B-Line Designs - Gettin' Shabby!

I ADORE B-Line Designs stamps.  They are some of the most wonderful vintage stamps I have ever seen!  Unfortunately they do not have an online store, so you have to find somewhere that sells them online, or get your local store to order them.  I think she attends stamp shows as well.  The only online store I"m aware of that sells them is StampDiva.com.  If you know of somewhere, let me know.  My local store is 50 min. away so ordering more from them would be a little out of my way.  Luckily I have a stash of them.  A stamp store in Jacksonville, FL carries them so when we lived there I purchased a few.

The dog / sentiment above and bears / sentiment below are available on page 5 of their "Pick Me Up" catalog (just in case you want to get them ordered in)

You can view all of their catalogs at their web site HERE.  They are a little slow to download, but worth the wait.

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Challenges

CARD #1
Little Red Wagon (wed) - animals
Stampavie (wed) - button and bow
Stampin' for the Weekend  (fri) - monochromatic

Shabby Tearoom (mon) - photo inspiration




CARD #2
Mad for Markers (monthly) - anything goes
Charisma Cards (thur) - monochromatic
Sugar Creek Hollow (sat) - family (bear family)
A Gem of a Challenge (sat) - animals or teddy bears


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Project Details

Card #1
Stamps : B-Line Designs
"Bingo Card"  found in the "Tattered Damask" catalog page 6
"Rover" (dog) and "Rough Quartet" (sentiment) both are found in the "Pick Me Up" catalog page 5
1t includes 4 sentiments you can use with the "Rover" image 

Patterned Paper : My Mind's Eye 6 x 6 paper pad

Ink : Tusineko Pearlescent Brown

Ribbon : Offray

Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry Doily

Tissue paper

Spray Ink : RIT Petal Pink

Deckled Scissors : Fiskars

Trim patterned paper 5" x 5".  Cut doily using die and tissue paper.  Spray doily with ink and after dry, adhere to patterned paper panel.  Adhere to pink cardstock and trim around edges with deckled scissors.  Stamp images and trim.  Wrap Bingo card with ribbon, tie bow, and adhere to card front.  Trim paper around sentiment creating a flag.  Adhere to card front and then attach button.  Adhere dog image.

Card #2
"Life is Bear-able" (sentiment stamp) : B-Line Designs
Teddy bear family digi image  :   McMahon Designs  B-Line Designs sells a stamp that is almost identical called "Bear Family"
Both are found in the "Pick Me Up" catalog page 5

Sweet n' Sassy "Bee Happy Rhubarb"

Good Morning Stampers!  Today I am sharing another cutie patootie from Sweet 'n Sassy.  I also want to let you know about the beary awesome sale Sweet 'n Sassy has going on until Wed.  40% OFF!! everything!!  Check out the details HERE.  So if you have been thinking about picking up some Sweet 'n Sassy, now's the time to do it.  I got my order in on Sunday.  This one was designed using the sketch challenge over at the Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge Blog HERE.  A new challenge is posted every saturday.  But if digital images are more your style, then you can play along on the Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge Blog HERE for a chance at winning some fabulous images!

I hope you have a beary nice week!

hugs, Melisa

You can view all of my Sweet n' Sassy projects HERE.

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Project Details

Stamps : Sweet 'n Sassy "Bee Happy Rhubarb"

Patterned Paper : My Mind's Eye Lost and Found - Madison Ave.  6 x 6 paper pad (you can get this one at Hobby Lobby)

Copic Markers E23, E25, E59  RV11, R81,  E53 (ears, nose, bee-hive)

Glitter Glue : Stickles - Cotton Candy 

Spellbinders Lacey Circles die and 1 3/4" Paper Shapers Punch

Hand Cut scalloped border using a chipboard peice as a guideline

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Challenges

Sweet 'n Sassy Sketch Challenge (sat)

 

Corrosive (sun) - from a bottle (glitter glue)

Paper Sundaes (sun) - let's get cute

Stamptacular Sunday (sun) - loads of layers

The Crazy Challenge (mon) - girly

Craft Your Passion (mon)

Paperplay (thur) - animals

Crafty Catz (fri) - stripes

Fussy and Fancy (fri) - Punches and dies

Secret Crafter (sat) - movie title "Winnie the Pooh"

By the Cute and Girly (monthly) - Winnie the Pooh

Altered Photo Frame

Welcome to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps April New Release Celebration!  I"m so excited to be the guest designer this month for Sweet N Sassy and I had so much fun playing with 2 of the new release sets!!  Today I"m sharing an altered acrylic frame using "Bee Happy Rhubarb".  The images from the set that I used are Rhubarb, the sentiment and the little bee's.  The flowers, sun and border were hand drawn.  And the little cutie in the photo is my son 22 years ago.  Boy how time flies.  If I could just kiss those little chubby cheeks one more time ....  I know there will many more inspirational projects during the hop, so take a minute to hop around and then join in the party over at SCS.

Here's the full list of Design Divas (and our special April Guest) sharing their creativity with you today.  Just click on the name to go to their blogs:

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog

Korin Sutherland

Jessica Fick

Mary Faus

DJ Rants

Dina Kowal

Kim Singdahlsen

Melisa Waldorf  YOU ARE HERE

Monika Davis

Cathy McCauley

Holly McMillen

Kim Schofield

Giovana Smith

Bridget Finlay

Taylor Usry

Make plans to join Sweet N Sassy tonight over on the member company forums on Splitcoaststampers for our New Release Party!  They will have full reveals of each fabulous stamp set, fellowship and chatter with friends, fun challenges, and more!  Also.....did you know today is Korin's birthday?!  Isn't that fun?  To celebrate, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps will be giving away a $34 gift certificate to the store.  All you have to do is leave Korin some birthday wishes over on this photo on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Facebook page. 

You can view all of my Sweet n' Sassy projects HERE.
You can view all my altered photo frames HERE.

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Project Details

Stamps : Sweet N Sassy "Bee Happy Rhubarb"

Patterned Paper : My Mind's Eye 6 x 6 paper pad "Lime Twist"

Copics : Y00, Y11, E23 (yellows)

E23, E25, E29 (dark brown fur)

E53, E23 (light brown fur)

Glitter Glue : Stickles Frosted Lace

Cut frame from blue patterned paper.  Doodle around edges.  Place it over white cardstock and draw a scalloped border on the outside and straight edge on the inside.  I started with by drawing light lines with a pencil, then with a black marker.  Color the borders with yellow Copics.  Trim.  Adhere both together.  Adhere to front of acrylic frame.  Stamp bear, color, and trim.  Hand draw flowers and sun on white cardstock, color, and trim.  Adhere to front of frame.  Stamp sentiment.  Doodle flower stems and leaves.  Color leaves with green pigment ink using a Dove Blender Pen.  Stamp bees.

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Challenges

Stampin' for the Weekend (fri)- bug (I think a bee is a bug)
Scrap, Stamp, and Doodle (sat)- spring
City Crafters (tues) - hat