Linda's works of Heart

Little Girls...

Hi again.  Today I wanted to share a sweet layout that's simple, and I used colors I thought would complement the photo.  Our friend was nice enough to give me some pictures of her daughters to work with, and I just love this one.  Look at those faces... just adorable.

I'm not a scrapbooker per say, about a year or so ago I purchased a book by Becky Fleck called scrapbook page|maps 2,  when I was cleaning/rearranging my craftroom I found it.  I was so excited because Becky Fleck has designed some die templates you can see here.  So for today's project I used a few of her dies, along with one of her page/map sketches.  You can also check out the page/maps blog  page|maps by becky fleck.  The white flowers are Prima, and the little light blue/golden flowers were made using one of Becky's dies.  The curly ques were the scraps from making the little flowers, and I loved them, so I used them.

That's it for me today, remember you can click on the picture to make them larger for easier viewing, and all supplies are listed below with links.

Thanks for visiting  -  Linda ❤❤

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Graphic 45 12x12 Little Darlings Collection - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Spellbinders™: Folige, Becky Fleck Page|Maps Tags and Flags,  Jar Labels and Whimsy, Foliage Shapeabilities®.

Misc.: Martha Stewart Crystal Coarse Glitter.  0.3 Copic Multiliner, Glue, Foam Tape.  Prima Fairytale French White Roses - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

I Will Never...

Hi again,  I love the Prima pearls on today's project, so much so I designed this card to match them.  In the close up pictures below you will notice the little flowers match the color of the background image called Chevron from JustRite Papercraft.  I had all kinds of products ready to put on this card, but as it started coming together, I thought less was best. 

That's it for me today, I'm off to finish up a couple more projects.  Remember you can click on the picture to make them larger for easier viewing, and all supplies are listed below.

Thanks for visiting  - Linda ❤❤ 

 

 

Supplies used: 

Stamps: Chevron Stripe Background, With Sympathy - JustRite Papercraft.

Stamp Pad: Pumice Stone Distress Ink - eclectic Paperie.

Cardstock: White.

Spellbinders™:  Classic Ovals SM, Grand Large Labels, Grand Rectangles, Floral Ovals Nestabilities®. 

Ribbon: May Arts 1.5" Silk Ribbon - The Stamp SImply Ribbon Store.

Misc.: Decorative Stickpin - Crafting with Darsie Etsy Shop. Foam Tape, Tape. The Prima's Pearls I've had for so long, I don't remember where I got them.  You can check The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

For more inspiration, visit Spellbinders Blog.

Wonder

Hello again bloggers, today I have a shape card to share with you.  I love making them, how about you?  

You can always tell when I running behind with my monthly projects, because I start posting something every other day LOL!  With me still working at my old job, I just haven't had the time.  Next week, I will be posting A LOT :)  I miss my crafting, and you...  Hopefully, they won't need me there to much longer.

That's it for me today, I need to finish up another project.  Remember you can click on the picture to make them larger for easier viewing, and all supplies are listed below.

Thanks for visiting  - Linda ❤❤ 

 

 

 

 

Supplies used: 

Stamps:  Pears - Flourishes.

Stamp Pads: Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink - eclectic Paperie.

Cardstock: Kaisercraft's Lil' Primrose - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  White.

Spellbinders™: Standard Circles LG, Petite Scalloped Circles LG, Splendid Circles, Grand Circles Nestabilities®, Splendid  M-Bossabilities™ side "B".

Ribbon: May Arts Wrinkled Ribbon - The Stamp SImply Ribbon Store.

Copic Markers:  0 colorless Blender, R00 Pinkish White, R11 Pale Cherry Pink, R20 Blush, R85 Rose Red, YG00 Mimosa Yellow, Y02 Canary Yellow, YG11 Mignonette, YG23 New Leaf, YG63 Pea Green, E33 Sand - eclectic Paperie.

Misc.: Decorative Stickpin  Crafting with Darsie Etsy Shop.  Foam Tape, Glue, Tape.

Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style - BoBunny

Good morning everybody, as always, this is a Mystery Blog Candy, meaning the winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, so leaving a comment on each blog will greatly increase your chances of winning, but only one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, May 29 and will be posted on Sharon's blog on Wednesday or thereafter.

You must check back to claim your prize if you are the lucky winner!

I LOVE this  this paper collection from BoBunny called Country Garden, and thought I would let the paper do all the work.  I  just embellished it with ribbon, roses, and die templates, then used the Distrezz-it-All around the bottom two layers, with foam tape between all layers.

That's it for me today, remember you can click on the picture to make them larger for easier viewing, and all supplies are listed below with links.

Thanks for visiting  -  Linda ❤❤

Be sure and visit the designers listed below for more inspiration.

Good luck!

 

 

 

 

Sharon Johnson - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Barb Schram

Linda Duke - you are here

Holly McMillen

Michelle Woerner

Supplies used: 

Cardstock: BoBunny 6x6 Country Garden Collection - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Ribbon: May Arts Wrinkled Ribbon - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Spellbinders™: Classic Ovals LG, Floral Ovals Nestabilities®.  Jumbo Scalloped Borderabilities Petites.   NOTE: Spellbinders die templates can also be found at The Stamp SImply Ribbon Store.

Misc.: Prima French White Fairytale Roses, Self Adhesive Pearls,  Prima Petal Pins Iced, - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. Distrezz-it-All, Foam Tape.

 

Big Girl Pants

Hello there bloggers,  I think this little Mo Manning digital image called Big Girl Pants is the cutest thing, fun to color, and  I was very happy with how she turned out.  I printed her out with my laser printer (EPSON Stylus Photo 1400) on X-Press It blending cardstock, colored her with Copic Markers listed below, then cut/embossed using Spellbinders Curved Rectangles.  I stamped JustRite's Classic Scallop Borders One with VersaMark, heat set white embossing powder, then cut/embossed with Spellbinders coordinating Classic Edges One Edgeabilities.  Foam tape is between each layer, and I finished up with Wrinkle Ribbon, and a pretty little Prima flower.

That's it for me today, remember you can click on the picture to make them larger for easier viewing, and all supplies are listed below with links.

Thanks for visiting  -  Linda ❤❤

 

 

Supplies used: 

Digital Image: Big Girl Pants - Mo's Digital Pencil

Stamps: Classic Scallop Borders One -  JustRite Papercraft.

Cardstock: Minuet Memory Box, X-Press It Blending Cardstock, Regular White Cardstock.

Ribbon: Wrinkle Ribbon - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Spellbinders™: Grand Rectangles, Curved Rectangles Nestabilities®, Classic Edges One Edgeabilities®.

Copic Markers: 0 Colorless Blender, E51 Milky White, YR00 Powder Pink, R20 Blush, BG0000 Snow Green, C1 Cool Gray  No. 1, BG70 Ocean Mist, B21 Baby Blue, B34 Manganese Blue, Y21 Buttercup Yellow, Y38 Honey, E33 Sand, G12 Sea Green, C3 Cool Gray No. 3 - eclectic Paperie.

Misc.: VersaMark Stamp Pad, White Embossing Powder, Foam Tape.

For more inspiration visit Spellbinders Blog.

Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style - Weddings

Hello bloggers, it's Saturday so welcome to Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style! This week we are focusing on Weddding cards!  As always, this is a Mystery Blog Candy, meaning the winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, so leaving a comment on each blog will greatly increase your chances of winning, but only one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, May 22 and will be posted on Sharon's  blog on Wednesday or thereafter.

You must check back to claim your prize if you are the lucky

My project today is a simple/elegant card. With the VersaMark stamp pad, stamp the Heart Scroll Background on Vellum cardstock, then heat set white embossing powder, and attach it to gray cardstock with vellum tape.  I added Prima's Lace and Pearl borders cut to fit my card front.  Cut/emboss the heart die template, stamp the sentiment with VersaMark, again heat set white embossing powder. Attach the heart, bow and Prima flower as shown.  I did add more Rhinestones to the heart.

 
 
That's it for me today, be sure and visit the designers listed below for more inspiration.

Good luck!

 

Sharon Johnson - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Holly McMillen

Linda Duke - you are here

Deb Saaranen

Thanks for visiting today - Linda ❤❤

Supplies used:

Stamps: JustRite's Heart Scroll Background,  Wordsworth Congrats! - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Stamp Pads: VersaMark Watermark - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Cardstock: Vellum, Light Gray, White.

Ribbon: May Arts 1.5" Satin Ribbon - The Stamp SImply Ribbon Store.

Spellbinders™:  Nested Hearts - discontinued, but the Classic Hearts Nestabilities will work.  NOTE: Spellbinders die templates can also be found at The Stamp SImply Ribbon Store.

Misc.: Prima French White Fairytale Roses, Silver Self Adhesive Rhinestones, prima Lace and Pearl Borders  - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  Foam Tape, White Embossing Powder.

JustRite Friday Challenge "Anything but Square"

Good morning bloggers, welcome to another JustRite Friday Challenge (JR-073).  The Challenge for this week is to create a card or project in any shape but square. Click HERE to find out all of the details.

For today's card I used JustRite's Anchors Away stamp set, and several Spellbinders die templates to create my take on a ship steering wheel/port hole LOL!. With Spellbinders die templates, I cut/embossed scrap pieces of white and blue cardstock, and applied gold around all the edges, then smeared it for an antique look.  For the steering wheel, I used 2011 Snowflake Pendants die template to cut/emboss brown cardstock, and added more gold. I cut gold foil, embossed it with  M-Bossabilities, used a brown Copic Marker making sure to cover the foil completly (be sure you get in all the detailed areas), then with a cotton ball and Copic Various ink, I rubbed some of the brown off so the detail shows up.  And last, I added brads.

That's it for me today, be sure and visit JustRite's blog for more inspiration and information.  Come join us if you can. 

 

Supplies used: 

Stamps: Anchors Away - JustRite Papercraft.

Stamp Pads: Chipped Sapphire, Vintage Photo Distress Ink - eclectic Paperie.

Cardstock: White, Blue and Brown - Unknown.

Spellbinders™: 2011 Snowflake Pendants Shapeabilities®, Standard Circles SM, Standard Circles LG Nestabilities®, Sea Beauty Side "A" M-Bossabilities™.

Misc.: E59 Walnut Copic Marker, idea-ology Long Fasteners - eclectic Paperie.  Precious Metals Craft Foils - Spellbinders™. Krylon 18KT. Gold Leafing Pen, Foam Tape.

 

 

 

A picture to share

I thought I would share a picture that looks just like the houseboat we bought.  Ours is 2 ft. longer on the back deck, but they look the same none the less.  

Before I agreed to this new adventure in our lives, I made DH promise that whatever houseboat we ended up with, I had to have enough room for crafting, and internet LOL!!  We looked at boats for many years, and were so excited when we found this one.  Since I live in California, and we bought the boat in Arizona, and California being strict with the environment, it has to sit in quarantine 7 days in AZ, then 15 days in California before we can put it in the water, with TONS of inspections in between...  We might be lucky enough to have it in the water by the forth of July.  

 

 

Since I'm still helping out at my old day job, I've had very little time to make anything.  But, I do have several images colored/complete, ready for a card.

Be back soon, and thanks for visiting today.

Linda  ❤❤

Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style - Red, White & Blue

Hello bloggers, it's Saturday so welcome to Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style! This week we are focusing on Red, White & Blue!  As always, this is a Mystery Blog Candy, meaning the winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, so leaving a comment on each blog will greatly increase your chances of winning, but only one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, May 15 and will be posted on Sharon's blog on Wednesday or thereafter.

You must check back to claim your prize if you are the lucky winner!

I must admit I was a little worried when I learned what we had to focus on today LOL!!!  As mush as I love Red, White & Blue, it's way outside my crafty comfort zone...  So, I elected to color this beautiful LaBlanche image using Distress Inks.  I will be the first to tell you I'm no expert when it comes to birds, so I colored mine to fit today's challange.  I kept the rest of the card simple and white, so the bird would pop.  The little white Prima flower was colored with red Copic Markers so it would also match.

 

That's it for me today, we have family here for Mother's Day, but be sure and visit the designers listed below for more inspiration.

Good luck!
 
Sharon Johnson - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
Linda Duke - You are here
Barb Schram

Remember you can click on the picture to make them larger for easier viewing, and all supplies are listed below.

Thanks for visiting today,  "Happy Mother's Day" 

Linda ❤❤

Supplies used:

Stamps: LaBlanche Chickadee Silicone Stamp - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Stamp Pads: Crushed Olive, Shabby Shutters, Bard Door, Forest Moss, Vintage Photo, Scattered Straw, Chipped Sapphire, Stormy Sky, Tumbled Glass Distress Inks - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  Jet Black Archival Ink.

Cardstock: White, LaBlanche Specialty Stamping Paper, The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Ribbon: Seam Binding, The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Spellbinders™: Enchanted M-Bossabilities™ Side "B", Classic Ovals LG, Labels Twenty-Five, Grand Rectangles Nestabilities®. NOTE: Spellbinders die templates can also be found at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Copic Markers: R29 Lipstick Red.

Misc.: Prima French White Fairytale Roses, The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  Ranger Nibs.

Busy, Busy...

Hello bloggers.  Today's post will be a short one, just thought I would share a picture of my sweet Granddaughter.  Poor thing, she has to wear the black sling for quite a while and it's getting hot here.  Today is was 95º, only to get hotter.  

As for me, my old job called and asked if I would come back for a short time, and help them close out some files, because the State of California closed down all Redevelopment Agency's state wide. I told them I would, and thought it would only be for a couple of weeks... I hope by the end of next week I will be done, and back to enjoying my retirement/crafting/family.  I have been coloring in the evenings when I get home, and should have some projects ready to post soon.

Before all the above started DH and I purchased a houseboat from out of state, and I've been dealing with that as well.  Hopefully, the houseboat will be here by the June 1st.  We are so excited. 

Well, that's it for now.  Will keep you updated, and back with a project real soon (I hope). 

Hugs Linda ❤❤