I Made It! RG Studio 360 Design Team

Hi everyone,

I am so excited, honored, and proud to be part of the RG Studio 360 Design Team.  I feel privileged to be a part of this group of  talented, creative women..  Richard Garay made the announcement last Saturday. I checked with our coordinator and was given the okay to display my entry projects.  

To apply for the team, we had to submit one card, one gift, and either a memory page or planner page. 

 My first submission is my card.  I used the "Make a Splash" digital download from the first card club kit.  This download will be available for purchase shortly.  The Card Club downloads are exclusive for period of time.  Please check out the Card Club for this month's purchase. 

My second submission is an 8 x 6 memory page.  I used the "So Loved" digital download for this project. And of course it features my granddaughter, Dacey.  I love the dangled hearts and foil on this project.

My last project is my gift project.  I used a frame I had in my stash.  I foiled and painted it.  I then used the "Winter Rose" digital download for the flowers on my project.  I love the pink and how it frames the saying.  

I loved making these projects.  Richard's digital downloads are amazing.  Each download comes in three formats, plain, outlined for easy machine cutting, and mini images. And you get all three!!!  How fun!
RG Studio 360 also offers at least 1 FREE digital download each month.  I used the FREE March digital download to make this card.

RG Studio 360 will be carrying more crafty supplies in the near future.  To keep informed on the latest happenings please join the RG Studio 360 Facebook group and/or follow RG Studio 360 on Instagram.

Here is a picture of all the great people that I will be working with along with Richard and his staff to Make Amazing Happen.

Another quick update.  FREE digital download and FREE virtual class is available on RG Studio 360 called "Make Waves".  Sign up and get the downloads and the link to the class on March 24th.  

I would like to thank everyone for taking the time to check out my blog.  If you have any questions or comments, leave them below or email me at lindahpd@aol.  

Have a great week!!!!

Happy Crafting,

linda

Somebunny's Luck with Laura's Loft February Shop & Hop

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to Somebunny's Luck with Laura's Loft February Shop & Hop. I am honored to be a full time design team member for Laura's Loft along with a great group of talented designers.  My post today is part of  Laura's Shop & Hop for February featuring St. Patrick's Day and Easter.

You should have arrived here from  Lisa's Blog .  If not,  you can go back by clicking the Previous Button or her name.

Our featured guest designer for this month is Noelia Iglesias.  She has some great projects for you to look at and enjoy.

Laura is also having a Somebunny's Luck Giveaway, details at the bottom.



My first creation is a St. Patrick's Day card made using Hero Arts "Acts of Kindness" stamp set, "Puttin on the Ritz" sequin mix, and Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Kits #2 (mowed lawn), #5(peeled paint), and #11(shabby Shutters).

To make this card, I cut a piece of white cardstock to 3 3/4 inches by 5 inches.  I stamped various shamrocks on the card using the hearts from Hero Arts "Acts of Kindness" stamp set in shades of green using Tim Holtz Distress Inks.  I stamped the sentiment in green and added sequins from the "Puttin on the Ritz" sequin mix.  I added clear Wink of Stella to each shamrock.  I glued the white cardstock to a green piece of cardstock cut 4 inches by 5 1/4 inches. I adhered the whole thing to an A2 white card base. 


My second project is an Easter Card using Altenew "Painted Poppy" stamp set, "Raspberry Crush" sequin mix and Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Kits #13(abandoned coral) and #11 (festive berries, milled lavender).

 I started this card with a piece of 140# watercolor paper cut to 3 3/4 inches x 5 inches.  I applied the Tim Holtz Distress Inks onto an acrylic block and spritzed it with water.  I placed this on the watercolor paper and "smooshed" the acrylic block onto the paper.  After drying, I used black ink to put the flower and sentiment onto the card.  I placed a few sequins from the "Raspberry Crush" sequin mix.  I applied the watercolor paper to a piece of black cardstock and placed that onto an A2 white cardstock base.  I wanted to keep the card simple, but elegant. 

I hope you enjoyed my cards.  Thank you for joining Somebunny's Luck February Blog Hop.  These products and much more can be purchased at Laura's Loft.



This is the great prize for the Somebunny's Luck Giveaway and directions on how to enter.

TO ENTER:
There are several ways to enter and the more comments you make in the different social media outlets, the more entries you earn! It is required that you comment on each blog in the Hop.  After that, you are encouraged to like, and comment on our Facebook page, tag on our Instagram post and pin on Pinterest, as well as share on your own pages. The participant with the most entries wins the fabulous prize package! How cool is that!?!  Giveaway Rules and Requirements can be found on Laura's Post.

Laura's Loft is featuring 45% off on all Christmas Stamps and Dies on the Christmas Collection page and of course $10.00 off a $75.00 or more purchase, CODE  $10off75.


Be sure to check out these collections for new additions we have this month:
Tim Holtz Mini Ink Kits
Stamping Bella
Hero Arts
Ranger
Lawn Fawn
LL/DCB Exclusive Sequins


To get to the next designer on the hop, Sue T., just click on the button below.  If you get lost, click on the names listed below.  Have fun hopping and shopping!!!



1.   Laura  
2.   Deana Benson
3.   Jasmine Burgess
4.   Robbie Rubala
5.   Heart of Craft   (Emma)
6.   Lisa      
7.   Linda Gorman  YOU ARE HERE
8.   Sue T.-
9.   Kim- 
10. Noelia


I hope everyone has a wonderful St. Patrick's Day and Happy Easter.  Thank you for joining our Hop.

HAPPY CARD MAKING AND SCRAPPING!!!

Linda



Laura's Loft January Challenge: Resist

 

 

 

 

 

 Hi everyone,

Welcome to Laura's Loft January Resist Challenge.  I am honored to be part of this Challenge with the fantastic and talented Inspirational Compadres from Laura's Loft.

The dates for the challenge are January 16 through January 29, 2016.  To enter you will need to upload your Challenge Card to the Inlinkz Linkup Tool found on Laura's Blog.  Great News!!! There will be two (2) winners in the Resist Challenge.  The prizes for the winners are a $25.00 Gift Card to Laura's Loft and a $15.00 Gift Card to Avery Elle.  The winners of the Challenge will be announced on January 31, 2016.

 

 

 

Now on to my card for the Resist Challenge.  

 

   

For this card I cut a piece of 140 # watercolor paper to 5 1/4 " x 4".  I stamped on the butterflies and sentiment with VersaMark ink using the Altenew Bejeweled Stamp Set.  I then added WOW Bright White Superfine Embossing Powder and set it with a heat gun.  I stamped Tim Holtz Mini Distress Kits inks #10(squeezed lemonade), #11 (festive berries), #12(chipped sapphire), and #14 (hickory smoke) to my craft sheet.  I then colored the butterflies and background using a waterbrush. After the paper dried I applied sequins from the Glacial Bliss Sequin Mix. I adhered the watercolor paper to black cardstock and then placed that on a white A2 size card.  I enjoyed making this card, each card turns out differently.   The products I used can be found at Laura's Loft. 

I hope you enjoyed my card.  Please check out the other cards by the Inspirational Compadres at Laura's Loft. 

Laura- http://www.lauralscott.com/llc2/
Deana-http://www.designcreativelybling.com/2016/01/lauras-loft-absolutely-inspiring.html
Jasmine-http://journeywithjasmine.blogspot.com/2016/01/lauras-loft-challenge-resist.html
Emma- http://heartofcraft.blogspot.com/2016/01/challenge-time-with-lauras-loft-resist.html
debbie- http://debbielovestocraft.blogspot.com/2016/01/challenge-inspiration-jan-2016-resist.html
Noe- http://elscrapdecrisynoe.blogspot.com.es/2016/01/lauras-loft-reto-mensual-embossing.html
Lisa - http://royalpumpkinart.blogspot.com/2016/01/resist-new-challenge-with-lauras-loft.html
Dawn - http://dipndotscreations.blogspot.com/2016/01/resist-challenge-at-lauras-loft.html
Valentina - http://valentinascrap.blogspot.com/2016/01/january-challenge-dt-lauras-loft.html
Linda Gorman-  http://dabblesbylinda.blogspot.com/2016/01/lauras-loft-january-challenge-resist.html    YOU ARE HERE
Robbie - http://inkedx2.blogspot.com/search/label/LLChallenge

Thanks for stopping by and have a great scrappy day!!!

Linda

 



 

 

 

Love Grows Here with Laura's Loft January Shop & Hop

 

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to Love Grows Here with Laura's Loft January Shop & Hop. I am honored to be a full time design team member for Laura's Loft along with a great group of talented designers.  My post today is part of  Laura's Shop & Hop for January featuring Winter and Valentine's Day.

You should have arrived here from Kim's Blog.  If not,  you can go back by clicking the Previous Button or her name.

click here 

 

 

Our featured guest designers for this month are Nico Favro and Valentine Dalmonte.  They have some great creations for you to see. 

Laura is also having a Love Grows Here Giveaway, details at the bottom.


My first creation is a Valentine's Day card featuring the Avery Elle "More Stories" Stamp Set and Dies.  I also used Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Kits #10 (Bundled Sage), #11 (Shabby Shutters), #13 (Fossilized Amber), #14 (Blueprint Sketch & Hickory Smoke), and #15 (Wilted Violet).  The stars are from the Glacial Bliss Sequin Mix. 

For this card, I cut a piece of white cardstock to 3 3/4" x 5".   I cut a circle out of a post it note and used it as a mask for the moon.  I also cut a mask for the grass .  I stamped the bunnies and used a masking pen to color them in.  Since there is only one bunny stamp, I used the reverse stamping technique for the other bunny so they would face each other. I outlined the bunnies with a black marker and shaded them with a grey marker.   I colored the sky with the Blueprint Sketch, Hickory Smoke, and Wilted Violet Distress Inks.  The moon was colored with Fossilized Amber and the ground with Bundled Sage and Shabby Shutters.   I used the die set to cut out the little hearts and banner.  I stamped the banner with the "love you" saying and used foam tape to make it pop.  I adhered the white cardstock piece to a black piece of cardstock and then to a decorative polka dot paper.  This was then placed on a white  A2 card.


My second creation is a tag I made using the Altenew Painted Butterflies Stamp Set, Virginia Turtle Holly Jolly Enamel Dots, and Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Kits #11 (Milled Lavender & Festive Berries), and #13 (Fossilized Amber).

For this tag I cut a piece of watercolor paper into the size and shape tag I wanted.  I used the acrylic block watercolor technique for the background.  I then stamped various butterflies from the Altenew Painted Butterflies Stamp Set in black ink over the dried background.  I applied the distress inks with a cotton tip swab to each butterfly.  I drew hearts with a black marker and inked those also with a cotton tip swab.   I stamped a saying onto a small piece of watercolor paper, distressed it, and adhered it with foam tape.  I tied a red ribbon and it was ready to go to my Valentine!!!

I hope you enjoyed my creations!!!  The products I used in my card and tag can be purchased at Laura's Loft.



 This is the great prize for the Love Grows Here Giveway and directions on how to enter.

TO ENTER:
There are several ways to enter and the more comments you make in the different social media outlets, the more entries you earn! It is required that you comment on each blog in the Hop.  After that, you are encouraged to like, and comment on our Facebook page, tag on our Instagram post and pin on Pinterest, as well as share on your own pages. The participant with the most entries wins the fabulous prize package! How cool is that!?!  Giveaway Rules and Requirements can be found on Laura's Post.

Laura's Loft is featuring 45% off on all Christmas Stamps and Dies on the Christmas Collection page and of course $10.00 off a $75.00 or more purchase, CODE  $10off75. 


To get to the next designer on the hop just click on the button below.  If you get lost, click on the names listed below.  Have fun hopping and shopping!!!

click here



 

 



1. Laura  -  http://www.lauralscott.com/love-grows-here/
2. Deana Benson -http://www.designcreativelybling.com/2016/01/lauras-loft-love-grows-here-shop-and-hop.html
3. Jasmine Burgess -http://journeywithjasmine.blogspot.com/2016/01/love-grows-here-blog-hop-with-lauras.html
4. Robbie Rubala - http://inkedx2.blogspot.com/search/label/LL
5. Heart of Craft - http://heartofcraft.blogspot.com/2016/01/lauras-loft-hop-and-shop-love-grows-here.html (Emma)
6. Sue- http://thecre8tivestudio.blogspot.it/2016/01/blog-hop-at-lauras-loft.html
7. Kim- http://angeldreamcrafts.blogspot.com/2016/01/lauras-loft-dt-january-blog-hop.html
8. Linda Gorman-  http://dabblesbylinda.blogspot.com/2016/01/love-grows-here-with-lauras-loft.html   YOU ARE HERE
9. Lisa Bedigian - http://royalpumpkinart.blogspot.com/2016/01/love-grows-here-shop-hop-with-lauras.html
10. Valentina Dalmonte - http://valentinascrap.blogspot.com/2016/01/love-grows-here-dtlaurasloft.html
11. Nico Scrap- http://niccoloconduec.blogspot.com/2016/01/lauras-loft-blog-hop.html

Laura's Loft December Challenge: Tic-Tac-Toe

 Hi Everyone,

Today I am participating in Laura's Loft December Challenge.  The Challenge for December is making a card using prompts from the Tic-Tac-Toe Board below. 

 

 

Please join us in our Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge.  The Challenge runs until midnight of January 2, 2016.  And there are two great prizes for the winning cards!!!!

 

Winner



Runner Up

 To be eligible to win these prizes go to Laura's Loft and enter your creations in the Inlinkz.  

 

 

My Take on the Challenge

 

I decided to use the diagonal prompts from top left to bottom right.  My card includes Sequins, Shaker Card, and Die Cutting. 

 

 

To make this card I selected several pieces of decorative paper.  I die cut a circle in both papers to make my shaker card.  I stamped and die cut the penguin from The Greeting Farm "Let It Snow" stamp set and matching die set.  I colored the penguin with markers and glued it to the card.  I used Glacial Bliss Sequin Mix in the shaker with a little snow also on the bottom.  For the embossing element of the card I embossed the blue snowflakes on the front of the card using WOW Nice Ice Blue Embossing Powder.  I love the way the card turned out!

 

I love doing Challenge Cards!  They make you use your creative juices to put your own spin on your card.  There will be a Challenge every month at Laura's Loft so please make sure you check back to join in the fun. 

 

All these great products and much more can be purchased from Laura's Loft.  Laura has a wide variety of all things great for card making and scrapbooking. She even has gift certificates available.  

 

I hope everyone enjoyed my card.  Have a great holiday season!!!

 

HAPPY CARD MAKING AND CREATING !!!

 

 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