MIO Compadres August Lyrical Inspirations Hop

 Hi Everyone!

Welcome to the August MIO Hop.  This month the hop is centered around Lyrical Inspirations. I made two cards that reminded me of two"oldies" songs.  You should have arrived her from  Joy's  blog.  If not please use the button below to go back to Joy's blog and check out all her great creations!!!

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Card 1

This first card was inspired by the "oldies" song "It's My Party" by Lesley Gore in 1965.  I cut a 3 3/4 inch x 5 inch piece from an old music book.  I stamped my image on the music paper and colored it with Copic markers.  I added a piece of twine and several sequins to make it pop.  I adhered the music paper onto a piece of decorative paper and adhered that to a piece of black card stock.  I added this to a white A2 card base.

Card 2

My second card is based on the oldies song "Too Many Fish in the Sea" by The Marvelettes in 1964.

For this card, I started with a piece of white card stock cut to 3 3/4 inches by 5 inches.  I used the diamonds from Catherine Pooler's Beautiful World Stamp of Approval Box Geometric stamp set.  I stamped the smaller fish with the smaller diamond stamp for the body and stamped half the stamp for the tail in navy blue.  I stamped the larger fish using the larger diamond stamp in the same way but made it swimming in the opposite directions.  I drew the faces on the fish with a thin lined marker.  I used orange and navy twine to accent each row of fish.  I added clear sequins to look like bubbles. I stamped the sentiment on an orange piece of card stock and used foam tape to pop it up.  I used a navy piece of card stock to back the white piece and then placed it on a white A2 card.

I hope you enjoyed my cards..  It was fun thinking of old songs and making them into cards.  

The next stop on the hop is Lisa's Blog.  Click on the next button below to get there. 

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Please make sure you have checked out all the other talented card markers' blogs.  Here is the list in case you missed anyone!

 Laura -

 Emma 

 Robbie 

 Joy 

 Linda Gorman- YOU ARE HERE

 Lisa  

We have a great prize giveaway listed in the picture below and all you have to do is comment on every one's blog for a chance to win!  You must comment by August 25, 2016 and the winner will be announced on August 30, 2016.  Good Luck!!!

Thank you so much for hopping with the MIO Compadres!!!  I hope you enjoyed all the creations and got some inspiration from all of our projects.

Enjoy the rest of the summer and keep singing!!!!

Linda

Please Vote for Me! Cards from the Beautiful World Stamp of Approval Box

Hi everyone!

Today I have been working on sets of cards that I created using items from the Beautiful World Stamp of Approval Box by Catherine Pooler.  I will be posting a link where you can go to her site and vote on my cards.  I have a chance to win the next Stamp of Approval Box (a $100.00 value) if one of my cards gets the most votes..  I would love for you to vote for my cards!  Here is the link for voting.  click here

Here are the four sets of cards I made.  

My two favorite sets are the last two.  My cards are numbered on the voting page and are numbers 88, 89, 90, 91, 92.  My favorite card is #89.  Please check them out and vote for my cards.  Share with all of your friends!!!!

VOTING AND WINNING:

• Link up your creations through June 20 at 6 pm Eastern.
• Voting will start on June 20 at 6:01 pm Eastern.
• You will have until June 22 11:55 pm Eastern to have your friends and family vote for your card!  Each person can vote for up to five cards.
• Winners will be announced on June 23.

Thank you so much for checking out my cards and taking the time to vote.  I really appreciate it.  If you have any questions about my cards please comment or email me at lindahpd@aol  Have a great day!!!

Happy Card Making!!!

   linda

MIO Compadres June Dominant Color Hop

Orange It Is!!!

Hi everyone!  I am sorry I have been out of commission for a few months.  I had some unexpected changes occur in my life.  I am so happy to be back and hopping with the MIO (My Inky Oasis) Compadres.  Our theme for the June Hop is Dominant Color Cards and the dominant color we had to use in our cards is ORANGE.  I had a great time creating these cards.  You should have arrived here from Joy's Blog, if not, please click on the "previous" button to check out all of Joy's great creations. Don't forget we have a great prize package for someone to win.  The prize package and instructions are posted on the bottom of this post.

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I made two cards for our June Hop.  Orange is not one of the colors I use a lot, so it was a challenge to use it on cards that aren't for fall.

For my first card, I used a stenciled background I made using Distress Inks and a stencil from the January Stamp Of Approval Box (SOA) by Catherine Pooler.  The stenciled white cardstock measures 3 3/4 by 5 inches.  I cut a piece of white cardstock using a die from the SOA Box and stamped a flower and sentiment from Fun Stampers Journey Bloom Box.  I colored it with PanPastels.  I placed a few orange sequins on the die cut to give it a little bling.  I adhered the die cut to the white stenciled cardstock and then adhered that to a piece of  4 by 5 1/4 inch black cardstock.  I placed that on a white A2 card base.

My second card is also an A2 card using a white base.  I used a white piece of cardstock cut to 3/3/4 by 5 inches to stamp the sentiment on.  I also colored this cardstock with PanPastels. I stamped the sentiment on to the orange paper and colored it with Copic Markers. I added a little bling to the sentiment with my Clear Wink of Stella pen. The stamp I used is Spellbinder's "Be Sunny" stamp. I adhered this to a piece of black cardstock cut to 4 x 5 1/4 inches.  This was mounted to the card base.

I really enjoyed using the PanPastels which I have not used for many years.  It is great making something old new again.

I hope you enjoyed my cards and will try something from your "stash" that you haven't used in a while.  Also challenge yourself to use a color that you very rarely use.  What fun!!!

I am the last Compadre on the hop, so if you have missed anyone, please check the list below.   This is a very talented group of cardmakers and you don't want to miss any of their creations.

1. Laura -  http://www.lauralscott.com/mio-dominant-color-hop

2.. Jasmine Burgess - http://journeywithjasmine.blogspot.com/2016/06/my-inky-oasis-orange-challenge-blog-hop.html

3. Robbie Rubala -http://inkedx2.blogspot.com/search/label/MIO

4. Emma Hall - http://heartofcraft.blogspot.com/2016/06/dominant-colour-challenge-with-my-inky.html

5. Lisa Bedigian - http://royalpumpkinart.blogspot.com/2016/06/orange-new-challenge-with-my-inky-oasis.html 

6. Joy Moody - http://joyscards.blogspot.com/2016/06/mio-compadres-dominent-blog-hop-orange.html

7. Linda Gorman- YOU ARE HERE

We have a great prize giveaway listed in the picture below and all you have to do is comment on everyone's blog for a chance to win!

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To enter the giveaway to win this killer prize pack, all you have to do isleave some love on each blog in the hop! How easy is that!?!

Thank you so much for hopping with the MIO Compadres!!!  I hope you enjoyed all the creations and got some inspiration from all of our projects.

Have a great month of June and enjoy the start of summer!!!

Happy Creating!!!

Linda

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CAS-ual Fridays New Release

 Hi Everyone,

I am so excited to be included in the release of the Girlfriends Collection from CAS-ual Fridays that was first introduced in the Friendship Stamp of Approval Box by Catherine Pooler.  CAS-ual Fridays is an awesome company with a great line of stamps and dies.  I loved working with this collection!

This is the first card I made for this release I used the Girlfriend Stamp Set and the Curtis Background Stamp.

I wanted this card to have a faded, blended look so I used distress inks with these great stamps from CAS-ual Fridays.  I used a stamping tool and inked just parts of the Curtis Background Stamp to get the different colors.  I then stamped the sayings and friend from the Girlfriend Stamp Set using the same ink.  I used some enamel dots to add a little texture to the card. 

I also made two other cards using stamps and dies from this release.



 

 I used the FRI-DIES Tag Buddies Die and the Girlfriend Stamp Set.  The tag dies are so much fun and come in three sizes.  I love using the tags on packages, too!

 

 

For this card,  I used the FRI-DIES Friend die and cut it out of watercolor paper.  I also cut it out of cardstock and applied silver foil to the "f" and gold to the "riend". After watercoloring the background,  I  used the in-lay technique and placed the letters (friend) into the watercolor paper.  I remembered the saying I used from Girl Scouts.  I printed it out on white cardstock, cut it out, layered it to black cardstock and used foam tape on the back.  I then added a few sequins and it was finished.

 

I hope you enjoyed my cards and I know you will enjoy the rest of the Design Team's creations.

 

Michele from CAS-ual Fridays did an amazing job on these stamps and dies.  A must-have for any card maker or scrapper!  I have included pictures of these new items below along with links to where they can be found at Laura's Loft.

 

Girlfriend Stamps  Curtis Background  Friend Die       Love ya Die       Flower Dies      Tag Buddies

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great, crafty day!!!

 

Linda

 

 

 

 

 

 

World Card Making Day Entries with the Stamp of Approval Box

Hi Everyone!

I hope everyone is staying warm.  It is snowing here in Parma, Ohio this morning.  Nothing sticking to the ground but still snowing.  Way toooo early for this!!!!  My post today has cards I made for a Challenge in a group I belong to called StampNation.  When I started the Challenge, I made a challenge for myself to use only items from the Stamp of Approval Box by Catherine Pooler.  Here are the cards:

 USA

 

 CANADA

 

 SWITZERLAND

 

 SCOTLAND

 

 JAPAN

 

 AUSTRALIA

 

 MALAYSIA

 

 FRANCE

 

 GERMANY

 

ISRAEL

 

 

I had a great time making these cards and only using the stamps, dies, and stencil in the Stamp of Approval Box.  If you are interested in either a SOA Box or in StampNation, please check out Catherine Pooler's website.

 

 

Thank you for checking out my blog.  I have some new and exciting things coming up in the near future. I will keep you posted!  If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me at lindahpd@aol.

 

Have a great day and stay warm!!!!!

 

 

Linda