Sensational Sunday Inspirations Blog Hop

Good Morning Stampers!

Welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps weekly Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration. 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 from all the comments left on the design team blogs! Remember, you have until 8:00 pm CST Saturday to leave your comments!

I hope all of you in the U.S. had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Our entire family, except Austin had to work. My husband and I both had to work 12 hour shifts and our daughter worked 3pm - 1am. My son asked me yesterday.... "Mom...are we REALLY not going anywhere for Thanksgiving?" and I said no. Austin's favorite food on the planet is Pumpkin Pie which we only have on Thanksgiving (I don't know why we don't have it more!) so he is super bummed because he thinks he won't get his pumpkin pie coma! I plan on making a small "Thanksgiving" dinner just for us tonight...complete with turkey and pumpkin pie so he will be thrilled to get his pie - LOL! 

Have you been busy doing some Christmas Shopping? I worked on Black Friday and am not a store shopper on this day....so I took advantage of some online deals and got the majority of my shopping done. No crowds, no hassles (except for the Best Buy Website crashing!) and it delivers to my house! Love it!

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Today we have a throw back to a project that Marcy made for one of our Loves Rubberstamps Challenges. It also fits perfect with our challenge this week of Thank you cards or Gifts! 

Isn't this super cute? The Cheeky Cherry Stamps are some of my favorites from The Greeting Farm! 


Here is what Marcy used on her project:

Items used:

Cheeky Lessons - The Greeting Farm

Paper and Glue - Echo Park

Copic Markers

Black Tuxedo - Memento Ink

Mono Multi Liquid Glue - Tombow

Polka Dot Greetings - My Favorite Things

Ink Blending Tool - Ranger

Faded Jeans - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Now let's hop along and see what the Design Team ladies have in store for you...

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Blog - You are here...

Dangina
Joni

Nina

Nikki

Lydia

Blankina

Thanks for stopping by!

Laura!

Thanks!

Happy Saturday all!  It's Marcy here and I have a quick fun card I made for today's inspiration.

First of all, I hope for those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving, that you had a fun and special holiday!

Here is the card I made for today...

I thought a Thank You card was perfect considering the Thanksgiving holiday we just had.  For my fun and simple card, I used the Contemporary Roses stamp set and Die-Namics from My Favorite Things.   You don't really have to do much because this coordinating set is just so easy to use and the designs are so pretty.  I also made my own background using the BG Gingham Backround stamp also from MFT.  This was stamped on some kraft cardstock which gives it a more muted look and I really like the way it looks!  I really love making my own backgrounds these days and MFT's background stamps are fantastic! I have just a few but want to get more...so much fun!:)  My background images were stamped with some colorful inks from my stash.  I finished off my card scattering some sequins for added embellishment and tying some twine as always.  The "Thanks" sentiment also comes with this fun stamp set.

Here are the Supplies Used:

Contemporary Roses Die-Namics - My Favorite Things

Contemporary Roses Stamp Set - My Favorite Things

BG Gingham Backround stamp - My Favorite Things

Black Tuxedo - Memento

Mono Multi Liquid Glue - Tombow

Make sure to stop by the Loves Rubberstamps store to see all of the fantastic background sets, clear stamps and Die-Namics from MFT.  There are always new sets coming in all the time!  

Enjoy  your Saturday and we'll see you tomorrow for a new "Sensational Sunday" Blog hop!

Hugs,

Marcy

Sharp Dressed Man

Hello Friends and Stampers,

Happy Holly-Day Monday!  For those in the States, are you ready for Thursday?  I have all kinds of things I have to do to prepare, lol.   Do you all get dressed up for Thanksgiving Dinner?  We don't.  But I still thought this would be a cute card for preparing for dinner....

MFT Die-Namics Suit and Tie

Doodlebug 6X6 Papers

Best Glue Ever! 

I love this Die-namic Die set!  This card came together so fast and easy it was amazing!  And now that it's the Holly-Days, it's more important than ever to be able to make a really quick and simple card that packs a punch.  I have many more of these to make in my future!  

Have you been able to play in our Current Challenge?   Have you checked out the New Items Laura has placed in the store?   I always get so excited, there are so many different products, something for everyone for sure.  

Okay I'm off to make some more Holly-Day cards..... Have a great week!

Holly

It comes with a Bow Tie too!

Sensational Sunday Inspirations Blog Hop

Good Morning Stampers!

Welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps weekly Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration. 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 from all the comments left on the design team blogs! Remember, you have until 8:00 pm CST Saturday to leave your comments!

We have been busy trying to narrow our choices for the new Design Team Members for our next term this last week! It has been tough! We have two members confirmed and waiting on our third! We hope to have an announcement soon :)

I thought today I would share a project that is a way throw back from one of our challenge in February of 2013! This gorgeous treat box was designed by Dangina Martinez using the Whimsy Wee Stamps Silver Fairy and a Shape EZ by TLC Heart Shaped Box Template.

How beautiful and this is one of my favorite stamps!

Here is what Dangina used on her project:

Shape Ez Template - Triple Heart Gift Box Card

Whimsy Stamps - Wee Stamps Collection - Silver Fairy

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Now let's hop along and see what the Design Team ladies have in store for you...

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Blog - You are here...

Joni

Nina

Nikki

Lydia

Blankina

Thanks for stopping by!

Laura!

I Just Can't Thank You Enough!

Happy Saturday Friends!!!  It's  Marcy back with another Saturday Inspiration Day for you all!  Since the Thanksgiving holiday is coming up this week, I wanted to make a "Thankful" card for today.  

Here is my card...

  I just love this cute image called Luka with Pumpkin by La La Land Crafts.  I colored him up with my copic markers and then added some of my Wink of Stella pen in clear glitter to his pumpkin. The fun festive papers are called Apple Cider by Bo Bunny.  These papers are so pretty and perfect for a Fall theme! I also added some Wild Orchid Craft flowers for some pretty embellishment along with some brown twine.  The sentiment is from an MFT stamp set called Polka Dot Greetings. I embossed it onto a handmade banner using some Black Sparkle embossing powder.

Here are the Supplies Used:

Luka with Pumpkin - La La Land Crafts
Apple Cider - Bo Bunny

Copic Markers

Pumice Stone - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Ink Blending Tool - Ranger

Black Tuxedo - Memento

Polka Dot Greetings - My Favorite Things

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
VersaMark Ink - Tsukineko
Black Sparkle Embossing Powder  - Ranger

Make sure to stop by the Loves Rubberstamps store to see all of the adorable La La Land Crafts stamp sets.  Also, we have a new Sensational Sunday Blog hop tomorrow so be sure to visit again.

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by! 

Hugs,

Marcy

Happy

Well today Shanna here with another quick and simple card to share with you today. I just did some simple stamping and finished the card off with a ribbon and some bling. 

Hope you have a wonderful rest of the week and enjoy your weekend!

Items Used:

MFT - Happy Everything 

Happy Camper

Hi Friends and Family,

Are we getting ready for Thanksgiving here in the States?  I know we are!  The Holly-Days are upon us and we have much to be Thankful for this year.  In the spirit of Cubscout Camping, I have made a Camping card for your Inspiration today.

MFT Roughing It

MFT Die-Namics Roughing It

MFT Die-Namics - Heirloom Labels

MFT - In the Wilderness Background

Memento Black Tuxedo Ink

Copic Markers

Copic X-Press It Paper

I love these backgrounds!  So easy to use and it's fun to create your own background papers.  Love the new tent and camper and all the adorable matchy stamps and dies to go with them.  I am going to be using these again and again with all the cubscout camping trips.  If you had a summer camping trip, these would be so perfect for your scrap pages.  

Don't forget you have til tonight to play in our Challenge!  And tomorrow starts a new Challenge!  

Thanks for Looking in on Us. 

Holly

PSST - Have you seen the New Items in the Store?  Or the new look of the store?  OMG, I love it.  Every time I push the "Home" link on the left, a whole new crop of products comes up in the store.  I literally sat here while creating cards and push that link at least 50 times, lol.   I love seeing all the goodies in the store come up randomly like that, makes me feel so creative all over again and there are stamps I forgot I have and stamps I forgot I wanted to have, lol.  

Sensational Sundays Inspiration Blog Hop

Good Morning Stampers!

Welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps weekly Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration. 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 from all the comments left on the design team blogs! Remember, you have until 8:00 pm CST Saturday to leave your comments!

We have also posted a DT call for our January through April Session and you have just a few more days to apply so check out the details! We will have the call open through November 18th.

I didn't have a chance to get crafty the last few days...I have been busy giving our store website a fresh, new look! I really love the new changes so we hope you will check it out! I have also been busy listing loads of new stuff including a TON of new Lawn Fawn! I have tons more to list so be sure to watch the New Arrivals section :)

I thought today I would share a card that totally cracks me up and makes me smile that was created by Design Team Member Lydia Evans for our challenge blog awhile back! Check this out...

I love this and after the last few days I have had with some personal issues that have come up...this has definitely been my mantra :D I hope this gave you a chuckle!

Here is what Lydia used on her project:

Lawn Fawn- Critters On The Farm

Lawn Fawn- Clarks ABCs

Lawn Fawn- Speech Bubble Border

MFT- Blue Skies Ahead

Copic Markers

Momento 'Tuxedo Black'

Now let's hop along and see what the Design Team ladies have in store for you...

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Blog - You are here...

Dangina
Joni

Nina

Nikki

Lydia

Blankina

Thanks for stopping by!

Laura!

Wherever You Go

Good morning to you all in blogland. 

Shanna here to share a fabulous card to share with you today. So today yes this is a sparkle card. It is so hard to not use this Sparkle MFT stamp set over and over. 

I embossed paper with gold detail and just really made a bang. I am sure looking at this now it would have been easier to just buy some gold glitter paper. I did use a lot of embossing powder but I love the outcome. 

Items Used:

MFT Stamps - You Were Meant to Sparkle

MFT Die-namics - Sequins Die Set

Versamark Watermark Ink Pad

You're the Coolest

Hi Friends and Stampers,

I was feeling pretty spoiled yesterday when I made this card and watched the football game at the same time, lol.   Love my new HDL monitor screen.   So during replays and commercials, over to the big shot I went.

It's my turn to show you some inspiration today.  I love these mason jar dies Laura has in her store, Loves Rubberstamps.  All the Die-Namics made my card so easy to do.

MFT Die-Namics Mason Jar Mug

MFT Die-Namics Mason Jar Labels

MFT Die-Namics Blueprints 1

Simple Stories 6X6

Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Tim Holtz Distress Tool

I used Vellum for my Mason Jar Cup and then distressed the ends with Tumbled glass so it wouldn't get lost on the paper, lol.  I also inked up the sentiment with Tumbled Glass and cut out a vellum die cut to cover it.  I also cut the ice cubs in vellum and inked them up with Tumbled Glass.  This was a lot of fun to make.  I thought about adding some brads, but I like it just the way it is.  

I hope you all have a great week!  Don't forget today is the last day to get in our Anything Goes Challenge and tomorrow we have a new Challenge.   And you have all week to comment on the Sunday Blog Hop for a chance to win a prize.  

Thanks for Looking in on Us. 

Holly

Sensational Sunday Inspirations - Watercolor Distress

Good Morning Stampers!

Welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps weekly Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration. 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 from all the comments left on the design team blogs! Remember, you have until 8:00 pm CST Saturday to leave your comments!

Before you hop along with the Design Team Ladies I wanted to let you know that we are doing our FIRST FACEBOOK PRIZE GIVEAWAY  this week! We are giving away a set of the Tropical Gelatos Color Kit:

Check out our FACEBOOK PAGE for details on the drawing :) We will be drawing our winner later tonight at 9pm Central time!

We have also posted a DT call for our January through April Session and would love to have you apply so check out the details! We will have the call open through November 18th.

Now onto my project that I created for you today :) When I went to my craft room I had a project in mind that I had planned out and was prepared to create .... until I sat down....then I was like...ehhhh...I don't feel like doing that. LOL! Do you ever do that?

Last night while at work, once we slowed down, I started watching a few you-tube videos about watercoloring with Distress Inks and thought you know what...I want to try that! I have the whole set of distress ink markers and had yet to really use them, outside of one or two here or there. So that is what I ended up doing for my project! I just decided to try something new for me (both watercoloring in general and using distress inks for more than just sponging backgrounds) and I just had some fun!

For my card I was totally inspired by a video I watched done by K Werner Design. Here is a link to the video.  For my card I love Sunflowers and had these big beautiful Sunflower stamps from the Sheena Douglas collection. I thought they would look so pretty done in this style of card. So I inked up the stamps using versamark ink and then stamped them onto Strathmore 140lb Hot Pressed Watercolor Paper. I really like this watercolor paper it is pretty smooth. I then used white embossing powder and embossed the flower heads. I looked all through what stamp sets of mine that were easy to get to (I need to organize and get in my craft room still :( ... and I could not find any silhouette leaves to use for the background. So I pulled out my Tattered Angels stamp set called Flowering Vine and used that which I think turned out really pretty!

Here is a closer look at my Sunflowers:

I used the Tim Holtz Distress Ink Markers to color the flowers. I scribbled some of the marker color onto my craft mat and then spritzed some plain water separate and then watercolored onto the paper. The colors I used were: Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, and for the flower centers - Gathered Twigs and Vintage Photo. I love the detail in the flower centers with all the little flicks of white from the embossing powder.

For the background color of the card I used my large Pumice Stone Distress Pad and smooshed it onto my craft mat twice and then spritzed some water onto it and watercolored the background. Pumice Stone, when watercolored, takes on a really cool look...it has some areas that look almost purple and I also had some areas that looked like they had kind of a green tone. So I really loved it. Then what I decided to do before my card front was dry was spritz the top using Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels. Here is a picture from the side a little so you can see this beautiful shimmer the gold gave to the card. This shimmer covers the whole card front so it is really pretty in real life:

I decided to use a Tim Holtz key for my "sentiment" for now because I wanted more of a generic card that could be used for a Sympathy card, birthday, thinking of you and the key just seemed perfect! Here is a closer look:

I liked how the key was not really silver, and not really gold but had some tones of each and since it just says "Life" it would be good for a variety of occasions! If you look at this picture you can see the kind of purples, greens, and grays colors that the pumice stone seemed to create! All in all I really love how this turned out! Thank you to K Werner Design for a great tutorial! I do have to say that after watching her videos and many of Jennifer McGuire's on watercolor backgrounds with Distress Inks.....I may have found my new favorite thing....so be prepared to see me do this a lot - LOL....you may ban me from you-tube watching in the future! :D

Now let's hop along and see what the Design Team ladies have in store for you...

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Blog - You are here...

Dangina
Joni

Nina

Nikki

Lydia

Blankina

Thanks for stopping by!

Laura!

I will be entering this into the following challenges:

Paper Creator's Crafts - Anything Goes
Di's Digi Designs - Colors of Autumn
Treasured Times Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes
Vandicrafts' Artistry Challenge - Anything Goes
ShowCASe Your Style - Tic Tac Toe - Twine, White, Emboss
Inkspirational - Shine
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Dragon's Lair Challenges - Autumn Colors
Moving Along With The Times - Sparkle & Shine
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Try It On Tuesday - Colors of Autumn
Timbro Scrap Mania - Sparkle

I have used the following products on my card:

White Embossing Powder (unknown store brand)
Stampin Up Very Vanilla and Early Espresso Cardstock
Strathmore 140 lb Watercolor Hot Pressed Paper
Tattered Angels - Iridescent Gold Shimmer Mist

Sheena Douglas Sunflower Stamp Set

Tattered Angels Screen Prints Flowering Vine

Versamark Stamp Pad

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Markers

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pumice Stone

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