Pattern Play Day 1 card THREE!!

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack.

Are you sick of me yet?! Well too bad! HAH! there are another eighty five cards to go. Not really, just a few more...or more than a few :)

 OK here 'tis:

GAH I love these papers. At first I nearly had a heart attack looking at them, they're SO beautiful and colourful. Then after I calmed down, I got down to business.

I heart this card. So clean, SO simple. and so effective.

Hope you like it as much as I do!

Back again in just a minute with card number FOUR

*hugs*

Linda xoxoxo

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Pattern Play card 2

Hi again!

Back with card 2.

Same supplies, but I added some grey marker along the edge of the patterned paper to help it stand out.

So here is my card :)

Pretty simple, but the colours of the paper go so well together! The stamp is from the card kit.

I like the grey border, but it's a bit too dark. a much lighter colour would have been preferable. (or maybe trying this one out on a scrap of paper before committing it to the front of my carefully crafted card LOL

Back soon with the next one! (I warn you, there are MANY cards...)

*hugs*

Linda

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Pattern Play Day 1:Homework (part 1)

Hi there!

So there will be several posts coming in rapid succession, all of which will have very few words.

Today was day 1 of the latest Online Card Class: Pattern Play.  Today's class talked about how you choose patterned papers to go together on a card.


 
 
It's only a week-long class this time but I really wanted to try to keep up with the "homework" and play along as I went. I always take the OCC classes when they're on but I never manage to work along with them.

Despite the fact that I'm a total sucker for patterned paper in general, I rarely use it on a card. I tend to use stamping to create my colours/patterns, so this is the perfect class for me. I'm forever staring at patterned paper, wondering how to make it into something 'me'.

So I'm going to show you the SEVERAL cards I made based on today's concepts.

I started out with the March Simon Says Stamp kit, that was VERY WONDERFULLY and generously given to me by a sweet sweet friend. (I wont mention who but THANKYOU DARLING!!!) I was so excited to get to play with the Lawn Fawn papers in the kit as well as the exclusive stamp set.

So that I can link my projects up to the student gallery over at OCC, I have to post each card in separate blog posts. (So, apologies for the sudden influx of nearly wordless posts :))

Ok onto card #1!

Nice and simple, but using the tips Kristina and Jennifer shared today, I'm really happy with the balance of the patterns, and the card in general :)

Hope you like! I'll be back VERY soon :)

*hugs*
Linda xx


Here are the goodies I used:

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new challenge over at ABNH!

Hi there!

It's a new day and a new challenge over at ABNH!

This time it's super DUPER easy FREESTYLE!

Make anything you like. AT ALL. Have fun, enjoy the freedom!

Here's my card:

I channelled my girl Kelly from the ABNH DT. she makes the brightest, loveliest cards. I'm happy with this take on her fabulousness :)

OK now head on over to the blog to see the rest of the DT's work, and join us! there's a

To be won thanks to our fabulous sponsors!

See you again soon!

Linda xx

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sooo...

For those of you who aren't on twitter and don't "follow me" I thought I'd give y'all an update on why I've been so brainless lately and so LATE with all my DT work (which I absolutely HATE being, but recently it's just all gotten on top of me).


Here's why:

Meet Baby Trace

can you see that?! There's a head, spine, a hand that's waving HI!!!

I'm honestly, HAVING A HEART ATTACK. Three kids was NOT in the plan. My girls are such sweet little monkeys and I love them to pieces, but we had JUST decided to stick with the two...aaaaand then I peed on a stick lol. It will be wonderful.

I'll keep repeating that to myself :)

SO anyway, I've been hit hard the past three months with morning sickness and tiredness (is that a word?!), I could barely move. So crafting was WAY down on my list.

The sickness is 90% gone now, but the brainlessness has taken over. My goodness I.forget.everything!!

The worst part is, I'm convinced I've got everything under control, I have my calendar that I add things to as I need to...then I forget what day/week it is, or that i HAVE a calendar I should CHECK DAILY...*facepalm*

Anyhow I just wanted to let you all know, that's why I've been SO flighty and basically just LAME lately.

Hope you'll forgive me :) If not, blame the blob in the photo above :)

Talk to you soon

Linda xoxox

EEEEEEEEEK late again *sheepish*

 Hello friends!

Wow, I'm really terrible at keeping track of the days lately, I'm SO sorry I'm late again with this post!

Here is my card for the new Shopping Our Stash Challenge!

This week we want to see you get your snark on!

Now I don't have any snarky cards (I have a lot of snark in me but not stamps or supplies lol) so I had to try to recreate snark with what I did have in my stash.

I'm not 100% sure if it makes sense, but it's supposed to be that Lionel Richie song (yes you're welcome now it can be stuck in your head for weeks too). honestly I'm not even really that crazy about this card, but mojo is still overseas (apparently)

Background stamp, and Hello stamp both from the wondrous Hero Arts

Speech bubble and alphabet stamps from Lawn Fawn :)

That's it for me!

Head over to the blog to check out the rest of the DT"s hysterical creations--they're seriously the best.


speak to you soon!

Linda xoxo

Neat and Tangled release day 3!!

Hello!

*sorry this post is late, I scheduled it for the wrong day, my brain is mush lately!*

I'm back with day 3 of the

The stamp set that's being shown today is so great, and theres a one-liner in there I can't wait to use more.

Here are my cards:


Inktense pencils, waterbrush, Colorbox Chalk Ink and STICKLES :)




And a set of three:

Can you see I'm on a stickles high?! (Thanks Lisa for sending me your stash!! Told you I'd already used them!)
This set was SO easy and fun to make, you could easily make a bigger set of invitations or even just a card-set for a gift.


Now for a different look, I just loved this sweet cherry image, so I knew immediately I wanted to make it a whole background.
Prismacolour pencils for a nice vibrant look on the kraft cardstock and some yummy bakers twine.

 

All the sets are now available in the store, so be sure to head over there RIGHT NOW to pick yours up!

You can also pop into the blog to see the other UH-MAZING dt projects for today.

See you soon!

Thanks for joining me :)

Linda xx

Neat and Tangled March Release!

Hello friends!

It's super late in the night here, so this will be a word-short post, but I'm so excited to be showing you two projects I made for the latest Neat and Tangled March Release!!

NEW STAMPS!

The stamp set being released today is called Just Thinking of You and OH MY GOODNESS it's wonderful.

Here are the two cards I made using this (new favourite) set:

To make this card, I used my Inktense pencils, scribbled 'blocks' of colour over some watercolour paper, then blended through them all with a water brush.
I then cut a strip through the centre of the watercolour paper, and adhered the two pieces down to some neenah cardstock.

I stamped the (GORGEOUS) sentiment, and on some scrap cardstock, the heart image several times, before cutting them out and adhering them down. I added some GLossy accents to give a nice shine.
Lastly I mounted both pieces onto some pretty teal cardstock for my cardbase!

I was definitely inspired by Jennifer McGuire with this card!

Onto the next!

I had this card in mind from the moment I saw this stamp set.

I used the speech bubble image as clouds, and masking them off as I went, I stamped it three times. Next I added that adorable bear from Little Bear, and the sentiment.

I coloured in using my Inktense pencils (yes I'm slightly obsessed) and I added some Christmas Red stickles over the heart. The letter stickers are OLD. I think they're Basic Grey.

Aww isn't he cute?! He's all in love :)

OK!!

Now please head on over to the Neat and Tangled Blog, where you can see the entire DT's AMAZING projects, to give you even more ideas of what YOU could do with this set! The possibilities are endless!!

Stamps will be on sale in the store end of the week.

See you tomorrow for day 3 of the release!

*crafty hugs*

Linda xx