Sunday, June 29, 2014

Friends

Welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps weekly Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration this week as always. Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, each stop will have a full list of links. One of the Design Team posts is the hop’s Sensational Sunday Sweet Spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to be in a monthly drawing for a $20 Loves Rubberstamps Gift Voucher! We will draw the winner of the Voucher the 1st Sunday of each month! Remember, you have until 8:00 pm CST Saturday to leave your comments!

You may have arrived from Indah’s blog but if not you can start here and work your way around by following the Hop List included in each of our posts.

Now for my creation for this week.

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I’ve used the gorgeous Gemini Tilda from Magnolia for my card today. This has been teamed with some lovely papers from Bo Bunny called Love Letters. My image has been cut out using the Classic & Scallop Small Square Nestabilities. I’ve edged my main card using a Martha Stewart ‘Around the Page’ Punch set called Eyelet Lace.  Some lovely flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and a few pearls finish off my card.

My image was stamped onto X-Press It Blending Card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with Copic Markers.

The colours I’ve used are: Skin – E11, E21, E00, E000, E0000, R20, R30; Hair – E49, E35, E33, E31, E50; Clothes – YR02, YR01, YR00, YR000; Ground – N3,N2, N0.

Here’s a close up of the image.

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And one more photo….

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Your next stop for the hop is Lydia.

Now visit each of the Design Team Ladies to see their amazing projects…leave comments along the way for more chances to be our blog candy winner!

In case you get lost, here is the full line-up:

Laura – Loves Rubberstamps Blog

Dangina

Joni

Nina

Indah

Nikki – You are here.

Lydia

Blankina

I’m entering my card into the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge Blog – #265 Summer Girls

CMC – #95 Friends

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards – #68 Summer Days

Crafty Girls Challenges – #21 Anything Goes

7 Kids College Fund – #102 Anything Goes

Fan-Tastic Tuesday – #41 Anything Goes

Nikki



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Sunday, June 22, 2014

Butterfly Birthday Wishes

Welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps weekly Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration this week as always. Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, each stop will have a full list of links. One of the Design Team posts is the hop’s Sensational Sunday Sweet Spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to be in a monthly drawing for a $20 Loves Rubberstamps Gift Voucher! We will draw the winner of the Voucher the 1st Sunday of each month! Remember, you have until 8:00 pm CST Saturday to leave your comments!

You may have arrived from Indah’s blog but if not you can start here and work your way around by following the Hop List included in each of our posts.

Now for my creation for this week.

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I’ve made this cute Butterfly Box from Sandra’s Scrapshop using some gorgeous Magnolia Papers and Magnolia image. I’ve added some Latte Pearls, a couple of Wild Orchid Craft flowers and a sentiment.  My image was stamped onto X-Press It Blending Card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with Copic Markers.

The colours I’ve used are: Skin – E11, E00, E000, E0000, R20; Hair – E47, E44, E42, E40; Dress, Headband, Socks and Balloon – R17, R14, R12, R11; Boots– W7, W5, W3, W1, W00.

Here’s another photo….

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Here’s a close up of the image…

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And one of the inside….

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For the inside of my creation I’ve cut out some Floral Oval Frames from Spellbinders and stamped sentiments from the Petite Pairs stamp set from Stampin’ Up!.

Your next stop for the hop is Lydia.

Now visit each of the Design Team Ladies to see their amazing projects…leave comments along the way for more chances to be our blog candy winner!

In case you get lost, here is the full line-up:

Laura – Loves Rubberstamps Blog

Dangina

Joni

Nina

Indah

Nikki – You are here.

Lydia

Blankina

I’m entering my creation into the following challenges:

Crafts & Me Challenges – #149 Add Wings

Scrap It Girl – Things with Wings

Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge – #116 Things with Wings

Sister Act Card Challenges – #62 Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Challenges – #20 Anything Goes

Nikki



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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Gift Bag

It’s time for a new challenge at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog and this time the challenge is…..

‘Anything But A Card’.

This week, as always, we are sponsored by The Paper Shelter and Veronica & Pedro are offering a fabulous prize of $30 to spend at their site.

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If you use a TPS image in your creation you will receive the full $30 to spend on their gorgeous designs, and if you haven’t used a TPS image then you will win 3 Digis of your choice from their site.

For my creation this week I decided to make a gift bag.

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I’ve opted to use a pre-coloured image this week called Enchanted Dream.

I printed my image onto X-Press It Blending Card and cut it out using the Oval Framelits from Stampin’ Up!. I’ve added 2 additional layers one in Smoky Slate and the outer scallop layer in Pistachio Pudding, both from Stampin’ Up!. The layers have some paper piercing added to them too.

The bottom layer consists of some Smoky Slate Pattern DSP layered onto a piece of Pistachio Pudding cardstock. I added some lace to the top edge and then a piece of seam binding as well as a bow made with the same seam binding. Some Wild Orchid Craft flowers in the bottom corner finish off my bag.

Here’s a close up of the image…

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Supplies:
Stamps:Enchanted Dream (The Paper Shelter)
Card: Pistachio Pudding, Smoky Slate (Stampin’ Up), Neutrals Pattern Stack – DSP, X-Press It Blending Card
Accessories: Oval Framelits, Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack, Mat & Tool(Stampin’ Up), Flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts), Seam Binding (Wild Orchid Crafts), Lace (Live & Love Crafts)

If you haven’t already stopped by The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog then please do so you can check out the wonderful creations the rest of the DT have come up with.

I’m entering my card into the following challenges:

Emergency Crafters – Not A Card

Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenges – #97 Anything but a card

Sisters of Craft – Anything Goes

Kitty Bee Designs – #25 Baby

Craftitude Challenges – #67 Use Flowers and/or Lace

The Stamping Boutique – #21 Flower Embellishment

Nikki



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Sunday, June 15, 2014

Summer Fun

It’s time for a new challenge over at ABC Challenges and this time it is…..

‘N is for Nautical’.

For this challenge we want to see any creations with a nautical/ocean/beach theme.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Wild Orchid Crafts.

I decided to make a 3D item for my creation this time and here it is.

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The template for the Row Boat is from Sandra’s Scrapshop.

I’ve decorated my Row Boat with some Stampin’ Up papers, some Wild Orchid Craft flowers and 2 gorgeous Magnolia images.

I’ve stamped Bikini Tilda and Edwin Catching Fish (both from the Summer Breeze Collection) onto Cryogen White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black in  and coloured with Copic Markers.

The colours I’ve used are as follows:

Skin – E11, E00, E000, R20

Hair – (Tilda) E55, E53, E51, E50, (Edwin) E44, E42, E40

Tilda’s bikini – R02, R01, R00

Edwin’s swim top – C5, C3, C1, C00.

Here’s another photo…..

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And a close up of Edwin….

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And a close up of Tilda….

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Supplies:
Stamps: Bikini Tilda & Edwin Catching Fish
Card: Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Neutrals Pattern Stack, Retired Blushing Bride DSP (All Stampin’ Up)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate (Stampin’ Up)
Accessories: Silhouette Cameo, Linen Thread,Silver Mini Brad & sponges (Stampin’ Up), Flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts).

If you haven’t already stopped by ABC Challenges and checked out what the rest of the DT have created then please do so now.

I’m entering my creation into the following challenges:

Catch The Bug – Summertime!

Tilda’s Town – #108 Summer Fun

Brown Sugar – #98 Summer

Crafty Girls – #20 Anything Goes

Mod Squad Challenge – In the Ocean or On the Sea

Nikki



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Sweet Treats

Welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps weekly Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration this week as always. Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, each stop will have a full list of links. One of the Design Team posts is the hop’s Sensational Sunday Sweet Spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to be in a monthly drawing for a $20 Loves Rubberstamps Gift Voucher! We will draw the winner of the Voucher the 1st Sunday of each month! Remember, you have until 8:00 pm CST Saturday to leave your comments!

You may have arrived from Indah’s blog but if not you can start here and work your way around by following the Hop List included in each of our posts.

Now for my creation for this week.

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I’ve coloured up this gorgeous Tilda with Ice-Cream (from Magnolia Stamps) for my card today. She has been stamped onto X-Press It Blending Card usingMemento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with Copic Markers.

The colours I’ve used are: Skin – E11, E00, E000, E0000, R20; Hair – E57, E55, E53, E51, E50; Clothes – BG78, BG75, BG72, BG70; Shoes – N7, N5, N3, N2, N0; Ice-Cream – E33, E31, E30, R89, R85, R83, R81, E77, E74, E71, N2, N0.

The pretty papers are from My Mind’s Eye. The image has been cut out using a Spellbinder die called Opulent Ovals and I’ve also used a Magnolia die called Heart Flower Lace.

Here’s a close up of the image.

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Your next stop for the hop is Lydia.

Now visit each of the Design Team Ladies to see their amazing projects…leave comments along the way for more chances to be our blog candy winner!

In case you get lost, here is the full line-up:

Laura – Loves Rubberstamps Blog

Dangina

Joni

Nina

Indah

Nikki – You are here.

Lydia

Blankina

Nikki



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Sunday, June 8, 2014

Best Wishes

Welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps weekly Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration this week as always. Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, each stop will have a full list of links. One of the Design Team posts is the hop’s Sensational Sunday Sweet Spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to be in a monthly drawing for a $20 Loves Rubberstamps Gift Voucher! We will draw the winner of the Voucher the 1st Sunday of each month! Remember, you have until 8:00 pm CST Saturday to leave your comments!

You may have arrived from Indah’s blog but if not you can start here and work your way around by following the Hop List included in each of our posts.

Now for my creation for this week.

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The image for my card today is from A Random Fan and is called Travel Bug. I have printed my image onto X-Press It Blending Card and coloured with my Copic Markers.. I’ve teamed my image with some lovely papers from My Mind’s Eye and the layout is from this weeks YNS Sketch Challenge.

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The colours I’ve used on my image are: E0000, E000, E00, E11, E41, E43, E44, E47, E49, E51, E53, E55, Y15, Y13, Y11, Y00, N7, N5, N3, N2, N0, R22, R21, R20, YR17, YR16, BG78, BG75, BG72, BG70.

Here’s a close up of the image.

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Your next stop for the hop is Lydia.

Now visit each of the Design Team Ladies to see their amazing projects…leave comments along the way for more chances to be our blog candy winner!

In case you get lost, here is the full line-up:

Laura – Loves Rubberstamps Blog

Dangina

Joni

Nina

Indah

Nikki – You are here.

Lydia

Blankina

I’m entering my card into the following challenges.

Your Next Stamp Challenge – June Sketch

Sister Act Card Challenge – #60 Anything Goes

Stampin’ For The Weekend – Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Challenges  – #19 Anything Goes

Nikki



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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Sophie In The Country

It’s time for a new challenge at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog and this time the challenge is…..

‘Flower Power’.

This week, as always, we are sponsored by The Paper Shelter and Veronica & Pedro are offering a fabulous prize of $30 to spend at their site.

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If you use a TPS image in your creation you will receive the full $30 to spend on their gorgeous designs, and if you haven’t used a TPS image then you will win 3 Digis of your choice from their site.

The Paper Shelter have lots of great images suitable for this theme and I chose to use Sophie in the Country.

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My image was stamped onto Cryogen White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with Copic Markers. The colours I’ve used are: Skin – E11, E00, E000, E0000, R20; Hair & Fence – E47, E44, E43, E42, E40; Pants & Hat – V99, V95, V93, V91; Top – V25, V22, V20.

Here’s another view.

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And a close up of the image.

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The pretty papers I’ve used on this card are from Bildmalarna and is called Sweet Tones – Purple Flowers. I’ve used Spellbinders Small Classic & Scallop Nestabilities to cut out and layer my image. My card front has been edged with the Flourish Lace ‘Around the Page’ Punch from Martha Stewart. My flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and Kort & Godt. I’ve added a piece of Shabby Seam Binding to my flowers and then a Vintage Faceted Button with a Pearl addition. The lovely sentiment is from Lili of the Valley. Add a few pearls and my card is finished.

Supplies:
Stamps: Sophie in the Country (The Paper Shelter), Sentiment (LOTV)
Card: Naturals White & Perfect Plum (Stampin’ Up), Cryogen White, Sweet Tones – Purple Flowers (Bildmalarna)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sahara Sand
Accessories: Vintage Faceted Button, Pearls & 1 3/4” Circle (Stampin’ Up), Small Classic & Scallop Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Flourish Lace ‘Around the Page Punch’ (Martha Stewart), Flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts & Kort & Godt), Shabby Seam Binding (Live & Love Crafts), Copic Markers, sponge.

If you haven’t already stopped by The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog then please do so you can check out the wonderful creations the rest of the DT have come up with.

I’m entering my card into the following challenges:

Cards and More – #107 Lots of Flowers

Crafty Sentiments Designs – Anything Goes

Fan-Tastic Tuesday – #38 Summer

Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes

Try it on Tuesday – Feminine & Fancy

Nikki



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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Penny’s Birthday Bag

It’s time for a new challenge at Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog and this week it’s….

Anything Goes.

Our sponsor for this challenge is….

Shape EZ by TLC

Shape EZ by TLC

and

Scrapper’s Delights

Scrapper's Delights

I have created a Birthday themed item today using the Shape EZ ‘Rolled Bag’ template.

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The template was cut out on my Silhouette Cameo using some Gingham Garden DSP from Stampin’ Up!. My image is ‘Penny’s Presents’ which is from the Candibean Collection by Little Darlings. I have stamped the image onto X-Press It Blending Card using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloured with my Copic Markers. My image has then been layered onto a piece of Melon Mambo cardstock and adhered to the bag using Stampin’ Dimensionals. The sentiment is from the ‘Gifts of Kindness’ stamp set from Stampin’ Up! and has been stamped in Island Indigo ink and punched out using the Decorative Label punch. I’ve added some Rhinestones, a few flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and some Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon to complete my project.  

Here’s another photo…

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And a close up of the image…

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The colours I’ve used are: Skin – E11, E00, E000, E0000, R20; Hair – E57, E55, E53, E51, E50; Dress, Headband & Teddy’s top – BG78, BG75, BG72, BG70; Presents – RV14, RV13, RV11, RV10, Y15, Y13, Y11; Shoes – C10, C8, C6, C4, C2, C00.

If you haven’t already stopped by the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog then pop over now and check out what the rest of the DT have created for this week’s challenge.

I’m entering this card into the following challenges:

Brown Sugar Challenge – #96 Birthday

Jo’s Scrap Shack – #52 Birthday

The Crafter’s Cafe – Use 3 Flowers

Nikki



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Sunday, June 1, 2014

Devilish Donna

It’s time for a new challenge over at ABC Challenges.

Our challenge for you today is ‘M is for Monochromatic’.

We want to see creations for this challenge using only one main colour.

You may use different tones of the same colour and normal skin and hair colours are fine too. You may also use neutrals for layering but that’s it. 

Our sponsors for this challenge are Kenny K and Marker Pop.

We received some wonderful Kenny K images to use for this challenge I chose Devilish Donna.

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I tried something new for me with my image on this card.

I knew that I wanted to fussy cut the image out so I imported my image into my Silhouette program and traced it. I then edited points where necessary so they were on the border and then printed out my image onto X-Press It Blending card. I coloured the image with my Copic Markers and then had the Cameo cut it out for me. A bit of work but it was fun playing around with a different function for me and it is a much closer and quicker cut than I would have done.

The Copic colours I’ve used are: Skin – E11, E00, E000, E0000, R20; Hair – C10, C8, C6, C4, C2, C0; The remainder of the image uses BG78, BG75, BG72, BG70.

Here’s a closer look at the image.

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One more photo….

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Matching papers and embellishments was pretty hard in these colours but I think I managed. The paper is a Digital paper that I purchased from cheyOkata Digital scraps. My lace, rhinestones and 2 of my flowers have been coloured with my Copic Markers to coordinate.  My sentiment was stamped using Island Indigo inkpad from Stampin’ Up!

Supplies:
Stamps: Devilish Donna (Kenny K), Really Retro (retired Stampin’ Up!)
Card: Naturals White (Stampin’ Up), X-Press It Blending Card , DSP – New Beginnings Scrap Kit (cheyOkata Digital scraps)
Ink: Island Indigo (Stampin’ Up!)
Accessories: Curly Label Punch, Basic Jewels – Rhinestones, Stampin’ Dimensionals (Stampin’ Up!), Copic Markers, Lace (Live & Love Crafts), Flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts, Live & Love Crafts).

If you haven’t already stopped by ABC Challenges and checked out what the rest of the DT have created then please do so now and then get creating and join us for the challenge.

I’m entering my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz – #233 Anything Goes

Left of Center Creative Challenges – #32 Girly

Sister Act Card Challenge – #59 Anything Goes

Crafty Girls – #19 Anything Goes

Craft-Room Challenge – Things with Wings

Nikki



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Peachy Tilda

Welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps weekly Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration this week as always. Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, each stop will have a full list of links. One of the Design Team posts is the hop’s Sensational Sunday Sweet Spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to be in a monthly drawing for a $20 Loves Rubberstamps Gift Voucher! We will draw the winner of the Voucher the 1st Sunday of each month! Remember, you have until 8:00 pm CST Saturday to leave your comments!

You may have arrived from Indah’s blog but if not you can start here and work your way around by following the Hop List included in each of our posts.

Now for my creation for this week.

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My card today features a new purchase of mine and that is Tilda with Hawaii Flower. Isn’t she gorgeous!!

My image was stamped onto X-Press It Blending Card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with Copic Markers.

The colours I’ve used are: Skin – E11, E00, E000, E0000, R20; Hair – E57, E55, E53, E51; Dress, Socks, Flower & Butterflies – YR68, YR65, YR61, YR000; Leaves – YG67, YG63, YG61; Shoes – W9, W7, W5, W00.

I’ve used some coordinating papers from My Mind’s Eye paper pack called Ooh La La.

A bouquet of Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, a Shabby Seam binding bow and some Pearls which I’ve coloured with a Copic Marker, complete my card.

Here’s another photo…

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Here’s a close up of the image.

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Your next stop for the hop is Lydia.

Now visit each of the Design Team Ladies to see their amazing projects…leave comments along the way for more chances to be our blog candy winner!

In case you get lost, here is the full line-up:

Laura – Loves Rubberstamps Blog

Dangina

Joni

Nina

Indah

Nikki – You are here.

Lydia

Blankina

I’m entering my card into the following creations:

A Creative Romance – Girly Cards

artbymiran challenges – #7 Anything Goes

Suzy Bee’s Bloomin’ Challenge – Layer It Up

Tilda’s Town – #106 Anything Goes

Nikki



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