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

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

Marcy's Inspiration Day Steampunk Style!

Hello Friends! It's Marcy here and I wanted to share some Saturday inspiration with you all!

I was so happy to finally create something with this adorable image by La La Land Crafts called "Steampunk Marci".   Isn't she so adorable?!!!  I just love the whole "Steampunk" look which takes me back to my love of the vintage and grunge style when I first started crafting.  I colored up cute Marci with my copics and had a lot of fun doing this.  I actually took inspiration from the stamp set sample itself because I really love the teal and brown combo together.  And as you can tell, I went all out with this "Steampunk" theme using the Steampunk heart cogs and the Steampunk corner dies also from LLLC.  I have to say that I have always been a fan of their images but I'm really loving all of the beautiful dies they have as well!  They are always so unique and they cut so easily.  The papers I used are from one of my hoarded collections by Bo Bunny called "Gabrielle".  These are such gorgeous papers and the colors were perfect for my card.  I also had a lot of fun distressing the papers which I have not done in so long! Great mental therapy! LOL I love the sentiment "Dare to Dream" which also comes with this fun stamp set.  I cut it out using the Stitched Tabs Die by La La Land Crafts.  Finally, I decided to add some rolled roses from the DP using the Mini Rolled Roses Die by MFT.  I added some pearls to the centers and thought they came out pretty cute! 

Supplies Used:

Steampunk Marci-La La Land Crafts
Steampunk Heart Cogs-La La Land Crafts
Steampunk Corner Die-La La Land Crafts
Stitched Tabs Die-La La Land Crafts
Mini Rolled Roses Die-MFT
Gabrielle-Bo Bunny

Black Tuxedo-Memento Ink

Walnut Stain-Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Copic Markers

Be sure to stop by the Loves Rubberstamps store to see all of the beautiful images and dies by La La Land Crafts.  There are so many to choose from and Laura is constantly getting new ones in the store!

Also, make sure to stop by tomorrow for the "Sensational Sunday" blog hop where you can win some fun prizes!  You also have time to join in our weekly challenge "Case yourself or case a DT member"!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful Saturday! :)

Hugs

Marcy

Sensational Sunday Blog Hop...THERE IS A CHANCE!

Hello Friends and Stampers,

Welcome to our Sensational Sunday Inspirations Blog Hop!!  This week the our Sunday Blog Hop winner was chosen from Marcy's Blog

Here are your random numbers:

1

Timestamp: 2014-01-05 05:58:35 UTC

Congratulations to Zehra who said: Oh my, this is a lovely card, awesome layout, beautiful coloring

Congratulations Zehra!  You're name will be in the $20.00 Gift Card Drawing for today!

People in the running for December's $20.00 Gift Voucher:

1. Mona Pendleton

2. I Am Uniquely Imperfect

3. Zehra

This month's winner is... 

 Here are your random numbers:

2

Timestamp: 2014-01-05 06:01:28 UTC

Congratulations to - I Am Uniquely Imperfect - Patricia B. Please send an email to lovesrubberstamps@yahoo.com to claim your prize by January 11th!

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!

For my project today I wanted something that looked really sweet and innocent but had some Sass to it :) I used the absolutely adorable Jasmin - Warm Cuppa from Crafty Sentiments Designs for my main image. I really love this one - it is one of my favorite images :)

My sentiment is computer generated and I had actually seen this saying on a coffee mug on pinterest and thought it was funny ... I actually want to get one for myself for a work mug - LOL! While I was making this card I had had the pleasure of listening to my children fight and argue like 3 year olds over doing the dishes together, and I think I was ready for my own mug to contain some vodka by the time I was done!!! LOL!

I really LOVE how this turned out and the color scheme together. The papers I used are from the Blissful Blizzard Paper Collection from Fancy Pants Designs, so I colored my image in a similar scheme to the papers I was going to use. I usually just color my image how I want first and then try and find papers I like that match so I think this worked out a little better for me :)

I colored my image with copic markers and this was my first time trying a darker skin tone so I am really happy how it turned out. When I first started coloring the skin I wasn't sure if I would like it or not, but once it dried, I loved it!

Here is a closer look at my image...

I remembered to write the marker colors that I used down this time :)

Skin - E00, E11, E13, E21, R20

Hair/coffee - E47, E49, E57

Greys - W0, W3, W5

Blues/Aqua - B00, BG000

Mug - R56, R59

Eyes - G94, G99

Steam for the mug I just used a white gel pen

Here is a list of everything I used on my card:

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Jasmin Warm Cuppa 

Crafter's Companion Ultra Smooth White Cardstock

Copic Markers

Fancy Pants Designs Blissful Blizzard Papers

Poppystamps Die - Meadow Leaf

Martha Stewart Branch Punch & Scallop Border Punch

Prima Flowers (coming soon!)

Icy Mint Bazzill Cardstock

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Walnut Stain

Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool

Spellbinders classic circles

La La Land Dies - Heart Banner

For my sketch layout, I chose a card sketch that I have had tucked away in my card sketches folder on pinterest that was designed by Creawitch. 

I hope you enjoyed my project today and it gave you a chuckle :) Now be sure to hop along with us and if you are a regular hopper you will notice that our line up has grown AND you will see some new faces as this is our first Sunday Hop with our new Design Team Members!! I know they will have some gorgeous projects for you to check out! Don't forget to leave your comments for your chance to be in our gift voucher drawing on Feb. 2nd! Don't forget to play along in our New Year Resolutions Challenge this week... AND when you get a moment slip on over to our store and check out the NEW ITEMS section...you will see a new company added... Cas-ual Fridays Stamps! We have them listed as a Pre-Order right now and our first order will be going in on January 18th! Yeah!

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

Dangina

Joni

Nina

Laura 

Indah

Nikki

Lydia 

Larelle-Susanne

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

Laura

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

Copic Challenge Group - Anything Goes - Jan 17th
Card Makin Mamas - Cmm78 Anything Goes - Jan 17th
Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes - Jan 9th

Delicious Doodles - Layer Up - Jan 9th

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes - Jan 9th

Stempelsonne Challenges - Anything Goes - Jan 9th

C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Anything Goes - Jan 8th

Cute Card Thursday - Banish the Blues - Jan 8th

Crafting By Designs - Almost a Month Challenge Anything Goes - Jan 25th

Creative Moments - Anything Goes - Jan 14th

Divas By Design - Anything Goes - Jan 7th

Inky Impressions - Anything Goes - Jan 8th

Natalie & Amy's - One For The Girlies - Jan 31st

Once Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes - Jan 31st

OOZAK - Anything Goes Blue Tones - Jan 15th

Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes - Jan 7th

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes - Jan 12th

Creative Craft Challenges - Anything Goes - Jan 12th

Waiting for the Fun

Hi Friends and Stampers,

This Thursday we are celebrating our Thanksgiving here in the states.  Our DT member Olivia has made the cutest card to show you some inspiration today.

Saturated Canary-Krafty Kate
MME Paper
Copics
MFT-Dainty Lace Border
La La Land Filigree Corner Die

Isn't she adorable?  She reminds me of being little and hearing about the upcoming holiday and watching everyone else gather and hunt for the great feast, and all she can do is sit and be good and wait in anticipation.  I can so remember the feeling.  That and knowing that after Thanksgiving, Christmas is right around the corner!!!  EEEEK! 

I love this cute design and the dies she used, the colors are fabulous.  Great job Olivia! 

Okay I know I always say this, but Laura has just last night added more NEW ITEMS to the store!  Winter and Christmas and Cuteness and Fun!  How cute is this one?! 

or how about this one?

 OMGosh I so need this cute reindeer! 

and some new inks.   Trust me, go check out the NEW goodies! 

This might be the only Monday of the year that I don't mind it being Monday.  Okay it's Monday but it's my Friday! I do have a few days off too. I'm going to try out a few recipes after the Holly-Day with the left overs. I have a few days off to play and of course I will get inky but I also want to try out some yummy sounding things I've seen on Facebook or heard about on Pinterest from my Pinning Friends.  Unless you have a better favorite left over dish for us to try! lol. 

Also you have a few hours to play in our Current Challenge - Shabby Chic or Vintage!  and a few more days to Comment in our Sunday Blog Hop for a chance to win a voucher to the Store!   I hope you can join us for New Challenge tomorrow! 

Thanks for Looking in on us and I hope you all (who are celebrating) have a very Happy and Stress Free Thanksgiving! 

Holly