Tuesday, May 29, 2018

GDPR Privacy Policy

I'm working on a new privacy policy for my followers, but for now you should know that if you comment on my site, my site collects your email address so that I can respond to you if necessary.

These email addresses are stored in the United States and cannot be retrieved by anyone but me. I never share them unless you win a prize, then I pass them on to the manufacturer supplying that prize upon request. When this happens, your information is then covered by that manufacturer's privacy policy.


If you would like me to delete your comments from my website, just email me at: lhgdpr2018@gmail.com and I will delete them within 14 days. Your information is not used for any other purpose.


Thank you,
Louise

Friday, May 25, 2018

Flutterbye Cake

The Stampendous Design Team is sharing samples from the Laurel Burch line. These are fun and easy to color and pair with great papers. There is a coloring guide on the Stampendous website.


Stampendous:
LBCR013Cling LB Flutterbye Cake
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
Acrylic Handle
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:
Cardstock - Orange, Dotted Pink, Black
Copic Markers - Y17, Y35, YR04, YR09, R22, RV09, RV19, V15, FV2, B02, B04, B06, B69, BG01, YG01, YG07

Instructions:
Step 1:  Fold a 7" x 10" piece of orange cardstock in half to form an A7 card
Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the LB Flutterbye Cake image on a 5" x 6" piece of white, color with Copic Markers, 
Step 3: Trim close to the image border on the top, and sides, tear the bottom edge
Step 4:  Mat image on a 4 1/8" x 6 1/4" piece of Black cardstock, tear the bottom edge
Step 5:  Adhere a 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" piece of dotted pink cardstock to the cardfront
Step 6:  Adhere the LB Flutterbye Cake image to the pink layer

See more Laurel Burch samples at the Stampendous Blog.

Happy Creating,
Louise

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Celebrate Your Spirit!

The Stampendous Design Team is sharing more Laurel Burch images this week. Here's one I did a while back with the LB Sun Chase (LBW011) and LB Celebrate Dreams (LBG001) sentiment. 



Stampendous:
LBCW011 Cling LB Sun Chase
LBCG001 Cling LB Celebrate Dreams
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
Acrylic Handle
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:
Cardstock - Green, Orange, Yellow, Blue
Copic Markers - Y17, Y32, Y35, RV09, V15, BG01, BG13, B04, YG07
Foam Tape

Instructions:
Step 1:  Fold a 6" x 9 1/2" piece of green cardstock in half to form an A6 card
Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the Sun Chase image on a 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" piece of white, color with Copic Markers, tear a an edge around the outline
Step 3: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the sentiment on a 1 3/4" x 4 1/4" piece of white, color with Copic Markers, tear a an edge around the outline, mat on a piece of blue cardstock with torn edges
Step 4:  Cut a 4 1/2" x 5 3/4" piece of orange cardstock, tear edges, adhere to the card front
Step 5:  Cut a 2" x 5" piece of yellow, a 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of blue, tear the edges on both, adhere over the orange
Step 6:  Use foam tape to add the Sun Chase and sentiment to the card front

See more Laurel Burch samples at the Stampendous Blog.

Happy Creating,
Louise

Monday, May 21, 2018

My Dream For You...

The Stampendous Design Team is sharing more images from the wonderful Laurel Burch line of stamps. There is a great coloring guide for these at the Stampendous website.



Stampendous:
LBCM002 Cling LB Cat Love
LBCH001 Cling LB My Dream
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
Acrylic Handle
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:
Cardstock - Dark Pink, Dark Purple
BoBunny 12" Orange Citrus Vintage 12OCV937
Copic Markers - B02, B04, RV19, R29, FV2, YG07, YR04, 100
Black Foam Tape

Instructions:
Step 1:  Fold a 6" x 9 1/2" piece of dark pink cardstock in half to form an A6 card
Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the LB Cat Love image on a 3" x 4" piece of white, color with Copic Markers, trim to 2 3/8" x 3 1/2", edge with the 100 marker
Step 3: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the sentiment on a 1 5/8" x 2 3/8" piece of white, edge with the 100 marker
Step 4:  Cut a 3 1/2" x 4 1/2"  and a 2 1/2" x 3 1/4" piece of dark purple cardstock, tear edges, adhere the images to the torn mats
Step 5:  Cut a 4 1/2" x 5 3/4" piece of the Orange Citrus Vintage paper, edge with the YR04 marker, adhere to the card front
Step 6:  Adhere the LB Cat Love to the upper left area of the card, use foam tape to add the sentiment to the lower right side of the card

See more Laurel Burch samples at the Stampendous Blog.

Happy Creating,
Louise

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Let's Celebrate!

The Stampendous April 2018 catalog has so many wonderful images. Today I paired the adorable House Mouse Tossing Confetti (HMP93) with a sentiment built from the new Big Words Happy PCS (SSC1282) set to create this darling card!



Stampendous:
HMCP93 Cling Tossing Confetti
SSC1282 Big Words Happy PCS
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
Acrylic Handle
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:
Cardstock - Turquoise, Black
BoBunny 12" Kiwi Vintage
Copic Markers - BG10, Y26, Y32, YR30, W0, W2, W4, W5, E51, E95, YG03
Black Foam Tape

Instructions:
Step 1:  Fold a 6" x 9 1/2" piece of Turquoise cardstock in half to form an A6 card
Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the Tossing Confetti image on a 3 1/4" x 4 1/2" piece of white cardstock, color with Copic Markers
Step 3:  Adhere the colored image to a 3 3/8" x 4 5/8" black mat
Step 4 :  Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the sentiments on 1/2" x 1 1/4" and 1/2" x 1 7/8" strips of white, adhere to small turquoise mats
Step 5:   Adhere a 1/2" x 6" strip of black behind one long edge of a 2 1/4" x 6" piece of Kiwi, leaving about 1/8" of black showing, adhere to the bottom edge of the card front
Step 6:   Use foam tape to add the Tossing Confetti image to the card front
Step 7:  Adhere the two sentiments to the image

See the Stampendous website for more samples and to purchase this darling stamp!

Happy Creating
Louise

Friday, May 4, 2018

Mystical Mare

Here's another wonderful Laurel Burch stamp from Stampendous. This Mystical Mare (LBP013) image is "out of this world"!



Stampendous:
LBCP013 Cling LB Mystical Mare
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
Acrylic Handle
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:
Cardstock - Dotted Pink, Blue, Black
Copic Markers - Y17, YR04, RV06, RV19, B02, B06, YG07, G17

Instructions:
Step 1:  Fold a 6" x 9 1/2" piece of dotted pink cardstock in half to form an A6 card
Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the image on a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of white, color with Copic Markers, tear all the edges
Step 3: Cut a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of black paper, tear edges, adhere the colored image on the black mat
Step 4:  Cut a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of blue cardstock, adhere the matted image to the blue layer
Step 5:  Adhere the matted image to the card front at an angle

See the Stampendous Blog for more Laurel Burch samples.

Happy Creating,
Louise

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Happy Birthday Cat

I just love the Laurel Burch collection at Stampendous. They are fun and easy  to color, there's a great coloring guide on the Stampendous website! This great Happy Birthday Cat was part of the April 2018 release!



Stampendous:
LBCP012 Cling LB Happy Bday Cat
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
Acrylic Handle
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:
Cardstock - Purple, Black
Bo Bunny 12" Kiwi Vintage 12KV913
Copic Markers - Y17, Y32, YR04, YR18, RV09, RV19, V15, B06, YG07, 100
Black Foam Tape

Instructions:
Step 1:  Fold a 6" x 9 1/2" piece of purple cardstock in half to form an A6 card
Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the Happy Bday Cat image on a 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" piece of white, color with Copic Markers, trim close around the outline, edge with the 100 marker
Step 3: Cut a 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of the Kiwi paper, tear bottom edge
Step 4:  Cut a 3 5/8" x 5 1/2" piece of black cardstock, tear bottom edge, adhere cat image to the black mat
Step 5:  Cut a 1 1/4" x 4 3/4" piece of black tear each of the long edges, adhere to the card front about 1 1/2" up from the bottom edge
Step 6:  Use foam tape to add the Happy Bday Cat to the card front

Go to the Stampendous Blog for more Laurel Burch samples.

Happy Creating,
Louise