When is Red, White and Blue not patriotic!

I always love the Colour Q combos and this weeks was no exception!

 The red, white and blue color combo was so adorable in the inspiration photo, I loved that it was something other than patriotic although I am a huge fan of pictures of our flag, etc. With the Fourth of July coming up, that is foremost on our minds.  I wanted to use those colors in a non traditional way though. I started out with a watercolor background, pulling out my trusty Distress Stains. When that was dry, I added some white embossing paste with a stencil.  

 I love feathers and one of my favorite sets is from Wplus9 Designs.  I have the stamps and the matching dies so I used both.  I started out coloring a piece of paper with more Distress Stains and then cut the feathers out of that.

Here is the Colour Q combo.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

AAA Cards Blog Hop

AA Cards is featuring a week full of fun, starting with a blog hop among the team members. You might have come here from the Desert Diva's blog.

 The MacGyver Challenge is full of games and huge prizes from Stampendous so be sure to check out the AAA Cards blog for all of the details.  

 Here is my card that uses all the parts of the MacGyver challenge, string, corrugated paper, a stamp, a hole and plastic.  

 I received a package this week and knew right away I had to keep part of the box.  This was the perfect backdrop for my card.  Those adorable daisies, that cute little tag and the sentiment are from a stamp set by Stampendous.  I kept the coloring very simple by touching the image here and there with Distress Stains.  

This wonderful stamp set is the give away from my blog.  You need to answer this question to be in the drawing:
What do you create the most - Cards, Layouts, Other projects?

Be sure to read all of the details on the AAA Cards so you can maybe be one of the winners.

From here, hop on over to Vicki Dutcher's blog.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Bring on the Sun!!

Summer just makes me happy, I think it is mostly that the day is lighter longer!!!

 Anyway, makes for a fun reason to create a sun design on a card and that is also the Addicted to CAS challenge this week.  I started out with watercolor paper and some Distress Stains. I could play with these all day long and every time they turn out different. That neat sentiment is from Technique Tuesday. I have been waiting for a chance to use this set!!!!

 When the inks were dry, I used a Crafter's Workshop stencil for my rays with some white embossing paste.  

Here is the Addicted to CAS challenge.

This also fits the Simon Says challenge.

 And for a fun project....

 My daughter created a gift for a friend who is moving away and I just had to share.  She started out painting the bottles with chalkboard paint.

 She then used a Chalk Marker to create her design. These are a ltitle more then just chalk.  You can wash it off but it is pretty stable. 

Love the verse she used.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Fun Times Two

My card today uses one challenge from two challenge blogs.  Of course, it was fun to play along.

 It represents some firsts for me and since I love to experiment, I was happy. The main focus is lots of white.  I started out using a stencil and some Gesso.  Once I had my card front covered with the Gesso, I sprinkled some Pearl embossing powder on the stenciled design.  I heated the embossing powder now but that did take awhile since the Gesso was wet.  In the inspiration piece, I saw a green butterfly although it just might be gold.  I did have it in mind though that I wanted to use a green butterfly against all of the white.

 I tried to catch a lot of light so you could really see the Pearl embossing powder.  Because I had to heat it for awhile, the embossing powder started bubbling up and I thought that really added to the finished look.  The banner pieces are cut strips of vellum.  The little banner piece and sentiment are from Clearly Besotted.

 Here is the Fusion and CAS(e) this sketch challenge.

And for a photo...

From our day at the beach on the First Day of Summer!

And, for a teaser, watch the AAA Cards blog