Mixin' up the companies

Anyone who has followed this blog for more than, oh FIVE minutes, knows I'm a HUGE fan of Hero Arts, and Lawn Fawn.

Today I thought I'd share a card I made, where I asked my two favourite children companies to play nicely together. Of COURSE, they obliged :)

Yes, that song IS now stuck in my head, and thanks to me, it's also stuck in yours. You're welcome :)

Suddenly I'm in Christmas mode. Not sure where it came from, it just snuck up on me. Suddenly I'm humming carols all day.

Hero Arts 'you' (From the Big Words set), ink (for the snowbank) and background stamp. Colorbox white ink, Lawn Fawn everything else.

Here's the deliciousness: (Clicky to buy-y :))

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See you again soon!

Linda xoxo

Simon Says Stamp stamps...

No, that title is NOT a typo lol

As most of you probably know, Simon Says Stamp, have launched their own range of exclusive stamps and dies. They. are. FABULOUS.

I got a *few* and I recently received my order of them.

So here is today's card, it's very simple, but I wanted to leave the stamp simple and gorgeous in it's natural state (well, almost natural, I did add a little stickles for bling :))



SUPER simple, Lawn Fawn paper over some neenah cardstock, stamped the sentiment and diecut it using the exclusive matching die, added some Mossy Made Ribbon, dimensional adhesives under the diecut, some little cabochon flowers I bought from etsy.

Fabulous :)

Here are the goodies you'll need if you like what you see here:

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See you again soon!

Linda xx

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #73!!

Hi there!

Yup,. it's that time again, time for another

 This week it's Trick or Treat: anything Halloween or Spooky OR candy, dessert theme, food, beverages, etc

 I decided to go for cutesy Halloween, so this is what I made:

The cardstock is Bazille, the image is Whiff of Joy (love her), letter stickers are Basic Grey, papers too.

I gave this card to my sweetie hubs. He actually liked it! (He usually goes for the darker, more masculine colours as you'd imagine).

Thanks for stopping by!

Please head over to the blog to see the rest of the DT's work--they're super fabulous as always!

We'd love it if you'd join us, just enter via the inlinkz linky tool!

See you again soon!

Linda xx

Happy Birthday Steph!!!

Hi!

Just a quick post because I just stabbed myself (accidentally) in the finger with my super sharp scissors and its difficult to type lol.

I'm here to show you the card I made for my sweet friend and ABNH DT member, Steph! It's her B'day, and we thought we'd get together to make cards for her to wish her well.

Steph--you are THE sweetest and I love you to pieces. I'm so glad we've become friends, you brighten my day immesurably.

I hope you have a wonderful birthday, and that we are friends for many more birthdays to come.

Now, if you'd like to, please head on over to A Blog Named Hero, to see the rest of the cards!

See you soon!

Linda xx

ABNH Challenge CLEAN UP YOUR ACT~

Hi there!

It's challenge day over at the wonderful A Blog Named Hero and this time we want you to

So that means, CLEAN AND SIMPLE!!!

 I really seriously love CAS cards, but I find them HARRRRRD to do.
This card popped into my head, and strangely enough, translated out perfectly onto the actual card itself. That never happens.

Like it?! VERRRRY easy and quick. Yet another reason to love CAS cards :)

Here are the goodies you'll need if you want to try to make it yourself (which you can in less than ten mintues!!!!!

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Be sure to head over to A Blog Named Hero to see the rest of the DT's amazing projects--we have two fabulous guests this week too!

See you soon!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 Linda xoxo

Shopping Our Stash

Hello friends!

I have to keep this short because my electricity keeps blacking out--who knows whether I'll actually get to finish writing this post! (This is my FOURTH try!) So sorry it's late.

Its time for another Shopping our Stash challenge!

This week we want you to

Tic Tac Toe Challenge for you!  You just need to use any row, horizontally, or diagonally or vertically!

 I chose the middle row (obviously!)

Image is from Paper Smooches, I put strips of washi tape down onto white cardstock, then stamped the image twice onto the washi tape (actually about 6 times--washi tape is SLIPPERY!) and then cut out the pieces, before paper piecing them back together on this main image panel.

Fun way to try paper piecing without the paper!

A bit of white Studio Calico Mister Huey's mist in the background and some ribbon from my stash :)

Please pop over to the blog to see the rest of the DT's work, it's inspiring as always! We'd love it if you'd join our challenge too :)

If you do join us, please be sure to specify which row you are using and limit your links to a total of 13 challenges including ours! Thank you!

Thanks for looking!

Linda

Scrap Bundle cards 5, 6, & 7!!

Hello!

I'm back with the last of my recent Scrap Bundle cards. I was going to spread them out and show them to you one at a time, but I'm feeling generous, so I thought I'd give you all THREE of them at once :) For cards 3&4 go HERE, cards 1&2 go HERE.

I nearly NEARLY made this card with the potty-lady's head on the 'ground' in the card (like it had fallen off) but I wasn't sure it would 'translate'  I really love the simplicity. Sometimes the best 'sorry' is the simplest one :)

Sometimes I'm SO stupid when I make a card. I get an idea...then I overthink it. Till the idea basically shrivels up and dies. Then days later, I'll come back, fight with the papers some more, roll my eyes a bit, call the papers (and myself) some names...and I'll walk away again. THEN I'll come back a third time, say 'oh for goodness sake" (or a much less polite version of that sentiment) and make the card I originally had the idea for. And the card turns out great. Like I said, me not so smart.

The washi tape went on, then came off...then went back on again.

And apparently I was drunk when I 'drew' the faux stitching lines around the edge...or at least I hope I was drunk because seriously, look how crooked they are! (actually, no don't look)...

This is quite possibly the weirdest card I've ever made (design-wise) but I love it. The random strips, the splattery background, the googly eyes. the sentiment?! Makes me laugh out loud. I think I might make "spook on" a phrase I use a lot HAH!

OK!

Tha's it for today.  Back real soon :)

Hope you'll give heaplets and scraplets and Scrap Bundles a go :) The cards come out really fast and easily (if you don't overthink it :))

Linda x

LawnScapings Blog Hop!!

Hi!
**this is my second post for today, please scroll down for my Neat and Tangled release post!**

Welcome!! I'm so excited to be here today as one of the participants of the Lawnscaping Blog Hop!

I'm so glad you're here!  You should be coming here to my little piece of blog-land, from the gorgeous, creative Lenny's blog!

The month's theme is all things pumpkin and beautiful changing leaves: FALL! 

The hop runs from Friday, October 5th, all the way until Sunday, October 7th.  Make sure to comment on all of the blogs to be eligible for some FANTASTIC prizes!  

All of the details can be found on the Lawnscaping home page!

Now onto my card!

If you've lost your way along the participants, don't worry!  Head back to the Lawnscaping blog to see the complete list of designers and prize information!

After you've left a comment below (PRIZES! *cough cough*), head on over to the sweet, wonderful Lynnette's blog to see what wonderful creation she's made!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

See you again soon!

Linda x

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Neat and Tangled Day Five Release!! Kindness Matters!!

Hi there!

I'm here today to introduce to you the new Kindness Matters stamp set from Neat and Tangled.

I need to take a moment to tell you--OHMYGOODNESSITSBEAUTIFUL

Sorry, got a bit carried away there. Didn't mean to yell :)

Don't forget to head over to the BLOG today to see the whole set in all its glory, and be sure to leave comments on this week's reveal posts, for the chance to win prizes!! All sets being released (and featured) this week, will be available in the store TODAY October 5th, 8am EST :) 

Very easy to make this one :) I masked off a section of the card, stamped the 'you are' sentiment from Kindness Matters, then added the SO THOUGHTFUL in red Memento ink, on the bottom right. I then cut my cardstock down to be 1/4" smaller than the card base, mounted it on dimensional adhesive and that was that!

This next card...well I'm kind of in love with it.

I was SO inspired by this magazine cover, and though you can't see it so well in this photo, the girl's tattoo was inspiration for the flowers on my card (the sentiment too)

Well that's it for me!

Please head STRAIGHT over to the Neat and Tangled blog to see the rest of the DT's work for this stamp set--they'll be incredible as. always!! Then go directly to the shop.

Don't forget to comment on ALL the posts this week for the release, as you have a chance to win a major prize package!

See you again soon!

*crafty hugs*

Linda