Moose You

Hi Friends and Stampers,

It's my turn to post on the Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog today.  I have a couple stamp sets that I just have to put away for now, lol.   I love this Moose stamp set by Sugar Pea Designs.  If you love it and have to have one too, just send a quick email off to Laura and she will get this one for you.  With so many new stamp companies, it's really  hard to keep up on all the new releases, and Laura has not been feeling well for quite a while now, her Grandma was just in the ICU and now her son is very sick with Scarlet Fever.  So if it takes a bit to get a reply from an email, you will understand why.

Sugar Pea Designs - Merry Christmoose

MFT Die-namics Blueprints 9

MFT Die-Namics Blueprints 1

Copic Markers

Copic X-Press It paper

Memento Black Ink

I airbrushed the sky with my Copic Markers, colored the cute Moose with Copic Markers and then fussy cut him out and added him on to the airbrushed layer.  I also added the tree on to the this panel. 

I hope your Holly-Day Monday is a good one!  The boys are off school today, so it's free Ipad day and running around outside.  I have a few chores to get caught up on and then I plan to spend most of the day getting inky, lol.   I hope you have had a chance to play in our current challenge!  

Have a great day!    

Holly

Warm Winter Wishes

Good morning to you all!!! Shanna here with an inspirational post for you all to enjoy. 

I am telling you I cannot stay away from these Magnolia images and isn't she perfect for this time of year. It is brrrrrrrr cold here. Just a week ago our waterline froze! Yes that cold!!

So I wanted to wish you all warm wishes!

I colored this Magnolia image with my favorite, copics. Then paired her up with some Echo Park papers, and embellished her with some flowers and snowflakes from my stash. 

I couldn't help adding a little Stickles either. Who doesn't love a little sparkle int he wintertime. 

Items Used:

Magnolia Stamp - Ice Tilda from the Sweet Christmas Dreams 2011 Collection

Echo Park Papers - Winter Wishes

Copics 

Copic Paper

Distress Ink - Black Soot

Wild Orchid Craft Flowers

Giggles

Hi Stampers!

Happy Friday! Do you have any big plans this weekend? I am working all weekend so no big plans here. Today I thought I would keep working on some Christmas cards and try and actually have some done by the time I need to mail them - LOL! I am horrible at getting cards done in time for mailing :)

Here is my card:

I used the super cute stamp from A Random Fan called Seasons of Love. I colored the image with copics. I also added Liquid Applique and Stardust Stickles for texture and dimension. I created the frame using the MFT Square Stax sets 1 and 2. The papers I used are from the Authentique Festive. I added a metal sentiment that I have had forever, Tim Holtz tag and some ribbon to finish the card off.

Here is a close up of the image:

Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget we are having GELATOS PRIZE GIVEAWAY on our Facebook page, all you have to do is like our page and leave a comment on the post. We are drawing the winner on Sunday.

We are also having a Design Team Call so check out the details for that as well!

Have a wonderful day!
Laura

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

A Random Fan - Red, White & Green
Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Christmas Creation With Ribbon
Delightful Challenge - Patterned Papers
MilkCoffee Challenges - Hand Colored Image
Moving Along With The Times - Sparkle & Shine
Fab 'N" Funky Challenges - 3 Embellishments - Ticket, Ribbon, & Metal Sentiment
Clear It Out Challenge - Winter & Stash Item of Metal
Holly Jolly Christmas - BINGO - Line Made Ribbon, Texture, Glitter
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes With Twist of Glitter
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

I used the following products on my card:

Liquid Applique - White
Stickles - Stardust
My Favorite Things Die-Namics Square STAX 1
My Favorite Things Die-Namics Square STAX 2

A Random Fan Seasons of Love	Authentique 6x6 Festive	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad	Copic Markers
Copic X-Press It Blending Card	Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain	Ink Blending Tool

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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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Thursday Inspiration with Shanna

It is 

 Shanna Day Inspiration today and I am so excited to share this card with you.

And for this week I wanted to color up a new image I have. Some of my teammies here have been coloring her up so I couldn't resist using her up before it gets too warm!

I also got to use a Magnolia DooHickey... yes they are in the store now along with Magnolia papers for all you Maggi lovers out there. So please go stop by the store and check it out!

Here you can see a close up of the image. She was so fun to color. 

Items Used:

MFT - Big Greetings

Tiddly Inks - Skating By

Magnolia DooHickey Die - Star Tag

Echo Park Papers - Winter Wishes

Black Ink

Black Soot Distress Ink

Copics

Copic Paper

Black Paper

White Paper

Lace

Trim

MS Snowflake punch

Pearl Brad

Ribbon

Twine

You're SNOW Cool!

Hi Stampers!

Hope your week is going well. I am not feeling very good today so I am headed to the DR. this afternoon :(

Today is my Design team day for The Cutting Cafe. This week we had a real range of files to choose from...all the way from rainbows to snow! Now, even though I am so ready for Spring to arrive with all the rainbows and spring showers...I just received this super super super cute little snowman digi from The Doodle Garden called Rolly Polly Snow Baby and I just couldn't wait to use it on something so I knew I HAD to choose to use the Snow Word Shaped Card Template :)

Now, I don't have a cutting machine but Regina's files are still very usable by hand cutting which is what I did for this card. I used scissors around the outside and then a craft knife to cut the inside pieces. It really didn't take too long, so don't be afraid to try these types of files even if you don't have a cutting machine. Her files are very user friendly!

The little hat and mittens are part of the Snow Word file. I paper pieced them using papers from the Echo Park Winter Wishes Collection and then added liquid applique for the trim. My sentiment is from the Some Odd Girl Winter Friends stamp set. 

I thought I would give you a little peek at what I have been working on...

These are my piles of new WHIFF OF JOY stamps that I have been working on adding to our store...yep...not done yet but getting closer :) 

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to stop by The Cutting Cafe Inspiration Blog to check out what my fellow design team members created! Also while you are there...leave some love for the team and be entered in a chance to win some free files of your choice! Awesome deal!! 

Now I am off to lay down for a bit before my DR Appt....

Have a great day all!

Laura

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

Cuttin and Stampin Challenge - Anything Goes With Winter

Everybody Art Challenge - Snow

Inky Chicks - Anything Goes

Card Mania Challenge - #38 Anything Goes

Cards in Envy - Snow Buddy Like You

Incy Wincy Designs - Adding Texture

Kaboodle Doodles - Winter Wonderland

Love To Scrap Challenge - Anything Goes

Sparkle N Sprinkle - January Challenge Anything Goes with Glitter, Flocking or Embossing Powder

Stamp and Create - January Challenge Winter Wonderland

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Red Carpet Studio - Snow Buddies

Friends are the Ornaments of Life...

Hi Stampers -

Happy Holly-Day Friday! Do you have any exciting plans for the weekend? I work this weekend so nothing super exciting for us :) I have been busy, busy getting the Black Friday orders shipped out! Thanks to everyone that shopped with us! We really appreciate it :)

My goal for the weekend is to get my ginormous pile of laundry folded and put away so we can put up the Christmas tree.

Today we have a super cute project from Holly using one of the cutest snowman stamps ever...

 

 

 

I totally LOVE this! I love how the snowman pops off the Kraft cardstock and that brilliant coloring is awesome! I love the designer paper that Holly chose too. Such an adorable CAS design!

 

Here are the products that Holly used:

 



MFT - Trim the Branches Snowman

Copic Markers

Copic X-Press Paper

Best Glue Ever

Doodlebug Design 6X6 Paper

Memento Black Ink

If you get a chance to get crafty...be sure to play along in our ANYTHING GOES challenge this week!

Don't forget about our Design Team Call also...check it out HERE.

Have a great weekend!
Laura

Sensational Sunday Inspirations + BLOG CANDY

Hi Stampers!

Well...my BIG PLANS on my days off didn't go as I hoped. I didn't get even 1/4 of the things done I wanted to! Seems like that is always how it goes! Oh well what can you do - LOL!

This week the our Sunday Blog Hop winner was chosen from Laura's Blog

Here are your random numbers:

6

Timestamp: 2013-11-24 06:33:40 UTC

Congratulations to Katie Sims who said: WOW, your coloring is amazing! Love the colors you used! I am so glad you could play along with us this week at Flourishes for our Timeless Tuesday Challenge! :)

Congratulations Katie Sims! You're name will be in the $20.00 Gift Card Drawing on December 1st!!.

Here are the people in the running so far :)

1. Aunty Sue
2. debby4000
3. Katie Sims
4.

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 am going to share a card I did awhile back for the Crafty Sentiments Designs Inspirations Blog. I didn't have a chance to post it here yet so I thought today would be the perfect opportunity :)

I used one of the adorable snowman stamps from Crafty Sentiments Designs called Snowman and Friends! I really love their snowmen images, of course snowman stamps are one of my weaknesses - LOL! I used some copic markers to color and then added lots of iridescent ice for snow sparkles. The papers I used are from the Winter Wishes Paper Pack from Echo Park. I love this pack - such pretty colors in it! The small snowflake and the border punch are both Martha Stewart punches and the larger snowflake is, I think a Stampin Up one. I punched the snowflakes from silver glitter paper for added bling :) I also used a card sketch but I can't remember which one now - LOL!

If you haven't checked out the New Items that we have been adding lately - you need to! We have been super busy! I have will be working on Magnolia stamps tonight! I will be adding some new companies this week too....lots and lots of exciting things coming :D

I also have a SUNDAY SPECIAL COUPON for you...that you may use TODAY ONLY...it will expire at Midnight Central Time...

SUNDAY20 - just place that code in the coupon section and receive 20% off your order - any size!



Be sure to check out what the Design Team have for you today ! They are such a talented group so I know that they will have some awesome things for you to see :) Don't forget to leave comments on all the blogs for the most chances to win to be in our drawing on December 1st!! Enjoy your Sunday and thanks for stopping by! 

If you are getting crafty ... be sure to play along in our challenge this week of Shabby Chic or Vintage...we have some AWESOME AWESOME prizes :)

Enjoy the Hop!

Dangina

Athina

Shanna 

Marcy

Joni

Nina
Laura 

Have a great day!
Laura

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenges - W For Winter Wishes
A Gem of a Challenge - #107 Sparkles
Allsorts - Bring on the Bling
LOC - No People
Polkadoodles - Inspired by a Christmas Carol - Frosty the Snowman - love this one :)
Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything Goes
Creative Knockouts - Snowflakes 

Got The Blues...

Hi Stampers!

 Today starts a new challenge at Crafty Sentiments Designs! This week we got the blues! Now...we are not talking about being sad, or the music...we want to see LOTS of BLUES on your projects! I really love the color combination of blues with some browns for Winter cards so that is what I did for my inspiration piece...

This super cute image is called Come On Teddy and is one of the new releases from Crafty Sentiments Designs that just came out! I colored this with copic markers. I added some liquid applique with iridescent ice embossing powder on the top to create my snow. The papers are from the Bo Bunny Powder Mountain Collection. It is kind of hard to see but on the top I added an embossed word that says "Winter" from a sizzix embossing folder I had and then added the Tim Holtz Ticket that says Play. The spellbinders dies are Labels 22.

I hope you will play along with us this week at Crafty Sentiments Designs!

I will be back later this afternoon with my Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Project so be sure to check back for that :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Laura

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

Through The Purple Haze - Winter Scene with People or Animals

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Hobby Cutz Challenges - Winter Wonderland or Glitter & Sparkle

CMC Copic Challenges - Wintry, Frosty Cold

A Creative Romance - Winter Blue's 

Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes

Inky Impressions - Dies & Punches

Ready-Teddy-Go Challenge - Use Embossing

Pillow Box...BUCKET!

Hi Stampers!

Today is my posting day for The Cutting Cafe! This week the Design Team was asked to have fun with PILLOW BOXES! Regina has a TON of awesome files for all kinds of pillow boxes for many different occasions!

I decided to have a little fun with the Assorted Pillow Box File because I wanted to use a plain pillow box shape with no cutouts and this file has one. I wanted to try and use the Traditional Pillow Box in a Non-Traditional way so I made a Pillow Box BUCKET!! Take a look!

This was really not that hard to make! What I did was cut out 3 of the Pillow Box shapes and instead of closing them, you place sticky strip on the tabs you would typically close them with and adhere them end to end, closing your bucket with the last tab.

Regina's plain  Pillow Box Template is very good sized - the pillow box sides are 3 1/4" wide so my bucket turned out to be about 5 3/4" diameter! You can stuff ALOT of goodies inside it! To do the bottom, instead of scoring the curve on the end, I scored it straight across and folded the flap under and then placed a large circle on the inside and outside of the bucket to make it really sturdy.

You can do the handles different ways, across the middle, make two front to back or do like I did and create what looks like a Coffee Mug handle so my bucket looks like a ginormous cup! I knew I was going to put hot chocolate mixes, marshmallows and mint patties in mine so I chose to make the "Cup" Handle. I secured the bottom with a fancy vintage style brad.

Here is a closer peek at the front:

This image is called Cocoa from Saturated Canary which I colored with copics. I LOVE her! :)

I hope you enjoyed my unique way to use the Pillow Box File! These are so fun to make and would make great gift ideas! Be sure to see how my fellow Design team members used their Pillow Boxes on the Cutting Cafe Inspiration Blog!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Laura

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

Saturated Canary - Seasons Greetings

The Crafting Muskateers - Christmas in October

OOZAK - Anything Goes With Friendship

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Anything But a Card

Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes

Deep Ocean Challenge - Christmas is Around the Corner

Yumi & Fumi Challenge -  Anything Goes

Color Me Creative Challenge - Anything Goes

Christmas Stampin all Year Long - Simply Christmas

Winter Wonderland - Wrap It Up

A Little Take Out..

Hi Stampers!

First off I want to say that my thoughts and prayers are with all the Federal Workers and their families who are furloughed while this whole Government fiasco is being hashed out! Hopefully Congress gets their act together quickly and they get folks back to work and things running again ASAP!

This week at The Cutting Cafe the Design team was asked to use the Chinese Take Out Box Template. Now, when I first read our assignment I was coming up with different ideas and themes, but hadn't look at the size of the box first - LOL! So when I saw that this box was actually a super cute LITTLE box - I had to change  my game plan - LOL! This adorable little box measures 1.75" x 2.25" when it is assembled!! Perfect to give a little treat in :)

Here is my little box...

I think it turned out really cute :) This was such a quick and easy project, you could make quite a few for little party favors or a little treat for the kiddos during the holidays. I used some of my scraps of designer paper that I had to cover my box. Because it is a smaller size it is a great project for using them up! After covering my box with Designer papers, I just punched a 1 1/4" circle and made a little snowman face. I used sparkly pebbles chalk on the cheeks and black pearls for eyes and then just used a black marker to drawn in the mouth. I popped the face up on dimensionals and then used a scrap piece of ribbon to create a scarf. Quick and Easy!

Here is a peak at the side of my box...

I added a contrasting designer paper on my side "wings" and added some crochet lace and an antiqued brad that had a white wash to hold it all in place.

I love the size of this box! For Christmas this year, I want to make a little advent project using these little boxes. They are just the perfect size to hang on your tree and the kids can get a treat off the tree as they count down the days till Santa arrives :)

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to stop by The Cutting Cafe Inspirational Blog early this evening to see all the different ways the Design Team decorated their Chinese Take Out Boxes!

Have a great day!

Laura

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Anything But a Card

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy - Anything But A Card

Glitter N Sparkle Challenge - Add Some Metal (Antique Metal Brads)

Delicious Doodles Challenge - Eyelets or Brads

Let It Snow!

Do not think by my title that I am asking for snow! I am not a snow person, a winter person or even a cold person and the only snow that I like to see is on my cards - LOL! And the only time I ever want to see snow in the Winter is when I don't have to go outside in it and I can stay home in my flannel jammies with coffee or hot chocolate :) Oh..and on Christmas, I love a white Christmas. OK...enough about SNOW - LOL!

For my card today I am combining my Design Team Posts for Crafty Sentiments Designs and Loves Rubberstamps challenges.

This week I am hosting the challenge at Crafty Sentiments Designs and we want to see your Favorite Technique. And if you don't really have a favorite technique you can still play along by just using your favorite color combination :)

My absolute FAVORITE thing to do is create scenes using sponges. I am not very good with a brayer so I use sponges instead. Believe it or not but the background panel on my Christmas card is all one layer. I just used post it notes to mask off different areas before sponging and then added liquid applique with dazzzling diamonds to create a little dimension on my tree branch, along the frozen creek and for some drifts. The tree branch and the sentiment are from the Tattered Angels stamp set called Chillin'. I extended the letter "N" swirl with my white gel pen so it looked like ice skating marks. The image I used is from Crafty Sentiments Designs called Jasmin - Winter Skates. I colored her with copic markers and I did use spectrum noir for the reds and the lightest green color. Then I just cut her out and popped her on dimensionals. I added some more liquid applique with dazzling diamonds on her hat.

I have had quite a few people ask if we will be getting more Crafty Sentiments Designs in the store and the answer is YES! I do plan on getting ALL of the Crafty Sentiments Designs images that we can carry listed in the store as a preorder. That way we make sure we are ordering the customer requests first because there have been quite a few new releases since our last order! So look for those this week!

This is also my project for this week's Loves Rubberstamps Challenge which is EVERYONE's super favorite... Anything Goes! So if you have a chance to get crafty this week...use your favorite technique or color combo and then enter it in BOTH of our challenges :D We can't wait to see what you create!

Here are the Copics/Spectrum Noir Markers that I used that I can remember :)

Skin: E00, E11, E21, R20 and Spectrum Noir F1

Hair: E25, E31, E33

Brown on Clothes: E31, E33

Greens: G94, G99 and Spectrum Noir DG2

Reds: Spectrum Noir: CR7, CR9, CR11

Thanks for stopping by today!

Laura

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - No Patterned Paper
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes One Layer
Addicted to Stamps - Create a Scene
Christmas Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Craft A Scene - Dusk to Dawn
Robyn's Fetish Challenges - Nature #179