markers and I used one of my new most favorite supplies, some Liquid Pearls by Ranger.

 Here is the Colour Q combo.

And, the Freshly Made sketch that I used, I just turned the sketch on it's side.

For this card, I played around with a technique I have wanted to use for awhile. I also wanted to make it fit the Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab.  I cut a bunch of diamonds using my Spellbinders Nestabilities die.  Once they were cut, I cut each one in half.  The paper is by BasicGrey and it is 2 sided, so I alternated using both sides for my design. 

 Once I had my triangles in place, I gave my design the accent of black rhinestones.

Part of my inspiration is the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger.  From this I picked up that great yellow and the triangle shapes in rows.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Not too early for Christmas

Do you start your Christmas cards early????

 I got to play with a new kit of toppers from Flower Soft so I at least have one card created.  What is a topper? It is a set of printed, pre-colored pieces that can then be used on a project. The really cool things about these toppers is that they are cut in strategic places so that all you do is use your fingers to lift the leaves and petals here and there for a dramatic look.

I added some of the amazing gold Flower Soft to the middles of each of my flowers. 

The NOEL sticker is a little sneak peek of something else new coming soon.  I added little rhinestones to it.

Here is a hint too: I placed a little bead of Glossy Accents under each leaf and petal that is lifted up to help give it some stability.

Check out the kit that I used for my card HERE.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Latte's and the Beach

First up, I wanted to use the retro sketch for this week. 

 One of my most recent purchases was some Gourmet Rubber Stamps.  I pulled out this adorable little coffee cup and started in.  It was fun to make my little tag accent have a kitchen look to it with the red gingham paper in the tiny squares.

 I used a Sizzix embossing folder with a honeycomb pattern on the red cardstock.  I have purchased a cup of coffee that looked just like this with that foam heart on the top so it was so fun to color this one. 

 Here is their cute sketch. 

 Now, for our "beach" theme, my card using the Card Positioning Systems sketch for this week.  On my last lss visit, I picked up a bunch of Authentique paper from this great collection. 

 The postcard image is part of one of the pieces of patterned paper.  I added the little sticker border with some Liquid Pearls.

 Here is the CPS sketch that I followed.
AND...some photos to share.

 Guess what we were doing this last Sunday afternoon on a wonderful summer day?  Yep, we opened a new big bottle of bubble soap.

 His big sister usually makes the bubbles and he usually chases them. This year he got control of the wand!

How does it get any cuter!!!!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Telephones and Surf Boards

First up is the telephone and a HELLO card. 

 I created this around the Moxie fab stamping week challenge for a HELLO card.  Now, I didn't actually stamp though, I used a digital stamp from Hero Arts that is available at 2 Peas in a Bucket.  Digital stamps are fun since you can print them out in about any size that you want. I am also entering this in the Cas-ual Fridays Text me challenge. 

 I opened a Microsoft Word document and inserted the phone.  I went from there by typing the Hello Friend words over and over for about one line and then copied and pasted those words to fill the size I wanted.  I placed the phone over the text words and then decided to add the digital paper underneath all of this so I found a sunny yellow print and placed it under my other two images. 

 Next up, the surfboard and I used this weeks Freshly Made sketch.  I just moved the side rectangle to the other side of my card.

 All of my pieces on my card are digital.  I just opened a Microsoft Word document and inserted all of the pieces, deciding on the size of each one. After I printed that out, I then cut out each piece. 

 The pieces are from an Echo Park collection named Paradise Beach.  The surfboard is accented with Liquid Pearls.

How cute are those little flip flops and the sunglasses???!!! I added some Glossy Accents to the glasses.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Puppy Dogs and Pinwheels

First up, I want to share my Card Postioning Systems card for this week.

 Stampotique is our sponsor. How cute is this little guy!? Love him just sitting there in his chair.

 I had just picked upt a mini pad of papers from Pebbles and thought they were a fun color combo for my card plus one of the pieces of paper has little blocks of words and banners, etc so this one fit great.

 Here is the CPS sketch.

 I didn't do this on purpose but this card also uses some Pebbles papers. It just fit the Colour Q combo perfectly plus I had been looking for a way to use some paper pinwheels on a card again.  Even though the colors are patriot, I thought this sentiment by Paper Smooches made it fit for several occasions plus it fits with the Moxie Fab Stamping challenge.

 Pinwheels are so each, these are just a square with four clips with scissors into the square. I did use a corner punch on each corner first so the edges were a bit rounded. 

Here is the great combo from Colour Q.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Red/White and Blue and a Sketch

We celebrate the Fourth of July in a couple days. That is a great time to show off Flower Soft's new color, the Patriot.

 It was fun to put this card together in the traditional Red, White and Blue color combo.

 The red dot strips are paper tape by Queen & Co.  The white border is punched using an EK Success punch. I just added the Patriot Flower Soft in rows across the card. 

Be sure to check out the Flower Soft blog where Jen has been sharing other projects using the Patriot colors.

 And, I also wanted to use the retro sketch for this week.

 Since it needed six little shapes of some type, I thought it would be fun to pull out my Martha Stewart elephant punch. It punches out the ears, how cute is that???

The patterned papers are by Pebbles from a mini pad. I just love lots of prints that coordinate together.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)