For You in Blue

Hello friends, I hope you have had, or are having a good weekend - it is Sunday night here and we are winding down ready for another week,  I have been clearly my desks and using the UFO's (unfinished objects) that continually gather - there are times I am happier with the results than others....

This card is created using a retired image - I am not sure who made it, so if you know who it is, please let me know in the comments and I will add it here! Thanks!

The image has been coloured using Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Memento Markers and an Aqua Brush.  The sentiment is from Penny Black Inc. - Tiny Wishes set and has been stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black and then cut out using Standard Circles LG

The ribbon is from May Arts.  I have used  Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares for dimension ,and E-Z Runner on this card, the bling is from Want2Scrap© 

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Sister Act Challenge - Anything Goes

Card Mania - Spring

Bug a boo Theme Challenge - Spring into Spring

Cards in Envy - Spring

Little Claire Monthly Challenge - Spring Colours

Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow 

Fairy Tale Challenge - Flower Power

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots - Spring

Addicted to Stamps Challenge - Celebration

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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In'spire Blog Hop

Welcome to the third Informal International Ambassadors Blog Hop - we have been having so much fun with these posts and are excited at how many of you come and visit - leaving comments!  

I hope you are getting to know us and and seeing our different styles, each one of us is very unique in our creative styles - so there is something for everyone!    - thank you so much for all of the lovely comments you have left for us all - you make our day!

Today we are starting at My Blog and we are using the The Inspire Dies - they are so much fun to create with - and can be used singularly or combined with others as you will see along the way! 

 Here are a few photos of my card using the....

IN-004 Bamboo Party

IN-045 Scruffy Panda

S4-488 Labels Forty-Six

S4-494 Labels Forty-Six Decorative Elements

Spellbinders Products:

• IN-004 Bamboo Party
• IN-045 Scruffy Panda
• S4-488 Labels Forty-Six
• S4-494 Labels Forty-Six Decorative Elements
• Spellbinders® Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Cross Promotional Partners:

• Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Memento Ink in Bamboo Leaves
• Kaisercraft: Patterned paper
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® - E-Z Runner; 3D Foam Squares
• Want2Scrap©: Nestabling Heart Circles Black Rhinestones

Other: Black, white and light green cardstock; sentiment stamp; acrylic block, sanding block

1. Cut/emboss one (1) Scruffy Panda in black cardstock
2, Adhere the Diecut Panda to white cardstock using liquid glue
3. Carefully hand cut around the panda - as shown above.

4. Cut/emboss one (1)  Bamboo Party in light green cardstock
5. Adhere Leaves to Bamboo stems using liquid glue and tweezers.

6. Cut/emboss three Labels Forty-Six using white cardstock
7. Score one  Labels Forty-Six at approx 1/2" and fold forward
8. Apply double sided tape to the folded portion
9. Line Up pattern and adhere the top to the scored layer - to form card base.
10. Adhere third Labels Forty-Six to the card base.

11. Cut emboss one (1) Labels Forty-Six Decorative Elements using Kaisercraft patterned paper.
12. Sand the embossed edges using a sanding block.
13. Adhere to card base using 3 D Foam Squares
14. Adhere Bamboo Party using liquid glue
15. Pop Scruffy Panda up on 3D Foam Squares and adhere in front of the Bamboo
16. Stamp sentiment
17. Cut/emboss sentiment using Standard Circles LG
18. Use the Die as a Stencil, sponging around the inside edges using Bamboo Leaves and a sponge dauber.
19. Cut/emboss next size up circle, layer Diecut sentiment onto circle
20. Attach Circle bling to sentiment
21. Adhere to card base as shown above - NOTE:  Apply double sided tape to the left side of the circle.

The next stop is Yvonne.  The list of International Ambassadors is below, in case you get lost along the way.

Linda Lucas (you are here)

Yvonne van de Grijp

Ursula Langhammer *on a break

Christine Emberson

Christina Griffiths

  

Thanks so much for stopping by - we hope you enjoy your time with us - we will be back with more!

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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Quietfire Design Guest Designer - Love Lives Here

I am so excited to have been invited to be a Guest Designer for Quietfire Design - I have always loved these beautiful sentiments - and the calligraphy makes them even more special.  I have to say it was nearly impossible to choose the ones I was going to use - they are all fabulous!

You can see the full project HERE - I would love you to pop over and check it out - and if you get the time, let me know what you think!  I look forward to sharing something totally different with you for my next Guest Designer post!  Thanks so much for taking the time to stop and visit! 

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Spellbinders Create a Flower - Orchid Tutorial

I am excited to be sharing a Step by Step Tutorial on the Spellbinders Blog! This week we are showcasing the Create A Flower Die Sets - they have certainly have captured their beauty so wonderfully with their Orchid Die - and it is so easy to create, as you will see in the Step by Step Tutorial HERE

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day!  I hope you are inspired to create your own flowers - there are so many different Dies available and all of them beautiful!  God bless you!

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Birthday Pansies

Hello Blog Friends - I am back after a few very busy days - and sharing a quick and easy card with you.

I have used a image from Flowersoft, It has been cut/embossed using Spellbinders Labels Eighteen and the Grand Calibur Die Cutting and Embossing Machine.  

The smaller image has been popped up using Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares for dimension.  The bling is from Want2Scrap©.

This card is for the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge  - Anything Goes

2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes

The Sisters Of Craft March Challenge - Anything Goes

A Girl who Crafts - Anything Goes

Everybody Art Challenge  - Something Old - images

Card Mania - Spring

One Crazy Stamper March Challenge - Anything Goes

My Craft Creations - Anything Goes

Mema's Crafts March Challenge - Anything Goes

Connie Can Crop - Birthday Wishes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper March Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottages Challenges - Include a sentiment

Country View March Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Birthday

Sweet stamps Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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Artist in Residence - Watercoloring

I am sharing a tutorial as an Artist in Residence for Imagine Crafts - and I am watercolouring using Inks and Spellbinders M-Bossabilities - don't you love that effect and it is so easy!

You can see the whole project and details by clicking HERE.  I would love you to pop over there and leave me a comment letting me know what you think - you know I love to see you!

I used the back and the front of the M-Bossabilities and got two different results as you can see above! 

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{Hugs}}}

Pretty 'Darn' Awesome Card

Hello blog friends, today I'm sharing a whimsical card card using Chameleon Pens. Along with an image from Penny Black Inc. and some Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko irRESISTibles Pico Embellishers .I have also used a Spellbinders Embossing folders that sadly had been discontinued, but there are plenty more to choose from!

The image has been coloured using Chameleon Pens and hand cut out, this has been popped up using Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares for dimension , onto a background image by Quietfire Design.

The faux Enamel Dots have been created using Imagine Crafts irRESISTible Pico Embellisher in Electric Yellow and Electric Blue.  The sentiment is from Paper Smooches.

This card is for the following challenges:

Artbymiran Challenge - Anything Goes

Docerela Creations - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes

Crafting By design March Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs - March Anything Goes

Kraftin' Kimmie's Wonderful Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Whimsy Inspiration - Use A Sentiment

Scrappers Delight Challenge - Anything Goes

Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination Challenge - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly  -  Anything Goes

Mema's Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{Hugs}}}

Spellbinders Framed Petite Labels Tutorial

Today I am sharing a card that is featuring one of the Spellbinders M-Bossabilities Folders, along with co-ordinating Dies. I am not one for making bulk batches of cards - but I have to say, if I was to do it - this would be the card - so easy and has so many lovely features - and it is so easy to create, as you will see in the Step by Step Tutorial below,

Spellbinders Products:

• EL-026 Framed Petite Labels
• S2-048 Sprigs
• S2-142 Swirl Delight
• S3-025 Petite Labels One
• SCP-13 Whirl White
• Spellbinders® Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Cross Promotional Partners:

• Anna Griffin: Mauve Cardstock
• Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko : Memento Dye Ink in Bamboo Leaves.
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® - E-Z Runner; 3D Foam Squares
• Want2Scrap©:  72 Count - White Peals - Self Adhesive

Other; Sanding Block; Mulberry Paper Rose

Directions:

1. Emboss  Mauve cardstock using Petite Framed Labels M-Bossabilities Folder

2. Lightly sand across the embossed stripes on the green cardstock

3. Cut/emboss one (1) Petite Labels One in Whirl White cardstock.  NOTE:  Select the Dies that co-ordinates with the M-Bossabilities Folder you have chosen.

4. Use the Die as a Stencil and sponging inside the Die using Bamboo Leaved and a Sponge Dauber

5. Stamp sentiment using Tuxedo Black Ink

6. Cut/emboss one (1) Swirl Delight #2 using Whirl White cardstock (#1 is the smallest Die)

7. Adhere ribbon across the embossed frame

8.Adhere the Swirl Delight using double sided tape

9. Adhere Petite Label One onto the Swirl Delight using 3D Foam Squares

10. Attach double bow using liquid glue

11. Adhere Flower using liquid Glue

12. Cut/emboss the Sprigs using green cardstock

13. Cut the individual sprigs from the stem using scissors.

14. Adhere a sprig above and below the mulberry paper rose using liquid glue and tweezers.

Designer Tip: Alternating using double sided tape and Crafty Foam Tape gives dimension to your card without adding to the postal rates.

As you can see in the photo above - this card looks great in any colour and the details can be changed to give you that little bit of variety when creating - and we all love that - don't we!?! 

Thanks so much for stopping by - I hope you are inspired to bring out your embossing folders and add a little bit of sanding to distress the cardboard - such a great embellishment.

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