A Little Bit Grumpy...

Hi Stampers!

Today will be another super busy day on my blog! I hope you don't mind all the Inspiration Projects :)
I will have THREE posts again today! This post will be for this week's Loves Rubberstamps Challenge!
This week will be fun! We want to see ROUND or SQUARE cards! I am starting to love square cards a lot and find myself making them more and more. I usually do mine in a size 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" because I don't have many 12" x 12" sheets and that is the biggest size I can get out of a standard sheet of cardstock.

Here is my project:

This week we are generously being sponsored by The Paper Shelter so I used one of their adorable images called - "A Little Bit Grumpy" I love this little fairy and she reminds me of a little grumpy teenager with that attitude - LOL! I colored her with copic markers.

That gorgeous paper with the stripes is my new addiction! This is from the Gorjuss Girls line which I am hoping to get listed in the store TONIGHT! I need to hurry before I use all the paper up - LOL! The paper with the butterflies was a piece from Graphic 45.

I added some netting, ribbon rose trim and black ribbon with pearls and then my die cut sentiment is created using the Delicate Words Die from The Greeting Farm. I LOVE this die and we just got them back in stock :)

For my layout I used this week's sketch from - Stamp With Fun:

Here is a close up of my little fairy...

Hope that you will play along with us this week at Loves Rubberstamps! We love visiting your blogs and seeing your creations!

I will back later this morning with my Inspiration Project for this week's Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge AND another SNEAK PEAK of another one of their new stamps that is being released on August 22nd! So be sure to visit me later :)

Have a great day!
Laura

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

Stamp With Fun - Sketch Challenge 220
The Paper Shelter - Use That Ribbon

Card Mania Challenge - #27 Favorite Embellishment - Rose Trim
Cutie Pie Challenge - Anything Goes
Paper Playtime - #17 Use Pearls
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
One Stop Craft Challenge - Add Stripes
Card Crafter's Circle - #88 Winged Things
Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments - Anything But a Birthday Card
Crafty Ribbons - 3 of Something - 3 types of ribbon
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
The House That Stamps Built - Things With Wings
Inky Impressions - Anything With Wings

Secret Recipe...

Good Afternoon Stampers!

Just a super quick post from me before I hit the sack for a few hours before I have to go back to work! Today is a brand new Loves Rubberstamps Challenge so I wanted to share my inspiration project that I created :)

This week our theme is Cute as a Button and all you have to do is have a button on your project - either a real one or make your own ... easy peasy! We also have a guest sponsor of The Paper Shelter who is providing our winner with a $20.00 gift certificate to their store! This is a super awesome prize! So just for playing along with us this week you could be a lucky winner of up to a $40.00 prize package!

Here is what I created using the Chef Trattoria Digi from The Paper Shelter.

I have mentioned a few times that one of my FAVORITE things to do is make scrapbook recipe pages and when I saw this adorable Chef, I knew he would be perfect on one :) This is a 6"x6" page and it features a pocket in the middle so I could slip the ingredients list in one section and the cooking directions in another. The Designer papers I used are from the Authentique Enchanted Paper Pack and my "Secret Recipe" stamp is from the Cookbookin Tasty Phrases Stamp Set.

Here is a peek at the recipe cards pulled out...

I got this recipe for Jessica Alba's Turkey Meatballs from the Martha Stewart website.

Here is the Recipe...

Ingredients

2 pounds lean ground turkey
1 cup panko (Japanese breadcrumbs)
1/4 cup finely chopped carrots
1/4 cup finely chopped zucchini
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
1 tablespoon coarse sea salt
2 tablespoons olive oil
3/4 cup homemade or store-bought low-sodium chicken broth

Directions
1.In a large bowl, mix turkey, panko, carrots, zucchini, onion, eggs, Italian seasoning, and salt until well combined; form into 1-inch balls.

2.Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add meatballs and cook, turning, until browned, about 7 minutes.

3.Add 1/2 cup chicken broth; cover and reduce heat to low. Cook until liquid is almost completely absorbed, about 7 minutes. Add remaining 1/4 cup broth and increase heat to medium; cook, uncovered, until liquid is absorbed. Serve.

You can see the original recipe on Martha Stewart's Website - Here.

I hope you get a chance to play along this week with us! We would LOVE to see your creative use of buttons :) Now I am off to hit the hay... 4 hours of sleep is going to go fast :(

Happy Stampin!
Laura

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

Ribbon Blossom Bookmark

Hi Stampers!

Today we have a really fun challenge this week over at our Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog called Fun With Ribbons. All you have to do to play along is create a project that uses ribbon on it! You can get creative with it, or use it the standard way with a bow (which is super hard for me - LOL)!

This week we are also being sponsored by The Paper Shelter who has the absolute CUTEST Digi Stamp sets on the planet! They are offering a $20.00 Gift Voucher to our Winner! So if you play along...you could receive that awesome prize PLUS a Gift voucher to Loves Rubberstamps. Either $10.00 or $20.00 depending on what stamp you use! So it is an awesome week to play along!

For my Inspiration project I decided to create a ribbon bookmark that features one of the super cute images from our sponsor!

Here is my bookmark laying flat! I can tell you that this sucker was HARD to photograph because the ribbon isn't stiff. This cute image I used is from The Paper Shelter and it is called Gothic and Modern. I colored her using my spectrum noir markers and had printed her out onto crafters companion ultra smooth white cardstock that is designed to use with alcohol ink markers.

After coloring her up I cut her out using my colluzzle and then layered her on top of silver glitter paper. I sandwiched my ribbon between the layers. Now... my normal double sided adhesive wouldn't stick to the glitter paper very well. Holly had recommended that I try the Best Glue Ever from ScrapPerfect quite awhile ago and she had told me that when you glue layers with it - it didn't wrinkle your paper all up. I decided to try it and it worked amazing! No wrinkles or anything and it really sticks to that glitter paper! I also used it to sandwich my two other pieces onto my ribbon.

I used the stamp set that comes in the My Favorite Things Die-Namics Bookmark & matching stamp set for the sentiment. I stamped it and then cute each word out and layered them using glue dots.

Here is a close up of my bookmark main panel.

To really get creative with my ribbon I decided to attempt a ribbon blossom for the top piece that sticks out of your book. You are supposed to use about 6" long ribbon strips tied together, however I didn't want my flower super huge. I am always skimpy with ribbon because I hate wasting it ...so I tried cutting mine about  3 inches. Well...you need to make them 6" because they are super hard to knot otherwise! This was my first attempt at these ribbon blossoms so I will know next time to not skimp on my ribbon - LOL! Since I had already cut them all I decided to go ahead and use it. It didn't turn out super awesome, but it will work for me :)

Here is a look at my bookmark doing it's job...

Kind of looks like a ribbon blob mess...but I tried - LOL! Here is one last look at the whole thing...

I hope you liked my project! I think I will be making some bookmarks for some christmas gifts...but next time I won't be skimpy with my ribbon for my blossom - LOL!

Here is my TOP TIP - for the Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - My purple gingham ribbon that I used kept wanting to fray at the ends and I had to keep trimming them down. So what I did was I took my heat gun and got it nice and hot and then just blew it on my ribbon ends to melt them just a tad, and it stopped the fraying :)
Thanks for stopping and remember...if you make a project with ribbon on it - we wanna see it so play along in our challenge!

Happy Stampin!
Laura

I will be entering this in the Following Challenges:

Can You Digi It? - Challenge 23 CAS with Inspiration Board - Inspired by colors Upper Right Corner
Jackson's Digital Expressions - Challenge 32 CAS
Tuesday Alchemy - Challenge 41 - Anything But a Card
Top Tip Tuesday - Challenge 90 - Kids & Teens
Artsistic Inspirations - Challenge 16 - Anything Goes
Eureka Stamps - Challenge #15 - For the Kids
Creative Stamp Friends - Favorite Colors - Silver & Purple
Paper Playtime - Challenge 89 - Anything Goes
Paper Pretties Monday Challenge - PPMC66 - Anything But a Card
Dream Valley Challenges - Challenge 45 - Anything Goes
The Paper Players - Challenge #122 - LeAnne's Clean & Simple Silver or Gold
The Squirrel and the Fox - Challenge 31 Anything Goes
The Ribbon Girl - November Colour Challenge - Lavender Hues
Craft Punked - Week 46 - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Challenge Blog - Challenge #159 - Let's Have Sparkle
Stamping Dragon Challenge - So Cute
Forever Friends Challenge - #49 - Use Ribbon or Twine
My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenges - Anything Cute
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Sassy Studio Designs - Challenge 151 - No patterned paper
All That Scraps - ABC Challenge - Used My Favorite Things Bookmark Die-Namics Stamp Set for Sentiment