Sensational Sunday Inspirations Blog Hop & CANDY!

Hi Stampers!

We hope that you had fun playing along in our blog hop this last week! The Design team and I all thought it was a blast and the feedback that we did get was really positive so we are going to have this be our new format for the Sunday postings :)

Before we get to today's hop... we have to announce last week's candy winner!

This week the Sensational Sunday Sweet Spot was on Shanna's Blog!!

Here are your random numbers:

5

Timestamp: 2013-04-07 04:29:45 UTC

Comment #5 (design team members comments were not counted) - kren - A Fourth Life who said: Oooohhhhhh, so cute! TFS!

Congratulations Kren!! Please send me an email at lovesrubberstamps@yahoo.com by April 13th and I will send you your code for a $10.00 gift voucher to the Loves Rubberstamps store!

Now... Let's go to the Hop!

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 win a $10 Loves Rubberstamps store gift certificate. So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love for the Designers! You have until Saturday, April 13th, at 8pm CST. Have fun and we hope that you enjoy the hop!

For my card today I decided to use one of my Magnolia stamps that I love for Spring and Summer cards. This is the Tilda As a Butterfly stamp from the Chasing Dreams Collection. We don't have this series listed in the store yet but it will be coming soon :) I will be listing the brand new Once Upon a Time Collection in our store later today though! YAY! Here is my card for today...

I colored her with my copics. I am still a newbie at coloring pleats in clothes and after my markers dried I think it looked better than it did originally - LOL! So if you are trying new things with your copics, give the ink a chance to dry and you might like it better :) I am not quite sure about the yellow...I only have 3 colors and they are a little bright to me. So while the yellow is growing on me... I will just consider it like a little burst of sunshine in my Spring themed card  :)  The fancy corner embellishments are created using the La La Land Die - Filigree Corner Die.

Here are some close ups of my embellishments on the front...

My Metal Butterfly Charm

I decided to make this an easel style card. Instead of creating a one piece card front, I decorated the front with two seperate panels so when you fold it you still see part of the front with the designer paper and then the Spellbinders Floral Oval piece becomes the main centerpiece.

Here is a closer peek at the inside sentiment area...

I created the tag using the Spellbinders Fancy Tags Dies and the sentiment is from the new Delicate Words Die from The Greeting Farm. Love this! Those beautiful papers are from the Bildmalarna Flowers of Spring 12x12 paper. I also used some prima flowers that we will have in the store soon as well!

I hope you liked my card for today ...

Now I won't keep you any longer! Your next stop on the hop is the super talented...Dangina!  

Just in case you get lost along the way...  

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Dangina
Athina
Shanna
Lydia
Marcy
Ivonne

Have a great day all!
Laura

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

Magnolia-Licious - All About Spring
Midweek Magnolia - #55 How Charming - Have Charms on your Project
Marvelous Magnolia Challenge - #21 Anything Goes
Tilda's Town - #47 - Fussy & Fancy or Understated Elegance
Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge - #66 Butterflies or Things That Flutter
Magnolia Down Under - Tic Tac Toe - Line - Metal, Sentiment & Lace
Dilly Beans - Spring!
Little Claire's - March Challenge Cards with Folds
Stamp & Create - April Challenge - Use at least 1 die cut