Video Tutorial - TRIPLE EASEL CARD

Happy Saturday Stampers!

We have another AWESOME AWESOME video tutorial for you today by Indah! This week she is sharing with you how to create a Triple Easel Card! I was so excited when she said that this was her topic for this week because I have never made one and I think they are so neat looking! Here is a picture of the gorgeous card that she will be showing you how to create!

Indah's beautiful card used the super cute Garden Anya from The Greeting Farm! I love the way Indah colored this image up and the papers are beautiful! Here is the video on how you can create this stunning Triple Easel Card!

Enjoy! Thanks for stopping by today and have a great weekend!
Laura

And a Bottle of Rum!

Hi Stampers!

Happy Holly-Day Friday! I am excited because this is my REAL Friday too and I have 3 days off to get caught up on things after Super Nationals last week. Now that racing is over I told my husband that Saturdays will now be so boring with nothing to do - LOL! He suggested we go to a movie so we will see! Saturday is the Iowa/Iowa State game which is always a super busy night for the police department I work for, and they are hiring back personnel like crazy since it is in Ames this year...but lucky me ... I am off AND I am going to enjoy it :D I am not sure of I even want to brave going into town, will be a madhouse everywhere!

Enough blabbing by me :D Onto why you are here...to see Holly's super cute card that she has for your inspiration today!

What an AWESOME little boy card!! I love how Holly paper pieced her pirate to match her cool designer papers! That little whale is so cute! I love the little pirate flag and the waves are perfect against the flourish designed paper! LOVE this one! Masculine cards are so hard for me and Holly totally rocked it!

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great weekend! Remember tomorrow we have a new Video Tutorial from our Video Designer - Indah! Be sure to check it out - it will be AWESOME :)

Laura

Here is what Holly used on her card:

MFT PI - Pirate Boy

MFT LJD - Bitty Banners

MFT Die-Namics LJD - Bitty Banners

MFT Die-Namics LLD Accent it World Traveler

MFT Die-Namics - Catch a Wave

Copic Markers

Best Glue Ever

X-Press It Paper

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black

Memento Ink - London Fog

My Peeps!

Hi Stampers!

Sorry for the late post today..now this morning! I am really off my schedule today! I have a super cute card to share with you from Ceal using some adorable Paper Smooches stamps!

I think it is super cute! This card uses the Paper Smooches Stamp set called My Peeps, which we will have in the store very soon :) Ceal colored the little bird with Copic Sketch Markers. I love the embossing that Ceal did and the pop of teal with the white! That little cloud is adorable too!

Love it! I always enjoy seeing Ceal's CAS designs because these types of cards are always so hard for me :) Thanks for stopping by today!

Laura

Party Bus!

Hi Stampers!

Before I start my post I just want to say that my heart, thoughts and prayers are with all the families of those who were lost on 9-11. We will never forget that day! God Bless us all!

Today is my Design team post day for The Cutting Café! This week we could choose one of three files to use - Apple Treat Box, Bus Shaped Card , or the printable stamp set called School Borders. I don't do much in the way of back to school projects since my kids are older but I saw on the Bus Shaped Card that there were some fun sentiments that you can use anytime...like PARTY BUS...so that was the file I chose to work with this week!

I used some designer paper from a really old paper pack I had, not even sure of the name, but  I thought it looked like balloons at a party or champagne bubbles maybe :) My little lady is from My Favorite Things A La Mode Collection called Disco Queen. I couldn't find my silver metallic sharpie so I did the disco ball in gold metallic and then did 3 layers of iridescent ice, which you can see a little. It is really sparkly in person :) I added some bling to the tail light, main sentiment, headlight and steering wheel. This is a fun file to use! In fact...I have another A La Mode called Groovy Girl who is a little Hippie and I think this would look super cute done up as a little Hippie Van with loads of flowers :D I think I will try that next :)

This project also fits our Loves Rubberstamps challenge this week to have a Sentiment on the Front! Easy Peasy so I hope you join us and play along with us!

Later this afternoon be sure to visit The Cutting Café Blog to see all the Design Team Projects and remember when you leave a comment you could be the lucky winner of the weekly give-away!

Have a great day!
Laura

Beach Bum

Echo Park Paper

Bazzill Cardstock-Banana Split

Spellbinders

CC Designs-Starfish/Shell Die Set

 

Hello Friends and Stampers,

 

Hope your Monday was great!  Sorry we are late, but that is like the story of my life! lol.   I am one of those irritating people who shows up 10-15 minutes later than I'm suppose to.  To know me is to love me, lol.   My Best Friend used to pick me up for college events and she would always tell me that it started about 30 minutes before it actually did because she knew me, lol.  And she was one of those people who was excessively early to events.  So I think we compromised and found a way to meet in the middle. 

 

Anyway, this late but great scrap page was made by our very talented design team member, Olivia.  Don't you just love the colors and fun layout?  How about those dies she used?  I LOVE it!  All you need is something like this to really spark some creativity and some fabulous paper and dies.   A big thanks to Olivia for giving us all some scrap page mojo and inspiring me to dig out all those stamps and dies I bought especially for scrap pages. 

 

Don't forget to look in on the Challenge Blog for our new Challenge tomorrow!  And be sure to scroll down and blog hop for a chance to win $20.00 from the store!  Now that ones really easy. 

 

Thanks for checking in on us today.

 

Holly

 

 

Sensational Sunday Inspirations Blog Hop + Candy

Hi Stampers,

It's time for the Sensational Sunday Winner to be drawn... This week the winner was chosen from
Joni's Blog!

Here are your random numbers:

4

 

Timestamp: 2013-09-07 22:37:32 UTC

Congratulations to Iamuniquelyimperfect who said: What a gorgeous creation! Your coloring is amazing and I love your layout. You're name will be in the $20.00 Gift Card Drawing on October 6th!!

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 decided to do my first... I guess you would call it an art journal page. It is not in a book yet, and I didn't use any fancy mixed media stuff...just my favorite stuff that I like. But I guess there is no right or wrong way to art journal...so that is what I am calling it - LOL!

 

 

 

 

 

I used one of my favorite Ching-Chou Kuik images called Dark Sirene and colored her with copics. My page is 6 1/4" x 6 1/4". The Designer paper I chose is from the Gorgeous Girls line...totally my favorite paper ever and I will be getting it listed in the store, hopefully by early Monday morning :) I frantaged the edges, again this will be in the store soon too! The flowers are some of my favorite colors and they are from prima...will be in the store soon too - LOL! The die cut tree is the La La Land Heart Tree Die  and I used the Martha Stewart Branch Punch to punch some branches for under my flowers.

 

I wanted this to look like kind of a dark, mysterious night with a few stars and I thought the gold frontage looked a little like fireflies :)

 

Here is a close up of my journal words that I stamped on vellum:

 



 

This is part of the sentiment that comes with the Ching-Chou Kuik The Seahorse set. I completed my page with one of my favorite butterfly embellishments that I bought of Etsy.

 

Here is a close up of Dark Sirene:

 

 

 

I did the background around her with copics by dotting different colors and then blending them with the lightest yellow and teal I had. Then I sponged the edges with Tim Holtz Distress ink in Shaded Lilac.

Be sure to check out what the other Designers have for you today!! Don't forget to leave comments on all the blogs for the most chances to win to be in our drawing on October 6th!! Enjoy your Sunday and thanks for stopping by!
 

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Dangina

Athina

Shanna 

Marcy

Nicole

Joni

Nina

Have a great day!

Laura

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/ Optional Grandparents Day
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Robyn's Fetish - Must Use Yellow, Blue & Red
Allsorts Challenge - Use a Butterfly on Creation
Catch the Bug - September Challenge - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin - Got the Blues
Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes
Crafts-Too Challenge You - Texture - Embossing on Vellum, Die Cut Swirly tree, Frantage, Flowers
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Graph It Color Challenge - Background Effects
SweetPea Stampers - Fantasy Challenge
4 Krafty Girls - Anything Goes
As You Like It Challenge - Favorite Flowers or Favorite Trees - These Prima Flowers are my Favorite because, I love the colors they come in as they are pretty neutral and I love that they have a gold type embossing on the petals already.
Southern Girls Challenge - Make Believe
Anything Goes Challenge - In the Garden - Add Some Butterflies
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
 

Video Tutorial - JEANS TEXTURE TUTORIAL

Hi Stampers!!

Today we are debuting with a new format for your inspiration... VIDEO TUTORIALS!! You will see a range of topics covered and they will be every Saturday! I am SOOO EXCITED for this!

Our Video Designer is Indah Permatasari of AmberlyCrafts

 Be sure to subscribe to her YouTube Channel - missambercrafts - so you don't miss any :)

Indah's video today is on how to create a Blue Jeans Texture on your colored images! Here is Indah's finished card that she creates in the Video! Isn't this beautiful?? LOVE it! The colors are so vibrant and adorable! She uses the super cute image from Some Odd Girl called Music Mae!

 

Here is Indah's Video Tutorial - JEANS TEXTURE

I hope that you enjoyed Indah's first video! I think this will be such a fun, new and exciting way to share some inspiration with you! Let us know what you think!!

Have a great day all and wish us luck in the big race tonight! Thanks for stopping by!
Laura