FTHS May Blog Hop – Case It!

Welcome to From the Heart Stamps April blog hop! If you have arrived from KELLY’S BLOG, you are in the right place, if not why don’t you start on the From the Heart Stamps Blog, so you don’t miss anything.

We had so much fun last time we did a CASE it challenge, we decided to do it again…we have been challenged to CASE (copy and share everything) each other!! I have been tasked to CASE a card from my oh so talented teammate – Michelle. I chose to CASE THIS card.

I love the CAS take on this card. I love white space but am so bad with doing it so I decided to go for it and follow Michelle’s card closely.

I hope you like today’s card using Aloha Girl (Faithful Friends)

I used some Washi tape for the stripes (Score one for me – I used some stash!) then I went through my pre-printed images and found this sweet heart really needing to be colored (score two!) THEN I remembered a stamp set with layered shells that I “had to have” but have never used. I though that a shell where Michelle had a heart would be cute, I created the shell and fussy cut it out and popped it up with foam felt (score three – I feel like I won on this one!) I hope you like it!

As you hop along, leave a comment on each blog. One random commenter will be picked from each blog and on the FTHS blog to win an image of their choice from the FTHS store.

We are also having a link up contest with this hop. We invite you to pick one of the FTHS DT members and “CASE” one of their cards and add it to linky collection, by Sunday May 7th. Everyone who enters will be entered into a random drawing. One lucky winner will win three images of choice from the store!

Recipe for my card:

• Image: Aloha Girl (Faithful Friends) digis by From the Heart Stamps
• Shell: Simple Seashells (Papertrey Ink)
• Paper: White card (Papertry Ink)
• Ink: Copics (beach) white Gel Pen, B00, B0, B02, B04, E31, E33, E35,(skin) E50, E51, E53, (starfish) E13, E15, E77 (hair) E29, E37, E39, E15, E19 (Flowers) Y11, Y13, Y15, Y19 (suit) BG18, BG53, BG57, YG23, YG25
• Shell: Distress Inks
• Other: Polka dot backdrop dies (A Jillian Vance Design), Washi Tape, Fun Foam

Our hop will end on Sunday May 7th at 6 am EST. Winners will be posted on the From the Heart Stamps Blog on Wednesday May 9th.

Now head over to MICHELLE’S BLOG and see what inspiration she has for you.

Have fun hopping and have a wonderful week!!

Lyn

FTHS Coffee and Friends

Ooooh! I love my Distress Oxides!

For today’s card, I used Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, and Vintage Photo oxides. I spritzed water on to it and let it dry. Then I used my original distress inks in vintage photo and pulled out my Tim Holtz Splatter Stencil to create a background for my card. With my Copics, I colored up Friendship (Faithful Friends). She has be printed up in my stash for a while so when I saw her, I thought all of these pieces were meant to be together!

As always, I used my polka dot and basic backdrop dies from AJVD to get my layers. Then I used my stitched circle dies to cut out my image and my base and by inserting the image in, it gave me stitches on both sides. It turned out pretty cute I think! I hope you were inspired!

I am going to enter this one into a couple of Challenges this week:

• Cuttlebug Mania – A Cuppa
• Shopping our Stash –SOS #300 – Caffeine Fix

Thanks for stopping by!

lyn

PS and By the Way!

I won a top 3 pick at Shopping our Stash AND was a Runner up at Cuttlebug Mania!

FTHS – If Friends Were Flowers…

Today I have some From the Heart Stamps Inspiration with a card using a handmade background and a flower stamp and some distress inks.

My card uses Love you Mouse.  I colored my image up with Copics and popped it on the front of my background. Easy Peasy!!

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope your were inspired!

Lyn

FTHS April Blog Hop – Not a Spring Chicken BUT…

Welcome to From the Heart Stamps April blog hop! If you have arrived from KELLY’S BLOG, you are in the right place, if not why don’t you start on the From the Heart Stamps Blog, so you don’t miss anything.

The theme this month is “I’m no Spring Chicken”. Since I actually made this card on April 1st – I thought it would be fun to go with a funny, making fun (in a loving way of course) birthday card. That is just where my mind went, what can I say?

I have been wanting to create a card with a few “gathered” characters (a kind of scene,) so I decided to add a few birthday images that looked surprised and/or disgruntled since I was poking fun. (My Daddy turns 70 this year – he gets it!!)

I hope you like today’s card using Party Hat Birdbrain, Surprised Birdbrain, and, just for a little variety, the oh so funny A Little Something.

As you hop along, leave a comment on each blog. One random commenter will be picked from each blog and on the FTHS blog to win an image of their choice from the FTHS store.

Recipe for my card:

• Image:  Party Hat Birdbrain, Surprised Birdbrain, A Little Something. digis by From the Heart Stamps
• Paper: White and Black card (Papertry Ink)
• Ink: Copics
• Other: Basic and Polka dot backdrop dies (A Jillian Vance Design)

Our hop will end on Sunday April 9th 2017 at 6 am, and the winners will be posted on Wednesday April 13th.

Now head over to MICHELLE’S BLOG and see what inspiration she has for you.

Have fun hopping and have a wonderful weekend!!

Lyn

FTHS Sketch Challenge #168

Today we have a new sketch challenge at From The Heart Stamps – #168. I tried to follow it very closely but ended up taking a few liberties…

I had a 5th birthday to celebrate with a little guy whose party theme was a racing one so I used Race Car Birdbrain.

• Image: Race Car Birdbrain digi by From the Heart Stamps
• Paper: White (PTI) and Black Card (Recollections), DP (Digi Paper)
• Ink: Copics  (car) C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, B23, B24, B26, B29 R17, R17 (Birdbrain) Y32, Y35, Y38, YG17, YG13, YR04, YR07
• Other: LANDSCAPE TRIO Dies (Mama Elephant), Backdrop Basics Dies (A Jillian Vance Design) “Skittles” (blue)

Come on and join the sketch Challenge this week…You know you want to!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

There is a Season

I have really been loving my creative time in my Bible lately. While I love inking up a stamp, it is always scary to apply ink to my Bible page so I am doing something different for today’s page. I have been wanting to put the From the Heart Digi Time to Bloom image into my Bible from the moment I saw it and today, here it is…

I printed the image on Strathmore inkjet translucent Vellum – it dries fast and doesn’t smear. I colored it up with my Polychromos pencils. I took my time and had fun with shading and just used it as a coloring project thinking about the verse from Ecclesiastes – 3:1. It reminds us that while there are sad times there are also good times – There is a beginning with every ending.

“For everything there is a season,
    a time for every activity under heaven.”

After I colored my image, I cut it to the size of my Bible pages and rounded the corner with a 1/4″ rounder (this matches my Bible pages) I put a strip of 1/8″ inch Score tape on the straight (not rounded) edge and stuck it into my Bible.

I hope today’s page inspired you to try journaling without worry.

Thanks for stopping by!

lyn

FTHS – Fun with Embossing Folders

Today I have a couple of quick cards with fun embossed backgrounds. They are Clean and Simple but not “plain” I love CAS but I struggle with White Space (as I have mentioned before) – this technique kills two birds with one stone.

Speaking of birds, my first card is a birthday card using Party Hat Bird Brain. I colored my image up with Copics, fussy cut it, and adhered it to a bday background created – I first used a cupcake folder that I dobbed distress inks on to create color then ran through my Cuttlebug with the Happy Birthday Folder.

My second card uses Bunny and Butterflies  I Found the embossed background in my stash so I ma not sure which one it is but I love it! I then mounted it and the image on black for a bold outline. 

That is all I have today – quick and easy but adorable. Now you give it a try.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope your were inspired!

Lyn

FTHS March Blog Hop – Spring is in the Air!

Welcome to From the Heart Stamps March blog hop! If you have arrived from KELLY’S BLOG, you are in the right place, if not why don’t you start on the From the Heart Stamps Blog, so you don’t miss anything.

The theme this month is SPRING. It is so beautiful here in Georgia. The sun is shining, the days are getting warmer, and blooms are everywhere – IT’S BEAUTIFUL!

As you hop along, leave a comment on each blog. One random commenter will be picked from each blog and on the FTHS blog to win an image of their choice from the FTHS store.

Here is my card using Spring Baskets

Recipe for my card:

• Image:  Spring Baskets digi by From the Heart Stamps
• Paper: White and Hibiscus card (Papertry Ink), Digi Designer paper
• Ink: Copics, Wink of stella, White gel pen
• Other: Basic and Polkadot backdrop dies (A Jillian Vance Design), Circle Dies (Spellbinders)

Our hop will end on Sunday March 12th 2017 at 6 am, and the winners will be posted on Wednesday March 15th.

Now head over to MICHELLE’S BLOG and see what inspiration she has for you.

Have fun hopping and have a wonderful weekend!!

Lyn

FTHS A Hug Says It ALL!

For some quick mid-week inspiration. I used some colorful polkadot digi paper and created a sentiment image strip using  on of Faith’s “Faithful Friends” images – Hold Tight Hugs. A hug does say enough. There is nothing like the feeling when someone give you genuine hug!

I hope you have a great rest of your week and consider yourself hugged!

Thanks for stopping by!

lyn

FTHS Birthday Wishes!

Happy Wednesday everyone! I have been stocking up on birthday cards lately as I have a lot coming in March. Now I am prepared…if only I can get them in the mail on time (sigh)

Today I have a little midweek inspiration for From the Heart Stamps. It is CAS, but it has some texture, and I think it would be appropriate for almost anyone- what do you think? My card uses Five Party Birds. It is a pretty great image (I mean, what is cuter than a FTHS bird? FIVE!)

Thanks for stopping by! Jump over and join this week’s sketch challenge – you still have plenty of time!

Lyn