It's Girly Girl time

Flower Soft has recently released some extremely fun new products, Fabulous Fashions downloads and matching stamps.  There are so many wonderful, girly girl images in these sets it is hard to choose a favorite. Each download has several great options and then in each dress style, there is a set of stamps. I love the downloads because they come all colored already making them so fast and easy to use on a project.

 For this card, I picked the 3-D decoupage option from the Fabulous Fashion Daisy collection.  This 3-D option comes with several layers of the dress, I only used one layer to place on top of the printed dress.

 Here you can see the way this looks with that additional layer.  I used some great Liquid Pearls to accent the top of the dress. That striped paper is one of the options in this set too.

 There is also a special collection for the 4th of July.  I decided to pair this cute hat with a star embossed card base done with the Cuttlebug. 

After I printed out the hat (remember it comes all colored in already), I cut out the hat with this super cute Paper Smooches notebook paper die.  The sentiment stamp is also by Paper Smooches.  Again, I used some Liquid Pearls for additional accents.

Be sure to check out Flower Softs Facebook page for other great ideas and the way some of the team used the other downloads.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

An elegance with white and embossing

I have a Cuttlebug embossing folder that I so love!!

 It is kind of amazing how elegant it can be, especially with white cardstock.  The embossing folder creates a fancy label shape that fills the front of the card and it is already to be embellished. 

 I stamped the Hero Arts dictionary stamp on a piece of paper and cut that to fit in the little window.  Next, I stamped that same stamp on more white cardstock and then stamped over that the flowers and leaves from PaperTrey, Inc.  I also used the matching die cut shapes for the flowers and leaves.

 I had shared this card a few months ago but it uses the same embossing folder on white cardstock.  I thought it was fun to share it again with my first card so you can see how easy it is to use it.

The "deck the halls" stamp is by WOW stamped in silver accented with simple punched leaves and a rhinestone heart.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

All about Roses

First off, I have a movie review I just have to share!!! We went to see The Croods! SOOOO much fun. This movie is so hilarious. We came out saying we weren't sure we had laughed this much during a movie as this one. That makes it really fun for the adults as well as the kids.

I recently received an adorable little set of stamps from Wplus9 Designs and I just knew I needed to play with it this weekend.

 First off, I wanted something super simple so I could use the cute sketch from CAS(E) this sketch.  The sentiment is from another set from the same company.

 I stamped one rose, masked that to stamp two leaves and then finished it with this neat sentiment. I cut it out with a Hero Arts die.  LOVE that chicken wire embossing folder.

 Here is the CAS(E) this sketch!

 While I had the stamps out, I played some more. I pulled out some of my Stephanie Barnard Clearsnap stamp pads, I just love the shades.  I partially embossed my red card base.

This was so easy because all I did was to repeatedly stamp the rose and the leaves. I didn't ink the rose every time, that makes for a variety of shades of the same color ink.  Another neat sentiment from the sentiment set.

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Gotta love heart accents

Yeah! A couple fun cards to share with you, both with a little bit of a "heart" theme.

 I used the Freshly Made sketch for the layout of my card. That neat background paper is from Authentique.

 The heart is a stamp from Hero Arts and cut with the matching die cut, the tag is cut with a Hero Arts die cut and stamped with a notebook paper stamp and the doily shape is cut with the Cricut.

Here is the Freshly Made sketch.

 For this card, I wanted to use The Play Date Cafe color combination. I just love that kind of a challenge. The colors were very light so that was probably the most challenging part.

 The heart is cut out with a Hero Arts die cut and the flower is cut with another die cut that matches that flower stamp.

Here is The Play Date Cafe challenge combo.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

One die - two ways

I picked up a new shape die.  It is from Spellbinders and it is so cool.

 Of course, I needed to play with it so I made it fit in with a few challenges.  First off, the retro sketch.  LOVE this sketch!

 This die is a two step die. One piece cuts the shape and the other piece cuts the doily design.  Here I didn't cut the doily design, I embossed it.  I used a little bit of a rub of brown stamp pad ink to help the details show off a bit.

 Here is the retro sketch that was my inspiration.

 Next off, this card uses the Dynamic Duos color combination and the Freshly Made sketch. 

 I embossed the silver paper for the card and the die shape is cut with the same die using a mirror finish placemat.  I was hoping that the die would cut the plastic and it wouldn't but how cool is the design that was cut into the plastic?  I had to hand cut the outside of the die along the lines that it did cut.

 Here is the Dynamic Duos color combo.

And the Freshly Made sketch.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Core Cards Creating Frenzy - Core'dinations

Are you ready? I am going to show off a whole lot of cards in my post today. Maybe you have seen some of these creations before but what I wanted to do in this post is to show off Core'dinations cardstock and how truly wonderful that cardstock looks on cards. Some I have embossed, some of the cardstocks come embossed, some of the accents have been cut with my Cricut and some have been stamped. 

First up, I wanted to use The Play Date Cafe color challenge for this week plus my card fits A Blog Named Hero Freestyle Frenzy challenge. I used a digital stamp for the flower, that is available at 2 Peas in a Bucket.  I printed it out and then left it uncolored because I really did want just a black and white flower to go against my other colors.  The flower is accented with Liquid Pearls.  

 I also wanted to give you a great peek at how wonderful the Kreaxions circle cutter is. I would never have believed how easy this tool is to use if they hadn't given me one to try. I love how easy it is to pick the size you want to cut so you can see I could quickly and easily cut my rings with the cutter. 

That great background is a stamp by Hero Arts as is the sentiment circle. Notice I stamped the background stamp on white, Core'dinations cardstock. This cardstock has a slight texture but the stamp has a texture look to it, so they worked together so wonderfully.

 Here is The Play Date Cafe colors.

 Here is the link to A Blog Named Hero challenge.
Now for a line up of cards where Core'dinations cardstock is the star...

 An embossed cardstock and punches are the star here.

 Do you totally love that Stacy Jillian embossed cardstock?

 The leaf design is cut with the Cricut, that is layered over a white glitter cardstock.

 You maybe noticed that I love my Cricut!!! This design was cut with one of the cartridges and I stamped the writing background to mount it on.

 Another image cut with the Cricut. 

It is so fun that Core'dinations cardstock come in so many wonderful colors.

 The white background is embossed with the Cuttlebug and the heart image is cut with the Cricut.

 The card shape is cut with the Cricut, that cardstock was already embossed with the design. The round label is also cut with the Cricut.

 It was so fun to use some great shades of Core'dinations cardstock to cut my sunburst design, the stamp is by Hero Arts.

 I embossed the red cardstock, the stamps are by Gourmet stamps.

 Another card with a fun selection of colors of cardstock.

 I embossed a piece of cardstock and then added two cut pieces to the front of the card. The doily is cut with a My Favorite Things die.

 I love this little guy. He is cut with the Cricut and that neat turquoise embossed cardstock comes with that design in it from Core'dinations.

 I thought the color on color of this great gray colo was pretty elegant. The square label shape is from Spellbinders.

I think this might be one of my most favorite techniques with this cardstock.

All it takes is a Score Board and then you just keep scoring the lines until you have an all over design.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Yes, more challenges

I have to share first off that I was able to go to a Scrapbook Expo this weekend.  As I walked in the door, I stopped and took a deep breath of PAPER!!! It was just good to be around all of that scrapbook goodness. I can say that I was a bit disappointed in the show, I would have liked to have seen more new stuff and it just wasn't showing up a whole lot. I did get into a couple scrapbook stores afterwards and they satisfied that need though!

It is hard for me to ignore a good challenge plus can you tell what set of stamps I just received in the mail!?

At Moxie Fab, Cath showed off some amazing examples of cards using Navy Blue as the focal point and then she issued a challenge and I just had to play along.  I took a plain navy blue piece of cardstock and embossed it with my Cuttlebug.  Because I used a piece of Core'dinations cardstock, I could slightly sand the piece after it is embossed and it shows off a few shades of blue.

And, the new stamp set is from PaperTrey, Inc. I saw these flowers used on a project and I knew I had to have them. I stamped the flower with a white stamp pad on the same blue cardstock, you can see the texture in the solid white portion of the flower. I embossed this with white embossing powder and then cut it out. The leaves come from the same set and I used the tag die cut set for the little circle tag and one of the sentiments in that set.

The next challenge I played along with is the Unscripted sketch.   Plus it goes along with the Play Date Cafe color challenge. 

I used some of my new My Mind's Eye patterned paper, I pretty much want to use it on everything. 

 And, here is that flower again. This was not on purpose that I used it on both cards that I am sharing today, it just happens to be what I picked up for both.  This time I just inked the flower with this great rust color and then I added some additional color with my Copic Markers.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)