Turkey Table Manners

Hi Stampers!

Today I want to share with you my design team project for The Cutting Cafe! This week we are getting ready to prepare for Thanksgiving and Regina asked us to showcase a few of her super cute Thanksgiving files. Now you know me... I usually can't just pick one because they are too cute and today is no different - LOL!

I wanted to make a cute wall hanging for my Thanksgiving decor. Since this Holiday is all about family, being thankful for all the blessings in your life, good food and family gatherings ... I thought it would be fun to make a sign to remind of us of good table manners.... turkey style!

That super cute Turkey is made by paper piecing the turkey pieces from Regina's Turkey Shaped Card. The only thing I did different was adding different eyes. The "Did Someone Say Turkey" sentiment is from the Thanksgiving Day printable stamp set.

To make the bottom part of my wall hanging I used the Gobble Shaped word card and matching sentiment. Instead of making a folded card - I just cut the card in half and paper pieced the letters on top. I used some hemp twine to make it hang from the top piece.

Most of the designer papers that I used are from the Authentique Paper pack called Thankful.
My "Turkey Table Manners" are computer generated.

Here are close up pictures of the top half and the bottom half so you can get a better look!

And here is a better look at the Bottom Half!

I hope you enjoyed my project today as much I wall enjoy it hanging on my wall :)

Be sure to visit The Cutting Cafe Blog and see what my fellow design team members created for an extra blast of inspiration!! Regina also gives away prizes so be sure and leave a comment while you are there!

Have a great day all!
Laura

I will be entering this in the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Clearly Inspired Challenges - #63 - Critters
Pause Dream Enjoy - #44 - Orange & Brown
Sweet 'N Sassy - SNSDC78 - Anything But a Card
Wags 'N Whiskers - #91 Fall Colours
Divas by Design - #60 - Let's Get Cute
Ruby's Rainbow Challenges - #41 - Birds
Scrapalicious - Happy Fall Y'all
The Ribbon Carousel - Fall Spirit
The Stamping Boutique - Challenge #57 Fall
Tuesday Alchemy - Anything But a Card
Eureka Stamps - #13 - Thanksgiving
Kaboodle Doodles - #144 Anything Goes
Love to Create - Challenge #40 - Shades of Autumn
Paper Playtime - #88 Autumn Colors
Tammy's Scrapin Corner - #35 Anything Fall
The Crafty Pad - #195 - Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C161 - Anything But a Card
My Sheri Crafts - Challenge 97 Fall

Blog Candy Find!

Hi Stampers!

Just a quick post for the moment! While I was doing some blog hopping this morning I came across a fabulous blog! I found it when I was searching for tags and they had some gorgeous projects! They are also having an AMAZING BLOG CANDY give-away that was too fabulous to keep to myself so I thought I would share it with you all!

Isn't that quite the prize? Not only is the candy amazing but so is their blog!

Check it out - Galleri

I will be back later this afternoon with my project for this week's Loves Rubberstamps Challenge which is Anything Goes! I was having some major website issues that didn't get resolved until super late last night so I didn't get my pictures taken. Hope you will play along with us!

Happy Stampin!
Laura

Mega Dose of Cuteness Alert!

Good Morning Stampers!

I woke up to our website being down! GRRRRR!!! I have emailed my webhost and am waiting to hear back! Hopefully it will not be very long because I have LOTS of things to do and lots of things to add still! This is the first time that my site went down since I have had it so I hope it doesn't become a common occurrence! Not a good start to my week - LOL!

I am so glad that Olivia is our Monday Inspirations because her creations are super adorable and today we get a mega dose of cuteness that is guaranteed to make you smile!

Look at how adorable Olivia's little girl is!! What a little sweetheart!! See...you can't help but look at this super cute scrapbook page and NOT smile! LOL!

Olivia accented her page with Cupcake Emma from C.C. Designs. Check out how Olivia Paper Pieced the image! The sentiment is from the Birthday Girl A La Modes stamp set by My Favorite Things. Olivia did a beautiful job with this layout and the accents. I love the flower borders mixed in different areas for some added texture. I also like the more simple design of the layout, there are enough extra elements to make it interesting, but doesn't overpower those adorable photos.

I will add the links to my post as soon as the store site is back up! I just checked again and no dice...hopefully it will be back up quick!

Hope your Monday goes better than mine has started - LOL!

Happy Stampin!
Laura

Sensational Sunday Inspirations & BLOG CANDY!

Hi Stampers!

Welcome to our Sensational Sunday Inspirations post!

Our random  winner of last week's BLOG CANDY GIVE-AWAY had to be chosen by Mathgoodies.com using their random number picker because random.org is down for the entire day for maintenance:

Numbers between 1 - 6 the random result was 4

Comment #4 - Claudia whose comment was - All of the DT'S have done a great job! Wonderful inspirations.
Hugs
Claudia

Congratulations Claudia! Please send me an email at lovesrubberstamps@yahoo.com and I will send you your code for a $10.00 gift voucher to the Loves Rubberstamps store for being a super fan :)

Remember... EVERY SUNDAY... you will have the chance to win a gift voucher to the Loves Rubberstamps Store.... just for leaving a comment on the post! Winner will be chose with random.org and will be announced on the following Sunday's post!

To try and win a $5.00 Gift Voucher - Just leave a Comment on this Post - that's it - nothing else!!

To try and win a $10.00 Gift Voucher - (we will check these)
                                       1. Be a FOLLOWER of this Blog
                                       2. Be a FOLLOWER of The Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog
                                       3. Be our fan on Facebook
                                       4. Add our Blog Candy Badge to your blog
                                       5. Leave a Comment on this post to show love to the DT

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

Marcy Dangcil

My Favorite Things - Pure Innocence Collection - Being Cute is What I Do

My Favorite Things Die-Namics - Jumbo Scallop Die

Simple Stories - Summer Fresh 6x6 Paper Pack

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Star Circles

Memento - Tuxedo Black Ink

This is adorable! I love the soft pretty colors and the paper pieced outfit that Marcy did! I really like how the colors in the outfit match the elements of the card and those flowers are the perfect accent. Super cute!

Katie Skiff

The Greeting Farm - Anya Treats

Simple Stories Papers

McKinley - Katie's Daughter :)

The Greeting Farm - Anya Treats

Simple Stories Papers

I think that both Katie & McKinley did a beautiful job coloring their images! I love the layout that Katie chose for her card and those flowers are the perfect accent to go with those yummy cupcakes! I see a future superstar card-maker in McKinley! I think that it is so precious that Katie & McKinley can enjoy this fun craft together! Wonderful job ladies!

Shanna Shands

Saturated Canary - Ice Cream & Pickles

My Mind's Eye - Papers

This is one of my favorite images from Saturated Canary and really cracks me up! I know when I was pregnant I craved pickles and would eat them with everything, including ice cream - LOL! I even had a yummy breakfast one morning of pickles and strawberry kool-aid - that is it! That is all that sounded good at the time - LOL! I also loved Wendy's Frosties with french fries dipped in them. LOL! Shanna is expecting right now... I wonder what crazy cravings she has...hmmm - LOL! Shanna does the most amazing job coloring her images, I hope that one day I can color like she does! I love everything about this card - Awesome job!!

Holly Flores

Whimsy Stamps - KennyK Collection - Super Mom

Candi Dots Embellishments - Saville Row

My Favorite Things Die-Namics - Banner Strip

Echo Park - For The Record 2 Paper Pack

I absolutely love how Holly colored this image! This super mom is color coordinated right down to her eye-shadow matching her outfit! I love how Holly created the shadow for her image too - very cool! Holly has an amazing knack to find the perfect sketch for her cards! The card candi and the banner are the perfect accents! Great job!

Lydia Walker

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps - Emilie's Etchings Collection - Hangin with my Gnomies

Lydia does an awesome job at clean and simple designs that are just super cute! I love how this just allows the image to be the focus and the cute accent of the twine is the perfect addition because it makes the card fun and dresses it up but doesn't detract from the image. I love how Lydia made her accent come off the page a little! This is adorable! I bow down to those ladies that can pull off clean and simple designs because they are really tough for me to do! Great job Lydia!

Wow! I love my design team and are just in awe every week by their talents! I hope that you enjoyed today's inspirations too!

Be sure to leave a comment so you can be in the drawing to win next week's prize! Double your chances to win by also playing along in our weekly blog challenge too!

Happy Stampin -
Laura

Jolly Old Soul

Happy Saturday Stampers!

Hope you have a fun filled weekend planned! Mine will be super fun too...I will be busy working in the store, but I can't say doing what or I will totally jinx myself... but I do PROMISE you will love it :)

Every Saturday we get to see one of Jacqueline's Saturday Stunners as I like to call them! Jacqueline's cards are always full of beautiful textures, layers and this lady can C-O-L-O-R! She blows me away each and every week with her mini works of art!

Jacqueline has been showcasing some beautiful Christmas Cards and each time I see one I think of how lucky those people are that are on her Christmas Card list - LOL!

This beautiful Santa image is from LaBlanche stamps called Santa with Holly. I love vintage images for Christmas cards and this one is so perfect! Check out all the bling that Jacqueline added! I bet this is just gorgeous in person! Did you see that there is even sparkles on Santa's beard? Those beautiful holly and berry die cuts are from a Tim Holtz die called Holiday Wreath. We will be adding these dies as preorders hopefully very soon! To top off this beautiful card Jacqueline added an adorable sentiment from Whimsy Stamps that is from the Holiday Postage Stamps set. This is one of the sets we will be getting in very soon :) I love how Jacqueline has left the Naughty or Nice section unchecked so far for her son, Cameron - LOL! Maybe she hasn't decided yet which one he gets yet - LOL!

There is still a little time left to get your name into this week's blog candy give-away! All you have to do is check out our Sensation Sunday Post... look at some gorgeous projects from the Design Team and then leave a comment! Easy Peasy and may just win you a chance to do some free shopping! How fun!

Hope you all have a safe and fun weekend!
Laura

Picture Perfect!

Happy Friday Stampers!

Do you have any exciting plans this weekend? I am not telling you mine, quite yet, because every time I say it...something comes up - LOL - so I am not jinxing myself this time! All I am going to say is keep checking our "New Items" category in the store because there will be lots to see :)

As you know Fridays are Holly-Days here! Holly is super sweet and talented and has just been appointed as our new Design Team Coordinator! I am super excited to have her helping me out!! I know that she will do an amazing job :)

Check out Holly's fabulous inspiration card for today...

This is adorable! Check out those paper pieced outfits - LOL!! That made me laugh! Holly used the super cute papers from the Simple Stories Summer Fresh Collection. We have some of their gorgeous Fall and Holiday Papers that should be arriving early next week :) YAY! Super excited for those!

That fabulous group of ladies is called Picture Perfect and is from the Girlfriends Collection from Art Impressions. We will be adding this line as soon as we are able to! I hope that when I am an "old lady" that I have as much fun as these ladies. I still have many years to go...just don't ask how many - LOL!  ;)  Now these ladies are not "old" looking, but I said that because I took a 911 call from a college age male, who needed an ambulance. There was a lady that had fainted in a store and he witnessed it. One of the questions we ask is "How old is the patient?" He said, "I don't know but she is elderly." If they do not know we ask them to tell us approximately....so I asked... and he said (and I am seriously NOT kidding) "Oh, I don't know 30! " LOL! Are you serious? 30... elderly? LOL! So I was BEYOND an ELDERLY person to this kid that day - LOL!

Holly did an amazing job coloring these ladies with her copic markers and airbrush. Those awesome "brads" are not real brads but one of our newest additions to the store... Candi Dots! This is the Holly Berries color. They are super cool and Holly has been rockin' them on her projects since she got them in the mail!!

Well I better Skee-Daddle (as all of us "elderly folks" would say) and get some work done in the store :)

Please keep our East Coast Friends in your thoughts and prayers! I did want to mention that Sassy Cheryl's Digi's has an awesome deal if you like digital stamps. This weekend she has her What's up Turkey? images for sale for $2.00 each. They are the cutest ever! She is donating half the proceeds to the Red Cross from the sales - through the 4th. I have purchased mine :) Now I just need to practice using digi stamps, because I am a digi challenged individual! 

Have a wonderful weekend!

While you are stamping be sure to play in our challenge... we have a guest sponsor so there are extra prizes to be won!

Hugs! Laura

Surpriseabella!

Good Morning Stampers!

Are you recovering from all that candy last night? We didn't have as many trick-or-treaters this year. We only had about 20 kids when last year we had about 60. I let my son pass it out and after the first hour we had TONS of candy left so he started piling it into the kids bags who showed up! Then he would just giggle about how fun it was to see the kids face when they get about 20 - 30 pieces of candy from one house - LOL! He ended up giving it all out :) It was his first time passing it out and I think he had a lot of fun. My husband was mortified that he gave all the CHOCOLATE candy away! Usually I have to buy candy for the trick or treaters and then a special bag of chocolate candy bars for my husband so he stays out of the candy for the kids. He wasn't going to be home so I didn't do that this year so when he did get home he was expecting his chocolate - LOL - Oops!

Today I have a super cute card created by Ceal to share with you!

Ceal used a really cute image from Stamping Bella called Curly Surpriseabella. We have just a couple of the bella stamps in currently and will be expanding this line as soon as we can. If you ever have one you will be needing for a special occasion, just shoot us an email and we will try and get it in as quick as we can for you :) I love the beautiful layout that Ceal used with the doily behind the main image panel. Makes it a simple but classy card that any girl would love!

Don't forget to leave a comment on our Sensational Sunday Post for a chance to win a gift voucher to our store!

We also have this week's Loves Rubberstamps Challenge going on so be sure to play! We have a special guest sponsor this week in addition to the chance to win a gift voucher to our store! This week our challenge is a Pinterest Photo Challenge that is perfect for this time of year :)

Here is the photo! Just think of all the ways to be inspired... the colors, the plaid pattern, the lady herself, the bandanna, the hot beverage... How fun! We hope you play!

Have a great day & Happy Stampin!
Laura