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

Funny Card

I'm easily amused ...  but this sentiment just cracks me up!  teehee.  Not so funny for my husband though!  Now if I'd only had a stamp of a Yorkie, it would have been even better.  This image and sentiment is by B-Line Designs.  I LOVE their stamps, but they are not so easy to find.  They don't have their own online store, so you have to either google, or ask your local stamp store to order them for you.  My local stamp store in Jacksonville use to carry B-Line Designs.  Oh how I miss "A Small Cleverness".  

I did google and found an online store that you can buy them from "Stamp Diva", but I have never ordered from them.  If you hop over, take a minute to check out Charlotte Ryan!  Just scroll down.  She is soooo cute.  I have her and a little tricycle.  I hope to use them very soon.

Here is a blog post that has several other cute idea's for using this little guy HERE.

I designed this one to swap with my local card swap group "SASSSC" (Sassy) and decided to go with a shabby look.  I recently ordered the lace and rose from "Wild Orchid Crafts".  The prices for their paper roses are so low, so I stocked up on lots of colors.  You can never have too many roses, if you like shabby chic. 

Have a great week!
Melisa

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Project Details
Stamps : B-Line Designs from their "Pick Me Up" catalogue "Rover, BB508D" and "Ruff Quartet BB512E"  this one comes with 4 different sentiments -  "I ruff you", "Having a ruff day?", "I plant the garden, my dog digs the holes" and the one I used on the card.

Paper Flower and lace : The Wild Orchid
Black ribbon : Offray
black streamer
deckeled scissors

I actually sewed the party streamer to create a ruffle.  The rest is pretty self-explanatory.