Sensational Sunday Inspirations Blog Hop

Hi Stampers!

We are excited to be back with our Inspiration Blog this week starting with our Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team ladies have created some stunning inspiration for you this week and we will be back to posting regularly on this blog :) YAY!

Here is my project for you today...

I used the super adorable Polar Bear image from the Some Odd Girl stamp set Winter Friends and it is definitely one of my favorites! I first stamped him using Memento London Fog ink and then colored him using copics in the warm gray colors - W0, W1, W3. My designer paper is also new and from the Doodlebug Frosty Friends collection. My sentiment is stamped in the London Fog as well on shimmer white cardstock and is from the My Favorite Things stamp set Stitched Stockings.

Here is a look at the inside which I decorated as well. I have found that if I don't do the inside at the same time....I never get the inside done - LOL!

I used the same layout as the outside of my card and added just a pop of color with the my Spellbinders Snowflakes cut from glitter paper. If you look at the bottom of the Bazzil Bling Gray paper you will see some sparkly icicles! I cut these using my C.C. Designs Icicle Border die in vellum and then I went over the vellum with Stardust Stickles.  Which will all be in the store soon :)

Here is a closer look at the icicles - If you look on the front of the card I added them there too. 

Here is a closer look at my Arctic Night Sky. I sponged this using Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Evergreen Bough, Iced Spruce, Shaded Lilac and Broken China. To make my stars I used some of my Shimmer Pebbles chalk and scraped some of the white and placed it on my craft mat. I added a little water using a paint brush and then flicked it onto my paper. It gets more intense as it dries and the shimmer chalk gives it some sparkly bling :) The little faint snowflakes I stamped in the Broken China ink using the two smaller sized ones from the Lawn Fawn set Critters in The Snow. The trees are cut using the My Favorite Things Campy Tree Line Dienamics and shimmer white paper. 

Here is a closer look at that sweet little polar bear image....don't you love him ?!?!

For my layout I used the Papertake Weekly Sketch #74.

Before you hop along with the rest of 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 on November 9th!

We will also be posting a DT call for our January through April Session later this week for be sure and watch for that :)

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! Remember, you have until 8:00 pm CST Saturday to leave your comments!

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 and the Loves Rubberstamps Design Team

I will be entering this into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Sketchie Free For All - Used Sketch #74
Bearly Mine - Christmas Cards
ABC Christmas Challenges - V - Very Merry
Cardandscrap - Layering

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes
Emerald Fairies Challenge - Non-Traditional Christmas Colors
Live and Love Crafts - Favorite Christmas Colors (Gray, White & Teal)
Kit and Clowder - November Challenge - Christmas
Delicious Doodles - Baby, It's Cold Outside

I used the following products on my card:

Spellbinders Snowflakes Dies
Spellbinders - Large Scallop Ovals
C.C. Designs Icicle Border Cutters Die
Stardust Stickles
Vellum

Some Odd Girl Winter Friends	Lawn Fawn Critters In The Snow	Doodlebug Frosty Friends 6x6 Paper Pack	MFT Die-Namics Campy Tree Lines	MFT Die-Namics Oval STAX Set 1
MFT Die-Namics Oval STAX Set 2	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Evergreen Bough	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Iced Spruce	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Shaded Lilac	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Broken China
Ink Blending Tool	Memento Ink London Fog	Copic Markers	Copic X-Press It Blending Card

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