More fun stuff with Lindsay Ostrom

In case you didn’t get to see the final project from me sneak peek with Lindsay Ostrom’s stamps.  Here it is.

Lindsay also has a line of card starters called Card Tricks.  You can find these in her ETSY STORE. The Paper Rabbit.

I have a batch of cards here to show you what you can do with these fabulous little creations.

As soon as I have a link for this card Trick set, I will update this page.  Sound good?  I just wanted to get these up on my blog so you could get an idea of what Lindsay is up to now!!

I hope you enjoy!  Have a great weekend!

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Valentines Day with Rubbermoon Stamps

A couple of weeks ago, at work, my delightful boss and I were perusing the new Stamps, etc available to order for Valentine’s Day.  Some companies send a display board along with the Holiday Themed stamps, to show HOW to use the stamps.  My boss, Lindsay, and I were very sad what the new stamps and display boards looked like, so what did we do?  Well she ordered what she thought would work, including some fun Rubber Moon stamps and I got to make the DISPLAY BOARD!

Here are some of the products I used.  I am in LOVE with Authentique Paper’s new SMITTEN line.  I used papers from Smitten for all the cards.

Here is what the board looks like.

Here are individual close-ups of all the cards.  They are small cards.  They measure about 3″ x 3″.

This card uses: Julie with Heart.

This card uses: Crosshatch Heart

This card also uses: Crosshatch Heart

This card uses: Heart Full

This card uses: Love Letter

This card uses: Typewriter with Heart

Here is one last look at the cards all together.

This was so much fun to make.  All of the supplies for these can be purchased on site at Ben Franklin Crafts and Frames, Grass Valley, CA.

If you don’t live in Nevada County, you can order the stamps directly through Rubber Moon stamps.

I hope you have enjoyed this post today.  What fun things do you have planned for Valentine’s Day?

This has been Jeannie from The Polka Cabana with today’s Rubber Moon Stamp post!  Have a great weekend!

So many things….

Ooh I have been so busy!  I work 3 days a week at the best store in the world.  If I haven’t bragged in a while, I work at the local craft store in our area, Ben Franklin Crafts and Frames-Grass Valley. I work in the Paper Arts department and I have recently started teaching classes. We have free classes during the week and on Saturdays.  I teach the Saturday classes.

Head on over to our Facebook page and LIKE us!!  Be sure and let them know Jeannie sent you over while you are there!!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ben-Franklin-Crafts-and-Frames-Grass-Valley/109294332432249?fref=ts

But, I also teach classes that you can sign up for(that you have a fee for) and I have been getting some great feedback from the ladies taking the classes so far. HOORAY!!

Today I taught my Mad about Mary Card Class.  Here were the main cards..

The cards you see here are my samples and what is so awesome about them is each one has a handwritten sentiment on it.  For my class the sentiments were computer generated, but they turned out just as cute.  It seems I have a lot of bosses at my job, but my direct boss, is the MOST AMAZING ARTIST,….well, outside of Mary….Linsdsay about takes the cake!  Go take a look at her blog to see what I’m talking about.  Her name is Lindsay Ostrom.  She is the one who has handwritten all my sentiments, how lucky am I???

Also this month….Clear Scraps has revealed their new Kit…and let me tell you…WOW is it a good one!

You can be part of our little Kit Club family by going to our Facebook page and liking it.  Creating Made Easy Kit Club Facebook Page. Let them know Jeannie from The Polka Cabana sent you over!

That way you can keep up with our kit reveals and what we are up to.

Here is our May 2013 Main Kit

May Main Kit 2013

Click HERE... to see what all is included in this kit.

My Mind’s Eye Papers….LOVE IT!!

If you head on over to the Clear Scraps Kit Club blog, you can see what our Design Team has been up to with this kit.  Here is a sneak peek at what I made…

You will have to head on over to the blog post to see my completed project and I’d love to have you leave a comment and let them know I sent you over.

Here is the link to see my completed project!

http://clearscraps.typepad.com/clear_scraps_kit_club/2013/05/you-make-me-smile-scrapbook-page.html

I will be back later with more Clear Scraps projects.

Next up at Ben Franklin’s:

Mary inspired Scrapbook Pages

Washi Tape Cards

Father’s Day Cards

Wednesday Wowzer, Bee-Lieve it!

It is Wednesday and here I am with my WOWZER for you!!

I am using the {ippity} set called BETTER TOGETHER.

I have used this set many times and love that you can make up your own sayings for it,

therefore the set can be used for EVERYTHING!

On the inside I made my own “honeycomb” strawberry.

I attached a phrase I had leftover to turn this into a cheerful type card.

Here is a side look at my 3-D strawberry 🙂

Bright and colorful, perfectly representing many of my favorite things!

Red…polka dots..cherries…

There you have it, my a Wowzer for this Wednesday!

I hope you have enjoyed my creation for today.

This has been Jeannie from The Polka Cabana with today’s I Heart {ippity} post.

Wednesday Wowzer

It has been a whirlwind of a week for me and things have calmed slightly enough for me to create for today’s post.

Today I am using one of my favorite {ippity} sets called:

Flowers + Friends = Priceless

I made this card to go along with the challenge over on the

Get Hippity with Ippity site

Challenge 21 called Flower & Leaf.

I call this card a 4 square card.

By no means did I make the card up, but the directions I had from a well published book were so lousy,

I had yo recreate the card by sheer luck.

It gathers and closes and opens like a box lid.  Here is what it looks like on the inside opened up.

You can put what ever kind of sentiment or note you want to on the inside.

On the front you have 4 mini panels to decorate.

You can use it as a large panel or break it down into 4 small ones like I have.

What do you think?

Isn’t this a cute card and pattern?  And those flower stamps??  Get OUT!!  They are the best!!

Gotta love {ippity}!

I also want to point out the delectable goodies from these other companies I am using with this project.

All embossing powders are by Wow Embossing Powders.  Love the glitter ones especially!!

All paper is from Momenta. Kaleidascope

Square die and floral embossing plate by Cheery Lynn Designs.

This has been Jeannie with The Polka Cabana with today’s post.

Summer Fun Banner

Today I have such a fun project for you to try!

I love using the Reflections Dies in their full size, but they are tons of fun when you just use the halves too!

I am using the Scalloped Oval set on this banner.

I used my digital papers from Echo Park, and created lots of bright and colorful layers as my banner base.

The top tiered portion of the banner is made with the Pennant die.

On the individual banner pieces I embellished each letter with the following dies:

Flip Flops, At the Beach and Little Pink Bicycle.

For the letters I used the Optimistic Font on top of layers of Scalloped Circles.

I love all the bright and cheery colors in this!

It is always fun for me to think of new ways to use supplies and I am very happy with how this turned out.

Now, moving on, have you checked out our new challenge on the Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge Blog?

The Challenge this week is Shades of Purple.

I came across and adorable, simple card design and wanted to make this design to show you all.

Here is the card original.

Here is my PURPLE version of the same design.

For this card I used the following dies:

Scalloped Rectangles for the card mats, Black Eyed Susans and Wood Grain Embossing Plates.

Also I used the  Pennant die again because I love that die!

Lots of purple:)

What do you think you can come up with for our challenge?

We’d love to see you link up with us.  Remember there is a $20.00 gift certificate to the lucky winner of the challenge!

I hope you have enjoyed my post today, this has been Jeannie with The Polka Cabana, have a great Friday.

My last Gel A Tins post

This is a bittersweet post.  My term is up this month with Gel A Tins stamps and I completely missed the Team Call for the next term

I have had a ton of fun creating with these adorable stamps.

I have to say my favorite thing about Gel A Tins is the fact they come in this wonderful Tin.

Storage is pretty easy when your stamps come in their own storage system.

Today I am using the set called  Sugar & Spice.

I am also using the Mojo Monday Sketch # 238.

Here is my card for today:)

I looked at the sketch and knew that I wanted to try using my Mini Polaroid die for this card.

It a very simple color scheme and I think it is a fun variation of the Mojo Monday sketch.

Just using white embossing powder, I was able to keep the black and white theme for the card.

But there is never a problem with a splash of pink, right?

So there you have it:  My last card for the wonderful and generous people over at Gel A Tins stamps.

I have had a lot of fun here and hope that you have enjoyed the things I have shared.

This has been Jeannie with The Polka Cabana with today’s post.

2 for 1 card with Cheery Lynn Designs

Today I am sharing 2 cards I made, just for this post.

On one of the cards I have used a new stamp I just got from {ippity} stamps, so I decided to use a sketch on an {ippity} challenge blog.  Here is the sketch.

Here is my first card.

It is a pretty simple sketch.  Since I am using some very bright and colorful MOMENTA papers, I kept my embellishments to a minimum.

I used the ZIG ZAG RIC RAC, Scalloped Circle and Circle dies.

Let me know how you like my flower.  If I get enough responses..maybe I can do a tutorial on how I made it!  Leave a response in the comments if you’d like me to do a tutorial.

 Here is the card I made with my itty bitty Unity stamp set called Adventurous.

I used the same sketch.  The dies I used are as follows:

Black Eyes Susans Embossing plate, Ribbon Eyelet Border, Pretty Petal, Circle dies and the center of the Celtic Fire Rectangle.

Here is a picture of them both together.

All my papers are from Momenta and all my embossing powders are by WOW EMBOSSING powders.

I am so thankful I have so many fun products to work with.  I hope you enjoyed how I combined different products today and that you also enjoyed the cards I have shared today.

Be sure to say YAY or NAY to the idea of a tutorial on the flower in my first card on this post.

Have you visited our new CHALLENGE blog yet?

Here is the web address:

http://cheerylynndesignschallenge.blogspot.com/

Our current theme is THINK SPRING.

I think my cards were also inspired by the theme!

Thanks for stopping by today.

This has been Jeannie from The Polka Cabana with today’s post.

WOW Embossing Powder Fun!

Hello everyone…

If you are here for the BUNNIES AND BLOSSOMS BLOG HOP,

PLEASE GO HERE FOR MY POST:

https://polkacabana.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/bunnies-and-blossoms-banner-hop-for-special-needs-children/

I am so excited to entice you into heading on over to WOW EMBOSSING POWDERS’ blog!

My group, THE GLITTER GIRL’s are doing a team post!

Now, I could show you my whole project here..but then you would have no reason to go and visit my sisters over on the WOW blog!

So, I am just going to give you a teaser of what I came up with and if you like my small sneek peek, you will have to head on over to the WOW blog and see the rest of my project and everyone else’s projects!

Here is my sneek peek.

Now..head on over to the WOW blog to see the rest:)

Have a great day!

Some things older but new to all of you!

Do you wonder what  my title means?

Well I just realized, I have 3 cards that I have made for Cheery Lynn Designs and I have never blogged about them here yet.

So you are going to get a treat today since I am sharing 3 for the blog post of 1!

I made these cards as submissions to a publication.  Two of these got chosen, so I was very excited!  The publication has come and gone, so I am sharing these now.

This was a card I made for the Easter holiday.

I just love the background on this.

I used the Wittle Weavers and Stitcher Plate Large Circle for the background.

The “sun” was made from the Sunflower and Scalloped Circle Dies.

 The “sun” was made from the Sunflower and Scalloped Circle Dies.

The butterflies are made from Exotic Butterflies Small 2 dies.

I love using those Wittle Weaver’s for the background of cards.

 This card was made for a theme called Haberdashery and Dress Making.

I used the Wood Grain Embossing Plate for the background.

The dress is made from layers of paper cut with the Anastasia Border.  Behind the dress I used the Ribbon Eyelet Border and Buttons 1.

 Lastly I used the scallops from the Border Carnival for my corners and also used the following dies to finish off this card.  Optimistic Font 1/2″, Pretty Petals and Zig Zag Ric Rac.

Lastly I have this simple but elegant card!  Oh and it happens to match our current challenge which is Add A Flourish.  Have you entered yet?

For this card, I used my favorite embossing plate, Black Eyed Susans.

I also used the following dies on this card:  Zig Zag Ric Rac, Ribbon Eyelet Border, Fanciful Flourish and Medium Rose.

So there you go, 3 cards that would be perfect for holidays we have coming up!

Easter April 8th.

Mothers Day May 13th.

National Sewing Day July, 17th.

Once again, be sure to check out the details to our Add A Flourish challenge, HERE.

You have the chance at a 20.00 gift certificate to the Cheery Lynn Designs Store.