All Dressed Up

Hi Again Stampers!

I am on a ROLL! I was blog hopping around and saw a super fun Blog Hop Challenge from All Dressed Up stamps and thought I would play along! I know I know...TWO cards in one day!! It is quite the miracle - LOL!

All Dressed Up had the cutest freebie image that you had to use to create a project for their challenge. It just so happens that I love their stamps...and I need to beef up my birthday card stash since I will have just this one as a spare :) Here it is:

Isn't that image adorable?!?!?! How do you like my Birthday Sentiment :D I have been 29 and holding for the last 10 years but who is counting! Once you hit 29 you just stay there - LOL!
I used some cute Basic Grey papers from my crafty stash. I thought that it was neat that the brown paper had a flower image that is really similar to the Petaloo ones I had just purchased that came in the mail TODAY! It was a sign I think that I needed to use them :)

Here is a close up of the image:

I added some stickles to give her some bling and some frantage to the panel too. I am sorry the pictures have a yellow tint to them I had to take the picture at night and our lighting is not ideal!

I used the Sketch N Stash card sketch for my layout...

Thanks for stopping by again today! Be sure to scroll down and check out my post from earlier today that is for our Loves Rubberstamps Warm Colors Challenge! I used the no lines coloring technique for the first time :)

Have a great day!
Laura

I will be entering this into the following challenges:

All Dressed Up - Birthday Party Challenge
Sketch N Stash - Card Sketch #149 - Stash Items - New Petaloo Flowers & Free Digi
Craft-Dee Bowz - Anything Goes With a Handmade Bow
Simon Says Stamp - Monday Challenge Anything Goes
Sparkle N Sprinkle - Glitter, Embossing Powder or Flocking - Frantage Embossing Powder Image Panel
Robyn's Fetish - #234 Food or Drink
Kit and Clowder - October Anything Goes Challenge
Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge - Anything Goes with Twist of Pink
Treasured Times Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes
CCC Digi Creations - Digi Glitter Power
Doodle Pantry - Any Digi Goes
Mema's Crafts - Tic Tac Toe - Line - Ribbon, Flowers, Die Cuts/Punchies
Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes
Milk Coffee - Lots of Layers
Inky Impressions - Anything Goes

Supplies Used on my card:
All Dressed Up Digi - Happy Birthday Freebie
Creative Vision Stamps - Sassy Happy Birthday (sentiment)
Basic Grey Papers
La La Land - Heart Banner Die
Spellbinders Labels 22
Petaloo Flowers
Copic Markers
Xpress It Blending Card
Frantage - Vintage Set
Bazzill Heavyweight Cardstock - Candy Hearts

Happy Holly-Day!

Hi Stampers -

I am filling in for Holly this morning because she is a little under the weather and under strict orders from me to get some rest this week since she did an amazing job filling in for me when I had my personal things to struggle through.

Now I know you are here to see some Inspiration from Holly so I thought I would share a few of my favorite works of Holly's that she has done for some of our Loves Rubberstamps Challenges! That way for those of you who maybe don't play along in them won't miss out seeing these gorgeous projects :)

This is an adorable image from one of the newer stamp lines we have added to the store - A Random Fan and this is the super cute Travel Bug image. Holly had created this for our Corrugated Cardboard challenge. I think her coloring is so gorgeous and I love how she used the cardboard in different areas!

I LOVE EVERYTHING about this card! The color scheme is GORGEOUS, the layout is PERFECT, the handmade roses are BEAUTIFUL, Holly's coloring... AMAZING and the touch of glitter...AWESOME! This could not get any more stunning! This was for our most recent Anything Goes Challenge and Holly used the Make It Crafty image called Geeky Love Kiss. 

This adorable creation was for our Sepia or Black & White Coloring Challenge. I think Holly did such a GORGEOUS job with coloring these La La Land Cuties in Sepia! I love the layout too - one of my favorites! I hope Holly does some more coloring in sepia because she totally rocks this technique! 

Now this card really makes me laugh! I can totally relate to this myself with my never-ending struggle with weight loss and yo-yo-ing up and down with my weight! I mean seriously...how you gain 5 pounds from a bad weekend of eating to taking 2 or 3 weeks to lose the same 5 pounds is crazy to me...but it happens and it just does not seem right or fair - LOL! But I know we have all been there in some form or another...some in more form than others and I am in that last category - LOL! So I love stamps like these that help me laugh a little over things that I can relate too :) This set is called Make Me Fat from the Creative Visions line and they have quite a few stamps that are bound to make you laugh out loud :) 

Last but not least is this gorgeous stunner that Holly created. She did not make this for any of our challenges so I hope she doesn't mind me sharing it with you....but I just really loved this clean and simple design. I love the Lily Die-Namics set from My Favorite Things and I am actually going to be working on listing some new MFT over the next few days, this die set being one of them. I just really loved the colors and the embossed background with the simplicity of the design. It makes the flowers and sentiment really pop and makes this so elegant even without all the fancy layers and embellishments. Clean and Simple cards are ones I struggle with so I LOVE seeing such gorgeous examples of this style like Holly's card here!

I hope you enjoyed seeing these blasts from the past from Holly's gorgeous work. To see more of her work be sure to check out and follow Holly's Blog - KopyKat Creations!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you feel better soon Holly!
Hugs - Laura

Cougarlicious

Hi Friends and Stampers,

Wow, another Monday and January is rolling by.  I can't believe how fast.  Today I wanted to show you another Creative Vision image. 

 

Creative Vision - Cougarlicious

Copic Markers

X-press It Paper

Best Glue Ever

Memento Black Ink

MFT Die-Namics Circle Stax 2

MFT Die-Namics Pierced Circle Stax

Aren't these images funny?  The inside is stamped with, "Cougarlicious".  This set comes in cling rubber or clear.  I colored her up with my Copic Markers. 

Have you checked out the NEW ITEMS Laura has added to the store?  EEEK, there are a LOT of new MFT products that I cannot wait to order!!!  They are on preorder, so they do take a bit longer to get, but not by too much time.  Also there is the rest of today to play in our Anything Goes Challenge!  And tomorrow we start a brand new challenge!  I hope to see your project over there.

Okay I am off to work, I hope everyone has a fabulous Monday and has a chance to recover from the Holly-Days, lol. 

Thanks for Looking in on us,

Holly