The Ants Come Marching Two-by-Two

Hi Friends and Stampers,

It's a Happy Holly-Day Monday!  Wow, another week gone!  The days are flying by so fast that it has dawned on me that life is flying by.  So now I try to enjoy at least one moment of every day.  Even if it's work and hassle, there is always some good about it.  Like the fact that I have a job and there will be another payday.  Bills will get paid, Stampies will be bought, lol.   So enjoy this summer day!  It's my turn to show you some inspiration.

Lawn Fawn - Happy Summer - coming soon

They make a matchy die that will be coming soon too

Copic X-Press It Paper

Copic Markers

Memento Black Ink

Memento Tangelo Ink

Memento Cantaloupe Ink

Best Glue Ever

Sprinkles

Zig Two Way Glue Pen

Mini Ink Blending Tool

MFT Die-Namics - Fresh Cut Grass 

OMGosh I love these cute little ants.  Only the stampy version though, I really do not like the ants in real life, lol.  I started off sponging the tangelo and cantaloupe ink for the sun, then I put the grass die layer on and stamped on that.  Then I colored up my watermelons and thought it needed more, so I airbrushed some green behind the grass and then I added my Watermelons and then decided there needed to be a boss in charge in the middle, lol.  The sentiment comes with the images.  The watermelon paper is from Summer Lovin Carte Bella 6X6.  

It took me a month of Sundays to Find this stamp set again, I soooooo need to clean and clear off my desk, lol.  Turns out, I had put them away, but I did find the needle in the haystack and the elephant, lol.   

Thanks for checking in, 

Holly

Sensational Sunday Inspirations

Hi Stampers - 

This has been a very tough week for us here. My Grandma went back in the hospital and was in ICU for a few days and then moved to a regular room. Her ammonia levels went high again. She is getting very tired of being sick and over the last few days has became increasingly depressed and is losing her will to fight. It has been tough watching and I am not sure how things are going to go. We have some very tough decisions ahead. I have been at the hospital most of the time and home basically to shower and sleep. Hopefully she pulls through this but it really is not looking very good at this time. 

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!

Thanks you for your prayers, thoughts, well wishes and patience with things as we go through this. I am sorry that this seems to be a broken record each week, I really wish things were going better here. 

Thanks for stopping by today and I know the ladies will have some amazing projects for you to check out!

Laura Love - You Are Here

Dangina Martinez
Nina AKA PaperDaisies

Lydia Evans - Video Designer

Denice Bartucci

Rebecca Billard
Wendy Nicola Jackson
Nick
Jennifer Greco
Pam DeChellis
Loves Rubberstamps Store

Big Hugs!
Laura

Fabulous Friday Inspiration

FAIRY WISHES from Saturated Canary

Prima Flowers

Copic Markers

GESSO Faber Castell

Spellbinders

Candi Fix Foam Pads

Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Hey There Everyone

I back to share a card that I made for a cousins birthday. It is a Frozen party so, I hope she doesn't toss the card, lol. You know how little girls can be. I pulled out this pretty Fairy from my stash and went to work.

I hope you like it and will in some way be inspired to create today.

Tons of Hugs, Dangina

Lolly and Her Brolly

Hey everyone. It is a new Thursday which means more inspiration from me... Shanna.

I wanted to play with a stamp that wasn't a Magnolia stamp. I feel lately I have been playing favorites too much and needed to share my love a little bit more. 

So I colored up this Bella and mounted her to the card.  

I finished the card with some Authentique papers and Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers. 

Of course she was colored with copics on copic paper. Once day I hope to learn to truly watercolor. 

Items Used:

Stamping Bella - Lolly and Her Brolly

Copics

Copic Paper

Wild Orchid Craft Flowers

Authentique Papers

SUPERhero

Hi Friends and Stampers,

Happy Holly-Day!  It's my turn to show you some inspiration.  I hope everyone had a great 4th of July.  I've got Red/White/Blue and Gold, lol.  

MFT Birdie Brown - Super Boy

MFT Die-Namics - Blueprints 16

Memento Black Ink

Copic Markers

Copic X-Press It Paper

I know, I know, I mixed the Avengers and Super Man, may the Super Geeks of the Universe forgive me, lol.   I love them all and yes, my guys make me watch all of them at least twice.  Same with Star Wars and Star Trek.  This was a lot of fun to make.  

I hope you are having a great day. 

Holly

Sensational Sunday Inspirations

Hi Stampers - 

Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! We didn't do anything here because Tim had to work. I have just taken some time off my other job so I can get re-organized and get caught up with things since Grandma has been taking up a lot of my free time. She is still doing good and we are always grateful for everyday we have!

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 am hoping to be caught up with things this week and be able to start getting a little crafty time here and there! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Laura Love - You Are Here

Dangina Martinez
Nina AKA PaperDaisies

Lydia Evans - Video Designer

Denice Bartucci

Rebecca Billard
Wendy Nicola Jackson
Nick
Jennifer Greco
Pam DeChellis
Loves Rubberstamps Store

Thanks for stopping by!
Laura

Happy 4th of July card!

Hello and Happy Saturday! Not only am I happy that the weekend is here but I'm also excited that today is the 4th of July holiday!  I look forward to spending a great day with family and friends.  I also really love watching the fireworks at night which is always a ton of fun!  In honor of today's special occasion, I've made a patriotic card for my share today!

Here it is...

I've had this cutie from The Greeting Farm for quite some time but it's actually the first time I've created with her!  This sweet Cheeky Mate was perfect for my patriotic card so I was so excited to finally color her up with my copics!  I also added Wink of Stella all over her outfit and you can't really tell in the pic but she has lots of sparkle!  The festive papers I used are from a collection called "Liberty" by Bo Bunny and all the designs are fantastic!  For added embellishment, I found some cute tiny star sequins which I scattered throughout the card for a fun look.  I also added some thin red ribbon from my stash!

Here is the full supply list for my card:

Cheeky Mate - The Greeting Farm

Copic Markers

Faded Jeans - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Steel Grey Hybrid Ink - My Favorite Things

Liberty - Bo Bunny

Mono Multi Liquid Glue - Tombow

Wink of Stella Glitter Clear

For those of you celebrating this 4th of July Holiday, stay safe and have fun!!!

Hugs,

Marcy

Prima Tag

Hello everyone. Shanna here with some simple inspiration. I really enjoyed playing with some little things I had on my desk. 

I played with a new Prima stamp in my stash. 

I used some fun trim in my stash too. 

Doesn't this gold shimmer from the Hallo Blue Gold look amazing?

I stamped the heart on white cardstock and cut it out. Mounting the image with chipboard. 

I kept it really simple using some Distress Ink, water, a little paint, and a white pen. Really fun all the way around. 

Items Used:

Distress Ink Mermaid Lagoon

Distress Ink Tumbled Glass

Distress Ink Salty Ocean

Prima Stamps

I'm so Jelly

Hello Friends and Stampers,

It's a Happy Holly-Day Monday, and my turn to show you some inspiration.

Lawn Fawn -So Jelly

Copic markers

Copic X-Press it Paper

Wink of Stella

MFT Die-Namic Rectangle Frames

MFT Die-Namic Blueprints 13

Echo Park 6X6 A perfect summer

Zig 2-way glue pen

Memento Black Ink

I'm loving these little jellies in this set, they are so super cute!  Laura will be listing all the latest and greatest once she has caught up in shipping and emails.  

I hope you are having a fantastic week!

Holly

Sensational Sunday Inspirations

Hi Stampers - 

I have been making slow but steady progress on getting orders shipped out and am almost caught up finally. I will be off work from my other job after Thursday this coming week for 3 weeks so I am hoping whatever is left to catch up I will be able to get it knocked out the first few days I am off. That is my plan :)

Grandma is still doing good and hanging in there. We did get some sad news about a friend of ours. She will be going in for surgery on her pituitary gland as they found a tumor on it. Not sure yet if it is cancerous or not so we will be praying for good news and that everything goes ok for her. 

Do you have any 4th of July plans this year? I FINALLY have the night off and then my husband has to work the overnight shift. Figures! Since I LOVE fireworks! So I plan on taking him a blizzard to his work and we will watch the fireworks from the top of the Power Plant where he works. I am scared of heights so it will be terrifying - LOL! 

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 have had no time to get crafty as usual, and won't until I am caught up with things so I will post a throwback for you...this week I chose this adorable card from Marcy...

I think this is so adorable and Marcy's coloring is STUNNING! I always love the way she does her black hair, always looks amazing! This was created for one of our past challenges on the challenge blog. Here are the items that Marcy used on her card:

Top Hat Steampunk Marci - La La Land Crafts

Steampunk Corner Die - La La Land Crafts

Stitched Tabs Die Set of 3 - La La Land Crafts

Pumice Stone - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Yours Truly - Glitz Design

Black Tuxedo - Memento Ink

Mono Multi Liquid Glue - Tombow

Thanks for stopping by!

Laura Love - You Are Here

Dangina Martinez
Nina AKA PaperDaisies

Lydia Evans - Video Designer

Denice Bartucci

Rebecca Billard
Wendy Nicola Jackson
Nick
Jennifer Greco
Pam DeChellis
Loves Rubberstamps Store

Thanks for stopping by!
Laura

Hello, Friend!

Happy Saturday Friends!  Today, I have a fun card share for you.  Hope you like it!

And here it is...

I love the Cheeky Cherry Collection from The Greeting Farm and this is one image I don't feel I use enough!  But she is really so adorable and caught my eye when I was looking for images to use for today!  This is Cheeky Chat!  With the life being so busy these days,  I think many of us rely on technology like emails or texting. What would I do without texting every day?!!! LOL  But that's why this image really makes me remember the good ol' days when I used to actually love to pick up the phone and talk for hours...especially with my BFF! :)  I  know I need to do more of that and this image really did make me smile!  After coloring up this cutie with my copic markers, I then added  Wink of Stella over parts of her outfit to give her some shimmer.   The fun papers I used are called Hey Kid by Pink Paislee.  I think the cheerful bright colors and cool design went well as a background for her. To finish off my card, I used an older MFT stamp set called "Ring Me" for my sentiment.  I also added some sequins and twine.

Here is the full supply list for my card:

Cheeky Chat - The Greeting Farm

Copic Markers

Mustard Seed - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Steel Grey Hybrid Ink - My Favorite Things

Ring Me Stamp Set - My Favorite Things

Hey Kid - Pink Paislee

Mono Multi Liquid Glue - Tombow

Wink of Stella Glitter Clear

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Hugs,

Marcy

Fabulous Friday Inspiration

Hello There

I'm so glad you came by to visit. This week is a little ATC. I was trying to make a few but, I spilled my Dylusions Ink Spray VIBRANT TURQUOISE all over the other two and Boy am I glad I always like to use my INKSSENTIALS REUSABLE NON STICK CRAFT SHEET. It was such a life saver!

 The paper used is from the Epiphany Collection and the flowers are MANIFEST Flowers Prima. The diecut flower is from the Lacy Flowers Die Set. I did a bit of stenciling then I put it all together with Candi Fix Foam Pads & Mono Multi Liquid Glue.

I hope you enjoyed your visit! Be sure to stop & Shop Loves Rubber Stamps Shop! Please check out our 

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Tons of Hugs, Dangina

Summer Buzz

I, Shanna, have another Magnolia card to share for a Thursday Inspirational post. I just love these sweet images. 

She was colored with my copics and paired up with papers to match. 

I added some sweet flowers to embellish the card up with.

Items Used:

Magnolia Rubber Stamps - Summer Buzz Tilda from the Pink Lemonade Collection

Copic Markers

Copic Paper

Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers

My Mind's Eye 

Otterly Great Birthday

Hi Friends and Stampers,

It's a fine Holly-Day Monday and my turn to post.  Today I am sharing a Video Tutorial I came across on Happy Thoughts and Inkspots.  I just happened to have that Grunge Stamp as well, lol.

Lawn Fawn - Year Five

Lawn Fawn - Custom Die Year Five 

Distress Ink - Spiced Marmalade

Distress Ink - Salty Ocean 

Another yellow to substitute for Distress Ink - Squeezed Lemonade

Memento Black Ink

Copic Markers

X-Press It Paper

Water color Paper

White Embossing Powder

VersaMark Ink

Mini Blending Tool

Reuseable non stick craft sheet

The Newest Lawn Fawn has not been added to The Loves Rubberstamp Store just yet.  Laura is plugging away to get caught up on Shipping Orders, and then will tackle the emails she is behind on, and then when things start to balance out, she will be adding the newest items.  In the mean time, if you would like to order this, feel free to shoot her an email and she will get back to you as soon as she can.  

The first time I tried this technique, I had a piece of PTI heavyweight card stock and the colors were very bold.  So I went to my stash and I did have some water color paper.  So I pulled it out and tried a lighter touch and yes, the paper made all the difference in the world.  I think I'll keep working on the technique as I do love the effect.  

I hope you all have a great day!

Holly

Sensational Sunday Inspirations + CANDY

Hi Stampers - 

I have been making slow but steady progress on getting orders shipped out. Grandma was able to come home a week ago Friday. This week has been full of Dr. Appts (she is having to get some platelet transfusions) she also had physical therapy twice. She is continuing to do well so far so that is great.

I should be very close to completely caught up with things by the end of the week :) I am so sorry that it is taking so long but I am going as quickly as I can! Thank you for the continued thoughts, prayers and patience with this situation with Grandma! It means the world to us!

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 our winner for the month of MAY! The winner was drawn from Wndy Nicola Jackson's Blog - Crafty Kiwi Mama the week of Sunday May 31st...

Here are your random numbers:

20

Timestamp: 2015-06-21 05:05:38 UTC

Congratulations to Maarit at Violets Corner who said: It's a very cute card, Wends, and it will most certainly chase away rainy skies. I love the bright colours and the design. Happy Saturday sweetie!

Love and hugs
Maarit

Congratulations! You have won a $20.00 Gift Voucher to the Loves Rubberstamps Store! Please send an email by June 28th to lovesrubberstamps@yahoo.com

Here was Wendy's super cute project from that week:

I think this is super adorable and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the layout! Very cute! Here are the products Wendy used:

Card Recipe:

Spellbinder's Tool 'n' One

Ribbons: Ric Rac & Taffeta

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Spellbinders ~ A2 Curved Borders One

Inkssentials Re-usable Non Stick Craft Sheet

Image: Zoe by Elisabeth Bell for Whimsy Stamps

Yellow Cardstock: Bazzill Basics ~ Marshmallow Chick

My Mind's Eye Paper: Hootenanny from the Six by Six range

Sentiment: Little Darlings ~ Warm Fuzzies Sentiment Sets - Friendship

Glitter Pen: Zig - Wink of Stella ~ Glitter Blue Marker & Glitter Yellow Marker

Laura Love - You Are Here

Dangina Martinez
Nina AKA PaperDaisies

Lydia Evans - Video Designer

Denice Bartucci

Rebecca Billard
Wendy Nicola Jackson
Nick
Jennifer Greco
Pam DeChellis
Loves Rubberstamps Store

Thanks for stopping by!
Laura