Christmas Pressies

January 28, 2015January 28, 2015 linda8 Comments

a warm welcome to a new follower; thank you for taking an interest in my creations.

the jingle belles would like to see new supplies so i’m sharing a card that i created with two new items i treated myself to: a hero arts background stamp that i heat embossed with white embossing powder and coloured with twinkling H2Os and the merry christmas sentiment die that i just had to have after admiring one of my teamie lynn’s cards; i die cut the sentiment three times to give it dimension.

merrychristmas

i’m also playing along with rudolph day – scrappymo is now continuing this monthly challenge started by sarn and sponsoring it at her blog, scraps of life by scrappy mo on the 25th of every month, but you have until the end of each month to join in.

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Cuddly Buddly Spring Collection

January 22, 2015January 22, 2015 linda7 Comments

i designed this card for Cuddly Buddly using a set from the new release of spring clear stamps that has something for everyone, from cute to floral.

i initially stamped the Rose Collage in green chalk ink and then heat embossed with white embossing powder four times to layer it, water coloured with twinkling H2Os and used the same twinks to create my background and die the ribbon. we used to have hybrid tea roses this colour before i had to give up gardening due to my RA, so i love colouring florals as much as i love colouring cute images.

i’d like to submit this to these challenges:

craft-dee bow: Anything Goes and include a HANDMADE BOW

visit the Cuddly Buddly blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news.

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Penny Black And More – Mid January 2015

January 18, 2015January 17, 2015 linda9 Comments

this is just a reminder post that there’s still plenty of time to play along with the penny black and more challenge; this month, we’d like to see you create with stencils, masks and embossing folders.

for this DT card, i used all three techniques: i created my own stencil with the penny black dots and swirls die that i sponged distress inks through and then i sponged blocks of distress inks to one of the masked off sides. the stitches are dry embossed and i added a tab from the kaisercraft paper pad and a tiny pink gem to the flower centre.

i coloured this cute penny black hedgie (a tender hug 3614F) with twinkling h2os and added stickles to the flower centres.

i hope you’ll come and play along; remember, you can use any company’s stamped image for your focal point, just no digis please. as always, there are some fabulous prizes to be won plus a chance of being a guest designer if you do use a PB image.

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Peony Collage

January 16, 2015 linda5 Comments

i designed this card for Cuddly Buddly using the one of the new Clear Stamp Sets – Peony Collage CBS0015. i love the look of collage cards but i struggle with the design, so i love that i just have to stamp and colour – i water coloured with twinkling H2Os and the butterflies were stamped twice, cut and popped.

cuddly buddly peony

i created the tag using the smaller peony image and sentiment from the same set.

cuddly buddly peony tag

visit the Cuddly Buddly blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news like the brand new spring release stamp sets.

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Wrap It Up Twice

January 14, 2015 linda7 Comments

the jingle belles’ ‘wrap it up’ prompt is to create with wrapping paper or tags; yesterday i shared a tag and today i have these 3 inch cards that came together very quickly with wrapping paper. i love goofy snowmen. just because i felt guilty about no stamping and colouring, i stamped a blue snowflake on the inside.

jingle belles gift wrap

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You Warm My Heart

January 13, 2015 linda13 Comments

i was inspired by this lawnscaping challenge winter themed mood board to play along with my new craft supplies:

here’s my tag:

lawn fawn warm my heart

i created the background by sponging and stencilling with distress inks and spritzing with mr. huey’s shine mist. the heart and bunnies were die cut and coloured with twinkling H2Os and i added stickles to the tails, heart and snow drifts and stamped the sentiment. i fussy cut the trees and sponged the edges with distress inks.

the seam binding and string are new too so i’m submitting this to the really reasonable ribbon challenge #109: Looky What I Got with Ribbon or Trim Theme.

i’m also playing along with the jingle belles’ ‘wrap it up’ prompt to create with wrapping paper or tags.

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Birthday Greetings

January 9, 2015September 4, 2015 linda9 Comments

i designed this card for cuddly buddly and this cute little dog from the Birthday Wishes clear stamp set was just so much fun to colour; i used twinkling H2Os. i love that the set includes numbers to stamp in the today circle, plus there are two sentiments and an adorable teddy image.

birthday card in bright colours featuring a dog with presents

i cut thin strips of card stock to make the banner.

Supplies used on this card available at Cuddly Buddly:

Cuddly Buddly Clear Stamps – Birthday Wishes CBS0014
Barbara Anne Williams Digi Papers – Wee Ones Brights Aqua & Lime

be sure to visit the blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news.

i’d like to submit this to seize the birthday challenge – anything goes with a topping option of party.

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Penny Black And More – January 2015

January 4, 2015January 4, 2015 linda10 Comments

it’s the first sunday of the month so it’s time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge; this month, we’d like to see you create with stencils, masks and embossing folders.

for my DT card, i chose to emboss and distress some core’dinations paper for my background.

penny black hedgehogs

i coloured this cute hedgie image from using Penny Black wonderful 30-029 clear stamp set with twinkling h2os and since this is a masculine birthday card, i resisting adding my usual stickles.

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Exciting News

January 1, 2015January 1, 2015 linda25 Comments

happy new year and welcome to some new followers; thank you for taking an interest in my creations.

i have some exciting news to share – i’ve been invited to join the house of cards challenge design team for a six month term; it’s a monthly challenge with different themes and a lot of inspiration by the talented team.

this month the challenge is to use glitter and/or the given colour combo and this is the beautiful inspiration photo for january:

january inspiration

and here’s what i was inspired to create:

house of cards january

i used three memory box dies to cut glitter paper – the corner wildflower die, the ribbon slide and the thanks sentiment; i cut the petals from watercolour paper, coloured them with twinkling H2Os and attached them to the card.

i hope you’ll come and play along!

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