Just Thinking of You...

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Hey friend!  Today is a brand new Card Patterns sketch and it's a great one!  Our fabulous sponsor this week is Layers of Color!  Oh my love this butterfly!

I started by distressing my patterned paper panel with white paint.  After adhering that to my card front, I cut another strip and snipped the ends for the banner look.

Distressed a doily and adhered it to the top of my card along with some seam binding I bought from this Etsy shop. 

Colored my image in with Copic markers with two different colors on two seperate images, cut the yellow out and popped them up!  Distressed the circle with Walnut Stain Distress ink, stamped a sentiment from Papertrey Ink's Embellishments set and adhered it to my card with foam.

Die cut a leaf image from Chartreuse cardstock and tucked it under my image.and added some pearls!

I do hope you play along with us this week!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Kraft, White Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Pink Paislee 6x6 pack
Stamps: Butterfly Layers of Color
Ink: Copic Markers
Embellishment: Pearls Darice, Cake Doily Wilton, Seam Binding PrairieBirdBoutique Etsy Shop
Tools: Leaf branch Die Sizzix

Beauty Full Day - The Craft's Meow Fly Free Sneak Peak

Hello and welcome to day three of The Craft's Meow's sneak peaks!  If you have stumbled upon my blog, be sure to go here to see what I am talking about.  Also, to see if you were one of the lucky winners the last two days, Lisa has those winners posted on the TCM blog!  Today, I am sharing a card using Fly Free (available May 1st).  Do you love butterflies like I do?  Well you are going to love this set!  Check it out:

Starting with a Melon Berry (PTI) cardstock panel, I stamped the little butterfly cluster repeatedly to create my background.  Stamped the cage/butterfly image in black, along with my sentiment, distressed the edges with white acrylic paint and added some butterfly punches, finishing each of them off with a rhinestone.

Dry embossed a piece of Lemon Tart and Spring Moss (PTI) cardstock, border punched the yellow and attached them both to my panel.

Tied on some Spring Moss grosgrain ribbon at the top and adhered the panel to a cream card base using foam dimensional adhesive.

Here is what you need to do to be eligible for prizes:
1) Go “Like” The Craft’s Meow’s FaceBook Page….(and SHARE it with your friends!) There are prizes to be won!
2) Go see the other TCM designers’ blogs for more previews, and be sure to leave a comment…. Because again… there are prizes to be won!   Here are today's awesome prize!

1. Fly Free stamp set (being showcased today)

2. Lush 2 Orange Prize Package from My Mind's Eye!!! Includes one each of the patterned and flocked papers shown, plus all the accessories!!!
3. Sarah's Fly Free Card Kit!!!
Oh my!  I want to win these!

Here is a list of my fellow DT members:
The Craft's Meow Blog

Amy Tsuruta

Debbie Pamment

Ivana Camdzic

Jean Martin

Kim Yu

Lindsay Amrhein

Nina Brackett

Sarah Martina Parker


Good luck!  Thank you so much for popping by!  Have a great one!
 
Lindsay
 
Supplies:
Paper: Vintage Cream, Melon Berry, Spring Moss, Lemon Tart Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Fly Free The Craft's Meow
Ink: Tuxedo Black Dye ink, Versamark Watermark ink Tsukineko
Embellishments: Spring Moss Grosgrain Ribbon Papertrey Ink, Clear Rhinestones Me & My Big Idea
Tools: Whtie Acrylic Paint Ranger, Scallop Dot Border Punch, Butterfly Punch Martha Stewart Crafts, Swiss Dot Embossing Folder Provo Craft 

Happiness Is...

Welcome back to The Craft's Meow sneak peaks!  I hope you enjoyed yesterdays peak at Simply Delightful.  Today, I am sharing a card I made with my personal fav, Happiness Is...

To start I layered on patterned paper from Pink Paislee's Butterfly Garden 6x6 papers (swoon), distressed the edges a bit and added some white paint to shabby it up a bit.  Stamped the bee image randomly with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

Stamped my flower onto white cardstock, colored it with Copic markers and cut it out.  After adding some seam binding and lace trim, I adhered the cut out flower and stamped leaves with foam, and adding pearls to the flower.

I stamped my sentiment in the top corner...

...and continued it to the bottom right!

So what do you think?  I love these stamps, I know I have said it before but seriously, so fun!  So you know the drill friends.  If you want to win some, "like" TCM on Facebook or leave a comment on all the DT blogs! Once again, the prizes will be awarded based on random drawing from the comments left on THREE of the Team blogs listed below! You won't know whose blog has the prize...so you'll want to leave a comment on each blog for more chances to win. But please play fair... only ONE comment per blog!

Here is the list, which you can always find here.

Amy Tsuruta

Debbie Pamment

Heather Jensen

Ivana Camdzic

Jean Martin

Kim Yu

Lindsay Amrhein

Nina Brackett

Sarah Martina Parker

Well, that is all for me!  Thank you so much for dropping by!  Have a great day!

Lindsay

Supplies used:
Paper: White Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Butterly Garden Pink Paislee
Stamps: Happiness Is...The Craft's Meow
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Ripe Avocado Papertrey Ink, Walnut Stain Ranger
Embellishments: Pearls Kaisercraft, Seam Binding Etsy shop PrairieBird, Lace trim-stash
Tools: Copic Markers, White Acrylic Paint Ranger

Forever and For All Eternity...Tissue Paper Magic Challenge

To find the sneak peak of Simply Delightful by The Craft's Meow please click Here, or scroll down.

Hi again my friend!  I can't ever stay away from this blog it seems!  I have been wanting to play with the Moxie Fab World Challenge using tissue or crepe paper and could not seem to get to it.  Well, I got PC's latest special issue, Card Creations 9 (I have three cards in it-WOOT) and was completely inspired by Windy Robinsons gorgeous card using white and kraft with a beautiful white bloom in the center.  Love the Kraft on the white and the lovely contrast.  Here is what I came up with:

I punched out three circles and ran them through my Zyron Sticker maker.  Laying the paper down and pleating as I went around the circle.   Trimmed off the edges to make them a bit smaller and then layered them together with Scor-Tape.

Added a big white pearly button to the center along with some pearls in various sizes.

Attached Burlap "leaves" to the back...and attached it to a Kraft panel that was inked with Walnut Stain Distress ink and accented with faux white stitching.

Stamped my sentiment in black from Paper Smooches Pretty Phrases set and adhered the panel to a white card base.

That is truly all I have today, but I will be back tomorrow for one of my fav sets from The Craft's Meow!  See you then!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: White, Kraft Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Pretty Phrases Paper Smooches
Ink: Walnut Stain Distress Ink Ranger, Tuxedo Black Tsukineko
Embellishments: PEarls Kaisercraft, Burlap Canvas Corp., Fresh Snow Vintage Button Papertrey Ink
Tools: White Gel Pen Sakura

Just For You- The Craft's Meow Sneak Peaks

Hey my friend!  I am so excited about today, know why?  It is time for the sneak peaks for the first set being released at The Craft's Meow!  You probably hopped your way here from Kim's blog, if not be sure to head over to TCM's blog to see what all of this is about!  These stamps are so lovely and I can't say enough about them!  I mean what's not to love when they were designed by none other that Nina Bracket!  So let's check out the first set, Simply Delightful...

For my project today, I was inspired by the sweet little sentiment Just for you, thinking it would be perfect for a gift tag!

Die cut a tag, covered it with Spun Sugar Distress Ink, stamped the doily image onto the background, stamped my flower twice, colored it and cut it out, popped it up.  Stamped my sentiment in Walnut Distress ink and inked the edges of the tag.

Adhered patterned paper from the 6x6 pack Emma's Shoppe collection (which Lisa has in her shop), border punched four strips and adhered those to my patterned paper panel on top and bottom.

Tied around a ribbon and secured the panel to my kraft bag.

Here is some more info for you so you can enjoy the hop along with winning some of the fabulous stamp sets that will be available May 1st!

"A release this exciting needs LOTS of prizes to celebrate, and LOTS of prizes are what we have for you! Each day of previews there will be not one, not two, but THREE prizes up for grabs!!! Today's prize offerings are:



Simply Delightful Stamp Set (being showcased today)


A My Mind's Eye Hazel 6 x 6 paper pad from the Stella & Rose collection


A My Mind's Eye Gertie 6 x 6 paper pad from the Stella & Rose collection


The prizes will be awarded based on random drawing from the comments left on THREE of the Team blogs listed below! You won't know whose blog has the prize... neither do I, actually, until I draw from a hat...so you'll want to leave a comment on each blog for more chances to win. But please play fair... only ONE comment per blog!
You have until 11:00 pm Pacific tonight (April 28th) to make the rounds! The winners will be announced in tomorrow's post.

Here is a list of my fellow DT members.  Enjoy your first looks at Simply Delightful!!!

Amy Tsuruta

Debbie Pamment

Heather Jensen

Ivana Camdzic

Jean Martin

Kim Yu

Lindsay Amrhein 

Nina Brackett

Sarah Martina Parker

Make sure you hop on over to see what the lovely Nina has for you!  Thank you for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: White Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Emma's Shoppe Crate Paper
Stamps: Simply Delightful TCM
Ink: Spun Sugar, Walnut Stain Distress Ink Ranger, Ripe Avocado Papertrey Ink
Embellishments: Rhinestone Me & My Big Ideas, Twine Westrim Crafts, Simply Chartreuse Satin Ribbon Papertrey Ink
Tools: Border punch EK Success, Tag #1 Die Papertrey Ink

You Rock

Good evening my friend!  Today was one of those days that went way to fast!  I have been pondering the latest Tuesday Trigger since Cath posted it yesterday.  I decided to just go with it and recreate it in the form of a masculine card.  Can't have too many of those, now can we!

Started with a light gray panel, stamping my circles in different colors just like in the pic.  Matted it onto black cardstock.

Stamped my sentiment from Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler onto more light gray cardstock, rounded the ends, added a couple coordinating buttons and a bit of red grosgrain ribbon and popped it up with foam.

Here is the inspirational pic:

Well, that is all for me tonight!  Be sure to stop back tomorrow, because sneak peaks begin for The Craft's Meow!  Nina Bracket did an amazing job with these stamps!  You don't want to miss it!  Have a great one!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Smokey Shadow, True Black, Soft Stone
Stamps: Beautiful Blooms Papertrey Ink, Sentiment Sampler Paper Smooches
Ink: Pure Poppy, Smokey Shadow, Aqua Mist, Fresh Snow Papertrey Ink, Yellow ColorBox
Embellishment: Fresh Snow, Aqua Mist Vintage Buttons, Pure Poppy Grosgrain Ribbon Papertrey Ink
Tools: Corner Rounder We R Memory Keepers

You Make The World

Hey friend!  Today I wanted to share the card I made for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday challenge and CR84FN's latest color challenge!  Nicole's challenge included using a line frame drawn with a multi-liner and CR84FN had Red, Aqua and White for the chosen colors. 

Started by drawing a rectangle with a black multi-liner, masking off the card and stamping my butterflies within the frame.  Removed my mask, and colored my butterflies using Copic Markers.

Stamped my sentiment onto white cardstock and popped it up with foam.  Added three buttons in the coordinating colors threaded with satin ribbon.

Here is the inspirational pic of the colors:

Well, that is all I have for today.  I appreciate your visit, thanks so much for dropping by!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: White Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Butterfly Dreams, YOF: Roses
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Copic Markers
Embellishments: Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, True Black Buttons Papertrey Ink, Satin Ribbon Offray
Tools: Black Multi-Liner Sakura

Happy Happy Birthday PTI Blog Hop!

Hey there!  Thanks for hopping my way!  I just love Papertrey Ink's monthly Blog Hop!  This month the focus is on men and boys!  I have so few masculine sets that it is always a struggle to come up with something, but I managed with what I had!  What did I come up with you ask?  Check it out.

Die cutting the stars from white cardstock, I stamped them with BB: Newsprint in True Black ink, swipped a bit of Hawaiian Shores ink around the edges.

Stamped a rectangle image from Button Boutique in Summer Sunrise ink, added my stars in various levels.

Added a few Summer Sunrise buttons...

Stamped my sentiment in Hawaiian Shores! 

Hope you enjoyed, have a great day and enjoy the rest of the hop!

Lindsay

Supplies: All Papertrey Ink
Paper: White
Stamps: Background Basics: Newsprint, Birthday Bash Sentiments, Button Boutique
Ink: True Black, Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores
Embellishments: Summer Sunrise Buttons
Tools: Star Dies

If You Want the Rainbow

Hey!  It's time for another Card Patterns sketch!  Our fabby sponsor this week is Paper Makeup Stamps, and I chose to work with If You Want the Rainbow digi. 

Starting with a white card base cut to 4 1/4 x 4 1/4, cut a strip of polka dot patterned paper from Echo Park's Little Boy Collection.  Added a bit of Hawaiian Shores border punched with a Fiskars punch.

Printed my image onto white cardstock and colored the rainbow in with different Copic markers.  After coloring the clouds with a very light blue Copic, I added a bit of white flocking.

Lastly, I tied a bit of Pure Poppy grosgrain ribbon into a bow and glued it above my die cut circle with Glossy Accents.

I hope you play along with us, we love to see what you make with the sketches!  Have a great weekend!

Lindsay

Paper: White, Hawaiian Shores Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Little Boy Echo Park
Stamps: If You Want the Rainbow Paper Makeup Stamps
Embellishments: Pure Poppy Grosgrain Papertrey Ink, Rhinestones BoBunny
Tools: Apron Lace Border Punch Fiskars, Circle Dies Spellbinders

Fabulous Mother

Hiya friend!  Thank you for your sweet comments yesterday on my good news!  You all are so wonderful and I appreciate you mucho!  I seriously can't wait for you to see these stamps!  One more thing to add to that list that is a mile long, haha!  For today, I wanted to share a card I made for my mom using Crate Paper's Emma's Shoppe.  Oh this paper is delicious and I now I am on a shabby card kick.  Hope you don't mind since it seems to change with the wind, or should I say, Ohio weather!!

I was inspired by my friend Cindy's card she did a few weeks back and used the LO losely for this. 
Layering some patterned paper on my card front after distressing it a bit with white ink, I stamped a little zigzag pattern on the seam in brown ink, which you can't see very well and ends up covered by my panel, but eh, it's there.

Cut a patterned paper panel and border punched a strip, adhering them together.  Sprayed a Tattered Angels Chipboard frame with green glimmer mist.  Layered a few Prima blooms together with a pretty brad, and layed that over a bow of twine.

Stamped my sentiment in Rich Cocoa ink and added a few pearls.

That is all for me today, I hope your day is fabulous! 

Lindsay

Paper: Cream Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Emma's Shoppe Crate Paper
Stamps: Mega Mixed Messages Papertrey Ink
Ink: Rich Cocoa Tsukineko, Antique Linen Ranger
Embellishments: Chipboard Frame, Green Glimmer Mist Tattered Angels, Flowers Prima, Brad American Crafts, Pearls Kaisercraft, Twine Westrim Crafts
Tools: Postage Border Punch Fiskars

Thanks Tuesday Trigger, Crepe Bouquet

Okay, you're not going to believe this but I managed to make a card without using a Paper Smooches image!  Now I didn't say sentiment...but hey I am trying!  Today I have a shabby little number inspired by the latest Tuesday Trigger, Crepe Bouquet.  So soft and pretty...

I found a pretty peach colored piece of patterned paper in the Webster's Pages Life's Portrait/Lullaby Lane pack, which I distressed with ink and my fingernail.  Die cut the pattern on the back side with scallops, then  added some lace trim and adhered the panel to a cream card base.

Using yellow felt, I die cut and layered the pieces to make a flower and placed it on top of leaves I stamped and cut out.  Lastly, I stamped my Paper Smooces sentiment and adhered some pearls.

Here is the pic:

So I also wanted to share some really fun news!  The fabulous Lisa Hjulberg has opened a darling new store, The Craft's Meow and I am apart of it, as in on her Design Team!   So excited to be working with some really talented papercrafters!  Be sure to check out the Facebook fan page here and the blog, here!  Her store will carry fabulous card kits, embellishments and many other crafty goodies and of course STAMPS.  Thanks for sharing in my excitement, your going to love these stamps, I know I do!

As always, thanks for popping by!  It makes my day!

Lindsay

P.S.
One more awesome thing!  I have to thank Karen Baker for designing my really fun Retro looking blog banner!  My blog is still a work in progress, but I couldn't wait!  So, thank you Karen!

Supplies
Paper: Vintage Cream Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Lullaby Lane Webster's Pages
Stamps: Turning A New Leaf Papertrey Ink, Sentiment Sampler Paper Smooces
Ink: Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Peeled Paint Ranger, Ripe Avocado Papertrey Ink
Embellishments: Pearl Brad My Mind's Eye, Pearls Kaisercraft, Felt Papertrey Ink, Lace Trim unknown
Tools: Med Scallop Die, Beautiful Blooms Dies Papertrey Ink

Birthday Fishes

Wednesday already?  How did that happen, not that I am not glad for it!  So, I am noticing a trend here...Copics, check!  Distress Inks, check!  Paper Smooches, CHECK!  Oh dear...someone take them from me!  Here is yet another colorful card to brighten your day, cause where I am it's just cloudy and rainy!

Stamped my fish in Tuxedo Black Memento ink, colored it, cut it out and popped it up with foam.  Sponged two different orange distress inks onto white cardstock to create a sunset like sky.

Cut a piece of Hawaiian Shores cardstock, layered border strips to mimick waves and stamped a little circle stamp that comes in the Boob Toob set.

Last, I stamped my sentiment onto a die cut oval and popped it up, adhering smaller circles below to make it look like a speech bubble!

Thank you so much for dropping by!  I always appreciate it!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: White, True Black, Hawaiian Shores Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Birthday Buddies, Boob Toobs Paper Smooches
Ink: Versamark, Tuxedo Black Memento Tsukineko, Copic Markers
Embellishment: Glossy Accents Ranger
Tools: Deco Border Punch EK Success, Oval Die Spellbinders