Lazy Daisy Days

Good Morning Stampers!

Hope your weekend is off to a good start! After work today I have a few errands to run and then my weekend will start! YAY! Saturday nights my hubby races a sportmod race car so the evenings are spent at the race track which is always fun :)

Other than the races...I plan on spending my weekend holed up in my stampin studio having some quality "Me" time...that is my plan anyway so we will see how it goes :)

Today I have a gorgeous treat for you! Today's card is created by Design Team Member - Jacqueline Smith. This talented lady knows how to layer! I can spend hours looking at her creations and spot some new detail or embellishment that I didn't see before! I love that about her mini works of art. Take a look at this beauty...

Those flowers are gorgeous! The attention to detail that Jacqueline puts in to each and every one of her cards just amazes me. I love how she colored her flowers and created all the popped layers for texture.
Those beautiful flowers are from the Flourishes Stamp Set called Gerber Daisies and the sentiment is from the Orchids Stamp Set also by Flourishes. We will be adding both of these sets to our line up in the near future.

Be sure to visit Jackie's Blog - Jacqueline's Creative Works of Art and check all the details on this beautiful summer stunner!

If you find yourself with some time to stamp this weekend... enter our Week 3 Blog Challenge - Anything Goes ... we are giving away a shopping spree of up to $50 in our store! This week's challenge ends Monday night at 9pm CST.

Happy Stampin All! Enjoy your weekend & Be safe!
Laura

What? Me? Old? Naaaah!

Good Morning Stampers!

Hope you are having a wonderful day so far! Here the sun is shining...birds are chirping...and I have a gorgeous card to share with you today created by our design team member - Meredith Winston! Couldn't ask for anything better!

Isn't this gorgeous? I LOVE it! And see...If you have to grow old...you can just not grow up! Hee Hee! I love the stamp set that Meredith chose to use on her card today. It is called Vintage Verses from Gourmet Rubber Stamps and it is one of my favorite sets. I know... I know... I have LOTS of favorites :)  I love the floral accents that Meredith chose too, those pretty felt flowers are gorgeous...and she created them HERSELF with her die-namics rolled rose die...AWESOME!! We will be adding the die-namics dies and also some stamps from My favorite Things in the near future :)

I really admire Meredith's ability to create a card having a verse as the focal image. I seem to have a hard time with that because I always want to add a picture image with it :) Some verses, like this one, are perfect by themselves!

Take some time to visit Meredith's Blog - Paper Canteen Creations and read about how she created this beauty! One thing I love about Meredith is she has this wonderful ability to make every card unique and is also very versatile in the style she uses. It is always exciting to see her creations because you never know what she will wow you with next! 

Have a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping!
Laura

Who Loves Flourishes Stamps?

Good Morning Stampers!

If you LOVE Flourishes stamps...you are in for a TREAT because...we will be getting in some new Flourishes stamp sets that are scheduled for delivery TODAY (fingers crossed) AND because of this super cute card that our design team member Ceal Pritchett created using their April Showers Stamp Set!

Isn't that adorable? I love Ceal's ability to create such cute Clean and Simple cards. Those kind really challenge me because I see white and I wanna add something - LOL - so I really admire those card maker's that can pull this style off!

Have a great day everyone! If you have a chance to make a card today...enter it into our ANYTHING GOES challenge... we wanna give away some shopping sprees!

Happy Stamping!
Laura

Little Bluebird...

Good Morning Stampers!

When I saw today's project created by design team member, Lisa Rasmussen, it reminded me of a poem by Emily Huntington Miller. I will share it with you...

                                           The Bluebird Poem

I know the song that the bluebird is singing,
Out in the apple-tree where he is swinging;
Brave little fellow, the skies may look dreary;
Nothing cares he while his heart is so cheery.

Hark! how the music leaps out from his throat,
Hark! was there ever so merry a note?
Listen awhile and you’ll hear what he’s saying,
Up in the apple-tree swinging and swaying.

“Dear little blossoms down under the snow,
You must be weary of winter, I know;
Hark, while I sing you a message of cheer;
Summer is coming and spring-time is here!

“Little white snowdrop! I pray you arise;
Bright yellow crocus! come, open your eyes;
Sweet little violets, hid from the cold,
Put on your mantles of purple and gold;
Daffodils! daffodils! say, do you hear?–
Summer is coming and spring-time is here!”

Lisa created the cutest notecard and box set using the Birds Make a Cupcake stamp set from Pink Cat Studio.

I think Lisa's little bluebird is the sweetest! I also love the pop of bling on the lollipop! Lisa created a matching notecard box to hold her cards...

I love the colors that Lisa used, the gray and blue are beautiful together. That delish cupcake lets you know that there will be something yummy inside!

Here is the set all together...

                                                            What an adorable gift set!

Visit Lisa's Blog to get all the details on this super sweet notecard set.

Don't forget to play along with us in our blog challenge... this week's theme is an anything goes challenge so you are only limited by your imagination! Plus you might be the lucky winner of a gift voucher to our store :)

Happy Stamping All!
Laura

Ahhh...Adorable Milton!

Good Morning Stampers!

Guess what today is? Our very first Loves Rubberstamps Blog Challenge with our new Design Team! YAY!

Here is the card that I made for my Inspiration project for this week's challenge - ANYTHING GOES...



The image I used is from Wild Rose Studio and it is called Milton with Lily. I love Milton...he is sooooo cute!  I am super excited about my card today because I have been experimenting with Hybrid Coloring and I have to say, I am really lovin the results! Hybrid Coloring is when you mix markers with colored pencils to color your image.

To color my Milton I used my Spectrum Noir Alcohol Ink Markers to color my entire image first. Then I came back and used my prismacolor pencils to do a little shading in the center of the flower and a little bit of the darkers shadows on my bear. I also used prismacolor pencils to add the pink to his cheeks. Then I just blended the pencil using a dry tortillon or paper stump. The grass and the shading around the image is all done using my prismacolor pencils and gamsol to blend.

This is only my second time trying this technique and it is fast becoming a favorite! Here is a closer look at my Milton image...

The sentiment is from the Flourishes Stamp Set - Apple of My Eye. I added some dots of glitter to the center of my flower and a few highlights with my white gel pen. I stamped my image using India Ink  on Crafter's Companion Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock for Alcohol Markers.

I used this Bellariffic Sketch from Stamping Bella for my card layout:

Hope you liked my card today :)

Please come and join us in our Blog Challenge... You could be the lucky winner of a gift voucher for up to $50 to use in our store!

Also don't forget to become our facebook fan... we will be giving away a gift voucher for $100 to our store each time we hit 500 new fans!

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stamping!
Laura

A Little Sweetness...

Good Morning Everyone!

Guess what today is? Our Design Team Debut!!  YAY!!!

We will be showcasing an inspirational card or project created by a different Design Team member everyday! And boy...are your eyes in for some sweetness today!

Today's card is created by Olivia Marmara. The stamp that she used is called Picked Sweet from the Little Cottage Cutie line designed by Elisabeth Bell for Whimsy Stamps.

I absolutely adore the bright summery colors that Olivia used to color her image with. Her rolled paper flowers give it the perfect touch! Visit Olivia's Blog to get all the sweet details on this little cutie!

Don't forget that tomorrow is our First Blog Challenge featuring our Design Team! Play along and you could win a gift voucher to use at our store... Loves Rubberstamps!

We are having a Facebook Fan Page drive! Become one of our Facebook Followers and every time we hit 500 new fans... we will draw one lucky name to win a $100 gift voucher to our store! Share this with all of your crafty friends!

Happy Stamping Everyone!
Laura

My Sunday Shares - June 3rd

Good Morning Everyone!

Hard to believe it is JUNE already! I am super excited for a couple of reasons today! First the artist I am featuring today is incredibly awesome and.... this week starts our first week with our new design team! YAY! We will start rolling out all kinds of beautiful and inspirational pieces of art that you can drool over starting on Monday with a super cute card by Olivia Marmara! And BELIEVE me it is SUPER CUTE! I have seen it already :)

Don't forget to mark your calendars to play along with us in our Loves Rubberstamps Blog Challenges which will post every Tuesday - the first one being on the 5th... you could be the lucky winner of a gift voucher to our store to pick yourself up some goodies! The more people that play... the more the vouchers will become so tell all your friends! Better yet... be sure and grab our Blog Challenges button, post it on your blog and then shoot me an email and you will also get a FREE SHIPPING coupon good on any size order! It is going to be a BLAST!

Now are you ready to droll over some of the cutest cards EVER? Today I am only featuring one, very talented paper artist because her work is just that awesome! As I told you in last week's shares I have a little obsession with Paper Smooches stamps because they are so fun and when I saw this card made with one of my most favorite paper Smooches stamp sets Alfresco... you will completely understand my obsession....

Isn't that the sweetest card you have ever seen? Gives me the giggles every time I see it! Can you believe that this card has NO patterned paper...nope...none!! That gorgeous red gingham pattern was made using the Debonair stamp set! This "cutest card on the planet" was created by the super talented, Kimberly, whose blog is called Paper Yummies. Very appropriate because her blog is FULL of some of the most adorable cards you will find! Kimberly is awesome at clean and simple cards which, for me anyway, can be challenging. Kimberly graciously told me I could share any of her cards that I liked so here are some of my other favorites that she has created (and believe me I had a hard time choosing which ones to share because I loved...her whole blog - LOL...

I chose this one to share with you because I really loved how Kimberly used Vellum as an overlay on her designer paper to change the look and give it some contrast. Brilliant idea! This card was created with the Paper Smooches Set - Circle of Honor and also the stars from Smarty Pants.

These next 3 cards of Kimberly's all use another one of my favorite Paper Smooches sets called Get Outta Town. I chose these three to show you because they demonstrate what I love about the paper smooches stamp sets... they are fun and have a little silliness mixed in...but they are SUPER versatile and allow you to create a wide range of looks from just one set.

This one features a cute little island with some palm trees.  If you look closely the same stamp image that was used to create the little birds... is also the same image upside down to create the waves! Very cool!

Now if you look at this card, Kimberly used the coconut drink and saying from the same stamp set. What I LOVED about this card is she added FLOCK to the coconut...look...

Super cute and it is the PERFECT touch! Makes you just want to touch it - LOL!

Now using the SAME stamp set Kimberly created this elegant beauty....

She used the flower stamp multiple times and colored it. The sentiment she created using two other Paper Smooches sets Pretty Momma and Simply Said. Could you tell that they were two separate stamp sets to create that greeting? I didn't until I read her post about creating this card! That is another thing I love about Paper Smooches... the sets all work together...did I mention that I love Paper Smooches yet? LOL!

I wanted to share this gorgeous card because well it is simply stunning....

I love the colors that Kimberly chose and the way she popped her butterflies. This card uses the Pretty Momma and Simply Said stamp sets from Paper Smooches. I also love the stitching that she did. Sewing is on my list of things to learn because I love the way it looks on your cards - it gives it that extra pop sometimes.

The last card that I chose to share is one that Kimberly did using a stamp set from....LAWN FAWN! Ha Ha! I bet you thought I was going to say Paper Smooches again...

See why I HAD to share this one... ADORABLE! Se used Lawn Fawn's My Silly Valentine, which can be used for many more occasions than just Valentine's Day as Kimberly shows. I LOVE the stamped sentiment on the elementary style writing paper - fits perfectly and adds the perfect touch!

I hope you enjoyed Kimberly's cards as much as I did! Take the time to become a follower of her blog - Paper Yummies - because there is definitely lots more yumminess to be found!

If you want to read more on Kimberly's Creations that are featured here - just click the following links and they will take you directly to her post for that card:

Lawn Fawn - Apple of my Eye Card

Paper Smooches - Welcome Home, Hero Card

Paper Smooches - Wish Big Ant - Cutest Card on the Planet!

Paper Smooches - Coconut Card & Thanks Mom

Paper Smooches - Happy Place Island Card

Paper Smooches - Happy Everything Card

I want to extend a HUGE THANK YOU to Kimberly for allowing me to share her creative genius with you! I hope you enjoyed Kimberly's work as much as I do!

Don't forget... come play with us on Tuesday, June 5th for our first blog challenge with our design team! It will be a lot of fun :)

Happy Stamping All and enjoy the rest of your weekend!! - Laura