Pumpkin, Tiggers and Hot Air Balloons

No, those things don't always go together but for my post today they do.

 I wanted to share a couple older projects with you since they fit so well for the time of year we are in.  I have shared these first two before but I hope you will like seeing them again.

The card is so simple! Just some circles, a pumpkin stamp in one of the circles and SRM sticker sentiment in another. 

 And, since our grandson was beyond adorable in this cute costume, I wanted to share this layout again. It uses Nikki Sivils papers.

 And, this card is brand new.  It uses some Bella Blvd papers and the hot air balloon is a die cut I cut out.  I am a fan of anything woodgrain right now, in any color and love cloud designs too.

 I cut the top of the hot air balloon off and then added it back with foam tape so there is dimension to the card.

And for a few photos...

 Our new little girl! She even has a name now. There are too many of us voting so this took awhile.  She will have been in our home one week, tomorrow.  Let me introduce K. C.!

 She plays hard but then has to stop. 

She loves running around the yard with our other do.  They are becoming great friends.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Unscripted sketches

I want to share two Unscripted sketch projects with you.  Last weeks and this weeks. 

Last weeks sketch #105

The background paper for this card is a digital patterned paper that was printed on textured cardstock. 

 The border was created with a 4-in-1 punch from Kreaxions.  I punched two borders with it and layered them across the card.  What I love about these punches is that there are several different looks you can get from one punch. 

 These little penguins are 3-D stickers by Recollections and I placed them on little white, scallop circles that were cut with a Spellbinders Nestabilities. 

This weeks sketch #106

 For this weeks sketch, I wanted to create a layout.  I took three photos of my granddaughter and created a collage in Picasa so all three are really one photo.  The background paper is by BoBunny.  It had just the right amount of accents on it to fit the sketch perfectly. 

 The butterfly is from a die by Kreaxions. I LOVE this butterfly because of the size, it is bigger then most punches.  I cut it from a piece of patterned paper by BoBunny.  I wrinkled the paper and rubbed it with a stamp pad. 

I added the journaling to my layout by printing the words on paper and then cutting it in strips. I love that look.

Those little flower circles were created with a 4-in-1 punch by Kreaxions.  These punches create different looks depending on how you use them.  I cut the little circles with the circle cutter by Kreaxions, literally the best circle cutter EVER!!!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 105 – BRR IT’S COLD card

Materials list:

Cardstock – Core’dinations

Digital Patterned papers – Knotty kit/Jessica Sprague.com

Penguin Die cuts – Recollections

Border punch - Kreaxions

SRM sticker sentiment

Spellbinder Nestabilities die

Button – PaperTrey, Inc.

SKETCH 106 – JOYOUS card

Materials list:

Cardstock – Core’dinations

Patterned papers – Gabrielle Cameo/BoBunny

Border punch, Butterfly die and Circle cutter – Kreaxions

Stamp pads – Clearsnap

Epoxy word – Heidi Grace

Self adhesive Pearls – Queen & Co.

Font - Scrapbook

Flower Soft Stamps blog hop

We invite you to join the fabulous Flower Soft® team on an inspirational blog hop featuring projects using Flower Soft Stamps!

The blog hop starts on the Flower Soft® Blog on May 11th at 6:00am CT and ends May 24th at midnight CT. The winner will be announced on the Flower Soft® Blog on May 25th. If you get lost along the way the complete hop list will be posted on the Flower Soft® Blog.

Be sure to comment on every blog in the hop. One lucky person that comments on one of the blogs will be chosen to receive a $50 Flower Soft® shopping spree!!!

 Did you know Flower Soft also makes and sells rubber stamps? Be sure to check them out. I used this cute doggie stamp from the Charlie's Ark collection.  It is called Up and Away.  I used my Copic markers to bring him to life. 

 I used Toffee Ultra Fine Flower Soft to accent his little spots and ears.  Remember that the Flower Soft works best a generous amount of Aleene's Tacky Glue and I love the little container that Flower Soft sells. 

I stamped the balloon portion of the stamp on three different patterned papers and then cut out each balloon and glued them over the first set of balloons.  Paper piecing is a fun way to add interest to a stamped image.
From my blog, hop on over to Debbie's blog to see what she has created. 
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

DOGGIE - WISH card

Materials:

Stamp set – Up and Away/Charlie's Ark/Flower Soft

Toffee Ultra Fine Flower Soft

Cardstock –Core Impressions/Core’dinations

Patterned paper – BoBunny

SRM sticker

Copic markers

Black Versafine stamp pad

Clear embossing powder – Stampendous

Self adhesive pearls – Queen & Co.

Tacky glue - Aleene's

Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®

Sand It Gadget – Core’dinations

My Core'dinations Creative Frenzy

For awhile now, I have had the amazing opportunity to work with Core'dinations Cardstocks.  I  am pretty sure there isn't a project that I work on that doesn't include it in some way.

I love the texture, I love the colors, all of the Core Impressions designs that have embossed designs on them already that they have released are wonderful and so fun to work with but my favorite part is what happens when you emboss this paper. The core that is revealed when you sand the paper makes for a great look and all of the embossing folders that have been introduced by a variety of companies make this technique even more fun.  SOOOOOO...are you ready for my entry as I reapply for the team!?

For my first layout, I discovered this amazing piece of Sable Core Amour that somehow I missed before! It just seemed that it needed to be paired with a beach photo and theme. 

I hand wrote the word "beach" and then cut it out for my title. 

My little sun accent was created with a punched circle and hand cut rays that were cut from a larger circle. 

For my pleated border, I took a piece of Cosmo Cricket Neutrals Core Impressions that has a notebook kind of embossed design it in . I cut a strip and then hand folded it on some of the lines that are embossed in it. It was so easy and I love the 3-D look of it. 

This layout highlights a couple of the very newest cardstocks by Core'dinations. The pink piece is from the Teresa Collins collection and then I used a piece of silver Glitter Silk. Wow is this combination "girly"!!!  I had just picked up some pieces of Teresa Collins patterned papers so I used them for accents. 

The flowers were cut out of one of the patterned papers. And, the photos are actually ME!!!

Can you see that great embossed pattern in the Core'dinations Core Impressions and I wanted to also try to show you the wonderful glitter of the silver piece. 

Next, a card using four colors from the Cosmo Cricket Core Impressions collection. 

This collection comes with that great embossed design in it already, all I did was sand it a little bit. And, when it comes to sanding, you HAVE to get the new Sand It Gadget! I have never found anything that sands like this thing. I use it on all of my Core but on every other kind of paper that I sand too.

I pleated a strip of patterned paper for an accent and the sentiment is a rub-on by EAD Designs and Paper Smooches, Martha Stewart border punches. 

One last card, here I wanted to show how great these cardstocks look when you used embossing folders.  I used three different ones by Cuttlebug and Sizzix.  I used Card Patterns for my inspiration.

The labels are cut with a Spellbinders Nestabilities and the sentiment is a sticker by SRM stickers. 

Thanks for visiting and looking around, Linda (lbpost)

Cupcakes are soooooo nice!

Yes, time for another sketch! It is Saturday and the day the new Unscripted sketch is revealed. 

This one was so fun.  On the sketch, the card front is divided in four parts and so I used my Martha Stewart Score Board to put score lines to define the four areas. 

The sketch has a circle in the upper corner and I thought that a punched out circle to create a little window would be fun.  The cupcaker is a sticker by SRM. 

Here is a close-up of my score lines.  I used a piece of Black Magic Core'dinations cardstock for my card base.  Once I had my score lines in place, I sanded them on the top side of the card and the sanding exposed the green core of the paper. 

Gotta share a few photos...

We have been having such amazing sunsets lately. 

I took our youngest grandson with me so he could play in the sand for a little bit.  I love the silhouette of him and the surfer walking on the shore. 

Is this gorgeous!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

SKETCH 81 – MAKE A WISH card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Black Magic collection/Core’dinations
Cupcake and sentiment Stickers – SRM
Martha Stewart Score Board
Circle punch and scallop circle punch – Marvy
Border punch - Recollections
Self Adhesive Rhinestones – Queen & Co.
Ribbon
Sandpaper
Foam tape – 3M

It's a PINK blog hop

Since there are so many PINK related activities during the month of October for Breast Cancer Awareness,

the Unscripted Sketch Design Team is hosting a blog hop for our sketch this week. 

You can start at the Unscripted Sketch blog or if you came here first, I will be giving you a link to the next team members blog at the end of this post. 

Here is this weeks sketch.

Along with the sketch and the blog hop, the other focus element is to use PINK for our creation.  I had just purchased these adorable My Mind's Eye papers and so it was fun to use them for my card.

The word tickets are stickers by SRM.  Not only are they cute for Valentines day but they are perfect to say hi to a friend or to offering some encouragement. 

Another thing to know about our blog hop is that we have a great sponsor and she will be giving away prizes.  The sponsor is Anita B Stampin'.  Some of the team used a cute image that she provided to go along with the theme. 

From here, hop on over to CherylAnn's blog.

Thanks for visiting my blog and the other team members blogs,
Linda

SKETCH 77 – HUGS AND KISSES card

Materials:
Cardstock – Core Expressions/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Alphabet Soup Girl/My Mind’s Eye
Ticket stickers – SRM
Heart brad – Recollections
Self Adhesive Rhinestones – Queen & Co.
Circle punches – PaperShapers
Sandpaper

Welcome Fall!

We are actually hot here this weekend, but it is fall, nonetheless. You can still feel that in the air.  The two cards I wanted to share today are both FALL related.  I so love the colors used for FALL!

This is my card for the Unscripted sketch that was just posted today.  A favorite stamp of mine is this super cute tree from My Favorite Things stamps.  A rather different color scheme for FALL was created with these cute papers from BasicGrey.  Notice the strip on the side of the card? I pleated it in a rough, haphazard style.  This fits in with a Perfectly Placed Pleats challenge at the Moxie Fab Blog.

I colored in the tree with some subtle colors using Copic markers.  You can barely make out the design, but I stamped a damask stamp on the Jenni Bowlin circle journaling die cut.  The sentiment words are by SRM stickers. 

I created this card to go along with last weeks 2 Sketches 4 You sketch.  I am late getting it posted because my camera decided to break and I had to pull out my older camera and actually try to remember how to use it!!!  I used a leaf border punch to create the designs on the sides of the green piece.   

The leaf is by Me & My Big Ideas.  It is a solid stamp with a distressed look.  I colored it with a couple different colors of stamp pads. The edges of the image were then rubbed with a Fluid Chalk stamp pad to add extra color. 

And for a couple photos...

I mentioned we are hot this weekend but we were cold during the week! And we got some rain. Rain is a rare occurence for us.  I walked outside and saw this plant in our yard and throught the rain drops were so artistic looking.   

OK, is this CUTE!!! I am not into decorating for Halloween but I had to have this little guy.  I found him at Bath and Body Works.  Not only is this too cute but it is foam soap which I just love and the smell is amazing. I always want to just take a bath in it!

 

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

 

SKETCH 76 – CELEBRATE AUTUMN card

Materials:
Cardstock – Core Expressions/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Oliver/BasicGrey
Tree and Acorn stamps – My Favorite Things
Chalkboard and Glimmer Mist – Tattered Angels
Circle die cut – Jenni Bowlin
Copic markers
FALL sticker letters – K&Co.
Sentiment stickers – SRM
Mini brads
Foam tape – 3M
Sandpaper

THANKS - Leaf card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Expressions/Core’dinations
Patterned paper - BasicGrey
Foam tape – 3M
Leaf stamp – Me & My Big Ideas
Colored stamp pads – Versafine and Clearsnap
Clear embossing powder – Stampendous
Dot embossing folder – Cuttlebug
Jenni Bowlin journaling sticker
Rub-on sentiment – Making Memories
Leaf border punch – Martha Stewart
Sandpaper

Flower Soft Blog Hop brought to you by the color YELLOW!

Ready for a hop? How about a challenge too?

This week’s challenge – Use your favorite color (or colors) of Flower Soft!!!

We’ll be giving away TWO prize packages! One prize package will be given away on the blog hop and another will be chosen among people who make a card using Flower Soft and post it in the Splitcoast Gallery using the keyword FSC01. Both prize winners will be chosen and announced on the Flower Soft blog on September 8th. The winner of the Splitcoast Gallery challenge will have their card featured on the Flower Soft Blog on September 10th!!!


As you make your way through the hop make sure you comment on each and every post. There will be a prize winner chosen randomly among the blogs. The prizes (one set for Splitcoast players and one set for the blog hop!) :

Moments in Time Stamp set Man of the Match
Ultra Fine Toffee Flower Soft
Ultra Fine Sage Flower Soft
Flower Soft Glue


The prize winner will be announced on the Flower Soft Blog on Wednesday September 8th. Good luck!


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


Now on to my card for the HOP.
When you ask me what my favorite color is I am going to normally say red but this time, I just have to say the wonderful Sunshine Yellow Flower Soft. 

I combined using the yellow on this little duck image and my card goes along with the Card Positioning Systems sketch for this week. Flower Soft is the sponsor at CPS all week long. 

Look at this close-up of the duck. Is this just too much! The cupcake stamp is by Impression-Obsession. I colored it very softly with Copic markers and then gave the duck a coat of the Sunshine Yellow Flower Soft.  Not only can you win some Flower Soft through the blog hop today but also through CPS, all you need to do is make a card using the sketch. 


We are already talking about yellow so I wanted to share this card using the Get Sketchy sketch for this week. 

The circle designs are actually button stamps by Pink Persimmon.  Gotta love these BasicGrey papers with that yellow.

All I did for the button circles was to stamp then with black ink and then I embossed them with clear embossing powder.  I punched them out with a circle punch and then rubbed a Fluid Chalk stamp pad directly to the image and to the paper to completely color them yellow. 


From my blog, hop on over to Cibele Glazer's blog to continue the hop. 


Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

THANKS SO MUCH card

Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Expressions/Core’dinations
Curious Iridescent Cryogen White/CutCardStock.com
Patterned paper – Pariffin and Revitalize/Origins/BasicGrey
Button stamp – Pink Persimmon
Sentiment sticker - SRM
Black Versafine stamp pad
Fluid Chalk stamp pad
Clear embossing powder
Circle punch - Papershapers
Buttons – PaperTrey, Inc.
Self adhesive rhinestones – Queen & Co.

SKETCH 182 – SWEET, WONDERFUL, UNFORGETTABLE card

Materials:
Sunshine Yellow Flower Soft courtesy of Flower Soft
Tacky Glue – Aleene’s/Flower Soft
Cardstock - Core Expressions Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Ducks in a Row/October Afternoon
Cupcake stamp – Impression-Obsession
Black Versafine Stamp pad
Clear embossing powder – Stampendous
Copic markers
Self Adhesive Pearl – Queen & Co.
Loopy border punch – Martha Stewart
Machine sewing
Word stickers - Sticko
Sandpaper
Foam Tape – 3M