Spectacular!

Hi Friends and Stampers,

It's a Happy Holly-Day Monday and my turn to show you some inspiration.  Here is what I came up.

MFT Die-Namics Geek Chic Glasses

MFT Geek is Chic

MFT BB Every Day is a Picnic

MFT Die-Namics Every Day is a Picnic

MFT Die-Namics Blueprints 16

Carta Bella 6X6 - Summer Lovin'

Copic Markers

X-Press It Copic Paper

Best Glue Ever

Zig two way glue Pen

Memento Black Ink

I love these cute dies!  I put glossy accents over the lenses for a more realistic feel.  The sun and the butterfly are from the Everyday is a picnic.  Love having the matching dies, it just adds so much more to the sun.  

If you are waiting on an order or an email from Laura, I need to let you know that her Grandmother is very ill in the hospital and Laura is by her side.  So please be patient and she will most definitely be shipping your order and answering emails as soon as possible.  

I hope you are able to play in our current challenge, add a sentiment.  You still have a few more hours to join in!

Thank you so much for looking in on me. 

Holly

I Dig You

MFT BB You Gnome Me

MFT Die-Namics Pierced Fishtail Flags Stax

MFT Die-Namics Blueprints 13

Zig 2-way Glue Pen

Copic Markers

X-Press It Copic Paper 

Best Glue Ever

Memento Black Ink

Wink of Stella - Silver

Hi Friends and Stampers,

I hope all the Mom's out there had a Wonderful Mother's Day!  I worked but after work was a lot of fun.  I want to Thank my Guys for making my Day Special!  

It's A Happy Holly-Day Monday, and time for me to show you some Inspiration.   I had to use my Gnome's again, I just love them!   They are so fun to color.  I used my Silver Wink of stella for the buckle and the shovel.  The red hat doesn't really go with the paper but you know, all Gnome's must have a red hat right? lol.  I had so much fun breaking out my dies and using them in this design.  They just add that special touch.  

I hope you have had time to play in our Anything Goes Challenge!   It's always my favorite one to play in.   And you want to head on over the Loves Rubberstamps Store to see the New Items added! 

Have a great day!

Holly

Happy Mother's Day!

Hello!  Hope everyone's having a great Saturday and for those of you celebrating Mother's day that it is a fantastic weekend!  Today's I have a simple Mother's Day card I've made in celebration of this special holiday!

Here it is...

I had recently picked up some Wow embossing powder in Gold Rich Pale and I couldn't wait to play with it because I really love the tone of this gold color.   I  used my Versamark ink to stamp some flowers and leaves from a set called Contemporary Roses by My Favorite Things.  I then water colored over them with some Tim Holtz distress inks.  I really soft colors against the gold.  I added Wink of Stella over the flowers and you can't really tell from the photo but there is tons of pretty sparkle here!  To finish off my card, I added some sequins including the fun heart ones from Pretty Pink Posh.  I also tied some pink jute rope in a bow for a bit more splash of color! 

Here is the full supply list for my card:

Contemporary Roses - My Favorite Things

Versamark Ink - Tusukineko

Mustard Seed-Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Picked Raspberry-Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Peacock Feathers-Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Spiced Marmalade-Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Mono Multi Liquid Glue - Tombow

Clear Glitter Brush Marker - Wink of Stella

Happy Mother's Day friends and thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Marcy

Hello

Hello Friends and Stampers,

Happy Holly-Day Monday!  It's my turn to show you some inspiration today, so here is this weeks card.

MFT BB You Gnome Me - coming soon

MFT Die-Namics Rectangle Frames

MFT Die-Namics Tag Builder Blueprints 2

Copic Markers

X-Press It Paper

Best Glue Ever

Twine

I could have also used this for this weeks Challenge - Use two or more dies.  Such an easy thing to do.  I love dies.  I think you are also going to love tomorrow's Challenge even better ;) 

You know pretty much I love anything Birdie Brown draws.  I literally squeal at all her new sets, I just love them.  This Gnome set is no different.  I absolutely love the little gnomes.  I saw this color combination on Debbie Olsen's Blog and I loved it, so I decided to try it out.  And you know I wanted to make this a shaker card right? lol.   I have to wait a few days for some more shaker card supplies to come in.  

Well it's a New week for us and we are ever so happy to have our Jeepy back from Camp Keep.  What an amazing child he is.  And when he's gone, the sun does not shine as bright, the air is not as satisfying, and his Dad and I just wonder around aimlessly waiting to pass the time til he got back.  He is like our life force, our purpose to do what we do.  And nothing made that more evident than the week he was away.  So yeah, he is back.  

I hope you have a chance to play in our Challenge and check out the store! 

Holly

Dance in the Rain

Hello everyone and welcome to a new Thursday inspiration. Shanna here with a little bit of inspiration for you all.
 I just love this stamp set. It is hard to not use it to lift someones spirits. 

I kept this card simple. 

Hope you enjoy it.

Items Used:

My Favorite Things - Blue Skies Ahead

My Favorite Things - Die- Namics Jumbo Scallop Die

Vintage Photo Distress Ink

What's Up?

Hi Friends and Stampers,

It's a Happy Holly-Day Monday and it's my turn to show you some Inspiration over at the Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog.   I have a CAS Design for you today.   It only took 4 hours to think about the design and less than 30 minutes to execute it, lol.

MFT Friend Request

Memento Black Ink

Card Candi - Coffee Bean

Candi Fix

6X6 Paper Pad

Does this ever happen to you?  You have to think about it for a long time before it just comes to you? I thought I would let this cute paper do most of the work for me and it goes so well with this sentiment set.  

So have you checked out the New Items in the store?  We are so excited to have so many goodies to choose from now! I'm going back and looking at the goodies I bought I while back and wanting to use them now. lol.   I swear, sometimes the hunting and gathering is more fun that than the using them.  But I do love it when I can come up with a quickie once in a while.  

Also, today is the last day to play in our "add flowers" challenge over at the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog.    And be sure to join us again tomorrow for a whole new challenge!

Until next week, 

Holly

Hello Friend!

Hello Friends! Can you believe Summer is already right around the corner?  Well I thought I'd create some Spring cards while it's still here! :)

Here is one I've made for some inspiration today...

I've had this adorable image called Fluttering By by My Favorite Things for some time now and I thought she would be perfect for my theme today!  After coloring up this cutie with my Copic Markers, I then added some white dots to her dress with my gel pen and some  Wink of Stella for lots of sparkle.   I also added some stickles to her wings which came out so cool!  The gorgeous papers I used on this card come from a favorite collection of mine called "Hopscotch" by Fancy Pants Designs.  I couldn't resist adding some flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and some sequins to finish off my card!

Here is the full supply list for my card:

Fluttering By (Doodle Garden Collection) - My Favorite Things

Hopscotch - Fancy Pants Designs

Black Tuxedo - Memento Ink

Peacock Feathers - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Mono Multi Liquid Glue - Tombow

Clear Glitter Brush Marker - Wink of Stella

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Copic Markers

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Hugs,

Marcy

Blue Skies Ahead

Hello and welcome to a new Thursday inspiration with Shanna. 

I created this quick and simple card to share using a fun stamp set from My Favorite Things. 

I stamped the sentiment on vellum and wrapped the vellum around the edges. 

Then I added a flower I made using the sunflower die and inked the edges and used a blue button with jute string on the top. 

Items Used:

My Favorite Things - Blue Skies Ahead

My Favorite Things - Die- Namics Die Sunflower

Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Easter Card With Love

Hello Friends!  It's Marcy here with some inspiration for you all today!  I hope you're enjoying your weekend so far!

Here is an Easter card I've made....

I had so much fun making this card and especially with these cute bunnies from the Lawn Fawn set called Snow Day.  Even though this stamp set can easily be used for Christmas, it can also be used for Easter and many other occasions.  I mean who doesn't love cute bunnies, right?!! :) This card is going to my mom from my kids and it's perfect since there are 3 little bunnies to represent each of them!  For the background, I had fun watercoloring using some Tim Holtz distress inks over an embossed background stamp called BG Gingham Background from My Favorite Things.  I really like the way it came out with the soft colors which match the copic colors I used on this image.  To finish off my card, I scattered some sequins on top and also took out my bow it all to make a festive 3 looped bow!

Here is the full supply list for my card:

Snow Day - Lawn Fawn

BG Gingham Background - My Favorite Things

Copic Markers

Black Tuxedo - Memento Ink

Salty Ocean - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Peacock Feathers - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Mustard Seed - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Versamark Stamp Pad - Tsukineko

Mono Multi Liquid Glue - Tombow

Wink of Stella - Coming soon!

Make sure to check out the Loves Rubberstamps store to see all of the adorable Lawn Fawn Set!  We also have a new Sensational Blog Hop starting tomorrow so be sure to to visit again!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!  For those of you celebrating the Easter holiday, may you have a special day with families and loved ones!

Hugs,

Marcy

Pawsively Awesome

Hi Friends and Stampers,

I am late posting my Monday Inspiration.  I had an idea what I wanted to do but I got into an emergency cleaning frenzy.  Partly because I never feel like cleaning and when I do, it's an emergency, lol.    Here is a card I whipped up today.

MFT BB You stole my heart

MFT Die-Namics Blueprints 12

MFT Die-Namics Blueprints 13

Copic Markers

Copic X-Press It Paper

Memento Ink
Sprinkles

I have to confess.  This stamp set really did steal my heart, I love it.  I cut out a window with my Blueprints 13 circle, then I cut out another window on Kraft colored cardstock and then placed the sawtooth circle on top of that and cut that out.  That left me with a ring of the sawtooth pattern that I glued on the top of the window.  Then I stamped my cute puppy on the inside of the card and colored with Copic Markers.  Then I stamped a few paw prints on the designer paper and added a flag from my Blueprints 12 die-cut.  

I hope everyone is having a Happy Holly-Day Monday!  You do not want to miss out on the New Items in the store!!! 

Thanks for Looking in on Me, 

Holly

Thanks

Hi Friends and Stampers,

It's my day to show you some Inspiration.  I actually made a card from a card that inspired me.

MFT Die-Namics - Stitched Traditional Tag

MFT Die-Namics - Many Thanks

MFT BG - Patterned Triangle Background

Mini Ink Blending Tool

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Broken China

Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Fired Brick

Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Peeled Paint

Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Spiced Marmalade

Here is Kimberly Crawford's card that inspired me.   And she made another one as well.   And so did I. 

I didn't focus so much on triangle pattern with my ink on this one, which was my first one, but I did try Kimberly's tutorial on the first one shown and I really like the triangle within the triangle pattern, it just creates a better eye flow.    So like Kimberly, I heat embossed with white embossing powder and turned my distress inks upside down on my craft sheet and then picked up the ink with a paint brush from there.  I wiped off with a paper towel and then added a velum stitched traditional tag.  Added the die-cut Thanks and then added a few sequins.  

These were a lot of fun to make!  

I hope you will join us in our Current Blog Challenge and you will want to head on over to the store to check out the New Items that Laura has added!  I'm so excited about the Wink of Stella in the store! 

Thanks for Looking in on me.  

Holly

Fire Fly

Hi Friends and Stampers,

It's my Day to show you some Inspiration.  For today, I have decided to bug you, lol.

MFT Die-Namics Mason Jar

MFT Mason Jar Labels

Echo Park 6X6 (scoot)

Best Glue Ever

OMGosh I love this Mason Jar Set. I cut out the Jar once in the star paper and then again in window sheets.  I glued the fire flies on the star paper and then placed the window sheet cut out over it.  Then I added the lid that I cut out from a shiny silver paper.  I used the label cut out and stamped the label on.  Then just added the strip of paper and a lone fire fly and some sequins. 

Look at all the possibilities here:

Jar full of hearts, gumballs, bugs, the sky is the limit.  Initially I wanted to make a shaker card, but I don't have clear thick strips for the window sheet.....which I have to find now! lol.  

I hope that you have been inspired today and that you play along with us over at the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog.  Oh and be sure to check out the New Items in the Store! 

Thanks for checking in on me, 

Holly

Amazing, Beautiful, Fabulous YOU!

Happy Saturday Friends!  It's Marcy here with a fun card share for today.  I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend so far!

Here is my card...

I had been making so many Valentine's Day cards for the last month that it felt a little odd at first to make something completely different.  Well that didn't last too long when I took out my bin of cute MFT Pure Innocence stamp sets!  These images are so adorable and so much fun to color up with my copics.  This PI girl comes from a set called Make a Wish.  After coloring, I cut her out on stitched circle die and then added some handmade banners made using the gorgeous Fabulous collection by Simple Stories.  The kraft background is embossed with some polka dots and I also used my white gel pen to run some stitches around the border.  I added a few enamel dots to finish off my card.

Here is the full supply list for my card:

Make a Wish - PI Collection by My Favorite Things

Fabulous - Simple Stories

Mustard Seed - Tim Holtz distress ink

Copic Markers

Black Tuxedo - Memento Ink

Make sure to check out the Loves Rubberstamps store to see all of the Pure Innocence collection stamp sets by My Favorite Things!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Saturday!

Hugs,

Marcy

Mixed Media Clouds

Hi Friends and Stampers,

Happy Holly-Day Monday.  I hope your week is off to a good start!!!  Today is my day to show you some inspiration.    Mixed media has always fascinated me.   It's not really my style but I used to do a lot of it in Grade School, lol.  I have been inspired by others incorporating their mixed media into their cute and whimsical styles, so I thought I would have a go at it.

MFT BB - Everyday is a picnic

MFT BB - Some Bunny

Mix and Match Gelatos Gift Set

Mix and Match Gelatos Tool Set

Memento Black Ink

Non-Stick Craft Sheet

Wink of Stella Clear

For the clouds, I used a Cloud Stencil.   I used a Gelatos Blue and mixed in some Light Modeling Paste.  I used the the tools from the mix and match Gelatos Tool Set. 

(Pay no attention to the back ground creative clutter!) You can see I literally took the cap off the Gelatos and like a crayon, I marked on my my re-usable non-stick craft sheet.  (Which, by the way, I saw on another blog that someone had purchased a craft mat and taped on their non-stick craft sheet and just uses it for her mixed media and other projects.  That way it does not roll and you can pull it out any time you need to use it.  I LOVE this.)    Then I used the spatula and took out a glob of the light modeling paste.    Then I just mixed them together with the other mixing tool brush.  Then I placed the stencil over the paper and applied the mixture to the paper with the mixing tool brush.  And then I set it aside to let it dry.   I checked back in a couple hours and it was dry.   When I push down on it, it is hard but not the brittle breakable kind of hard, so I would feel comfortable sending this in the mail.  I was very pleased with the texture it added to the clouds and to the card.   Something different.

And since I had ALL those Gelato Colors out:


I decided to see if I could water color the images I used.

And I did.  Again, I colored onto my non-stick sheet, used an old cheap paint brush and added drops of water to the colors and mixed with the same brush.  For darker areas, I dabbed the brush in water, tipped some of the water off and then picked up the color off the sheet and applied it to the image.   It was so fun and easy.   As you can see, I decided to change the color of the basket after I snapped this picture.  

From the Gelatos mixed set above, you can see that there is a couple sponges.  I took a sponge and picked up some of the Gelato and water mixture and then sponged the designer paper and the white paper around the edges to add some dimension. 

I had a lot of fun with this one!  I will be breaking out the Gelatos again and again.  I would like to add some more mediums to stash.  Laura has a few in her store that I am going to be picking up soon. 

Gesso

Glaze

Whipped Spackle

Just to name a few.  Here are the Faber-Castell products that she carries.

Thanks for checking in on me.

Holly

Love You!

Happy Saturday Friends! It's Marcy with a card share for you all today!  I hope you're all having a fantastic weekend!

Here is my card...

 Today, I have created a fun Valentine's card using the adorable Pure Innocence image called "Love You with All My Heart" by My Favorite things.  It's been a while since I've used one of these darling images and I had so much fun creating with this cutie! I colored her up with my copic markers and then paper pieced her dress and the heart she is is holding.  I also added some Wink of Stella to her shoes and her hair clip.  The fun papers I used are from Doodlebug Design called "Sweetheart".  These papers are definitely one of my favorite collections for V-Day and I just love them!  I created a cute heart border on the bottom using my  Martha Stewart heart punch border.  Now for the sentiment "Love You", this was created using the My Favorite Things new DIE-NAMICS set called Love & Adore You Die Set.  I  think it's such a fun and different look to use die cuts for sentiments rather than just stamping them which I tend to do.  To finish off my card, I added some scattered sequins and a pink heart button from my stash with some rope twine tied in a bow

Here is the full supply list for my card:

Love You With All My Heart - Pure Innocence Collection; My Favorite Things

Friends are Flowers - Tiddly Inks

DIE-NAMICS Love and Adore You Die Set - My Favorite Things

Sweetheart - Doodlebug Design

Spun Sugar - Tim Holtz distress ink

Heart Border Punch - Martha Stewart

Copic Markers

Black Tuxedo - Memento Ink

Multi Multi Liquid Glue - Tombow

Make sure to check out the Loves Rubberstamps store for all of the awesome stamps and Die-Namics by My Favorite Things which have just been recently added!

Hope you all enjoyed my V-Day card and have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Marcy

Love Stories

Hi Everyone,

It's a Holly-Day Monday, time to show you some Inspiration.   Did you enjoy the blog hop here yesterday?  Didn't know about it?  Scroll down and  read about how Laura is giving away a $20.00 gift voucher each month!  It's also the last day to play in the "B" Challenge for other prizes.

Here is my inspiration today.

MFT CS - Love Story

MFT Die-Namics Layered Heart Border

MFT Die-Namics Oval Stax 1

MFT Die-Namics Oval Stax 2

BoBunny 6X6 Paper - Crush

Best Glue Ever!

I'm on a bit of a count down for Super Bowl Sunday.  This has been a bit of football withdrawl for me, but nothing compared to waiting for foot ball season again, lol.   It will be good for me not to be tied up in 3+ hour games, lol.   Plus I will have more time to spend on other things, like my New Years Resolutions.  Yeah, how are those coming for you?  I'm doing okay, 24/30 days done on my 30 min for 30 days challenge.   But about that scrap page layout each month, lol.  I still have time!!! lol.  

Anyway, I hope you have been inspired to create something fabulous and I hope to see you for tomorrow's challenge as well....

Thanks for popping in, 

Holly

Big Hugs

Hi Friends and Stampers,

Today is a Holly-Day Monday and my turn to show you some inspiration.

MFT PI - Sending Big Hugs

MFT Die-Namics Sun, Moon, Stars

MFT Die-namics - First Place Award

Copic Markers

Copic X-Press It Paper

Simple Stories 6X6 Paper - A charmed life

I just love all these cute Pure Innocent images.  They are so fun to color!  I also love paper piecing them and adding just a touch of color to the clothes for shading.  

I hope your week day goes by really super fast and that you have some time to get inky!  We have one more day of the Anything Goes Challenge and I will be back tomorrow with a new project for the New Challenge.  

Thanks for stopping by and for your kind comments.

Holly

I Love You!

Hello!  Marcy here with another Inspiration Saturday for you!  Hope you've had a great week and are all enjoying the brand New Year 2015 so far!!! I have a simple but fun card I've made to share with you all!

Here it is....

Today, I decided to take a little break from coloring and I felt like playing with some dies and background stamps.  One of my favorite companies for this is My Favorite Things!  They have the cutest background stamps and dies and so many to choose from! I wish I could have them all!!!  For my card, I used the fun MFT BG Gingham Background Stamp!  I love gingham and this background is so versatile for so many occasions.  Although the last few times I've used it, I stamped in red, I'm thinking this would be so pretty in blues and yellows too!  Definitely going to try some new colors.  Now for my layered hearts,  this die is called Hearts Die-Namics also by My Favorite Things.  Super fun to use and it even has small holes where you can add some stitching.  I decided to do just that with some thin red ribbon from my stash and I love the look of it.  The sentiments were stamped on kraft using a Doodlebug Designs stamp set and I went over the hearts with my Wink of Stella gllitter to give them some shimmer.  To finish off my card, I added a sprinkle of some sequins which I love to do on almost all of my cards! :)

Here are the supplies used on my card:
BG Gingham Background Stamp - My Favorite Things
Hearts Die-Namics - My Favorite Things
Sentiments - Doodlebug Designs
Mono Multi Liquid Glue - Tombow

Make sure to check out the Loves Rubberstamps store to see all of the great MFT stamp sets and Die-Namics.  You can also pre-order some of the sets.  Tomorrow starts another fun "Sensational Blog Hop" so be sure to visit again!

Have a great weekend and thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Marcy