Thankful For You

Hi Stampers!

Today is Tuesday which means a new Loves Rubberstamps Blog Challenge! This week our theme is Thanksgiving. Here is what I came up with for my Design Team Inspiration project...

For my project, this image is actually a little witch but I cut the pointy end of the hat off and made it look like she has a fancy straw hat instead of a witch hat.  This adorable little "witch" is from Sweet Pea Stamps Elisabeth Bell Collection and is called Wispy Willow with Pumpkin. I thought it was so cute I wanted to use it for more than just Halloween! I colored her using Spectrum Noir markers.

My vertical panel is made by stamping the Food Word Collage Stamp from Impression Obsession multiple times to make my own background paper. My other papers that I used are from the Bo Bunny Apple Cider 6x6 paper pack.

The flower I had made about 6 months ago and it has been sitting on my desk staring at me with it's one pearl wondering if I would ever use it on a project. Well, I finally found the right one for it :) I had come across a video showing how to make a melted satin ribbon flower and had to try it right that second so that is how this flower came to be. I think they are really cool looking so I will be making some more. Here is a close up of my flower...

I accented my card with some flourishes cut from glitter paper for a touch of bling using My Favorite Things Die-Namics Fancy Flourish Die. My sentiment is from the My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Collection - Turkey Time. The layout that I used is from Sketchy Colors:

Hope you will play along with us this week!
Happy Stampin!
Laura

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

Sketchy Colors - Week 139 - Sketch Challenge
Elphine House - Autumn/Fall Colors
Elisabeth Bell's World - Glimmer, Shimmer & Shine
Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge 79 More than 1 punch or die-cut
Ribbon Carousel - Giving Thanks/ Fall

It's a little Windy...

Happy Monday Stampers!

I have a super busy day planned but I wanted to make sure that I popped in here to share with you our Magnificent Monday Inspiration piece from design team member, Olivia! Her projects always make me smile and it is the perfect way to start the week off!

I love the unique shape that Olivia chose for her tag! She has an amazing talent for using bright, fun colors that look awesome together. When I try and use bright colors it just makes your eyeballs hurt looking at it - LOL! That is why I love my design team! They each have such unique styles and talents so between us all we cover about every style :)

This adorable image that Olivia used is called Windy Day from Saturated Canary. And GUESS WHAT?!?!?!  In case you have not heard yet... there will be a new release of rubber stamps from Saturated Canary with PREORDERS starting November 19th!! WE WILL HAVE THEM ALL AVAILABLE TO PREORDER!! You will want to place preorders early because the last release they sold out of the most popular images really quick and then they were unavailable for quite awhile! You don't want to miss these... there are 15 new images coming!! SUPER SUPER EXCITED!! Mark your calendars! I will be including a little freebie in your order for everyone that preorders from our store! It will be a surprise! :)

I love all that bling and lace from the doily on Olivia's tag! Such a cute project!

Be sure to leave a comment on our Sensational Sunday Inspirations post so you have a chance to win our blog candy gift certificate this week!!

Happy Stampin!
Laura

Sensational Sunday Inspirations & BLOG CANDY!

Hi Stampers!

Welcome to our Sensational Sunday Inspirations post!

First I would like to say... HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY!
Thank you so much to all of the service men and women and their families for all the sacrifices they make for us to enjoy the freedoms we have. Words can never express how grateful we truly are!

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Comment #6 - Yvette whose comment was - Inspirational work! Great cards!


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Today I have another special announcement before we see the gorgeous projects from our Design Team!

The Cutting Cafe has an AMAZING give-away of SIX... yes I said SIX free files that are perfect for your December projects! Regina is a very sweet and talented lady and I am very honored to be a part of her awesome Design Team. Her files are so fun and easy to use! I absolutely LOVE them and I know that you will too! Please visit her post to check out this amazing special and to download your files. She will be offering this deal through November 17th!

The Cutting Cafe is also sponsoring our challenge this week at Loves Rubberstamps Challenges! Be sure to show us what you are creating...this week is Anything Goes!

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

Katie Skiff

Paper Smooches - Circle of Honor

I had to start with Katie's project because it is so perfect to honor our service men and women! I love this layout and the deep, rich blues in that paper with the kraft. What an adorable way to accent the ribbon with the bit of twine too! Simply beautiful!

Lydia Walker

Paper Smooches - Happy Camper

Paper Smooches - Perpetual Bliss

Spectrum Noir - Browns

OMGosh!! This is the cutest! Lydia placed her little critters on springs so they actually wobble and bounce around like they are jammin' out to some great music - LOL! I would be wiggling my card all day! They are getting DOWN with Karoke! Now obviously this bear is better singer than I am because his deer friend is there listening to him. My screeching clears rooms so I only sing in the car, when I am alone, or with the kids when I want to embarrass them so they say.... "MOM! SERIOUSLY!" LOL! I love this card!

Marcy Dangcil

Sweet Pea Stamps - Ching-Chou Kuik Collection - The Serene Night

WOWZERS! This is a stunning tag! Marcy did a beautiful job coloring her image and adding all those gorgeous pearls, bling and fibers for texture! I love the little heart charm on top too. I have been a huge fan of this collection for a long time and am so glad that we were able to add it to the store! Such beautiful designs!

Kelli Hull

C.C. Designs - Sweet November Noelle

This is such a pretty CAS design! I love how Kelli just added a touch of highlights to the wings and the dress and let that beautiful image be the star. This shows how you can even keep your colors really simple and still have an elegant and beautiful card.

Shanna Shands

My Favorite Things - My Balloon

My Favorite Things Die-Namics - Mini Rolled Roses Die

My Mind's Eye - Papers

This is so pretty! I love the colors and how Shanna matched the purples in her image with her papers. Such a cute layout and those mini roses are gorgeous! This would make a sweet card for a lot of different occasions, you could just add different sentiments.

Olivia Marmara

Sweet Pea Stamps - Elisabeth Bell Collection - Jack-O-Lantern Tea

This is so pretty! I love those soft pretty blues and how the lace and pearls add an elegance to this card. Reminds you of a super fancy tea party! Olivia colored her image perfectly to match those gorgeous papers!

Olivia Marmara -

Candle 1 - Wild Rose Studio - Annabelle's Christmas Collection - Feeding Robins

Candle 2 - Saturated Canary - Candy Canes

These are soooo cute and would make a perfect gift for any person on your Christmas List! Olivia did an awesome job coloring her images and adding stickles to the design before transferring them to her candle. Have you ever wondered how do make these? Well... you are in for a treat because Olivia has created an easy to follow picture tutorial on her blog showing you how to do it!

I hope you enjoyed today's amazing projects! Be sure to leave a comment so you are in the drawing for next week!

Happy Stampin!
Laura

Served with Love

Happy Saturday Stampers!

We have a gorgeous day today that is super unusual for Iowa this time of year... it will be almost 70 today! However, I am stuck at work in my other job until 3 today so I can't enjoy it until then. I do have the next 4 days off just in the time for the weather to turn super yucky - LOL! They are talking cold, and snow, and winds. Speaking of snow... Jacqueline, our Canadian Design Team Member said on her blog that they have received over a foot of snow in the last three days! Hopefully she can stay home, in her jammies, and sip hot cocoa or coffee and stamp! Doesn't that sound like an awesome way to spend the weekend? It does to me - LOL! Maybe that ultimate weekend fantasy was what inspired Jacqueline's adorable card today...

This cute image is called Served With Love and is part of the Crissy Armstrong Collection from Whimsy Stamps. This has so many textures and beautiful colors I don't even know where to start! I love the soft blues and deep reds for Christmas cards and the papers Jacqueline choose go perfectly with her seam binding ribbon! Did you notice how she has both baja breeze and cherry cobbler seam binding! Love that! Jacqueline always does a beautiful job coloring her images using prismacolor pencils. Every time I see one of her beautifully colored designs it makes me want to break out my own prismacolor pencils and start coloring - LOL! I really like the bling flourish and the doily too - they really add a pretty touch! Jacqueline has been creating all these gorgeous Christmas cards each and every week.... and I still need to start mine - LOL! YIKES!

Don't forget that we will be drawing a winner for this week's Sensational Sunday Post tomorrow! You still have time to leave your comment and get in this week's entry! Winner will be announced with the new post tomorrow!

While you are stamping this weekend... show us what you made by entering this week's Anything Goes challenge! Last time I looked we were 1 shy of breaking 100! That is super awesome!! And we have super awesome prizes for this week's winner from Loves Rubberstamps & The Cutting Cafe!

Have a safe & stamping filled weekend!
Laura

Kenny K's Krafty Krew Design Team Call

Hi Stampers!

I just came across a super cool opportunity to try out for the Kenny K's Krafty Krew Design Team! I thought I would make a quick post showcasing a few of my favorite cards that I have created using Kenny K images.

So take a trip down memory lane with me...and re-visit some of my favorite past creations! Maybe there a few that you missed the first time around :)

Mr. Police Officer with his homemade "donut" embellishments! Now I can get away with this card since I work in law enforcement - LOL! This was a card that WON the Kenny K Krafty Krew Challenge! It was my entry for their Sketch Challenge #107!

This I made for an I ♥ Sketches challenge. I have to say that this is one of my favorite KennyK images and I really loved how this one turned out! Here is a close up of the Troublemaker image.

This next card was one that I created for a Design Team Sample for the Loves Rubberstamps Design Team Challenge for Halloween. This one was sponsored by Kenny K so we were able to use some of his digi stamps on our samples. This was mine using Trixxie Treat and the Haunted House background:

Here is a close up of my Trixxie image:

Now if you want to see the inside of my card and read the "signs" you can visit my original blog post here.

The last card I want to show you is my very first card that I colored with Spectrum Noir Markers!

This is another of my favorite KennyK images. Actually, I have a LOT of Kenny K favorite images - LOL! For this card I wanted the image to be the main focus so I left the backgrounds and embellishments really neutral and simple. After coloring her I cut and popped her up on dimensionals so it appeared that she was leaning against the wall. I was pretty proud of how this turned out since it was my first time trying these markers out.

I hope you enjoyed my quick jog down Kenny K Memory Lane! I think it would be a blast to design using these super fun images and for such a talented team so I am grateful for the chance to try out!

Wish me luck :)
Happy Stampin!
Laura

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OUR HAPPY HOLLY-DAYS FRIDAY INSPIRATION POST CLICK HERE...You don't want to miss Holly's card!!

Ahhh... Spa Days!

I wish it was a spa day for me! Or at least a day that I could have stayed in my jammies at home, doing nothing but working in the store and maybe whipping out a few crafty projects.... that would be the life - LOL! My daughter did surprise me this morning by bringing me a Starbucks coffee drink though, so that is like a special kind of "spa treatment" LOL! . I decided to try something new (and that doesn't kill my weight watchers points) so I ordered a Cinnamon Dolce Frappucino Light. I have to say that it wasn't very good :(
I was thinking it would have kind of a light vanilla with a hint of cinnamon...but NO! It was a very bitter cinnamon flavor and very strong so I couldn't drink it :(   I don't know if it was because I ordered the light version or what but I definately won't be getting that flavor again! Teach me to try something new! At least I didn't blow my weight watchers points I guess - LOL!

Today is Friday... which means it is a Holly-Day!

How adorable is this?? This lucky little lady did get to stay in her robe! I love how Holly paper pieced the robe to match the designer paper! Too cute! This adorable image is from My Favorite Things and is called Spa Day and those beautiful papers are from Echo Park called For the Record 2. I love all the cute accents that Holly added too! See those polka dot looking "brads" ... well those are not REAL brads they are a new item we have in the store called Candi Dots Embellishments! They look like brads but do not have the legs so you attach them with a dimensional. They are really neat! Holly used the Toy Box collection on this card. That beautiful flower and the border are both made using Die-Namics Dies from My Favorite Things - The Dizzy Border and Flower Medley.

Holly does the most amazing job with her colors, layouts and accents! I swear she can not make anything that I don't just love!

If you get a chance to play in your stamp room... show us your project in our Anything Goes challenge! We would love to see what you make and you may be our lucky winner :)

Happy Stampin!
Laura

Blue Skies Ahead!

Good Morning Stampers!

Sorry I didn't get to post yesterday. I didn't get Ceal's card until late Wednesday evening and didn't have time to write up a pre-scheduled post. I had a super busy day taking my grandma to her Dr appointments, then shopping for groceries and getting her medications. She had a PET scan to check on her cancer and they didn't find ANY! Her tumors that were in her shoulder and neck have shrank so they are no longer able to be seen and she didn't have any new tumors starting anywhere! Such a miracle!

I still wanted to share Ceal's beautiful card with you so you will get double the dose of inspiration today! You will get to see Holly's adorable card in my next post and Ceal's in this one! :)

This gorgeous image and the sentiment are from the stamp set Sunflower from Flourishes. Guess what? We FINALLY have this stamp set in!! I will have it in the store in the next day or so...but it has arrived :) I think it makes such beautiful cards! Ceal did a wonderful job coloring the image and I love the baja blue and kraft together. Such a pretty combination. Hopefully for my Grandma there will be nothing but Blue Skies from Now On!!

I will be back in just a little bit to share with you Holly's super cute card!

Happy Stampin!
Laura