Customer Spotlight: Linda Martin

I thought it would be fun to see what some of my customers are making with my digital stamps. I occasionally come across cards and crafts made with my products and it is so heartwarming to see your creations. The other day I was browsing the gallery at MyGrafico and I saw some projects that truly knocked my socks off:

This is a 3-D applique embroidery design by Linda Martin made with my Layered Lily digital stamp.

Here is a look at the design on a pillow:

What a lovely pillow!

The Layered Waterlily digital stamp can be found here. Not only does she embroider fabric but cards as well, Linda made these fab cards with the Love Grows here set:

This card was made from the Love grows here set!

I love the stitching, so vintage and homespun:)

Linda Martin is a clever crafter, when I asked her what inspires her crafts she said:

“What inspires me as an artist? Me inspired, I always think that is a funny concept. My sister says I must have a file cabinet in my head and just pull whatever I need when I need it. My DIL BethAnne says God sticks the ideas in my head every night, when I say my prayers and go to sleep. I say I am just a bit on the crazy side. I had one design educator tell me a was an over achiever– but, I really think it’s– that when I see something in my head I need to get it out before I forget how I saw it. Must be that age thing. LOL Mostly, I think,  I have always had a gift to look at something and see it another form beyond the surface. A really badly painted room into a beautifully painted one, that sort of thing. Your 3D paper design into a 3D fabric one. Also, living on a 13 acre cay in the middle of sea creates the need for learning to use and adapt what you have on hand.”

Well, Linda, I’m glad you see the world the way you do and you bring more beauty into it. You can buy her embroidery designs at www.sewazdesigns.com. *Just a note, you may recognize some of Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff and other MyGrafico designers graphics for sale in her shop. All art sold with the commercial licence can be converted AS-IS for digital embroidery, but must be altered if used in a commercial purpose for other formats.

Thanks for sharing your art with is Linda, and thanks for stopping by, til next time happy crafting:)

Fancy Favors!

In a few months the wedding season will be in full swing. My niece is getting married this year and when she asked if I could come up with some cute favor bags I jumped at the chance! She inspired my Pretty Favor SVG set, they are pretty and elegant and cut very quickly on the Cricut machine and they will cut perfectly on the “Baby Bug” (the 6″x12″ cricut) or you can cut several at a time on the Expression. You will need a computer program such as SCAL to cut these with your Cricut, here is a coupon for $16 off if you do not have it yet: 2237421. Of course you can resize them as you like but the ones in the example here are about 4″ wide x 5″ high and 1 3/4″ deep, perfect for holding mints or candy!

Quick and easy favor boxes from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff!

The stamps on the boxes are from the Fancy Flowers digital stamp set, you get 9 high quality digital stamps in png and jpg format. I watercolored the stamps, that made the boxes quick to make! To watercolor a digital stamp simply print it in a color close to what you will paint it so if the printer ink smears you will not notice. I used Colorific metallic watercolors that were a dollar at a job lots store!

You can use your favorite border punch on the top edge of this box before assembling for a lovely touch!

This is the design that my niece picked, she has a diffrent color scheme though, I’ll share a pic when her’s are done

The cut-in handle on this box eliminates the need for ribbons! So quick and easy!

For extra flair you can cut a window in any of these boxes and back it with acetate for a peek-a-boo treat box!

You can't go wrong with scallops!

Here is a peek at the kits I used:

This set has SVG cutting templates & printable for $3!

9 digital stamps for $5

Now lets see what wonderful projects the Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff DT had for us today, there is sure to be some clever last-minute Valentine’s Day ideas for you

Kristen Hamlin

Karin Martin

Jennifer Bliss

Cheryl Gorka

Anette “Nettie” Robins

Cassandra Cushman

Tanya Johnson

Just a reminder when you shop at the Lindsay’s stamp Stuff shop at MyGrafico you get your designs instantly, if you purchase from my Shophandmade shop you get a free single stamp for every $5 you spend but you have to wait for me to email your stuff. Also it is customer appreciation month at MyGrafico so if you have purchased from MG in the past you can claim your coupon to save, click here for details. Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting:)

Valentine SVG freebies!

OK it is crunhtime! Valentines day is next weekend so lets get crafting! Here are some of the popular projects I made last year with instructions and templates. Mose have printable as well as cricut files. Just click the pictures to find the instructions and download the files:) BTW if you don’t have scal software but want it you can save 10 % with the code: 41901114 before feb 28th 2010 and cut these files and all of your computer fons with your cricut, fun!

a quick and easy valentine hanging pocket, no cricut required!

Make a take out box of fortune cookies for your sweetie, it is easy!

These were inspired by Sherry Brickeys famous template, and you cut them with the cricut, these are advanced;)

Thanks to About.coms Kate Rullen for giving me permission to convert this to a cricut file!

You can see these in the February 2010 Pack-O-Fun magazine, woot!

Here is a free sheet of kewpies to use on your valentine crafts!

More Vintage printables!

Here is a card to cut with your cricut!

Now here are some SVG files I have for Sale at Lindsay’s stamp Stuff:

4 favor boxes for $3, and they cut nice and quick, baby bug compatible;)

4 valentine classroom favors, mix and match elements for unlimited designs!

And My Best-Selling SVG design, the 3-D mailbox template!

this is fun to make with your cricut! Printable template enclosed too for only $3!

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you try some of these crafts this weekend, they are so much fun to make! The above crafts were from last years blog posts so do scroll down for more freebies and projects and let me know what you think of them. Have a great weekend and till next time happy crafting!

Where for art thou, Mojo?

I’m wondering where my crafty mojo went this week? Luckily over the weekend I made this set with stamps from the Love Grows here set, paper from the Shabby Houndstooth paper pack and my brand spanking new Prismacolor Markers I bought from Blick Art Materials on sale!

Pretty and quick! Perfect for last minute cards and gifts!

The tag and pocket are a SVG file I designed and you can download it here free! Downlad the SCallop tri-fold card SVG here. Download the scallop tag svg here.You can use it on a scrapbook page to hold hidden journaling or as a cute tag pocket like I did here:

I am loving my new prismacolors! Stamps/template: Lindsay's stamp stuff

I had a scrap of the pink houndstooth paper so I made a simple card with the cherries from Love Grows Here, I used my Cricut and scal software to cut the scallop mat (you can save 10% on scal software until 2/28 with this coupon: 4190114)

Actually I colored the card with just my Bic Markits because my Prismacolors were not here yet, not bad for inexpensive markers!

I have a new kit in the shop this week, it is a layered digital stamp in png and jpg format and a box template on sale for $1.99:

Now lets see what the Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff DT has been up to this week! That will kick-start my crafty mojo! With a new month we have a new Guest DT Rebekah Doak, she has not one but two lovely LSS projects on her blog so be sure to scroll down, I am looking forward to a month of inspiring projects from her!

Rebekah Doak *February Guest DT

Margie Visnick

Lisa Jurecek

Tracey Allen

Melissa Craig

Leanne Garner

Tamara Bennett

Cindi Hooks

Micki Harper

Erin Bailey

Janet Rossi

Cheryl Gorka *from the Monday crew with a tutorial on embossing a digital stamp!

Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!

Zen Panda

The challenge over at Oriental Stamp Art this week was to use the sketch and Asian stamps to make a valentine. Here is mine, I call it Zen Panda aka Peace, Love and Happiness:

Stamps: Panda (inkadinkado) All others (About Art Accents)

The background and conversation hearts are from About Art Accents. The funny panda is  a clear dollar stamp by inkadinkado I picked up in the dollar bin at Jo-Anns last week, I couldn’t resist

Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!

Riding along on a carousel…

Don’t you just love Merry-go-Rounds? when I first designed this Carousel Horse digital stamp I had a clean horse and that’s it but I am a stamper from way back and I love the collage look rubber stamps so I thought “hey, why not make a funky collage style digital stamp?” So I did and it is available in the Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff Shop:

Stamp/pattern paper: Lindsay's stamp Stuff, Markers: Prismacolor, Bic Mark-its

The houndstooth borders were cut with my Cricut (using SCAL software, save 10% with the code: 4190114) and my Shabby Houndstooth papers. I also printed it smaller and cut it out with postage stamp edge scissors for a bookmark, yep I also love postoids (cute faux postage stamps):

The carousel stamp set and the Shabby houndstooth paper pack are both on sale at MyGrafico and available instantly!

Here is a look a the Carousel Horse mini set. I know everyone does not like collage style stamps so I also have a clean version of the horse and frame included:

On sale for 1.99

Now lets see what the fabulous Junior DT has been up to this week:

Kristen Hamlin

Karin Martin

Jennifer Bliss

Cheryl Gorka

Anette “Nettie” Robins

Cassandra Cushman

Tanya Johnson

*February is customer Appreciation month at MyGrafico, the more you have spent in the past the more you save this month! Please see this page for full details. Thanks for stopping by and till next time Happy Crafting!

Why buy the cow…

…when you can get the milk for free?  I came upon this picture and quote from  pad of  ATC papers from Memories in the Making that I have had for a while. I loved the sassy dancer in the picture and used stamps from About Art Accents to make this Valentine for my hubby:

The caption on the vintage image says "Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free", Stamps by About Art Accents

And here is the inside of the card:

this in on the inside of the card. To print white text on colored background with your computer simply load white paper in your printer, then in your photo software make a new document and fill it with your background color then type over it with white and print. Or you can make a text box using MS word.

I hope it is funny and not lame. I used heart stamps from About Art Accents and I stamped them on textured cardstock and heat embossed them in white so they would look like the iced lollipops you get this time of year. On smooth paper they stamp very clean and crisp. The gold charm and heart paper is by about art accents as well, the houndstooth border is the leftover piece from my card yesterday (shabby houndstooth.)

Here is a tip: When you are die cutting or punching a shape from cardstock cut it from the center of the paper, that way you can use the leftover piece as a photo mat (you will only see the edges so you can get die cuts from the center because it will be hidden under the top layer, or used the leftover piece as a frame like I did in todays card. See how I trimmed the heart paper into an oval? I will use the leftover “frame” on another card, no waste! You can easily get layers and frames for 8 standard cards out of an 8.5″x11″ sheet of paper, thrifty!

Thanks for stopping by and till next time happy crafting!

A Sketch and a Freebie!

Happy Thursday! This week Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff is sponsoring the challenge blog Tuesday Morning Sketches (our very own Melissa Craig is the hostess!) All of us gals on the LSS team used the sketch this week, I flipped the sketch and used it on the card on the right, I used paper from the Shabby Houndstooth kit and stamps from the Pretty Primitive set, both available from Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff:

Stamps/paper: Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, Markers: Bic Mark-it, Prismacolor

Here is a closer look at the card done with the sketch, be sure to stop by the TMS blog to see the original sketch and link up your card for a chance to win free stamps of your choice from Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff.

This card was quick to make! Hot gluing the ribbon & flower was a real time saver!

I had so much fun making the first card (plus leftover houndstooth paper and an stamps) do I made this one too. To give flower petals depth vary the colors slightly from petal to petal. The bird stamp is from the Pretty Primitive set and the sentiment is from All Around Phrases.

Blue, yellow and tan are a classic country color combo!

Here is a look at the new sets I used:

9 stamps only $5 at Lindsay's stamp stuff!

6 papers on sale for $2.50 (regular $3)! They are designed to use little printer ink, try them today!

And now how about a freebie? this kitty is “purrfect” for Valentines day and the oval frame makes it a snap to trim. click the picture to download

a freebie for you, happy Valentines day!

Now lets see what the DT had up their sleeve this week, one of the girls used the freebie in her card and another designer has a bonus coordinating freebie for you…better visit them all so you don’t miss a thing (and leave them some love

Janet Rossi

Shannon Neparko

Margie Visnick

Lisa Jurecek

Erin Bailey

Tracey Allen

Diana Stout

Melissa Craig

Leanne Garner

Tamara Bennett

Cindi Hooks

Micki Harper

A reminder about shopping: If you shop at the Lindsay’s stamp Stuff Shophandmade store you get a free single stamp for ever $5 you spend but you need to wait (not too long though) for me to email you your order, if you shop at the LSS shop at MyGrafico you get your stuff instantly but no free stamps with purchase. Due to the size of the houndstooth paper packs (too large to email) they will only be available at the LSS shop at MyGrafico. Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!

Rubber Stamp Madness!

What a week! I find out that one of my cards made the cover of Vamp Stamp News and the same day that issue arrived in my mailbox so did the new Rubber Stamp Madness Magazine and they picked one of my cards for the Asian feature and it is on the homepage of their website, check it out here. Then Last night I got a phone call from the editor of  The Decorative Painter and they are going to publish another one of my paintings! Woohoo! OK enough Bragging

Digital Stamp: Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, Paper: Bo-Bunny, DCWV, Rubber stamp sentiment: SU!

These cards are made using the Sweet Stuff Digital stamp set from Lindsay’s stamp Stuff. You get 11 digital stamps in png and jpg format fro $5, SWEET!

I colored the image with my Bic-Markits then punched the corners and added chalk to the background, easy!

to get a two toned effect on the cake I colored it first with my bic marki-its in pink and brown then took a clear prismacolor marker and colored over the bic area where I wanted it lighter.

All of the pink frames, corners and labels were cut from a single sheet of Die Cuts with a View pattern cardstock (From the be mine stack) there is probably 30 labels on that one sheet and they are golssed and glittered too! Think about that when you buy patterned paper, sometime a single sheet can make lots of accents for cards! all the cupcake stamps are from the Sweet Stuff set available at Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff.

Thanks for stopping by, til next time happy crafting!

Toothless!

My Daughter Maizy has had a loose tooth for weeks, it is just about ready to let go, she lost her first tooth a couple of weeks ago and her new teeth are ready to come in. So when I hear my son yell “Look, your tooth came out!” I ran to Maizy to see her missing tooth…Well, it wasn’t Maizy, it was her twin sister Lila’s tooth that popped out, it was barely loose and she didn’t even notice it come out, we thought we had lost it but after much searching it was on her shirt the whole time:)

Digital Paper: Lindsay's stamp Stuff, Punch: EK Success, Black paper: DCWV, Stamp: Fiskars, Font: LD Buttercream

I snapped this picture right after she lost the tooth, I only took one because this was so perfect. I used new paper from my Uptown houndstooth paper pack (on sale for $2.50) and paper from DCWV, I added some crotched flowers and I cut the title with my Cricut using SCAL software and the font LD buttercream. I think it is Fabulous!

*NEW! I just got a coupon code for 10% off SCAL software: 4190114 offer good through 2/28/10!

Maizy still has not lost her tooth. Until next time happy crafting!