Yummy Frosting...Oh My!

Hi Stampers....

I am back and got my pics all taken of my card that should have posted YESTERDAY...hubby's and their need for sleep...geeze - LOL!!!

Anyway here it is...my Birthday Lulu with her super yummy paper pieced cupcake with my homemade paper "frosting"...

I made this for this week's Kraftin Kimmie Challenge to use paper piecing on your card. I paper pieced the cupcake wrapper and Lulu's party hat and dress. I used papers from the Simple Stories 6x6 paper pack - Baby Steps.

The color scheme works for the challenge at Polka Doodles....Ice Cream Colors. I love ice cream and I have lots of favorite flavors so it is hard to pick just one...
Neopolitan (cuz you get 3 flavors in one!) Chocolate (my base), Strawberry (frosting), Vanilla (main designer paper color)
Then once in a great while you just need pistachio which is sort of the greens in my papers...PLUS nothing goes better with ice cream than Cupcakes with Frosting!

My homemade "frosting" is a mixture of shaving cream and elmer's white glue mixed up so it is thick and goopy like melty half dried out cool whip and then I mixed re-inker drops in to color it. When it was thick and goopy enough I piled it on with my stir sick and then sprinkled pink chunk glitter on top and let it sit and dry overnight. It dries so it is a little puffy and the glitter stays on perfectly!

Here are some close ups, I was trying to capture the puffy frosting like texture, kinda hard to get so I hope you can see it ok....

I also did the "out of the box" technique for my circle piece. The layout is for this week's Mojo Monday Challenge #258.

Be sure that you check out HOLLY'S CARD from today...she also created an ADORABLE Kraftin Kimmie Paper Pieced creation!

Don't miss our DESIGN TEAM CALL either!  I am going to try and figure out how to make it a sticky...so wish me luck :)

I am off to TRY and sleep since I have to report to work...not by choice... at 3am and work until 3pm...how exciting!

Happy Stampin All! Try the frosting technique and let me know what you think! Leave a link to your project so I can check it out :)
Laura

Here are links to the challenges that I am entering this card into:

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps - Challenge #145 - Piece Out
Mojo Monday - Sketch Challenge # 258
Avadares Challenge Blog - Make It Sparkle
Jellypark Challenges - All About the Children
Polka Doodles - Ice Cream Colors
The Poodles Parlour - Here Come The Girls
QKR Stampede - Birthday Celebrations
Aud Sentiments Challenge - Something Funny, Hunny!
Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Sugar & Spice
Milk Coffee Challenge - Use 2 Different Shapes
Paper Crafting Journey - Use a Sentiment
Shelly's Images - Anything Goes - 2nd Entry
Divas By Design - For a Child
Bearly Mine Challenges - Week 52 - Anything Goes
Created With Love - Birthdays
Paper Pretties - Wednesday Challenge - PWC223 - Paper Punches
Paper Pretties - Monday Challenge - PPMC56 - Birthday Card
There She Goes - Let Them Eat Cake
Stamp and Create - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Paint - Inspired by Birthdays
Pile It On - #37 - Patterned Paper - 2nd Entry
The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog - Punch It
The Squirrel & The Fox - #26 - Anything Goes - 2nd Entry

DESIGN TEAM CALL

Hi Stampers!

Loves Rubberstamps is accepting applications to be a member of our Design Team for the term of October 1st - December 31st, with the possibility of longer term positions for those that show an enthusiasm for our store, products and whose work is always their best.

Requirement would be two projects per week along with a corresponding blog post featuring your projects.

One of these projects will be for our weekly challenge blog which has a new challenge every Tuesday. You will need to have this project completed by Sunday for that week's challenge. You will need to showcase this project on your blog on Tuesday and provide links to our challenge blog. You do get a list of the challenges in advance if you like to work ahead.

The second project can be anything you wish to make and is an inspirational post. This will be for our "Sunday Spectacular" post. This is where we will feature works from multiple designers. You will need to post this project on your blog on Sunday with links to the company store for the products you used. Your project will also be posted on our company blog (which you are at right now) with links to your blog. It may also be featured on our company facebook page and also in our store as a sample for the products used. This project will need to be completed by Friday of each week for that Sunday's post.

Our only requirement for projects is that you MUST use stamps from companies that we carry that are in their CURRENT line - no retired images. We are still growing our inventory so even if the particular stamp is not in our product line up yet... as long as it is one we can order - you can use it. We are always adding new companies and products as quickly as we can.

You must also display our store badge with a link to our store, design team badge and links to the team members websites on your blog, and our blog badge for the challenge blog with a link to that site while being a member

We do have a couple of challenge sponsors who require us to use their stamps the week that they are the sponsor on our challenge site. If you do not have a rubber stamp in their line to use, you will be provided a digi stamp from them to use so you will need to be able to use a digi stamp if necessary.

Our last requirement is to HAVE FUN!
Design Team Members will receive the following:

A 30% Discount off all items we carry in our store (there are a couple of exceptions) during your term

Your projects being featured on the Company Blog, Challenge Blog, Company Facebook Page and in the store as well as links provided to your blog.

Links to your blog from the company blog page, challenge blog site as well as from each design team member's websites

We do allow our Design Team Members to serve on other Design Teams as long as it does not interfere with your commitment to our team. We also allow a design team member to do multiple posts in a day if needed. For example - you serve on 2 teams, each requires a Tuesday Post, you would do one blog post for our company, then a seperate one for your other team.

If you are interested in applying and are able to make this commitment please send an email to lovesrubberstamps@yahoo.com with Design Team in the Subject Line

Please include in your email:

Name

Address

Phone Number

A little bit about yourself

Any current or past Design Team Work (you do not need experience to qualify)

Your blog address and any other online galleries that show your work

And include pictures or links to 3 of your favorite projects

Deadline for applying will be SEPTEMBER 27th - with selections being made the 28th.

Because it will be close to the start of the term when we make our selections, the first challenge project for October 2nd will not be required so the first required posting would be for the Sunday Spectacular October 7th.

We will be offering up to 6 positions

Thank you so much for your time and consideration! Don't hesitate to contact us with questions also!

Follow the Yellow Brick Road....

Hi Stampers!

Are your eyes in for a TREAT today!! Today I have a super cute card to show you that is created by design team member Holly Flores! Holly's cards are ALWAYS to die for cute! I could stash her entire gallery in my favorites file - LOL!

Holly used Dorothy from the Moonlight Whispers Wizard of Oz collection from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps. She paper pieced her dress BEAUTIFULLY! The colors are gorgeous on this too! AND I love the little ToTo too - LOL! Holly used the awesome Faux Crochet Border and Fishtail Flag Stax Die-Namics Dies from My Favorite Things to create some of her layers. We have these on pre-order right now with the next batch of customer requests getting sent in the 30th. We should be receiving the first batch in any day now :) I love this layout and it is perfect for this adorable stamp.

I also created a Kraftin Kimmie card last night which I was going to post then, however while I was waiting for my homemade "paper frosting" to dry some before taking pictures, my hubby decided he needed to go to bed. I don't know why he thought he needed to sleep... I had a card to post -  LOL! Needless to say our computer is in our bedroom and it is the old dinosaur sit on the desk kind so I wasn't able to post it last night.  My "frosting" is now dry so I will get some pictures taken in just a bit and post it. My "frosting" turned out pretty neat I think...I have never made it before. I read somewhere how to do the technique a long time ago but couldn't find where, so I had to try and remember from my brain...so I was questioning how it was going to turn out - LOL! Only downside is it takes hours to dry! But it does make a very cool end result :)

I will be back in a bit to show ya!

In the meantime...be sure to get your Loves Rubberstamps Challenge project uploaded! You could be the lucky winner of a gift voucher to our store AND 4 cute cute didgi stamps of your choice from Meljen's Designs! Awesome!

Have a great night all and thanks for stopping by!
Laura

Teachabella!

Hi all!

I am back for today's awesome Inspirational post from Design Team member Lisa Rasmussen! Take a look at this cutie....

Lisa used the super cute Teachabella stamp from Stamping Bella! I have to be honest with you...back before I started my store I was TOTALLY ADDICTED to these Bella images and I have almost ALL of them in my personal collection ... shhhh don't tell my hubby :D

I loved the names and they are sooo cute! Everytime they would have a new release I would just giggle at their names...I would tell my husband about them and he would just roll his eyes - LOL! We do have a few of the Bella images in stock in our store and will be expanding the selection as we can :)

I love how Lisa colored her image with the deep, rich colors. I also LOVE how she did the blackboard so it looks like it has eraser dust...very cool! Awesome background paper for this image as well!

I am off to get all the rest of the customer orders packaged and shipped so I can be all caught back up... pending no more disasters! Fingers crossed :)

Have a great night all and if you stamp... play along with us in this week's challenge! Just use Aqua, Espresso and Pumpkin colors in your project which are perfect for those Halloween or Fall projects that you may be working on and then let us know about it! This week we are being sponsored by the super cute Meljen's Designs so not only could you win a gift voucher to our store... you can also win your choice of 4 of their CUTE CUTE digi stamps! Hope to see ya!

Have a great night!
Laura

Fall Cutie - Scrapbook Page!

Good Morning!

I am SUPER EXCITED to share my project that I created for The Cutting Cafe with you today! This is my VERY FIRST scrapbook page that is actually for one of my own pictures. I have done a few page lay outs before but they have always been created for someone else. So ONE picture down... bazillion more to go! The funny thing is my daughter who is 3 in this picture is now 19...LOL! Running just a tad behind schedule on my scrapbooking!

Here is a look at the full 12 x 12 page

This week at The Cutting Cafe Regina gave us a choice of three different files we could use for our project. We could choose the Halloween Trio, Happy Halloween Shaped Card or the Fall Word Shaped Card. I had seen a scrapbook lay out that was done by Lynn Pratt a few years ago that was a fall themed page with leaves and had the woven background and I had always wanted to try one. So as soon as I saw the Fall Word Shaped card I knew that I had to try one of these pages!

Instead of using the Fall Word Shaped Card as an actual card I chose to use the individual letters and create my Scrapbook Page Header. That is the AWESOME thing about Regina's files... they are super versatile! The designer papers that I used are all from a Stampin Up! retired style that I believe is called Spice Cake. I LOVED this paper pack and think they should have kept it - LOL :) I first cut the letters out on the designer paper and then glued them to early espresso paper and then free cut a small border around them so they would pop a little more off the page.

Here is a close up of my Fall Letters:

I created my background weave using 3/4" strips of paper and I created some fall leaves for accents using a sizzix Leaves 2 die that is also from Stampin Up! I cut them in the same patterns in the designer paper pack, sponging the edges in early espresso and then running them through the Square Lattice Embossing Folder to add texture before popping them up on my page.

Here are a couple close up pictures of the bottom half of my page. You can see some of the leaves a little bit closer...

Fall is not complete without some adorable little Scarecrows so I added a couple of super cute ones to each side of my page for a little added sweetness :) I colored them with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Ink Markers and paper pieced their outfits to match the rest of the page. Both of these little Scarecrow images are from Bildmalarna. We will be adding these two images to our store with our next Bildmalarna order so watch for them :)

Here are some close ups of my Scarecrow cuties...

Mimo Scarecrow from Bildmalarna

Mimosa Scarecrow from Bildmalarna

I hope you liked my first scrapbook page! I had a lot of fun creating it! The color scheme for my project also fits this week's Loves Rubberstamps Challenge... use the colors Espresso, Aqua & Pumpkin... which are perfect for Fall projects! My large 12 x 12 base paper is from a Bazzill Bling paper pack. You can see the shimmer in it on some of my pictures.

Thanks for stopping by... be sure to visit The Cutting Cafe's Blog to see what the other design team members created using this week's assigned files... there are some AMAZINGLY AWESOME designs!

Happy Stampin All!
Laura

I will be entering my project in the following challenges:

Lexi's Creations - Autumn Colors
Eureka Stamps - Fall Fun
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Leaves
Papertake Weekly - Things that make you go AWWW!
Lollipop Crafts - Fall Frolic
Love to Create - Show us your Ribbon & Twine
Smudgy Antics - Sugar and Spice
Tammy's Scrappin Corner - Fall Inspiration
Use Your Stuff - Stripes
Anything But a Card - Anything Goes
Pile It On #37 - Patterned Paper
Sketchy Colors - Brown, Turquoise & White
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Anything But A Card
The Crafty Pad Designs - #187 Scraptastic
The Squirrel & The Fox - Anything Goes
2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Fall
Allsorts - Week 171 Layers
Challenge Up Your Life - #77 Patchwork
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Browns & Creams
Shelly's Images Blog - Anything Goes

Sweet Melissa!

Good Morning All!

I am still running a bit behind but getting closer to being back on top of everything! I have been BUSY BUSY BUSY trying to get caught up on all the customer orders that came in while we were down with our family emergency situation. I really appreciate your patience as we get caught up!

Today I will be posting two posts... this post feature's the GORGEOUS Sweet Melissa stamp from the KennyK Collection from Whimsy Stamps. This is one of my new favorites from the Glam Gang Series. We will be adding this to our store as quickly as we can!

This STUNNING card was created by the our mega talented design team member Olivia Marmara! I LOVE the colors that Olivia chose and the way she colored this image is GORGEOUS! I also love that she made it a unique shaped card with the flourish cut outs.  Those flowers and pearls are the PERFECT accent on this beautiful card! This will definately be in my favorites file :)

I will be busy getting customer orders out the rest of the day and then will be back later this evening with a post for my Cutting Cafe project this week :)

Have a wonderful day!
Laura

Nappy Time

Hi All -

First off I wanted to say thank you for putting up with me this week. I have been running behind all week due to family issues, first with my Grandma and then my Son. I should be back on track and schedule after today! My day will be spent packaging up customer orders and getting those ready to ship tomorrow morning and then I will be hitting my stampin studio to get my projects done for this week!

Today's card is created by the mega talented Jacqueline Smith! I just saw on her blog that she has been asked to join a new design team! Congratulations to Jacqueline!! She will do an awesome job :)

After the week I had...I can TOTALLY RELATE to this poor lady - LOL! Jacqueline used the Asleep on the job image from Art Impressions which she colored with prismacolor pencils. She does awesome coloring with those. I need to break mine out and use them more. You will have to visit Jacqueline's blog to see all the details on the products she used to create this beautiful job. I am loving her background paper which is from Graphic 45.

I better get busy packing up orders, I apologize for falling behind this week! Hoping this coming week will be back to normal with no unforseen issues!

Happy Stampin!
Laura