You're a Super Dad!

Sugar Pea Designs - My Hero (preorder coming soon)

MFT Die-Namics - Circle Stax 1

MFT Die-Namics - Circle Stax Set 2

MFT Die-Namics - You're Super

MFT - You're Super Stamp Set

Penny Black Creative Dies - Downtown

Copic Markers

Copic X-Press It paper

Best Glue Ever

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Hey Friends and Stampers,

It's Happy Holly-Day Monday again, I'm here to show you a Father's Day card I whipped together for Joe.  Life has been so busy these past couple months that I was concerned I was not going to get this card made for today, lol.   It seems like it's always something lately.  This last weekend was suppose to be a rest period for our household after undertaking so much lately.  But sadly Mr. Reed got got sick....on the top bunk....all down the back wall..... and then over the other side.  It's a big huge wood one that the furniture store sent guys over to build in the room.... Unfortunately we had a lot packed in that room too.  So we hauled it all out, Joe got out the Dad tools and down came the bunk bed.  We cleaned and cleared out and shampooed the carpets.  And then it all went back in again, but we decided to stick with just the bottom bunk, lol.  Knowing my dear Joe needed a boost, I decided to go ahead and give him his Father's Day gift a week early.  So he got an XBox 1 and you would have thought it was another child the way he went on. lol. 

One of the reason I love working for Loves Rubberstamps is the variety that I have to choose from.  This cute little Super Hero is from Sugar Pea Designs that Laura is planning on adding to the others as soon as she gets caught up.  If you would like to preorder him, shoot her an email at Lovesrubberstamps@yahoo.com and she will add him to her orders for you.  Same goes with the Penny Black Creative Die - Downtown.  The first time I saw this die, I knew I had to have it!  It's the perfect size for all my Super Hero images, lol.   And the, You're Super set from MFT both stamps and dies can be used in combination with all kinds of images and other dies.  These are all perfect for me to have on hand because ALL my guys are Geeks and all my guys love super hero's, along with all the movies that go along with them. 

Oh and you want to be sure to get your projects uploaded in our Current Challenge - anything goes!  There are triple prizes this week!   One of which is a voucher to the Loves Rubberstamps Store, check out the New Items Laura has just put in.  So cute!!!

Thanks for Checking in on me,

Holly

Sensational Sunday Inspirations + Candy!

Hello and Welcome to the Sensational Sunday Blog Hop!

Hope you all are having a great weekend so far! We had a little scare Friday night. We were woke up at 1am by our smoke detectors. Apparently our bananas had fallen over and was pushing the toaster button down so the toaster was on. It ended up getting so hot that the plastic on the top started melting! Good thing we were home because it would have eventually started a fire. We had to open the windows to get the smoke out. Pretty scary, but at last we know our alarms worked!

I have a busy next few days off planned! First...shipping a TON of orders out and then I am hoping for some crafty time! Things didn't quite work out for me last week to get crafty time so keep your fingers crossed for me :)

This week the winning comment to be in our JUNE WINNER candidates was chosen from Nikki's Blog using Mr. Random...Here are your random numbers:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

8

Timestamp: 2014-06-08 04:31:00 UTC

That's you, Mel who said, " Oh what a gorgeous card, I love the flowers! really pretty design.
many thanks for joining us at A Creative Romance, Mel. xx "

Who is in the July drawing so far...
1.Annie Rose
2. Mel
3.

Here is Nikki's Gorgeous Design Last week:

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!

Now let's hop along and see what the Design Team ladies have in store for you...

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Blog - You are here...

Dangina
Joni 

Nina

Indah

Nikki

Lydia

Blankina

Thanks for stopping by!

Laura

Darling Dragon Luka Birthday Card!

Hello, It's Marcy here for some Saturday Inspiration for you all! Hope you are all enjoying a nice relaxing weekend!

Here is my card share for today...

I made this card featuring the adorable Darling Dragon Luka for my nephew's 1st birthday!  I had originally thought to use this image for a Halloween card but realized cute Luka would be perfect on one year old birthday cards too! :)   I colored him up with my  Copic Markers in some bright fun colors.    The cool birthday papers I used are from Doodlebug Designs called "Hip Hip Hooray".   I love the colorful designs in this collection.   To finish off my card, I added some random enamel dots from My Mind's Eye and some twine.   

Here are the Supplies Used:

Darling Dragon Luka - La La Land Crafts

Hip Hip Hooray - Doodlebug Designs

Pumice Stone - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Enamel Dots - My Mind's Eye

Black Tuxedo -Memento Ink

Copic Markers

Be sure to stop by the Loves Rubberstamps store to see the items used on my card and all of the adorable La La Land Crafts stamps!  Dont' forget to come back tomorrow to check out the "Sensational Sunday" blog hop with a chance to win some store prizes! 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Marcy

Honoring Athina

Good Morning Crafty Friends!

We have some sad news today...our Design Team Member Athina had to leave the team for some personal reasons. Her schedule has been getting crazier and crazier and she was such a sweetheart to try and stay on as long as she could, even knowing how crazy busy she was going to get so we really appreciate that!

Her actual last day with our team was on Tuesday with our challenge and since she would normally be sharing her Friday Inspirations card, I thought I would share a few of my favorite projects that Athina has created while on the team! She joined us clear back in December of 2012...so it was really hard to narrow it down to these few :)

So I will warn you now....this will be a PICTURE HEAVY POST :D

This is a super cute Home Improvement Binder Athina made using a Kenny K Image. Athina makes the cutest Altered Notebooks and this one is not only super cute but such a great way to organize all those "To Do" lists! I need a BUNCH of these...LOL!

I love this sweet tag using Tiddly Inks! The colors are gorgeous and tags are something I really struggle with so I love it when I see such beautiful examples :) I really love how Athina did the ribbons at the top, looks so pretty!

This card is one that Athina had created for our Kirkland's Website Inspiration Challenge. The challenge was to look around their website and find something to inspire your project. The picture that inspired Athina is shown below her card. I think she could have captured it any more perfect if she tried!! Her handmade background is stunning and she did amazing at capturing the color scheme and designs! LOVED it! 

I really loved when Athina used the cute C.C. Designs images. It was really cool to see how she used the same image in different ways and she really showed how versatile the stamps can be for different seasons and Holidays just by changing the color schemes and embellishments. In fact, the little Devil Girl is a Halloween Release that Athina used to create the super cute Valentine Gifts!

Athina created this gift basket set for a charity raffle. I love how she painted the pots and decorated them for Breast Cancer. Her seed packets are adorable as well! This is such a gorgeous set that shows that you can use stamps on more than just cards!

This cutie is extra special to me because Athina sent this card to me and it is one that I will treasure always. And let me tell you...her work is more stunning in person! I really loved Athina's coloring and the sewing, the lovely embellishments and she even decorated the inside as well. Such a beautiful gift!

I could have chosen way more favorites too and you can see more of Athina's gorgeous work on her blog here. 

Athina - I know I told you this before and I will say it again... words can never express how grateful we are to have had the privilege of having such a talented designer on our team for so long. Thank you again for all the inspiration you have provided to not only myself, the other design team ladies and our followers! I will not say good-bye because we will be keeping in touch :) I hope everything goes well for you and wish you all the best!

Big Hugs!
Laura

No Line Coloring

Hi everyone. Shanna here for another day of inspiration. 

I used this technique called no line coloring. I colored her up a while ago before taking a class on how to color like this. I haven't fully looked at this class to know exactly how to do it. I have tried the no line technique before and was successful to my liking. So this was another try at that time. 

Items Used:

Magnolia Stamp - Tilda Hiding Heart

Bo Bunny - Love Letters

MFT Die-namics - Sentiment Strips

MFT Stamps - Poppies 

Copics

Copic Paper

Thanks so much for stoping by today. 

Hello Sunshine

SugarPea Designs - Hello Sunshine

Memento Black Ink

Copic Markers

Copic X-Press It Paper

BoBunny - Lemonade

La La Land - Heart Banner Die

Hello, Happy Holly-Day Monday,

It's my turn to show you some inspiration. I am using a newer SugarPea Design stamp and I love these cute images. If you are wanting this one, Laura has set dates for preorders, just send her an email and let her know. This little scene was a lot of fun to color up and I love the cute frog that comes with it.

I blew some dust off my little heart banner and I don't know why, I love this die. I cut it out twice, once in yellow and once in patterned red paper to fill in the hearts.

I hope you have had a chance to play in our current challenge - add doodling, it is a lot of fun. Also you will want to check out the tons and tons of New Items in the Loves Rubberstamps Store. I totally went shopping! lol.

I hope you have a fabulous week, it's so hard to believe it's already June and summer is here in full force. School just let out and the kids are so excited to be out of school for the summer. I do have to confess that we are doing a bit of a summer schooling project here at home to keep their skills and imagination going. Nothing heavy duty, just some researching and writing about their findings. Plus a few chapter books to keep them up on their reading. I also have a couple field trips to the beach planned, lol.

Thanks for Looking in on us.

Holly

Sensational Sunday Inspirations

Hello and Welcome to the Sensational Sunday Blog Hop!

Hope you all are having a great weekend so far! I have been busy switching from being a night shifter to a dayshifter this week! I get one glorious month of being a "normal" person! Let me tell you the sun is BRIGHT  - LOL! :D When getting switched over I only had one day off between nights and days so it was a quick adjustment.

I have tomorrow off and I have big plans to get my garden planted after I pull all the weeds since I am hoping we are past the frost and blizzard stages....but it IS Iowa so ya never know - LOL... and then I am hoping to make it to my craft room and get back on track with my projects! I haven't been able to make ONE THING since April 2nd! That is almost 2 months and I really need to get some crafty time in before I forget how...I am hoping it is like riding a bike :)

Now onto why you are here....we need to first draw the name of our MAY WINNER!

Here are your random numbers:

3

Timestamp: 2014-05-31 17:17:03 UTC

Congratulations to COOPS! - Please email lovesrubberstamps@yahoo.com and let us know you were the May Blog Hop winner to claim your prize! Please email by June 7th.

This week the winning comment to start our June prize winner candidates was chosen from Blankina's Blog using Mr. Random...Here are your random numbers:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

6

Timestamp: 2014-05-31 17:20:04 UTC

That's you, Annie Rose who said, " I love this so much! Your coloring looks amazing. Great job, B! :) "

Who is in the July drawing so far...
1.Annie Rose

Here is Blankina's Gorgeous Design Last week:

products used : 

New-BLUEBELL-AND-BUTTERFLY-Wild-Rose-Studio

DIE-NAMICS-MINI-ALBUM-FANCY-TICKET-STAX-DIE-MFT

Memento-Ink-Pad-DESERT-SAND

Memento-Ink-Pad-RICH-COCOA

Wild-Orchid-Crafts flowers

Copic-Sketch-Marker

ribbons. lace, charm, pearls, tab Marianne Design 

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!

Now let's hop along and see what the Design Team ladies have in store for you...

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Blog - You are here...

Dangina
Joni 

Nina

Indah

Nikki

Lydia

Blankina

Thanks for stopping by!

Laura