Summertime, Summertime, Sum-, Sum-, Summertime!

Happy Hump Day!  I hope you're all having a great week and are getting to enjoy some fun things this summer.  Here in Arkansas, we've had rain EVERY SINGLE DAY for the past few weeks.  I don't remember a summer like this, and I grew up in Arkansas!  We need a few days WITHOUT rain so everything can dry out, and the kids can get outside to play some.

The Design Team's Challenge this month is to show what we love to do in the summer by using Linnie Blooms' canvas, stencils, and/or masks.  In my family, we LOVE to sit outside and grill while the kids play in the yard, so I created this fun outdoor grillin' card:

First, I painted the canvas sun with watercolors, using yellow around the edges and a combination of red, orange, and yellow in the center.  While that dried, I painted the bottom of my cardstock with green watercolor for hills and the top with a combination of blue, red, orange, yellow, and purple watercolor trying to simulate a sunset.  Using some stamps I found in my stash, I then created the scene with the grill, deck chair and umbrella, and tub of beer & wine.  I used a couple sentiments to finish off the scene, then I adhered the sun with Liquid Stitch fabric adhesive.  I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out!

Here are the supplies I used:

Linnie Blooms canvas sun

Thanks for stopping by to check out my project!  Be sure to hop over to the Linnie Blooms shop to pick up your own canvas pieces and try your hand at creating a project showing what YOU love to do in the summertime.  Have a great rest of your week, and be sure to come back to see what the rest of the Design Team has in store!

Sympathy

Karen N here from Craftily Yours.  I learned a couple days ago that a sweet co-worker's mom passed away, so today's post highlights the sympathy card I made for her.

I used on of the Linnie Blooms canvas shapes and inked it up with Tim Holtz Broken China and Sapphire distress inks.  I was going to try to make a flower out of it.....but I decided instead to cut it out to add a "frame" around the image (which is from Unity Stamp Company {may hope sustain you}).  I love the extra texture that the canvas brings to my cards.  The image is colored with Tim Holtz distress watercolors, and the patterned paper is from Carta Bella So Noted.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Before you go, be sure to check out:

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Craftily yours,

Karen

May Challenge - You are Loved

Hi There, Karen N here from Craftily Yours!  Our design team was challenged in May to create something using the Linnie Blooms "Blooms".  Challenge accepted!  I created this card to give my momma on Mother's Day.

The middle is a bookmark that is removable.

She's fun, huh?  I used Tim Holtz distress paints to color up the canvas flowers and leaves.  The brad center is from Basic Grey Stitched.  The stamp is one of the Suzi Blu stamps from Unity Stamp Company.  I colored her with my Tim Holtz distress watercolor markers.

Before you go, be sure to check out:

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Craftily yours,

Karen

Sense of Wonder

Hi There, Karen N here from Craftily Yours!  For my card today, I used watercolor distress markers to color up this adorable image.....I love that sentiment so much.

I added one of the Linnie Blooms "Blooms" to the corner.  I first painted it with Tim Holtz distress paint in white and then sprayed yellow Dylusions through a heart stencil.  I added a little worn lipstick distress to the edges.  I love the texture that these shapes bring to my cards.  It sorta looked to me like the girl was releasing the butterfly towards the sun.  What do you think?  The little flowers are created with molding clay and a cake embellishment mold....then colored with distress markers.

More details are available on my blog.  Hope you will stop by!

Before you go, be sure to check out:

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Craftily yours,

Karen

Canvas flowers photo frame

Good Monday Morning! Hope everyone had an amazing weekend. Today, I am bring you my project for the Design Team Challenge of April showers bring May flowers.  My idea was to make something  with the help of my boys so they could give it as a teachers gift. Can you tell, I am ready for the end of the school year?? LOL!

Products we used for this project are the Linnie Blooms canvas shapes - the sunflower and the leaves.  We used a 4 x 4 wooden picture frame ( you know the cheap $1 ones) and the gelli arts print plate, acrylic paints, buttons, and scrabble pieces.

We sprayed the canvas with spray inks and watercolors. What a fun project to do with with you kids that you can give as gifts! I know my boys loved making it! . Hope you enjoyed my frame.

Hugs,
K Hutchinson