Beginning of Peace- Tuesday Trigger: Farm Fresh

Howdy my friend!  Have you seen the latest Tuesday Trigger?!  I was a bit stumped when I saw that picture, and then I let that sophisticated pattern and the rustic appeal of that piece of cloth sink into my brain...  Love when cards like this happen! 

Starting with a Rustic White card base, I tried to replicate the intricate orange pattern and layout using the Mat Stack 2 collection from Papertrey Ink and Rusty Hinge Distress Ink.

I added a little flourish to the centers I then ran the card front through my Big Shot with the Linen & Canvas Impression Plate (PTI) to get that fabric look.

The blue jars possed a bit of a challenge, because I don't own jar stamps and really didn't have much in the way of images.  Lightbulb moment.  Use a great sentiment in said color!  Check!

Lastly, I threaded those big yummy blue buttons with twine (that's in the inspirational pic too!) and adhered them with glue dots.

Here is the pic:

I love how this one turned out!  I can't wait to give it away.  Hope you play too friend, thanks for checking it out!

Lindsay

Supplies used:
Paper: Rustic White Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Mat Stack 2 Papertrey Ink, Quiet Essence Unity
Ink: Rusty Hinge Ranger, Enchanted Evening Papertrey Ink
Embellishment: Twine, Enchanted Evening Papertrey Ink
Tools: Linen & Canvas Impression Plate Papertrey Ink

Hello

Hey there!  Today I am sharing my last card with Cardabilites!  Time sure does fly and I thoroughly enjoyed working with Karan's fabulous sketches!  This sketch is no exception! 

I went with lots of happy color for this one, breaking out the Echo Park A Walk In the Park Collection.  Started with an orange card base and layered on some patterned paper.

Adhered the scallop sticker border and a strip of patterned paper, tied around some twine.

Added a big juicy orange button along with some die cuts of a tree and butterfly punches.

Lastly, using the letter stickers from the collection, I spelled out Hello with foam adhesive.

I hope you enjoyed!  Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the web!

Lindsay

Supplies used:
Paper: Orange Zest Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: A Walk In the Park Echo Park
Embellishments: Orange Zest Vintage Button Papertrey Ink, Twine Westrim Crafts, Rhinestones Kaisercraft
Tools: Butterfly Dies Papertrey Ink 

Thinkin' About Ya

                     Please go here or scroll down for the Skipping Stones Design Sketch 70!

Hi again my friend!  Getting tired of me yet?  Hee!  Whenever the crafty mood strikes I must obey and this time I wanted to try my hand at Mona's awesome color combo at CR84FN!  I also haven't played along at Waltzingmouse in forever!  So I combined them and came up with this.

I broke out my Frame-It set and used the little leaf image and sentiment.

Stamped my polka dots with ColorBox Lime Pastel and adhered that to a Scarlet Jewel base, which I then attached to my Rustic Cream card base.  Stamped my sentiment in Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

Cut out my pennants and added scallops to their edges, stamped my leaf image in ColorBox Chianti ink, adhered them to my card.

Lastly, I added some twine and layered my buttons!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Rustic Cream, Scarlet Jewel, Simply Chartreuse PTI
Stamps: Polka Dot Basics II PTI, Frame-It Waltzingmouse Stamps
Ink: Walnut Stain Distress Ink Ranger, Lime Pastel, Chianti ColorBox
Embellishments: Twine Westrim Crafts, Simply Chartreuse, Scarlet Jewel Vintage Buttons PTI

Tools: Scallop Border Punch Fiskars

Hoping Your Birthday...SSD70

Hi there my friend!  Thank you for dropping by!  Today is my last sketch for Skipping Stones.  I had such a blast playing along with them this month and want to thank them again for the opportunity!  So onto that sketch shall we?

I rotated the sketch counter-clockwise and used my fav set, Friendly Fruits!

Starting with a white panel, I randomly stamped my raspberry image and mounted it onto Raspberry Fizz cardstock.

Adhered New Leaf grosgrain ribbon to my card front, added a bow and some threaded buttons.

Stamped my sentiment in Tuxedo Black and cut it out, popping it up with foam.

I hope you enjoyed todays card and are inspired to check out the sketch and play along!  Have an awesome day!

Lindsay

Supplies used:
Paper: White, Raspberry Fizz Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Friendly Fruits Skipping Stones Design
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf Papertrey Ink, Tuxedo Black Tsukineko
Embellishment: Raspberry Fizz Vintage Button, New Leaf Grosgrain Ribbon, Button Papertrey Ink, Twine Westrim Crafts

Thanks Ever So Much

Hi there friend!  Thanks for popping by today!  I had started this card and never finished it, leaving to sit on my table for who knows how long until I was tired of moving it out of the way.  Ever happen to you? 

Layered a bunch of papers from Echo Parks For the Record Collection (YUM).

Adhered blocks of pattered papers, after I roughed up the edges with my fingernail and distressed it with ink.  Die cut a star and did the same to it, adhered it down.  Die cut my flowers, distressed them, layered them together and secured with a brad.

Stamped my sentiment from Fancy Phrases by Paper Smooches onto a ticket, cut it out and popped it up.

Lastly, I tied on some twine!

I hope you have a great day my friend, be sure to pop in tomorrow for my last Skipping Stones Design card!

Lindsay

Supplies used:
Paper: Kraft Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: For the Record Echo Park
Stamps: Fancy Phrases Paper Smooches
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Walnut Stain Ranger
Embellishments: Twine Westrim Crafts, Decorative Brad S.E.I
Tools: Beautiful Blooms Die, Star Die Papertrey Ink

Thanks Bunches

Hey!  Glad you stopped by!  Today I am sharing my sample using the newest Card Patterns sketch.  Our sponsor this week is the fun digi stamp co. Stitchy Bear Stamps.  I chose to work with the Silk On Glass image. 

I started with a Kraft card base and added some fun patterned papers from Cosmo Crickets Salt Air 6x6 pad.  Die cut a Kraft circle, cut it in half and adhered it down, adding a little white stitching with a gel pen.

Printed off my image and colored it with Copic Markers, die cut it out with an Oval die and mounted it onto an Ocean Tides Scallop circle.

Stamped a sentiment from Paper Smooches Vegtastic.

Added a few layered New Leaf buttons threaded with twine to finish it off! 

I hope you play along with us this week!  We love seeing what you make with the sketches!  Have a great weekend!

Lindsay

Supplies used:
Paper: Kraft, Ocean Tides Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Silk On Glass Stitchy Bear Digi Stamps, Thanks Bunches Vegtastic Paper Smooches
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Copic Markers
Embellishments:  New Leaf Buttons Papertrey Ink, Twine Westrim Crafts
Tools: Oval and Scallop Oval Nestabilities Spellbinders, White Gel Pen Sakura, Corner Rounder We R Memory Keepers

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop-Embroidery Floss!

Hey there!  I am so glad you popped by because today I am participating in the Papertrey Blog Hop!  I love this time of the month, when I can browse other PTI fans blogs to see what they came up with using the same challenge!  This month it is all about embroidery floss!  I love this stuff!! 

Started with Sweet Blush and stamped my rose from YOF: Roses in True Black. 

Stamped the big rose again and cut it out, popping it up with foam. 

Die cut a Fillable Frames 9 and stamped a sentiment from Delightful Dahlia, and adhered underneath the rose and added a few pearls.

Pierced holes and stitched some black floss across the top and then adhered a little bow with some glue, adding a little pearl to finish it off.

I hope you enjoyed and have fun on the rest of the hop! 

Lindsay

Supplies used:
Paper: Sweet Blush, White
Stamps: Year of Flowers: Roses, Delightful Dahlia
Ink: True Black
Embellishments: Black Embroidery Floss DMC, Pearls Kaisercraft
Tools: Fillable Frames 9 Die

Thrilled That You Picked Me

Hi again my friend!  I managed to squeeze in some crafty time while the little one rested!  Finally!  What did I make you say?  Well, this weeks Tuesday Trigger over at the Moxie Fab World fit the bill and these colors just screamed veggies to me...Paper Smooches Vegtastic veggies that is!

I paired the cute carrot image with some classic Garden Variety by Cosmo Cricket!

Started with a white panel, stamped my carrot image and one I colored and cut out.  Adhered some patterned paper.

Stamped my sentiment and tied on some twine! 

Well, I am hoping that I can whip up something for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop tomorrow so I will "see" you then!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Orange Zest, White Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Garden Variety Cosmo Cricket
Stamps: Vegtastic Paper Smooches
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Copic Markers
Embellishment: Twine Westrim Crafts
Tools: Sm Scallop Die Papertrey Ink, Corner Chomper We R Memory Keepers

Butterfly Thank You

Hiya friends!  The last couple of weeks have been none stop and I am glad that it will be a slower paced day today!  Phew, I don't like being that busy!  Because of that I haven't really made anything new, so I am diggin into the folder to see what I can find.  I made this one a while back using a couple different stamp sets...

Inked up a white panel with some orange-yellow distress ink and then added some text on top.

Stamped my flower images in black

Heat embossed the butterflies.

Lastly I added a thank you greeting and tied around some black ribbon.

Sorry to keep it short, I hope you have a fabulous day!  Thanks for dropping by.

Lindsay

Supplies used:
Paper: White, Black Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Thank You Penny Black, Flowers Dandelion Dreams Skipping Stones, Text Waltzingmouse Stamps
Ink: True Black Papertrey Ink, Versamark Tsukineko, Wild Honey Distress Ink Ranger
Embellishment: Black Ribbon Offray
Tools: Black Embossing Powder American Crafts

So Glad We're Friends SSD69

Hey there my friend!  Today I am bringing you Skipping Stones Design's latest sketch by the lovely Heidi Blankenship!  I have been meaning to ink up these two chocolate bunnies and finally got a chance to do so!  I ended up using three SSD stamp sets on this!  Check it out: 

Stamped my bunnies from Chocolate #1 onto a die cut, matted it onto brown card stock and cut it out.

Stamped my background from Timeless Textures onto cream card stock, added a Kraft scallop and a few threaded buttons on top of my focal image.

Stamped my sentiment from Friendly Fruit and added a brown threaded button.

I hope you enjoyed todays card and you decide to play along!  Have a great one friend!

Lindsay

Supplies used:
Paper: Aqua Mist, Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate, Kraft Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Timeless Textures, Friendly Fruit, Chocolate #1 Skipping Stones Design
Ink: Rich Cocoa Tsukineko
Embellishment: Baker's Twine Martha Stewart Crafts, Aqua Mist and Dark Chocolate Vintage Buttons Papertrey Ink
Tools: Scallop Border Punch Fiskars, Mat Stack 4 Die Papertrey Ink

Happy Birthday Card Patterns 107

Happy Saturday friend!  It is one busy day here at our house, my son is turning 3!  Time sure does fly so fast.  We will be having a fun little family get-together with cupcakes and ice-cream!   Can't wait!  For now though it is another fun sketch over at Card Patterns!  The prize this week is sa-weet!  A grab bag of 20 Unity Stamps!  Awesome! 

The sketch this week is a classic!

Stamped and embossed my flowers, rubbed distress ink to color them and cut them out.

Added some patterned paper which I distressed with some ink and my handy-dandy fingernail and tied on some ribbon.

Stamped my sentiment onto cream cardstock, cut it out and notched the ends to make it look like a banner!

I do hope you will play along with us this week!  Have a great one my friend!

Lindsay

Supplies used:
PAper: Hawaiian Shores, Vintage Cream Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Hello Luscious BasicGrey
Stamps: Layered Flowers Hero Arts, Enjoy the Ride Papertrey Ink
Ink: True Black Papertrey Ink, Vintage Photo Ranger
Embellishments: Simply Chartreuse Grosgrain Ribbon PApertrey Ink, Rhinestones Me & My Big Ideas
Tools: Scallop Border Punch Fiskars, White Embossing Powder Hampton Art, Corner Rounder We R Memory Keepers

My Type of Friend

Happy St. Patricks Day my friend!  Today I have a little card for you that has a bit' O green on it!  I have been waiting to break out the Hero Arts My Type stamp set and well, here it is!

Cut my paper to fit a Kraft card base, distressed my edges. 

Stamped my typewriter in black and tied on a bit of twine.

Lastly, I stamped my sentiment onto white cardstock, rubbed distress ink over it and stamped my sentiment.  I curled it a bit and adhere it! 

Fun and super simple!  I love simple cards.  Well my friend I hope you have a fabby St. Patty's Day!  Thanks for dropping by!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Kraft, White Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Hello Luscious BasicGrey
Stamps: My Type Hero Arts
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Antique Linen Ranger
Embellishment: Twine Westrim Crafts

Thanks Ever So Much

Hello my friend!  Thanks for popping by this Wednesday!  I have so many cards that need sharing, but always find an excuse to make and post a NEW card!  It's like my craft table has a big magnet pulling me in!!  So last night I was playing around with Hero Arts, BasicGrey and Paper Smooches and came up with this little number. 

I adore Kim's handwritten sentiments!

Started with some floral paper from Hello Luscious, stamped my flower from Layered Flowers by Hero Arts onto Kraft and paper-pieced it.  Added some white gel pen stitching..

Stamped my sentiment and adhered the panel to my card base with foam.

I hope you were inspired by todays card!  Thanks again for coming by to see what i've made and taking the time to leave me some love!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Kraft Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Hello Luscious BasicGrey
Stamps: Layered Flowers Hero Arts, Fancy Phrases Paper Smooches
Ink: Rich Cocoa Tsukineko, White Gel Pen Sakura, Vintage Paper Ranger
Embellishment: Pearls Kaisercraft

Thank You

For the Skipping Stones Blog hop go here, or scroll down!

Hi there!  It's that time of the month, Cardabilites has a fabulous sketch for you today!  I adore this sketch!  So so fun!  I hope you will play along with us!

I chose to keep to the sketch as much as possible.

Started with a cream card base and layered it with some Modern Homemaker from October Afternoon.  Punched my squares and distressed it with some paint.  Added some stitching with a white gel pen.

Using my Beautiful Blooms dies and Polka Dot Basics II I made a dimensional bloom set on top of a big twine bow, and added a Summer Sunrise button.

Lastly, I stamped my sentiment from the Mat Stack collection. 

Thank you so much for sticking with me today!  I hope you have a good one friend!

Lindsay

Supplies used:
Paper: Vintage Cream Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Modern Homemaker October Afternoon
Stamps: Mat Stack Collection, Polka Dot Basics II Papertrey Ink
Ink: True Black Papertrey Ink
Embellishment: Summer Sunrise Vintage Button, Twine Papertrey Ink, Manilla Scrapbook Paint Making Memories
Tools: Beautiful Blooms Dies Papertrey Ink