Keep Faith Pocket Card

I just had a visit with Ros, aka Mikey's Mom, and oooh'd and ahhhh'd over the beautiful card she posted today.  Seems she is hosting the challenge at City Crafter and the theme is Negativity. I did this card last night using a negative... coincidence... so I just have to enter this.

My negative is that skinny text paper border that was left over from a frame I cut a couple days ago, and had laying on my desk. The base is an oldie by The Girls' Paperie Kitch (from one of Kirsty's Pixie Dust kits.) It's combined with Prima's Lifetime collection and some polka dot paper my daughter-in-law gave me.

I cut the blue frame with Spellbinders Oval Floral. My sentiments are all cut from the Lifetime papers.

The kitty chipboard is Prima's Cartographer and the "rug" is Prima trim. My flowers are from I Am Roses and the leaves are by Petaloo.

I'm linking up at:

City Crafter - Negativity

Thanks for stopping by on a very snowy day in Ohio!

Linda

City Crafter Strawberry Farm

Yummmm...

fresh red, ripe strawberries with real whipped cream perhaps sitting on a thick piece of pound cake or just plain in a bowl (the way I eat them). I can taste them now! They're a favorite warm weather treat, right?... and for this week Kirsty of City Crafter Challenge Blog has given a challenge of creating a project that includes strawberry/s. 

I still had some papers

and buttons from one of my old Pixie Dust Paperie kits that fit the bill to perfection. So, for week two of my Guest Design spot, I made this strawberry journal...

I am addicted to making 

mini albums and journals. Every time I look at a paper collection, I think, "what kind of album will this make?" Yowl... I LOVE creating them... I LOVE using them... and I especially LOVE giving them away! So, please let me show you...

This journal has tons

of journaling and photo spots. The photo spinner is attached with a strawberry brad and tucks behind the border strip.

Aren't these papers

just ideal for a summer time journal? You could tuck in some recipes for shortcake or a fruit based bar-b-que sauce. Oh man, I'm really getting hungry!

A double page

that folds over... room for photos... and the other side...

has several journaling

tags and space for even more photos.

Go grab yourself

some paper and a strawberry image and create something pretty. What a fun challenge theme... for a fun time of year! Hop over to CCCB and see what the Design Team have created to inspire you... some beautiful stuff over there, ladies!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Cooling Down With City Crafter

July...

that takes some "Cooling Down" time, and I'm joining the girls at City Crafter Challenge Blog this week as Guest Designer and doing just that. Our  hostess, Wendy, is calling for projects using this gorgeous palette of cool colors.

I thought I'd go with a layout...

My "cool" colors

come from the help of Pink Paislee's Hope Chest collection that I bought in Virginia at Scrapdoodles. I wanted to remember that time... the newness of a unfamiliar store, the just released papers I had yet to see, the friendly ladies behind the counter. Just maybe this layout will bring that all back to me as time goes by.

My photo is mounted

on some Prima packaging and the tag is made from another one. The wood button is from Prima. 

The lace is from Surplus City.

The doily is cut with Alterations Distressed Doily die.

I fussy cut the

leaves and roses and popped them up with 3-D foam adhesive. 

I tinted Golden molding

paste with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink and applied it using Crafters Workshop Confetti stencil. Then splattered randomly with Lindy's Stamp Gang T-Bird Turquoise Flat Fabio spray.

The flourish is the piece

here that I hadn't used and has been laying on my desk patiently waiting for a home. It now has one under the I Am Roses flowers.

I also tinted some

cheesecloth with the PFDI and tucked it under the flowers. The bliss stick pin is from my stash. I fussy cut the butterfly from a sheet of Graphic 45 DP.

The zipper is from Prima.

Don't forget to stop by

the City Crafters Blog and check out all the projects the girls have created for you. Then create something beautiful yourself and enter. I'll look for you there.

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

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Happy Birthday CCCB!

City Crafter Challenge Blog is having a birthday!

There's a lot of celebrating and prize giving going on over there, so hop over and take part.

Make a birthday card and enter the challenge.

There's a fantastic prize being given to the winner.

Mine is made with

the Graphic 45 French Country collection along with flowers from Prima, Petaloo and I Am Roses. That large rose in the center was sprayed with Lindy's Stamp Gang Clam Bake Beige Starburst. 

I also used Antique 

Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Inks and a black doily.

Take part in the 

CCC Blog Hop and you may win a prize there as well. Be sure to check it out! The girls have all made some beautiful cards to inspire you, and Kirsty has a special announcement you'll want to read.

Let's all join in!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

One Must Be Brave To Be An Artist

I don't believe I'm

 either, but I sure am having fun playing around with my new art journal...

the first page in my Strathmore 5.5" x 8.5" mixed media...

I did a background 

of Mustard Seed, Chipped Sapphire and Broken China Distress Ink. Did some ghosting with a Crafters Workshop Chunk Chevron stencil and water then a little stamping. The banner and flowers are made from Glitz Vintage Blue 6" x 6" paper pad. I doodled around on the stems, leaves and flowers with a Faber-Castell S Pitt pen and shaded with the Chipped Sapphire. The flowers were cut with Alterations Tattered Florals and shaped with the handle of a small paint brush. The flower centers are colored with Mustard Seed Stickles. The text is from Cosmo Cricket's Tiny Text Art sticker sheet and edged with the Pitt pen. The rhinestones are TPC Studio.

The doodling at the

bottom was done on a strip of paper and glued onto the page. I actually stamped it first with Unity She Art Doodles then went over it all with my Pitt pen. I filled in with a white Gelly Roll pen... can't seem to leave things as is... just have to keep on playing! Actually, as I'm looking at it, I think I'll go back and do some shading on the leaves.

We'll be leaving for our

trip to Florida soon, so I won't be around much the next couple of weeks. I had planned on getting ahead with projects and scheduling them, but with a large family that's not always possible. I will try to keep in touch, though.

I'm linking up at:

Balzer Designs - Art Journal Every Day

City Crafter Challenge - All That Glitters

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Linda

City Crafter's Book Paper Challenge

I'm so happy and honored

to again have a spot as the Guest Designer at City Crafter's Challenge Blog.

 Our hostess, the amazingly 

talented Linda Robinson, has given a challenge of making a project using book paper.

(Isn't this a fabulous photo!)

Having been a book 

seller for thirteen years, I love using book paper... and as you can see by this partial stack from my stash, am well prepared...

in fact, so prepared,

that I created two projects. The first is this art journal page...

Along with the book 

paper is My Mind's Eye Sunshine collection papers, a French lace paper doily and a Prima clock. The page is bordered with vintage lace from my stash.

The tiny I Am Roses 

blossoms were edged with the same Yellow Ochre acrylic artist paint I used on the page. The leaves are from IAR, also. The white Bristo fabric flower is from Prima.

I used molding

paste with the Crafter's Workshop stencil Mini Tile Texture... which is my favorite at the moment especially on these smaller size pages.

The sweet bird image

is from Digital Perfection on Etsy. 

For my second

project, I did a CAS card. As I said before, I have to do more in this style so they can be mailed in regular flat envelopes. 

This is on a Recollections 

Kraft cardstock base with ivory mats. The patterned paper was a scrap from the Tecolote Pixie Dust Paperie kit from September 2011. I believe it is GCD Studio's Ella Blue... just guessing. Both sides were fabulous, and I wish I could just hoard it... but then we couldn't enjoy looking at it! So I stamped right on it with Jet Black Archival Ink, and am so please with the results. The stamp is from the MidWinter set from Artistic Outpost.

Some of the book

papers came from a PD kit also... Blue Moon from October 2011... the lovely Lauren Bergold assembling the bundle of ephemera. 

I chose this sheet

for the cold description. The snowflakes were made from the mini Alterations die set and the rhinestones are from TPC Studio.

Sorry this is so 

long a post... hope you stayed with me to the end because I want to encourage you to hop over to CCCB and check out the DT's lovely creations. Have a happy day!

I'm linking to:

Artistic Outpost Referral Program - Anything Goes

Balzer Designs - Art Journal Every Day

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Wishi Washi 2

Ros, City Crafters hostess 

for Week 123, has come up with an interesting and fun challenge for us... use Washi or Tissue tape on your project... BUT... you can only use two other items. YIKES!!! Now that is a challenge!!!

Hope this little number qualifies...

I did a masculine card,

and used DP and a vintage ticket (from my friend, Deb Hickman) besides my tissue tape. The papers are Basic Grey Clippings and 7 Gypies Conservatory.

This was a tough one

for me as I always seem to use a bunch of different elements. When I'm limited in the amount, my ideas for design are hard to pull together. I added extra layers of die cuts made from my DPs to make up for the lack of variety. I "think" it worked! Anyhow... it was fun and definitely was a challenge.

Stop over at the CCC blog and take a look at the lovelies the DT girls have created for you.

I still haven't gotten

my new sewing machine out of the box... reading instructions and watching the DVD. My old Singer was bought in 1968, and I could work that baby blindfolded. So this old dog has to learn some new tricks!! Should be interesting.

Thanks for visiting!

Hugs!

Linda

Another Time After Time Entry

I broke out my

Prima Fairy Belle Collection papers and chipboard die-cuts and ended up making another card to enter in City Crafters Challenge #114... Time After Time. The challenge is to use a clock somewhere on your project.

This has a kraft cardstock

base and ivory textured cardstock mat. I used my paper distresser on the edges as well as Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink.

The trinket pins are by 

Maya Road, the ribbon is from Michaels and the lace is Webster's Pages. I again used my Alterations Vintage Doily... the most used die I have at the moment.

This clock is another

from that package by Prima... LOVE these! I added a Teresa Collins brad to the center (cut off the tabs and glued in place). The jewels on the corners are by TPC Studio.

Now for a few photos...

Introducing baby Faith

to my craft room... I have to get her geared up for future hours she will spend in here.

The shade garden

is looking it's best right now with daylilies opening everywhere.

The lawn, however,

isn't doing as well... just not enough rain here this year.

How about joining

me for a cold lemonade or a cup of tea? I love it out here.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs!

Linda