The Craft's Meow Sneak Peak Lovely Birds

Hello and welcome to the first sneak peak of the July release for The Craft's Meow!  I am so excited to share these projects with you because these stamps are so fantastic!  So let's get to it.

To start, I stamped the flower-birdhouse image multiple times to create a scene and colored it in with Copic Markers.

Stamped one of the cute little birds and colored it, along with on of the sweet sentiments from the set.

Lastly, I tied some satin ribbon around the card and called it good.  Super simple to create!

Be sure to check out the other DT members projects to see more ideas with this fun little set and leave comments for a chance to win it.  Thank you as always, for stopping by to take a peek!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: White Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Lovely Birds
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Copic Markers
Embellishments: Summer Sunrise Satin Ribbon Papertrey Ink

Birthday Fishes

Hello my sweet blog friends!  Sorry for the lack of posts this week.  I am currently in Kentucky camping with my little family, so this is a scheduled post.  This is a bittersweet one to write because it is my last card as a Card Patterns Designer.  I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with Michelle, Tracy and Nina and the rest of the team these last six months and will miss it tremendously.  Thank you ladies for having me, it has been such an honor!  Okay, on to today's card.  Our sponsor this week is Whimsy Doodles and I chose to play with the little Fish image.

Starting by printing it onto white card stock, coloring them in and distressing the panel, I popped one of the fish up with foam.

Covered the card front with Cosmo Cricket Salt Air papers.

Lastly, I added a bit of ribbon, some threaded buttons and a vellum scallop circle.

I hope you play along and thank you so much for stopping by!  I can't wait to catch up with all of your blogs when I return.

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Vintage Cream PTI, Vellum TPC
Stamps: Fish Whimsy Doodles, Sentiment Paper Smooches
Ink: Dunabe Blue Tsukineko, Copic Markers, Antique Linen Ranger
Embellishments: Harvest Gold Buttons PTI, Twine
Tools: Large Scallop Circle Spellbinders

A Happy Hello

Hi there!  Today is Card Patterns day!  A fabulous new sketch is up for you to play with!  DRS is our wonderful sponsor this week so be sure to play along, you might win some goodies.  Here is my take using this lovely string of flowers called Flower Border.

Starting with some papers from My Mind's Eye Gertie collection, I adhered one panel to a white card base, along with its coordinating side on the top portion of the card.  I printed my flowers, colored them with Copic markers and cut them out.  Adhered it with foam adhesive on top of a cut paper doily and added some rhinestones.

Tied on White satin ribbon from Offray...

Lastly, I stamped a sentiment from Sending You (PTI) in brown ink and notched the ends.  Punched out a few hearts and popped them up with some foam.

I hope you enjoyed today's card and you decide to play along this week.  Have a great weekend my friend!

Lindsay


Supplies:
Paper: White Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Gertie My Mind's Eye
Stamps: Flowers DRS Designs, Sending You Papertrey Ink
Ink: Brown Unity
Embellishments: Rhinestones Darice, White Satin Ribbon Offray, Paper cake Doily Wilton
Tools: Copic Markers, Double heart Punch EK Success, Corner Rounder We R Memory Keepers

Color Blocked Father's Day Card

Happy Friday my friend!  So excited for today and this weekend because I will be attending Stamping Around tonight and all day Saturday!  5 classes of stamping and inky goodness, I can't wait!!  Because of this glorious event (and my eagerness) I have packed all of my essentials to go!  So what to do when I want to play at CAS-ual Fridays?!  Go CAS of course!  Now, I am totally last minute and still need a father's day card...enter the color block challenge and lack of tools and you get this card!

Using Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado and Ocean Tides card stock blocks, I adhered them together and secured them to a Kraft card base.  Ruffled up the ends and secured a matching OT button.

Die cut a frame and stamped my sentiment. along with a leaf and adhered it under a score line and twine.  For visual balance I added two DC buttons.

Well, that is all for me today, I have my Card Patterns post scheduled for tomorrow, as I will be gone, so be sure to stop back to check it out!  Have a great day!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Ocean Tides, Ripe Avocado
Stamps: Masculine Motifs Papertrey Ink
Ink: Latte Chalk ink Hero Arts, Spring Moss Papertrey Ink
Embellishment: Dark Chocolate, Ocean Tides Buttons, Twine Papertrey Ink
Tools: Mat Stack 1 Die Papertrey Ink

Gloomies...

Well, I don't have them, but I am ready when someone does.  This little card was inspired by the latest Tuesday Trigger, Rainbow Bright!  I love rainbow colors and have been wanted to put them on a card.  Here is where it lead me.

Starting with a white panel, I stamped my polka dots starting with the red strip first and worked my way to the edges.

Scored three lines and added my sentiment in Latte Chalk ink.

Threaded three Fine Linen buttons to mimic the look of the wood spools.

Lastly, I rounded the top corners and added some Fine Linen grosgrain ribbon, popping the panel up with foam on a white card base.

Here is a look at the inspirational pic:

That's it for me, I hope you have a great day!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: White Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Polka Dot Basics II, Scattered Showers Papertrey Ink
Ink: Latte Chalk ink Hero Arts, Blue, Lime, Yellow & Red Pigment Clearsnap
Embellishments: Fine Linen Vintage Buttons & Grosgrain Ribbon Papertrey Ink, White Embroidery Floss DMC
Tools: Corner Rounder We R Memory Keepers, Score Tool Scor-Pal

Happy Father's Day

Hello!  I have a card to share today using Embellish background stamping challenge!  The colors screamed masculine to me and I needed to make a Father's Day card, here is what I came up with:

Starting with a kraft card base, I stamped my polka dot background in Terracotta Tile ink and adhered a bit of New Leaf grosgrain ribbon down the front.

Die cut a circle from Terracotta Tile card stock and popped it up.  Stamped a sailboat image in Hawaiian Shores ink, cut it out and adhered it with foam.  Finished it off with a few Hawaiian Shores buttons.

Lastly, I stamped my sentiment in green ink!

Here is a look at the color swatch:

I hope you are having a great week, thanks so much for stopping by!

Lindsay

Supplies:

Paper: Kraft, Terracotta Tile, Vintage Cream

Stamps: Masculine Motifs, Polka Dot Basics II

Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Terracotta Tile Papertrey Ink, Green Hero Arts

Embellishments: New Leaf Grosgrain Ribbon, Hawaiian Shores Vintage Buttons

Tools: Sm & Lg Circle Die Spellbinders

Flying House Congrats

Happy Sunday friend!  I have yet another Gallery Idol entry to share with you using a fun technique I saw Belinda use in a recent Paper Crafts mag and I saved a pic of a fabulous card with this same idea on it although I don't know who made it.  So of course I had to try it!

Started by die cutting my clouds with a cloud die and adhering the panel to an Aqua Mist card base.

Stamped my house, cut it out and adhered it with green bakers twine and various buttons to look like balloons.

Stamped the tree image from The Craft's Meow's Sending You Sunshine set and colored them with Copic Markers.  Stamped my sentiment from Enjoy the Ride (PTI) and popped it up, adding a bit of bling around and about.

Now, if only I knew someone moving into a house right now...haha!  Onto the pile it goes!  Have a fabulous day!

--Lindsay

Supplies: 
Paper: Aqua Mist, Vintage Cream Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Row of Houses Hero Arts, Sending You Sunshine TCM, Enjoy the Ride Papertrey Ink
Ink: Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Copic Markers
Embellishments: Rhinestones Michaels, New Leaf, Orange Zest, Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold Vintage Buttons Papertrey Ink
Tools: Up, Up & Away Die Papertrey Ink

Best Wishes

Hey my friend!  Today I have a little Card Patterns goodness to share with you.  I can't believe my time with them is almost up...two more sketches left, so sad!  Our awesome sponsor is SRM Stickers and well, need I say more?  They are awesome!  Here is my take on this weeks fabulous sketch.

Starting with a Melon card base, I adhered some fun glittery patterned paper from S.E.I's Happy Day collection.

Adhered some coordinating card stock strips, one punched with a Fiskars punch and added some lace trim.
Die cut a Spellbinders Blossom shape and added a bit of embossing to it with a Small Circles Nestie, followed by my sticker.

Using Antique Engravings, I colored and cut out two butterflies and adhered them with foam, and added a bit of glimmer with a Spica pen.

Be sure to check out the Card Pattern blog for more inspiration, and I hope you play along!  Have a great day and as always, thank you for stopping by!

--Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Melon Berry, White Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Happy Day Collection S.E.I
Sticker: SRM
Embellishment: Lace Trim American Crafts, Green Rhinestones Kaisercraft
Tools: Threading Water Border Punch Fiskars, Corner Rounder We R Memory Keepers, Blossom & Sm Circle dies Spellbinders, Copic Markers

Congratulations

Hey there friend!  I love Fridays, how bout you?  One fabulous perk to Friday is a new challenge up at CAS-ual Fridays!  Love this weeks challenge, because you get to pick!  I choose the row with buttons, Flowers, and twine.  Love all of these!  So here is what I came up with.

Starting by die cutting a scallop strip and stamping it with a woodgrain stamp, adhered a melon card stock strip over it.

Adhered a twine bow and a Maya Road fabric flower on top of it.  Added a few matching buttons.

Stamped a sentiment from Sentiment Sampler by Paper Smooches (love this set!) and popped it up with foam.

I do believe this would be a fitting entry to the Gallery Idol competition, don't you?  Because of the voting factor, I don't hold out much hope, but it is fun to dream!

Here is the CAS-ual Friday graphic:

Have a great day my friend, I shall be back tomorrow with a great new sketch from Card Patterns!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: Kraft, Melon Berry, Rustic Cream Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Background Basics: Woodgrain Papertrey Ink, Sentiment Sampler Paper Smooches
Ink: Latte Chalk Ink Hero Arts
Embellishments: Berry Sorbet Buttons Papertrey Ink, Twine Westrim Crafts
Tools: Large Scallop Border Die Papertrey Ink

It's A Celebration

Hiya!  It's a hot one here today, how bout you?  My sister's in-laws have a fabulous pool and we plan on taking full advantage of it today!  Can't wait!  So for my little project today, I used the latest Tuesday Trigger: Cosmopolitan Neapolitan.  I was inspired by that fabulous color combo, white, pink and brown.  Here is what I came up with:

Using BasicGrey's Life of the Party rub-ons, I adhered both present images and a threaded BG pink button.

Stamped my sentiment from Birthday Bash Sentiments (PTI) and added a cutie little rub-on heart.  Finished by rounding the bottom corners.

Here is the inspirational pic: YUM!

I hope you have a fabulous Wednesday!  Thank you for stopping by!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: White Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Birthday Bash Sentiments Papertrey Ink
Ink: Dark Chocolate Papertrey Ink
Embellishments: Pink Button, Life of the Party Rub-on's BasicGrey
Tools: Corner Rounder We R Memory Keepers

You're Sew Sweet

Hey there my friend!  I have a little card for you today using the latest ColourQ challenge and Moxie Fab World's I'm Sew Excited! Challenge!  I remember playing along with ColourQ when I first started blogging and for some reason just stopped.  How sad for me, because Arielle comes up with the best color combinations.  Using Lawn Fawn's Sew Lovely, I came up with this...

Started with three punched squares that I stamped with my sewing icons using Chai Tea dye duo from Papertrey Ink, adhered them to a strip of Dark Chocolate card stock.  Adhered a little strip of BasicGrey's Kraft basics paper punched with the Fiskars Postage punch.  Added a strip of Pure Poppy card stock and popped the whole thing up with foam.

Stamped just the first part of a sentiment from Sew Lovely and added "sweet" using BasicGrey letter stickers.  Finished it off with some BG pearls!

Here are the colors for the challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me!  Have a good one!

Lindsay

Supplies:
Paper: White, Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Basics Kraft BasicGrey
Stamps: Sew Lovely Lawn Fawn
Ink: Chai, Pure Poppy Papertrey Ink
Embellishment: Pearls BasicGrey
Tools: Postage Border Punch Fiskars, Square Punch Creative Memories

Warm Thoughts

Hey there!  I found a bit of crafty time this morning before the little guy woke up!  I really wanted to play the latest Tuesday Trigger, Classically Modern before the new one tomorrow!  For this card I used Happiness Is... from The Craft's Meow.  

Stamped my solid flower image in Enchanted Evening ink onto a white panel.

Stamped the large outlined flower onto white card stock and painted it in with a bit of Spun Sugar Distress Ink.  Cut it out, along with some stamped leaves and added it to my panel using foam adhesive.  Because no card is left without bling and well, there is that big shiny orb in the picture, I had to add some rhinestones.

Taking a sentiment from Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler, I heat embossed it in Black and finished it off with some lace and a seam binding bow.

Here is a picture of the Trigger:

Thank you for popping by!  John and I had a fabulous time camping this weekend, and though I brought my camera I didn't get as many pictures as I would have hoped.  Maybe I can get a few of them up.  I am really excited about a trip we are going to take to Kentucky in a few weeks.  I will finally be getting my Copic Certification in Lexington and we also decided to make it a week vacation with, you guessed it, more camping!  Yes, we love it!  Have a great day!

Lindsay

Supplies:

Paper: White

Stamps: Happiness Is The Craft's Meow, Sentiment Sampler Paper Smooches

Ink: Enchanted Evening, Ripe Avocado Papertrey Ink, Versamark & Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Spun Sugar Distress Ink Ranger

Embellishment: Lace Trim American Crafts, Seam Binding, Rhinestones Michaels