Victorian Bunnies

Hi Stampers!

Hope you are having a great Saturday! I have a busy day planned of trying to get taxes finished up to take to the accountant. This is the non-fun part of the business side so I have been dragging my feet about it - LOL! But it has to get done! I am starting to get distracted though because I just had my "AHA" I know exactly what I want to do for my next project come into my brain and now I can't focus because I want to go make it before I forget what my plan was - LOL! I may have to take a creative break just so I can re-focus on work later :) Do you ever do that? Funny how sometimes you can go all week and not have one good idea and you struggle with mojo and then sometimes it is just WHAM - pops into your brain and you can't think of anything else. LOL!

I also just got a new Janome Sew Mini to attempt to sew on my cards. The farthest I have gotten with it is taking it out of the box and putting it on the table. I have been staring at it for a week now. I have to figure out all the technical things of trying to thread bobbins and figuring out how to thread it, get tensions right, and not sewing any body parts to my paper. I am thinking maybe it wasn't such a brilliant idea - LOL! I have never sewn or used a sewing machine before so it is like Greek to me and they freak me out a little - LOL! I am sure once I get over my little morbid fear of sewing my finger to my project I will be fine. But any pointers from those of you that sew would be great! Even better if you have one of these little machines yourself and can tell me how you set it up for sewing on your projects would be super awesome :)

Today being Saturday we have an inspirational piece from Jacqueline Smith! She has created a lovely Easter project to share with you!

She used the image called Victorian Bunnies from Magenta Stamps. She stamped this on acetate with black stazon ink and then covered the back with glitter and then colored that with Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks. How cool! Those bunnies are probably super sparkly and pretty in person! I took Jacqueline's picture and made it large and just cropped the bunnies so you could see this technique closer...

This helps you see all the glitter a little bit better! I bet it looks amazing in person! I also love that she paired this was the soft pastel blues and browns! Makes a really pretty Easter card!

Well... I better get back to work...or maybe I will go play in my stamp room for awhile and let my brain have a mental break from work for a bit :)

Hope you get some crafty time in today! Thanks for stopping by!

Laura

Sensational Sunday Inspirations & BLOG CANDY!

Hi Stampers!

Welcome to our Sensational Sunday Inspirations post!

I apologize this is getting posted later than normal and for the last few days of posts not getting up. I have been super sick the last few days and am just starting to feel better and getting back to being a functioning human again! I appreciate your patience and hanging in there with us. We will be getting a back up plan in place so for future emergencies the posts will not get missed. I will be including the three gorgeous projects from the missed Inspiration posts in today's inspirations so you don't miss out on the design teams beautiful creations!

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Now on to today's blast of inspiration from our talented Design Team! Here we go....

Ceal Pritchett - Thursday's Inspiration

Ceal always does a beautiful job with clean and simple cards. I love the purples that Ceal chose for her card and the different layers of snowflakes are so pretty!

Holly Flores - Friday's Inspiration

Holly has made a vow to herself to create more scrapbook pages (something I desperately need to do as well!) and she has been doing an AWESOME job! This is so adorable! I love the layout and the little sprinkling of tools that Holly placed around her page. Her little cubscout image is perfect for this page's theme! This is a great example of how to use stamps in your scrapbook page designs!

Jacqueline Smith - Saturday's Inspiration

Jacqueline has been creating some exquisite Christmas cards and this one is right up there with my favorites! I love the crimped snow panel layers and those deer are stunning! The colors are so pretty and I love the sprinking of snow bling on the trees. This is so pretty!

Lydia Walker

This is the cutest! That Winter Fox is a must have image for me and it will be included with our next Lawn Fawn order. Now I have to tell you that I was absolutly WOW'ed when I saw how Lydia created that gorgeous red and turqoiuse pattern....no that is not pattern paper - Lydia created it in the most genius fashion! Visit her blog post here to see her tutorial and prepare to be AMAZED!

Shanna Shands

This is such a beautiful card! I love the z-fold style that Shanna used! Ching-Chou Kuik does such beautiful designs paired with Shanna's gorgeous coloring and you know it will be a stunner! This makes such a beautiful Christmas card! I love the simple design of the patterned paper and those gorgeous flowers add the perfect touch. Shanna has this card along with some of her other gorgeous creations for sale in her Etsy Store - SCSCardDesigns!

Marcy Dangcil

This is so super sweet! Marcy colored this little Tilda so beautifully for the Christmas Holiday! I love this layout and the embellishments are so perfect!

Katie Skiff

This is such an elegant card and I love that Katie can create cards making those beautiful sentiment stamps the focal image. I struggle with that because I always want to add a picture. Those papers are GORGEOUS and go with this week's challenge theme at Loves Rubberstamps of Kraft plus one color perfectly!!

Kelli Hull

This is SOOOO CUTE!! Kelli did a beautiful job of coloring this super cute image! I love the traditional Christmas colors and those patterned papers that Kelli chose are perfect! That pine branch is from Impression Obsession and we will be adding those dies soon. I love the woodgrain looking paper that really adds to the pine branch. Beautiful job!!

Wow! Is my Design Team super amazing or what?? I love each and every project for today's post! These ladies are so awesome and I just love being wow'd each and every week by their gorgeous projects! i hope you enjoyed them as much as I did!

Sorry again for the late post today! Thanks for stopping by!
Laura & The Loves Rubberstamps Team

Supplies Used by the Design Team that are available from Loves Rubberstamps:

Marcy's Card:
Magnolia Stamps - Tilda with Cute Little Lamb
Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black
My Mind's Eye - Signature Christmas Papers
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Star Circles

Kelli's Card:
Saturated Canary - Trimming The Tree
Bazzill - Believe Designer Papers
Impression Obsession - Pine Bough Die

Shanna's Card:
Sweet Pea Stamps - Ching-Chou Kuik- Fluttering Butterflies
Authentique Papers

Lydia's Card:
Lawn Fawn - Winter Fox & Sally's ABCs
Spectrum Noir Alcohol Ink Markers
Crafter's Companion - Ultra Smooth White Cardstock for Alcohol Ink Markers

Holly's Scrapbook Page:
My Favorite Things - Pure Innocence Collection - Little Scout
Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black
My Favorite Things Die-Namics - By The Letter Uppercase   
My Favorite Things Die-Namics - By The Letter Lowercase 
My Favorite Things Die-Namics - By The Numbers                                               
My Favorite Things Die-Namics - Tool Charms
Candi Dots Embellishments - Ritz
ScrapPerfect The Best Glue Ever!  

Katie's Card:
My Favorite Things - Die-Namics Vertical Greetings Stamp & Die Set
Simple Stories - Documented Paper Pack

Jacqueline's Card:
Magenta Stamps - Ho Deer!
Crafter's Companion - Popcorn Bear - Santa Bear

Ceal's Card:
Stamping Bella - Snowbunnybella